Touched Rino's...

For a moment, the office fell silent. You could have heard a pin drop.

Uchiha Kurohane could even hear the two beauties breathing anxiously.

Before they knew it, ten minutes had passed.

Rino Yamanaka could no longer stand the silence and asked anxiously,

"Anything? Is it working?"

Tsunade's brows were drawn tight, her expression tense.

"It's only been ten minutes. It's still too early."

After speaking, she rubbed her eyes and drank a glass of water, trying to calm herself.

Rino Yamanaka kept rubbing her palms together and muttered,

"Do we really have to wait another twenty minutes? That's so long..."

Seeing how nervous they were, Uchiha Kurohane suddenly had an idea.

He took a lollipop from his pocket, unwrapped it, and held it up to Rino Yamanaka's lips.

"Want a lollipop?"

Rino Yamanaka loved sweets and candy, and lollipops were her favorite.

She took it with her pale hand but did not put it straight into her mouth.

Instead, she extended the tip of her pink tongue and licked it.

After slowly licking her way around it, she finally put it in her mouth. Her eyes narrowed in delight.

"So sweet! Your lollipop is delicious, Kurohane!"

Uchiha Kurohane had chosen the candy carefully. Of course it was delicious.

"Glad you like it. I have plenty more."

After holding it in her mouth for a while, Rino Yamanaka took the lollipop out and licked it again.

Her tongue moved nimbly, curling around the lollipop like a snake.

Uchiha Kurohane stared, dumbfounded.

He had never dreamed there was a way to eat a lollipop like that.

It was an eye-opener!

Uchiha Kurohane looked over at Tsunade, who stood on the other side.

So far, he had never met a woman who disliked lollipops.

Tsunade was a woman too. Surely she would