Konoha's Hot Springs Bathhouse was the perfect place for the new graduates to hold an overnight retreat.
Rin Nohara, who had been forced to attend this final "retreat," had come here too.
Being around so many people outside school for the first time sent Rin Nohara's social anxiety into overdrive.
Rin Nohara paced anxiously around the empty waiting room, thinking that she absolutely had to protect herself.
What Rin Nohara did not know, however, was that her dear father, Jiraiya, had paid several girls her age to look after her.
"Isn't that Nohara?"
Kurenai Yuhi and a group of girls her age solemnly watched Rin Nohara's back as she paced in a neurotic state of anxiety.
"Yeah, she really does look just like her dad described."
"She's got that 'don't touch me' look. It's super obvious today."
"Come to think of it, Rin doesn't seem to have any friends at school either. It's not just that she doesn't talk to boys. She barely talks to us, too."
"No wonder her dad's worried."
"I was just thinking about going over to talk to her."
"Maybe... she's thinking about something none of us could understand?"
At that moment, Rin Nohara's mind was filled with thoughts of how she should respond if someone "assaulted" her.
Out here in the middle of nowhere, even calling for help would be difficult.
Dad's nearby, but if a dad like that were reliable, I wouldn't have to be this anxious!
Aaaaah!
What should I do?
If a boy tried to molest me, Dad might even take his side!
Dad's such a bastard!
This is terrifying!
What should I do?
Rin Nohara was so deeply trapped in her paranoid fantasies that she could not escape them. She kept pacing involuntarily, without any destination in mind.
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