It felt like a dream from some distant memory.
Rin Nohara only remembered clinging desperately to Kurenai Yuhi before Obito Uchiha got up from the ground and led her away.
Then Obito Uchiha solemnly entrusted her to Jiraiya.
At the time, Jiraiya had been peeping at the young women in swimsuits in the hot spring pool.
Rin Nohara couldn't take in a word of what Obito Uchiha said to Jiraiya.
But she knew that once their conversation was over, Obito Uchiha had made a point of leaving father and daughter alone.
Rin Nohara sat in the private room her father, Jiraiya, had booked.
Jiraiya sat across the low table from her.
She didn't know how much time passed before she could hear again.
"Rin, what about your Transformation Technique?" Jiraiya tilted his head as he looked at her.
Rin Nohara: "..."
"Rin, what about your Three Basic Techniques?" Jiraiya asked again.
Rin Nohara: "..."
"You had the nerve to go into the men's restroom, but the moment someone caught you, you forgot all those techniques?" Jiraiya rubbed his chin, looking troubled. "What's going on with you?"
"Dad..." Rin Nohara finally spoke. "I hate crowded places."
So Rin went into the men's restroom to avoid the other kids?
But once she was caught there, she didn't even use the Transformation Technique to protect herself.
And when they misunderstood her, she didn't know how to talk to her classmates and clear things up.
Jiraiya abruptly covered his forehead. He had always thought his child was an excellent student and perfectly normal. Today, he had finally discovered that she wasn't.
She had studied herself out of her mind.
Her grades had improved, but her other instincts had regressed.
No wonder Yanbai had told him to encourage her to spend more time with children