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"Uh, well, thanks, Aoi."
At that moment, Iruka had a feeling that the ten students in his class must have come up with some plan targeting him.
"Well, let's go. It's been ages since I saw little Ino and the others."
Shizuko simply took Iruka's hand and led him toward the second floor.
"All units, attention! Iruka-sensei and Shizuko-sensei are coming!"
Karin's baseline sensory ability was the strongest of everyone present, so she had detected Iruka's scent before he even reached the street.
"Roger, roger. Lights ready."
Naruto channeled chakra into the colored light made by the clever Tobirama Senju. As energy flowed into it, the light began to shine rose red.
"Huh? Didn't I say pink? Are you trying to murder someone with that color?"
Karin punched Naruto on the head as she complained.
"Huh? But aren't roses red? I went out of my way to get this."
Karin had no idea what to say. After some thought, she said to Naruto,
"Suppose a girl wants to get together with the person she likes, but the setting is as bright red and eerie as blood, and a bunch of blood-red roses appears out of nowhere. Do you think those two will want to scream or French kiss?"
After hearing Karin's explanation, Naruto looked at the light shining rose red in his hand and fell silent for a moment. Then he pulled out the rose-colored insert and replaced it with the spare pink one.
Karin nodded in satisfaction. Thankfully, her brother's brain wasn't completely broken yet.
"Sasuke, is the karaoke ready?"
Karin turned to Sasuke, who was over there handling the props for the next part of the atmosphere, and asked.
Sasuke wiped the microphone in his hand and nodded lightly.
"You sing