It is not a random decision for students graduating from the Ninja Academy to form teams of three.

The friendship between classmates, coupled with the feelings cultivated through life and death during missions, is a very important bond for ninjas to maintain their cohesion.

Team 7 led by Hatake Kakashi is particularly special. The special births and experiences of Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto destined these two people to be different from ordinary ninjas.

As the third party besides the two, Haruno Sakura's existence is also crucial.

There are not only relationships such as friendship, comrades-in-arms, and competitors among human beings, but also the all-important love.

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Naruto Uzumaki does not live in a detached house, but in a duplex apartment like most ninjas.

Although it is a bit old, it is also a good place with complete living facilities.

The third generation lord Sarutobi Hiruzen took great pains to arrange this place so that it would not be disturbed by other people and would not attract attention, so as to protect Naruto as much as possible from excessive harm when he was a child.

There weren't many people living near Naruto's residence. Not only that, there were quite a few empty rooms nearby.

However, starting three years ago, Naruto had a neighbor who was not much older than him, and that was Karin.

The two had dealt with each other several times, but they were not familiar with each other.

Although Naruto had made Karin cry several times, Karin actually had no ill feelings towards Naruto.

Karin, who relies on perception and chakra to judge good and evil, instinctively feels that Naruto's nature is not bad.

As for Naruto, he basically didn't take the little girl with dazzling red hair seriously. His attention was attracted by Sakura, and he didn't pay too much attention to Karin who was wearing rustic black-framed glasses.

Three years ago, Karin had just escaped from a life of displacement, and her instinctive defense hid her true nature. Her slightly dull performance did not attract Naruto's attention at all.

Just like Hinata, who was not good at expressing herself and too shy when she was a child, she did not attract Naruto's attention.

Naruto, who is in urgent need of performance and recognition, needs a circle of friends that is eye-catching and that he can fit in with, rather than hanging out with overly introverted little girls.

Although they are ninjas, they are also girls, and most of them will not miss the opportunity to cultivate their own feminine power.

Among them, communicating with other girls is an important part of life.

Ino and Sakura have been friends for many years, and although they fell out over Sasuke's dispute, they have never truly become enemies.

Because of Mizuki and Tsunade's relationship, Karin became involved with these two female ninjas and had spent quite a bit of time interacting with them over the past two years or so.

Therefore, the relationship between the three is pretty good, and they would occasionally get together.

But because of the ninja mission, there is not much interaction between girls.

We unexpectedly gathered at Xianglin's house today because of a special reason.

"Happy birthday, Karin!"

The three underage girls were not allowed to drink alcohol, so they had to drink carbonated drinks instead.

Although it was a rare birthday, many people were busy with their missions, and Karin's social circle was limited. Even among the Hokage's disciples, there were not many who could spare the time to celebrate her birthday.

"Hinata's not in the village because she's on a mission, so it's just the three of us this time, and it feels a little lonely!"

Sakura felt a little regretful.

Although he did not become Tsunade's disciple, he learned some good medical ninjutsu from Mizuki. In addition, Hinata also learned a lot of medical ninjutsu from Mizuki, so he often went to Konoha Hospital to help. Even Yamanaka Ino occasionally attended classes and learned some basic medical ninjutsu.

As for the children of the family, as long as they have the desire to learn, we can create many conditions for them to practice.

Four female ninjas with similar experiences have a good relationship because they often interact with each other.

"It would be great if Sister Tsubaki was free, but unfortunately she has a mission with the security department. She usually takes care of the children and has to practice on her own, which is very hard!"

Because it was not nice to trouble others with such personal matters, the girls had to find a solution together.

"It's really hard to plan a birthday on June 20th, it happens to be the busiest time of the year!"

Karin, who was the most disappointed, said regretfully.

"It would be great if there were some seniors here. Maybe I could ask some questions about girls, about love. If there's no one to guide us, it seems like none of us have much experience, so it wouldn't be very useful to talk about it!"

Ino added, somewhat disappointed.

Sakura pouted:

"I don't want to talk to you about this."

There is not much experience to share between rivals in love.

"Ah... Really? You're in the same class as Sasuke, but I haven't seen any substantial progress from you!"

"Better than you!"

Sakura shot back, not to be outdone.

"Why don't you stop arguing today and talk about something happy?"

Karin was already used to the occasional bickering between the two.

"By the way, Sakura, as a disciple of Mizuki-senpai, you should have the opportunity to ask for advice!"

"You mean Master Mizuki?"

Sakura looked odd.

"Although the master's erudition is indeed amazing, I don't want him to look down on me on this one matter!"

"Why?"

Karin and Ino looked confused.

"Anyway, you'll always be laughed at first, then you'll be told a bunch of difficult and profound truths, and in the end, it'll be impossible for people to refute you."

"Wow!"

Ino looked at Sakura with sympathy.

"It seems you've gotten used to it!"

Sakura nodded helplessly:

"It's obvious that he doesn't understand the hearts of girls, but because of his status as an experienced person, people can't refute him. I feel unwilling to accept it when I think about it."

"Sakura, you noticed it too."

Xianglin continued with deep approval.

"I mentioned this to Senior Shuimu before when we were chatting. Guess what he said?"

Seeing Ino and Sakura looking at her hopefully, Karin started her stand-up comedy with satisfaction.

First he cleared his throat, then imitated Mizuki and said:

"Love? What a boring topic. I'm not interested in talking about it, but since you asked, I'll teach you reluctantly. Have you ever thought about why there are so many couples, so many lovers, and so many husbands and wives in this world? As long as nothing unexpected happens, most people will eventually get married and have children?"

After saying that, Xianglin changed her position and asked with a curious attitude:

"Why?"

Karin once again turned arrogant and said proudly:

"Don't you think it's strange? The person you like also happens to like you. Such good things can't happen every other day. This is not a romance novel. It's harder than you can imagine to meet the right person at the right time. But in fact, if you ask a hundred people, there will be a hundred romances. Why do you think that is?"

"I don't think there's any particular reason. I've never thought about it before. It must be a coincidence, right?"

"wrong!"

Karin's imitation of Mizuki's nostrils was almost reaching the sky.

"It's impossible for such a coincidence to happen. There is only one explanation for this phenomenon, 'Because the other person likes me, this is something I am very proud of and happy about. So, as long as someone likes me, I am willing to like them.' It is such a boring reason that there is the illusion that they just happen to like each other."

"So, what?"

"It's easy to like someone, but it's hard to make others like you. Instead of choosing, it's better to be chosen..."

At the end, Karin could no longer maintain the "water and wood aura" that she had imitated so perfectly and laughed unconsciously.

Ino and Sakura were so amused that they held their stomachs and almost laughed to the point of tears.

"Luckily I didn't ask!"

Sakura looked relieved.

"I was thinking, if Master hadn't happened to meet Sister Chun, it would have been difficult for him to get married in this life."

Karin and Ino nodded in agreement.

There is some truth in what he said, but it just doesn't make sense.

It would be difficult for such an awkward person to be liked by girls unless he is super charming and a walking hormone.