In the following days, although every day Karin had a bitter face, in fact, she felt what happiness was.
Every day, she did not need to live a life of wandering. She did not need to worry about food or clothes. No one would bully her, and she did not need to worry about being taken away as a 'medical kit' to use this simple happiness. For a time, Karin was addicted to it and forgot all her worries.
Of course, it would be better if she did not have to eat those dark medicinal meal every day.
Because she still needed to recuperate for the time being and could not undergo training, Karin's biggest hobby was to learn cooking every day.
Even though there would be a lot of noise every time she overturned the kitchen, and then she would be sent to the yard to be punished, but Karin was still happy and could cook some simple dishes, but there was still a lot of room for improvement in the taste.
And for Aoba, his investment in Karin had already seen the effect.
The originally thin and small, malnourished and underdeveloped Karin. After this period of reasonable treatment, not only did she look much better, but her body also began to grow a little flesh, and even her dry and forked hair was much smoother.
It was still like this. After the first period of food supplement treatment, she should be able to start the preliminary training.
Aoba thought about it and also thought about how to exchange for Uzumaki Clan's sealing technique to train it.
But after thinking about it, he found that the risk of stealing was too great. He was not Naruto, so there was no way for Sarutobi and the others to turn a blind eye to it. Moreover, with the lesson from last time, presumably, Sarutobi would not tolerate them anymore!
Another was that he felt that he had entered a wrong line of thinking. Although Uzumaki Clan's sealing technique was powerful, and it was also the reason why outsiders were afraid of Uzumaki Clan's sealing technique.
But in fact, sealing technique was a type of ninjutsu that was very difficult to learn, and it required a very high aptitude for learning!
Among them, Uzumaki Clan's sealing technique had some self-formed meaning. Without Uzumaki Clan's special physique and huge amount of chakra, even if others learned it, the power they could unleash would still be barely satisfactory.
In the entire manga, there was no one who could bring the sealing technique back to the glorious level of Uzumaki Clan.
To be able to master one or two other sealing techniques was already a genius among geniuses. For example, Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Sarutobi were the only ones who had truly learned most of the sealing techniques. It was also because of Kushina was there, just Hashirama with Mito in the past.
Therefore, Uzumaki Clan's sealing technique might not be that difficult to obtain. At least with Aoba's current strength, reputation, and achievements, if he wanted to exchange for it, Sarutobi might not refuse.
Of course, there was no need to even think about the forbidden sealing techniques.
However, when he became the Hokage, these forbidden techniques were not up to him to see.
After sorting out the relationship, Aoba left Karin at home and went directly to the Hokage Building.
He happened to see Uchiha Fugaku, and Hyuga Hizashi coming out of the Hokage's office. Presumably, they were holding a meeting and needed the two high-level consultants to discuss.
Because they needed to avoid arousing suspicion, no one spoke when they brushed past each other, not even looking at each other.
But when the day came that they really needed to contribute, they believed that this hidden relationship would definitely surprise many people!
"What are you doing here?"
Knocking on the door and entering, Sarutobi only glanced up at him, then lowered his head and continued to deal with official business.
Aoba was speechless. How much did he dislike him?
"Hehe, Hiruzen-sama, where is Kakashi-senpai?"
Sarutobi suddenly paused. Then, he revealed a very strange expression as he looked up at him. "Are you preparing to admit your mistake? You really have guts. You actually dared to do such a thing to Kakashi. However, you are lucky. Kakashi has been out on a mission recently. I don't know when he will come back."
Aoba immediately smiled awkwardly.
"It's all a misunderstanding. Kakashi-senpai is my idol, and Kakashi-senpai is so generous that he definitely won't lower himself to my level, right?"
"Idol?" Sarutobi also revealed a playful smile. "Why did I hear that you were chasing after Kakashi in the beginning? Or did you look like you wouldn't give up until you killed Kakashi?"
"Misunderstanding! This is all a misunderstanding! I didn't expect that even you would misunderstand me. Wasn't it because it was my first time fighting with my idol that I was a little too excited?"
"It's better for you to keep this from Kakashi. Your idol might not think this way, and he is not as 'generous' as you think. When he comes back, I can ask him to find you. You even moved away. You really are something." Sarutobi said with a fake smile, which made Aoba feel that there was something in his words.
"Forget it, but there is another reason for moving. I saved a child when I was traveling. She also lost everything in the war and because I felt that I was in the same boat as me, so I brought her back directly. It was because the house before was too small to live in, so I moved. It was definitely not to hide from Kakashi-senpai!"
Aoba, who was possessed by an Oscar-winning actor, immediately showed what was called "You say, but you don't mean what you mean."
Sarutobi, who already knew the whole cause and effect of Akatsuki, was deceived. In his opinion, Aoba was first hiding in Uchiha's camp, and then secretly hid outside the village. In the end, he did not even dare to return home, so he directly moved away.
It was likely that even Aoba would not have thought that his previous suicidal act would actually provide perfect cover and excuse for his actions at the back. What he needed to do was to push the boat along the current and not let others suspect him.
As for the matter of him bringing back a little girl, Sarutobi had already known about it at the first moment. Otherwise, he would not have intentionally brought up the matter of moving.
It was nothing more than to warn someone that this method was against the rules!
Aoba immediately gave an explanation when he heard the hidden meaning of Sarutobi's words.
Fortunately, Sarutobi was not willing to delve too deeply into this kind of small matter. Compared to the troubles that Aoba had caused and the unreliable things he had done before, privately bringing back a war orphan was not surprising and strange at all.
This was the benefit of human setting. No matter what you did, as long as it was within the scope of human setting, there would always be someone to help you think about it.
However, out of caution, Sarutobi still reminded him seriously, "This matter will not be repeated next time. If there is any problem, you will be responsible."
"Yes, I have investigated the identity and background clearly. It is very clean. If there is any problem, I will bear it all on my own." Aoba promised without hesitation.