"What a coincidence , I also happen to prefer my normal look as well." I joked and she laughed.
"Alright mister serious, where to next?" she asked still smiling.
"Hmm, I suppose we could go see the merchants that are here to peddle their stuff for an obscene mark up. I may even buy something if you ask nicely." I said casually and her eyes lit up.
When I said the merchants had marked up their stuff obscenely I meant it. The first place Karin dragged me over to look at was a jewelry merchant selling third rate jewelry such as bumpy pearls on a string or dull colored sapphire earrings with poor workmanship at the price of top grade jewelry!-
The merchant knew his trade though and was sweet talking Karin by saying how well this or that suited her pale complexion or bright red hair. I played with the natural energy near the stuff to test it and was surprised that one of the items had an above average affinity with the stuff, not amazing like the crystals in my chamber at home but better than normal.-
"I'll take this piece." I said calmly forking over the exact price listed and giving the merchant a look that told him I wasn't negotiating for higher.
"O-of course sir!" the man said nervously while taking the money as I swiped the rather ugly emerald necklace.
"Why that thing in particular? It's hideous." Karin asked bluntly and confused after we left that stall.
"Oh I know that but this emerald has something special about it that actually makes it worth far more than what I paid. I figure that after removing the stone and getting a proper top grade necklace made for it it would be worth more than that whole stall." I said calmly and she looked at the dull dark green stone in shock.
"I don't understand what's so special about it though?" she said still very confused.
I chuckled "Watch." I said and held it up and began to channel natural energy into the stone.
Immediately the dark and dull color began to change into a deep and bright green that captivated the attention and had you unconsciously staring at it.
'Hmm, this would be a good medium for a genjutsu. I'll have to work on making one for it but it shouldn't take more than a few days after I get it refitted.' I thought after seeing this effect in action.
It wasn't surprising at all as many special objects had features like this though admittedly genjutsu related effects were quite rare in natural stones such as this. The effect of the emerald though wasn't overly strong so I'd say whatever genjutsu I come up with for it won't exceed B rank. Anyways we moved on to other stalls to see what was being sold after that. Karin tended to appreciate more shiny things which was not particularly surprising since most people do.-
Shiny things just tend to appeal to us instinctively for some reason as humans. It was where gold and silver got their value for originally in fact as we discovered the really pretty rocks and well the rest is history you should know fairly well already. Yeah it wasn't because we knew what properties the stuff had but literally just because it was pretty and not super common. Like not rare or anything but most of the time it wasn't found above ground so it seemed that way to our primitive ancestors.-
I didn't find anymore special items during this walk through the merchants but that didn't mean I didn't buy anything else. Karin begged me for a few items that I bought for her since it seemed to make her happy. It was merely a make up set from the land of snow, a emerald green bundle of silk from the land of silk and a book she took a fancy to. Honestly I hadn't a clue what the appeal for these items were but she was smiling happily so I suppose it didn't matter.
"Lets go grab some ramen from Teuchi for lunch and then go find a jeweler for this emerald." I suggested when I heard her stomach growl.
"Okay!" She said cheerfully.
When we got to the ramen shop it had a few customers and Teuchi was busy in the back making ramen quickly and fluidly. Rushing around the shop with a notepad was his daughter Ayame with her usual tied up brown hair and plain clothes.
"Welcome! Take a seat and Ayame will be with you shortly!" the man called when he saw us.
"Oh Karin you look amazing! Your hair must have taken you forever to get up with how unruly it normally is!" Ayame said complementing Karin after coming over.
"You have no idea! I had to spend almost an hour just to get it into these buns and another thirty minutes after that to keep it there!" Karin complained and I chuckled.
The two girls gossiped a bit and Ayame took our orders before rushing off as the shop was too busy for her to stay long to chat. As we waited I casually played around with weaving a genjutsu with the emerald and eventually came up with one that would prove useful for Karin since she was going to be an iryonin.-
It was a simple genjutsu that used the emerald to sort of hypnotize whoever it was used on to not feel any pain when they were looking at it. I casually tested the handsigns I knew that would recreate the chakra molding for the jutsu while I waited and once I was satisfied I tested it on a random dude.
"That's not a half bad trick there friend, been suffering from that bruise since yesterday so it's nice to not feel it for once." the guy said with a smile.
"Why didn't you get it treated if it's bothering you so much?" Karin asked confused.
"Aw it's not really that bad miss, just a big ol bruise from dropping a box on my foot is all." the man said waving it off.
I casually reached over to the mans leg and used mystic palm to find the issue and then fix the issue in all of about a second before dropping the genjutsu.
"Eh? The pains gone!? You must be one of those docs from the hospital then, what luck!" the man exclaimed in surprise.
"You had a broken toe by the way, hairline fracture really so your thinking it was just really bruised isn't surprising." I said calmly.
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