However, contrary to Nojuro Ryun's expectations, he really did not see any results existing within a short period of time.
[The news of you and Ino becoming a couple quickly spread. Many people sent you both their blessings.]
[Those who knew you had been sending flowers to Ino for years were even more touched by the romance between you two, but the confusion in your heart still could not be explained.]
[One week later, you were discharged from the hospital. Ino pulled you to the Yamanaka household. Her mother and grandmother both expressed their welcome to you. Unfortunately, you did not see Yamanaka Inoichi.]
[Yamanaka Ino pulled you to her boudoir. At first, you wondered why Yamanaka Ino did this, but then you saw Yamanaka Ino's collection, over ten huge pressed flower albums.]
[It turned out that while you had been sending flowers to Ino for years, Ino had also preserved all the flowers you sent by making them into pressed flowers.]
[Ino told you she originally only wanted to collect one or two flowers as a keepsake, planning to stop once you gave up. But you never gave up, so she kept collecting them out of something like competitiveness until now.]
[You still wanted to ask Ino why, since they had feelings for each other long ago, they had been entangled until now. But Ino seemed to see through your thoughts and pushed you down again.]
[Ino said she wanted to accept your confession under the witness of the over one thousand flowers you sent. You happily said a string of sweet words to Ino, making her utterly captivated. The two of you were intoxicated until dawn.]
[From then on, you gained the right to freely enter and leave the Yamanaka household. Ino's mother and grandmother already regarded you as their son in law, but you still had not seen Yamanaka Inoichi.]
Nojuro Ryun frowned... Could it all be because of Yamanaka Inoichi?
He suddenly thought, at the very beginning of the simulation, Yamanaka Inoichi extracted his memories. Could it be that Yamanaka Inoichi discovered something and told Ino, which then made Ino distance herself from Nojuro Ryun?
This was a reasonable explanation, but Ryun felt it wasn't reliable. Could he really have discovered the secret of the system?
Moreover, Ryun vaguely felt that Yamanaka Inoichi seemed to be avoiding him.
Of course, this could also be an illusion.
Currently, Konoha and the entire ninja world were in turbulent times.
After this, Konoha would launch a pursuit against Kakuzu and Hidan, followed by Jiraiya's death, Pain bringing rice upstairs... all the way to the Fourth Great Ninja War. This year would practically be filled with fighting.
Against this backdrop, it wouldn't be strange for Yamanaka Inoichi to be too busy to get away.
Just as Ryun was wondering if he would have any notable performance during this busy year.
He regretfully found that even as a medical ninjutsu master in the simulation, he could not influence the overall situation.
Thinking about it, it made sense. Soon it would be Tsunade healing the entire village and Naruto healing the ninja world, along with the reunion meeting of the Reanimation Jutsu army. Ryun's one on one medical ninjutsu indeed wouldn't make much difference.
[Afterward, you continued working as a medical ninja. After Tsunade fell into a coma, you and Shizune became Konoha's strongest medical ninjas, shouldering all of Konoha's medical work.]
[Just when you thought you would work steadily like this until the end of the Great Ninja War, news of Danzo's death arrived, and Yamanaka Inoichi came to find you.]
Ryun's spirit shook. Was the secret that had puzzled him for so long finally going to be revealed?
Ryun couldn't help but breathe three parts faster, wanting to know what Yamanaka Inoichi would say.
But the following text made Ryun fall silent for a long time, as if he had returned to that powerless night.
[Yamanaka Inoichi performed dogeza to apologize to you. You were overwhelmed and urged him to get up, but Yamanaka Inoichi insisted, saying he wouldn't get up unless you forgave him. Only then did you patiently listen to his explanation. Then, Yamanaka Inoichi told you a fact that shocked you.]
[It turned out the person who stabbed you three years ago was named Yamanaka Fuu. He was a member of the Root Anbu under Danzo's command, ordered to probe your true situation.]
[Yamanaka Inoichi believed that after learning the truth, you would not forgive the Yamanaka clan, and that Ino being with you would not lead to a good outcome. That is why he prevented Ino from seeing you.]
Ryun silently looked at the text prompt before him. He naturally knew who Yamanaka Fuu was, an elite jonin most skilled in the Mind Body Switch Technique.
But he didn't understand. Why did Danzo think to investigate him, and even use a method like stabbing him?
What had he done to attract Danzo's attention like this?
At this moment, the real Ryun and the simulated Ryun seemed to merge. The simulated Ryun also asked a similar question.
[You asked Yamanaka Inoichi why Danzo did this, what overly drastic thing you had done. Yamanaka Inoichi's answer made you fall silent, because he personally heard Danzo say one sentence in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, "It was just a random test by a subordinate. He's not dead, is he?"]
[At that moment, you understood. You hadn't done anything overly drastic at all. Danzo might not even have remembered your name. He just had his subordinates screen Konoha for unstable factors. That knife that nearly killed you and changed the course of your life might not even have made it onto Danzo's desk as intelligence.]
Ryun let out a long sigh.
His recent growth made him feel he had gained the confidence to change his own fate and life. But the simulation told him that in a ninja world where life was as cheap as grass, he was still far from true liberation.
'Danzo... Danzo.'
Ryun murmured to himself, "I hope that one day, when you become a role like grass by my side, you won't be foolish enough to ask my name."
The simulation calmly continued to operate.
[You chose to forgive the Yamanaka clan, because you knew that Root ninjas were brainwashed by Danzo. Yamanaka Fuu had little relation left with the Yamanaka clan.]
[Yamanaka Inoichi was very moved. He then called Ino over. Amidst Ino's tearful joy, he entrusted her to your care.]
[The next day, the Yamanaka clan announced your engagement to Ino. Due to Danzo's death and Konoha's precarious situation, only members of the Ino Shika Cho clans, Ino's close friends, and key figures from the Hokage lineage like Tsunade attended your engagement ceremony.]
[Not long after, the Great Ninja War broke out. Yamanaka Inoichi died in the war. You were powerless to save him from the Ten Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb.]
[After the Great Ninja War ended, Ino had not yet emerged from her grief. You were busy revitalizing the Yamanaka clan, so you and Ino did not hold your wedding ceremony in time.]
[Konoha year 69, Ino gave birth to a boy for you. You named him Yamanaka Tetsu.]
[Congratulations, simulation successful!]
[Calculating the bloodline talent power of Yamanaka Tetsu. Please wait a moment.]
The real Ryun finally broke free from his emotions, looking with a strange expression at the final successful simulation result.
The success of the simulation naturally pleased him, especially since the twists and turns experienced in this simulation were no less than those in the simulation with Uzuki Yūgao.
But the speed at which the simulation ended was a bit too fast!
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