26 25 - Accepting defeat

Karou felt his whole body ache, he opened his eyes and recognized the room he was in, it was his own room.

- Patriarch! Please don't get up. - James shouted preventing Karou from getting up, Karou was not in a critical state, but if he gets up at this point his wounds could open up.

- When did time go by? - Asked Karou going back to bed.

- Just one day, his fainting was caused by lack of Chakra and blood loss. - Said James.

- How's my grandfather doing? - Asked Karou a little worried.

- I'm not sure what happened, but the man who accompanied the former patriarch said that after his fight he went crazy and tried to run away with you in his arms, but the young woman said something to him that made him calm down.

- I see ... you can leave now. - Karou waved his hands asking James to leave. James did as he bowed and left.

After his departure Karou got up, he did some stretching and push-ups, his body was in a much better state than what they thought. The Uzumaki line had a much higher Healing ability, they could survive the most fatal injuries with just a few days of rest. Their vitality made the Jinchuriki perfect.

Karou still felt a great weakness from the lack of blood and the reverse effects of opening the gates, but most of his internal injuries from the gentle fist had already healed. Soon Karou sat on the bed and started meditating and circulating his Chakra, fighting a hyuuga was complicated, they could permanently damage his enemies' Chakra points.

Karou released his chakra completely and calmed down, with a few more days of rest he would be back with 100% of his abilities. Karou accepted his defeat very well, Girassol was simply stronger than him in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu.

Karou could give the excuse that she had trained less time, that she had the lineage of hyuugas and other nonsense, but it wasn't like that, Karou had the memories of the anime, had the lineages of the Uchiha and Uzumaki and all their Chakra points free, Girassol was simply better, Karou accepted that very well.

He knew he would have more opportunities in the future, with his knowledge, his training with the clones and his willpower he could achieve it, he just needed to try.

Karou was happy with other things, Girassol and Hinata were not the same person, although some signs of their personalities were similar and their appearances were just that, Girassol had different feelings, she managed to keep her hurt, a real human was not perfect like Naruto and Hinata, humans were selfish, hypocritical, but they also knew how to be kind and empathetic.

Karou would do anything to make Girassol his wife, but if she didn't want him he would let her go, in that he remembered the words of a wise man ...

"I love a woman ... but I will not force her to love me, I will surround her with my love while ... I pray for her happiness" - Jiraya

Karou now had a chance to get close to Girassol, he would do his best to win her over, Karou had a strange passion. Karou had strong feelings for Girassol, he did not know the reason for that, when he met her he ended up acting on impulse when he saw such a vivid Naruto character, even more one of the favorites.

If he lost the fight and Sunflower became a kind of slave to the Clan, he would only accept it until he could free himself with his own strength, but after the fight when he thought of Sunflower his heart really pounded, Karou had a strange thought.

"Am I a masochist?" He asked himself, laughing at himself. Karou got it out of his head, he was not a masochist, he just didn't know about his own feelings.

Karou created clones and sent them to seek information, nothing will happen in the Clan, his grandfather paid all the Clan's debts and was beginning to employ the servants who did not abandon, he also called the miners and soldiers from the fields back to the main house of the Clan.

Soon Karou would be introduced to the remaining servants and members, in addition to the party and presentation to the other patriarchs and high society leaders of Folha verde. Karou did not like these matters and sighed unhappily.

Sales were going well, clans were still wary, but blacksmiths feasted, as ore was sold at 100/1 it was still a high scale, so blacksmiths diluted further, even weapons with 1000/1 were sold for almost double normal price.

The profits were not so high as there were not enough blacksmiths and workers to produce, there was a lot of demand and little supply, Karou as soon as he was cured would solve this with his own clones.

Now Karou stopped to think about what he would do now, there was a lot to do, he needed to decide what would be the next jutsu he would learn, how he could strengthen himself, besides creating his own elite force, fighting alone would not be an option at this moment even though there were hundreds or even thousands of clones, the clones would only be effective against those of a lower level than himself, against those of a similar or higher level Karou still needed to fight for himself.

The eight gates could not be used by the Clones, Karou needed a jutsu that would make his clones stronger, there were two great options for that. Chidori created by Kakashi and enhanced by Sasuke, or the Rasengan created by Minato.

Of course, these two options would be difficult at the moment, both were time-consuming jutsus, Rasengan mainly because it is one of the most difficult jutsus to learn.

Karou also needed to improve his fireball and start his training with the five elements, in addition to the summoning jutsu that was his greatest weapon at this time, with this jutsu he was practically invincible within the crimson realm. Karou's next objective would be the Battle of Clans that would soon take place.

Karou was very excited ...