Ino Yamanaka: "Ah~!"
Ino Yamanaka: "Damn pink-haired one, so enviable!"
Sakura Haruno: "Hmph, the little blondie still wants to beat me?"
After speaking.
Sparks flew between the two plastic besties.
Hanabi, caught in the middle, blinked.
She picked up a mochi dumpling and asked: "Do you guys want to eat?"
"Ah~"
"Hanabi is so cute~"
"Thanks, Hanabi~"
First come, first served!
Sakura was a bit faster.
Ino wasn't about to fall behind either.
She grabbed the unsuspecting Hinata in a hug.
While nuzzling Hinata, she pouted and said: "My judgment back then was ridiculously poor."
"Why did I choose her?"
"Sigh... It turns out the treasure girl was right by my side all along, and I never noticed~"
"Ino... no... don't touch... it tickles~"
Hinata blushed and struggled symbolically.
In the end, she still succumbed to Ino's devilish claws.
Little Hanabi didn't escape the calamity either.
["Whew~"]
["Of course, although some unpleasant things happened."]
["However, it's still early."]
["Teacher is treating you to lunch today, eat until you're full."]
[Kakashi Hatake revealed a smile.]
[His dead fish eyes were gone, and there was a bit more luster in his eyes.]
[The three of them turned back to look at him.]
[Uchiha Sasuke had his hands in his pockets, turned his head away, and didn't speak.]
[Sakura Haruno lifted her snow-white neck, "You know what's good for you."]
[There was no need to hide their inner thoughts.]
[Uzumaki Naruto had said that he still liked everyone's most authentic side.]
[Besides, they had known each other for a long time, and after years of getting along, they knew each other inside and out.]
["Let's go."]
["There aren't that many people at this hour."]
[Uzumaki Naruto put on his trademark, gentle smile.]
[Kakashi Hatake breathed a sigh of relief.]
[He really hadn't guessed wrong!]
[However, Kakashi Hatake quickly suppressed his excited heart.]
[In reality, Konoha was very complicated.]
[He didn't have much confidence.]
[He just thought that, the teacher's child... he had already missed protecting him during his childhood, so for future protection, he absolutely must not fall behind.]
[Otherwise...]
[Kakashi Hatake shook his head, not daring to imagine what he would be beaten into if he reached the Pure Land.]
[Right now, Kakashi Hatake believed it was better to protect Uzumaki Naruto first, at least he had to help him protect this information.]
[Once the Third Hokage realized something, the consequences would be unimaginable.]
[In the future... he would still protect Uzumaki Naruto, and if the situation wasn't right, he would immediately make Uzumaki Naruto stop.]
[After figuring it out.]
[Kakashi Hatake let out a long breath.]
[His entire mental state improved quite a bit.]
[Uzumaki Naruto saw his high spirits.]
[So he didn't say anything more.]
[He had originally thought about giving him more stimulation.]
[He hadn't expected that Kakashi Hatake was already reaching his limit.]
[That was true, his own appearance was 'hope', not 'despair'.]
[So it didn't matter if his endurance was a bit poor.]
[Moreover, what Uzumaki Naruto had originally intended to say would definitely be the greatest stimulation in Kakashi Hatake's life right now.]
[Uzumaki Naruto began to consider whether he should let Kakashi Hatake know?]
[In the end, Uzumaki Naruto decided to wait a little longer.]
[Now was not a very good time.]
[Inside the Sealing Space.]
[The Great Fox was picking its ear, uninterested in Uzumaki Naruto's tricks.]
[It was quite interested in the few storybooks it had read before.]
[They described quite a lot of content that could make humans blush.]
[There were many situations that were the same as Uzumaki Kushina and Minato Namikaze in the past.]
[A wicked curve appeared at the corner of its mouth.]
[Wait to receive the move, you evil brat!]
[Thinking this, the Great Fox lightly touched its ear with its claw, and then, imitating human behavior, smoothed its 'hair' back.]
Huh?!
Pure Land.
Uzumaki Mito was stunned.
She immediately felt something was wrong.
This movement... why did it look so familiar?
It seemed like she had seen it somewhere...
Wait, isn't this the little habit I have every time I sit in front of the vanity table?
Uzumaki Mito's delicate brows furrowed slightly, and a bad premonition welled up in her heart.
[Before long.]
[Team 7 arrived at Ichiraku Ramen.]
["Old man, the usual."]
["Alrighty~"]
[Teuchi laughingly responded, then looked at Uchiha Sasuke.]
["Oh my?"]
["It's Sasuke-kun, haven't seen you in a long time."]
[Uchiha Sasuke nodded slightly.]
["Same as Uzumaki Naruto."]
["Wait a moment, it'll be ready soon~!"]
[Teuchi laughed, then looked at Kakashi Hatake.]
["Kakashi Hatake?"]
[Teuchi was surprised, looking at the three little ones wearing headbands.]
[And then looked at Kakashi Hatake again.]
[Is it such a coincidence?]
[Teuchi looked behind Kakashi Hatake again.]
[Might Guy, who was inseparable from him, was not there.]
[It seems it really is like that.]
[As the most popular ramen shop in Konoha, Teuchi clearly knew more than the average merchant.]
["Yo~"]
[Kakashi Hatake chuckled, "Then I'll have the usual too."]
["Alright."]
[Teuchi didn't ask further and turned to start preparing ramen for the four of them.]
[After a moment of silence.]
[Kakashi Hatake looked at Uzumaki Naruto, who was clearly a head taller than Uchiha Sasuke.]
["So, the necessary procedures still cannot be skipped."]
["After all, this has to be written into the evaluation form."]
[Kakashi Hatake revealed a smile.]
[One could see from his eyes that he was smiling.]
[This was to remind Uzumaki Naruto.]
[Immediately, Uzumaki Naruto also responded with a smile.]
[Kakashi Hatake shook his head and smiled internally, what's wrong with me?]
[This child doesn't need my reminder at all.]
["Alright."]
["Then, let's start with self-introductions."]
["Self-introductions? How are we supposed to introduce ourselves?" Sakura Haruno asked.]
["My name is Kakashi Hatake."]
["Things I like and dislike... hmm... let's keep that a secret for now."]
["As for my dream... let's keep that a secret too. As for hobbies... well, that's a secret too."]
["Introduce yourselves like that." Kakashi Hatake said with squinted eyes.]
[The others: "..."]
[Even Teuchi was speechless.]
[Ayame, who came over after hearing the commotion, also shook her head helplessly.]
[What kind of self-introduction is this?]
["The result is that we only know your name, and it's something we already knew."]
[Sakura Haruno was also speechless.]
This scene.
Made quite a few people roll their eyes in unison.
What kind of self-introduction do you even call that?
You might as well just say your name so we have something to call each other.
["Alright, it's your turn next."]
[Kakashi Hatake seemed as if he hadn't heard Sakura Haruno's complaint.]
[Looking at Uzumaki Naruto, he started to feel some anticipation inside.]
[However.]
["Hmph!"]
["My name is Uchiha Sasuke."]
["Things I like and dislike... none, there's no such thing."]
["If I have to say it, I only have ambition."]
["My ambition is to personally kill that man!"]
[At this moment, Uchiha Sasuke's face was full of killing intent.]
[Ambition, huh?]
[Kakashi Hatake glanced at him, this ambition was indeed wild enough.]
[The problem with this Uchiha was indeed not small.]
[In Uchiha Sasuke, Kakashi Hatake once again saw his former self.]
["Alright, next."]
["My name is Sakura Haruno, things I like... well, not things, I should say the person I like."]
["I like Naruto-kun the most. As long as I can be with Naruto-kun, it's as sweet as eating sweets~"]
["And also..."]
[Before Sakura Haruno could finish, Kakashi Hatake gave her an eye roll.]
["Next."]
[He then interrupted Sakura Haruno's self-introduction.]
[Teuchi and Ayame also couldn't help but laugh out loud.]
["My name is Uzumaki Naruto."]
["Things I like and dislike are a secret for now."]
["My dream is... to be the man who becomes the Fifth Hokage."]
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