Cooking, eating, and continuing to make plans.
Just like that, the day quickly passed, and before they knew it, the sky was already full of stars.
"I'm done eating."
Slowly placing his chopsticks atop his spotlessly clean bowl, Chiba spoke to Kakashi and Yukina.
"Oh... oh!"
Kakashi, who had been watching him from the corner of his eye all along, froze for a moment before replying.
"Mm."
Yukina, on the other hand, answered as though she was quite used to it.
Has Chiba been eating faster and faster lately? The thought even surfaced in her mind.
W-What kind of joke is this?!
It's only been a few minutes, and you've wiped out enough food for five people! That isn't a mouth—it's a bottomless pit you pour food into! This thought flashed through Kakashi's mind.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Kakashi."
Then, at that moment, Chiba said something Kakashi could not make heads or tails of.
"Yukina, I'm off."
And right afterward, he bade Yukina farewell.
"Mm!"
While Kakashi was still standing there dumbfounded and had yet to react, Yukina nodded heavily.
Having received Yukina's response, Chiba did not waste another word and directly vanished with the Body Flicker Technique.
Kakashi, who had been about to speak after finally recovering somewhat, watched Chiba disappear and instantly narrowed his eyes.
Leave it to me? Leave what to me?! At least tell me!
He was nearly roaring inside.
"Yukina, what is that guy going off to do?"
After that internal roar, he took a deep breath and asked Yukina in as calm a voice as he could manage.
"He said he had something to do and needed to return to the village."
Yukina did not hide anything and answered truthfully. When they had lunch today, Chiba had mentioned to her that he