"Shikamaru, I'm hungry."
Amid the bustling crowd, like several rocks that refused to drift with the current of an endless river, Shikamaru Nara and Ino Yamanaka stopped one after another and turned to look behind them at the sound.
There stood Akimichi Choji half a meter away, clutching his stomach with both hands, his face full of misery. From the look of him, it seemed like the stomach he was holding would start growling any second.
"Didn't you just eat?"
Seeing Akimichi Choji like that, Shikamaru Nara and Ino Yamanaka complained almost in unison.
"But..."
Hearing his teammates, Akimichi Choji looked aggrievedly at his stomach, then at his completely empty snack pouch. With a wronged expression, he said, "I was only half full just now, and after walking this far, I'm hungry again."
"..."
Even Shikamaru Nara and Ino Yamanaka, who had long grown used to Akimichi Choji's appetite and gluttony, could not help falling silent.
They had not even walked ten meters!
Their hearts were already screaming.
"Ino, how much money do you have left?"
After the silence, Shikamaru Nara sighed, pulled out his flatter-than-flat wallet, and looked at Ino Yamanaka.
"Heh..."
Hearing that sigh, Ino Yamanaka let out a long breath and resignedly took out her own wallet, which was just as flat as Shikamaru Nara's, then carefully counted the money inside.
Seeing his teammates' reactions, Akimichi Choji caught on quickly and immediately took out his own flatter-than-flat wallet as well.
"Hmm..."
Then, all three of them fell silent together.
Combined, their money was only enough to buy three buns.
The money they had saved up from so many missions had nearly been spent clean in just these few days.
Originally, they had possessed a fairly substantial sum. In terms of mission numbers, they should have been far