Look, Look!

One hour later...

"That's... Kakashi and Obito! They're actually shopping together. Would you believe it? And... Rin, what is she doing? Is she secretly following Kakashi and Obito? Look, over there!"

Yukina stood atop the Second Hokage's rock face, her Byakugan bulging as veins rose all the way to her temples while she looked down below. In the strong wind, her long hair streamed to one side, revealing the fair nape of her neck and her delicate profile. An eagle's cry occasionally rang out overhead, and beneath the sunlight, her entire person seemed to shimmer.

An irrepressible smile rested on her face as she waved her pale, jade-like hand behind her. She looked like a beautiful little girl who had found something interesting.

"Where?"

Hirohiko spoke from beside her. At that moment, his hair whipped against his cheeks in the howling wind, while his scarlet eyes shifted as though searching.

"How could you possibly see what Yukina can see?"

At that moment, Chiba, standing diagonally behind them, could not help but speak when he saw their movements.

So they had childish sides too. Though their environment had forced them to mature early, they had still retained a bit of that innocent charm.

Seeing their smiles and the faintly carefree expressions that only children possessed, Chiba's lips curled slightly as well.

But if this weren't an era of war, if they had grown up as ordinary children—or grown up in his previous life—they would have had far fewer worries. They should still have been carefree.

After his smile faded, Chiba felt a touch of sorrow in his heart.

"There, there!"

At that moment, the two of them seemed not to have heard Chiba at all. Yukina enthusiastically pointed in a direction—the location of the three members of Minato Squad within her