Before long, Hyuga Bin and Pakura arrived at a restaurant unique to Sunagakure.
After watching Pakura skillfully finish ordering, Hyuga Bin asked curiously, "Aren't you drinking?"
"I can drink, but aren't you underage?" Pakura turned to look at Hyuga Bin.
According to Sunagakure's previous intelligence, Hyuga Bin had only just turned thirteen this year. He still had two years before reaching the permitted drinking age of fifteen.
The ban on drinking before fifteen was a custom observed throughout the ninja world.
"Look at how tall and big I am. Do I look underage?" Hyuga Bin stood up and swayed in front of Pakura.
At over thirteen years old, Hyuga Bin was already more than 1.7 meters tall, about as tall as many shorter adult men.
"Fine, then just a little."
Pakura understood that this was not Hyuga Bin's first time drinking.
She could only call over a server and have two bottles of grain liquor brought over.
"Mm." Only then did Hyuga Bin nod.
He was out traveling. How could he not drink a little and relax?
As they waited for Sunagakure's specialty grain liquor to arrive, Hyuga Bin skillfully opened a bottle, filled both his and Pakura's cups, then raised his glass.
"Yakura-kun, cheers."
Seeing Hyuga Bin's practiced movements, Pakura realized she had been overthinking things. Not only was this not his first time drinking, he was practically an old drunkard.
"Cheers."
Pakura raised her glass and clinked it against Hyuga Bin's.
After three rounds of drinks, Hyuga Bin was already hazy with drunkenness.
Because Sunagakure lacked supplies, its liquor had a relatively high alcohol content in order to conserve grain—twenty proof stronger than Konoha's alcohol.
Hyuga Bin was drinking Sunagakure liquor the way he drank in Konoha, so naturally, he got drunk much sooner.
Since Pakura had