The shopping district was bustling with people.
It was a scene of prosperity and excitement.
Next month, Konohagakure would hold a grand festival.
Originally, this festival had been a solemn ceremony to pray for the dead.
However, lately... it had also become a change people made so they could return to the surface.
People who were close would gather together and then... exchange gifts with one another.
Hinata's figure appeared on the crowded shopping street.
Her bangs hung down, covering her forehead... as well as the Caged Bird Seal on it.
She walked out of a shop with a blissful expression.
She held a thin paper bag against her chest, the red yarn inside clearly visible, and walked toward the crowd.
Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji had come to visit their teacher, Kurenai.
Their mentor... Sarutobi Asuma.
Had already entered into a relationship with Yūhi Kurenai.
To everyone's delight... Yūhi Kurenai was already pregnant.
"Time really flies..."
The three of them, Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino, who had all grown taller, sighed.
Ino had blossomed into an even more beautiful and sensual young woman.
"I wonder if it'll be a boy... or a girl..."
Shikamaru scratched his head and secretly made up his mind.
Just as Asuma trained me, I'll become his child's master.
It was evening.
Naruko came to Ichiraku Ramen for dinner.
No matter how much the village was rebuilt, Ichiraku Ramen's signature shop could never be left out.
"Today's on me. Everyone, eat as much as you like."
Naruko spoke to the Academy Students who had come here with her.
After their classes ended, these Academy Students had chased after Naruko all the way here.
"You're a special lecturer today..."
Inuzuka Kiba happened to pass by, with his grown-up Ninken Partner Akamaru beside him.
"Speaking of which... Naruko,