"I was trapped somewhere and couldn't get out. I only just escaped, but I never expected so much time to have passed."
Trapped for ten years?
Kakashi found it a little far-fetched, but he did not dare refute Ronglin. He was one of the people who knew Ronglin best and understood exactly what kind of scene would unfold when this former classmate lost his temper.
"I heard you're treating everyone to barbecue?"
Ronglin's eyes suddenly shifted. Patting his stomach, he said, "Then treat me too. It's been ten years, and I haven't eaten a single thing."
"..."
Kakashi did not know what he should say. If anyone else had said that, Kakashi would definitely have rolled his eyes at them.
But the one saying it was Ronglin, so Kakashi could only believe it was true. Still, how could someone go ten years without eating and remain perfectly fine?
Yet when he saw that Ronglin's appearance was almost completely unchanged from ten years ago, Kakashi accepted it. Something this bizarre had already happened—what else could possibly be impossible?
"Tch, what a load of crap! Going ten years without eating and not starving to death?"
Kakashi did not dare doubt him, but that did not mean no one else would. Naruto, who had no idea what was going on, immediately mocked him.
Ten years without eating? If that was not a lie, what was?
"Smack!!!"
The moment Naruto finished speaking, he got slapped. But it was not Kakashi who hit him—it was Sasuke, who had been standing off to the side without saying a word.
Caught off guard by the slap, and with Sasuke putting quite a bit of force into it, Naruto nearly toppled headfirst into the river. If Sakura had not hurriedly grabbed him, he would have gone straight in.