She had said she would only eat a little, but in the end, she ate three lunch boxes all by herself.
"By the way, why did you bring food?" Rin suddenly changed the subject.
"I cooked it but didn't have time to eat, so I had to bring it with me." Hankuang spread his hands and responded.
"They're back."
Rin nudged Hankuang and reminded him.
In the distance, three figures were approaching one after another.
The difference was that Obito and Kakashi in front looked dejected, while Minato Namikaze in the back appeared completely composed.
Clearly, they had failed to snatch the bells.
"Kakashi, it's all your fault! If you'd kept him occupied a little longer, I could've gotten one." As he walked, Obito didn't forget to shift the blame.
"Idiot!" Kakashi wearily spat out.
From beginning to end, he had been the only one trying to steal the bell. What had Obito done?
The only thing Obito had done was charge mindlessly at Teacher Minato when Kakashi was exhausted.
He hadn't even bothered to pretend otherwise.
There was no way they could have gotten the bells.
Just look at Hankuang and Nohara Rin. They knew their own limits.
Knowing they weren't strong enough, they had spent the entire morning drawing on the rock.
"Sigh, I was so close. I almost got one." Obito shook Kakashi off and ran over to Hankuang and Rin, sighing.
"It's fine. Failure is the mother of success!" Hankuang consoled him.
"Keep working hard next time." Rin also offered a word of encouragement.
Comforted by his teammates, Obito immediately perked up.
See?
Now those were good teammates. Unlike that dead-fish-eyed Kakashi.
In the training area.
Minato Namikaze announced that they had failed the mission.
Then, as if by magic, a lunch box appeared in his hand.
"Huh? Teacher Minato brought food too?" Rin muttered softly.
No wonder.
No wonder the teacher and Hankuang had both arrived late. It turned out they had brought their own breakfast.
"Since you failed the mission, the four of you will only have one lunch box for lunch today!"
Minato Namikaze swept his gaze over them, his expression serious.
"As for who gets to eat it, you can discuss that among yourselves!"
With that, he placed the lunch box on the rock.
Bang!!!
He used the Body Flicker Technique and vanished without a trace.
At that moment, the atmosphere between the four was delicate.
Obito first glanced at the lunch box and swallowed, then shifted his gaze toward his teammates.
Of course, he didn't look at Kakashi. His gaze moved back and forth between Hankuang and Rin.
After all, the three of them were the "real" teammates.
Because Kakashi had expended so much stamina, his stomach began to growl the moment he merely glanced at the lunch box.
As for Hankuang and Rin?
The two of them were perfectly in sync.
"I'm giving up this lunch box!"
"I'm giving it up too!"
As the two of them spoke, a warm current surged through Obito's heart.
Now those were good teammates!
Not to mention Obito—even Kakashi was slightly surprised beneath his mask when he heard them give it up.
"Because I used up so much stamina, they're voluntarily giving it to me?" Kakashi was slightly moved.
In a tree not far away.
Minato Namikaze was concealed against the trunk, a smile on his face.
"I really didn't expect this."
"I thought our teamwork had failed this time, but we gained something unexpected."
"Giving up the lunch box for one another is also an expression of team spirit..."
Minato Namikaze continued watching, wanting to see who would end up eating the only lunch box.
There was one lunch box, but two people wanted to eat it. How would they divide it?
Perhaps because Hankuang and Rin had given it up, Obito and Kakashi both turned to look at them.
They seemed to be asking for the two girls' opinions.
Rin couldn't think of a solution.
She could only look at Hankuang.
And so.
Hankuang suddenly realized that all three of his teammates seemed to be staring at him.
"Ahem."
Feeling uncomfortable under their gazes, Hankuang could only clear his throat softly and step forward.
"Actually, it's simple. You can each have one."
Each have one?
But there was only one lunch box here.
Just as Rin was about to correct him.
Suddenly—
Hankuang reached into his clothes and pulled out a lunch box.
Nohara Rin: __
Obito: "You were hiding a lunch box?"
Kakashi: "Hah!"
Minato Namikaze in the tree: "..."
Sometimes, explanations were very necessary.
Just like now.
"I originally prepared breakfast for five people."
"There are four people on our team, plus Teacher Minato!"
"But Rin just ate three portions by herself, so there's only one portion left now."
As Hankuang explained, Nohara Rin's face flushed bright red. She really wanted to use Earth Style Jutsu to burrow underground.
Unfortunately, she didn't know Earth Style Jutsu.
Of course, there was also some good news.
Obito and Kakashi happened to have one portion each.
The food dispute was resolved perfectly.
"Hankuang really is full of surprises."
Minato Namikaze covered his forehead in the tree, unsure how to describe this dead-last student.
Should he punish Hankuang for breaking the rules?
But the problem was that Hankuang had brought food for everyone.
It was just that Nohara Rin had eaten most of it.
Looking at it this way, Hankuang seemed to have quite a strong team spirit.
Besides, Minato hadn't explicitly said beforehand that they couldn't bring food.
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