Hearing the call, Uchiha Chi paused as he started to head outside with a drink tucked under his arm, his black eyes widening slightly.
It would have been normal if someone recognized him under ordinary circumstances, but the problem was that he had not shown his real face when he came to Yakiniku Q tonight.
After activating his Mangekyō Sharingan, his body desperately needed energy. There was no room left in his mind for love or hate—only food and drink.
To keep some bad apple from sniffing him out and ruining his appetite, Uchiha Chi had worn Yakushi Nonō's mask the entire time.
So... how had someone still recognized him? Whose eyesight was that good?
Uchiha Chi turned around. A girl in a black kimono stood beneath a tree, staring back at him in equal surprise.
Once he saw her face clearly, Uchiha Chi raised an eyebrow and removed his mask. "Shizune?"
The one who had called out to him was Shizune. She had probably come out to buy something, with a bamboo basket hooked over her arm.
"Good evening. That mask..."
Shizune curiously examined the mask in Uchiha Chi's hand. But when she noticed his gaze lingering on her bamboo basket, she put the matter aside.
She took out a slice of bread. "I came to buy breakfast for tomorrow."
She put the bread back into the basket, glanced at the shopping street behind Uchiha Chi, and said softly, "I also wanted to see whether Lord Tsunade was drinking here. Dinner is ready, but she still hasn't come home..."
9
"I see." Listening to Shizune's muttering, Uchiha Chi nodded with a smile. "You don't need to worry too much. Lord Tsunade should be back soon."
"How do you know?" Shizune asked, blinking her large eyes.
Whenever she spoke, her