Approaching

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Early the next morning, Houka arrived at a training ground and found Rock Lee already training with complete focus, hammering away wildly at a wooden post. Before long, his hands were bleeding.

"So, what do you think? Under my training, Rock Lee has improved tremendously, hasn't he?" Guy appeared beside Houka at some point, his face full of smug pride.

Houka shrugged. "That's because Rock Lee is talented. Try training someone else and see whether they survive."

Guy was immediately left speechless.

Hearing the commotion, Rock Lee looked up and happily ran over. "Uncle Houka!"

Houka smiled. "Rock Lee, you started training so early. Isn't it hard?"

Rock Lee shook his head. "Uncle Houka, as long as I can become an outstanding ninja, I'm not afraid of any hardship!"

"This is the true meaning of youth!" Guy said emotionally from the side.

Rock Lee nodded in wholehearted agreement.

Seeing how in sync they were, Houka's heart skipped a beat. He was terrified that Rock Lee and Guy would end up hugging each other and weeping. That image would be far too painful to look at.

So Houka hurriedly interrupted them. "All right, all right, enough about youth. Rock Lee, get back to training."

"Yes!"

Rock Lee answered loudly, then ran back to resume pummeling the wooden post.

Houka stayed a while longer before taking his leave.

Then he went to Kurenai Yuhi's home.

When Naruto saw Houka, he thought he had come to take him home. He was overjoyed and deliberately went on about how nice Kurenai Yuhi's place was, hoping Houka would improve his meals after taking him home.

Houka snorted. "Since you like it here so much, you can live here from now on."

Naruto froze when he heard that.

He looked at Kurenai Yuhi,