The two groups parted ways at a fork in the road.
Since there were no good places to eat along the way, Hyuga Shinichi planned to treat the three of them to a celebration at a newly opened barbecue restaurant once they returned to Konoha.
This new barbecue restaurant interested Hyuga Shinichi greatly. Compared to Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto's favorite in the original story, its appearances were by no means fewer.
It was Yakiniku Q, the barbecue restaurant frequently visited by Asuma's Team 10, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.
Its popularity far surpassed Ichiraku Ramen's, and whenever there were a lot of people in the original story, they would usually choose this place for group meals.
Now, though, there was also the equally popular Muchun Rice Ball Shop fast-food restaurant. He wondered whether that would change anything in the future.
Also, judging from Asuma's miserable expression whenever he paid, this restaurant's prices were somewhat high. Of course, that might have been because Choji ate so much.
But to Hyuga Shinichi, whose private funds were plentiful, it was only a drop in the bucket. As long as everyone enjoyed themselves, that was enough.
However, perhaps because she was in puberty and had begun to care more about her figure and appearance—
As soon as they reached the village gate, Uzumaki Kushina suddenly said that she did not want to go to the barbecue restaurant.
After all, she was in high spirits right now and was afraid she would not be able to control herself and eat too much barbecue.
And eating too much barbecue made it easy to gain weight, which was practically fatal for a teenage girl.
"Is that so? Then how about I report the mission at the Hokage Building first? You can go buy whatever dishes you want to eat, and