After complaining about Orochimaru, Suigetsu rubbed his belly.
Listening to the chatter of the waitresses in the back kitchen, you can vaguely hear words like "black hair", "black clothes", "so handsome".
After finishing the pudding, Suigetsu lay on the table bored, drawing circles on the table with his fingers.
Ning Xue is still reading, looking focused and calm.
Sasuke still had his eyes closed, as if he was listening to something, but also as if he was not listening to anything.
After an unknown amount of time, the kitchen door curtain was finally opened.
The waitress just now came out carrying a tray with the remaining seven puddings on it.
Her steps were slower than before, and her eyes stayed on Ning Xue for a second longer before placing the tray on the table.
"Guest, your pudding is ready."
She whispered something, then took two steps back, but did not leave immediately. Instead, she stood not far away and glanced here from time to time.
Suigetsu Seeing this, he immediately picked up a cup of pudding and ate it while talking vaguely.
"The craftsmanship of this store is really good. It would be great if I could eat Tenten."
Sasuke opened his eyes, glanced at him, and spoke calmly.
"After you finish eating, get down to business."
"I know, I know."
Suigetsu waved his hand, looked at the waiter who kept glancing towards Sasuke, and asked.
"Hey, lady, do you know the big knife on Naruto Bridge?"
The waiter who was secretly peeking over here was suddenly called upon, and his body trembled, as if he had been caught doing something bad, and he lowered his head shyly.
Her face was slightly red, her eyes quickly glanced back and forth between Sasuke and Ning Xue, and she stammered.
"Okay... there seems to be such a handful... right? Yes... it seems like there is..."
Her voice became weaker and weaker, and even she was not sure about the last few words.
Seeing this, Suigetsu had no choice but to point his spoon at Sasuke and Ning Xue opposite him and said.
"They are both looking for it."
The waiter's eyes followed the spoon and landed on the expressionless face of Sasuke, then moved to the equally expressionless face of Ning Xue, and his expression was suddenly shocked.
"Well... there will always be someone who knows! I... I'll go find out for you!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed into the kitchen as if she had been injected with some kind of mission.
Not long after, the door curtain was suddenly opened.
The waiter trotted out, his face flushed, and came back to reply.
"I asked! Mr. Tazuna who lives by the river must know!"
As she spoke, she pointed her finger in a certain direction outside the window, her tone as sure as if she was giving directions.
Sasuke lowered his eyes slightly when he heard this name, as if he was caught in a brief memory.
After a moment, he sighed, but his face remained expressionless.
"Tazuna..."
Then, he stood up.
Seeing this, Ning Xue closed the "The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi" in his hand and stood up as well.
Suigetsu still had the last mouthful of pudding stuffed in his mouth. When he saw both of them standing up, he hurriedly scooped up a big spoonful and stuffed it into his mouth, shouting indistinctly.
"Wait a minute - I haven't finished eating yet!"
He stuffed the remaining pudding into his mouth in three bites at a time, stood up while chewing, and followed the two of them toward the front desk.
The three of them came to the front desk.
Sasuke stood there, looking at Suigetsu calmly.
Suigetsu was looked at inexplicably. He blinked and was still chewing the pudding he had not swallowed, mumbling.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me?"
At this moment, a deep middle-aged male voice sounded from behind the counter.
"Who among the three will pay?"
Behind the counter, a meticulously groomed man with glasses held a ledger in his hand and glanced around the faces of the three of them.
Suigetsu suddenly stopped chewing the pudding.
He looked at Sasuke, then at Ning Xue, and then at his empty pocket, with a very subtle expression on his face.
"Hey hey hey, Sasuke,"
He swallowed the pudding in his mouth, with a hint of guilt in his voice, but more confidently.
"I stayed in that water tank for so long and I didn't have a dime on me."
After he finished speaking, he spread his hands with an innocent look, "Do you think I look like a rich man?"
Sasuke finally showed a change in his calm expression.
And that slight change was nothing but contempt.
The pair of pitch-black eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled downwards almost imperceptibly.
"Hey, what's your expression?"
Suigetsu caught that trace of disdain and immediately started shouting with dissatisfaction.
"I really have no money! It's not that I don't want to give! What do you mean by looking at me like this? I've been soaking in the water tank for so long, and the money has long been soaked, okay!"
Sasuke ignored him.
He just withdrew his gaze, slowly took out his wallet from his pocket, opened it, took out a banknote, and put it on the counter.
"Fifteen puddings, is that enough?"
His tone was calm, as if this little money was nothing to him.
The middle-aged man took the money, lowered his head and calculated it, then nodded and smiled.
"That's enough, that's enough. Wait a minute, I'll give you some change."
Sasuke said softly "Hmm" after hearing this.
Suigetsu stood behind him, muttering.
"Hmph, you just paid for me. As for looking at me like that? When I find Kubikiribōchō, I will definitely pay you back after selling it."
Sasuke did not look back, the voice floated from the front, still calm.
"You sold that knife, what did you use it for?"
Hearing this, Suigetsu showed his shark teeth and spread his hands at the same time, speaking in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Of course I can grab it back and use it again."
As soon as these words came out, Sasuke was stunned, and Ning Xue beside him was also stunned.
Ning Xue couldn't help but turn around and glanced at Suigetsu as if he were looking at a bandit.
"Hey, little brother, don't look at me like that."
Suigetsu tried to argue, but Ning Xue had already turned away and didn't want to pay attention.
"Here's your change."
The man handed the change to Sasuke. Sasuke nodded, collected the money, then turned and walked towards the door.
"Gone."
When Ning Xue passed by Suigetsu, he raised his hand and patted his shoulder with a calm tone.
"Let's go, bandit."
Suigetsu The corner of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to refute, but looking at the figure who had already pushed the door out, he finally swallowed his words and followed quickly.
The three of them walked out of the dessert shop and walked along the street towards the river.
Suigetsu was walking at the back, still muttering.
"Bandits will be bandits. Anyway, I have to order the knife."
Along the way, the scenery on both sides of the street gradually changed from a lively market to a quiet residential area and then to a remote river bank.
Sasuke walked at the front, walking neither hastily nor slowly, as if he was no stranger to this road.
Ning Xue followed him, scanning the houses passing by without asking any questions.
After walking for about ten minutes, Sasuke stopped in front of an inconspicuous house.