Responsible for Reception

Ayame blushed furiously, clutching her handbag tightly. She opened her mouth, but had no idea what to say.

"Forget it. Since you're here, come have fun with us!"

"Look, you even brought your gear!"

Mirai glanced at the handbag in Ayame's hands and teased her.

Ayame was so embarrassed that she covered her face with the handbag, then hurried off to change.

Clearly, Mirai's teasing had been devastating.

After Ayame entered the lake, the three girls fell silent for a moment.

Before long, the four girls were having a blast again.

Mirai smiled and shook his head, recalling something a famous person had once said.

Women were truly fascinating creatures. For them, forming a friendship often took no more than a single sentence.

The old Mirai had never understood that saying.

But today, he finally did.

"Thank goodness my past self chose to become a chef. It's allowed me to keep shining in this world!"

Mirai smugly thanked his former self for choosing such a promising profession.

Before long, under Mirai's handiwork, a huge pile of barbecue had finished grilling.

To keep the barbecue from getting cold, Mirai had set up a separate warming grill and placed the finished food there.

Seeing that there was already a huge pile of barbecue, Mirai figured there should be enough to eat and stopped grilling.

Listening to the laughter and noise of the four girls in the lake, Mirai let out a mischievous chuckle.

He picked up a stone from the ground and inscribed it with the spatial ninjutsu seal of the Flying Thunder God.

Using the Uchiha Clan's precise hidden-weapon technique, Mirai threw the stone into the lake.

As the stone fell into the water, Mirai vanished from in front of the grill.

Then, Mirai's figure suddenly appeared in the lake.

With a shake of his body, he was left wearing only a pair of briefs.

Yet the four girls, who were playing happily in the lake, did not notice him at all.

At that moment, Mirai saw two fair, gleaming legs swim past above his head.

He flicked his body and shot forward like a fish.

Mirai had no idea who it was, but he swam up and hugged her anyway.

"Ah—"

Hanabi's piercing scream suddenly rang out.

Apparently, the person Mirai had randomly grabbed was Hanabi.

"White Eye!"

"Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"

"Ninjutsu—Mind Body Switch Technique!"

Hearing Hanabi's scream, Hinata and Ino reacted instantly, unleashing their signature ninjutsu at once.

"Ah!"

The moment Ino used the Yamanaka Clan's ninjutsu, she learned who was in the water and immediately cried out in shock.

Before Hinata even had time to see who it was, the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms had already been unleashed.

The lake instantly churned, waves rolling in layer after layer.

"Was that really necessary?!"

Mirai dodged while hurriedly sticking his head out of the water.

"Ah——"

Four screams rang out at the same time. Hinata, Ino, and Ayame immediately dove underwater.

Hanabi, her whole body burning hot, broke free from Mirai's embrace and hurriedly dove underwater as well.

"Hehe, do you think you're the only ones who can dive?"

With a splash, Mirai flipped over like a salted fish and plunged into the water.

A game of underwater hide-and-seek instantly began...

Mirai frolicked with them in the water, taking every chance to cop a feel.

In the end, once everyone was exhausted from playing, they climbed out of the lake one after another.

After hurriedly changing back into their clothes, the four girls fled together to the barbecue grill, their faces red.

"Grrr~"

Ayame's stomach was the first to protest, clearly showing that she was hungry too.

"Eat up! You've been playing for so long, you must be tired. Try my cooking!"

Mirai suddenly appeared by the barbecue grill wearing nothing but shorts, grinning at everyone.

"Qin... Mirai!"

"You haven't put your clothes on yet!"

Everyone blushed and lowered their heads.

Only Hanabi looked at Mirai and said softly, "It's okay, that doesn't matter! What matters most is that you try my cooking!"

"Grrr~"

Hanabi, Hinata, and Ino's stomachs rumbled one after another. They were clearly hungry as well.

"Go on, each of you have some. Is my cooking so bad that none of you dare eat it?"

Hearing Mirai say that, Hinata hurriedly raised her head. "N-No!"

Ino also looked up and said, "That's not it!"

Ayame, on the other hand, said bluntly, "Then I won't hold back!"

With Ayame taking the lead, everyone started eating.

The moment they began, they instantly went wild!

The girls grabbed skewer after skewer with their hands and devoured skewer after skewer, unable to stop at all.

Seeing the barbecue get completely wiped out in a frenzy in no time, Mirai was stunned.

Seeing the lingering dissatisfaction on everyone's faces, he continued grilling.

Only then did they remember just how crazed they had been.

Mirai himself had not even eaten a bite before the four of them had finished everything.

Watching Mirai grill again in nothing but shorts, the four girls felt both shy and awkward.

"Sit down for now. I'll keep grilling..."

"We'll help too!"

Perhaps feeling embarrassed to just sit and wait for food, Ayame began helping at the side.

Hinata, Hanabi, and Ino followed her example.

After all the commotion earlier, followed by this group barbecue session, their relationships gradually became closer without anyone realizing it.

Although they still felt embarrassed whenever they saw Mirai wearing only shorts, it was no longer like before.

Instead, they began interacting with one another, and their feelings quickly warmed up.

After eating and drinking their fill, Mirai enjoyed the afterglow of the sunset with the four girls.

Then, under the starlight, he took them home one by one.

When he finally took Hinata and Hanabi home, Mirai held one hand in each of his as he walked them back.

Though they were shy, neither of them objected.

He secretly rejoiced, feeling that organizing this kind of get-together today had truly been the right choice.

After taking the two home, Mirai returned to his own house alone.

"System sign-in!"

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Wood Release Bloodline Limit through sign-in. Ninjutsu: True Several Thousand Hands, Top Transformed Buddha. Ninjutsu: Wood Dragon Technique."

Delight!

Shock!

Surprise!

Mirai suddenly had the urge to buy a lottery ticket and become rich overnight.

What kind of day was today? He had actually received such an absurdly powerful Bloodline Limit and ninjutsu as a sign-in reward.

I'm flying. I'm really flying!

What tailed beasts? All of you, get down before me!

At this moment, Mirai was so delighted that he could hardly contain himself.

Wood Release—this was one of the most powerful Bloodline Limits in Naruto.

Combined with his exclusive Wood Release ninjutsu, Mirai could imagine just how powerful he had become.

"From now on, I can finally do whatever I want!"

So excited that he could not calm down, Mirai ended up unable to sleep the entire night. By the time morning came, he had only just fallen asleep.