Hinata, Stop Pretending

Passerby A lowered his head even further. "I was only meditating."

Kurama Mutsu nodded as if she understood perfectly. "Is that so? You meditated quite seriously. You were even drooling."

Passerby A immediately retorted, "No, ma'am. Drooling is impossible."

Kurama Mutsu nodded. "Oh! It was rare for me to take an interest and draw something like this. Could it be that I saw wrong?"

As she spoke, she casually pulled out a sheet of drawing paper from her basket.

On it was a drawing of Passerby A sitting cross-legged on a tree branch, his head tilted to one side.

Judging by the level of detail, it seemed as though the person who drew it had been sitting directly opposite him.

Completion

This was rather awkward, and the situation became even more confusing, because Passerby A truly did not know whether the person in the drawing was him.

Because he really had fallen asleep, yet admitting it so readily still left him feeling a little reluctant.

With no other choice, he could only let out a couple of awkward chuckles to show his embarrassment.

But Kurama Mutsu clearly had no intention of doing anything to him. Seeing his expression, she seemed quite satisfied and nodded.

She casually tossed the drawing to Passerby A and said, "It's yours."

Passerby A hurriedly thanked her.

Time passed bit by bit.

Next, Beichen, Mizuki Rei, and Winter Rain arrived in turn.

By the time Hinata and Wu Zhu arrived, only Heyan had yet to show up.

With Hinata's arrival, the Dawn Organization's purpose in gathering this time finally began to be carried out.

Since Passerby A and Beichen were peripheral members, and both were sensible people, they did not ask Hinata why she wanted to do this, nor did they suggest finding a team that