Following (Continued)

When everything was over, he changed back into his own orange jacket and pants and walked out of the room.

Then he happened to run into Sakura, who was opening the door across from his at the same time.

Seeing her, Naruto immediately greeted her. "Morning, Sakura."

Sakura seemed to be in a bad mood and replied listlessly, "Morning, Naruto."

As they spoke, the two of them headed straight into the living room.

At that moment, Kakashi and Neji Hyuga were already eating breakfast at the table in the living room.

There were two more portions on the table, obviously prepared for them.

After greeting them, Naruto and Sakura joined in and began eating as well.

Before long, Naruto patted his stomach, a satisfied expression on his face.

But that satisfied look did not last long before he suddenly seemed to remember something and sat up straight.

His gaze swept around the room, but he quickly looked puzzled.

"Teacher Kakashi, where's that bastard Sand Ninja?"

Hearing Naruto's question, Sakura said as well, "Yeah, Teacher Kakashi."

"It seems like we haven't seen the Sand Ninja who came with us at all today."

Kakashi put down the sacred book he had been reading.

Then he raised his head, rolled his familiar dead-fish eyes, and said, "Oh, you mean that?"

At that moment, Neji said, "Ahem, you got up rather late, so you might not know."

"The four people from Sunagakure chose to leave early this morning and return to Sunagakure."

Naruto said, "What? I haven't even had a fight with that guy, and he just ran away like that."

Ignoring Naruto's complaints, Sakura thought for a moment before saying, "Teacher Kakashi, then does that mean this mission is complete and we can return to Konoha?"

A delighted expression appeared on her face