"Uzumaki Naruto? Uzumaki? The same surname as our teacher's wife!"
Obito cried out as though he had discovered a whole new world.
One of Kushina's clansmen? But why didn't he have red hair? Why was his hair blond like mine?
Minato Namikaze watched the boy preparing ingredients and thought to himself.
"Hello, I'm Rin. Do you need any help?"
Sanmei turned around and saw a sweet-looking girl standing there with her hands behind her back, smiling at him.
"Can you handle the innards?"
Fortunately, he had only just started preparing the ingredients. Their sudden arrival was unexpected, but it would be fine as long as he prepared more food.
Rin smiled faintly and took over the task in his hands.
"Do you want the liver too? Won't it be too gamey?" she asked.
"Just use heavier seasoning." Naruto cut the cleaned chicken into evenly sized pieces.
Yakitori was, in fact, grilled chicken. It was called yakitori because, in ancient times across the Five Great Nations, chickens were known as "courtyard birds" for crowing to announce the time.
"Naruto, you didn't used to live in Konoha, did you?"
Watching his movements from the corner of her eye, Rin asked curiously.
Judging by his appearance, he was probably about the same age as her. If he had been a Konoha resident, she should have seen him at the Ninja Academy.
Even if they had not been in the same class, a sunny, handsome boy like him would surely have been discussed often by the girls. She should have heard of him.
"Mm." Sanmei nodded slightly. "I only came to Konoha not long ago."
"Tch." Obito secretly curled his lip.
He knew Rin was not the type of girl to be infatuated with looks, but seeing her chatting so happily with another man