Shikamaru picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said lazily, "Well, by the way, I have received news about Kusagakure."
"I heard that Kusagakure was killed by a passing Wind Release strongman. All the remaining ninjas were killed, and the village was filled with deep pits a hundred meters in diameter."
"Karin's front leg was rescued by Naruto, and Kusagakure's back leg was destroyed by the strong Wind Release. This timing is quite coincidental."
After Shikamaru finished speaking, his eyes fell on Naruto and Karin vaguely.
Naruto's expression remained unchanged, he put a piece of barbecue into Hinata's bowl and said with a smile:
"Yes, what a coincidence. Fortunately, we left early, otherwise we might have encountered that Wind Release strong man."
After speaking, he said to Hinata, "Hinata, eat more!"
"Thank... thank you Naruto-kun!"
Hinata blushed and spoke intermittently.
Shikamaru Seeing this, I will not continue to ask.
When everyone was halfway through eating, Ino somehow moved his plate to the empty seat next to Naruto.
While pouring a drink for Naruto: "Naruto, Jōnin Does the vest fit you? Didn't you only wear that orange sports coat before?"
"Why do you want to change your style now?"
Hinata saw Ino approaching her, lowering her head and eating the barbecue that Naruto had given her.
Tenten leaned towards Neji and whispered to Neji, "Look at the girls around Naruto."
Neji glanced at it expressionlessly, and then said calmly, "This is youth!"
Rock Lee next to him was so moved when he heard this that he almost stood up from his wheelchair.
Sakura sat next to Sasuke and was busy putting vegetables in Sasuke's bowl throughout the meal.
Sasuke did not push aside the dishes Sakura held with a cold face as usual today. Instead, he caught them all and replied, "That's enough, you can eat too!"
Sakura's eyes widened in flattery, and then he put two more pieces of grilled beef tongue into Sasuke's bowl.
But while she was picking up the food, her eyes involuntarily drifted towards Naruto.
I saw Naruto turning his head to listen to Hinata talking, Naruto picking up food for Karin, Ino whispered something into Naruto's ear and then started laughing himself.
She opened her mouth several times to say something, but every time the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back silently and turned around to continue picking up food for Sasuke.
Tonight, there were a lot of people saying hello to Naruto in the barbecue restaurant.
The owner of the barbecue restaurant personally brought up a plate of premium beef tongue and said it was for Naruto free of charge.
Several Chunins sitting at the next table also came over with wine glasses to toast, saying that they had some misunderstandings about Naruto before, and hoped that Naruto would not take it to heart.
Naruto smiled and nodded in response to everyone who came to toast. He did not refuse, nor did he say an unpleasant word to anyone.
Karin was watching these people coming one after another like a revolving door, and he roughly understood what this meal meant to Naruto.
Naruto did not take these apologies seriously, nor did he refuse to accept them.
Sit back and let these people express their apologies to their faces, and then those who should eat meat will continue to eat meat, and those who should drink tea will continue to drink tea.
Rock Lee is sitting in a wheelchair, holding on to the armrest with one hand and trying to sit up straight, while the other hand is still stuffing meat into his mouth.
Naruto glanced at Rock Lee's arm still wrapped in bandages, and then at Karin sitting next to him, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
If you give Rock Lee a bite of Karin's special healing constitution, you might be able to remove the bandage today.
But this thought only passed by for a moment.
He will not make things difficult for Karin.
Fortunately, Tsunade's surgery was successful, and Rock Lee only needed to rest quietly for a period of time before he could resume training.
During this period, Tenten took out a cloth bag from his ninja bag and pushed it in front of Naruto.
"My dad just finished the Kunai you customized before."
"There are sixteen pieces in total. They are exactly the same as before."
Naruto opened the cloth bag, and there were ten brand new special Kunai neatly inside.
He picked it up and thanked Tenten: "Thank you Tenten."
Naruto took out the money he had prepared in advance and placed it in front of Tenten.
Seeing this, Tenten quickly pushed the money bag and said, "These Kunai should be considered as a gift to celebrate your promotion to Jōnin. After all, my dad is just a manpower worker."
Naruto heard this and pushed the money bag back again.
"Friends are friends, business is business."
"Your family also runs a store, so we can't let you suffer."
Tenten looked at Naruto for a few seconds and finally collected the money.
When the dinner was coming to an end, Naruto went to the counter to pay.
The owner of the barbecue restaurant calculated the bill and gave him a discount.
After paying the money and walking back, Naruto found Sasuke standing at the door waiting for him.
Seeing this, Naruto said to Hinata and Karin: "Hinata, Karin, you go back first, Sasuke and I have some things to do so I won't send you off!"
The two women nodded.
"Naruto-kun, be careful!"
"Naruto, then I'll go to your house and wait for you!"
Naruto nodded to the two women.
Sakura was packing his backpack. When he looked up and saw the backs of Naruto and Sasuke standing side by side at the door, he felt uneasy.
Tonight, Sasuke's attitude towards her was much gentler than usual. He did not refuse the food he gave Sasuke, and even responded when she talked to him.
But it was this tenderness that made her feel something was wrong.
"Goodbye everyone, we will meet again next time!"
Naruto looked at Shikamaru and others leaving and said hello.
"Got it..."
After everyone left one after another, Naruto walked up to Sasuke and asked in a low voice, "When are you leaving?"
Sasuke glanced at the night sky. "Now!"
Naruto didn't expect it to be so fast, but didn't say much, and then the two of them walked side by side in the direction of Konoha Gate.
The night is very dark
Most of the street lights on the street have been turned off, and only the light at the Konoha Gate sentry post is still on.
The shadows of Naruto and Sasuke were dragged one behind the other on the road.
Sakura happened to see this scene when he came out of the barbecue restaurant.
Naruto and Sasuke walked side by side on the empty street, walking farther and farther in the direction of Konoha Gate.
Sakura vaguely sensed something was wrong, the direction the two of them were walking towards was the village entrance gate.
"Could it be..."
Sakura thought of something, bit his lip, and then quickened his pace to follow.
When Naruto and Sasuke walked to Konoha Gate, there was a rush of footsteps behind them.
Sakura caught up and said breathlessly:
"Sasuke-kun... What the hell is going on?"
"Why are you here?"
"Do you want to leave?"
Seeing this, Naruto glanced at Sasuke, took two steps back and leaned against the doorpost.
The meaning is very clear, you have to deal with your own affairs.
Sasuke was silent for a moment, then walked towards Sakura.
Naruto thought the two of them would chat for a while, after all, Sakura is not such an easy person to deal with.
Who knew that Sasuke walked up to Sakura and said, "Sorry, Sakura!"
Before Sakura could react, an illusion was released.
Sakura's eyes instantly became distracted, and his body fell softly backwards.
Sasuke caught her, gently placed her on a chair by the roadside, then turned and walked towards Naruto.
"As expected of you!"
Naruto looked at Sasuke's smooth operation and gave a speechless thumbs up.
Sasuke did not answer the question and handed the village exit certificate to the gatekeeper Izumo Kamizuki expressionlessly.
Izumo Kamizuki looked down at the Hokage seal on the certificate, then looked up at Sasuke and Naruto. Without asking anything, he stepped aside to get out of the way.
Naruto waved to Sasuke, motioning for him to come over.
Sasuke walked up to Naruto with a puzzled look on his face, and Naruto asked him to stretch out his hand.
Sasuke Although he didn't know why, he still stretched out his right hand.
Naruto holds his arm and then lets go.
Sasuke took back his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and saw a five-pointed star pattern emerging on the skin of his upper arm and then quickly fading away. Within a few seconds, it completely disappeared under the skin, leaving no trace visible to the naked eye.
"This is my Spatial Marker."
"Whenever you need me, enter Chakra into the mark and I will sense it and rush over immediately."
Naruto put his hand back into the pocket of his windbreaker. "When you see Orochimaru, enter Chakra into the mark once."
"I have something to ask him about."