He did not know whether Ye Fan's words had worked, or whether Hiruzen Sarutobi had simply found him irritating.
In any case, when Ye Fan walked out of the Hokage's Office, he had not received any punishment.
Because of the delay, it was already afternoon by the time Ye Fan returned to the training grounds.
"Senior Ye Fan, Naruto... how is Naruto?"
Hinata Hyuga was surprisingly the first to ask. It seemed she truly cared about Naruto Uzumaki.
"I didn't see him. I heard Naruto had already been discharged from the hospital," Ye Fan said.
Upon hearing that, Hinata Hyuga quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Discharged?"
Kurenai Yuhi looked astonished as she stood nearby.
Hadn't the Hokage said Naruto Uzumaki's condition was terrible when they met yesterday? Even the ANBU had been alerted at the time. How had he been discharged after just one day?
"That's what the receptionist said."
Ye Fan added another sentence.
He had used Detection to investigate at the time, and Naruto Uzumaki truly was no longer in the hospital.
"Brother Ye Fan, why did you come back so late?"
Kiba Inuzuka took off his blindfold and came over as well.
"Something happened." Ye Fan smiled awkwardly.
Kurenai Yuhi keenly caught the oddness in Ye Fan's smile and hurriedly pressed him.
"What happened?"
"It was just a small matter."
Ye Fan's smile was somewhat forced.
Kurenai Yuhi was a very perceptive woman. Noticing that Ye Fan's expression was unusual, she asked seriously,
"What kind of small matter? Tell me!"
Perhaps feeling that she had not sounded stern enough, she added,
"You're not allowed to lie to me!"
"It was nothing. I just sent Sakura Haruno to the hospital, got summoned by the Hokage, fought Kakashi, and accidentally tore down the Hokage's Office."
Ye Fan did