Ye Fan was not familiar with the members of Team 10, so he did not take the initiative to greet them. Instead, he turned his gaze back to Asuma Sarutobi.
"Teacher Kurenai Yuhi had something to take care of, and I took leave today because I wasn't feeling well."
Ye Fan gave a simple answer to the question he had just been asked.
"This should be Hanabi Hyuga, right?"
Asuma Sarutobi turned his gaze toward Hanabi Hyuga beside him.
Hanabi Hyuga carried herself gracefully and said politely,
"I am Hanabi Hyuga. Greetings, Senior!"
"Why did you two come here together?" Asuma Sarutobi asked curiously.
"Because we were hungry, so we came here to get something to eat."
Hanabi Hyuga answered neither humbly nor arrogantly, showing no timidity despite the fact that he was a Jonin.
Asuma Sarutobi smiled awkwardly.
That was not what he had wanted to ask. Since Hanabi clearly had no intention of answering, he did not press further.
"Are you close with Teacher Kurenai Yuhi, Senior?"
At that moment, Ye Fan suddenly asked such a question.
Asuma Sarutobi was briefly stunned, then smiled with a somewhat strange expression.
"We are indeed quite close. Your teacher and I graduated from the Ninja Academy together back then."
"So you were childhood sweethearts?"
Ye Fan smiled as though teasing him.
Asuma Sarutobi merely chuckled and said nothing.
It was lunchtime.
In just that short while, many more people had entered the shop.
"Senior, if you don't mind, how about we find a table and talk while we eat?" Ye Fan suggested.
After all, having all of them gathered there was somewhat obstructing the owner's business.
"Sure!"
Asuma Sarutobi also wanted to have a proper chat with Ye Fan.
Thus, the group found seats in a corner and sat down.
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