Inside a hot pot restaurant called Xilai Shun in Sunagakure, the crowds bustled and business boomed. The restaurant's signature copper-pot hot pot had a delicious broth, tender lamb, carefully prepared dipping sauces, fair prices, and a novel way of eating it, making it very popular among the villagers.
It currently had branches in Moon Lake New District and the Land of Rain, and rumor had it that it was preparing to break out of Sunagakure and expand into Konoha!
This was Keiko's private business. He had entrusted it to several injured, retired ninja, who received excellent treatment and were more than happy to serve him.
One of the ninja possessed exquisite swordsmanship and was demonstrating it for the customers. A chunk of fresh lamb weighing over a pound flashed beneath a storm of blade light, and in the blink of an eye, it was sliced into more than a hundred paper-thin pieces. It was both delicious and pleasing to the eye, drawing cheers from the diners.
At that moment, Hidan and Fanzhizhang had completely abandoned any concern for their appearances. Plate after plate of meat went straight into the hot pot. The moment the red color faded from the meat, they fished it into their bowls, mixed it with sauce, and devoured it voraciously. After all, the day's test had drained them badly, and they desperately needed to replenish their energy.
Pheobe and Hideki were relatively more refined. They swished the meat one slice at a time and ate it one slice at a time, but their little mouths never stopped moving, and neither did their chopsticks.
Once the three of them began to slow down, Akasuna Hideki set down her chopsticks.
"Eat slowly. I have something to tell you."
The three of them looked toward their teacher, though the