"Congratulations once again to these four students on their successful promotion to Chunin!"
Clap, clap, clap! Clap, clap, clap!
Resounding applause filled the venue, creating a lively atmosphere.
Luo Mang, however, looked utterly bored.
Propping his chin on one hand, he watched the award ceremony in the Competition Arena, looking almost ready to doze off.
"Isn't this taking way too long?"
A single acceptance speech had somehow stretched from dusk until nightfall. The sky was already dark.
And yet no one else seemed to be in a hurry. He really couldn't understand it. His backside was practically flat from sitting so long.
"What are we eating tonight?" Ino Yamanaka was getting bored too, and turned to ask Luo Mang.
"No idea."
Luo Mang narrowed his eyes, unable to come up with anything. The reason she had brought up food was that, during the award ceremony, they had agreed to get together after it ended for dinner.
The invitation had seemed sincere enough, so Luo Mang hadn't refused.
Ino Yamanaka had come over on her own to join them, saying that one of her friends was still recovering from an injury and the other was nowhere to be found.
She wanted to join in the fun.
As her best friend, Sakura Haruno hadn't turned her down.
The others were Tenten and Rock Lee.
Neji Hyuga had turned and left immediately after watching the awards ceremony.
He had shown no interest in getting together with them, so naturally, no one had pressed him.
That meant the dinner group would consist of Luo Mang, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Karin, Tenten, Ino Yamanaka, and Rock Lee.
Eight people in total.
When Ino Yamanaka heard that Luo Mang had no ideas either, she thought for a moment before offering her own suggestion.
"Let's