After a full day out, the date had come to an end.
Luo Mang parted ways with Sakura Haruno that evening.
He walked along, mulling things over. Whether he was too preoccupied or something else, when he finally looked up, he found himself at the foot of the Hokage Building.
"Huh? Did I take a wrong turn?"
Just as he was about to turn around, a cold snort reached his ears.
Following the sound, he saw Kurotsuchi standing with her arms crossed and her head turned aside.
Kurotsuchi stood off to one side of the group. Beside her was an extremely burly man, and beside him was a tiny old man whose white hair gave him a distinguished air. He stood with his hands behind his back, with Tsunade next to him. There was no need to guess: they were Ōnoki and Kitsuchi.
"Hmph!"
What a coincidence, running into them here.
"Uh..."
Luo Mang did frown.
She was actually a little tsundere, but that type had gone out of fashion. Besides, she couldn't just be all arrogance.
They hadn't even properly gotten to know each other yet. Acting like this now really wasn't very appealing.
Kurotsuchi's cold snort caught Kitsuchi's attention beside her.
He turned to look curiously and found her casting a sideways glance in a certain direction. Intrigued, he followed her gaze and spotted a rather handsome young man.
"Uh, looks like that are pretty rare in Iwagakure, but you can't judge someone by their looks alone, can you?"
"..."
Still, if he was such a rare sight, why was she making that face?
Kitsuchi glanced back at the snorting Kurotsuchi and felt something was odd.
A thought instantly sprang into his mind. Had that young man bullied his daughter?
No.
Kitsuchi dismissed the thought as soon as