Unlike the nervous Satō Maji, Lin Guang spent several days relaxing at home.
Back in Kirigakure, that oppressive feeling had been truly unbearable.
"Lin Guang, Lin Guang! Are you home?"
That morning, Naruto woke Lin Guang with his pounding on the door.
"I'm here! What do you want?"
Lin Guang opened the door and looked at Naruto unhappily.
"Hehe, I bet you haven't heard that I completed a C-rank mission with B-rank difficulty!"
Naruto grinned smugly. This guy really had no modesty!
"What's so special about a C-rank mission? I've already completed loads of them!"
Lin Guang needled him.
"What! And you won't even tell me which team you're on!"
Naruto started shaking Lin Guang.
"Stop shaking me, stop! I really can't tell you."
Naruto had nearly shaken Lin Guang dizzy, leaving him no choice but to beg for mercy.
"Fine. You don't know this, but I went to the Land of Waves and saw Zabuza Momochi of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist!"
Naruto recounted it vividly, also telling Lin Guang about meeting Haku and his Ice Release.
"That Haku had Ice Release too, you know. Are you related to him somehow, Lin Guang?"
Naruto raised his eyebrows at Lin Guang.
Naruto really was dense. Even with Lin Guang living next door, he hadn't known Lin Guang had Ice Release. He had only heard about it from people in the village.
Sasuke, who was also on Team 7, had grown unhappy again upon hearing that, while also feeling some disdain for Lin Guang.
Sasuke prided himself on having the Sharingan and thought little of ninjas with other kekkei genkai.
Lin Guang couldn't be bothered with him either. The two didn't get along.
But if Sasuke didn't know better and provoked Lin Guang, Lin Guang would put him in