"Hinata, did you see that?"
"Mm-hmm, I saw it."
"The mood felt right."
"Their expressions felt right."
"The atmosphere... felt right."
Hinata and Naruto ducked their heads back and exchanged a glance, as though they had reached some unspoken agreement.
"Shall we?"
"Let's."
Without another word, Hinata immediately activated her Byakugan. With its help, the two secretly followed Kakashi and Yugito Nii.
Naruto even entered Sage Mode to conceal their presence.
After all, neither Kakashi-sensei nor that older girl knew Senjutsu, so neither could sense senjutsu chakra.
Wrapping himself and Hinata in senjutsu chakra would hide them from most people's senses.
"Hey, what have you been doing since you returned to Konoha? After that mission, news of you in the Shinobi World vanished like a kite whose string had snapped."
Yugito Nii and Kakashi walked side by side down the street. It was getting late, and the shops along the road had already switched on their bright lights.
"Me? I retired. Spent a few leisurely years in retirement, then started looking after some kids."
Kakashi recalled his lazy days after retiring, a trace of nostalgia flashing through his dead-fish eyes.
"Looking after kids?"
Yugito Nii turned to look at his profile and asked in some shock.
"Oh, to be precise, I'm their Jonin instructor."
Realizing his phrasing had been just a little off, Kakashi hurriedly corrected himself.
"Oh, I see. Never mind, then."
Yugito Nii inwardly breathed a sigh of relief, her mood brightening.
"So where are we going to eat?"
"Pacific saury?"
"You still like Pacific saury that much?"
Hinata read their lips, quietly relaying their words.
Against the Byakugan's ability to see through things, the mask Kakashi wore to look cool offered no resistance.
Hinata had seen his real face long ago, but she wasn't very good at