In one noon time, the five people worked together and all the preparations were done except for the fish.
Naruto patted Shikamaru on the shoulder from behind, and the latter looked back at him in confusion.
"Let me do it instead."
Hearing this, Shikamaru stood up and said with a long face.
"It turns out that fishing is so difficult, no wonder I don't see my father fishing much."
"It's really difficult."
Naruto agreed, and within five minutes he caught five fish, making Shikamaru's eyes widen.
"Is it fake? I saw you didn't even hook up the bait once!"
"I have a good relationship with that fish."
"That's nonsense! How can there be such a thing!" Shikamaru collapsed holding his head.
"You don't believe me even if I tell you, so it's better not to tell." Naruto continued fishing, catching seven or eight fish in total before stopping.
Naruto was collecting his fishing rod and preparing to go back, when Shikamaru came over to help. Naruto simply handed him the fishing rod and asked him to clean it up. Shikamaru didn't refuse. One of them stood by the river to reel in the line, and the other stood watching.
The cool mountain breeze blew by, and the two of them suddenly felt cool all over.
Listening to the laughter of Sakura and Ino not far away, Naruto suddenly bumped Shikamaru with his shoulder with emotion on his face.
"What's wrong?"
"Don't you think this is what summer should really feel like?" Naruto said.
"What does summer feel like?"
Shikamaru followed Naruto's gaze and saw that Sakura and Ino were grilling fish while talking and laughing, and Choji was sitting aside eating potato chips. Behind is the eye-catching mountain forest, and the cool breeze shuttles through it.
"Who do you like? Ino or Sakura?" Shikamaru asked with a pair of dead fish eyes without motivation.
"I just like the summer atmosphere." Naruto turned to Shikamaru and said, "But I still prefer girls wearing skirts."
"Is there any difference?" Shikamaru showed the same expression as his father, "Women are the most troublesome."
"Of course there is a difference. Youth and fatness are inseparable, right?" Naruto said casually, looking around boredly, "Speaking of which, the profession of ninja is not very good. I will definitely change my profession when I grow up."
"What profession should I change?" Shikamaru had so many things to say, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"The kind that can travel around the world and wander around."
"I don't want to hurt you, Naruto, you are still the Jinchuriki of the village." Shikamaru put his arm around Naruto's neck and lowered his voice and said, "Just talk to me like you are not a ninja, don't be casual. Talk to others.”
"I know." Naruto nodded helplessly. "But I'm really unwilling to live in this village for the rest of my life."
"There will be missions, and there will be opportunities to go out." Shikamaru scratched his head and said, "If you think about it carefully, we people will probably be like my father's generation and never leave this village in our lives."
"I don't seem to be unwilling to do anything. To be precise, my dream is to live an ordinary life. Marry an ordinary wife and do ordinary things every day."
"Tch." Naruto pushed Shikamaru's hand away and muttered, "Generally, people who say this kind of thing only like beautiful girls."
"Naruto! Shikamaru! What are you two still doing?" Ino from a distance put her hands on her hips and waved to the two of them with a smile, "The fish is ready, and we also brought the ingredients for barbecue. Come and eat!”
"Okay!" The two of them responded in unison and trotted over.
...
At nightfall, everyone dispersed.
Naruto had not walked far when he suddenly heard rapid footsteps coming from behind.
Konoha Street is brightly lit at this time, and all the shops are brightly lit. Looking down from a high altitude, it looks like strips of light running through the leaves.
Ino was out of breath from running, so she held Liu's waist and said, "Wait a minute."
"What's going on?" Naruto had just been thinking about what Shikamaru said during the day, so he was not in a high mood.
"I heard Shikamaru said that you want to leave the village in the future?" Ino asked nervously.
"Did Shikamaru tell you?" Naruto asked with some confusion.
"I...I forced him to say it." Ino said, squeezing her hands, "So that's what you thought, right?"
"Yeah." Naruto didn't hide it.
"Why?"
Hearing this, Naruto did not answer immediately. Instead, he took a step closer and looked at Ino carefully, as if looking at a piece of art.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ino took a step back and asked slightly panicked.
At the same time, she began to regret in her heart why she was so impulsive. With just a thought, I actually caught up and asked, it was so embarrassing!
"Ino, you are so kind."
"Eh? Why...suddenly...say such things?" Ino's face instantly turned red, her hands were crossed and twisted together, and her entire speech became stuttering.
Facing the sudden compliment, she was a little overwhelmed.
Naruto said this completely sincerely. Ino was one of the few ninjas he had ever seen who had high emotional intelligence and sincerity. It turned out that she really would run so far in the opposite direction to keep up with her because she was worried about a friend.
At this time, the direction Naruto was going was not home, but the Hokage Rock in front of him.
"Actually, I don't know myself, so I don't know how to answer your question." Naruto said seriously, "At least in the past few years, I have no plans to leave the village. I may do so in the future, and that will be in the future."
Hearing this, Ino felt a little relieved and said with a blush.
"I mean, if...if you have someone you like in the future, will you stay for her?"
"I might prefer freedom." Naruto felt that it would be better not to let Ino have expectations for him. If he said too much, it would be troublesome if he couldn't do it.
"I see."
"Yeah." Naruto nodded, glanced in the direction of the Hokage Rock and suggested to Ino, "You're here, let's go up and take a walk."
Ino didn't object and followed Naruto silently. The girl didn't say a word and seemed extremely quiet. Naruto thought that it seemed like the matter was over.
Perhaps because Naruto has been eating meat and drinking milk a lot recently, he is already as tall as Ino, and the two of them were walking on the mountain road one behind the other.
The lights on the Hokage Rock are bright, and the walls of the mountain path are wrapped with strips of small lanterns.
Looking at the Hokage Rock so close at hand, Naruto suddenly thought of Tayuya and wondered if he had a good meal after that guy left him. Before that, those four idiots didn't seem to be good at pretending to survive except fighting.
"Hey, do you want some red bean balls?" Ino quickly followed a few steps and handed over a bag of packed balls.
"Eat." Naruto nodded sharply. The red bean balls were very sweet, and he wouldn't feel tired after eating a few skewers occasionally.
Seeing Naruto happy, Ino also smiled, handed over a few bunches of red bean balls and said.
"Here, last time I saw you seemed to like eating."
"Thank you, Ino." Naruto took a bite and said vaguely, "I've never had it before."
What he was talking about was that before time travel, he had never tried it. Later, he never had the chance to try again and came to this world after opening his eyes.
But the past that Ino thought was the past when Naruto was growing up. The hand holding the bamboo stick shook slightly, and his lips pursed slightly.
