"So, you really don't plan to go back, Tsunade?"

"........."

"I... think about it again, this time you can take a look at Konoha for me by the way."

"Three single rooms, thank you."

The front desk of the hotel Maou held out three fingers.

The staff turned over the records and said apologetically, "I'm sorry we only have one single room left. Can I replace you with a double room?"

"Can."

Suddenly, she turned to look at the two people behind her: "Lin, you will live in a room with me, will it be okay?"

"No, senior, you can arrange it."

At this time, several travelers who lived here came in from the outside, and the last one with a pale face, also wearing a bamboo hat, glanced at this side with an inexplicable look when they heard their conversation, and then turned back as if nothing had happened. Followed by people and left.

Zhenyang silently retracted his gaze from staring at the man's back, and asked inadvertently when paying the money, "Is that group of people also coming to see the Chunin exam?"

The staff waved their hands: "No no, they are ninjas who came to take the exam from the grass ninja village. Because there are many candidates staying here, the rooms are full early."

"Well, then you really worked hard."

Maou was thoughtful, took the key and took the two to bid farewell to the front desk.

"How do you sell this flower?"

Accompanied by a gentle female voice, a shadow fell from above, and Yamanaka Ino raised his head when he heard the sound, facing a woman with peculiar brown hair.

The person in front of him was wearing a large bamboo hat, and he was not tall. The lower half of his face that was vaguely exposed seemed to be painted with purple oil paint.

In the past few days, in addition to training, Ino, who has been helping to look after the flower shop at home, was just stunned for a while and then recovered. Due to the reason of the Chunin exam, she has often encountered foreigners recently, and she has long been surprised by these strange clothes.

Ino said the price and said very thoughtfully: "Do you want to give it away?"

"Well, for the family."

"Would you like to write some messages?"

"A message... well, please give me one."

After a while, Ino received the money and handed the packaged bouquet to the other party: "Thank you for your patronage."

"Yo, it's Ino, are you helping the family look at the store?"

After seeing the customer away, Ino was surprised when he saw the person coming.

"Kakashi-sensei!"

- Kakashi.

A familiar name sounded from behind, and the girl who had just walked a few steps froze in place. Even if she told herself not to look back, she couldn't control her subconscious behavior.

She saw it.

The white-haired ninja a few meters away had long since lost the youthful appearance he remembered, and he seemed to have grown into a qualified adult. At this time, the man was lazily greeting the girl in the flower shop, and he raised his eyelids as if he noticed something when he turned his head.

Nohara Rin quickly turned around, and strode away as if running away with a bouquet of flowers before the man could see her face clearly.

Feeling a strange feeling from that person, Kakashi frowned, somewhat inexplicable.

"Who is that?"

Ino followed his line of sight and clapped his hands: "Ah, that person just bought flowers from me, and it seems that he is the one from the outer village to watch the exam."

She recalled the man's appearance.

"Even with the purple square oil paint on both sides of the cheeks, it is not difficult to see that she is a very gentle-looking big sister."

Kakashi scratched his head suddenly.

"What did you say?"

At this time, the Nohara family.

The woman was busy with housework in the house. Even if the atmosphere outside was too warm, no matter how the villagers prepared for the final open battle, it would not affect her mood at all.

As early as after the disappearance of the daughter, the family seemed to have lost its backbone, and the husband and wife lived together like a year. But when they learned about their daughter's whereabouts, they swept away their previous malaise and only looked forward to the day when they could meet their daughter again.

Although that day is still far away.

Daughter is a hero of the three wars, no matter how proud they are, they can't hide the fact that they may never see her again.

Their husband and wife have complained about Hokage, why he didn't protect his students, and also complained about Hatake Kakashi, why he couldn't bring his companions back.

But when they really met, they couldn't say anything harsh.

Who can blame this?

No one wanted a war, and no one could have imagined that.

They can only live on their own, cherishing the peace that their daughters brought in.

Tee, Tee, Tee.

A slow knock on the door interrupted the woman's thoughts.

Thinking it was her husband coming home, she hurriedly put down what she was doing and ran to open the door, but found that the door was empty, only a cluster of blooming gypsophila quietly lying on the stone bricks at the door.

The woman picked up the bouquet in confusion, and a white card fell out of the package because of her movement. She caught it quickly and froze when she saw the words on it.

- "Everything is fine, don't read."

The simple words seem to have no beginning or end, but they are familiar handwriting to her who flips through her daughter's past notes every day.

By the time she reacted, the woman had already burst into tears.

She held the piece of paper with joy and anxiety, looking around for the figure in her memory, but no matter what, she couldn't see anyone, as if all this was so unreal, like a dream.

"Is it true that we haven't seen each other? You are different from me."

In the corner where the woman could not see, the two figures had a panoramic view of the situation in front of them, but no one responded to the man's plan.

Lin shook her head, with tears in her eyes.

"No, that's enough."

The path you choose may involve people at home, so avoid meeting them until the dust settles.