The three days passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, Kurenai Yuhi's vacation for Eighth Squad was over.
During these three days, Izayoi and the Hyuga sisters had almost visited all the famous attractions in Konoha.
All three prepared photo albums, which were already filled with a large number of photos.
Looking at the smiles on the two girls' faces, Izayoi felt that buying this camera was the right decision.
After the vacation, Izayoi began to work hard like a beast of burden, full of motivation, which surprised Kurenai Yuhi and Shino Aburame.
Hinata seemed to remember something and felt a little guilty.
"Izayoi-kun, here's my reward for you."
After Eighth Squad disbanded, Hinata handed Izayoi an envelope containing banknotes.
"No need, I'm not starving yet."
Izayoi pushed the envelope back, pinched Hinata's small face, and said with a smile, "When I can't afford to eat, I'll come to you, this young lady, for support."
"Okay."
Hinata didn't shyly lower her head this time, because her attention wasn't here.
Seeing Izayoi refuse, Hinata didn't insist, but prepared to use all the reward money to buy ingredients.
Now Hinata realized that Izayoi had always wanted to buy a camera, but he just couldn't afford it.
The reason was that her appetite was too big.
Since bringing Hanabi to find Izayoi, the two of them had rarely gone out for picnics, and Izayoi had been the one buying the ingredients.
Hinata, who lived a life of luxury, had never noticed.
Now she realized that Izayoi's conditions were not comparable to her family's at all.
Thinking of this, Hinata's eyes turned slightly red, and her heart was filled with emotion.
She decided that she would work hard to earn money in the future to share the burden for Izayoi-kun.
Izayoi didn't know what Hinata was thinking, nor did he notice Hinata's change.
Because his gaze was attracted by someone at this time.
The other person was not a handsome man or a beautiful woman, but an old man with dark and wrinkled skin.
Next to him was a wooden box, and he was holding a bottle of wine in his hand, but he was reluctant to drink it freely, only taking a small sip each time.
He sat on a long chair, as if waiting for someone, or maybe he couldn't afford to stay in a hotel.
This was a person from another village that could be recognized at a glance.
There were many such people from other villages entering and leaving Konoha every day.
They might be locals from the Land of Fire, or they might be foreigners from other countries.
Izayoi had seen countless such people from other villages since he was a child.
But no one could draw his gaze quite like this old man.
Seeing this old man, Izayoi's memories, long sealed in the depths of his mind and blurred to the point of being almost forgotten, gradually became clear.
Although it was the first time he had met this old man, Izayoi could say his name.
Tazuna!
The bridge builder from the Land of Waves.
The client for the Seventh Squad's first C-rank mission.
Important figures and famous scenes from the first chapter flashed through Izayoi's mind like slides.
"Izayoi-kun, what are you looking at?"
At this moment, Hinata's voice pulled Izayoi back to reality.
He smiled and shook his head, "I'm not looking at anything, I was just spacing out, thinking about something."
"What is it?"
"In just over a month, the village will be holding the Chunin Exams, do you think we should participate?"
"Of course."
Hinata nodded vigorously, her expression serious as she said, "I want to become a Jonin as soon as possible."
"Oh? Why?" Izayoi was immediately drawn in, looking at Hinata with a curious expression.
He had only wanted to change the subject.
He didn't expect that Hinata, who never seemed to have any ambitions, would actually have such a goal.
"It's a secret."
Hinata suddenly imitated Izayoi, extending her index finger and placing it in front of her mouth.
Izayoi was slightly stunned.
"Hehe..."
Seeing Izayoi's dazed expression, Hinata laughed happily.
"Oh, you've actually learned to tease people."
Izayoi reacted, immediately reaching out and rubbing Hinata's small face, making a fierce expression as he said, "Believe it or not, I'll punish you by making you a Hand Grip Exerciser!"
"Wh...what's a Hand Grip Exerciser?"
Hinata's voice was muffled as her small face was being rubbed.
"Want to know? I'll tell you when we get home."
A mischievous smile appeared on Izayoi's face as he was about to pull Hinata home for some exercise.
Just then, a greeting came from afar.
"Yo... Izayoi, Hinata, long time no see."
Following the direction of the voice, a group of one tall and three short figures immediately entered Izayoi and Hinata's eyes.
Silver hair, dead fish eyes, blonde fox face, cool little handsome guy, qipao infatuated girl... it was the Seventh Squad.
Watching Naruto Uzumaki wave and walk towards them, Izayoi also raised his hand in response, smiling, "Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, long time no see."
Unknowingly, two months had passed since graduation.
For Izayoi and the others, it had indeed been a long time.
After all, the Ninja Academy had three semesters a year, and only the summer vacation was slightly longer.
"Are you two on a date?"
Sasuke Uchiha's first sentence upon approaching made Hinata's cheeks flush red.
Sakura Haruno looked at Hinata with envy.
They were both on the same team as the popular figures and people they liked in the class. When would her relationship with Sasuke be like Hinata and Izayoi's?
Izayoi didn't answer, but instead asked, "Are you going on a mission?"
"We're preparing to take on a mission."
Naruto Uzumaki pointed at Kakashi Hatake, who was walking to the side while openly reading a little yellow book on the street, and said, "He's Kakashi-sensei, our guiding Jonin."
"Kakashi-Jonin."
Izayoi and Hinata immediately greeted politely.
"Yo, hello."
Seeing them talking about him, Kakashi Hatake also put down his Make-Out Paradise, raised his hand, and greeted Izayoi and Hinata.
Then, after sizing up the two, whose height and figure completely crushed Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, Kakashi Hatake could tell, even without pulling up his Forehead Protector, that their Chakra levels absolutely surpassed Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno.
Thus, he looked at Izayoi and deliberately stoked the fire, "This is the Top Student? Not bad, not bad, as expected, our class's Genius and dead last can't compare."
Kakashi Hatake originally thought that Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha would look displeased, but he found that the two didn't care.
Even Sakura Haruno and Hinata thought that what Kakashi Hatake said made sense.
Seeing this, Kakashi Hatake immediately gave Izayoi a very high evaluation in his heart.
Even Sasuke Uchiha, who had already awakened the Sharingan and evolved it to Two-Tomoe, and could easily use the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and Great Dragon Fire Technique, felt that losing to him was a matter of course?
It seemed that this generation also had a dazzling commoner Genius.
"Kakashi-Jonin, you flatter me. Naruto and Sasuke are both very excellent ninjas, and Sakura is also a top student who is always in the top three in cultural courses. I just happened to be a little ahead of them in overall grades." Izayoi first smiled modestly, and then complimented, "Kakashi-Jonin is the 'Copy Ninja' famous in the Shinobi World, the 'Konoha Technician' who has copied thousands of Ninjutsu, the Fourth Hokage's personal disciple, and the legendary lightning-style expert who cut off lightning. Sasuke and the others are training by your side, and in a few months, they will master a large number of Ninjutsu and completely surpass me."
"..."
Kakashi Hatake's dead fish eyes suddenly constricted, and he was a little sweaty.
Sure enough, he immediately saw the Seventh Squad looking at him with wide eyes, and he felt a sense of doom in his heart.
"Kakashi-sensei, so you're so amazing!"
Naruto Uzumaki pointed at Kakashi Hatake and shouted loudly, "You're actually the Fourth Hokage's disciple and you've mastered thousands of Ninjutsu, but you're not willing to teach us Ninjutsu?"
"Kakashi-sensei, you're going too far," Sakura Haruno also chimed in, pointing her finger.
Sasuke Uchiha didn't say anything, but the look he gave Kakashi Hatake was full of burning desire.
At the same time, there was also a hint of... contempt.
Kakashi Hatake knew that he couldn't slack off anymore.
As for Izayoi, the main culprit, he had already slipped away with Hinata.
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