Kaoru had come to the back mountain of the Leaf Village early in the morning, and was practicing forming hand seals with one hand and Itachi's other ninjutsu.
"Clone Great Explosion!" Kaoru formed hand seals with both of his hands, and a clone appeared beside him, and explosive tags were hidden in this clone, and it would explode directly once it was touched.
"Not bad, and I should practice forming hand seals with one hand next, Water Style, Water Surge Wave!" Kaoru only extended his right hand to form hand seals, and then spurted a stream of water towards a tree before him!
"Bang!" The stream of water slammed onto the tree trunk, and blasted a large hole on the tree trunk.
"The power is slightly inferior to forming hand seals with both hands, and the speed of forming hand seals is also almost one time slower, and it seems that I have to cultivate even harder ah....." Kaoru was looking at the Water Style that he had displayed, and sighed to himself inwardly.
He was immersed in cultivation like that, and it was unknowingly ten o'clock at noon.
"I should go eat a bowl of ramen, and I should continue to cultivate after eating a bowl!" Kaoru shook his hands, that had become somewhat numb because of forming hand seals, and walked out of the back mountain, and advanced towards Ichiraku Ramen shop.
But he only remembered that he seemed to have an agreement with Hina yesterday, and he was supposed to eat a meal with her when he had walked halfway.
Kaoru had no choice but to smile helplessly after thinking of Hina, and stepped onto another road after turning around, and this road led to that set of large mansions of Hina.
Kaoru couldn't help but be amazed at the financial resources of Hina's family while advancing all the way and looking at the houses on the other side of the wall, that were like continuous small mountains, and it seemed that it was also quite good to be a merchant in the Naruto time, but Kaoru wanted to be a powerhouse, and not a rich person.
The gate of the Hazuki family had already been opened widely, and Hina was guarding outside the gate by herself, and was watching the street before her with a face that was full of ardor.
"Ah, Kaoru, and you've finally come!" Hina shouted out excitedly immediately after seeing Kaoru's figure appear at the corner of the street, and then ran over all the way, and came before Kaoru.
"I had thought that you wouldn't come." Hina grabbed Kaoru's hand, and her face was flushed.
"I'm sorry ah, and I was somewhat late because of some things." Kaoru responded with a smile, and he of course couldn't say that it was because he had almost forgotten about this matter, or else Hina would hate him to death.
"It's alright, and I'm satisfied as long as you come." Hina had a face that was full of a silly smile.
"Oh....." Kaoru felt that it was somewhat awkward, and then shifted the topic and said: "Right, and has Shin come?"
"Shin? I didn't ask him!" Hina said, and brought Kaoru into her family's courtyard.
"You didn't ask him, and that means that it's only the two of us eating a meal alone today....." Kaoru raised his eyebrows, and asked, and it was like a date if that was the case ah.
"What are you thinking nonsense about? Of course it's not only the two of us!" Hina scolded delicately, and the kind of expression that was smiling but not smiling on her pretty face made Kaoru's heart ripple for a time.
But Kaoru was still relieved lightly in his heart when Hina said that it wasn't only the two of them, and he always felt somewhat uneasy when he was staying together with Hina alone, but Kaoru also had a faint sense of loss in his heart while breathing a sigh of relief, and this complex and contradictory feeling made him feel strange.
The two people were chatting and walking, and came to the dining room of Hina's home in the blink of an eye.
Hina pulled Kaoru and walked into the room after pushing the door open, but Kaoru was frightened by the scene in the dining room.
The dining table was full of large meals, and it was even more abundant compared to the last time that he had come to Hina's home, and not only that, but two people were also sitting beside the dining table, a dignified and luxurious woman and a spirited middle-aged man.
This woman's posture was elegant, and her charm still existed, and her appearance had some similarity with Hina, and that middle-aged man looked to be somewhat shrewd, and also had the same red hair as Hina.
Kaoru guessed immediately that they were probably Hina's parents in one go.
"Welcome, welcome!" Hina's mother clapped her hands immediately after seeing Kaoru, and Hina's father got up from his seat, and came before Kaoru.
"You're Kaoru Uchiha, right, and I'm Hina's father, Hazuki Hisashi, and thank you for saving Hina's life several times!" Hazuki Hisashi's low voice spoke slowly, and also gave Kaoru a bow.
"That.....uncle, it's alright, and Hina is my companion after all." Kaoru responded, and hurriedly propped Hazuki Hisashi up, and he pondered for a long time, and addressed Hina's father as uncle, and it shouldn't be wrong to address him like that.
"We, who are the parents, are somewhat negligent towards Hina because we're busy with work, and it's also difficult to draw out the time to return home these few days, and therefore I'm asking you to take care of Hina on a daily basis, Kaoru!" Hazuki's mother also said like that.
"It's alright, and Hina is my companion, and this is all what I should do!" Kaoru also had no choice but to nod his head, and agreed to Hazuki's mother's words.
"Come, sit, sit, sit!" Hazuki Hisashi pulled out a chair from under the dining table immediately after seeing that Kaoru was restrained and somewhat uneasy, and beckoned Kaoru to sit down.
"Thank you, uncle!" Kaoru nodded his head embarrassedly, and then sat beside the dining table, and Hina followed along and sat beside Kaoru after seeing that.
In this way, Kaoru would have to eat lunch together with Hina's family, and he had originally thought that Yūgao would also be present, but it seemed that it wasn't this kind of matter, and the current Kaoru felt even more awkward, and it was even more uncomfortable than killing him to have this kind of feeling of the son-in-law seeing the parents.
"That Kaoru ah, and you've advanced to Chūnin at a young age, and you're truly worthy of being the Leaf Village's genius, but I wonder if you have any interest in doing business?" Hazuki Hisashi asked Kaoru again after sitting steadily on the chair.
"That.....I don't have any interest for the time being, and I'm actually completely ignorant about doing business." Kaoru said with a smile.
"It's alright, and you can learn if you're completely ignorant." Hazuki Hisashi waved his hand, and said indifferently, "Do you want to learn how to do business, and I can teach you, and maybe I'll have to hand over my business to you to do in the future!"
Kaoru's heart narrowed after hearing it, and Hazuki Hisashi was preparing to cultivate him as a successor of the business if he was handing over the business to him to do, and this goodwill had come too quickly, and they had clearly only met for the first time.....
"Hehe, and you're too kind, uncle, and I really don't have any interest in doing business, and I probably won't learn it in the future either." Kaoru responded carefully after thinking for a time, and he didn't have even a bit of interest in business, and ninjutsu was the direction that he was pursuing in this world.
"Alright then, and I won't force you if that's the case, and we should eat!" A trace of disappointment flashed across Hazuki Hisashi's face, and beckoned Kaoru to eat.
Kaoru nodded his head, and this luncheon had only begun formally.
It was just that Hina's parents were still asking Kaoru about his situation while they were eating, and what his level of ninjutsu was like, and how much money he could earn in a month, and it made Kaoru's head hurt.
Kaoru had already become restless after answering a few questions while forcing himself, and he was thinking in his mind about what kind of excuse he should find to leave this place.
And a graceful figure walked into the Hazuki family's dining room at this time.
"Hello, Aunt and Uncle!" The person who had come stood steadily beside the dining table, and gave Hina's parents a bow.
"Eh, older cousin, and why have you come, and don't you have a mission?" Hina asked.
The person who had come was precisely Yūgao Uzuki, Hina's older cousin, and she swept a glance at the Kaoru, who was beside the dining table, and her eyes had a trace of displeasure within them.
But Kaoru saw Yūgao Uzuki, and looked at her with a look of begging for help hurriedly, and hoped that she could bring him away from here.
"You should sit down and eat together since you've come!" Hazuki Hisashi waved his hand towards Yūgao, and said.
"I'll pass." Yūgao Uzuki shook her head, "I've come to find Kaoru this time."
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