"Nawaki and Grandma Mito will be coming for dinner tonight. I'll just eat whatever is made."
Hyuga Mio wasn't particularly picky about food. If she had to say, she preferred Orochimaru's braised mackerel.
"Are you sure?"
Orochimaru poked Hyuga Mio's nose, reminding her, "Opportunity only knocks once! If you miss it, it's gone!"
"Then, braised mackerel?"
Hyuga Mio suggested the dish she wanted to eat.
"Let's go home. We need to buy some ingredients for dinner. Tonight's dinner will be quite lavish."
After a quick tidy-up, Orochimaru used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Hyuga Mio home. She changed her clothes, ready to go out and buy ingredients.
"Orochimaru, are you two going out?"
Uchiha Hikari looked at Orochimaru and Hyuga Mio, who seemed to be heading out.
"Yes, we're going to buy ingredients for dinner. Do you want to come?"
"Yes!"
Uchiha Hikari quickly returned to her room and changed into her outdoor clothes.
"Let's go!"
Uchiha Hikari, dressed, ran to Orochimaru's side and hugged her arm. It had been a long time since they had gone shopping together. The last time she and Orochimaru went shopping was before the war.
"Wait a moment."
Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Hikari's somewhat messy, loose hair and couldn't stand it. She took a comb and combed her hair, tying it into a ponytail that hung down her back, then combed the hair on both sides, making it barely presentable.
Facing Uchiha Hikari's spiky hair, she had countless times wanted to make it soft and smooth, but each time ended in failure.
"There."
Orochimaru placed her hands on Uchiha Hikari's shoulders and said, looking at her in the mirror, "How does it feel?"
"It's great!"
Uchiha Hikari gave Orochimaru a thumbs up.
"I'm back..."
Tsunade dragged her exhausted body through the door.
She regretted it deeply; why did she idly go to the hospital to help? Her rare rest time was wasted. She might as well have followed Orochimaru to the Land of Waves.
"Tsunade, we're going out to buy things. You… why don't you rest at home and wait for us to come back?"
Orochimaru looked at the clearly tired Tsunade.
"Tired? I'm not tired! I'm not tired at all!"
Tsunade's weary demeanor transformed into an energetic one.
She wouldn't let Uchiha Hikari and Hyuga Mio go shopping with Orochimaru, would she?
No matter how tired she was, she couldn't show it at a time like this!
"Don't push yourself."
"Orochimaru, are you trying not to take me?"
Tsunade said, hands on her hips, displeased.
"Since you put it that way, don't regret it."
Orochimaru looked at Tsunade helplessly. He was doing it for her own good, yet she was getting angry.
Regret… she regretted it deeply… On the street, Tsunade hugged a large bag of groceries, deeply regretting following them out to shop. If she had known it was just for groceries, she would have stayed home to watch TV and rest for a while.
"Regretting it now, aren't you?"
Orochimaru looked at Tsunade, who practically had "regret" written on her face, and the corners of his lips curved slightly.
"No…"
Tsunade said, not meaning it.
"Were there many patients at the hospital today?"
Orochimaru took the groceries from Tsunade's arms.
"Yes, quite a few were Akimichi Clan members from the front lines, all of whom had lost their fighting ability after taking the Red Chili Pill among the Three-Colored Pills."
Tsunade thought of the Akimichi Clan members who had gone from fat to thin as lightning. The side effects of the Akimichi Clan's Three-Colored Pills, even after Orochimaru's improvements, were still somewhat significant. The Red Chili Pill was no longer fatal, but after its effects wore off, one would lose their fighting ability.
Many of those rescued were injured after the medicine's effects ended and they lost their fighting ability.
"Ah! Big Sister Orochimaru!"
Nawaki ran over, waving his hand with a big smile.
"Nawaki, your sister is right here!"
Tsunade really doubted if Nawaki was her biological younger brother. Why didn't he notice her first and instead looked at Orochimaru?
This brat again… Uchiha Hikari looked at Nawaki with disdain, utterly disliking this guy who always clung to Orochimaru.
"Grandma Mito."
Hyuga Mio greeted Uzumaki Mito politely as she slowly walked over.
"Sister, you don't need to remind me, I saw you too."
Nawaki grinned, clearly doing it on purpose.
"Grandma Mito, Nawaki, tonight I'll make a sumptuous dinner."
"It seems Nawaki and I are in for a treat. A little drink won't hurt, will it?"
Uzumaki Mito said with a kind smile, very pleased with Tsunade's initiative to confess when she was drunk. This time, if they got drunk again, their relationship might even progress further.
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