"So this is hot pot? So many medicinal herbs can be used as seasonings; it smells so good."
The hot pot base prepared by Leng wasn't very spicy, and the beef tallow stir-fry was indeed very fragrant.
Soon, there was a knock at the door. Since Number One Leng had already sliced the beef thinly, Kushina was preparing her own dish, so Leng had no choice but to open the door.
"Little Junior Sister! Is that you?"
As soon as the door opened, Jiraiya, that lecherous old man, was seen with an expression of 'surprise for you,' only to find it was Leng.
"Bang~!"
Tsunade, behind Jiraiya, punched him on the head, causing a large bump to appear.
"Jiraiya! Don't make a fool of yourself here! Really, my reputation as one of the Sannin has been ruined by you."
Tsunade closed her eyes, held her chest with one hand, her forehead veins bulging, and she lifted Jiraiya's collar with the other hand as he lay limply on the ground.
"Tch! I wonder who has the title of the Ninja World's Big Fat Sheep!"
Jiraiya pouted and muttered softly, quite unconvinced that Tsunade was putting this black pot on him.
"Bang~!"
"What did you say! Do you want to die! Jiraiya!" Tsunade punched Jiraiya's other side of the head again, creating another large bump, making them perfectly symmetrical.
"Tsunade-jie jie, Senior Jiraiya, and Shizune-jie jie, please come in quickly."
No sooner had Leng welcomed the three into the house than she saw Kakashi and his two teammates returning from around the corner, carrying vegetable baskets.
"Yo! It's Leng. Huh? This is a forehead protector? Where did it come from? You didn't steal it, did you?"
Obito was the first to see Leng standing at the door, but he also noticed the forehead protector on Leng's thigh. He was immediately astonished but then found a reason to convince himself.
"Obito, don't talk nonsense. Leng must have graduated today and become a Genin, right? Leng!"
Rin Nohara, holding a vegetable basket with both hands in front of her, heard Obito talking nonsense. She immediately stared into Obito's eyes, leaned slightly forward, and tilted her head, explaining with a smile.
"Ah? Oh, right, right, right. Congratulations, Leng, you actually became a Genin so quickly. Let's see how Kakashi can still be so arrogant and look down on my Uchiha now."
Obito looked at Rin, who had suddenly come close, and gazed at her gentle smile. His face immediately turned red, and then he stumbled back a few steps, bumping into Kakashi. He then began to mock Kakashi to hide his embarrassment.
"Tch! A certain dead last isn't worthy of speaking to me. I just look down on a certain someone who is an Uchiha, that's all."
Kakashi didn't humor Obito and immediately retorted, although he was indeed surprised that Leng had graduated even faster than him.
Although they both graduated at five years old, he had started school at four. And now, he could no longer sense Leng's threat to him, as if she was just an ordinary Genin.
But he knew this was impossible. His own progress had not been significant during this time, while Leng had created her own Ninjutsu and Ninjutsu, so her strength was definitely above his.
"Haha, please come in quickly, three seniors. Tsunade-jie jie has been waiting for a long time."
Leng looked at the three of them, who seemed to have a very good relationship, although they were always bickering. But she felt that Obito and Kakashi were the true loves.
"Wow! It smells so good! What did Teacher's Wife prepare today? It's so fragrant, I feel like I could eat a bowl of rice just with this smell."
As soon as Obito entered the door, he took a deep breath, as if to inhale all the essence of the hot pot into his lungs.
"There are many medicinal herb scents."
Rin, now a fairly excellent Medical Ninja, naturally smelled the scents and types of these medicinal herbs, although some were mixed.
"Brat, Kushina told me this is the dish you prepared, called hot pot?"
Tsunade sat on the sofa, also feeling a bit hungry, mainly because the aroma was too tempting.
"Yes, Tsunade-jie jie, how is it? Smells good, right? Once Kushina-jie jie finishes, we can start eating directly, hot and fresh."
Leng looked at the plates of beef prepared on the large table and felt her stomach calling for food at this moment.
"Only beef? Can we finish so much beef?"
Rin Nohara subconsciously ignored Leng's appetite, even though Leng had already demonstrated her appetite in front of her once.
"Haha, Rin, you don't have to worry. With Leng's appetite, she alone can finish all this beef. Have you forgotten that Leng is a big eater?"
Obito, who couldn't read the room, was still jumping around even with Leng's dark expression, challenging Leng's sensitive nerves.
"Yes! If I eat a lot, I'm a big eater. Then have you forgotten Kushina-jie jie and Tsunade-jie jie?"
Leng directly dragged Kushina and Tsunade into it, just to prove that her large appetite was normal, not an exception, and also to dig a pit for the idiotic Obito.
Evidently, Obito, who was missing a screw in his brain, fell for the trick directly, completely failing to notice Kakashi's pitying gaze and Rin's desperate tugging at Obito's sleeve.
"Hahaha, you're a big eater, and Teacher's Wife Kushina and Granny Tsunade are small eaters."
Obito laughed heartily, looking up at the sky, thinking he was incredibly wise and mighty to have come up with such a perfect explanation.
"Go to hell! You hateful Uchiha brat!" Tsunade punched Obito on the head, and then Leng also gave Obito a follow-up punch.
Obito, who was already seeing stars from Tsunade's punch, seemed to see his kind great-grandmother after Leng's additional punch.
"Obito! Are you okay!" Rin worriedly grabbed Obito's shoulders and shook him hard.
Obito now had two large bumps on his head, his eyes rolled back to show the whites, his mouth hung open unconsciously, saliva dripping from the corners like an idiot, and an invisible soul floated above his head.
Kushina, who had walked out of the kitchen, originally wanted to give Obito a punch to make him understand what respecting elders meant, but seeing Obito's miserable state, she held back. She was afraid that if she added another punch, Obito would end up on the memorial stone.
Much later, Obito finally recovered from his 'seeing great-grandmother' state, but he seemed to have lost his memory, in a state of absentmindedness.
"Obito! Wake up! Have you lost your memory? Do you still recognize us?"
Rin was probably the most concerned about Obito there, and it wasn't the kind of concern a 'green tea bitch' shows to a spare tire.
You ask if Rin knew Obito liked her, Leng thought she probably did, but unfortunately, the current Rin admired Kakashi.
"Rin, I'm fine, just a bit of a headache. Hiss! It hurts so much."
As soon as Obito woke up, he touched the large bumps on his head and immediately felt a tingling sensation from his head to his tailbone.
"Leng, why did you hit me? Don't you know my intelligence is very precious? Can you afford to pay if you break it?"
Obito's blood rushed, and he pointed at Leng, who was lying on the sofa as if nothing had happened, and accused her seriously.
"Ah, no, that was to test if Rin cared about a certain someone, right? But it seems Rin cares about a certain someone the most."
Leng played with her hair, telling a bald-faced lie, speaking off the cuff, and completely fooling Obito, leaving him stunned.
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