Naruto: I open a pet shop in the Ninja world.

When Sakura saw Naruto coming out alone without Sasuke by his side, she looked at him with some concern.

As I got closer I noticed Naruto had a big smile on his face, "Let's go."

"Don't you want to wait for Sasuke?" Sakura asked subconsciously.

"No." Naruto shook his head: "Sasuke won't go back with us." Thinking of what happened just now, Naruto held back his smile and set off first.

"..." Sakura's heart skipped a beat when she saw Naruto's expression.

Sakura has seen how important Sasuke is to Naruto since she was a child.

He knew that Sasuke was Naruto's first friend and the first person to accept him besides his family.

Now that Sasuke has been found, there is no way to bring him back: "Naruto must be very sad..." Sakura looked at Naruto's back and her eyes turned red.

Sai was confused: "...I think Naruto is in a good mood?"

Sakura wiped her tears and choked up, "She must be too sad, and she must be forcing herself to smile because she's afraid we'll worry."

Sai actually wanted to ask if Sakura was overthinking it, but he didn't quite understand the overly complicated emotions between people.

I plan to write this down and find a chance to ask my brother about it.

Just as Sakura was about to set off, she was stopped.

"Sakura." A strange yet familiar voice came from behind.

Sakura turned around and saw Sasuke with his chest exposed.

He looks much more mature, but the expression on his face is colder, a typical handsome guy.

It's just... my lips are a little red and swollen.

Getting angry?

"Sasuke...? Long time no see." The slightly swollen lips were too eye-catching. Look down... that firm, exposed chest...

Sakura felt that looking at Naruto any longer would be a betrayal to him, and for a moment she didn't know where to put her eyes, so she could only look left and right.

“…You look strange, are you feeling unwell?” Sasuke couldn't help but ask.

"Ah? No, no, I'm fine! Thank you for your concern! It's just that Sasuke... if you get too hot, you'll easily catch a cold, so it's better to dress warmly..." Sakura pretended to be calm and looked directly into Sasuke's eyes.

"Hmm..." Sasuke said after a moment of silence: "Naruto, please take good care of me."

The tone was too serious, and Sakura didn't know what to say for a moment: "Before... Naruto was sad for a long time."

"I have other things to do, so I can't go back yet." After saying that, she glanced at Sai who was looking at her beside her and said, "You should be careful too. Goodbye."

After completely losing sight of Naruto, Sasuke turned around and went back to the base.

Sai and Sakura walked side by side: "He just glared at me, am I hated?"

"Emmm, don't get me wrong, Sasuke has always been like this. He is... more introverted towards people he is not familiar with?" Sakura was too embarrassed to say that Sasuke glared equally at every stranger who appeared next to Naruto.

"?" Sai was puzzled, but did not ask any further questions, but made a note of it in his little notebook.

Along the way, Sakura was worried about Naruto's condition.

The more he acted as if he wasn't affected at all by this incident, the more worried Sakura became.

The journey back was smooth and there were no accidents.

Several people entered the gate of Konoha together.

"Welcome back." Zitie signaled Naruto with his eyes to look inside the tent at the registration point.

Naruto wondered, and turned his head to look inside.

Then he widened his eyes: "Uncle...!"

Chi Qing was resting on a recliner with his eyes closed. Naruto was surprised, but still subconsciously lowered his voice.

"Senior Chi has been waiting here since early morning. He actually calculated the time you would come back." Chu Yun was very surprised. He thought Chi Qing would miss a few times.

"Naruto, let's go report to our master first, you can come over later." Sakura patted Naruto.

This mission was not a failure, at least we collected useful information.

About the identity of the undercover, Orochimaru's base, and news about Sasuke...

Naruto just squatted beside Chi Qing and looked at him, his whole body bubbling with happiness.

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