I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

“I heard the new barbecue restaurant is delicious.”

"That's right. I heard it came from Konoha. It's just a little expensive. A meal here is almost as much as a day's wages."

"Hahaha, you think this is too expensive? I heard you're getting a promotion soon. Are you still concerned about such a small amount of money?"

"Who told you that? This is all hearsay, don't spread it!"

"Okay, okay, just treat me to a barbecue next time."

After Ye Lan said this, the barbecue restaurant was opened within a few days. Unlike the barbecue stall that was first opened in Konoha, the barbecue restaurant became more popular than Shikamaru and his friends had imagined.

The three of them were unable to handle it all at once, fortunately Ye Lan found two more people to help.

"Hey, even though we're familiar with each other, isn't it a bit bad for you to come here every day and eat for free?"

When everything was almost done, Shikamaru finally had some free time and stared at a black cat with a stern look on his face.

"What do you mean by free food? I am a member of the village's intelligence department after all. I have money, right? Meow!"

Naraku said as he pulled out a handful of bills from somewhere and widened Choji's eyes.

"You ate so much for free in Konoha, but I never saw you pay for anything!"

Choji said unhappily.

"Isn't that to hide your identity? If you take the money, you'll be exposed..."

Naraku glanced at Ino inadvertently, and saw that the other person had an inexplicable silly smile on her face, as if she had already come over the death of her teacher.

From then on, it could smell the scent of this girl on Ye Lan from time to time, and an unhappy look appeared on its cat face.

"Hey, Naraku, you're here too. Is that enough to eat? If not, should I get you some more?"

Ino noticed the gazes being cast and brought over a plate of freshly grilled meat with a smile.

This is Ye Lan’s spirit beast, so you need to take good care of it.

But Naraku didn't appreciate it at all. His hair suddenly exploded and he stared at the other person fiercely.

"Damn sow! Don't think you can succeed just because you are Ye Lan's descendant!"

"what are you saying?"

Ino spoke word by word.

His originally good mood turned into a bad mood after being scolded by Naraku for no reason.

Naraku snorted coldly, ignoring his beloved barbecue and disappeared.

"Okay, okay, don't bother with it. Another guest is coming."

Shikamaru also came over at this time. He looked at the figure approaching the door and gestured to him to get back to the work in his hands.

"Hello, welcome."

The busyness of the barbecue restaurant made Shikamaru temporarily forget the troubles of staying in Konoha, and he was also surprised when he saw the customers coming in.

"Sasuke?"

Sasuke subconsciously narrowed his eyes, like a nearsighted person trying to see clearly the appearance of the person in front of him.

After Ino and Choji came up, he smiled and said.

"I knew you would come sooner or later, Shikamaru."

Shikamaru scratched his head. He never expected that Sasuke would take the initiative to find them.

"Sasuke! Long time no see!"

Ino hadn't seen Sasuke for many years. At this moment, Sasuke had lost some of his childishness and looked more mature.

"Well, I just didn't expect you to open a barbecue restaurant here."

Sasuke sat at a random seat. It was afternoon and the store was not very busy.

Choji was very happy to meet his former partner again, "Sasuke, wait a moment, I'll prepare something delicious for you!"

Sasuke: "Thank you for your help, Choji."

Shikamaru and Ino also sat down with Sasuke. He had a lot of questions he wanted to ask Sasuke.

"Are you doing okay now? I heard from Senior Ye Lan that you went to participate in the mission to capture the Three-Tails. Did you run into Naruto?"

Ye Lan would come here from time to time in recent days, and Shikamaru had also found out a lot.

"He's still the same. I guess he'll get better after what happened with the three-tailed beast."

Sasuke said calmly.

“It seems like a lot of things happened.”

Shikamaru could imagine that the two would definitely fight when they met. They had been like this since they graduated from school. It seemed that Sasuke won again this time.

"Yeah, but this guy already knows his origins."

Sasuke already knew about this from Ye Lan's deduction, so it wasn't a surprise at all.

"Isn't this guy Naruto an orphan? What is his background?"

Ino asked confused.

"That guy is the son of the Yondaime Hokage, and the Yondaime sealed the Nine-Tails himself."

Sasuke also had a conversation with Minato at that time.

"Sure enough, I knew Naruto's identity was not simple."

Shikamaru was not too surprised. When he was a child, his father told him to treat Naruto as an ordinary person. It seems that Naruto's affairs are no secret to these senior jonin.

This was the first time Ino knew about this and she looked surprised, but then she thought about the situation in Konoha and realized that she didn't know anything about her own village even after growing up.

At this time, Shikamaru was very considerate and brought the grilled meat over so that they could eat it directly.

Sasuke politely said thank you, and Ino's surprised expression slowly subsided.

"It seems that you have changed a lot over the years. You were not like this before."

Shikamaru said as he looked at Sasuke who thanked him.

Sasuke was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Maybe I was looking at things too one-sidedly before."

After that, both sides had a tacit understanding. Sasuke did not ask them about what they experienced in Konoha, and Shikamaru and the others did not ask Sasuke about his next plans. Both sides had a long-awaited dinner together like old friends.

But Shikamaru caught one detail, that is, every time Sasuke picked up his chopsticks, his eyes would subconsciously narrow. He asked casually.

"Is there something wrong with your eyes? Is it a side effect of using the Sharingan?"

When Ino and Choji heard this, they looked at Sasuke with some concern, and carefully observed that Sasuke's pupils seemed to have lost focus.

Sasuke put away his chopsticks, "I didn't expect you to figure it out. Yes, it's the aftereffects of fighting with Naruto. I didn't go to the front line because I'm going to have some surgery recently. After the surgery is successful, everything should be fine."

After meeting Naruto and hearing about Ye Lan's rampage at the Five Kage Conference, Sasuke's resistance to eye replacement was not so strong. When Ye Lan brought up the matter again, he thought about it and decided to agree.

“Are there any risks with the surgery?”

Shikamaru didn't expect that he would need surgery. It seems that this is not a small problem.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. Ye Lan... there's no risk, don't worry."

Sasuke subconsciously wanted to explain, but after thinking it over, he stopped talking.

Shikamaru heard something was wrong, but didn't ask any further questions since Sasuke said there was no risk.

"By the way, you also know the person who performed the surgery on me."

Sasuke realized that he had just said the wrong thing and subconsciously changed the subject.

"I know?"

Shikamaru asked casually if he could know any ninjas from the Rain Country.

"that is..."

"Sasuke, why are you running around instead of just lying down in bed? Didn't I tell you to observe more before the surgery?"

Before Sasuke could finish his words, a somewhat aggressive girl pushed open the door of the barbecue restaurant. Shikamaru turned around and saw that it was Karin who had left Konoha.