Konoha Winter Night

"In other words, has a decision been made?"

"This is just my opinion."

Hinata Snow did not regard her words as arbitrary, she forcefully denied Touya's true meaning.

"It feels about the same."

"After all, there are still people who want to continue the profession of ninja."

"If you say so, that's right."

Even though he couldn't force himself to express a true "helpless" tone, Dongye understood that he could only stare at the girl in front of him, and then she responded to his gaze with an illusory smile.

"Are you tired of Rukawa-senpai?"

"what?"

"Ninja."

"Well, there are many reasons."

In fact, there was no answer in my mind for a while. The so-called answer was just a subconscious physiological reaction.

"They really look alike, Rukawa-senpai."

"what?"

Repeating questions with unknown meanings, facing the pressure she imposed, it was inevitable that Dongye's voice would rise slightly.

"You really look like an adult!"

"Really? Thank you very much for the compliment."

Got unexpected reviews, though.

It's not wrong to thank the person sincerely the first time.

"Are you saying I'm mature?" Dongye narrowed his eyes and made a guess.

"Of course, no, that's not entirely true."

"However, among the people I have met, you are the only one who can at least make me make such an evaluation of a guy who is only one year older than me."

"Just me?"

"Myself?"

It seemed that he couldn't believe it, and it seemed that he was extremely honored, so he confirmed it repeatedly.

"of course."

"You know I don't like lying."

"I have no idea!"

"But I know you didn't lie!"

Refuting the other party's cognitive error is like refuting Zifeiyu's contradiction.

"You know yourself better than I do?"

"I know myself better than anyone else."

"is it?"

"Yes."

She smiled, got the answer, and showed an unpleasant smile. The smile on her fair and beautiful face seemed to always only have the emotion of "disdain" more prominent, as if it was rooted in her bones.

Even though it was a winter night, and even though he was extremely emotionally shallow, he seemed to be able to notice that his emotions were fluctuating, and that was not an illusion.

"So, in your impression, what does a so-called adult look like?"

"If you mean someone who whines a lot, lies, and does dirty things, I seem to fit the bill."

"Hey, please."

"I wouldn't even think of you to that point!"

Faced with the unexpected [First Hand], even Hinata Yuki seemed a little speechless. Mitarai, who was completely excluded from the conversation, opened her mouth wide. It was hard to believe that Touya said so straightforwardly.

are you joking? By the way, can you joke?

Probably such doubts will appear in their minds. Dongye said that he has seen through everything.

"Hey, hey, Rukawa Touya, how sad do you think I am?"

After Mitarai reacted, he called Touya's full name word for word. He looked like he didn't buy it at all. Of course, it would have been better if he didn't look at Touya with pity in his eyes.

"Although I haven't seen you in your usual appearance, you always behave very calmly and calmly during tasks, very much like an adult!"

"That comment of yours, rather than you, isn't it mocking one of us?"

The girl forgave Mitarai for interrupting without authorization, because his words undoubtedly gave her enough time to react. Of course, forgiveness does not mean that she will be considerate.

"Hey, don't think I don't understand, Hinata!"

"You guys, are you too arrogant?"

Mitarai's outburst was no different from usual, but even though he was tired of watching the scene, Touya still had the emotion on his face.

"And you, Rukawa, don't think I will let you go."

"Damn it."

~~~~~~

"Maybe I made a mistake. I obviously think it's quite appropriate." Stroking his chin, Dongye still stayed on the previous topic and refused to extricate himself.

"It felt like I said a lot of meaningless things."

"It feels like someone said too much nonsense tonight."

Mitarai stared at Touya with his target in mind, but he didn't realize that the [comrade-in-arms] he thought was staring at him.

"Let's continue with the black market thing."

Touya didn't intend to look back at Hinata Snow. The so-called triangle structure was the most stable, but Touye had no interest in testing this truth.

"Although it may not be meaningful to say it now, I still want to say it."

A slightly roundabout way of speaking, but an out-and-out nonsense.

"Count me in on this."

"Of course it's the same here."

It seemed that Touya's choice was not surprising, Mitarai smiled warmly.

Mitarashi's focused gaze was wrapped in emotions of friendship and recognition, and this may be the only gain Touya gained from this conversation, although he did not need such a thing.

"Since you all agree, then of course I can only obey the majority and reluctantly agree."

The girl's cunning statement did not elicit any rebuttal from the two of them. Although Mitarashi looked a little resentful, it was no longer the time to care about such trivial matters.

because.

"What's next?" the girl asked in a muffled voice.

"Sleep?" [Monster] suggested as it was not time for him to go to bed yet.

"Go to sleep." He was listless and used several powerful earth escapes one after another. At this moment, he couldn't help but yawn and rub his eyes. Every move he made was very convincing.

"Then who will keep watch?" The girl's voice was a little light as she was still rational in sleep.

"I'm going to bed first."

During the tense period of questions and answers, the voice was very calm and calm, but this could not ignore the fact that the other party had already escaped one step ahead.

"Then I should go back."

Dong Ye, who reacted immediately, also left a word and stepped into the darkness.

He who usually only needs to sleep for three or four hours may not have the thought of sleeping at the moment, but this does not prevent him from making the decision to leave.

because!

Very interesting.

"That."

"Who's keeping watch?!"

The air was extremely quiet. After Mitarai asked belatedly, there was no response. The howling cold wind may have blown away the answer.

"I!"

"Vigil!"

~~~~~~

The early morning wake-up call comes later than usual. After all, after that, there are obviously very few people who can actually lie down in bed and fall asleep in just a moment.

Therefore, when most people woke up late, the person in charge of the caravan did not deliberately blame any one person.

As for the black market reward.

Just like Hinata Yuki and Mitarai said, that is a private matter for ninjas and has nothing to do with the mission!

For this reason, the answer given to those who seek an explanation from Hinata Snow is obviously wrong.