August 15!
Konoha!
The largest village in the Shinobi World!
At this time, it was immersed in the hustle and bustle of the summer festival.
And Tsunade and the others are still on their way back to Konoha.
Konoha Commercial Street.
"Ah, it's so boring these days," Naruto complained.
"Naruto, if you have so much leisure time, you should study the theoretical knowledge well. After all, you are still a Genin." Sakura retorted.
"Sakura-chan, it's not like I don't want to learn, but those things really make me dizzy when I look at it." Naruto said helplessly.
"Hmph, if you go on like this, you will always be just a Genin, and you said that you want to be the Hokage. It's impossible." Sasuke attacked mercilessly.
After hearing this, Naruto surprisingly did not refute, but fell depressed.
In fact, with Naruto's strength at this time, he can be completely promoted to Jōnin.
But Kakashi didn't let Naruto do this.
Jōnin's responsibilities are completely different from Genin and Chunin. In addition to strength, he also requires strategy, knowledge, judgment, and so on.
Because Jōnin often lead a small team.
As the captain of the team, Jōnin must have this ability.
It includes Guy. Although he looks stupid, he is actually quite wise.
Although Naruto is considered to be wise and foolish at this time, he still lacks a lot of basic knowledge.
This is Naruto's shortcoming. Even with Kakashi's teaching, he only has Academy Graduate's knowledge level.
To reach the level of Jōnin, Naruto is still not good enough.
But Sakura and Sasuke are different, they have this quality.
"Well, let's just stop talking about this. Today is the summer festival. Let's go to the festival together. I also called Karin, Jūgo and Hinata." Naruto said
Sakura and Sasuke did not continue to attack Naruto with words after hearing this, and left with Naruto.
Konoha Commercial Street is very lively at this time, and everyone still does not know that the war is coming.
Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.
Under a big tree, Karin and the others were already waiting.
"Karin! Jūgo! We are here!" Naruto yelled as he ran towards them.
"Naruto! You are too slow!" Karin complained.
"Sorry, sorry, I was late for a few minutes." Naruto said embarrassedly.
Sasuke and Sakura also had apologetic expression on their faces.
When Karin saw this, she didn't say much. She glanced at the three of them and then said: "Why are you still wearing your usual clothes? Today you are going to wear yukata."
The three of them were all taken aback when they heard this as they have forgotten about it.
At this time, both Karin and Jūgo are wearing yukata, and they looked much more relaxed than usual.
Naruto scratched his head and said, "That… I forgot."
"You are really…." Karin said as she held her forehead.
At this time, Hinata and Neji also arrived.
The two are also dressed in yukata.
Hinata at this time is more beautiful and dynamic than usual.
There was a slight blush on her face, which made her looked charming and lovely.
Neji showed his smooth forehead, his long black hair fell down his shoulders, and a small part of his hair was tied up with a headband, making him look very handsome.
"Naruto...kun." Hinata whispered.
"Hinata! You guys are also wearing yukata. I forgot about it." Naruto smiled awkwardly.
"No... it's okay, Naruto-kun can do anything." Hinata blushes.
Hearing this, Neji looked at Naruto with a scrutiny in his eyes.
Naruto was a little uncomfortable with such gaze.
"Neji, even if I don't wear a yukata, you don't have to look at me like that, right?" Naruto said helplessly.
"Naruto, you have to pay attention to some problems." Neji suddenly said with serious expression.
Naruto was confused when he heard yhis.
"Huh?"
Upon seeing this, Hinata pulled Neji's sleeve and said: "Neji nii-san..."
Seeing Hinata's rather pleading look, Neji reluctantly put aside his preaching to Naruto for the time being.
At this time, Karin took the opportunity to jump on Neji's back.
"Neji! You didn't even see me!" Karin said dissatisfiedly.
Hearing this familiar voice, Neji's face turned red.
"Karin, what are you doing? There's so many people watching." Neji said embarrassedly.
Sure enough, Karin's abrupt behavior attracted the attention of many people.
"What's wrong with this? Can't I do this?" Karin whispered into Neji's ear.
The hot breathed reached into Neji's ear, making his body a bit hot.
After all, he is a growing teenager, so there is some reaction after feeling something like that.
"Xiang, you should get down first." Neji said after calming down slightly.
"What? Neji, you are really boring." Karin said dissatisfiedly, and then jumped off.
Karin then tried to turn and leave, but Neji quickly grabbed her hand.
Karin was taken aback, and then looked back at Neji.
Neji's face reddened, and then he said softly: "Well, aren't we going to enjoy the festival together today?"
The two pairs of eyes looked at each other, and pink aura suddenly filled the air.
Sakura was quite envious when she looked at this scene, and at the same time, she looked at Sasuke.
But Sasuke didn't seem to see it and was looking elsewhere.
Sakura was slightly disappointed when she saw this.
'This path seems to be going to take a while.'
What Sakura didn't notice was that Sasuke's ears were already red.
As for Hinata, she kept glancing at Naruto.
When Jūgo looked at the six people in front of him, he suddenly missed Tenten a little.
After these seven people gathered, the atmosphere became warm for a while.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura finally changed to yukata as well.
The summer festival is a grand event, so it is very lively.
Naruto saw a mask shop and went in to buy a few on a whim.
At this time, the owner of the mask shop naturally will not refuse to sell it to Naruto.
Naruto wore a fox mask with full of joy, and thought of the silver-haired man again.
As the sky darkened, Tsunade and the others have finallly returned to Konoha.
Looking at the lively street in front of them, the three of them were a little surprised.
"Today seems to be the summer festival. No wonder it is so lively." Shizune said after thinking about it.
"So it's like that. We'll wait until tomorrow for the war preparation. It's getting late, but it's not too late. Kakashi, come to my office tomorrow morning," Tsunade said.
"Yes, Tsunade-sama." Kakashi answered.
The three then dispersed.
Kakashi walked back to his home. Looking at the lively crowd, the corners of his mouth could not help but rose slightly.
'People are really social animals.'
"Ah, this thing is delicious. Sasuke, do you want to try it?"
"No, you have eaten it."
"It's fine. I haven't bit it here."
"No."
A familiar voice reached Kakashi's ears.
Looking back, he saw that it is Naruto and Sasuke.
And beside them, they are also the others he knew.
The smile at the corner of Kakashi's mouth grew bigger when he saw this.
"Yo, what are you guys doing here?"
Hearing this, everyone were taken aback, and then, they all showed surprise expressions.
It's probably because they didn't expect to see Kakashi here.
"Kakashi-sensei/nii!"
Smiles bloomed on the teenagers' face.