Chapter 7: Going Home
"Hello, Aoba-senpai." Ino greeted the Tokubetsu Jōnin, Aoba Yamashiro, from the Intelligence Division. He had been to her house before, so they knew each other.
He gave her face: "Oh, it's Miss Yamanaka. Out for dinner with your classmates? That's nice, go on then."
"Yes."
On the other side, Shikamaru also exchanged a few words with Nara Suzaku, a Jōnin elder from his family.
After the two of them took their seats, the proprietress brought plates of barbecue one after another. Akimichi Chōji's large physique was very representative; less meat would be an insult to him!
Ino, Shikamaru, and Shino, the three who used ninjutsu, quickly ate their fill and sat aside chatting. Inuzuka Kiba and the chubby Chōji, who practiced taijutsu, were still eating voraciously. Hinata clearly hadn't eaten enough, but she didn't want to lose her ladylike demeanor, so when the others weren't paying attention, she would secretly stick out her little tongue to lick the plate.
She didn't lick continuously, but rather, she would lick once, sneak a glance at the others, and seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she would lick again as if nothing had happened.
Ino was still thinking about having her pay the bill, how could licking the plate work!
"Proprietress, two more plates. Hinata, look how skinny you are, come on, eat meat. It's my treat today, don't be polite."
Ino touched Hinata's belly: "It's amazing, where did all the barbecue go? Is your digestion so strong? Are you still not full? It's okay, I'll order two more plates for you. Proprietress, two more plates!"
"Come, come, come, don't be polite with me, eat as much as you want, I have money! Proprietress, three more plates!"
There were only two girls at the dinner table, Ino and Hinata, and Ino kept feeding Hinata barbecue.
Even though she knew beforehand that this was Konoha's veritable big eater, that Tsunade and the chubby Chōji were weaklings in front of her, Ino was still frightened by Hinata, who had a gentle temperament but could really eat.
This wasn't a matter of being able to eat, this was eating too much!
Every time, Hinata would refuse in a voice as small as a mosquito.
"I'm already full."
"Thank you, I can't eat anymore."
"I really can't eat anymore, don't order anymore..."
The result was that plate after plate of barbecue was devoured by her. The amount of barbecue Ino ate was not even one-twentieth of hers.
In order to make Hinata willingly help her share the bill, Ino helped her resolve the embarrassment and diverted the topic: "Hinata, your shuriken throwing technique is really good, teach me sometime?"
Hinata felt that she had eaten too much and was really not ladylike enough. Her little face flushed red, and at this moment, she didn't think much about it and nodded hurriedly.
When it was time to pay the bill, they calculated that six people and one dog had eaten a total of 8,500 ryō worth of barbecue, which was basically equivalent to a D-rank mission for a ninja squad.
Forty percent of the barbecue went into Chōji's stomach. Hinata kept saying she wouldn't eat, but in the end, she still ate twenty-five plates. Ino estimated that she was only half full.
"Um, you guys sit down, I'll go pay the bill." Ino slowly stood up and frantically hinted to everyone, including Shikamaru.
Seemingly seeing that Ino was short on money, Hinata, who had the demeanor of a virtuous wife and good mother, secretly handed her her wallet.
"I'm so sorry... I ate so much... Use... use mine..."
Ino gave her an approving look.
Girls are better after all. Look at those four boys, either pretending to be stupid or really are stupid, they have no awareness at all.
The six finished their meal, watched Naruto cleaning the Hokage Rock for a while, then strolled back to the academy.
They had a practical skills class and a boring history class in the afternoon.
The history of Konoha was now basically equivalent to studying the Will of Fire. The teacher held the "Will of Fire" written by the Third Hokage and "brainwashed" them over and over again.
The practical skills class was a bit more interesting. Hinata, as promised, taught Ino how to throw shuriken.
Training in ninja families starts much earlier than for civilian ninja. Climbing trees, walking on water, these training sessions had already been completed. Ino knew how to throw shuriken, and it could even be said that her throwing technique was quite good.
What's so difficult about this? Like Uchiha Itachi, jumping up and doing a triple axel, then shooting and hitting in eight directions, that's really difficult. Not to mention Ino, even many Jōnin can't do it.
Right now, it wasn't at that level. It was just the most basic shuriken throwing in the ninja academy. With sufficient eyesight, wrist strength, and hand-eye coordination, hitting a fixed target thirty meters away was a piece of cake.
Whether in the original timeline or now, Ino's role in the Ino-Shika-Chō trio was as a support. She had sufficient sensory abilities. Her "power" stat was currently 2, which seemed extremely low. Actually, Hinata, who was teaching her shuriken throwing, also had 2. Female ninjas have always been low in arm strength and muscle strength. For throwing shuriken, 2 points was enough.
Of course, if you insisted that the shuriken thrown by Rock Lee when he opened the Eight Inner Gates were fast and accurate, she would also admit that with strong power, the flying speed of the shuriken was indeed fast, there was nothing to question about that.
She was just playing around by throwing shuriken now.
"...Ino, your arm needs to be straight..."
"Like this?"
"No, it needs to be in line with your gaze."
"So it's like this?"
"Mm-hmm... Don't be too hasty when you exert force."
Hinata's voice carried a hint of weakness, occasionally tilting her head and frowning in thought. Seeing her serious appearance, Ino found it particularly interesting.
She didn't have any intention of "cuckolding" the Seventh Hokage. From the bottom of her heart, she still respected the Seventh Hokage. Using bloodline theory to deny Naruto's continuous efforts and persistence was unfair. After experiencing so many hardships, he could still reach the peak, such a person deserved admiration.
Ino simply felt that teasing the little girl in front of her was a very happy thing.
During free practice, Ino sparred with Hinata. When it came to hand-to-hand combat, the era of Tai Chi dominating all worlds had passed, and her past life experiences were useless. Without using tactics, Ino found that she couldn't beat Hinata at all.
Her taijutsu was 3, and she estimated that Hinata's taijutsu was at least at a level of 5.
She didn't have much talent in taijutsu and currently didn't plan to use rare attribute points to increase it, so daily practice was very important.
"Um, will you practice with me next time? I think my taijutsu is really too poor." Ino said very seriously.
Hinata smiled politely, agreeing to it.
The day's classes ended before the sun was about to set, and everyone went home.
Watching Haruno Sakura sneakily go home alone, Ino calmly said goodbye to her classmates one by one.
In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the village's higher-ups, the ninja of the Ino-Shika-Chō three families had long abandoned the Warring States period habit of living together in clans and were now scattered throughout the village in family units.
The Yamanaka family, because they were responsible for the village's intelligence work, were extremely low-key. The family of three usually ran a flower shop. In the eyes of unsuspecting neighbors, they were a refined husband, a gentle wife, and a slightly mischievous daughter. They couldn't see the family's huge influence in the village at all.
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