Meanwhile, Team 7 received a mission.
Minato Namikaze stood in front of the three and said, "Meet at the village gate at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. This mission is expected to be very long, and we won't be able to return to the village for at least ten days to two weeks. Get some rest today."
After saying that, he waved his hand to signal the end of the meeting and then disappeared in a blur.
After Minato left, Kakashi turned around without saying a word and walked towards the east of the village with crisp, clean steps.
Obito Uchiha froze for two seconds, then that ominous premonition resurfaced. He couldn't help but shout at the top of his lungs, "Hey! Kakashi! Where are you going?"
Kakashi didn't turn his head or stop walking, as if he hadn't heard anything.
"This guy!"
Obito Uchiha stared wide-eyed, his face puffing up.
Rin Nohara gently tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "He must have gone to find Shinichi."
"Going to see Shinichi again?!"
Obito Uchiha's voice suddenly rose, his face filled with disbelief: "Why has he been going to see Shinichi all this time? We're supposed to be on the same team, aren't we?"
He got more and more agitated as he spoke while counting on his fingers: "I went on missions with him every day, ate together, and... Basically, we were together all the time! But what he did was, every time a mission was over, he would run off to Shinichi's side without even saying a word to me!"
Rin Nohara suppressed a laugh and said gently, "Perhaps it's because Shinichi can help him with his training."
"Training?"
Obito Uchiha pursed his lips, his voice suddenly lowering as he muttered, "He can train with me too! I've improved quite a bit lately, you know? Although… maybe not as much as Shinichi."
He paused, then muttered again in a smaller voice, "No, actually it's probably not even comparable to Shinichi at all."
After saying that, he deflated, and his shoulders slumped.
Seeing his jealous expression, Rin Nohara finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Obito Uchiha gave her a resentful look: "Rin, what are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing."
Rin Nohara covered her mouth, her eyes curving into crescents: "I just felt that you, Obito, really care about Kakashi."
"I-i don't care about that bastard!"
Obito Uchiha blushed, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his voice rising eight octaves: "I just… I just think it's not good for him to be so unsociable! It's so outrageous! Yes, that's it!"
"Alright."
Rin Nohara laughed even harder, but didn't expose him again.
Obito muttered a few words, then waved his hand as if giving up: "Forget it! Let him find whoever he wants! Rin, let's go shopping. I heard there's a new dango shop that just opened, and it's really delicious!"
"Ok."
"Let me tell you, Rin, I really don't care what that bastard Kakashi is doing! Wasn't he going to find Shinichi? Then let him go!"
Obito walked toward the commercial street together with Rin, still muttering under his breath, "Hmph. One day I'll become really strong, so strong that he'll come to me on his own to train!"
Rin Nohara glanced back at the direction Kakashi had disappeared in, then looked at Obito beside her, who was clearly concerned but still stubbornly refusing to admit it, and couldn't help but laugh again.
The warm afternoon sun of autumn shone down, casting long shadows of two figures, one in front of the other, blending into the warm orange light at the end of the street.
Only Obito's voice still drifted over.
"Rin, do you think if I learn some powerful Ninjutsu, Kakashi might... No, don't get me wrong, I don't want him to come looking for me! I... I just want to improve the atmosphere in the team!"
"Yes, Obito is the best."
"Hey! Rin, you're laughing at me again!"
"No, no."
The sounds of the two bickering echoed through the streets, gradually dissipating in the autumn wind.
In the fourth training ground, the afternoon sun slanted down, spreading a layer of warmth across the grass.
The members of Team 10 sat in a circle with a small pot in the middle.
The red oil was boiling, and the spicy aroma wafted in the autumn breeze.
Shizune held her bowl, her forehead beaded with sweat as she ate, but she couldn't bear to put down her chopsticks: "Being able to eat food cooked by Shinichi is really such happiness!"
Kurenai picked up a piece of dofu that had soaked up the broth, carefully blew on it, put it in her mouth, squinted her eyes slightly, savored it for a moment, and then said softly, "Although it doesn't glow like in the manga, the taste is really addictive."
Tsunade sat to the side, holding a bowl in her hand while staring at the ingredients bubbling in the pot, her brows slightly furrowed.
"That shouldn't be the case."
She looked up at Shinichi, who was slowly eating across from her: "Every time, I see you using ordinary ingredients such as potatoes, dofu, vegetables, and just ordinary meat, but when I eat it..."
She paused, then stirred the contents of her bowl with her chopsticks: "It's like a medicinal meal, but without the taste of herbs. My body will naturally feel comfortable, and my chakra flows more smoothly than usual. How did you manage to do that?"
It's always like this!
Those seemingly ordinary ingredients, after passing through this kid's hands, seemed to be rearranged and combined, not only becoming very delicious but also nourishing the body with every bite.
With her medical expertise, she knew all too well what this meant.
Eating Shinichi's dish over a long period of time would bring benefits to the body that were almost impossible to estimate. It was like always having a top-tier nutritionist and physician by your side.
And he wasn't even using expensive or rare medicinal ingredients, just the most common ingredients to create the most nutritious meals, the ones best suited for the human body to absorb and gently nourish it.
Shinichi ate quietly, his face expressionless, but he knew perfectly well what was going on in his mind.
The talent Gourmet not only enhances his ability to absorb and convert nutrients from food, but also goes beyond simply being able to make food taste good.
It allows him to almost instinctively perceive the biochemical reactions that occur when different ingredients are combined at the molecular level, to predict the evolution of flavor layers, and to accurately grasp the profound effects that these foods will have on the chakra network, organs, mind, and even chakras after entering the human body.
So, he did use ordinary ingredients, but after they passed through his hands, the combination of these ordinary ingredients produced a subtle chemical reaction. Although it didn't have the exaggerated glowing effect like in the manga, it had a more real and intrinsic change, as if it had been given some kind of magic.
A kind of magic that can make the body better without you even realizing it.
"I know! I know the answer!"
While Shinichi was still trying to figure out how to get out of this, Shizune, whose mouth was still stuffed with food, blurted out, "Shinichi said that cooking is an extension of the heart!"
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