Chapter 856

Lin Cheng looked at Naruto, who had suddenly been startled, and helplessly reached out, pulling her back into his arms; while comforting her, he didn't forget to give her a little idea.

"Oh right, then I won't worry about it anymore!"

Lying in Lin Cheng's arms, Naruto instantly shifted from her earlier anxiety to a mischievous grin.

It's just acting pitiful before getting beaten, right? She could do that — she'd definitely be able to nail it!

"Bai Chi, if Aunt Kushina really wants to beat you, would she even give you the chance to play pitiful?" Sasuke watched from the side, feeling stuffy; she knew that Naruto's brain would never keep up — so stupid.

Hmph!

As for Sasuke's provocation, Naruto couldn't even be bothered to argue with her anymore — after all, it was better to just have a fight.

Ever since they last did some terrain reshaping near Kumogakure, the two of them were now going to stir things up with Kumogakure too — after all, Kumogakure seemed to have done a great many excessive things!

"Lin Cheng, the vegetables are all cut — is there anything else we need to prepare? 17"

Kakashi came out of the kitchen; these past few days, he was no longer the only one cutting vegetables.

There was also Gaara, who daily kept an eye on the students while doing so; although Gaara's knife skills were still exasperating, they had improved a lot compared to before.

So while they were cutting vegetables, Lin Cheng never went over to interfere — after all, he did have a touch of OCD when it came to places like the kitchen.

"Alright, I'll go cook. I think we'll probably need to make a lot more food — it seems like a lot of people are coming."

Through his contract with the slug, Lin Cheng accidentally caught sight of the group heading off to greet Hashirama; as expected, Kumogakure had gone too far before, and now Konoha's side was preparing some kind of collective reception activity, wasn't it?

Lots of people means more food needs to be prepared — but still, the upcoming trip to Kumogakure is really something to look forward to!

"A lot of people?"

Kakashi looked blank; he had already cut so many vegetables, and with what Gaara had prepared, shouldn't that be enough?

Could there be others coming besides the Fourth's couple?

"Probably won't be few, that's all. But the vegetables are already enough — I'll stew some meat in a bit. Prepare a few extra sets of tableware."

Lin Cheng didn't say the exact number of people; after tying on his apron and entering the kitchen, he directly shooed Gaara out as well, and began preparing for tonight's joyous banquet.

After Kakashi's moment of stunned silence, Naruto and Sasuke also began tidying up — they carefully wiped the table back and forth once more, and checked all the bowls and plates to make sure nothing was missing.

After they finished, Izuna came downstairs, noticed the extra bowls and chopsticks on the table, and curiously leaned in for a look.

Tonight, it seemed, would be quite lively!

"Good evening, everyone!"

As space twisted, the hearty laughter of the Bofengshui Sect rang out — he appeared inside the cabin holding Kushina.

As the designated marker point, Kakashi, upon sensing the arrival of these two, quickly switched positions to prevent later arrivals from colliding with each other.

At first Kakashi truly didn't understand, but after being used as a fixed point again and again, if he still couldn't see what was going on, he'd really be an idiot!

As the central marking point for Flying Thunder God, Kakashi had gone from his initial helplessness upon first learning of it to now slowly feeling a sense of mission welling up in his heart.

"Dad, Mom, I missed you!"

Before Kushina could even be set down and steady herself, Naruto had already lunged straight at her.