Chapter 4: Restaurant

The captured Cloud village ninja was sent to the Hokage Building as a witness.

On the second day after this incident, Konoha's top leaders held an emergency meeting.

However, this matter has nothing to do with Ryosuke for the time being, because he is not qualified to attend such a meeting, so he can only wait for Hyuga Hiashi to return before he can learn from him the follow-up results of this matter.

"Ms. Hinata, Master Ryosuke, the tempura in this restaurant is quite famous in the village. After we go on missions, we often come here to get together."

The food street is an extremely lively area in Konoha Village both during the day and at night.

There are all kinds of snacks such as meatballs, takoyaki, sushi, and fried skewers. In addition to some small stalls, there are also dessert shops and many popular restaurants.

For example, the Akimichi clan's barbecue restaurant and Ichiraku Noodle House.

At this time, Hyuga Ryosuke held Hinata's hand and stopped in front of a restaurant with a lot of traffic.

Behind them were two Hyuga elites serving as their guards.

On the surface, they were sent by Hyuga Hiashi to protect Hinata, but secretly they were assigned to Ryosuke to be his right-hand men.

"Here it is."

After looking around the restaurant full of fireworks, Hyuga Ryosuke nodded and looked gently at Hinata next to him, "I promised to take you out to play a few days ago, and I have fulfilled my promise."

This restaurant is very big, just like a big cafeteria.

Looking inside from the door, both the hall and the stage were full of people. There was a strong smell of fireworks, and the food should taste good.

"Um!"

Little Hinata looked very happy, staring into the store eagerly, her nose moving from time to time to take a deep sniff of the delicious food coming from inside.

Although the words "can't wait" were written on her face, she still followed Ryosuke obediently.

"Let's go in, have a good meal, and then go shopping."

Looking at her cute appearance,Ryosuke chuckled and took Hinata's hand and wanted to walk inside.

However, when he took a step forward, he found resistance in his palms, and the people around him stood still and did not follow him.

Turning back in confusion, Ryosuke found that Hinata was staring blankly ahead. Following her gaze, he saw a father and son walking out from the aisle with laughter.

It looked like he had finished his meal and was about to leave.

It seemed that the two people's attention attracted the attention of the father and son, and they looked over here.

The father's eyes were full of confusion, but after seeing  on the serious faces and the guards behind him, he quickly withdrew his gaze, pulled his child and quickened his pace to go out.

But the child, after seeing Hinata, his eyes lit up and smiledat her before leaving.

Only after the father and son had gone far away did the tension on Hinata's face subside.

Looking at her expression thoughtfully, Ryosuke didn't say much, but gently pulled her hand, and this time she obediently followed him into the store.

The flow of people in the store is much greater than what you see outside, including ninjas, civilians, merchants and people of all kinds of professions.

They gathered here, drinking, enjoying delicious food and chatting about daily trivialities.

After Ryosuke and the others entered the store, the atmosphere in the store gradually became a little quieter, and many people were secretly looking at them.

This restaurant is quite large, and for this reason, it has private rooms.

The two guards behind him were responsible for negotiating with the boss. After arranging the food and the private room, a young and beautiful girl came out from the other side of the cupboard. She seemed to be the boss's daughter.

She walked in front enthusiastically, responsible for leading them.

Just like that, under the attention of everyone in the store, Ryosuke pulled Hinata towards the private room.

After they left, discussions about their identities could be heard from time to time in the store.

"That... is the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan, right?"

"It's rumored that she has a weak personality, and it seems to be true."

"Who's that kid next to you?"

Although the discussion was subtle, it still reached the ears of Hyuga Ryosuke and the ears of the two Hyuga clan members behind him.

Except for Hinata who was relatively young and had not yet been exposed to the art of perceiving ninjutsu, they all heard these voices.

"Go and shut them up."

Stopping his steps, Hyuga Ryosuke said to the guards behind him without turning his head: "Souji, tell them that Hinata can talk about me behind my back, but it's too presumptuous to say bad things about me in front of me like this!"

After a pause, he repeated the key point again, "Remember, this is a message for Hinata."

"yes."

Behind Ryosuke, Hyuga Souji responded and turned to walk towards the lobby.

"Ryosuke-kun..."

Hinata held Ryosuke's hand tightly. She was in a bad mood because of the father and son and was a little at a loss. She didn't know what had happened yet.

"Come on, let's go in first." Ryosuke smiled gently and reached out to stroke her hair.

Tempura is an extremely simple dish. All you have to do is wrap the ingredients in batter and fry them.

However, the simpler the dish, the more you want to give your customers a different experience in terms of the delicious taste of the food, and the more advanced skills you need to bring out all the flavors of the ingredients.

"The trick is controlling the heat and frying time, which determines how the final product tastes."

Listening to the introduction of the boss's daughter, Ryosuke picked up a piece of fresh shrimp with a golden surface and a hissing sound just out of the frying pan, put it to his mouth and took a bite.

A crisp crunching sound is heard in the mouth, followed by the sweet taste of fresh shrimp exploding in the mouth.

Although it is fried, it is not greasy.

The chef has a very good control of the heat when cooking. Although the layer of golden coating on the outside of the shrimp is cooked through and has turned red, some of the shrimp meat inside is still raw.

It is also for this reason that you can feel the sweetness of the ingredients themselves under the crispy coating.

After all the ordered food was served, everyone else left the room without disturbing the two of them while they were eating.

The atmosphere in the room was very quiet, with no other sounds except the faint chewing sounds.

Eating is a lonely thing for Ryosuke, and this habit has continued from his previous life to the present.

Because he had few friends since he was a child, he developed the habit of not talking while eating.

And since he didn't say anything, Hinata wouldn't take the initiative to start a conversation either.

The food in this restaurant is really good. After eating until he was 80% full, Ryosuke put down his chopsticks.

"I'm stuffed."

Opposite him, Hinata spoke softly, also putting down her chopsticks and wiping her mouth.

"…You're eating so little today? This is only four servings, not like your usual portion size."

Ryosuke looked at the plate on her table in confusion. There were only four servings.

The restaurant does not serve staple foods, and although the food they order is all fried and easy to get greasy, you have to know that when she is at home, this little girl usually eats at least five bowls of rice in one meal.

"Is it because... you are in a bad mood?" he continued to ask.

Hinata has been in a bad mood since the beginning, even though she was fine when she went out.

"No…no."

Hinata shook her head hurriedly, as if something had hit the nail on the head.

"Is it because of the father and son just now?" Ryosuke continued, staring at her seriously.

The even more flustered look on her face afterwards basically showed that she had already admitted the matter.

"Then let me guess... is it that kid? Did he bully you before?"

Still maintaining a gentle smile on his face, Ryosuke spoke slowly and steadily, trying to put as little pressure on Hinata as possible.

He was sure that the discussions of the diners outside just now definitely did not reach Hinata's ears.

Then the only reason for her bad mood was the father and son she bumped into when she entered the room just now.

It was obvious that the middle-aged man had some vision and knew what the Byakugan meant in Konoha. The only one who knew nothing was the child who looked innocent.

(End of this chapter)