Naruto and Hinata bought flowers together to go to the hospital, not directly to see Sasuke, but planned to visit the Third Hokage first. Naruto figured he had to give Sakura Bro some time to calm down.
"Sister Tian Lu, you're on duty today?" Tian Lu was the female ninja who helped deliver Naruto with Biwako back then. She originally belonged to Anbu, but later transferred to work in the hospital. Naruto was quite familiar with her.
"Oh, it's Naruto. Is that your little girlfriend next to you?"
"Yeah, her name is Hinata." Naruto admitted readily.
"Hello, Sister Tian Lu." Hinata was a little shy but still greeted politely.
"Very cute," Tian Lu praised with a smile, looking at the bouquet in Naruto's hand and asked, "So who are you here to visit today?"
"Third Hokage and Sasuke."
"You're also here to visit the Third Hokage."
"Are there many people visiting the Third Hokage?"
"Of course, after all, the Third Hokage was injured to protect the village, much stronger than that Danzo guy." Tian Lu didn't forget to step on Danzo.
No, you've got it backwards, half of the village was attacked because of him. Naruto didn't say this. At this time, he could restrain his desire to complain very well: "So which ward is the Third Hokage in now?"
"The Third Hokage is in room 3601." Tian Lu flipped through the records and then said, "Sasuke is in room 3602 next door."
3601 doesn't mean the hospital has 36 floors, but rather ward number 01 in the 6th sub-district on the 3rd floor.
Naruto and Hinata went upstairs one after the other. A hospital is not a suitable place for romance.
"Third Hokage, Grandma Biwako, Laifu is here too." Naruto greeted familiarly. There were many flowers in the ward, so it seemed that many people had come to visit.
"Third Hokage, Lady Biwako." Hinata was a little restrained, but not impolite. After all, the Hyuga Clan's family style was somewhat rigorous and rigid.
"It's Naruto and Hinata, come in quickly." Biwako took the flowers from Naruto's hand and greeted him warmly.
Konohamaru ran over to say hello: "Naruto-kun, Hinata-neechan."
"Good boy." Naruto rubbed Konohamaru's head hard. This kid is ignorant, he doesn't even know to call her sister-in-law. Looking at the old man on the hospital bed, Naruto asked, "Third Hokage, are you feeling better?"
"Hahaha, much better, but it's hard not being able to smoke." As he spoke, he kept peeking at Biwako's face, which was a crazy hint.
Biwako put the flowers down, turned around and said, "You want to smoke again before you're well, really. Asuma was corrupted by you, and now you want to corrupt Naruto and Konohamaru?"
The Third Hokage smacked his lips and said, "Okay, okay, then I'll wait until I'm discharged from the hospital."
Biwako immediately interjected: "Don't even think about being discharged. I've already thrown away the pipe. Tsunade instructed that you're not allowed to smoke from now on."
"Isn't that a bit much..." The Third Hokage seemed to have lost his dream, but quickly cheered up, "Speaking of which, Naruto performed very well this time."
"Me?" Naruto was puzzled, What did I do? I'm just a passenger driver.
The Third Hokage explained with a smile: "Before the war, you used Multiple Shadow Clone and Flying Thunder God in coordination to quickly transfer all the spectators. By the end of the war, the guests didn't even have a slightly serious injury."
"No serious injuries or above? Does that mean someone suffered minor injuries?"
The Third Hokage smiled even more happily: "Yes, I heard that someone accidentally sprained their foot when they came out of the shelter, hahaha, otherwise it would have been zero injuries."
Biwako added: "Because Konoha can perfectly protect them in sudden wars, the dignitaries of various countries now have a very good evaluation of Konoha. This is your credit."
"Ah, this..." This was something Naruto didn't expect.
Hinata looked at Naruto's profile, "Naruto-kun is so amazing."
After chatting for a short while, Naruto bid farewell because the Third Hokage needed to rest.
Before leaving, he specifically told Konohamaru, "Laifu, your grandpa isn't feeling well, so don't play pranks."
The Third Hokage stroked his beard with satisfaction. Naruto had grown up and become sensible.
Then he heard the second half of Naruto's sentence, "Wait until he's healed..."
Konohamaru nodded obediently, "Okay, Naruto-aniki!"
"Hiss~" The Third Hokage's hand trembled, his expression froze, and two strands of his beard broke off.
...
Naruto pushed open the door next to the Third Hokage's room. Sasuke was leaning against the headboard, and Sakura was peeling an apple beside him.
"Yo, Sasuke, Sakura Bro," Naruto greeted casually.
Hinata followed behind Naruto, "Sorry to intrude."
"Why are you here?" Sakura's expression was a little unnatural. Why were they still chasing after him to rub it in?
"I came to see how my little brother is doing," Naruto said with a grin.
Sasuke frowned and corrected, "I'm older than you."
Naruto waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the details, the point is, how's your injury?"
"I can be discharged tomorrow, in time for the memorial service." Sasuke's tone became a little heavy. There were also members of the Uchiha clan who had unfortunately sacrificed themselves.
Naruto didn't like this atmosphere and changed the subject, "Is only Sakura Bro here taking care of you?"
Sakura put down the knife and apple and said, "Auntie Mikoto was here just now, but she suddenly said she had to go back to make lunch, so she asked me to watch over him for a while."
"Oh ho." Naruto's gaze wandered between the two of them. As expected of my mom's best friend, the tactics she uses are so similar.
Sasuke didn't care. He wouldn't be surprised no matter how Naruto acted up.
Sakura, on the other hand, felt uncomfortable under Naruto's gaze, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing." Naruto patted Sakura's shoulder, "Sakura Bro, keep it up."
Sakura realized, could it be that Sasuke's mother was deliberately creating an opportunity?
[Inner Sakura holding a stuffed toy with Sasuke's name written on it: Little Sasuke, your mother has already handed you over to me~ hiahiahia~]
But looking at Sasuke, who seemed oblivious, she deflated again. It was useless if the person involved wasn't enlightened...
After staying for a while, Naruto felt that he shouldn't delay them. "Alright, then we won't disturb you any longer."
It was almost noon when they came out of the hospital. Naruto decided to go to Ichiraku Ramen with Hinata.
The ramen shop was intact, and Teuchi was open for business as usual. After Naruto ordered, he tried his best to observe, but he couldn't see anything different about the legendary Otsutsuki Ichiraku compared to ordinary people. Even when he opened the minimap to observe, he still looked like an ordinary person.
Hinata didn't know why Naruto kept staring at the owner and asked, "What's wrong, Naruto-kun?"
"Oh, it's nothing. My dad really likes the ramen from this shop. You should try it carefully later, and eat as much as you want."
"Yes." Hinata nodded, extracting the key phrase "eat as much as you want."
In the end, Hinata didn't actually eat that much, but Teuchi-san specifically closed up shop for a few hours in the afternoon, saying he needed to prepare side dishes.
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