Chapter 75 Parting

Che returned to Hong's home. Before Che could walk out of the entrance, Hong trotted anxiously to Che's side.

"Che, what does Hokage-sama want from you?"

Che changed his shoes and replied: "It's nothing, it's just that my jounin was not approved for promotion, and then he sent me to the northeastern border."

Hong only felt that there was an inexplicable resentment in Che's words, and asked again: "Then when are you going to go?"

"We'll leave tomorrow." Che walked up to Hong and replied.

The two walked into the living room. Che sat on the sofa and said, "We will meet at nine o'clock tomorrow morning and then set off."

"So urgent? Northeastern border, then you have to fight those Kumogakure ninjas..."

Hong couldn't help but start to worry again.

Che pulled Hong's little hand over, held the pair of catkins and said, "Don't worry, I'm very strong. Besides, I'm not the only one there. There are five hundred ninjas who went with me alone." People, and Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato are both there, there won't be any danger."

Hong was a little shy but did not pull away her hand. After a moment of silence, she said, "I know, but..."

"After you left, I was the only one left in my family. My father was transferred away a few days ago..."

Che gently stroked Hong's hand and said, "Hong, you have to be strong. This is during the war. When Uncle Zhen Hong and I are away, you have to take care of yourself."

Hong held back her tears this time, raised her head and said seriously: "I am a ninja of Konoha, don't underestimate me, I will take care of myself."

Bai Tang jumped on the sofa at this time, tilting his head as if to see what Che and Hong were doing.

Che felt relieved when he saw Hong becoming aware.

After the two of them calmed down, Hong realized what he was doing and took out his hand. He lowered his head and did not dare to look at Che. His ears were already red.

Che said with a smile: "It's getting late, let's go out to eat tonight."

Hong nodded and asked, "Is it still barbecue?"

"I won't have barbecue today. I can't let you eat barbecue with me every day." Che said, "Let's go to your favorite seafood restaurant that sells wasabi octopus."

Hong happily agreed, but still asked Che to wait on the sofa.

Hong first ran to the kitchen and made a bowl of cat rice with fresh shrimps, minced chicken, chicken livers and chicken hearts. He also beat an egg on top and steamed it until cooked.

After making the cat food and putting it on the floor, Hong ran to the bathroom and stayed there for a while.

Che wandered over to Baitang and squatted down in boredom. Baitang was engrossed in eating cat rice, looking as wild as ever.

Che picked up Baitang by its neck, and Baitang began to meow, as if asking for help from Hong in the bathroom.

Che ignored Bai Tang's cry for help. He kept his posture with one hand and reached out to Bai Tang's cat bowl with the other hand. He picked up a shrimp and put it into his mouth, smashing it.

"Not bad, but tasteless."

Che then let go of the sugar and put it down.

Bai Tang fell to the ground in shock. At this time, the bathroom door opened. Hong, with damp hair scattered, leaned out half of his body wrapped in a white bath towel and asked, "What's wrong with Bai Tang?"

"It's okay, I just took a bite of its shrimp." Che squatted on the ground and turned around to answer.

Hongbai glanced at Che and said, "Who are you, fighting for food with a cat?"

Then Hong went in again.

It took nearly an hour to take a shower and blow-dry my hair, and half an hour to pick out and change clothes.

Fortunately, Hong is still young and doesn't need to put on makeup, otherwise it would take another hour.

Hong has slightly curly hair, and the black hair covers her shoulders, exuding a faint floral fragrance.

The white shawl covers the upper part of both arms. She wears a magenta top and a light pink skirt. The black tight leggings on her legs are exposed from under the skirt. Below are a pair of white and slender legs and a pair of blue open-toed legs. Ninja boots.

This outfit is actually similar to usual, but Che doesn't know why Hong looks particularly good today.

Che immediately ignored the boredom he felt while waiting, and stared at Hong with both eyes.

Hong chuckled shyly and said, "Does it look good?"

Che nodded, "It looks good, it looks really good."

"Then take a closer look. You won't have to watch anymore after tomorrow." Hong pouted her mouth and turned her face to the side.

Che waved his hand, walked towards Hong and said, "I'm just going to the border tomorrow, it's not like I'm going to die tomorrow..."

Hong immediately turned around and interrupted Che seriously and said, "Don't say such unlucky words."

Che immediately stretched out his hand to comfort Hong, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore. Let's do this. Let's take a group photo after eating, and I'll take it to the border so that I can see you every day."

Hong's ears instantly turned red, and he lowered his head and responded softly.

The two then set off, as the sun set and the moon rose.

Che and Hong had a big meal at a seafood restaurant, and then went shopping on the street. They bought a lot of things along the way, big and small. After that, they took their things to the photo studio to find a group photo, and two of them were developed. One serving per person.

The two of them went to a flower shop in the mountains. Che bought a bunch of beautiful flowers for Hong, and then they returned home.

It is worth mentioning that the entire cost of this date was paid for by Mr. Kakuzu. To be precise, it was the bounty for killing Kakuzu sent from Takigakure Village.

Che handed over the money to Hong. Hong initially refused to accept it, but when she heard Che say that she and her father were Che's only relatives in Konoha, she no longer refused.

Hong just promised Che that he would take good care of the money, and Che smiled and said that Hong could use it if he wanted.

The next day, Che came to Hong's house wearing the new clothes that Hong had chosen for Che yesterday. He said his last goodbyes to Hong, and then packed up and went to the Hokage Building to gather.

The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, wore a Hokage robe and a Hokage hat with the word "fire" printed on his head, and gave a speech to the Konoha ninjas below.

The content of the speech remains unchanged for thousands of years, and the theme is still the Will of Fire.

Afterwards, a troop of 500 people set off under the leadership of Namikaze Minato and swaggered through the streets, giving the impression of a warrior going on an expedition.

Both sides of the street were filled with people seeing off the troops, and the sounds of blessings and farewells were heard endlessly. This made many young ninjas in the troops who had never been on the battlefield excited and filled their hearts with the yearning to make achievements.

The other older generation ninjas who have been on the battlefield are worried and have sad faces. They know that the battlefield is a place of death for most people, rather than a place where they make achievements.

Che's reaction was different from the two people. He felt quite calm about going to the battlefield, and was scanning the crowd with his six eyes, looking for Hong's figure.

Sure enough, Hong's figure was found in the crowd. Although Che had said before that there was no need to send him away anymore, Che knew that Hong would still come back.

Che stretched out his hand and shook it towards Hong. Hong spotted Che from the crowd of troops at a glance.

Hong also waved desperately to Che. At this time, Che had been pushed forward by the large army behind him, and he could only say his final farewell to Hong from a distance.

Hong couldn't hear clearly, but she understood the mouth shape.

What Che said was, wait for me to come back.