Trees Chapter 325 It's Really a Life-or-Death Situation!

After seeing off his parents, Naruto returned to the small forest east of the village and found that the Hyuga Clan had built another new house for him.

Sasuke was squatting outside, eating hot pot with Sakura and Karin.

The two girls barely touched their food, instead glaring intently at each other. The tension between them was palpable even from a distance.

"Sakura, try this."

At that moment, a woman's voice suddenly came from inside the villa, and then Sarah came out with two plates of food.

The moment she saw Naruto, she froze, and the plates in her hands slipped to the ground.

Clang…

"Sara?"

"Yellow hair!"

Naruto: “...”

Hearing that nickname, Naruto really wanted to give this silly queen a good thrashing.

"We’ve been waiting for you."

"Take a seat and eat."

Sasuke patted the spot beside him, signaling Naruto to sit down.

However, this move caused the two girls nearby to shift their hostile gazes toward the yellow-haired guy.

At this moment, they had formed a united front.

‘No way!’

‘If they couldn’t sit next to Sasuke, then this yellow-haired bastard definitely shouldn’t either!’

Naruto smirked disdainfully, ‘These girls had no idea what brotherhood was.’

‘If they had this much energy, they might as well focus their attention on Medusa.’

Ignoring their glares, Naruto walked straight to Sasuke’s side and sat down, picking up a bowl and chopsticks to start eating.

"Hey, you silly queen, why are you coming out of my house?"

"Aren’t there tons of monsters in the Pure Land? Shouldn’t you hurry back to help?"

Sara sat down, and in response to Naruto’s question, she picked up a piece of meat and happily ate.

This made Naruto somewhat curious about what the Shinigami of the Pure Land’s Seireitei were like now.

‘They could even eat food from the living world?’

"First of all, stop calling me silly queen."

"Second..."

"I’ve worked hard in the Pure Land for so many years. Can’t I take a break?"

As soon as Sara finished speaking, Hinata, wearing an apron, walked out of the villa with a gentle smile.

Seeing this, Naruto’s hair stood on end.

‘Damn it! Sasuke, you set me up!’

‘Why is Hinata here too!?’

Naruto glanced guiltily at Sara, then roughly pulled Sasuke up and switched places with him.

He even shot Sasuke a fierce glare.

‘You bastard! You’re the one who brought Sara and Hinata here, aren’t you?’

Sasuke maintained his usual cool expression, but the slight upward curve of his lips betrayed his act.

‘Naruto!’

‘You’re dead!’

‘Serves you right for giving my dad that black rod!’

"Naruto."

Hinata tilted her head with a smile, smoothing her apron before leaning against Naruto’s side. However, her gaze remained fixed on Sara.

Though she looked harmless on the surface, there was a terrifying killing intent hidden beneath.

This made Naruto's movements of picking up food a little unsteady.

"Sara!"

"My parents have gone back to support the Pure Land, why are you still staying here?!"

After saying this, Naruto pretended to be calm and spoke to Hinata on his shoulder.

"This is the former Queen of Roran..."

"Now, she’s basically my parents’ colleague."

Hinata nodded with a smile but didn’t say anything. Meanwhile, the loudmouthed Sara spoke up first.

"We really owe it to Naruto!"

"Otherwise, the people of Roran would’ve turned into those red-haired Hollow monsters long ago."

As she spoke, Sara patted the Zanpakuto at her waist.

Sasuke instinctively glanced at Naruto, who pursed his lips, unsure how to respond...

‘If Sara found out about his connection to the red-haired Sage of Six Paths...’

‘She’d definitely try to kill him, right?’

‘Wait!!’

‘In this situation, wouldn’t Hinata be the first to beat him to death?!’

Hinata wrapped her arms around Naruto’s right arm.

Though she didn’t react outwardly to Sara’s words, Naruto could feel Hinata tightening her grip slightly...

"Naruto..."

"You two seem pretty close, huh?"

Bang…

Sara slammed the table excitedly upon hearing this.

"Of course!"

"We're comrades who fought side by side!"

Naruto: “!!!”

‘Sister... I’m begging you!’

‘Please, just stop talking.’

‘Otherwise, I’m afraid you won’t make it out of here alive today.’

“Hiss… ahh!”

"The food today is especially delicious ~"

Sasuke picked up a piece of meat and ate it with an intoxicated expression, as if he had never tasted anything so good in his life.

"Hi... Hinata."

"You should eat too, eat too."

Naruto wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly served Hinata some food. Noticing she was still clinging to him, he ended up feeding her directly.

Sara was slightly stunned when she saw Naruto and Hinata's interaction, then she gave Sasuke a questioning look.

Sasuke picked up the teacup and took a sip, and Sara immediately understood.

She unbuckled the Zanpakuto from her waist, placed it on the table, and grinned foolishly.

"Naruto-kun was the one who gave this to me, you know."

"Hinata-san, you wouldn’t be mad at Naruto-kun for doing this, right?"

Hearing these provocatively sweet words, Naruto’s hand trembled so badly he almost flung the meat into Hinata’s face.

‘Damn it!!’

‘Silly queen, what the hell are you doing!?’

‘Sakura, holding a big bowl, slurped her noodles noisily, her eyes gleaming with amusement as she watched Naruto and Hinata.’

Karin was also watching the show, munching on a cucumber with loud crunch sounds.

This scene was truly something else.

Usually, it was the yellow-haired delinquent who got to watch their drama. Now that the tables had turned, they weren’t about to miss this golden opportunity.

This is a rare chance!

Sasuke smirked faintly, he could already see the ominous death star shining above Naruto’s head.

"That’s bullshit!"

"I gave you that thing so you could guard the seal!"

"Hinata... don’t listen to her nonsense."

Naruto was so agitated he nearly cursed outright, especially with those three spectators nearby...

If Hinata weren’t here, he’d have flipped the table and beaten Sasuke into the ground right then and there.

"Oh?"

"Auntie Sarah seems to have misunderstood something."

"Naruto-kun gave you one thing, and you're this happy about it..."

"Meanwhile, the things Naruto-kun has given me are piled so high at home, they barely fit anymore."

Sara, who had been eating, suddenly looked up in shock at the girl with white eyes in front of her.

‘What did she just call me???’

‘Auntie… Sara??’

Crack…

Age was an extremely sensitive topic for women, and Sara, who had been about to continue eating, now had veins popping on her forehead.

A woman’s competitive spirit instantly flared up.

"Heh..."

"We Shinigami have transcended the bounds of humanity."

"Our appearances remain eternally youthful."

Hinata smiled and replied very calmly.

"Oh?"

“Who isn’t?”

Hinata could feel the Nine Revolutions Profound Art’s Chakra circulating within her. With this magical energy, eternal youth was no issue for her

And with a single glance, she could tell that Sara was nothing more than a high-density soul aggregate.

As long as she wanted, defeating the other party would be just a matter of a blink of an eye.

Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, Hinata continued, "I wonder how many years Auntie Sarah has been dead?"

"Going by normal age calculations..."

"You must be in your fifties by now, right?"

Sara: “???”

Being attacked in the sore spot again, Sara's face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

She slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Hinata and shouting, "Hyuga Hinata, was it!?"

"Are you looking for a fight?!"

Seeing Sara lose her composure so easily, Hinata stretched out a hand, then turned to Naruto.

Mimicking her man’s signature move, she delivered the ultimate taunt, "You mad?"