"What's wrong?"
Seeing Takemi stop in his tracks, Naruto poked his head forward curiously to take a look. Soon, he saw a girl not far away also looking towards them.
He said, "Ah, isn't that Hinata?"
"Yeah, your classmate." Takemi snapped back to attention, and nodded, but was met with Naruto's mischievous grin.
Naruto teased, "How come you can't walk when you see her? Could it be—"
"Idiot."
Takemi reached out and ruffled Naruto's head a few times. This kid really liked to talk nonsense.
However, he also understood Naruto's thoughts. After all, the current Naruto had never paid attention to Hinata at all. Or rather, Hinata was just a classmate to him.
His eyes were fully on Sakura, who revolved around Sasuke all day long. Only when Nagato came to Konoha and Hinata stepped forward did something arise.
"He doesn't know what's good for himself..." Takemi muttered in his heart.
But just as the two of them were causing a ruckus, Hinata had already walked over.
"Na-Naruto-kun, and Takemi-senpai..."
Her face was flushed, her head was lowered, and her voice sounded a bit stuttery. She was subtly glancing towards Takemi.
"Long time no see, Hinata."
Takemi released the hand that was pressing down on Naruto's head, and smiled at Hinata.
"Why are you alone? Aren't you going home?"
"Father took Hanabi to visit old friends and clan members and isn't home, so I'm going to school early..." Hinata still spoke softly with her head down, her shy appearance making Naruto scratch his head.
"I see."
Takemi thought for a moment and said with a smile, "That's perfect, I was planning to take Naruto to go eat, let's go together."
"Eh? Eh?"
Hinata's face instantly turned even redder. She wanted to say she had already eaten, but as a member of a prominent family, she had to maintain politeness.
And she felt that it seemed okay to eat a little more...
Besides that, Takemi in front of her seemed to radiate a very peculiar attraction, a kind of indescribable sense of closeness.
As well as a sense of pressure...
It was this complicated feeling that made Hinata momentarily unsure whether to refuse.
Seeing her behave like this made Naruto's head ache, but luckily Takemi didn't mind and directly made the decision with a smile, "Then it's settled, let's go, we'll eat at Ichiraku today."
"Oh... oh..."
Seeing Takemi say this, Hinata could only nod slightly in the end, then followed behind them with her head lowered.
"Tch, she's way too shy."
Walking beside Takemi, Naruto couldn't help but mutter softly, then raised an eyebrow with a mischievous grin.
"Hey, she seemed to be looking at you the whole time, Takemi."
"Can't help it, it's normal."
Takemi shrugged and said, "When the two of us are standing together, if she doesn't look at the tall and handsome one, is she going to look at the short and stupid one?"
Naruto compared his height with Takemi's, and instantly turned red-hot.
"...You bastard!"
But Takemi was not in the mood to mess with Naruto right now, he had naturally seen Hinata's actions just now.
Clearly, he wasn't the only one who had that strange feeling, Hinata did too.
"Is it because of the Ōtsutsuki bloodline?" Takemi muttered in his heart.
Thinking about it, he felt that this possibility was really high.
After all, his bloodline development reached 10%, and the Hyuga bloodline originally originated from the Ōtsutsuki.
Even if the branch in the Ninja World had degenerated quite a bit and couldn't compare to the Moon's, Hinata was the 'Byakugan Princess'.
That pure Byakugan would attract Takemi, and Takemi 's bloodline traits would naturally attract Hinata.
"Ramen! Ramen! Old man!"
After the group arrived at the ramen stand, Naruto shouted impatiently, which annoyed Ayame a bit.
She said, "Keep it down, seriously, it's not like we can't hear you, can't you learn from Takemi?"
"Alright, alright, it's good to be lively."
Teuchi didn't mind at all, he responded with a chuckle, and while talking, he had already started boiling the noodles.
"Just a moment, it'll be ready soon."
"Thank you, old man!"
Naruto sat down cheerfully. After they were all seated, he glanced at Hinata, who was still lowering her head and blushing. Feeling bored, he turned his head back to look at Takemi.
He asked, "What are you thinking about? You haven't said much the whole way."
"I'm thinking about training," Takemi rolled his eyes and casually brushed him off, his peripheral vision also glancing at Hinata.
He was only thinking about one question now: How were those people on the moon doing now?
Meeting Hinata today was an accident, but that inexplicable flutter had caught his attention.
Both he and Hinata had a clear resonance, so what about those Ōtsutsuki on the moon?
"Can I slowly sense the Tenseigan on the moon as my bloodline progresses?!"
He had been thinking about that eye on the moon for a long time.
Even before obtaining the Ōtsutsuki bloodline, he was always thinking about finding an opportunity to beat up that weak, sick and disabled guy.
A civil war on the moon had wiped out their clan, leaving only one Ōtsutsuki Toneri in the end.
If he didn't find a way to take advantage of this, it would really be a pity. But alas, how to get to the moon was a big problem.
If it weren't for Toneri coming to capture Hinata himself and providing an opportunity, it would probably be very difficult for Naruto and the others to find a path to the moon in their lifetime.
"After all, Black Zetsu didn't go to the moon to see his mother."
Of course, Black Zetsu might not have known, or he might have known there were people on the moon and didn't dare to act rashly.
But Takemi couldn't possibly go ask Black Zetsu for directions, could he?
"Stop thinking, eat some ramen!"
While he was pondering, Teuchi had already served the ramen.
Naruto rubbed his hands impatiently and said with a smile, "Hinata, eat freely, he's treating today. This bastard has ripped me off who knows how many times, this time I have to get my money's worth!"
"Thank you... thank you for the treat."
It was fine when Naruto didn't speak, but as soon as he spoke, Hinata's face immediately turned red again, which made Naruto scratch his head in confusion.
But for him, ramen was the most important. Everything else could go to the side.
"Let's eat!"
Not thinking too much, Naruto immediately started eating heartily, a scene that made Takemi chuckle.
"Slow down, no one's fighting you for it. Forget it, do as you please."
Seeing Naruto looking like he hadn't eaten for days, Takemi offered a piece of advice but didn't say more, he also broke apart his chopsticks and prepared to eat.
And he was in a very good mood right now.
"At this point in time, it's highly likely that the civil war on the moon is already over. It's hard to say how many are still alive, but they should all be old, weak, sick, and disabled..."
Old, weak, sick, and disabled means he can strike with full force.
The only thing to worry about was perhaps these guys discovering him in advance.
Moreover, those people on the moon have been monitoring the Ninja World using the Tenseigan.
Otherwise, Toneri wouldn't have known about Hinata.
The Tenseigan itself is one of the Ōtsutsuki's powers. What if they 'saw' him, got scared, and chose to hide while sealing off the passage? That would be troublesome.
Putting aside him, there's another lurking Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in the Ninja World.
But he was different from Isshiki. Isshiki had already used Karma seal to possess Jigen, while he was completely whole.
"So I need to train hard, sense that Tenseigan on the moon in advance, I can't let it get away..."
Takemi nodded secretly, and at the same time couldn't help but glance at Naruto.
He found that Naruto seemed to be able to bring him some good luck, for example, meeting Hinata today.
However, just as he was about to pick up his chopsticks, he suddenly saw Jiraiya rushing towards him.
"Hey, kid, so you're here, stop eating, we have a mission!"
"..."
Takemi hadn't even spoken, but Naruto, who was gorging himself next to him, instantly turned green.