I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

Karin ran up to Sasuke angrily, looking at the greasy barbecue with a bad expression.

"I've told you so many times, try to eat light food during the surgery and eat less of these things."

Being caught red-handed, even the somewhat aloof Sasuke felt ashamed.

"I remember that there weren't so many things when Ye Lan performed surgery before."

"Are you questioning my medical ninjutsu?"

Karin said with a gloomy face that at present there is no better medical ninja than her in the entire Rain Village. In a sense, she is the authority of Rain Village's medical ninjutsu.

"Aren't you the girl who was training in medical ninjutsu in Konoha? You also returned to Amegakure."

Ino watched the conversation between Sasuke and Karin, and didn't know why she didn't feel unhappy, so she asked with some confusion.

"Hey, why are you guys here? I was wondering why there's a barbecue restaurant here. It turns out you guys are stray dogs. You can't find your own nest, so you ran here?"

Accompanying Karin was Tayuya, who had her hair cut short. They are currently working in the medical department of Amegakure.

After hearing what Tayuya said, Choji wanted to refute but Shikamaru stopped him. After all, they were living under someone else's roof now and were not in Konoha. There were some things they could only endure.

Sasuke frowned when he heard Tayuya's words, and he said in a deep voice.

"Tayuya and the others are my friends. It's very rude of you to do this. Apologize to me immediately!"

Tayuya was shocked. She didn't expect Sasuke to be so angry. Although they didn't get along much in recent years, they knew each other.

Sasuke and even the Amegakure people didn't ask about her background, and they took her in. It was just because of her foul mouth that she had no friends except Karin.

However, Tayuya subconsciously wanted to resist because of her personality, but Karin, who usually didn't get along with her, pulled her sleeve.

Seeing Karin's worried look, Tayuya's heart softened, and after hesitating for a moment, she spoke.

"Okay, got it. Sorry for what I said."

Although his attitude was rather perfunctory, Shikamaru did not hold on to it and instead spoke.

"It's okay. You are also Sasuke's companions. We are familiar with each other now. There is a lot of barbecue here. If you don't mind, let's eat together."

Hearing the word "companion", Tayuya couldn't help but look at Sasuke and Karin. Sasuke didn't say anything, while Karin was still talking about the dangers of eating too much greasy food.

At this time, Tayuya felt a little embarrassed, but Ino helped her and after some hesitation, she finally sat down.

"You don't look like a violent girl, so why is your mouth so dirty? Here, this is a freshly made dish, try it first."

As the number of people increased, Choji brought another plate of barbecue. He still had some dissatisfaction with Tayuya, but he did not lose his temper for the sake of Shikamaru and Sasuke.

Duoyou also looked at Shikamaru, and at his signal, she picked up a piece of grilled meat with chopsticks. She had rarely eaten this when she was in Konoha, so this was her first time.

The aroma of grilled meat mixed with cumin burst in her mouth, and even Tayuya couldn't help but say, "It's delicious."

Only at this moment did Shikamaru smile again. Customer satisfaction is the greatest compliment to a chef. In addition to eating barbecue, he found that making barbecue was also very satisfying.

Tayuya put down her chopsticks and looked back at Choji who was eating grilled meat and said, "You look a bit like someone I once knew. He also likes to eat."

Choji didn't expect Tayu to talk to him, "Hmm? Is she your companion?"

It was this word again. Tayuya's originally simple thoughts became a little melancholy. She thought that among the original four Sound Ninjas, only Jirobo cared about the people around him, and now she was the only one left.

Seeing the other person's doubtful look, Tayuya smiled from the bottom of her heart for the first time.

"Yes, a companion."

...

Hidden Rain Village, Research and Development Department

As soon as Scorpion came back, he went into his own laboratory. The leader had promised him that as long as the Three-Tailed's task was completed, he would not need to go out on missions anymore. He would have the right to refuse any future missions and could concentrate on researching various weapons in the laboratory.

"I told you not to waste your energy. I will never accept a disciple in my lifetime."

Scorpion said this while fiddling with the mechanical parts in his hands.

"Brother Scorpion, are you going to let your craft be lost? What if you are no longer around?"

Ye Lan said helplessly. Looking at Xie's current face, he really couldn't bring himself to address him as elder. He had been staying in the village these days just to deal with this matter.

"Mr. Ye Lan, is there something I did wrong?"

Ranmaru said somewhat disappointedly that he had heard that Scorpion was the best person in the entire village in developing machinery. If he could become a disciple of such a person, perhaps he would be able to find the direction of his life.

"It's none of your business. This guy has a weird personality. He has deceived countless people with his baby face."

Ye Lan was also very angry and he almost broke his tongue these days.

"How dare you say that to me? You are so impressive and you even killed the Raikage, but you just say one sentence about everything and never think about other people's difficulties!"

Scorpion also became very angry when he heard this. He threw his hands down and all the mechanical parts fell to the ground. It was a rare moment of anger.

Ran Wan, who was originally unable to move, lay timidly behind Ye Lan. He hated himself for causing trouble to others.

Ye Lan also realized that something was wrong and spoke to comfort him.

"Hey, don't be angry. I just feel sorry for this child. He has difficulty moving. Why don't you just make him a pair of prosthetic limbs?"

"You know shit! I don't even know where you found this kid. Having inconvenient legs means he has poor manual skills. Do you know what it means to have poor manual skills for doing these fine movements? This is not something that can be solved with a pair of prosthetic limbs."

Scorpion was right. Whether it was a puppet or a machine, it was made up of thousands of parts and would fail if there was any mistake.

Originally, Scorpion thought that even if the boy's talent was average, he could still accept him as his apprentice for Ye Lan's sake. However, who knew that the other party would directly find him a cripple, and he was so angry that he had no place to vent.

Seeing that the other party was unmoved, Ye Lan scratched his head and he had no choice but to comfort Ran Wan.

"Don't worry, since you followed them to Yuyin, I will definitely find a master for you. Scorpion's place won't work, but you still remember Master Takuma, right? I'll have him take you in as his apprentice. With your ability to see through the bloodline limit, you will definitely achieve something."

Ranmaru also saw Ye Lan’s difficulties and nodded.

Ye Lan sighed and prepared to leave with Ran Wan on his back.

But the scorpion ears moved, and he turned around and asked again.

"Wait a minute, repeat what you just said again."

Seeing Scorpion's look, Ye Lan said unhappily.

"I said let Zhuoma be his master."

"No, the next sentence, the one about the blood boundary, his blood boundary has the ability to see through things? Like the white eyes?"

Scorpion said with some confusion that only people with the ability to see through things have the Byakugan, and this kid doesn't look like a Hyuga family member at all.

"His bloodstains are much more powerful than his Byakugan. Ranmaru, let him see what the annoying guy across the street is wearing under his black robe."

When Ranmaru heard this, he poked his head out from Ye Lan's back, a layer of red light appeared in his eyes. He looked at him and said.

"Well, under Lord Scorpion's black robe... he is not wearing any clothes."

...

The air fell silent for a moment. Ye Lan didn't expect that Scorpion would play so many tricks. He had no intention of showing off and spoke awkwardly with Ranmaru on his back.

"Then you go ahead and I'll leave."

But Scorpion didn't care at all at this moment. He simply changed his expression and looked at Ranmaru with some fanaticism.

"You can leave now, and I will leave now."

Ye Lan:?