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

Finally, the few of them came to the most famous barbecue restaurant in Konoha. As for who would treat them, it was of course Ye Lan, who was a senior ninja. He wouldn't let two juniors pay for it.

"Sasuke." Sakura took out a small bottle and handed it to Sasuke, saying, "This is a special medicine I developed. I'm afraid you'll encounter danger after you join the Anbu, so..."

Seeing Sakura's embarrassed expression, Sasuke didn't refuse and directly applied the medicine. No matter how effective it was, he couldn't let his teammates down. Sasuke was not a fool and knew that Sakura liked him. It was just that he, like Ye Lan, couldn't be held back by personal emotions.

"Thank you, Sakura."

Seeing Sasuke decisively taking it, Sakura's face showed joy. She had no right to interfere in the affairs of the Anbu, and the time she spent with Sasuke was gradually getting shorter. It would be great if she could help Sasuke in some way.

"Oh my, you guys had a dinner together but didn't invite me." Kakashi appeared beside Sakura, leaned over and said, "You didn't do it on purpose..."

Sakura shuddered at Kakashi's voice, waved her hand and said, "Kakashi-sensei, I just met Sasuke and the others by chance."

"We met by chance and had dinner together, but you didn't invite me..." Kakashi's voice was a little sad, "After all, I am your teacher."

There was no way Sakura could deal with Kakashi like this. Ye Lan couldn't help but laugh when he saw Kakashi's expression. Was this still the cold-blooded Kakashi from before? Now he cared so much about his students.

"Kakashi, don't mention Sakura when you are with Kai." Ye Lan had already seen Kai and his students preparing to come over not far away. Kakashi also came into the house with them, but he noticed Sakura first and came over to say hello.

Seeing Ye Lan's gaze, Kai gave Ye Lan a thumbs up, and Xiao Li and others also came over.

"Sakura!" Xiao Li once announced in public that he liked Sakura, and now he was the first to say hello.

"It turns out that Teacher Kakashi had already come to a dinner with others, and in the end he still blamed me." Sakura also understood what was going on and refuted Kakashi.

"Well, Kai just wanted to talk to me about something, not just to have a meal." Kakashi retorted.

"Why don't we all come together?" Since they were all acquaintances, Kai directly raised his suggestion.

"Okay, let's do it together." After hearing Kai's opinion, Sakura and Sasuke looked at Ye Lan, and Ye Lan agreed with a smile.

Seeing them getting along so well and Sasuke and Sakura both listening to Ye Lan, Kakashi couldn't help feeling a little jealous. After all, am I the leading jonin of Team 7 or you, Ye Lan? He really regretted letting Ye Lan take care of Team 7.

While Kakashi was thinking, Asuma and Hong also entered the barbecue restaurant with their respective students. The careful Ino saw Ye Lan and others at a glance.

"What a coincidence, you guys are here for the dinner too?" Asuma walked over with Hong without any hesitation.

"This is the feeling of youth! Everyone wants to get together before the New Year! Let's all come together!" Kai directly invited Asma, and Ye Lan had no objection, so everyone moved to a larger table again.

Ye Lan and his group, who were originally just having a small gathering, now have more than a dozen people. Almost all of the senior ninjas he is familiar with in the village have arrived. Could it be that this barbecue restaurant is their designated gathering place?

"If Naruto is here, then everyone is here..." Hinata sat with Sakura and a few other girls. She looked around and thought of Naruto, whom she had always had a crush on.

"That guy, we met him once in the previous mission." Speaking of Naruto, Ino talked about the contest between Sasuke and Naruto in the last mission. Although it was exaggerated, hearing that Sasuke defeated Naruto without much effort, Ino also admired Sasuke's strength.

"That guy is probably training hard right now." Sasuke, who knew Naruto better, said, thinking of the previous contest.

"As expected of an elite who has entered the Anbu, Sasuke's strength is improving so quickly." Shino, who had no sense of presence, also expressed his opinion.

"Are the Anbu so powerful? After I become a Chunin, I want to join the Anbu." said Kiba, who also had an irritable personality, and Akamaru even barked a few times above his head.

"I don't mean to discourage you, Kiba, but the Anbu are much more dangerous than you think." Shikamaru sighed. Two Anbu died in their last mission, and he hasn't seen Antelope since the mission ended. He wondered how she was doing.

"That's right, Kiba, I heard from my father that the mortality rate of the Anbu is the highest among the Konoha ninjas." Choji agreed with Shikamaru's opinion. Even eating barbecue couldn't shut him up.

"So dangerous..." As a wealthy woman, Tiantian didn't expect that the death toll of the glamorous Anbu would be so high.

Neji, who has reconciled with the Hyuga clan, looks at Sasuke. Naruto defeated him, but Sasuke can easily defeat Naruto now. Neji, who is also known as a genius, may feel a little unbalanced, but complaining is not his style, and he will train harder in the future.

"Sasuke..." Seeing Sakura's worried look, Sasuke comforted her, "It's not as scary as Choji said. Kakashi was also a member of the Anbu before."

The students who had been discussing this also turned their eyes to Kakashi. They didn't expect that Kakashi had such an experience.

"Oh, that was a long time ago." Kakashi said, touching his head as everyone looked at him.

"Well, when he was in the Anbu, he was called Cold-blooded Kakashi." Ye Lan interjected, mentioning Kakashi's former nickname.

"Cold-blooded Kakashi?" No matter how Sakura looked at his teacher, she didn't think such a title was appropriate.

"That's because Kakashi was very efficient in carrying out missions when he was in the Anbu, right, Kakashi!" Kai said directly at this time. Kakashi's condition at that time really made his best friend feel distressed.

"Is that really the case?" Ino felt something was wrong and said uncertainly.

"Okay, okay, don't care about the past." Asuma also came over to interrupt, and glanced at Ye Lan with pretended dissatisfaction, asking why he brought up this matter.

However, apart from feeling a little embarrassed, Kakashi didn't care too much. His previous muddled days seemed like a nightmare, and he had to look forward no matter what.

Fortunately, the students didn't worry too much and were fooled by a few senior ninjas.

Kakashi came to Ye Lan at this time, looked at him with some dissatisfaction and whispered: "When did you hear about my work in the Anbu?"

"My brother used to be a member of the Anbu. You haven't forgotten, right? He was once the captain of the Anbu?" Ye Lan had also heard some things about Kakashi from Shisui. He also knew that Kakashi was once a student of the Fourth Hokage.

"Hmm..." Kakashi actually wanted to say that Shisui didn't really join the ANBU, he just said that to the outside world. He was directly under the command of the Hokage at the time, but he still didn't say these things out loud.

"However, someone still owes me 10 million taels and hasn't paid it back yet..." Kakashi certainly didn't care about the 10 million taels, but he felt a little embarrassed by Ye Lan's words and wanted to take revenge.

"Kakashi..." Ye Lan suddenly felt embarrassed. The experimental equipment for the Impure World Reincarnation alone had emptied his wallet. He didn't know when he would be able to pay Kakashi back.

"Wow, there are fireworks outside!" Ino was sitting next to the window, and colorful fireworks were already blooming in the sky above the village.

"Fireworks are set off at this time every year." Hong smiled as she looked at the fireworks outside the window, "After tonight it will be the new year."

"You all have to work harder in the new year!" Asma raised his glass and motioned for everyone to toast together.

At this time, everyone stood up and raised their glasses together and said, "Happy New Year."