“Handsome, are you sure you don’t want a serving of three-color dango?”
On Commercial Street, the dango shop owner held up a skewer of dango and smiled, “Try it, it’s our new product.”
Renye stared at the freshly made three-color dango in the owner’s hand, momentarily stunned.
Dark brown, creamy white, and red dumplings were threaded onto a bamboo skewer, with caramel-colored frosting slowly dripping down their rounded curves.
The dango in front of him, in a trance, overlapped with a certain night.
At that time, Senju Hashirama bought him several skewers of three-color dango.
Originally, Renye didn’t want to eat them; he thought only children liked sweets.
But he couldn’t resist Hashirama’s pleading gaze, and finally, reluctantly, he tasted them.
However, the taste was unexpectedly delicious.
I wonder how Hashirama-dono is doing now?
Finding Uchiha Madara in the vast Ninja World is by no means easy, especially since Madara is also in hiding.
This kind of behavior is tantamount to searching for a needle in a haystack…
He was a little worried that Senju Hashirama would never find Uchiha Madara until he died.
At that time, would Hashirama think he was lying to him?
…
“Handsome, would you like a serving?”
The owner’s voice pulled Renye back to reality.
He reached out and took the dango, then thought for a moment and said, “Owner, five more skewers of dango.”
“Alright!” The owner quickly packed the dango.
Renye paid the money and left Commercial Street, carrying the packed three-color dango.
On the way, he put the skewer of dango the owner had given him earlier into his mouth.
The soft, glutinous rice dumpling, wrapped in sweet filling, melted between his teeth, and the rich bean aroma mixed with the sweetness of honey spread over his tongue.
“It tastes good,” Renye narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, unable to help but comment.
Just then, a voice sounded behind him.
“Renye, you like sweets too?”
Hearing this, Renye’s body stiffened, and he thought, “Oh no.”
He turned his head with difficulty, only to see Uchiha Kagami looking at him curiously.
“Kagami, didn’t you go on a mission?” Renye casually threw the bamboo skewer in his hand to the ground, subtly changing the subject.
Uchiha Kagami subconsciously looked at the bamboo skewer Renye had thrown on the ground and explained with a smile, “We just got back from the front line. We’re resting these few days.”
“Is that so…” Renye nodded thoughtfully. Before he could organize his words, Uchiha Kagami continued to ask about the previous topic.
“Renye, do you like sweets too?”
Renye’s mouth twitched. Is this guy never going to stop?
Didn’t he see that he had already changed the subject?
Why did he bring the topic back?!
He was about to get angry, but seeing Uchiha Kagami’s smiling face, he held back.
As the saying goes, one doesn’t hit a smiling face.
With Uchiha Kagami looking like that, he really couldn’t bring himself to get angry.
The other person was just asking a normal question, and hadn’t done anything…
Under Kagami’s expectant gaze, Renye said expressionlessly, “No, this is a gift for Tsunade.”
He was afraid Kagami wouldn’t believe him, so he added, “I don’t like sweets. I was just tasting it for Tsunade to see how it tastes.”
Uchiha Kagami heard this, and a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
“Is that so… I thought Renye, you also liked sweets like me.”
Renye saw that Kagami didn’t refute, and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He showed a disdainful expression on his face and said proudly, “Only children like sweets.”
“But, sweets are really delicious…” Uchiha Kagami mumbled softly, then looked up at Renye, “Renye-kun, try it, it’s really delicious!”
Saying that, he went to the dango shop and bought several skewers of three-color dango.
“Renye, quickly try it, I’m sure you’ll fall in love with sweets!” Uchiha Kagami handed over a skewer of three-color dango.
Renye looked at the three-color dango in front of him, subconsciously swallowed, and turned his face away.
“No… I’d rather not.”
“Only children like sweets…”
Seeing Renye insist on not eating, Uchiha Kagami sighed and didn’t persuade him further, eating the dango by himself.
It seems Renye really doesn’t like sweets.
In that case, he’ll just have to finish the dango by himself!
“Huh?” Renye looked at Uchiha Kagami somewhat blankly.
Damn it, couldn’t this guy persuade him a bit more?
He had just prepared himself; as long as Kagami persuaded him one more time, he would pretend to be reluctant and take the three-color dango.
But Kagami, this guy, gave up halfway…
Uchiha Kagami ate the dango while mumbling indistinctly, “Renye, did you guys also just get back from a mission?”
“Mm.” Renye just responded softly. He didn’t want to talk to this guy who was hogging the food.
Uchiha Kagami was slightly startled at this, feeling a bit confused, “Why did Renye suddenly become cold?”
But he quickly guessed the reason.
Perhaps it was because he asked Renye to eat sweets he didn’t like, causing the other person to get angry.
Thinking of this, he immediately apologized to Renye, “I’m sorry, Renye! I’ll never make you eat sweets again!”
Uchiha Kagami was worried that Renye would get angry if he saw the three-color dango in his hand, so he quickly finished the dango in one go.
Then, mimicking Renye’s earlier action, he casually threw the bamboo skewer on the ground.
Renye: “???”
No, this is too much!
Why, out of nowhere, was he not allowed to eat sweets anymore?
“Sorry, Renye. I have to go, I’ll talk to you later.” Uchiha Kagami saw Renye wasn’t speaking and wisely turned to leave.
He accidentally made Renye angry.
He’ll never persuade others to do things they don’t like again…
Renye watched Uchiha Kagami’s hurried retreating figure, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.
“What’s wrong with Kagami, acting so weird all of a sudden?”
He was still planning to ask Uchiha Kagami about the front line.
After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi’s team was different from theirs; their mission location wasn’t in the rear, but on the front line…
But before he could ask, Uchiha Kagami left.
“Forget it, I’ll ask later,” Renye shook his head helplessly and left Commercial Street, carrying the three-color dango.
——————
Senju Hashirama’s residence.
Tsunade was lie in front of the stone table in the courtyard, staring at the dice on the table, wondering what she was thinking.
Tanuki Flower was lazily lying on the table, sleeping, when suddenly its ears twitched, and it opened its eyes to look towards the gate.
“Tsunade, long time no see!” Renye had just walked into the courtyard and immediately saw Tsunade lying on the table.
“Renye-dono, why are you here?!” Tsunade’s small face lit up with joy, and she quickly ran to Renye.
“Meow~” Tanuki Flower came to their feet, circling them continuously.
Renye looked at the Tanuki Flower in front of him and sighed, “After some time, this ugly cat has gotten fat again.”
“Meow meow meow!” Tanuki Flower let out a dissatisfied meow.
Renye ignored the ugly cat, held up the packaged bag he was carrying, and said with a smile, “Tsunade, guess what this is?”
“Wow, three-color dango!”