Chapter 20: Chapter 20
"Ah, it's delicious!".
Ino happily walked out of the restaurant, patted her slightly bulging stomach and said, she did eat a lot today.
"Where to go?".
Shingen also walked out of the restaurant and stopped beside the elated Ino, his tone was much softer than before, but he still had an expressionless expression.
This mission was so strange that Shingen still didn't understand what their goal was.
"Our next destination...".
"Huh?".
Ino had already planned for the whole day, so when she heard Shingen's question, she answered, but suddenly a voice interrupted her.
Whoosh....
Ino turned to look at Shingen, who was looking forward and seemed to have found something, but just as she was about to ask, a masked figure appeared in front of them.
"Anbu?".
The Anbu Black Ops is an organization under the command of the Hokage, and all members are elite ninjas who have undergone rigorous training.
"Shingen, Hokage-sama summoned you back to the village, this is an urgent order!".
The Anbu didn't even give Ino a chance to ask why he was here, but said directly to Shingen, his voice cold and ruthless.
"Urgent Order!".
Hearing his words, Shingen was slightly surprised, and he couldn't help but fall into thought, not knowing what was going on.
"But I have a mission to complete".
But Shingen looked at Ino, because he was here to help her complete the mission, and he couldn't leave her halfway.
"Mission?".
Surprised, the Anbu turned to Ino, because he received the message that Shingen had left with Ino in the morning, and the two of them were not on a mission.
"Mission? Shingen thought we were on a mission?".
Hearing Shingen's words, Ino thought of Shingen's behaviour from the beginning, and indeed he was too cooperative.
Ino was worried that he would be rejected when he invited him to a kimono shop, but he easily agreed, and now she understood everything.
"Alas, what a stupid....!!".
Ino shouted in her heart, her face flushed slightly, because she was so embarrassed, she thought that Shingen also thought that they were dating.
"Ahem, don't worry, Shingen-kun, we can complete this mission on other days, it's not such an important mission, hahaha... Let's go back!".
Ino didn't clarify the misunderstanding, she said to Shingen, with an understanding look on her face.
"Hmm."
Shingen nodded in agreement with her words.
Let's go!".
Whoosh.....
As the words of the Anbu fell, the three of them turned into afterimages and quickly returned to the village.
~Konoha, Some time after Ino and Shingen left the village in the morning~
"There is a message from Sunagakure, according to this description".
A woman with glasses walked into the Hokage's office, gasping for breath as she handed the note in her hand to Tsunade, who was sitting in the front.
"A message?"
A curious expression appeared on Tsunade's face, not knowing what to say..
Just now, Temari left, what else do they have to convey.
"This ...".
Tsunade finished reading the note, a surprised expression on her face, and her eyes widened slightly.
"What's going on, Tsunade-sama?".
Shizune asked as she stood aside holding the pig and saw Tsunade's surprised look.
"Shizune, we don't have time to waste, hurry up and call Team Kakashi, immediately!!"
Tsunade didn't satisfy Shizune's curiosity and said hurriedly, because if what was written was true, they would have run out of time to waste.
"Yes!!".
Shizune didn't expect such an answer, and instead of continuing to ask, she hurried out of the office to fulfill her duties.
"So early in the morning, what happened, big sister?".
Soon, Naruto and Kakashi arrived after Sakura, and Naruto frowned, a little annoyed as he was awakened from his slumber.
"Where is Shingen?".
Tsunade didn't answer his question, and she frowned when she saw that there was one person missing
"Tsunade-sama, he's not in the village, he and Ino just left an hour ago!".
After discovering that Shingen was not at home, Shizune naturally asked the guards about the situation.
"It's terrible!".
Tsunade cursed, a little annoyed, Shingen was her insurance that would protect Naruto from danger.
"What's going on, big sister, tell us?".
Seeing an angry Tsunade, Naruto couldn't wait to find out what had happened to make her so worried.
Even Kakashi and Sakura were curious, as they hadn't seen her so excited in a while.
"Ha ...".
"Last night, the Akatsuki organization attacked Sunagakure, and the Kazekege was taken away!".
Tsunade took a deep breath, calmed down, and said what was on the note.
"What! Gaara was taken away by Akatsuki!!".
Naruto was stunned when he heard the news, and then an angry expression appeared on his face, because Gaara was his good friend.
"The three of you hurry to Sunagakure, I will send a suitable team as reinforcements later, hurry up!".
"Hmm."
After Tsunade finished speaking, Kakashi and Sakura nodded in obedience to her words, and Naruto clenched his fists, determined never to let tragedy happen to Gaara.
"Wait for me Gaara!".
Whoosh.....
"Shizune, order the Anbu's to investigate the whereabouts of Shingen and Ino, I need them to return to the village immediately!".
"Yes, Hokage-sama!".
Naruto and the others left, but Tsunade still pinned her hopes on Shingen, and she gave the order to Shizune.