Chapter 40: Gentle Ino! Bonfire, BBQ and Friends
"What about Shikamaru and others?" Ryosuke asked.
"They are still on the way, I came here early."
While Ino was talking, she suddenly noticed something, and suddenly grabbed the hands of Ryosuke with a distressed expression.
"Ryosuke, your hand is hurt."
She looked at the blood scabs on the phalanges on the back of Ryosuke's hand with distress.
"It's okay, it's just a small injury."
Ryosuke shook his head nonchalantly.
Because he was exercising in the past two days, it was inevitable that he would have some skin trauma.
Especially the back of the hand.
Because of punching the tree trunk, his dorsal phalangeal joints were prone to injury.
Even if Ryosuke has the physique bonus of the talent entry, his foundation is poor after all.
No matter how much the bonus is, it is impossible to make his body comparable to steel all of a sudden, right?
So injuries are inevitable.
But soon enough, this will not be the case.
The wounds on his hands were still dripping with blood half an hour ago, but scab had already formed all over now.
In a few hours, the scars will no longer be visible.
It was the same yesterday.
When he went back at night, his hand was still injured.
Ryosuke deliberately wrapped his hand in bandages so that his mother Mizuki wouldn't notice.
Then when he woke up the next day, the wound was gone.
"Ryosuke, actually you don't have to work so hard."
Ino looked at Ryosuke's hands with distress.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all." Ryosuke said with a smile.
"Liar, how could it not hurt?"
Ino's eyes were a little red, as if she was about to cry.
"Don't move, I'll bandage you up."
As Ino said, she took out a new roll of bandages from the ninja bag at her waist, and carefully bandaged the wound for Ryosuke.
"Ino, you are so cute."
Ryosuke looked at Ino who was bandaging his wound seriously, and said suddenly.
"Ah?! Really?"
Ino blushed a bit, then said with a giggle, "Then has Ryosuke fallen in love with me?"
"That's not true." Ryosuke said.
"Hmph! I'm angry."
Ino snorted softly, turned her head and ignored Ryosuke.
At this time, a hand was gently placed on Ino's small head.
"I lied to you." Ryosuke smiled softly.
Ino raised her head and looked at him. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the back of Ryosuke, the scene at this moment was deeply imprinted in Ino's heart.
"Ryosuke!"
At this time, a few figures approached from the distance.
In addition to Shikamaru and Chōji, there was also Naruto who was shouting the name of Ryosuke from a long distance, jumping up and down, looking extremely excited.
Ryosuke heard the sound and looked, and waved at the three of them with a smile.
"What, it's really not the right time!"
Ino looked angrily at the three people who came over there, with fierce eyes.
Shikamaru shrank his neck instinctively and the back of his neck felt a little chilly.
'Did I offend her somewhere?' Shikamaru thought puzzledly.
Even with his clever brain, he was completely unable to understand the thoughts of a woman, even a little girl.
...
Boom!
"This should be enough for us."
In the forest.
In a clearing by the river.
A bonfire had been lit.
The orange flames were crackling and burning.
Ryosuke carried a black bear standing two or three meters high and threw it on the ground, making a loud noise.
"Ryosuke, there are only five of us, we can't eat that much."
Shikamaru looked at the size of the black bear, and said with a wry smile.
"But I've already tried to choose the small one." Ryosuke spread his hands and said.
"It's okay, I can eat."
Chōji stared at the dead black bear with green eyes.
He felt that he could already smell the aroma of black bear meat.
"Since Ryosuke has already got the ingredients, you guys are responsible for handling these ingredients."
Ino pulled Ryosuke to sit down and rest for a while, then put her hands on her hips, and ordered Shikamaru and the others.
Since Ino had spoken, Shikamaru and the others could only obediently drag the black bear's body to the river to clean it up.
The three of them dragged the black bear weighing more than 300 kilograms with great effort.
"I can go and help." Ryosuke looked at them and said.
"Ryosuke, you can rest well, leave these things to Shikamaru and the others, they can take care of it."
Saying that, Ino looked at Shikamaru and the others with warning eyes.
"Yes, yes, Ino is right, we can handle it." Shikamaru nodded quickly.
Based on what he knew about Ino since he was a child, it was best to follow her wishes at this time, otherwise he would definitely be miserable in the future.
"Ryosuke, you can rest, it's just a black bear, leave it to me."
Naruto patted his chest to reassure, and his look of taking care of everything made Ryosuke even more worried.
Facts proved that Ryosuke was right to be concerned.
It took a full hour for Shikamaru to clean up the black bear.
"Ryosuke, come and give me a hand."
Shikamaru called out to Ryosuke, who was sitting by the campfire, reading Ino's palm.
It was not easy for them to continue dragging the black bears that had been cleaned.
But even with the skin and the internal organs removed, the black bear was too heavy, and it was a bit difficult for the three of them to carry it.
"Go and fix the shelf, leave this to me."
Ryosuke walked over and lifted the black bear tied to the iron frame with one hand.
"Wow! Ryosuke, you have great strength!" Naruto looked at him in surprise.
Shikamaru also looked at the figure of Ryosuke curiously, as if wondering how his small body could burst out with such astonishing strength.
"Let's go."
Ryosuke held the iron frame with one hand, and led the three of them back to the bonfire.
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