Honkai Impact 3rd: This is how Obito and Rin used it.

Chapter 4 We are purely friends

"Welcome to..." The young female shop assistant at the Three-Colored Dumpling Shop stopped abruptly halfway through her greeting.

Her fairly fair face flushed red in just two seconds, and her eyes lit up.

"This...this...this guest...please...please come in." If it were anyone else, they might have thought the clerk was a stutterer, but Shingetsu Seiyun was already used to it. Some of the young girls who saw him for the first time were dumbfounded, while others were boiling water. He had seen this kind of tongue-tied situation more than once. He nodded slightly and walked into the dumpling shop under the latter's drooling gaze.

"Nebula!?" A familiar voice came from ahead. Shingetsu Nebula looked in the direction of the voice and spotted a familiar face.

"red beans?"

Mitarashi Red Bean.

At this moment, she doesn't look like she did during the Boruto era—in fact, she's still developing. Dressed in a trendy fishnet outfit, coupled with her youthful and beautiful appearance, she's a pretty and energetic young woman.

At that moment, the energetic young woman seemed to choke on the tricolor dumplings because she suddenly spoke.

"Cough~ cough cough~" After taking a sip of water to swallow the dumpling, Mitarashi Anko said, "Seiun, you like three-colored dumplings too?"

"Great! Come on, sit down. Let's try their new dishes together."

"No, Red Bean." Shingetsu Seiun glanced at a seat at the very back of the dumpling shop. "I have an appointment."

"Who did you invite?" Mitarashi Anko wondered, as she watched as Kamitsuki Seiun walked in and sat down in front of a tall, voluptuous, short-haired beauty.

Mitarashi Anko: ...

As expected of you, Divine Moon Nebula.

He's either with his girlfriend or on his way to find her.

"Senior Yongmei, have you been waiting long?"

The short-haired woman smiled and said, "No, I just arrived too."

"Do you know that girl?"

Shingetsu Seiun knew the other person was referring to Mitarashi Anko, and casually replied, "Yes."

"She's a junior who's two years my junior, and she's a friend I knew before."

"The kind of pure friendship."

The woman gave her a mocking look: "Are you sure? You have female friends?"

"What are you saying?" Shenyue Xingyun said. "Can't I have female friends?"

"No. I just feel that someone like you shouldn't have purely platonic friendships with members of the opposite sex."

"That means you don't know me well enough, senior," Shen Yuexingyun said, changing the subject. "Let's order first, senior, I'm starving."

Senior Sister Yongmei smiled and said, "I've already ordered."

"I didn't know your taste, so I ordered a little bit of everything."

"Also... you said I don't know you thoroughly enough."

That's because you spend too little time with me.

"Could you give me a little more time tonight so that my senior can... get to know me more thoroughly?"

Shenyue Xingyun: "Uh..." He paused for a moment, then said awkwardly, "Senior."

"It doesn't seem very convenient."

"You know me, I'm usually busy at night."

Senior Yongmei pouted unhappily: "Alright, alright, I know, busy person."

"How about you come with me for some fresh air after we eat?"

It wouldn't be good to refuse the other person twice. Shenyue Xingyun estimated the evening's schedule and then nodded.

"it is good."

As the two were talking, the waiter came over with two servings of meatballs and hot drinks.

It's the female shop assistant from earlier.

After coming over, he held a hot drink in his hand, but his eyes were darting back and forth across Shenyue Xingyun's face, not even noticing that a little bit of hot drink had been spilled.

Seeing this, Senior Yongmei teased, "Does it look good?"

"Ah~" The female clerk was startled, and after regaining her senses, she hurriedly put the meatballs and hot drinks away.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." She couldn't explain what she was sorry for, and walked away while repeatedly apologizing.

Senior Sister Yongmei turned her gaze back to Shenyue Xingyun and smiled, "If you nod now, you can get another girlfriend."

Shenyue Xingyun chuckled: "What are you talking about?"

"With you in front of me, how could I possibly have any other woman in my heart?"

"By the way, senior, tell me about your life as a genin. I'm very interested."

The two chatted as they enjoyed the dumplings. But then, Eimi suddenly stopped talking.

Shenyue Xingyun: "Speak up, senior, why are you suddenly silent?"

Senior Eimi did not answer, her gaze turning to the back of Shingetsu Nebula.

She said, "Nebula."

"Are you sure she's just a friend?"

Shinzuki Seiun turned around and met Mitarashi Anko's furtive gaze. Noticing their stares, she immediately lowered her head, trying to hide her presence as she ate her dumplings.

The Divine Moon Nebula turned its head.

"We're just ordinary friends."

There's nothing between us.

Senior Yongmei: "Oh? How did you meet?"

Shenyue Xingyun said, "It's a coincidence."

"That day I was being chased by several people, and she happened to be there and hid me, which saved me."

Senior Yongmei frowned: "How many people are chasing you? Who's chasing you?"

Shenyue Xingyun: "My ex-girlfriend's boyfriend."

Yongmei glared at her: "How many more? Which of your girlfriends is that awful?"

Shenyue Xingyun said awkwardly, "It's not any girlfriend."

"He's the boyfriend of several girlfriends."

Senior Yongmei: "..."

With Mitarashi Anko watching them suspiciously, the two of them didn't want to stay at the dango shop for long and quickly finished their meal before leaving.

Then, the senior student Yongmei, who had just said she wanted to feel the wind, took Shenyue Xingyun's sleeve and led her through a maze of turns to a dead end where there was absolutely no wind. Before Shenyue Xingyun could react, Yongmei grabbed Shenyue Xingyun's sleeve and suddenly seized her hand with a small grappling move.

"Wait for me, senior!"

"No sneak attacks allowed!"

...

Along the banks of the Namga River, Muto Saika paced back and forth, occasionally kicking small pebbles.

"Stinky Nebula".

"Bad guy."

"They've kept me waiting for so long and they still haven't come."

After kicking a few pebbles, she would look up in the direction she had come from, her eyes filled with both anticipation and trepidation.

After a while, a figure vaguely appeared on the path in the distance. Mutou Saika's face immediately lit up with joy, but soon, the joy was replaced by a complicated expression.

A short while later, Shingetsu Seiun arrived in front of Mutou Saika.

"Something came up on the way here, which delayed me."

"How long have you been waiting?"

Muto Saika lowered her head: "Not long."

"Is the matter resolved?"

Recalling the delicate figure of Eimi slowly moving away, Shingetsu Seiun confirmed, "It's resolved."

"Caixiang, let's start our stroll."

Muto Saika softly replied, "Okay."

The two were walking along the riverbank.

The river babbled, and the pebbles crunched underfoot. A breeze from the distant forest brushed against their faces, refreshing and pleasant. Muto Saika remained silent, and Shinzuki Seiun was also enjoying the peace and quiet. As he walked, he thought about what Eimi had told him about the life of a genin.

The workload has been getting increasingly intense lately.

The genin's missions are also starting to become dangerous.

Based on the timeline in his memory, he deduced how long the Third Shinobi World War was still to come and how much time he had left to improve.

He was somewhat anxiously absorbed in his own thoughts and didn't notice that the two of them hadn't spoken for a long time.

His thoughts were interrupted by Muto Saika's gentle voice.

"Nebula, let's break up."