As a proprietress who has been in business for decades, Ah Xing decided to introduce a few new summer products during the summer night festival to attract guests - refreshing drinks, desserts for summer nights, and the elegant art of playing cotton on the lute, which is still in the pipe. The summer night festival has not yet arrived, and Asami has already purchased countless times for A-Xing's business.

The proprietress who is familiar with Ah Xing is very distressed about this little girl who came out to work alone at a young age, and she will be extremely unbearable to say, "Why hasn't there been any meat at all?" Listening to A-Xing, Xiao Mami eats a lot. ”

Asami: ......

- No, not at all.

The night of the Summer Night Festival was really lively, and the streets were crowded with people much more than usual. The decorated facades are decorated with small colored lights to attract young people who want to come out and play. The originally empty streets were suddenly temporarily added with a lot of cars and props for play. In addition to the people who fill the streets, there are also the occasional one-star fireworks that bloom in the night sky.

It's a pity that I go shopping with cute boys holding hands, looking up at the fireworks in the sky in a yukata or something, and I have nothing to do with Asami. She diligently served the drinks, scrubbed the tables, and paid the bills in the izakaya, sending off waves of guests and watching them get drunk with pleasure.

The young couple is always shy, and the two of them don't move with their heads down. Occasionally slowly raise his head, and when his eyes collide with each other, he dares to pick them apart, as if there is some terrible figure on the other side. Even if wine is served to them, they will remain shy and remain motionless until one of them takes the initiative to pour the wine.

The older uncles are much more natural. For example, Mr. Kaichi Yamanaka and Mr. Shikahisa Nara, who are familiar with the road and relaxed, first have two bottles of cold beer, along with the complaints of daily tasks, and then two bowls of sake, and swallow them together with the trivial matters of the juniors in the family.

Ninja who is neither too old nor too young...... Asami couldn't read it.

For example, Kakashi, who is rarely seen once, walked into the izakaya with a green kappa behind him, walked around the yaku, stayed in a certain position for a long time, and then returned the same way and left the izakaya, leaving only the watermelon-headed kappa shouting "Let's duel", and the aftermath drifted through the night.

Presumably Kakashi found that it was inconvenient to drink bars while wearing a mask.

Asami thought as she walked over to the spot where Kakashi had been staying for a long time, and was shocked to find that her "Intimacy Paradise" was sitting squarely in her seat, the same one she had put away after reading it last time.

I didn't expect Kakashi Hagi to be a fancier!

Asami's favorability towards Kakashi Hachiki rises.

By the time Asami finally rested, it was ten minutes past midnight. The happy guests have left the street, and the night full of joy and laughter has gradually fallen silent, returning to the former quiet, except for the fireworks and bamboo sticks on the street, and the small group of fans dropped by the unknown girl, which still retains the hustle and bustle of the past.

Scrub tabletops, organize dishes, and discard empty bottles...... Asami, who had done this qiē, took the remaining sewage from scrubbing the table top into a shallow ditch on the side of the road and dumped it as usual. She stepped on the potholed pavement, half-crouched, and poured water into the ravine with a clatter. There were still some remnants of laughter in the street, which hung in bits and pieces.

It's a shame that I wasn't able to participate in the summer night festival in person.

If you have the chance to participate, you may also meet the children of the Uchiha family who are out playing.

Of course, it is also possible to meet characters such as Takahashiji......

Asami walked back to the izakaya alone with an empty barrel and towel, her clogs stepping on a lottery ticket. Tickets that have not yet been used bear the slogan "Blessing Winning the Jackpot" and are painted with exaggerated lanterns and colored stripes, stained with sewage and footprints. Such a lottery ticket made Asami vaguely aware of the lively atmosphere at the festival, and couldn't help but yearn for it.

When night fell and silence finally fell around, the restless god sprang up from the bench where he was sheltered, crept to the door of the tavern, and unceremoniously passed through the wall into the silent street. Asami hadn't used her ability to do such a petty theft for a long time, and now she was a little nervous.

If any playful child saw her now, he would think that she was some kind of ghost inhabiting an abandoned house, right?

Asami rolled up her ivy-colored sleeves, loosened her long coiled hair, combed her fingers along it, and walked down the deserted street, trying to catch a glimpse of the excitement of the festival from the mess that had not had time to clean up.

The fireworks on the ground fell when they were set off, right? The fireworks should explode in the shape of a bunch of petals, twinkle and flash, and then there will be ignorant imps secretly kissing in the night - that's what the book says. As for why humans do this, who's to guess human emotions?

The gray-plum paper nailed to the wall by kunai is probably written by a ninja who doesn't understand the amorous feelings to his lover. It also reads "I miss you very much", and judging by the corner of the torn paper, the lover's temper is not small, and the two may have quarreled at the festival.

Asami's geta stepped on the empty street and accidentally kicked something. There was a crackling sound that caught Asami's attention - it was a thin mask, carved into the shape of a tanuki, and after two turns, it came to a stop on the ground, and I don't know if it was left here by a child who liked the new and hated the old.

Asami bent down to pick up the mask and flipped over the motif depicted with a tanuki. The animal that was jokingly called a thief by the mortal world looked cute on this mask. She brushed her fingers off the dust from her mask and held it onto her face.

That's how the gods pulled.

It was clearly the act of "picking up a dirty mask from the ground and rubbing it on the face without wiping it, which was not hygienic at all", but when the gods did it, it looked beautiful and upright, as if the mask was a flawless mask used by the sacrificial virgin musician to cover her face.

Asami looked ahead through the mask, clasping her hands behind her head in an attempt to tie the mask's straps tightly. However, a pair of gentle hands inadvertently put on the ends of her hair and tugged at the ties of the mask. Asami was startled, and when she turned around, she saw a fox mask.

Two people, one a fox and the other a raccoon, looked at each other with masks, and there was silence for a while.

After a long time, Asami exhaled, put down her hanging heart, and said, "It's you, Itachi." ”

The person wearing the fox mask was none other than Uchiha Itachi, just like when he first saw Asami, dressed in silver-white armor and wearing a short knife, covering his face with a fox mask, looking as mysterious as a ghost in the dark night, but Asami knew that behind this mask was a gentle and lovely face.

"Why are you here?"

"Why are you here?"

The two of them had a problem that happened to be focused on each other, and both of them sounded in the silence of the night.

"Hey, I want to take advantage of everyone's sleep to see some festivals." Asami said, "I don't have time to participate in the festival, so I'll take a stroll after the end." ”

“…… Is it. Uchiha Itachi said behind the mask, "I just happened to finish my mission." …… I found that Asami likes to go shopping in the middle of the night. Won't it anger your boss lady? ”

"She doesn't know." Asami said, "I found that Uchiha-san's tasks always need to be completed at night. ”

"......" Uchiha Itachi was silent for a moment and said, "Almost." I originally promised to accompany Sasuke out to participate in the festival...... However, I lost my words again. ”

Asami, wearing a tanuki mask, took two steps forward and said, "I thought you were also here to visit the street after the festival." You see, when it is lively, the flow of people is one after another, bustling, and everyone comes uninvited, one after another, like moths to a fire, and when the silence comes down, it is quiet as if nothing has happened. This is the ability of time to smooth out the traces of a qiē thing. ”

Uchiha Itachi was slightly stunned for a moment for Asami's sudden philosophical preaching, and soon he decisively and rationally interrupted Asami's gushing testimonials and said, "I could have accompanied Asami to participate in the festival." But...... Now that there are no dumplings, fireworks, or roadside shops, it doesn't mean that you will be accompanied to the festival. ”

"No need to belch." Asami turned her back to Uchiha Itachi and said, "You go home quickly." I don't need to be accompanied by someone else, and I don't like to be accompanied by someone else in the middle of the night...... Well...... It seems to like it a little. But, anyway, I don't want to get too much into trouble with other people. To put it simply, I like to be alone. ”

After hearing this, Uchiha Itachi was silent for a long time.

Asami's footsteps rang out, and she took a step forward, clogs clattering on the ground. Then, she heard the voice of Itachi Uchiha.

"Are you...... Asami-sensei, right? ”

There is no temptation, no doubt, like a definite, ordinary declarative sentence, convinced and calm. The boy's voice was soft and firm, with a little irresistible anticipation.

Asami turned her head, and the tanuki mask pinned to her face made her look hilarious. A pair of dark red eyes were hidden behind the mask, and the pale moonlight reflected in those eyes. Her red hair fell down her shoulders, and a brilliant flame slid through it, and the endless darkness of the night seemed to be dyed with this brilliant red.