After accepting Miss Hood's invitation, Inomata Naoki naturally thought of contacting Chen Yu, fearing he wouldn't be able to find him, but Chen Yu was obviously not going to appear.
On one hand, it was to give Inomata Naoki and Tokairin Yuko time alone together, and on the other hand, it was out of consideration for the children of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet.
After all, they were just children, and if one of them carelessly called out "Commander" upon seeing Chen Yu, everything would have been given away, and Chen Yu's arrangements for today would have been in vain.
So Chen Yu simply made up an excuse to decline Inomata Naoki and continued to discreetly observe as Miss Hood, with the children of the Sixth Destroyer Fleet, left the venue with Inomata Naoki and Tokairin Yūko for a nearby restaurant.
