Chouji looks a little guilty for bringing up events back home. He reminds himself again of exactly what he has given himself permission to tell his teammates. Ino already asked, and Chouji hated deceiving her about something so important.

"During. I lost weight, but someone used a weird technique and I gained it back in the middle of the battlefield." He shrugs, raising his hands palms up. "That was unexpected."

And because he knows Shikamaru is herding him along, Chouji obliges by sitting on a rock and holding out his injured hand. To lighten the subject, he adds, "The technique didn't make me less hungry, though."