You're really bold, Naruto," Naruto twitched his lips and said, "It's okay, I'll think of another way."
Seeing that they looked like they were going to hand in a mission, Naruto didn't waste their time and waved goodbye.
Choji seemed to notice that Naruto was troubled, and took out an unopened bag of snacks and handed it to Naruto: "I'm not very smart, so I can't help you think of a way, but if you're unhappy, eating something will make you feel better."
Naruto looked at Choji's chubby smiling face, took the snack, and said happily, "Thank you, Choji, next time I'll bring you snacks from other countries, from the Land of Wind, the Land of Birds, and your favorite fried bugs from Mount Myoboku."
Choji, who was drooling while listening to Naruto rattle off the names of dishes, was pulled away by Ino.
Naruto didn't know that this was the last bag of snacks that Choji had left from this mission, and he planned to use it to celebrate on the way home after handing in the mission.
But he really felt Choji's kindness, so he should bring him more specialties next time. He is a cute little Fat Man who deserves to be treated gently by the world.
Naruto tore open the wrapper, crunch crunch, these potato chips taste good, Choji's taste in snacks is trustworthy.
He didn't know if eating something could really relieve stress, but Naruto didn't feel so worried now. Thinking on the bright side, his current lurking ability was so good that even Kakashi couldn't notice it if he wasn't careful, and Old Mom might not be so vigilant all the time, right?
He would try it tomorrow morning while she went out to buy groceries, and if it didn't work, he would deduct money. At worst, he would freeload off Sasuke's pocket money for a few days.
Slowly crunching, ten minutes later, Naruto took out the last potato chip, sensed Choji's location, estimated that he had already handed in the mission, and chased after him.
"Choji!" When Choji turned his head, Naruto waved the potato chip in his hand and shouted, "The last bite~"
"Awoo!" Choji turned into a streak of afterimages and pounced over, biting the potato chip in Naruto's hand in one bite, chewing happily.
"Thank you, Naruto!" Choji has a habit of never giving up the last bite of food, although it doesn't include food that has already been given away, he is very happy that Naruto remembers and can come to him specifically.
In the Hokage Office, Minato, who took time out of his busy schedule to look at the Crystal Ball, showed the smile of an Old Dad.
...
Ending a day of... activities? It was a day without performing regular missions in the village, and without cultivation at all. To be honest, Naruto was a little unaccustomed to it.
After returning home, Naruto reported to Minato that he had failed three-quarters of his mission progress.
"Kakashi is actually so reckless, it seems your luck is not very good." Minato did not show disappointment or surprise, but encouraged him, "Isn't there still one last one, there is still hope if you work hard."
"I will try my best." Naruto nodded, he also felt that there was still hope, and by the way, he also felt that this Old Dad could be scammed.
The good news is that the atmosphere at the dinner table in the evening returned to its usual state. Although Kakashi was missing, Naruto said that Shizune was taking care of him, and Kushina was not only relieved, but also quite happy.
"I knew I should have broken one of his legs earlier and sent him to the Hospital." Kushina said so.
[ Kakashi, who is being fed by Shizune, suddenly has a feeling of surviving a catastrophe for some reason.
If Naruto knew, he would probably be heartbroken, others would never feed him with his face covered!]
The next day, Naruto woke up at four in the morning, and lay quietly on the bed waiting for Old Mom to go out.
Waiting until after six o'clock, Naruto, who heard the sound of closing the door, lifted the quilt and got up, learning from Tom Cat and trying his best to pretend that he had no bones, as if he had turned into a pool of liquid, carefully flowing to the window of his room.
Gu Squid
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Watching Kushina all the way to the vegetable market, estimating that she should not suddenly turn back, Naruto agilely jumped out of the window and hid in the crown of the tree next to him.
Naruto tiptoed down from the tree, wanting to bypass the hidden route planned yesterday, and then embarrassingly met Minato, who came out for morning exercises, in the eye.
"..." Naruto was silent for three seconds, suddenly not wanting to play this game anymore.
Because he was too focused, his attention was entirely on Kushina, and he hadn't looked at the mini-map, Naruto hadn't noticed the actions of others at all.
Fortunately, Minato was considerate of his son's feelings and didn't laugh out loud in person, but instead gave Naruto an encouraging smile and a thumbs up, imitating Guy.
It has to be said that the same action, done by different people, gives different impressions, this world really does judge by appearances.
Your Old Dad is your Old Dad, and Naruto willingly admits defeat in terms of sunshine and handsomeness.
Adjusting his emotions, Naruto set off with his last bit of stubbornness.
He wished he could use all his stealth skills along the way, what is called snake-like movement, what is called tiptoeing, when to hold your breath and restrain your Qi...
Naruto seemed to hear Iruka's explanation from his ninja school days again, choosing the most suitable action for every step forward, coupled with the lessons he had learned from Jiraiya yesterday, and the experience he had gained in actual combat from Kakashi, at this moment, Naruto seemed to have become a qualified Assassin.
Watching Kushina carrying a vegetable basket and greeting passersby, occasionally stopping to chat with familiar people, her face full of smiles.
Suddenly I feel like Old Mom's smile looks like Old Dad's, is this the legendary couple's resemblance?
Shaking his head, Naruto put away the sudden thought, found a suitable rooftop, and carefully observed while lying on the back of the roof ridge.
At this time, Kushina was no different from most ordinary people, just asking prices in an ordinary way, carefully selecting vegetables and fruits, and occasionally bargaining with the boss.
Because Minato and Kushina had always tried to make the villagers treat them as ordinary ninjas, even if the boss recognized Kushina, he didn't make excessive concessions, trying to bargain with her as he would with others.
It's just that in the end, they would mostly pretend that their bargaining skills were not good enough, and 'helplessly' lower the price. Konoha has many lovely villagers who sincerely love the Fourth Hokage's family.
The vegetable basket was quickly filled, and Kushina happily went home with her 'trophies'. She had been repeating this kind of day for more than ten years, but she had never had enough.
Suddenly, Kushina stopped and began to look through the vegetable basket.
Naruto, lying on the roof, felt a thump in his heart, but seeing her appearance, she might have forgotten to buy some vegetables, so he chose to stand still, doing less is less mistakes at this time.
He saw Kushina touching the watermelon in the basket and shaking her head gently. She took out a tomato, tossed it up and down, and put it back. Finally, she took out a strawberry, revealing a satisfied smile, and threw it with a flick of her hand.
Smack!
The strawberry hit Naruto's forehead squarely, turning into strawberry jam.
Naruto's forehead hurt, and he could only be thankful that this was his own mother, and she didn't throw the watermelon she first touched.
Dispiritedly jumping out, Naruto said something that would be enough to trigger a murder case in the world of Detective Conan:
"My Old Dad asked me to monitor you."
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