Naruto's poverty really shocked Shigen.
In his memory, it seemed that Naruto had always been receiving a survivor's pension, right?
How come there's so little money in the end?
"Eh?"
Naruto was also startled when he heard the voice behind him.
He looked back at Shigen and Yugao in a daze, and then took two steps back subconsciously when he thought of something.
"Who... who are you?"
"We were preparing to go to Ichiraku Ramen, and just happened to see you. Shigen shrugged indifferently, touching his chin as he looked at the purse in Naruto's hand.
"I was thinking of getting to know you and seeing if I could get you to treat me, but..."
"..."
Naruto's eyes twitched, and he glanced at the shriveled frog purse in his hand. 'what do you mean treat you...'
But Naruto didn't dare to say this.
He had already been 'heavily punched' by many residents of Konoha. He immediately lowered his head honestly and aggrievedly.
"Sorry, I already bought other things, so I don't have any money to give you"
Seeing Naruto like this, Yugao was at a loss for a moment.
She had always been training in the ANBU. Although she went home on weekdays, she had almost no contact with Naruto.
As such, she only knew him by rumors.
Indeed, even if she could meet him, she wouldn't contact him. Her heart was also full of hatred for the Nine-Tails, but the boy in front of her didn't seem to be the same as the rumors?
"Is that so." Shigen wasn't surprised by Naruto's appearance at this time. Although he always felt that Naruto had been hit by Kotoamatsukami to always be positive, he had to admit that Naruto was indeed the sun of the ninja world.
"You're really ridiculously poor. What things could you buy that cost so much money, you little brat?"
"..."
Naruto was silent. He didn't know why, but everyone in the village seemed to hate him. Everywhere he went, people extorted money from him, and anything he bought, he had to pay an extra "Tax"
Both of which caused him to not have enough money.
But he didn't dare to say anything. He was worried that he would be 'heavily punched' once again.
What he never expected was that the older brother in front of him suddenly spoke.
"Forget it, seeing that you're also an orphan, I'll treat you today, but remember to pay me back."
"Eh?" Naruto looked at Shigen in disbelief. He didn't expect to hear such words.
"You're treating me?"
"Yeah, are you coming or not?"
Shigen shrugged, ignoring Naruto a bit as he turned to walk directly towards the ramen stall.
"It doesn't matter to me if you don't go, whatever, it will just save me some money"
"I'll go! I'll go!" Before Shigen could finish speaking, Naruto shouted loudly, and then quickly followed.
He was very happy in his heart now. It seemed that he had met someone who didn't hate him and was willing to treat him to something. This was rare in Konoha!
Sitting at the Ichiraku Ramen stall, Shigen and the others had already ordered their food. Teuchi seemed very enthusiastic, while his daughter Ayame curiously looked at Shigen and the others.
"Big brother, big sister, are you all ninjas?"
While waiting for the ramen, Naruto curiously opened the chatterbox with his usual Talk-no-Jutsu
"Us?"
Hearing this, Shigen glanced at himself, then turned to look at the silent Yugao. After finding that none of them were wearing forehead protectors, he decisively shook his head.
"No, we're not ninjas."
"..."
Yugao had a weird expression listening to this sentence. As ANBU ninjas, they usually wore masks instead of forehead protectors.
Besides, they had just left the Hokage's office and naturally didn't wear them. How could they not be ninjas?
"Not ninjas, that's too bad."
The little blondie Naruto didn't doubt it. He waved his little fist vigorously and smiled. "I will become a ninja, you know! and I will become the Hokage! Believe It!"
"How will you become Hokage when you're so scrawny? you don't even have money to eat..." Shigen looked at the passionate little blondie and poured a bucket of cold water at the right time.
"Not to mention anything else, ninja training requires money to buy ninja tools, and money to eat to replenish nutrition..."
"Damn it..." The little Naruto was somewhat unconvinced, and he stubbornly opened his mouth. "I will definitely have enough money! I'll treat you to ramen every day in the future!"
Shigen smiled and once again shattered the little blondie's heart. "Think of a way to pay me back for this one meal first before talking about anything else."
"Okay, stop teasing him. It'll be fine when he enters the Academy." Seeing Naruto's dejected look, Yugao couldn't stand it anymore. After all, Naruto was still a cute 5 year old kid right now
Saying that, Yugao looked at Naruto again. She thought for a moment before curiously asking. "Why do you want to be a ninja, and presumptuously say that you want to be Hokage?"
"I'm not presumptuous." Naruto pouted and shook his head. Although his stomach was 'growling', he rubbed his stomach and said seriously.
"I don't know why, but many people in the village seem to dislike me. I don't want this. I want everyone to like me, notice me, and recognize me. I heard Grandpa say that becoming Hokage can gain everyone's recognition, so I must become Hokage!"
Naruto's words stunned Yugao. She never thought that she would get such an answer. "Desire... to be recognized by everyone?"
At this moment, Yugao really felt that everyone had misunderstood this kid?
Shigen pursed his lips aside, so thats why you followed those little kids and ran to do pranks after entering school?
Attracting attention is attracting attention, but that's not how you want to gain recognition, is it?
"Hmm?"
While thinking, Shigen suddenly noticed something and suddenly raised his head, and Yugao on the side did the same.
Turning to look, they saw a white-haired man wearing a mask walking over, and there was also someone hiding in the corner not far away.
"Kakashi-senpai?" Yugao immediately recognized the person who came. This white-haired man was Kakashi.
Kakashi glanced obscurely at Naruto on the side, then shrugged and said.
"You guys are here. I hope I didn't disturb you. Although it a bit of an odd time, Hokage has allotted you a new teammate, I think you should meet him now..."
"New teammate?" Yugao curiously poked her head out to look, and naturally found the figure hiding in the corner.
"Then let's go, senpai, we shouldn't let our new teammate wait" Shigen simply stood up while Naruto on the side looked bewildered.
"Teammate? Wait, you're ninjas? Didn't you say you weren't?"
"Kid, this is a lesson for you today." Shigen shrugged indifferently and smiled. "Ninjas will not always tell you they are one, they are discrete and tell lies to hide themselves. You have to learn to observe, and sometimes you can't easily believe other people's words."
"But..." Naruto wanted to argue a few words, but Shigen interrupted him directly. "There's no buts, kid. You lost because you didn't notice. As a punishment, you can eat all three bowls of ramen by yourself."
"Eh..."
Naruto stared blankly at Shigen, wondering if the older brother had made a mistake.
How could this be a punishment? It was clearly a reward!
But soon, he realized that this older brother was doing it on purpose.
In that instant, Naruto felt the taste of being acknowledged for the first time in his life, which made his eyes water a little.
"Crap! I forgot to ask their names!"
Kakashi watched the scene quietly as he then turned and left.
He didn't want to be stopped by Naruto and be asked a bunch of questions, especially since he had mixed feelings about Naruto.
But just as he was leaving, Teuchi, who had given Naruto three fully loaded ramen bowls, suddenly chased after him.
"Please wait a moment, Kakashi..."
"What is it, Teuchi-san?"
"The total for three bowls of extra-large ramen is..."
"..."
Kakashi's exposed eye twitched for a moment as he looked at Shigen and Yugao who were walking away.
"Sigh... I'll pay..."
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