So...

In the evening.

Ichiraku Ramen Shop welcomed a group of strange customers.

"Hit uncle!" Uzumaki Naruto shouted with full energy before he even sat down.

"Oh, Naruto, long time no see, eh? Is Iruka-sensei inviting you to dinner again today?" The owner of Ichiraku Ramen, who was taking advantage of his free time to replenish side dishes, said with a smile.

"Yeah!!!" The little golden retriever nodded vigorously - like Mr. Iruka, the owner and daughter of the ramen shop are rare villagers who do not reject him. Occasionally... they will kindly invite him to eat noodles, so

, he likes it here very much. However, unless he has just received living expenses or is treated by Mr. Iruka, it is not easy to come here often. Firstly, because of the financial constraints, he can’t afford the food, and it is not easy for people to treat him all the time; secondly... he

If there are too many guests, I worry that other guests will not be willing to come.

Because before...

It did happen that when a guest came in and sat down, he immediately stood up and left. He was originally worried that the hand-beating uncle would reject him because of this, but...he didn't.

The hand-beating uncle didn't say anything. He just put the noodles full of ingredients in front of him with a normal expression and said, "Be careful of scalding your noodles."

"Hit the uncle with your hands, beat the uncle with your hands, look at this!" The little golden retriever sat down on the bench and pointed at his forehead, "Look at this!"

"This is..." Tejida, who has been in a ramen shop for a long time, is very knowledgeable and naturally recognized it. This is a ninja forehead protector. "I see, Naruto, you have successfully graduated and become a ninja?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Uzumaki Naruto nodded happily.

"Congratulations! This is really a good thing. You should celebrate it properly." The hand-beating uncle said with a smile.

"Hehehe~" The little golden retriever scratched the back of his head and smiled happily - there is no doubt that it is a very happy thing to be blessed by someone you care about.

After Iruka sat down on the far right, he smiled and said: "I am the old rule, Naruto, Sasuke, what about you? By the way-" He also scratched the back of his head like the graduating students, and said with some embarrassment,

"Excuse me...can you make ramen for these cats? I will buy their used noodle bowls and cutlery, please!"

"Oh, a ninja beast?" Uncle Shou Da once again said knowledgeablely, "Okay, no problem at all."

"Thank you very much!" Iruka bowed slightly and said gratefully.

"You're welcome, there are so many ninja beasts in Konoha, it's normal to eat ramen with the ninjas." Uncle Tejida waved his hands with a smile, "But, as you said, considering that some people will mind, so they use

You need to take the tableware with you. If you want to come and eat in the future, you can actually bring your own tableware and save a lot of money."

Uchiha Sasuke also sat down and said, "I want salt ramen."

"I want tonkotsu ramen today!" Uzumaki Naruto raised his hand high.

After summarizing the opinions of his brothers, Ozimyan said: "We want two tonkotsu ramen, one salt ramen and one miso ramen, thank you." The tonkotsu belongs to Shisui and Itachi, and she eats miso.

Taste, and Sasuke, who has a lighter taste, eats salt-flavored ones.

"Okay, wait a minute!" Uncle Handi replied and began to cook noodles for three people and four cats with great enthusiasm.

"Speaking of which..." Iruka glanced and asked curiously, "Isn't Miss Iris not here today?"

"She had something to do and said she was going shopping with friends, so I gave her a whole day off. It would be boring for a girl of her age to sit in a store all day selling noodles with her uninteresting father.

Right? You still need to relax occasionally." Uncle Handai replied with a smile - if other men asked his daughter about things, such as Mr. Mizuki who occasionally comes with Mr. Iruka, he would definitely not

He is happy and doesn't answer truthfully, but it doesn't matter to Iruka-sensei because he is an honest and kind-hearted person.

"There's nothing wrong with selling noodles all day long." Uzumaki Naruto said while looking at the pot of cooking noodles expectantly, "Besides Naruto, this is the second career I want to do!"

With ramen, you can eat it whenever and as much as you want. This is great!

Others: "..." Good guy, Naruto will cry...

Uncle Hand Beat laughed and said: "That's an exaggeration...that's an exaggeration..." Hey, this kid always gives face like this, why don't you give me a few more pieces of barbecued pork?

Daizimiao suddenly said with nostalgia: "Speaking of which, when I was a child, my wish was to become the owner of a dessert shop and realize the freedom of dessert."

Others: "..." Are you coming too?

However, it’s not that we can’t understand such words. After all, many people have similar wishes when they were children - they hope that their family will open a chocolate shop, they hope that their family will open a restaurant, they hope that their family will open a store in front of the school.

Spread out...

soon--

Uncle Tachibana held a bowl of ramen in one hand, leaned down slightly, and placed them in front of today's protagonists, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke: "This is the noodles you ordered, and by the way, congratulations on your graduation, you two!"

"He naturally also noticed the forehead protector on the black-haired boy's forehead, and what was the most fundamental purpose of this meal.

When doing business, the most important thing is to be discerning and stick to the bottom line.

"Thank you, uncle!"

"Thanks."

After the two teenagers finished saying this, they broke off the disposable chopsticks together, held them in their hands and whispered: "I'm starting!" Then they started eating together.

"Eat slowly, be careful not to burn it." Dai Zi Miao said a little worriedly.

The faces of other people or cats also quickly appeared in front of them.

Then, Dai Zi Miao discovered...

The only ones who really need to pay attention to the hotness are the four of them - well, once upon a time, she was also a girl who loved eating noodles, but now she can only blow hard first, then bite a little with her cat mouth, and then, slowly

Put it into your mouth little by little.

...Otherwise the cat's tongue will blister.

Damn it, ramen needs to be eaten while it’s hot and fast.

Just at this moment...

Everyone heard this sound coming from outside——

"Ah, good evening, Kakashi, my eternal friend and rival!"

"Hey, good evening. Kai, are you taking the disciples on a mission?"

"Yes, I just finished a super troublesome task with my lovely disciples. As promised, I came to treat them to ramen. Do you want to join us?"

"Okay~"

Meow brothers: "..." Hatake Kakashi, why is it always you!

This is of course because...

Someone did it on purpose!

The "banquet" to celebrate the successful graduation of future disciples, as a teacher, he had to get involved no matter what? As for the method... well, let's just "encounter" for the time being.

But apparently he was lucky. He met his old acquaintance Kai on the road and took advantage of the latter's invitation to "go up the wall".

So...

Soon, five people opened the curtain and walked in.

"Welcome." Uncle Handai shouted with a smile, and then said a little apologetically, "Sorry, there are not so many seats, you may need to wait." There is only one seat for Ichiraku Ramen, Iruka, Uzumaki Naruto and

Hatake Kakashi already occupied three of them, but the cats did not occupy their seats and squatted directly on the table. However, there were indeed only three benches left.

"Ah...two thousand taels!" x2

Kai and Xiao Li, the pair of masters and apprentices who are very similar, raised their hands and pointed at the belt and said.

Dai Zi Meow: "..." It's over...

"Ah, it's you!" Tiantian also said with a face of surprise, and then looked at Itachi and Sasuke, "What two handsome cats! Are these two your brothers too? Are they doing business?"

Itachi & Sasuke: "?" slowly typed a question mark - business? What business? Head trade?

Silently muttering, Shisui Nyan looked at his sister, Nyan, and thought: Sister Daizi, I really want to help you hide it all the time, but your luck is always so stable.

Kakashi Hatake raised his hand and rubbed his chin: Two thousand taels? Isn't it five hundred taels? Oh, no, he even counter-offered at that time. I see, it seems that red bean sauce is quite good to him~

As for Hyuga Neji...

Compared to others, his eyes fell on Uchiha Sasuke first. He knew the latter, or he had observed the latter since he was very young.

We are both big eyesight people...

They are children of about the same age...

No one knew that he had quietly observed and admired Uchiha Sasuke.

The highly regarded young master of the Uchiha clan has parents, brothers and clan members who love him. If he were born in Hinata, he would be destined to be labeled a "cage bird" from the moment he was born, because he was "born late."

"Brother". However, he was born in Uchiha, and Uchiha does not have these things.

He didn't envy Uchiha Sasuke's birth, nor his status, nor his family, he just envied...

"You don't need to be cursed since childhood".

later……

He also heard about the Uchiha clan - the whole clan was wiped out overnight, leaving only the last one. The child who once had a rosy cheek and was held by his biological brother has become a child walking alone with dark and gloomy eyes.

Very miserable, very pitiful.

But even so, he still doesn't need to bear the curse seal.
To be continued...