Konoha: I, Naruto, will eat the Forest-Forest Fruit!

"Naruto, where's your bento?"

"I didn't bring any. My home isn't far from here, I'll eat at home."

Naruto stood up.

She politely declined the lunchbox invitation from the three members of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

"I'm on a diet, you can eat mine."

"You don't need to lose weight. You're still growing, and you can't skip meals."

Naruto smiled and declined Ino's offer, then walked out of the classroom.

Hinata opened her bento box, head down, her face still flushed, looking quite cute, as if she was thinking about something.

"Alright, he's gone now. You won't have a chance to get him to eat your lunchbox anymore."

Ino was instantly amused by Hinata.

"I...I didn't...I'm not."

"Don't be nervous, Naruto has left the classroom."

"Yes, I'm not nervous."

Seeing this, Shikamaru and Choji stopped calling Ino.

"We'll eat when we get back. Don't you want to go see where Naruto lives?"

Ino's big eyes darted around, and she suddenly grabbed Hinata and ran out.

Hinata glanced at the bento box and swallowed hard.

Her face flushed again, "This...this isn't good, is it? If Naruto-kun finds out, I..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ino interrupted her.

"Since you've been spotted, come up and have a seat, and while you're at it, try Naruto's cooking!"

"My family owns a flower shop, and I'd like to send him some flowers. I can also use checking on the flowers as an excuse to visit him."

However, after running only a few steps, Ino suddenly stopped.

Hinata was puzzled, but when she looked up, she saw an older girl running downstairs.

She ran to Naruto's side, skillfully took his hand, and led him outside.

She knew exactly what was going on.

Back home, Naruto's eyes instantly turned cold.

But it quickly returned to its original state.

"As expected, the ANBU ninjas monitoring us are still there, but they no longer dare to be openly present in the vicinity; instead, they've disguised themselves as vendors downstairs."

"Ninja Bear still uses the 'live streaming device' to monitor me from time to time."

"But the frequency has decreased significantly."

"From now on, I won't have to pretend even at home."

Thinking of this, Naruto took a deep breath, as if he had broken free of invisible shackles.

"I didn't realize you were such a clean person, Naruto."

"It's not that I like things clean, it's just that there's not much furniture to put there."

puff-

Tian Tian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Even if you have money, you won't buy it. I'm so hungry, you brat!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

"I want to eat stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers!"

"it is good."

After Naruto entered the kitchen.

The smile on Tian Tian's face disappeared, and she looked thoughtfully at the empty room.

Then, open the door.

"Go back and eat your lunch after you've heard enough."

Caught red-handed, Hinata instantly transforms into a steam princess.

Ino, on the other hand, wasn't embarrassed at all.

Instead, she gently called out towards the kitchen:

"Naruto, excuse me, we don't want to eat lunch at school, can we eat at your house?"

"casual."

Naruto knew we'd been secretly following him all along.

No refusal means yes!

She glanced at Tenten, then pulled Hinata inside.

When the two women entered, they saw the dire situation in Naruto's home.

Then I heard noises coming from the kitchen.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

Even Tenten had no interest in arguing with Ino anymore.

I knew Naruto was suffering, but I never imagined it would be this bad.

I'm okay with Tian Tian, ​​but I feel more sorry for Naruto.

Ino was both shocked and furious.

I've been paying attention to Naruto ever since I first noticed him.

If you can't buy something, you'll be cursed at for no reason while walking down the street. As long as you're there, you'll definitely be disliked and targeted by everyone.

When she saw the vegetables growing on Naruto's balcony, and the faded fishing gear placed in the corner.

She could guess how Naruto had been living all these years.

Hinata bit her upper lip; she had no idea that Naruto was living such a life.

The first time I met Naruto, I thought he was amazing. We were all kids, but he wasn't afraid of anything and was very brave.

Unexpectedly, it turns out that he was also forced into this situation, just like me.

But why is he smiling?

The meal was eaten in silence.

It wasn't until Naruto let Ino and Hinata taste his cooking that things changed.

The situation then changed.

"tasty!"

Wow~

"Naruto-kun, you're amazing~"

"Naruto-kun, can I ask you something?"

"Tell me about it." Naruto neither refused nor agreed.

"Okay, I'll go back and tell my mom that she doesn't need to make me lunchboxes anymore, and I can eat here instead, okay?"

"I'll cover the food expenses. Hmm... Choji's family owns a yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant, so we can bring him along too. We'll prepare the ingredients every day, and you can cook, okay?"

As she spoke, she grabbed Naruto's arm and shook it repeatedly.

Girls who know how to be charming and coquettish are popular.

Naruto was initially hesitant, but he couldn't resist Tenten's sweet talk.

Even Hinata was somewhat eager to try.

But when she thought about her family's situation, she was too embarrassed to speak up.

"Naruto-kun... I... I can't prepare the ingredients... but I have money!"

Seeing that she had somehow gotten the courage, Naruto smiled and said:

"Eat more. One bento box probably won't be enough, right? There's plenty more. How can you have the energy to train on an empty stomach?"

Ugh—!

Here it comes, a famous scene.

Hinata transformed into a steam princess and fainted from embarrassment.

The trigger was Naruto's words, but the fatal blow was when Naruto personally put a piece of meat on her plate.

Of course, the ultimate blow came when her little belly suddenly emitted a joyful cheer.

Glug glug—

Although the sentence was meant to tease Hinata, Tenten and Ino both understood that Naruto had agreed to their request.

The two little girls looked at each other.

(＾－＾)V~

"You're quick-witted!"

Every day, she makes no attempt to hide her admiration.

Ino readily accepted.

Then, the two suddenly remembered that it was still the battle period.

Then he immediately switched to a fierce and menacing look.

in the afternoon.

Iruka continued to have his students practice chakra extraction techniques.

Not everyone is a genius.

The course on chakra extraction techniques takes at least a week.

Meanwhile, the classmates who had already refined their chakra.

Some people sleep in late, while others whisper secrets.

"Is that so?"

"It's troublesome, but quite interesting."

Shikamaru immediately noticed something else in Ino's eyes.

He is very intelligent.

This reminds me of the villagers' attitude towards Naruto.

Now you know what Ino means.

Choji didn't think that much about it.

He heard that Naruto could cook, and that it was delicious—even Ino said so—so it must be exceptionally good.

Besides, it's just some meat; telling Dad about it will definitely not be a problem.

"I'm going. I'll bring a big portion of meat tomorrow."

"Then I'll prepare the medicine and food," Shikamaru said.

"Hehe, I'll bring the flowers over to plant tomorrow~"

"I...I have money...I'll buy drinks for everyone."

They're planning to turn my house into a meeting point.

Naruto smiled and shook his head. The current Konoha 12 are still very young and, from his perspective, they are all adorable.

At that moment, Ino suddenly said mysteriously:

"Let me tell you, when I first came to school, Tenten told me that Naruto was really good at fishing and could even set traps to catch prey."

"We have wild rabbits and wild boars!"

Upon hearing this, Choji and Shikamaru's eyes both lit up.

Meat! Outdoors, barbecue!

Fishing? Setting a trap?

Although it's quite troublesome, it's all very interesting, and it's given me a little motivation!

And so, although Ino didn't break up with the pink-haired girl because of Sasuke... in reality, she just liked to compete with Sakura.

But now, I'm starting to drift further and further away from pink hair.

After all, nowadays, all the pink-haired girls see is Zhu Zi.

Ino, on the other hand, found Hinata and Tenten to be more interesting.

Naruto didn't continue the conversation. Instead, he lowered his head and lay down, pretending to sleep, but secretly training.

That's good. With this layer of cover, he can cultivate with peace of mind.

Hinata might also change from the original story.

So embarrassed I almost fainted...

Naruto felt that it was entirely because she was expending a lot of energy every day.

I have a big appetite, so I'm always hungry.

You know, she has the purest white eyes.

Her talent goes beyond that.

Unfortunately, she's not Naruto and doesn't have the Nine-Tails inside her, but she does have a stable source of nutrition—some, but not much...

Therefore, among the twelve Konoha 12, both he and Hinata were malnourished.

Later, after becoming a ninja, he earned money from missions and had some free time.

Hinata then slowly replenished her nutrition, and it goes without saying where the nutrients went.

Naruto guessed that... before the mission, he ate at home; after the mission was completed, Kurenai treated him to another meal; before going home, he used the money he earned from the mission to buy some more food; and then he went home to have lunch or dinner.

As a result, I still went to bed hungry that night.

Hahaha~