The Dimensional Tavern of the Mefilas Alien

Sitting not far away, Ino Yamanaka nodded subconsciously, acknowledging Sakura's guess. However, the next second, her eyes met Sakura's, and the two of them immediately snorted in unison and turned their heads away.

These two girls used to be good friends, but they broke up because they both fell for Sasuke, the handsome boy in their class and a descendant of the Uchiha clan.

"Boring!" Sasuke frowned, who had been paying attention in class. Naruto, who rarely skips class, is just wasting time here? This kind of content is boring enough, but now we're wasting even more time because of that guy's stupidity. What a spoilsport.

"Crunch, crunch... Shikamaru." Chubby Choji Akimichi ate potato chips and asked his best friend, "Are there really aliens? Crunch, crunch!"

Nara Shikamaru, with his pineapple-shaped haircut, lazily lay on the table and said, "That's just Naruto being stupid."

"Crunch, crunch..." After eating two more potato chips, Choji slowly said, "Oh!"

“However,” Shikamaru tilted his head back slightly and glanced at Naruto’s serious profile, “who knows? The universe is so vast, maybe there are creatures living on some planet just like humans.”

"Crunch, crunch... Oh... crunch, crunch..."

"Naruto..." Hinata, the princess of the Hyuga clan, with her Byakugan, looked at Naruto and muttered worriedly to herself in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

Naruto was a little frustrated by everyone's laughter, but he still stuck to his opinion and shouted, "There really are aliens! I saw them with my own eyes before. The ramen he made was just as delicious as Ichiraku Ramen!"

This made everyone laugh even harder. Naruto was just talking nonsense! Where in Konoha could you find ramen more delicious than Ichiraku Ramen?

"Alright, quiet!"

It took Iruka a lot of effort to quiet the class down.

“Naruto.” Iruka originally wanted to tell Naruto that aliens didn’t exist, and that they certainly wouldn’t be selling ramen. But when he saw Naruto’s stubborn expression, his heart softened.

"Naruto, if you want to know if there are aliens on the stars, you need to study harder. You're failing both your academics and ninjutsu. Even if there are aliens, how will you find them?"

Naruto scoffed. The aliens were right there in the bar. Why bother looking for them?

However, he sensed Iruka's goodwill, so although he was still somewhat unconvinced, he didn't persist, only muttering, "Aliens have always existed!"

The third generation used his clairvoyance to observe everything from his office.

"Hiruzen, you've been far too lenient with Kurama. Why didn't you issue a gag order for something like this?"

Danzo has come to the Hokage's office again.

"I am the Hokage." The Third Hokage, too lazy to say anything else, simply retorted with that one sentence.

He recently discovered that this phrase was very effective. Whenever he said it, Danzo would huff and grumble and then leave.

"You... Hmph!" But this time, Danzo actually managed to hold back.

"This kind of news must be kept under wraps, Hiruzen!" Danzo kept repeating to the Third Hokage like a broken record.

“There’s no need for that,” the third generation said firmly.

Naruto is stubborn. Forcing him to keep it a secret will only backfire. On the contrary, if he tells everyone directly, they'll just think he's exaggerating again, just like now. After all, Naruto has too many past offenses; it's hard for anyone to believe him.

Danzo had no choice but to leave in frustration after dealing with the Third Hokage.

He had originally intended to persuade the other two advisors, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, to join him in pressuring the Third Hokage. However, the Third Hokage beat him to it and persuaded the two of them first.

Meanwhile, Kurama inside Naruto was very agitated.

"What is that old bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi thinking? Why hasn't he locked Naruto up like he did with Kushina back then?!"

The Nine Lamas kept circling inside the seal.

Although neither Murphy nor Jamila showed any malice, their identities as aliens were enough to make it wary.

"Sure enough, that old man has gotten old and become weak!" Kurama, who hadn't seen Naruto after class, couldn't help but curse angrily again.

"No, I can't just sit here and wait to die!" Nine Lamas felt he had to find a way to save himself.

……

Naruto had no idea that a Kurama mini-drama was unfolding inside his stomach.

He was exhausted when school finally let out and headed home.

He never knew that paying attention in class could be such a tiring thing.

Even so, there were still many things he couldn't understand.

"So, the earth we live on is actually a sphere? And the stars in the sky are also spheres like the earth beneath our feet? Then the shopkeeper and the others came from the stars in the sky?"

Naruto tried to get his brain working again, which he hadn't used in a long time, but soon he felt a splitting headache.

"Never mind, next time I go to eat ramen I'll just ask the manager or the staff!"

Naruto gave up thinking.

"But I really want to eat Ichiraku Ramen... Ugh, I'm so conflicted!"

Naruto opened his little toad wallet and glanced inside. He'd bought a lot of paint and limited-edition instant noodles recently, and he didn't have much money left. It would be a long time before he got his next allowance, so Naruto had to make a difficult choice between the two ramen options.

Chapter 48 Think about what Obito would do

Muttering to himself, Naruto returned home and prepared to have dinner.

"Have it!"

As soon as the refrigerator was opened, Naruto's astonishing wisdom suddenly came into play.

"If I just save on my usual meal expenses, I can go to each of the two restaurants once a day, right?"

Naruto grinned and said, "As expected of me, I was able to come up with such a perfect idea."

The Third Hokage and Kakashi, who were secretly observing, both sighed and rubbed their foreheads.

That child is a complete idiot!

But they were also a little curious about how Naruto would save money on food.

"Then let's just have milk tonight!"

Naruto took several cartons of milk out of the refrigerator.

He glanced at it: "Huh, it seems to be expired? Oh well, I need to save money, so I can't worry about that now!"

The third generation's mouth twitched.

He'd been wondering about it for a while. He gave Naruto a good allowance, and no one in the village dared to refuse to sell him anything. Naruto even went to the river to catch fish from time to time. So why was Naruto still so thin and small, looking malnourished?

At first I thought it was congenital, but it turns out this unlucky kid has been drinking expired milk all the time!

What he saw next made the Third Hokage's blood pressure rise even higher. He turned a corner and saw an entire wall of limited-edition instant noodles in Naruto's house.

Although the third generation doesn't eat this stuff, just one look at the packaging tells you that these instant noodles are definitely expensive.

An entire wall! What's this unlucky kid trying to do?

But soon after, the third generation was overwhelmed with self-blame.

I haven't cared enough about Naruto. Otherwise, how could I not even know something like this?

He summoned the elephant: "Has Naruto always lived like this?"

The elephant remained silent, only nodding slightly.

Three generations sighed.

That's his fault too.

He was born in the early days of Konoha. Although some ideas had changed by then, many ingrained habits of thought still remained.

Although the ideas of the Three Dynasties were slightly more advanced than those of Lao Deng of the Warring States period, they were not actually much different.

In his view, as long as he was given enough living expenses, it wouldn't be a big problem for a child of a few years old to live independently. But he overlooked the fact that Naruto had lost his parents and was ostracized by the villagers, so no one was teaching him what proper living habits were.

To the Third Hokage's relief, although Naruto's spending habits weren't great, at least his room was kept quite tidy, which was a silver lining amidst the misfortune.

Standing on a treetop near Naruto's house, Kakashi saw Naruto preparing to insert a straw into the expired milk, and a struggle and hesitation flashed in his right eye, which was exposed outside the protective shield.

He wanted to stop it, but he didn't know how to do it.

Should I tell Naruto that I'm his father's student? What if Naruto asks why I haven't appeared in front of him all this time? And what if he asks about my parents' identities?

Kakashi felt a bitter pang in his heart: Obito, I really am a coward. If it were you, what would you do in this situation?

Obito, who was wandering in the ninja world, suddenly seemed to sense something.

He raised his head and looked up at the moon in the sky, revealing the only remaining Sharingan eye beneath his mask.

"Kakashi...Rin..."

……

"Snap!" The straw was inserted into the cardboard box. Naruto brought his mouth close.

He doesn't actually like drinking milk. He often gets diarrhea after drinking it. However, three generations of his family and his teachers at school have all said that milk is very nutritious and good for your health. That's why he reluctantly buys a large amount each time.

However, Naruto's mouth bit into empty air.

A dark shadow swept past him and snatched his milk.

Naruto belatedly realized what was happening.

"Wow! Who are you? Give me back my milk!"

Naruto pulled a kunai from the ninja tool pouch on his leg.

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"I didn't expect you to be so courageous."

Kakashi held Naruto's expired milk in one hand and flicked it with the other, sending Naruto's kunai flying.

"Whoa!" The force from the kunai made Naruto's wrist go numb.

"I can tentatively be considered your... senior brother."

"Senior brother?" Naruto asked, bewildered.

Kakashi looked at Naruto's blond hair and azure eyes, his chest filled with countless emotions.

"……Yes."

"What does 'senior brother' mean?" Naruto tilted his head.

He realized that Kakashi didn't seem to be hostile, so he stopped yelling and shouting, but he was a little annoyed: "Why did you take my milk? That was my precious dinner!"

Kakashi was speechless. The teacher's son doesn't seem very bright!

"Senior brother means Father's student."

"Father's...student?"

A few seconds later, Naruto's mouth slowly opened wide, and his eyes widened.

His brain was overloaded.

"My father...my student...you?"

Kakashi finally realized that Naruto might not be unaware of what his senior meant, but he simply hadn't considered that he had a father.

He felt even more guilty. What had he been doing all these years?!

"Yes."

Kakashi nodded, then said, "This milk is expired. It's bad for your health, don't drink it anymore."

"Huh? So expired milk can be bad for your health? No wonder I always get diarrhea after drinking milk!" Naruto suddenly realized.

"Okay, looks like I'll have to eat instant noodles for now!"

Naruto took out two bowls from his limited-edition instant noodle wall.

"Senior brother... um, can I call you senior brother?"

Naruto asked Kakashi timidly, his eyes filled with undisguised longing and anticipation.

Kakashi felt a lump in his throat, and his eyes became sore.

“…Okay.” Kakashi nodded with difficulty.

He actually felt he wasn't qualified. But at that moment, he really couldn't bear to refuse Naruto.

"Senior brother!" Naruto suddenly cheered. Although Kakashi wasn't the first person to be friendly to him, he suddenly felt that he wasn't alone.

"Would you like some instant noodles too? This is a limited edition, and it's really delicious."

Kakashi nodded.

"Then I'll go boil some water!" Naruto skipped over to the next room and grabbed the kettle.