first ramen

As I predicted, Naruto became a complete ramen addict after eating ramen for the first time.

"Soooo delicious"

"I told you, didn't I?"

I called out to Kakashi who was standing in front of the store before petting Naruto's little head and starting to eat the food in front of him.

"Come and join us instead of just standing there and spoiling our fun."

Kakashi was really spoiling my mood while watching naruto's back with a sad expression, so I couldn't stand it anymore and invited him to join us.

After hesitating for a short while, Kakashi came and sat next to us, and after a while, Teuchi placed a bowl of ramen in front of him.

When the ramen in front of me was finished, I asked Teuchi for another bowl. After a while, a little girl holding a bowl of ramen in her hand came out of the kitchen and respectfully put the bowl in front of me and then ran into the kitchen.

"Hoy Teuchi, it's been a long time since we've seen your daughter, but for some reason she's shyer than before."

Before Teuchi answered me, Ayame's voice came from the kitchen saying "I'm not shy"

"Forgive Ayame's behavior. Ayame is only like this towards you, as you know, my customers have been talking about you frequently for the last two years. He is acting like this because he is influenced by the gossip he hears."

"Hahaha. You don't need to worry, I can understand. If it were me, I would be afraid of myself too. After all, it is not easy to be the strongest."

Naruto, impressed by my teasing words, lifted his head from his plate of ramen and looked at me.

"Are people afraid of you too?"

When Kakashi heard Naruto's words, he started coughing as if the ramen he was trying to eat was stuck in his throat.

During this time period, since Naruto was still very young, he probably had little contact with the village people, and the village people probably stayed away from him because they were afraid that he might turn into a monster.

As I raised my hand and caressed Naruto's hair, I adjusted my tone like a father giving advice.

"Naruto, you were born a monster like me. It is our destiny to be strong. People should be afraid of u.."

* Explosion sound *

With the unexpected punch I received from Reina, I pierced the wall of the ichiraku ramen shop and flew out. As I entered through the broken wall in confusion, I heard Reina hugging Naruto and saying something.

"Naruto, neither you nor he are monsters. Don't listen to what he says. Monsters are bad, you are a good boy."

I felt wronged as I looked at Naruto with his head stuck between Reina's breasts.

"Being a monster is not a bad thing. Look at me, I am a good and sweet monster. No hugging me?"

When Reina saw Eren looking sad while pointing at herself, she involuntarily started to laugh out loud.

"I'll hug you later"

I looked at the winking Reina and clenched my fist in victory.

When everyone had eaten, I took out a large wad of money from my shadow area and put it on the table to pay for the broken wall and food.

When Teuchi rejected the money I gave him because it was too much, I took the stack of money in my hand and disappeared from my place and appeared in front of Ayame who was hiding in the kitchen.

I put the stack of money on the arm of 6-7 year old Ayame and told her that this was the pocket money I gave her. As I guessed, Ayame, who was still afraid of me because of the nonsense she heard, couldn't open her mouth and refuse the money.

As I left the store, I smiled at Teuchi and left.

"Reina, take the fox and Naruto and return to your clan for now. I have a few things to do, and then I'll stop by."

While Reina did not question my words and left with Naruto, Kakashi, still in his Anbu clothes, followed them.

Thanks to Kakashi's presence, people couldn't talk nonsense about Naruto.

While pretending to hug Reina, I whispered into Reina's ear to persuade Naruto.

When Naruto and the others, who were riding on the fox at Reina's insistence, disappeared from my sight, I lifted the fake smile on my face and looked at the men secretly watching me in an alley 50 meters away.

------- secretly watching peoples pov

The old man, who was hiding and watching from the corner of the wall, turned to the 3 old men behind him and started talking.

"The demon fox got on the back of the little fox that looked just like Kuruma. Just like I said, this guy Eren is nothing but a monster who wants to rebel against Konoha."

The other old men heard the words of the watchman and agreed with him.

"You're right, Masaru. We must tell everyone that this man is evil for Konoha. As if it wasn't enough that he took almost all of the land in Konoha by force two years ago, now he intends to train the demon fox to be the next generation of monsters."

" You are right"

"We should tell everyone about this"

"Yes yes we need to tell everyone"

When the old man named Masaru stuck his head out from the corner of the wall and looked again, he saw Eren standing in front of the ramen shop suddenly turning his head and looking at him.

The old man immediately pulled his head behind the wall and started breathing, then raised his head and warned his friends.

"The monster called Eren may have seen us, let's go immediately."

When the old man saw his friends standing in their places without reacting, he angrily repeated his warning.

"Hoy, I say to you. Even though people respect us as the elders of this village, that man, Eren, is a monster. Let's go."

One of the old man's friends raised his trembling arm slightly, pointed behind the man named Masaru, and said "behind you" in a whisper-like voice.

"I couldn't hear what you said"

" Behind you ! "

"What's behind me?"

When the man named Masaru turned around, he was met with the frightening expression of Eren, who was two heads taller than him.