Chapter 4 I'm not the problem
But the wooden stick failed to hit Naruto's head like before.
The moment he took action.
A cold light flashed.
The kunai cut through the soft wood, and the broom head fell to the ground, causing dust to fly.
"Asshole! My broom!" Anger overwhelmed the convenience store owner's brain. He didn't realize what it meant to fight back. He only thought about his own belongings. He raised his hand and wanted to attack again, "Damn guy, you can't bring any good things. ”
I couldn’t finish my words.
Naruto grabbed his wrist, raised his foot and tripped him, knocking him to the ground.
A wave of kunai.
The convenience store owner raised his head and continued to curse.
A clang——
The kunai rubbed the tip of his nose against the ground, vibrating slightly, as fragile and trembling as a life string.
This made him lose consciousness for a moment.
The tip of the tailbone went numb, lightning spread to the whole body, and the hair on the hair stood on end.
The pain brought him back to his senses.
The arm was snapped at an unnatural angle, but it was not broken, but the fleshy fascia expanded to the limit and was painfully stretched.
These senses overwhelmed the anger in my mind.
Let him panic and realize that he is the one being "hunted": "What do you want to do?"
Demon Fox
"Buy something." Naruto Continue to look into the room, staring at the clock, "Don't worry, I will pay. Do you welcome me this time?"
The convenience store owner gritted his teeth: "I don't welcome it."
Naruto exerted his strength and moved his arms at a wider angle.
The convenience store owner sweated and quickly changed his words: "Welcome, welcome! Of course you are welcome."
Naruto smiled coldly, grabbed the kunai, threw it back into his pocket, and walked to the convenience store. .
If it were three years ago, he would not have used this method.
But.
Three years in Soul Society, he learned that in some "necessary" things, violence is far easier to solve problems than other ways.
"Food" is not a necessity in Rukongai.
Ordinary souls do not feel hungry.
Only souls with spiritual power have the need to eat.
So. Food is extremely expensive.
If you don’t want to starve to death, you can only use some shady means.
In the first half year, Naruto relied on this method to spend his time.
It wasn’t until he found a job and had a stable source of income that he gave up robbing, and it took him a year to finally repay the total price of the food he had robbed.
Go into a convenience store.
The numbers on the clock are beating.
It's not bad.
So. I have been in Soul Society for three years, but time in Konoha has not passed very long, or even flowed?
He was thinking about this problem while selecting ingredients.
A piece of meat, two potatoes, some seasonings, and a bag of rice cost less than 600 taels.
This is the market price.
Naruto did not take advantage of the situation.
But after he left, the convenience store owner couldn't wait to close the door and complained to the Konoha Police.
It’s lawless!
I knew I couldn't let that damn bastard enter the ninja school.
Now that I have learned some skills, I dare to attack poor and innocent people like myself.
What next?
Hokage Building.
The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen is correcting official duties.
A ninja knocked on the door and walked in: "Sandaime-sama, that Uzumaki guy has caused trouble again!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen was not surprised, and his tone was calm: "What kind of prank did that boy Naruto do again?"
"He had a conflict with a convenience store owner and injured him." The ninja gritted his teeth, Hate it extremely.
Sarutobi Hiruzen heard this and his expression became serious.
Uzumaki Naruto is a troublemaker.
But it was just some pranks before, limited to the scope of the school, and the purpose was to attract others' attention.
But now... actually hurting someone?
This is the first time, and it also breaks through the lower limit.
It has become a conflict.
"Where is Naruto now?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked.
The ninja replied: "Going home."
Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief, just go home, the situation does not have to be bad: "I know, I will teach him a lesson."
"Naruto really went too far this time."
Uzumaki Naruto's residence is not far from the Hokage Building. It is a low-rent apartment building in the center of the village.
Sarutobi Hiruzen rushed over in no time.
He raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Frowning, he was confused.
My own teachings to Naruto have always been very restrictive. He has always been obedient before, and even when he was bullied to that extent, he did not attack anyone.
But today.
The door opened quickly, and Naruto, wearing an apron and holding a kitchen knife in his hand, came out. When he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen, his eyes lit up: "Grandpa Third Generation ! ”
In Konoha, this is the best person for me. Bearing the name of "Hokage", he is also the most powerful and knowledgeable person in the entire village.
I want to see him so much!
Whether it is from emotions
or from the doubts in my head - why I went to Soul Society, why I came back, why I have experienced three years in Konoha without changing.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked through Naruto into the room, feeling a little dazed.
You can see the house at the end.
Clean
Tidy
There are only ingredients on the table, potatoes and meat, and rice is cooking on the stove.
It doesn't look like Naruto's residence at all.
We haven’t seen each other for a few days, what a big change.
But what matters is the matter of "beating people". These changes are not that important. Hiruzen Sarutobi asked with a smile: "Naruto, a convenience store owner came to me today to complain and said he was rude. "I beat him. What's the conflict between you?"
That's why I came here.
Naruto corrected: "I didn't hit him, he attacked me first."
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded: "Why did he attack you?"
"I wanted to buy some ingredients for cooking." Naruto said confidently, "But as soon as I walked into his convenience store, before I said anything, he was about to hit me."
"I just stopped him from attacking me. I wanted to do business with him.”
“I also paid for the purchase.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a little relieved.
So that’s it?
It's not the kind of incident that deliberately "revenges and hurts others", which is really great.
His tone softened: "Even so, Naruto, you can come to me."
"Hitting people is not a good thing after all, Naruto, you still remember me before Is it a lesson to you? You should not teach it to people in the village at any time."
Naruto was startled.
Two memories flooded out of my mind.
One is that when he was in Soul Society, he was so hungry that he had to steal food from others. The boss chased him with a knife, swearing viciously and looking ugly.
But after he worked to pay off his debts, his boss was very happy and said that Naruto had done nothing wrong at the time, but he had to show that he could not be robbed at will. If he was weak, he would be bullied. If he felt that Naruto If there was a problem, I would have notified the God of Death to solve it.
It is not sinful to become "ugly" in order to survive.
If Naruto is willing to make up for his mistakes, then this is extremely beautiful.
The other one is older and related to the Third Hokage. It is a fragmented memory.
Whenever he was bullied and fought back when he was a child, he would always appear by his side to comfort him.
I felt very warm at the time. Only the third generation grandfather in the whole village was willing to take care of me.
But looking back now.
Those who bullied me did not suffer any punishment, or even received any scolding. They still appeared in front of me alive and kicking the next day and continued to bully me.
Those words of comfort, it seems now, are just teaching myself to be weak and tolerant.
In contrast.
Naruto felt that he seemed to prefer listening to his boss's curses.
"Do I have to go to the Third Generation Grandpa every time I want to buy something?" Naruto interrupted Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned.
Naruto said decisively, word by word: "When the third generation grandfather is here, they respect you and will allow me to buy things, but as soon as the third generation grandfather leaves, they no longer welcome me."
"I can only hoard a lot of things every time."
"But I also spent money on buying things, so I paid him one tael less."
"He wanted to beat me, I stopped him. He got hurt because of himself.”
“Is there something wrong with me?”
“Do I deserve to be beaten and cursed by them?”< br>
"Do I deserve to eat instant noodles every day? Is it wrong for me to want to eat normal food?"
"Do I deserve to go fishing in the mountains and pick mushrooms to eat?"
The accumulated emotions exploded into a series of questions, and the shurikens were fired, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen stunned and unable to resist.
It’s not that he doesn’t know how to answer.
I just didn’t expect that after so many years, Naruto had been tolerant, but now he would explode so suddenly and without any warning.
"Naruto, they may have some misunderstandings, but the village is a whole." Sarutobi Hiruzen used the same old tactics, wanting to continue to use the righteousness of the "village" to morally kidnap him.
Naruto doesn't accept this trick.
In other words, Naruto in the past would have cared about the "village" as his only place of belonging.
But now.
He just interrupted Sarutobi Hiruzen again: "Grandpa Third Generation, since they are the ones with the problem, please go and solve their problem."
"Why do you want to deal with me as a victim?"
Bang -
The door was slammed shut.
Naruto didn't want to talk to Sarutobi Hiruzen at all now.
Not to mention the doubts and secrets in my mind.
The accompanying ninjas shouted: "Naruto Uzumaki, is this how you treat Lord Hokage?"
"Come out and apologize to me properly."
His shouting was stopped. .
Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand: "No, this is also my negligence."
He sighed, his heart heavy and a little ashamed.
His eyes fell on the door.
The sound of knives chopping chopping boards can be heard in the room.
I still owe a lot to the fourth generation
(End of this chapter)