Undercurrent of Konoha

At midnight, the rain stopped.

Heiji suddenly woke up from his sleep.

The empty feeling in the stomach was accompanied by bouts of cramps, and he was actually awakened by hunger.

Heiji got up from the bed and searched the house for a long time, but couldn't find even a little bit of biscuit crumbs - he had already eaten them all when he was hungry last time...

I have to go out to eat something, otherwise I really can’t stand it anymore.

Heiji washed his face and glanced at the alarm clock beside his bed. It was 2:37 in the morning.

At this time, it was already late at night, and it seemed that there was only one store to go to.

The moment I walked out of the house, that familiar feeling of being watched came back.

Heiji was somewhat used to it now. He walked slowly under the dim street lights. Along the way, he occasionally saw drunkards holding on to the wall, lowering their heads and vomiting silently as much as possible.

People here live extremely repressed lives. Even if they get drunk late at night, they don't want to make noise and cause any trouble to others' peaceful lives.

Deep in an alley, a beige lantern is lit, which looks particularly warm and natural in the quiet night.

This is a late-night restaurant that opens from 12 a.m. to 7 a.m. the next morning.

The shop owner is a majestic-looking middle-aged man with a terrifying scar on the left side of his face that extends from his eyebrow down to his cheek.

The injury looked extremely dangerous, but miraculously it did not hurt his eyes.

Heiji opened the curtain, pushed open the heavy wooden door, and walked in.

The boss was wearing blue clothes and a white apron that was slightly yellowish but extremely clean, looking like a professional.

He was standing in the kitchen working on it, and when he heard the sound, he opened the curtain hanging above his head and glanced at Heiji.

"Child...it's so late...why did you come out alone?"

Heiji rubbed his stiff hands and said softly: "I'm hungry...Boss...is there anything to eat..."

A warm smile appeared on the boss's face: "Only the pork soup set meal is on the menu... If you want to eat anything... as long as I know how to cook... I can cook it for you."

Heiji found an empty seat and sat down. To his right sat an extremely tall middle-aged man in black. He was wearing a pair of sunglasses at night. On the plate in front of him were several octopus-shaped squid. Red sausage.

He picked up a sausage with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. The middle-aged man in black picked up a full glass of beer and drank it in one gulp.

To his right was a slutty young man who stood up, picked up the beer bottle, and refilled his cup. He seemed to be his follower.

In addition to these two unkind-looking men, there was also a woman in sexy and revealing clothing, an elderly man wearing a peaked cap, and several young men wearing white shirts.

The other people seemed to keep a distance from these two men. Before Heiji came in, no one wanted to sit next to them.

"Little brother...or little sister...you are so brave...how dare you sit next to Brother Long..."

The irritated young man looked at Heiji with an unkind expression, his tongue was a little big, and he seemed to have drank a lot of wine.

The people dining in the restaurant all looked drunk and stared at Heiji with interest.

Isn't such a late-night canteen really not suitable for a young man like me...

"Boss...do you have anything delicious? If there is anything that can be cooked quickly, please give me one first."

Heiji was so hungry that he couldn't care about anything else.

As soon as Heiji spoke, the arrogant young man could tell that he was a boy.

"Little brother... what I asked you just now... you haven't answered me yet!"

The young man stood up unsteadily and walked in front of Heiji, looking unwilling to give up.

"Axian - don't cause trouble..."

The tall man wearing sunglasses spoke slowly, his voice seemed particularly cold.

"Brother Long... I just wanted to tease this kid for fun... I didn't think anything of it..."

The young man named A-Xian suddenly sobered up and returned to his seat with a sneer.

A bowl of hot pork soup, a small plate of kimchi, and a bowl of white rice were placed in front of Heiji.

"It's so fast...Boss."

Heiji quickly broke open his chopsticks and clasped his hands together: "I'm about to start - I'm so hungry..."

After a mouthful of chewy white rice and a spoonful of fragrant pork miso soup, Heiji felt like he was alive.

The boss brought a small plate of egg noodles to the young woman in sexy clothes, and then watched Heiji wolfing down the meal with a gentle expression, a faint smile on his lips.

"It's so delicious... Boss... do you have fried pork chops... I also want to eat pork chop rice..."

Heiji had pork soup to fill his belly, and he couldn't help but want to eat the big fried golden and crispy pork chops, paired with cabbage and white rice, the taste was really ecstasy.

"Little brother... I didn't expect you to be quite good at eating... Aren't your family worried if you go out alone at such a young age?"

The elderly man wearing a cap next to him took a sip of soju and looked at Heiji with concern.

Heiji's expression dimmed, he swallowed the food in his mouth, and said slowly: "I am alone... I have no parents... I have no family..."

The people in the store immediately looked at Heiji with sympathetic and sad eyes, and sighed involuntarily.

Judging from Heiji's age, it coincides with the time of the Nine-Tails Rebellion that broke out 12 years ago. Most of his family and parents died in that huge disaster.

"Boss... this child's meal money... will be charged to my account."

The man in black named Brother Long took out a 10000 tael bill from his wallet, put it on the table, then turned and walked out of the canteen.

The younger brother named A-Xian beside him was slightly startled, quickly drank the soju in his cup, and followed after him.

"Along has a cold face and a warm heart... He is such a good person..."

The elderly man sighed with emotion and took a deep sip of soju, with a faint blush on his dark face.

"Boss... I'll pay for my meal myself."

Heiji also took out a 10000 tael bill from his pocket and placed it on the table.

The boss was stunned for a moment, a faint smile appeared on his face, looking at Heiji's stubborn eyes, he nodded.

"Kid, are you a ninja?"

A lonely young man appeared alone in the late-night cafeteria with 10000 taels of banknotes. Apart from his identity as a ninja, there seemed to be no other reasonable explanation.

Heiji looked at the golden fried pork cutlet in front of him, which was bigger than his face, and his mouth was already watering.

"Yes, I'm a ninja...Boss, I'm about to start—"

The eyes of everyone in the store suddenly changed when they looked at Heiji. The originally sympathetic and sad expressions were now filled with admiration and envy...

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