[Hokage] Secrets of the Fathers [Fourth Generation Center]

The starlight scattered into broken glass stubble on the ground, and the crescent moon was as cold as a shuriken that had just been wiped clean of blood.

Well, my metaphor is very ninja style.Of course, I'm not a ninja.no no.Nor is he a novelist.

I was just a ramen maker. When I was a child, I lived with my parents in a relatively affluent small town and opened a ramen restaurant. When everyone in my family was dead, I followed my fleeing companions to a village where ninjas gathered.Well, it's Konoha.In those crazy and chaotic times, the areas under the jurisdiction of such violent groups were relatively safe.

It's a pity that not long after, some of my companions died, and some died as ninjas, but I continued to open my ramen shop. Ninjas are willing to improve their lives occasionally. They don't need me as a ramen maker.In particular, I came here specifically to buy ramen for ninjas. I know nothing but making ramen, but I really want to live. So how can I, a half-year-old child, survive in a troubled world? .

Farmers have been killed, the land has been laid waste, businessmen have been killed and robbed, and civilians in the city have also been killed. Who can still come to eat my ramen?

Those high-ranking officials and nobles who are living well do not have the habit of eating shabby gadgets like ramen. Therefore, the only people I can sell to are ninjas. In addition to those who buy their lives from ninjas with money, only ninjas who exchange their lives for money can eat it. It’s time for luxurious ramen.

Although I really hate those guys who make it impossible for me to go home and the smell of blood can be seen two streets away.But what else can I do besides trying to make better ramen?

Why, what do you think I have in mind by instigating me to write so much?

No, no, I really don’t write novels, let alone memoirs.I'm not the white-haired Jiraiya-sama wearing wooden clogs. Don't think that the censorship department doesn't exist, okay? I'm still a member of Konoha. This is a military fortress, and children can memorize the secrecy regulations. .I was just a little bored. There was no one in the store anyway, so I just scratched and scrolled in the ledger.

Why don't you just close the store and go home to watch the stars with your daughter?

I would like to, but I am waiting for someone.

There is an old customer who comes here to eat noodles every year on this day, but that guy is busy now. Legend has it that he is so busy that he doesn’t even have a fixed meal time, so who knows when he will suddenly open the door and come in. After all, he is an old customer and he didn’t treat him well. It’s too easy to lose your reputation.As for whether he will really come, that really has nothing to do with me.

Anyway, in the past two years, it comes and goes.

Obviously in the past few years, I still brought my son to Hushihaisei every now and then. Okay, okay. As he said, he was just getting busier and busier, so he asked his subordinates to help with takeout. Really, he definitely didn’t get tired of eating. In front of me.

But how can you be relieved with such a perfunctory attitude?

Obviously I didn’t like eating it from the beginning.

I can still vaguely remember that it was probably a long time ago, when I was a very young boy, I just saw the goddess in my life, but it seems that my goddess has not seen me yet.

At that time, that old customer was basically still a child, thin and small. If it weren't for his sunny blond hair, he would have looked like one of my companions who had never been promoted to chuunin.

As for entering my door for the first time, it was quite a struggle.I was dragged along by another regular customer of mine who is a real fan of ramen.As a result, the boy had no ability to resist. Of course, the fanatical little girl who only had eyes for delicious ramen would have developed earlier than the boys who were born in an era of food shortage, and Konoha was rich in violent kunoichi.

But I really like that violent little girl.At that time, I promised that blond man with my reputation as a man that the woman next to him would definitely be a beautiful girl with a great figure and face. You see, later facts proved that I was right.But unfortunately, this little girl has long red hair.Red, like blood seeping into the soil that cannot be cleaned out.But the guy with blond hair actually said that he was very beautiful. That’s when I knew that this guy was a tough guy and would achieve a great career in the future. In this troubled world, he could eat my impurity-free ramen and still not be satisfied with the noodles at the same time. People who change their color and appreciate the color of blood are either crazy or stupid. More likely, they are both crazy and stupid.

In short, except for blond hair, I don’t like anything about boys; except for red hair, I like everything about girls. At that time, I thought, if someone has the face of a girl, and the blond hair of a boy, he will definitely Will be a perfect idol.Later, I secretly complained about this wish to my goddess. She was completely my wife at this time. She looked at the boys and girls who were secretly holding hands and running back and forth in front of my house. She immediately said Give me a sentence sooner or later.

It's only a matter of time. Wife, don't tell me that they will have a beautiful blonde girl in the future. They are indeed childhood sweethearts, but is it really suitable for them to get married? It's obvious that the girl is strong and the boy is weak, okay? Wife, I really don’t have chauvinist tendencies. I really don’t want to hit you. That’s not a rolling pin in your hand, it’s a pan, okay?

It's obvious that the proportion between the two of them is out of balance just by looking at their food intake, okay?

That is, there are many things that a cook can forget, but remembering whether the customer's food is good or not is a professional ethics.I proved that that boy had not eaten well since he was a child and could not finish a bowl of noodles.And my fanatical female fan can only relieve her anger by eating three big names every time.But it's a good thing she can eat it, otherwise the boy will definitely be beaten out by me. No matter how powerful the ninja is, it is shameful to waste food. He actually lets a woman eat his own leftovers. No wonder the young couple always deserves to be called a sissy when they quarrel.

However, that kid is quite pitiful, and he has never quarreled with his little girlfriend even once.It's not good for a boy to be too silent. Haven't I warned him before? Still he just smiles and talks and is obedient.If you are misunderstood, you should at least explain something. What Qinai can't do, what can he not do? He won't run away with others, but he won't misunderstand you, idiot. Women should be captured quickly, and the same goes for kunoichi. , the already slim girl is called Qinai.Wife, please don't get me wrong. I have never asked anyone for a girl's name casually. I only found out about it after Minato spent the entire day asking for her name.Well, isn't it true that that annoying blond boy called Minato such a stupid name?

Is the name a ninja codename?

It doesn't matter, I don't want to know anyway.I'm just a small businessman who relies on ninjas to make a living. I really don't want to have anything to do with these terrible guys.As for chatting, you can tell from where we had a great time chatting. It was just a welcome and drop off.

And, you know, when you open a business, there will always be times when you don’t take good care of yourself and get in trouble for no reason. I need such a person. Well, he looks very respected behind this annoying boy. He seems to have been popular since he was a child. Of course I am lovable if I smile silly every day. If I expand the store in the future and recruit a waiter, I will definitely recruit someone like this.

Anyway, you are always taken care of by me, so it’s not too much to repay you a little bit.

In the beginning, the two of them couldn't even afford a bowl of noodles for each of us. We were kids, and we were full after eating just one bowl. Golden retrievers are so cash-strapped, so don't follow other people's example of dating girls. No matter how little you eat, you are still a boy. .If I, a kind-hearted boss, hadn’t filled the biggest bowl for you every time, what else would you have endured? Sooner or later, you would have come to my store to sell me some cute stuff, and you had to see if I would accept you.

and then,

It seems that they are really afraid that I will find them as waiters. There have been no ninjas for a long time. It is normal to always be running around all over the world.Of course there is no need to remind me, I know the war is starting again ahead.But I’m not worried at all. There are so many people who leave and never come back. Just get used to this kind of thing.Anyway, I am still very safe in Konoha. Instead of thinking about the problem of reducing the regular passenger flow, it is better to seize the time to consolidate new customer sources. In this precarious era, the most important thing is to earn the dowry for my daughter in advance.

Speaking of my daughter, my daughter is good. She is a strong and good child. She is not one of those ninjas who sneaks to the commemorative monument every night and bursts into tears.

But he was such a strong and good boy, but one day, Kinai and Minato were so scared that they cried. You tell me, if they don't come, they won't come. Once they come, they have to wait for others to fall asleep at night before coming to ask for them. I hate eating noodles, so I hate things like ninjas that pollute the air everywhere with the smell of blood.

Qinai still ordered three big bowls as usual, but that guy from Minato didn't even order a single bowl.Hey, even though it’s already closed and there’s no one there, it’s a bit shameless to occupy a seat and not order food.

In the end, little Qinai is sensible. What Qinai? This is a ramen shop. What kind of hot noodle soup do you want? Or more soup. You need to keep one noodle. Okay, okay. You must feed your little boyfriend a longevity meal every year on his birthday. What does this have to do with me? If he has an upset stomach, just don't eat my chewy ramen that's hard to digest.Alright alright.Seeing as how every year you almost, only, on this day, just to cause trouble to me, I will do it for you.

By the way, that was the day I found out that Kinai was still married to that bastard Minato, who really took advantage of that kid.

But Kinai, are you kidding? That guy with an unreliable face will soon become our new leader. Oh my God, there is no hope for the future of Konoha. Hey, don’t be so violent if you are already married. Ok, Kinai, don’t imitate me. Wife, what you have in your hand is not a pan, but a gate. The fourth generation of the gate, please take care of your wife. Don’t cover your stomach and hold my daughter while giggling.

after that

That's all, a man got a woman pregnant

The two of them still come to my shop to eat noodles, but the married woman is indeed different from the little girl.

Qinai, don't go too far. Having a child is something worth celebrating. But it's impossible for me to give you a free bill. It's absolutely impossible. I still have to save a dowry for my daughter. Why should I give you this free bill in your belly? Wait until he is born

No, no, you heard it wrong. I never said that. I definitely didn’t mean free orders but coupons. A lot of coupons. Okay, okay, at best, don’t set usage restrictions for him.

This is stingy. Qinai, your husband’s salary is not so low that he can’t even afford to raise a child.Hey, when you are about to become a mother, please show some restraint. If it’s a boy like you, it’s fine. If it’s a girl, it’s better to be quiet and quiet like your husband. Look at my daughter.

By the way, did you name the child Naruto~ Hey, Naruto is not the same, the pronunciation is the same, okay. What if it is a girl? You two unreliable parents, don’t give your child the name of the ingredients casually, I always There are Naruto rolls in all kinds of ramen. You guys make me feel like I'm cooking a child every day. Hey, Kinai, you were the one who disgusted me first. Are you going to vomit? Don't vomit in the store. It doesn't work if there are no customers. Yondaime, stop hugging your wife and giggling. Come clean the floor quickly, asshole.

Really, a young couple who always likes to cause trouble to others.

Hey, Qinai, I promised you, I gave a lot of coupons to your son. He loves my ramen as much as you do. He has three big bowls every time. Good appetite. What's more,

Every year Minato makes longevity noodles for his birthday, and he always does it. But I don't even dare to extinguish the fire for this one customer.Also because I was afraid that he would be busy, and if someone came to buy takeout, you also know that his subordinates and he don’t like to talk very much, so I made all the noodles today into one stick, which is so time-consuming. It's a waste of energy. If he can't eat like this, I really don't blame me.

So, don't talk nonsense in front of my wife

My daughter and I are doing very well.

But I don’t know if that guy is doing well or not. I’m just a ramen maker.

What does that kind of big shot have to do with me?

It’s more important to go to bed. Who knows if there will be a little red-haired girl knocking on my door tomorrow and asking me to make a bowl of hot noodle soup for her boyfriend who is so hungry that he has stomachache.

A bowl of longevity noodles is waiting.

At 26:2 a.m. on January 20, the owner of Ichiraku Ramen Shop yawned and tore off a few pages filled with messy words from a thick account book. He balled his hands up, threw them into the stove that was about to go out, and looked at The flames suddenly jumped up, then gradually extinguished and turned into ashes.