[Hokage] One day to arrive

? Lu Jiu slept until dusk, when Yin and Yang converged, and he couldn't allow his body to absorb energy independently, so there was no need to stay in the woods.Lu Jiu lazily sat up and thought for a while, and couldn't help but admit that she would rather go back to the house Yuan Weiyang bought to have a good meal - although it is not necessary.

However, next time, let's sleep on Huoying Rock...the sun is better there.

He skillfully took out the key to open the door, and sure enough, he smelled the aroma of food.

"Xiao Jiu is back?" Yuan Weiyang has almost figured out Lu Jiu's daily routine, and at this moment, just as he was serving the last dish on the table, when he heard the movement at the door, he subconsciously turned around and smiled, "I tried some new ones today. Come and taste it to see if it suits your taste."

"Three-color meatballs?" When Lu Jiu saw the last plate on the table, Lu Jiu was a little surprised. Although they were not strung together with bamboo sticks, this kind of thing is not mistaken. "You still make this?"

"Well... I tried to do it today." Yuan Weiyang remembered the scene he saw when he was protecting and monitoring Nine-Tails Jinchuriki during the day, and pursed his lips—Xiao Jiu didn't seem to like that boss, but The three-color meatballs from that store taste the best, and Xiao Jiu seems to like the three-color meatballs...

Lu Jiu nodded noncommittally, pulled away the chair on her own, picked up a chopstick and inserted a meatball, took a bite, and raised her eyebrows.

The taste is good, this guy's craftsmanship is really good.

Seeing that Lu Jiu looked very satisfied, Yuan Weiyang couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief: "After eating, put the plates and everything in the pool, I'll wash them tomorrow, and I'll wrap up the desserts and put them in the kitchen Li. I... I'm going back to the dormitory first."

Lu Jiu paused slightly, swallowed the food in his mouth slowly, and replied calmly, "I see."

Yuan Weiyang, who received a response for the first time in many days, was taken aback, and suddenly showed a more genuine smile.

However, this time Lu Jiu just ate indifferently, without even looking at him, as always, she didn't care about his going or staying.But Yuan Weiyang didn't care, he just felt that everything seemed to be getting better and better, much better than what he originally thought.

Well, Xiao Jiu seems to be quite boring every day. Do you want to write out those novels and stories you read in your previous life?Anyway, I can't remember anything about myself and my feelings in my previous life, but I can remember everything I have learned, seen, even if I just glanced at it.At this time, it should be just right to use it to relieve Xiaojiu's boredom.

Then start from tomorrow, Yuan Weiyang secretly made a decision, turned around and walked out without thinking.

You don't even need to lift your head, just listening to Yuan Weiyang's stagger when he was about to go out, you know that guy doesn't know what he is thinking again.Lu Jiu accelerated the speed of eating, and swept away the dinner and the dessert like a storm. After a while, she silently looked at the greasy and sugar-stained dishes in front of her, and suddenly raised her hand and snapped her fingers.

The golden flames suddenly rose on the dishes, and after almost an instant, Lu Jiu looked at the clean as new dishes on the table and nodded.

Well, although there is one plate missing, everything else is under control.

After silently confirming that her control is still good, Lu Jiu stood up and stacked the dishes together, took them to the kitchen and washed them one by one.

...Forget it, the big deal is that he won't do it himself, it's good to wait for Yuan Weiyang to die and then take him to the burial.Anyway, it was just a dozen or even decades of waiting, which was nothing compared to the time he had.

I don't know if the Third Hokage has noticed that Lu Jiu has changed his plan silently. Yuan Weiyang started to run out to do missions again after obediently nesting in Konoha and following Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for more than a year.Anbu doesn't have much freedom to choose missions, even if Yuan Weiyang is really worried about whether Lu Jiu will not eat well at home, whether he will have a good rest, he can only obediently run around with money...

Lu Jiu slowly put down Yuan Weiyang's handwritten storybook, casually crumpled up the note that the other party left three days ago from the storybook, and threw it into the wastebasket—so, this kind of thing How much did he put in?

Maybe it's a psychological effect, Lu Jiu only felt the throbbing pain in the forehead, even if she didn't plan to go out, she stood up and walked out with some irritability at this time - just go to Yile Ramen shop, there recent.

"Huh? Big brother Lu Jiu?" Naruto was bored waiting for the ramen, and Ningji next to him refused to speak, so he saw Lu Jiu lift the curtain and walk in.

"Naruto and Ningji." Lu Jiu raised his eyes and looked at the two children sitting side by side. Every time he saw these two children, they seemed to be together, looking at his Naruto point calmly. Nodding, he casually lifted his robe and sat next to Naruto, "Big bowl of tonkotsu ramen."

"Okay!" The boss responded loudly with a friendly smile.

Naruto still has a good impression of Lu Jiu, the big brother who has given him snacks several times—although most of the time it was because of accidents—especially after getting acquainted with him in the past two years. With a lively smile, he said to Lu Jiu, "Brother Lu Jiu, I am No. 1 in the final exam this time! But it was hard to convince Ning Ci to celebrate together!"

Naruto had just finished his first semester at Ninja School, and he was very excited about the grades he got, so he couldn't help sharing his happiness with Lu Jiu.

"Well, physical skills are positive, and theory is the lowest. They are both number one." Ning Ci's cold voice indifferently poured cold water on Naruto.

However, Naruto didn't care. Ningji always looked like he refused people thousands of miles away when other people were present. After two years, he got used to it, but he still couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "So that kind of What's the use of things, do you still have time to memorize while fighting?"

"Since such a course is arranged in the school, it is useful." Although it is said so, just as Naruto is used to Neji's temper, Neji also knows Naruto's temper well, and thinks of Naruto's temper The seemingly inexhaustible energy added to physical skills, and I have to admit that physical skills are the most suitable for him at present.

"But..." Naruto wanted to say something, but a large bowl of hot ramen was placed in front of him, and he immediately forgot what he wanted to say, clasped his hands together and shouted, "I'm starting!"

Seeing this, Ning Ci sighed, put his hands together in front of his chest and said in a low voice: "I'm starting." Picking up the noodles with chopsticks, he ate very elegantly, completely different from the one beside him whose soup was about to fly out .

At this moment, a lazy ninja walked in with a thousand copies in his mouth, looked around and raised his eyebrows at Lu Jiu: "Excuse me, is this Lu Jiu? Liu... Yuan Weiyang's younger brother. "

"I'm Lu Jiu." Lu Jiu didn't even get up, she just tilted her head slightly to look at the person who came, "I have something to do with you...is it related to Yuan Weiyang?"

"Ah." The visitor responded, giving Lu Jiu an affirmative answer, "I don't know Huo Xuanjian, Yuan Weiyang was injured, but he refused to recuperate honestly in the hospital, so... you Can you go to Muye Hospital with me?"

"...I was injured." Lu Jiu lowered her eyes. Although she didn't understand the causal relationship between Shiranui Genma's words, she took the money from her pocket and put it on the case after thinking about it. She stood up calmly and said to Shiranui Xuanjian said, "Then let's go."

Extra

?When I met Naruto for the first time, Neji just started to understand what the "caged bird" on his forehead meant.

At that time, Neji didn't know what it meant that the man he should be called uncle meant to kill those people in anger when he rescued the kidnapped eldest lady of the clan. He just felt that the atmosphere in the clan was too oppressive. And his father's attitude was also very strange, which made him very sensitive, who was always sensitive. He sneaked out of the clan and saw that Naruto, who was only three years old, was being bullied by several children who were about his age.It was easy for Neji, who was born in Hyuga's family and had already started formal training, to dismiss a few children from ordinary families. If it was so easy, he would hardly take it to heart.

If it wasn't for turning around at the end by a ghost, watching Naruto carefully pick up a soiled straw cake from the ground, hold it in his hand and couldn't eat it, and he couldn't bear to throw it away, obviously looking like he was about to cry, but in When she felt Neci's gaze, she raised her head and showed him a bright smile that was completely inconsistent with her dirty appearance.

Very strange child.

At that time, Neji put such a label on Naruto in his heart, and also left a shallow mark in his heart.

This imprint deepened after Neci's father died.

Ning Ci didn't want to stay in such a family, and he didn't want to see those who forced his father to death, running out of the clan area alone. This time, no one would stop him, and no one would come out to look for him because they were worried about him.

However, even if he leaves that clan land, where can he go?

Neji walked blankly on the streets of Konoha.

"Monster~monster, fight monster~"

It was the same scene from last time, the same bullying child, the same Naruto being bullied, but this time Naruto did not shrink in the corner like last time, but was very persistent arguing with other children that he was not monster.

This time Ning Ci couldn't bring up the desire to meddle in his own business at all. He watched from a distance for a while, and wanted to turn around to avoid this inexplicably annoying scene, but the group of clinker children found him, and several of them It seemed that he had taught him a lesson last time, and he dragged the people around him unwillingly to say something.

Several children muttered a few words together, and suddenly shouted at Naruto: "Tch... here to help again, this time I will let you go!"

After finishing speaking, he huffed and left.

This kind of development stunned both Naruto and Neji, but this time Naruto suddenly showed a very happy expression, stood up, patted the ashes on his body and ran to Neji, still the same brilliant as last time Smile: "Thank you, I'm Uzumaki Naruto! What's your name?"

Neji didn't want to speak at first, and walked forward as if he couldn't see Naruto in front of him, but when he turned around, he couldn't help but pay attention to him from the corner of his eye. Seeing that smile turned into disappointment, even if he couldn't see him, he still couldn't see him. Still couldn't help but said in a low voice: "...Hinata Ningji."

Unexpectedly got the answer, Naruto became happy, and excitedly followed behind Neji: "Ningji! We are friends!"

What was said later, Ning Ci can't remember very clearly, most of it is meaningless nonsense, I just remember that the slightly raised voice should be very noisy, but unexpectedly it is not annoying.

Later, Naruto seemed to notice that Neji was in a bad mood, and gradually shut up, but he didn't feel bored and left. Instead, he quietly followed Neji a few steps away, watching from a distance. Watching Ning Ci go to the lake alone and sit down with his knees hugged, silently looking at the back of the other party who seemed to be crying, he suddenly turned his head and ran away.

Although he didn't look back, Neji could also feel that the person following him had finally left, couldn't he bear it?

That's right, children are not perseverant. If there were no accidents, Ning Ci felt that he would not be able to follow a person who didn't respond at all.

It's not easy to be alone, but Neji just looked at the calm lake and wanted to cry, but his eyes were dry and he could not shed tears.

Even the "caged bird" imprint on his forehead seemed to suddenly ache.

I don't know how long it took, but Ning Ci suddenly felt a figure around him, subconsciously turned his head to the side, and met the bright and silly smiling face: "Why are you back again?"

"Ningci, are you unhappy!" Naruto held the three-color balls in front of Neji, "I just found out a few days ago that when I eat the three-color balls, there will be a kind of soft, um... like' Happiness' feels the same!"

Ning Ci still remembered the taste of the first bite of the meatball, the sweet and soft mung bean flavor.

Although he was still sad because of his father's death, and still hated those members of the clan, he didn't feel cold anymore.

At that time, Neji didn't know that it was just two strings of three-color meatballs, but Naruto had spent almost all of his savings... If the subsidy wasn't about to be paid soon, he would have been hungry for a long time.

Since then, Neji and Naruto have gradually become acquainted with each other. Neji practiced desperately because of the emotions that could not be vented in his heart, but Naruto never felt annoyed. Let's practice together...

In terms of Naruto's energy, physical strength, and resilience, he has unexpectedly advanced quite quickly since he practiced Taijutsu.

Ning Ci felt very complicated about the fact that every time Naruto was so tired that he couldn't get up at the last moment, and then he dragged him around energetically after a while.

However, as Naruto's physical ability became stronger and stronger, fewer and fewer people could bully him anymore.For the sake of this point, Neji didn't care about it.

This kind of life continued until Neji entered school, but the meeting time was changed to after school and rest days.

Ning Ci's grades were very good. In the first year of Ninja School, he was basically exposed to physical arts and some of the most basic theories. It was no accident that Ning Ci got the first place in the grade.When he heard the news, Naruto held the bento brought by Neji and swore loudly that he was going to enroll soon, and he would never be worse than Neji.

As for why Neji brought the bento...

I don’t know when it started, maybe because Neji really couldn’t see Naruto’s life of three instant noodles a day, so he simply put Naruto’s monthly subsidy together with his own for unified management, and the daily food naturally belongs to this class consumption.

However, not to mention waiting for Naruto to finish his first year, just in the first semester, Naruto found it really difficult to do this...

"Although...although it's not the same, but it's the number one anyway!" Naruto stubbornly ignored Ningji's first place in their grade again, and his eyes wandered around, but he didn't look at Ningji, "So together Let's go celebrate, as we agreed at the beginning, Yile Ramen~"

When mentioning his favorite Ichiraku ramen, Naruto couldn't help but raise his voice at the end of his speech.

"……All right."

It's just a meal, it's not a waste of time.Neji told himself this, put away the books and kunai, and walked to the location of the Ichiraku Ramen shop together with Naruto who was bouncing around.

——Let’s just admit that you are number one in physical skills and bottom in theory.

Ning Ci thought about it, but he didn't know that he had already started to smile slightly.