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"The little girl is quite pretty," the old woman said after putting on her glasses when they entered the house.
Sakura was indeed a pretty girl, especially with her long pink hair adding many points to her appearance.
Yes, currently, Sakura-bro still had long hair. In the original story, she cut her hair to show her resolve after her teammates fell unconscious and they encountered the Sound Ninja. But now, two overpowered aliens were protecting her well. Never mind the Sound Ninja, they had even driven away Orochimaru.
"Then why did you say such things just now, Granny?" Sakura complained. Those words were truly hurtful.
"Sorry, sorry. Last time, I wasn't wearing my glasses and encountered two people coming to meet their teammates. I called a young lad a girl. So now, I call everyone a young lad when I meet them. I didn't expect to get it wrong again, hahaha." The granny laughed cheerfully.
"By the way, that young lad wore the same forehead protector as you." The granny cleared a space for them. "A very fair-skinned young lad, even his eyes were white. He looked especially gentle, and there was a little girl with hair buns following him. Do you know them?"
Naruto chuckled.Ā Of course, I know them. That's my big brother-in-law, Neji.
The old woman seemed to be muttering to herself. Without waiting for their reply, she went to the kitchen and brought out several plates of curry rice, placing them in front of them. "The specialty dish of our shop. Consider it an apology to the little girl. Please enjoy."
"No, no, we've already eaten," Naruto refused bluntly. He had to refuse; this stuff was truly inedible.
Because this person was Granny Sanshou, the number one master of dark cuisine in Naruto. Whoever ate her cooking would collapse.
Naruto felt the old woman must have gone to India for advanced studies.
On the table, four plates of white rice were covered with bluish-black curry ā authentic Indian mushy curry, the kind that still bubbled.
The four-person squad was communicating with their eyes and hand gestures.
Sakura:Ā This isn't a den of thieves, is it?
Sasuke:Ā Looks like it.
Naruto:Ā Looks like it.
Kakashi:Ā No, I've heard Guy talk about this shop.
The old woman looked at the four of them expectantly.
In the end, Kakashi had a flash of inspiration: "Excuse me, do you have guest rooms here?"
"Yes, we do," the old woman smiled.
"Then please give us two guest rooms. We'll take the food back to our rooms to eat."
"Alright, follow me."
The old woman got up to lead the way. The four behind her let out a collective sigh of relief.
āāāā
In the guest room, Kakashi and Sasuke were making the beds. Naruto sat at the table, staring blankly at the dark cuisine.
Because his daredevil soul was online again.
Two little figures were fighting fiercely in his mind.
"Take a bite. It's a famous dish from Naruto, after all."
"Yeah, try it."
"Yeah, trying it won't get you pregnant."
He picked up a spoon, gently scooped a spoonful, and tremblingly brought it to his mouth.
"Ugh!!! Pfft!!" Naruto's expression changed drastically.
A peculiar taste, accompanied by a stinging pain more intense than eating super spicy food, came from his tongue.
He quickly took out ice water and held it in his mouth, hoping to alleviate the stinging on his tongue.
[It's actually more potent than pepper spray!]
Naruto had experimented with pepper spray in his previous life. That stinging pain from beneath the skin could make one wish for death.
It took more than ten minutes for Naruto to recover. This was largely thanks to the pain tolerance he had developed over a long time using self-destructing clones. Otherwise, he would have been lying flat by now.
The two making the beds were dumbfounded. This stuff was actually that potent? Even Naruto couldn't handle it?
"Throw it out tomorrow morning," Kakashi said.
"Mm," Naruto replied, taking off his clothes and lying down.
āāāā
Early the next morning, Naruto opened a portal to dispose of the leftover food.
Although Granny Sanshou meant well, he had to say, "Sorry, Granny, this kindness is truly not something an ordinary person can bear."
Looking at the large patch of dead fish floating belly-up under the Great Naruto Bridge in the Land of Waves, Naruto clicked his tongue in amazement.
Who would have thought this stuff would be so powerful? If I had known, I would have dumped it in the Land of Snow.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Naruto quickly opened a portal and fled.
Back in the room, Naruto recalled the scene just now, which was like a poisoning, and a flash of inspiration struck his mind.
[This stuff... perhaps I can feed it to Samehada.]
This was feasible.
He had already given Samehada a barrel of oil. It wouldn't be appropriate to give oil again next time. Who gives the same gift twice? That's not in line with Chinese tradition.
"Stop smiling, let's go," Kakashi waved his hand, interrupting him.
"Oh." Naruto followed Kakashi, mentally calculating whether he should buy some more of Granny Sanshou's chili peppers, extract some chili oil, and feed it to Samehada along with the curry.
You think you can get away with sucking my chakra? You're kidding. If I don't play you to death, I'll take your surname.
Sasuke, walking behind Naruto, inexplicably shivered.
āāāā
After checking the map and scouting around, the four of them approached the bandits' hideout.
After Sasuke used his eyes to daze a patrolling young man and obtain some simple information, Kakashi started to get a headache. "The Kurosuki clan, huh."
Kakashi hoped he was overthinking it.
He still knew the name of Kurosuki Raiga, a rogue ninja from Kirigakure and wielder of the Lightning Blades, but it couldn't be such a coincidence, right?
Naruto played with the hidden blade on his arm, which resembled Wolverine's claws.
He had taken it from the patrolling young man's arm. The first time he saw this thing, only one thought came to Naruto's mind.
This item is fated to be mine.
He pulled down the white hood behind him, flicked his hands, and the hidden blade sprang out with a clang. He felt extremely cool.
"Well, Teacher Kakashi, should we infiltrate?"
There's a hideout opposite; not infiltrating it would be an insult to his current attire.
[Nothing is true, everything is permitted!]
Today, I, Uzumaki Hassan, will teach you what infiltration means.
Naruto knew they were about to fight Kurosuki Raiga, the wielder of the Lightning Blades, but the two beside him were even more adept at cutting lightning than the last. No matter how you looked at it, this was a guaranteed win.
Come on, tell me, how can you lose when you're Raikiri-ing someone in the face?
"Stop fooling around. Let's find a place to wait for Pakkun to return first," Kakashi wasn't sure if Kurosuki Raiga was here, so he decided to wait for Pakkun's intelligence first.
If the client had told Neji about the Kurosuki clan on the way, then Guy would definitely hear it when Pakkun asked Neji. And Guy, because of his father's death, had always been very concerned about Kurosuki Raiga's movements. He should know whether Kurosuki Raiga was actually here or not.
If even Guy didn't know, then he'd better infiltrate and check the situation himself first.
Thinking of this, Kakashi gave Naruto a disdainful look: "Let's go."
Knowing Naruto, if he let Naruto infiltrate, the result would definitely be Naruto returning covered in blood and telling him, "Teacher Kakashi, there's no one there."
Just like his "infiltrate the Land of Snow royal palace" plan last time: as long as no one sees me, it's a successful infiltration.
How much does this kid misunderstand infiltration?
Iruka, how on earth did you teach him?!
"What about him?" Naruto pointed to the dazed young man on the ground.
"You splash a bucket of water on him, wake him up."
"Oh." Naruto complied.
"Where am I..." The young man woke up.
Kakashi pulled down his eye patch: "In three minutes, you will wake up and find that you got lost, fell into a river, lost your weapon, and fainted here. At the same time, you will forget meeting us and continue patrolling according to your original plan."
Naruto's hand, which was retracting the hidden blade, froze.Ā This scenario is so familiar.
The group left, clearing their tracks as they went.
Although Naruto knew Kurosuki Raiga might have already discovered them through Ranmaru, he couldn't say anything about it.
He couldn't just say, "Kakashi, stop playing around. There's someone on the other side with vision wider than the Byakugan who has already found us. Let's just go for it."
If he said that, a group of people would soon be pinning him down in front of Tsunade for her to play human anatomy with. Maybe Tsunade would even cure her hemophobia because she was having so much fun.
"It really is Kurosuki Raiga," Kakashi said, looking up at the sky speechlessly after receiving the message Pakkun brought back.
"Who is Kurosuki Raiga?" Naruto prepared to use hisnroutine again.
Since Raiga might know they had arrived, he might be prepared. Their side also needed to prepare. Otherwise, that "Raikiri to the face" line would really become a jinx.
"Kurosuki Raiga, a rogue ninja from Kirigakure, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, wielder of the Lightning Blades. It's said he can summon lightning..." Kakashi explained.
Naruto pretended to lower his head in deep thought. After a while, he said, "I have a plan."
"You've got a plan?!"
Kakashi was so shocked he even spoke in code.Ā Haven't you always just charged in recklessly? Why do you suddenly have a plan? This isn't like you!