Minato felt like he might have underestimated the future daughter-in-law's appetite.
He had already used the Flying Thunder God technique three times in a row, each time bringing back five servings, which added up to fifteen servings in total.
On top of that, Kushina made ten servings, most of which had already gone into Hinata's stomach.
He couldn't quite understand it—how could such a small girl eat so much food?
"I-I'm full now."
When the last bowl of rice was swallowed by Hinata, she felt too embarrassed to eat anymore.
Actually, she wouldn't normally eat so much.
It wasn't that she couldn't, but as the heir of the Hyuga clan, she had to maintain the dignity of a top-tier ninja clan.
Maybe it was Kushina's care that reminded her of her mother, who had passed away years ago, and without realizing it, she had eaten so much.
"Minato~ why aren't you going yet?"
Kushina's sharp eyes immediately saw through Hinata's lie. She turned to Minato and told him to continue getting food.
"No, that's enough. I've eaten more than enough."
Hinata quickly stopped Minato, who was about to leave using the Flying Thunder God technique.
"Alright, Mom. Hinata says she's full, so don't pressure her."
When she heard this, Kushina rolled her eyes with no grace.
Was she pressuring Hinata?
Clearly, Hinata wasn't full yet.
If word got out that the future daughter-in-law didn't eat enough on her first day here, how would that make her look?
"Minato, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and go. I'm making sure Hinata gets full today!"
"Alright, I'll go right away."
Minato gave a little start and then disappeared in a flash.
After seeing Minato leave, Kushina nodded in satisfaction.
"Poor Hinata, you've probably never eaten enough at the Hyuga clan, have you?"
Being from the Uzumaki clan, Kushina knew that for the sake of so-called clan honor, there were many broken rules.
"It's... okay, I guess."
Hinata naturally wouldn't say that she had never eaten enough at her own home.
But what she said, Kushina definitely wouldn't believe.
"Neji, you're Hinata's older brother. You need to take responsibility as her brother."
"Huh?"
Neji didn't expect Kushina to bring the conversation to him.
"Huh, what? Hinata eats so much, she definitely can't get enough at the Hyuga household. Whenever you have time, you need to bring her here. Got it?"
"Uh, got it."
To be honest, Neji hadn't expected Hinata to have such a large appetite.
He had the same question as Minato.
How could someone so small eat so much food?
But once he thought about how Hinata couldn't get enough food at home, Neji felt really sorry for her.
Now, Hinata had a place where she could eat as much as she wanted, and Neji was happy for her.
"It's from the clan head's place."
"It's fine, I'll have Minato handle it."
"I'm back."
As soon as Minato was mentioned, he walked in with a large food box in hand.
I must say, the Flying Thunder God Technique is really convenient.
After Minato had made five trips, Hinata, who had felt full for the first time in her life, smiled happily under the watchful eyes of Kushina and the others.
After Hinata, Neji, and Naruto left, Minato began cleaning up the table and said, "It wasn't easy, Kushina. You wouldn't believe it, the owner of the XX restaurant thought we were hosting a banquet."
"Hinata's not the only one having a hard time. It's not that she lacks talent, it's just that she was so hungry she didn't have the strength. Despite that, she still learned the clan's special Double Lion Fist. Imagine if she could eat enough every day; she'd be unstoppable!"
Speaking of this, Kushina immediately became a little melancholic.
"What's wrong, Kushina?"
"It's nothing."
Kushina shook her head. She was just thinking about whether, with her and Minato's ability to earn money, they could make sure Hinata could have enough to eat every meal.
She couldn't rely on the situation here. Whether it was the Third Hokage or Jiraiya, neither of them would let her go outside the village to take on missions.
She could only accept low-level tasks that could be completed in the village.
The rewards for these tasks weren't much, so she wouldn't steal those meals from the Genin.
Minato was in the same situation.
Even though his strength was impressive, and he was the Fourth Hokage, there were just not many missions suited for him.
Moreover, those high-reward missions had long execution periods and involved the risk of failure.
If they really wanted to make sure Hinata could eat every meal, there was only one solution.
"Minato, how about you deliver takeout?"
Minato: Hmm???
Time passed quickly, and before long, a few days had passed.
During these few days, Minato and Kushina went to the Hyuga clan and met Hinata's father, who was also the head of the Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Hiashi.
The two sides had a pleasant conversation about Hinata and Naruto.
As for the details of what was said, no one knew. All they knew was that, starting from that day, Hinata would occasionally go to the Fourth Hokage's house for meals.
At the same time, a "terribly ruthless" figure appeared in the takeout industry.
This masked person directly took over half of Konoha's takeout business, it was simply terrifying.
When the Third Hokage and Jiraiya learned about Minato delivering takeout, they personally asked him about it.
At first, they thought Minato was facing some trouble and needed money, so they thought of lending him some money to help him through the rough patch.
But after asking, they found out the root cause was Hinata.
This left them at a loss for words.
I just think that Hyuga Hiashi isn't human. Even if he loves his youngest daughter so much, he shouldn't be treating his eldest daughter like that.
Hiashi: I didn't know!
In the end, after the Third Hokage and the Fifth Hokage Jiraiya personally visited, Hiashi finally found out that his eldest daughter could eat that much.
To make sure Hinata was full, the mighty Fourth Hokage of Konoha even went out to deliver takeout.
This was seriously absurd and outrageous.
For the sake of the Hyuga clan's reputation, and also for the village's image, Hiashi decided to donate a sum of money to the village every month.
He called it supporting the village's development.
In reality, it was for Hinata's food expenses.
It was under these circumstances that Minato, disguised, delivered takeout for several days, leaving behind a series of legends before retiring from the takeout business.
From then on, the masked, lightning-fast delivery hero was never seen in Konoha again.
"Very well, no wonder you're Naruto's father. Your ideas are so unique. How did you come up with using Flying Thunder God to deliver takeout?"
When Senju Tobirama, along with Senju Hashirama and the others, arrived in the Third Hokage's time and found out Minato was delivering takeout, they couldn't help but sigh.
Truly, like father, like son.
"Uh, if I say I went to deliver takeout to practice the advanced techniques of Flying Thunder God, I wonder if you'll believe me?"
"Haha, Fourth Hokage, you really are something!"
Senju Hashirama laughed heartily and patted Minato's shoulder, and the topic was dropped.
"Alright, time is limited. Let's all get back to what we're supposed to do."
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