5Chapter 5 'Special Care for Three Generations'!!!AI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 5: 'The Third's Special Care'!!!
The next day:
After Naruto woke up, looking at his messy home, he felt like tidying up, but fearing The Third's suspicion, he could only perform a simple wash before sitting on the bed to continue thinking about what to do in the future.
Just as Naruto was at a loss, there was a knock on the door.
Naruto opened the door and saw The Third standing kindly at the entrance.
Naruto quickly recalled how he used to deal with The Third and hurriedly began to imitate his past self.
The Third still spoke those hypocritical, brainwashing words, but this time was different from before. After finishing the empty platitudes, he asked Naruto, "Was Naruto sleeping at home alone all last night?"
Naruto thought to himself, 'Here it comes! This is Hiruzen Sarutobi's main purpose for coming today.'
Naruto quickly pretended to be dejected, lowering his head and saying, "Everyone scolds me and dislikes me, so I could only sleep alone. Later, two people wearing masks came. I thought they were here to hit me too, but after looking around the house, they left."
Having heard no useful information, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Naruto directly, "Then, did you go anywhere last night?"
Naruto looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi in surprise and said, "No! It was dark, and I didn't dare go out alone, so I could only stay at home."
Hiruzen Sarutobi figured Naruto really didn't know anything, so he said to him, "I also heard from those two masked people last night that you were taken away for a little while, so I came to check. Since you're fine, I'm relieved."
Naruto blinked his innocent large eyes and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, saying, "Was I taken away last night? How come I didn't know?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a chuckle, "Maybe they saw wrong! Alright, little Naruto, take care of yourself. I'm leaving! This is your living expenses for this month."
Looking at the money Hiruzen Sarutobi placed on the table, Naruto couldn't help but curse inwardly, but he still maintained a smiling face and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Third!"
After Hiruzen Sarutobi left, Naruto's face immediately darkened. Looking at the five hundred ryo on the table, he felt disgusted.
A regular bowl of Ichiraku Ramen costs sixty ryo. The five hundred ryo on the table wasn't even enough for ten bowls, let alone what Naruto could actually buy with it given his situation in Konoha. The more Naruto thought about it, the angrier he became.
"I can't go on like this! Although there are one hundred and eight dishes in the Spirit Spring Space, they can't be brought out in the open."
After thinking it over, he decided to follow Naruto's method from the original story: going to the river to catch fish.
After leaving his home, Naruto heard many insults, slurs, and finger-pointing along the way. Suppressing his irritation, he followed his memory to the riverside, which was already at the edge of the Village.
Usually, no one came here, so it served as Naruto's secret base in the past. No one scolded him here, no one hit him, and no one looked at him with strange eyes.
Naruto looked around; he could totally build a small Wooden Hut here and live here in the future.
But thinking was one thing; implementation was very difficult. Although there were many trees here, cutting them down and making them into a Wooden Hut was not something a small child like him could do.
Naruto sighed helplessly and walked to the river, preparing to catch fish. Speaking of which, the place Naruto chose wasn't bad; the river wasn't very turbulent, so even going into the water to catch fish wouldn't be difficult.
Naruto went into the river and soon caught two fish. It had to be said that the aquatic products in this world were very abundant. Whether it was due to the influence of Chakra or because the water was unpolluted, there were many fish in the river.
The reason catching fish was difficult for Narutobefore was partly because he didn't know how and didn't understand the techniques, and partly because he was timid. After entering the water, he would be cautious, always fearing he would be swept away like a fish.
But the current Naruto had no such concerns. Not to mention he was being monitored at all times, even if he were swept away by the water, it wouldn't be a big deal.
After Naruto caught the fish and brought them ashore, he realized that the previous Naruto had never processed fish. He used to grill them directly after catching them, without removing scales or gills. It was a wonder how he even ate them.
Naruto sighed and searched around, finding a stone that could scrape off the scales. He scraped the scales off and pulled out the gills with his hands. As for the internal organs, he used a stone to smash an opening and tore it open with his hands to pull them out.
He found the tools used for starting a fire previously, built a pile of firewood, and then placed the fish to the side to roast slowly.
After the fish was roasted, Naruto took a bite. How should he put it? There was no flavor at all, only the taste of char and the fresh aroma of fish, but nothing else.
Naruto felt emotional; in his previous life, he was a business tycoon who could eat whatever he wanted. He didn't expect to fall to such a state in this life, where he didn't even dare to eat what he had.
Naruto struggled to finish one fish and then began jogging in the forest.
Along the way, Naruto had figured things out. Since he couldn't extract Chakra or learn Ninjutsuright now, he would start with Taijutsu. This way, learning Ninjutsu later would be twice as effective.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, seeing Naruto go to the river to roast fish as usual through the Telescope Technique, went about his routine work. When it was about time, he took another look at Naruto and frowned slightly when he saw him running.
However, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't think much of it and went to watch beautiful women bathing.
Naruto didn't train too hard on the first day. Once he felt a bit tired, he lay down at the spot where he had roasted the fish to rest.
After resting for a while, Naruto felt something was wrong. Since he had the Spirit Spring Space, he hadn't drunk any of the Spirit Spring water yet! Drinking it should be able to remove fatigue.
At this thought, Naruto wanted to enter the Spirit Spring Space, but considering there were people monitoring him around, he could only sigh and enter the Spirit Spring Space with his consciousness.
Using his consciousness, Naruto guided the Spirit Spring water to his mouth on the outside and took a large gulp.
It really worked; the fatigue in his body quickly vanished.
Naruto realized this method was feasible. He could definitely start with Taijutsu first. As long as he improved his physical fitness, it wouldn't be impossible to learn the Eight Gates with Guy.
Acting on his thoughts, Naruto flipped up and continued running. Improving physical fitness only required persistent willpower; it wasn't a complicated matter.
In this way, over the next few days, Narutobasically took root near the small river and rarely went home at night. Anyway, there was no difference whether he had that home or not.
The items he signed in for from the system were all just daily necessities, not of much use.
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