Chapter 40: Miscellaneous Stories
"Whew!"
The sharp kunai draws a precise straight line and pierces the body of the snow rabbit that is out foraging, and the blood that flows out will dye the snow-white hair a bright red.
Naruto walked over to put away the rare meat, and sighed as he looked at the snow rabbit, which had lost its life.
According to Bai's temperament, I thought that the hunting work would be taken over by Bai, but I didn't see him mention it for a long time. Although it is impossible to explain one's behavior to oneself with the limited energy of human beings, it is impossible to ignore the deeper reasons.
Bai is really too gentle, even as a carnivorous animal, he can't kill it, this mentality has gone far beyond the boundaries of gentleness and is more like a pathology, the heart disease that has been suffering since that day.
How can Shiro, who can't be a killer, protect his life in the future waves of enemy attacks, thinking of this question, Naruto sighed again.
Time flies, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, it is now the end of winter and the beginning of spring, it has been more than a month since Naruto and Shiro met, but the winter in the land of water is generally longer, and the budding of spring is not yet obvious.
In order to save time and get into less trouble, Naruto chose the closest straight route for the two of them, and apart from the necessary supplies, they almost always walked through the mountains and forests. Fortunately, Naruto's experience in marching in the field is quite rich, his medical skills are also good, and with the cold protection measures in place, Shira's body is much better than the original along the way.
It is worth mentioning that Bai's talent is really high, and he is even more diligent, and he has been able to refine and manipulate the chakra freely in less than a month, which can be regarded as the first step in cultivation.
Naruto, the cultivator of ninjutsu, doesn't plan to let him come into contact with it for the time being, one is that there are still very few chakras that can be refined now, and the other is that he also wants him to lay a solid foundation here.
Carrying the blood-stained white rabbit back to the camp, he couldn't bear to look away. Naruto skinned and disemboweled the snow rabbit he had hunted, and tonight's stomach had to be dealt with by this rabbit.
"I'm sorry, I'm bothering the young lord again. ”
Shiro, who was turning the firewood, said apologetic words, and his low tone revealed the owner's frustration.
"It's okay, don't worry too much, you're helping me a lot more than that. ”
Because it is telling the truth, there is no hint of hypocrisy.
At the beginning of the journey, all the camping matters were handled by Naruto himself, and the inexperienced Shiro could only work on the sidelines, although it was a little tiring, but it made Naruto feel inexplicably satisfied.
But the good times didn't last long, and the smart Bai soon learned all of Naruto's skills from daily observations, and gradually expanded his field from the very beginning, until now he has taken care of all the matters, and said: In order to better exercise himself, please don't interfere with the young master, and finally come over to be responsible for the inspection.
It soon turned out that Naruto was not destined to become someone else's master, and every step and everything was mastered by Shiro in a short period of time, and in his hands it was cut and optimized, and now Naruto has been reduced to the point where he can only work for Shiro.
But only hunting with his own hands is one thing, and Shiro can't do it.
"It's okay, just take your time. ”
Neatly process the snow rabbit in his hand into rabbit meat to be cooked, hand them to Shiro's hand, and soothe the lost Bai through the eyes that touch.
"Thank you, young master. ”
No amount of words can express the gratitude in my heart, once again bury the words of gratitude in my heart, and wait until one day, I will double these treasured gratitude to the beloved young master.
"Young Master, where should we go next?"
After lunch, Shiro, who had deviated from the original route for some reason, asked his young master.
The reason for the two to deviate from the established course was very cruel and realistic, Naruto didn't have enough money.
After being knocked out by the owner of the black shop that day, Naruto's money was gone, and he left in a hurry, leaving all his savings after refilling his equipment in the next village. Even if most of the routes are mountainous and woodland, it is impossible to find food in this vast winter, so the supply of dry food has become inevitable. And since supplies are needed, the supply of food will naturally incur costs, so the consumption of money is inevitable.
No money!
Of course, no one will want a child who looks like a three-year-old and a six-year-old girl looking for a job, coupled with the current chaotic situation in China, the economic depression, and it is difficult for ordinary people to ask for food and clothing.
Therefore, Naruto chose a way that would be better to find money in this situation - bounty hunters.
Of course, not everyone can become a bounty hunter, so Naruto, who went to register for the first time, encountered a lot of things.
That was half a month ago.
Naruto, whose purse was already empty, began to worry about the journey ahead, and although Shiro, who followed behind, couldn't see the frowning brow of the young master in front of him, he also felt that the young master seemed to be distressed about what he was.
"What's the matter, Young Master?"
Bai, who didn't answer the question, even if he told him, was just one more person to worry about. Naruto told Shiro to rent a room at the hotel in front of him first, while he continued to walk around.
Since the young master avoided talking about it, although Bai had doubts in his heart, he didn't mention it anymore.
I searched several shops with job postings on the outside, but they were all kicked out as wandering children begging for food.
Even if you accept it, it won't help much, and you have to pay for the food - these are the words of one of the good-tempered bosses.
Naruto, who was hopeless in his search for work, had no choice but to look for another way.
When recalling the other Hokage that he had seen in the past, a samurai with a sword happened to pass in front of Naruto, which reminded Naruto of a dangerous but high-income profession that was common in another world—bounty hunter.
The bounties marked by those underground unions can make characters like Kakuto feel excited, so maybe you can also make a little money through these underground unions?
With this in mind, Naruto began to search for those dark corners and alleys, but half a day of hard work was in return.
It seems that if you want to find these underground unions, you still need to be led by familiar people.
It was almost noon, and it was estimated that if he didn't go again, Shiro would be in a hurry, so Naruto had to give up the idea of looking for a union and return to the hotel and Hakuro that he had passed before.
After lunch, after secretly taking out the remaining change with Shiro on his back and leaving the cost of this supply on the table, Naruto explained to Shiro what he was going to buy and walked out of the hotel again.
In Naruto's understanding, if there were people who were most familiar with the streets of a village or town, it was certainly not the government or the long-lived residents, but the thugs who spent their days in the streets. As a gangster at the bottom, he may not be able to touch the big things above, but he must know by heart where to go and where he can't, where his power is, and where he can lead, so that he can quickly escape the scene after committing the crime, and he will not go to the place where he should not go. Therefore, if you want to find those unions that are hidden and in the dark, I am afraid you have to ask them first.
With this mentality, Naruto reached out to stop a group of people who were obviously not serious people amid the surprised gazes around him and the swift departure of his steps.
"What's the matter, this little ghost, is your brain abnormal?" the man in red pointed to the child in front of him who stopped him and the others and let out his own ridicule, winning the echo and approval of the rest of his companions.
Needless to say, he took out his wallet from his bosom and deliberately shook it up and down twice, and the pleasant sound of the silver coin crashing made the eyes of this gang of bad people instantly shine.
Seeing that the fish had been hooked, Naruto turned around and ran towards a laneway he had chosen earlier, and the few people who were dazed didn't think much about it at all, and chased after the money bag that had escaped in front of him with a shout.
"Don't run, little ghost, hand over the money obediently!"
"Don't run, stop me!"
A group of people chased into the alleyway and disappeared from the sight of the crowd. Five minutes later, Naruto walked out of the alleyway with his wallet, which was a little thicker than before, and walked towards a bar in the business district.
On the edge of the market, a bar in disrepair is operating miserably, the tattered shutter door is shaken by the wind and seems to be about to lose its hanging strength and fall down at any moment, because of the height of the number of people in it is not clear, but if you don't have a mistake in sensing, there should be only 5 people in it plus the boss.
As if curious as to why the door of the entrance opened by itself, the boss who wiped the wine glass raised his head, only to find that B was pushed open by a little ghost, and the stinky little ghost still pretended to sit on the high chair in front of the stage and said, "Boss, bring me a glass of milk." ”
A rough laugh came from the mouth of the man sitting on the left, and the rest of the drinkers also shook their shoulders, secretly patient, if it weren't for the fear that the boss would not be able to hang his face, I am afraid that they would laugh out loud like that man.
The boss, who felt that he was being teased, pressed his eyebrows and shouted in the best tone he could say: "Get out, little brat, I want to drink milk and buy it at the supermarket, there is no milk!"
If it weren't for the fact that the other party was still a hairy little ghost, he would definitely have to teach him a good lesson, and the boss, who was complacent about his good qualities, coaxed Naruto out directly, who didn't have time to say anything, and made Naruto, who didn't understand what he had done wrong, feel confused.
After thinking about it for a long time, it occurred to me that running to the bar to order wine seems a bit unruly, although I don't know if the boss will buy wine for children, but at least this time I won't coax myself out directly.
Not surprisingly, Naruto was blasted out by his boss again.
Naruto, who was blocked at the first step, simply sat down in front of the store and thought about the reason for his failure.
"Ah, it's still there, little ghost. Haha, if you want to come here, let's wait until your hair grows. ”
The half-drunk guest pushed open the door and was surprised to find Naruto still sitting outside the door, and the funny guest dropped two taunts at Naruto and staggered into the distance.
Naruto, who finally realized what was wrong, came to his senses, changed his body, and walked back to the bar.