Xu Fan turned around and looked at it, and found that the person who came was none other than Naruto Uzumaki from before.

With his eyes closed, a stick in his hand, and a shouting sound coming out of his mouth, he rushed towards this direction.

"Naruto?"

Xu Fan was surprised by this, and couldn't understand how Naruto's good and dignified person could appear here.

Isn't he enjoying ramen at Ichiraku Ramen?

Kakashi quickly recognized the comer, too.

"I'll leave it to you here." Xu Fan looked around, looked at the corpses on the ground, and threw these words directly to Kakashi, regardless of his reaction, and rushed forward quickly.

In any case, the current Naruto Uzumaki is a child, and letting him see the corpse of the root with his own eyes will have a psychological shadow on him.

Three steps and two steps, Xu Fan pulled the wooden stick in Naruto's hand, and then turned around, reversing the position of himself and Naruto's bodies in two steps, so that he could turn his back to the corpses of Kakashi and the root ninja.

However, this did not calm Naruto, he clenched his small fist and slammed the punch of the king.

Xu Fan was speechless, so he had to throw the wooden stick casually, and then clenched his hands.

With that, Naruto naturally began to struggle.

"It's me, Xu Fan."

Xu Fan took a deep breath and had no choice but to identify himself.

As soon as he heard Xu Fan's name, Naruto's struggling movements paused for a moment, and his closed eyes slowly opened.

When he saw Xu Fan really standing in front of him, his eyes suddenly became moist, and then he cried like a river bursting its embankment.

"Great......"

"Xu Fan ......"

"Woooooooooo......oo I thought ......"

Xu Fan glanced at Kakashi and noticed that he had already begun to dispose of the corpses here, hiding them in the woods for the time being.

At the same time, Kakashi also made a gesture towards Xu Fan, signaling him to stabilize Naruto's emotions.

Xu Fan nodded, slowly let go of Naruto's hands, and then half-squatted down to help little Naruto wipe his tears.

"Men don't flick when they have tears."

Xu Fan's voice was very gentle, "Why did you come here?" Is ramen bad to taste? ”

Judging by Naruto's performance, it doesn't look like his presence here is accidental.

"I ......"

Naruto sniffed and began to explain.

Xu Fan was the first friend he made and the first peer to invite himself to ramen.

Maybe he is just one of many friends to Xu Fan.

But Xu Fan is his only friend to himself.

When those root ninjas took Xu Fan away, Naruto's heart was particularly worried.

So, he ran straight out of the ramen restaurant, and then walked all the way until he saw the root ninja shooting towards Xu Fan.

Naruto had seen such a scene, and he was immediately frightened.

"I'm sorry, Xu Fan......"

Naruto cried as he apologized to Xu Fan.

When he saw those people attacking Xu Fan, his instinct was not to help immediately, but to turn around and run away.

Obviously, Xu Fan is his first friend.

But at a critical moment, he chose to run away because he was afraid.

"That's it?"

Xu Fan couldn't help but be stunned, and didn't know whether he should cry or laugh for a while.

Although those root ninjas were not his opponents, Naruto did not know.

In his eyes, he is only better than Sasuke, not a real ninja.

Even, Naruto's fear of running away was enough to prove it.

But even so, Naruto turned back.

In Xu Fan's view, this can be done not just by mustering up courage.

It is precisely because I am alone that I understand the feeling of helplessness.

Because I am isolated by others, I will be gentle with others.

"Alright, alright." The corners of Xu Fan's mouth rose, and a smile appeared that he thought was the brightest, helping Naruto wipe away his tears, "Didn't Naruto come back to save me?" ”

"But ......"

Naruto still twitched his nose and wanted to turn back, but found that Xu Fan's hand was wrapped around the back of his head, preventing him from turning back.

Looking at Xu Fan who was smiling, Naruto seemed to understand something.

"Already...... It's okay. Xu Fan said gently, "Thank you, Naruto, for not abandoning me at a critical moment, in my opinion, you are already the bravest person in this world." ”

"Thank you."

Looking at Xu Fan in front of him, Naruto's mood became even more excited.

For the first time.

This is the first time someone has said thank you.

It was also the first time that someone said that they were brave.

It is the first time that someone has praised himself like this.

Even at this moment, Naruto felt that Xu Fan was an angel who had descended on him.

No one is better than him.

However, it also made it more difficult for Naruto to suppress his emotions and cry even louder.

"Alright, alright."

Seeing this, Xu Fan had no choice but to straighten up and touch his head gently.

And Kakashi also took advantage of this opportunity and hid in the woods.

Xu Fan had no intention of urging Naruto, and let him release all the pressure he had been on.

In fact, Xu Fan knew in his heart that the reason why Naruto cried so sadly was not just because he was afraid and chose to turn around and run away.

And he has always been helpless, weak, pitiful, and lonely.

It is precisely because of this that he is so persistent in his feelings.

Treat Sasuke like this, treat Sakura like this, and treat Jirai like this.

Right now...... For yourself too.

Even Xu Fan didn't know how long Naruto had been crying, only that by the time he completely released this pressure, it was already dark, and his chest was wet.

"Xu Fan ......"

"I'm here." Xu Fan nodded, "Are you going back?" ”

Naruto didn't speak, but was silent for quite a long time, looking like he was struggling with what to choose.

Xu Fan was not in a hurry and waited patiently for Naruto.

After a long time, Naruto asked Xu Fan as if he had mustered all his courage and made up his mind.

"Can you teach me?"

"Huh?"

"I want to be stronger......" Naruto took a deep breath and clenched his hands into fists, "I want to be stronger......"

"And then become the Hokage?" Xu Fan joked that he felt that Naruto must want to become stronger, and then become the Hokage, and be recognized by the village.

Actually, Naruto is such a character.

However, Naruto's answer surprised Xu Fan a little.

"Well, I'm going to be the Hokage, and then surpass all the Hokage, and get everyone's approval, but it's ......"

Naruto took a deep breath and continued, "If I get stronger, I won't have to back down because I'm scared anymore, Xu Fan...... I want to have the strength to protect my companions......"