Naruto had a long, long dream.

The dream was his life all along, and he had never told anyone else - including three generations of grandfathers, in fact, he had remembered it since he was very young. When he couldn't speak or walk, he saw with his own eyes the nanny who was sent to take care of him curse viciously to himself, "So many people are dead, why are you still alive, youkai, give me death!" Then, she soaked him in hot water, broke his mouth and poured it down.

I still remember the pain at that time very clearly.

But even if he cried, no one would come to his aid—something he knew from the moment he realized he was being abused.

But since he could speak, the nanny had never abused him so directly, but still looked at him with hatred, always, all the time......

And then ......

When he was finally able to get out of the cramped room on his own feet, he found that the person who hated him had gone from being a nanny to an entire village.

"It's that kid......"

"Are you still alive?"

"Shhhh

"Why did Konoha raise such a strange ...... as him?"

"Say no more! Let's go, let's go! ”

……

Naruto dreamed that he was standing on a crowded street, and the whole world was colorless, and a pair of eyes of disgust or hatred or indifference surrounded him, leaving him breathless.

At that moment, he saw a pair of fiery red eyes, which were glaring at him fiercely, as if they were going to eat him alive. However, Naruto was sensitive to the fact that behind the hatred and disgust in these eyes, there seemed to be some other emotions hidden, as if they were ......

"Bastard imp! Come and see me! ”

A sudden sound resounded throughout the dream.

Naruto knew that the speaker was the master of the eyes.

"Who are you? Why do you want to see me? He asked subconsciously.

However, those eyes disappeared suddenly.

"Wait a minute—"

Naruto hurriedly chased after him, and then ......

"Don't go!" Shouting such words, Naruto rolled over from the bed and sat up. He stared blankly at his outstretched arm, and it took him a long time to figure out what was a dream and what was reality, and then his face darkened.

Although I don't know why I suddenly lost consciousness, before that, the boss uncle should have known his "true identity......

That's right, the "monster" that everyone in the village shouted and beats.

Naruto lay down and pulled up the quilt to cover his head, huddled in the quilt as an escape from the harsh reality and the warmth that was about to be lost.

He is still a child, and children have the right to escape.

However, the sad thing is that he is a child who has been taught "what reality is" by life, and he knows very well that there is no point in running away.

So, Naruto finally got out of bed, put on his own shoes, and walked out of the bedroom that he felt extremely warm and comfortable. In the process, he noticed that the clothes on his body had been changed back, which seemed to be a clear proof that he had been rejected in disgust.

As soon as Naruto walked down, he smelled an enticing scent of fish.

"Awake?" Ren Xingtou asked without looking back - all the situation in the store, as long as he wanted to know, there was nothing he didn't know, he was blowing up the small fish sent by Naruto, and fried it twice. This kind of thing is to be fried twice to be delicious, the first time to fry until seven or eight mature, and then re-fried, the more fried the more fragrant.

After scooping out the small fish in the pot with a colander, Ren Xing sprinkled some salt, cumin, and pepper on it, then turned his head and asked Naruto, "Do you eat spicy?" ”

"Huh?" Naruto, who was prepared for the worst, was directly blinded by this sentence, and was stunned for a moment before nodding, "Hmm." ”

Ren Xing only added a little bit to Naruto, considering that he was still a child, and then he poured the dried fish into a small porcelain plate and placed it on the counter in front of him.

"Here, eat while it's hot."

This is what he originally wanted to blow up to satisfy his cravings, but since Naruto is awake, let's give him a good meal first.

Naruto walked to the counter in a daze, stunned for a while, before raising his head and seriously saying to Ren Xing, "Uncle boss, my name is Naruto." He thought, just like the grandfather of the third generation, a real man should treat people with sincerity, and the boss uncle is so good to him, he can't deceive and hide him anymore.

"Oh." Ren Xing nodded, thinking to himself, what is your name, can I not know? I'll know as soon as you walk in the door. He replied, "My name is Ren Xing - of course, you neon people should have a hard time calling me by name, so keep calling me 'Uncle Boss'." ”

Naruto was stunned again, he didn't expect Ren Xing to react like this, he subconsciously said again: "I, I said my name is Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." ”

"Got it!" Ren Xing leaned down, and a light hand knife hit Naruto's head, "My memory is not so bad, you don't have to say so many times." ”

"...... you," Naruto's eyes widened, "don't you hate me?" ”

"Why should I hate a kid I just met?" Ren Xing tapped the plate on the table with a colander, "Of course, if you waste food, that's a different story." ”

Naruto hurriedly climbed onto the stool, grabbed his chopsticks and devoured them.

"Eat slowly, no one will rob you." Ren Xing casually rubbed Naruto's hedgehog hair, and put a cup of freshly squeezed watermelon juice in his hand, "Eat and drink at the same time, fried food is easy to get hot." ”

"Uh-huh."

"It's ...... now," Ren Xing looked up at the clock on the wall, "Six o'clock." "After Bai Ze left, when Naruto was asleep upstairs, the store was connected to the real world - I don't know how it worked, even if there was only one real-world guest in the store, there would be no more guests from other worlds and dimensions. And whenever the store is connected to the real world, that is, when the store is at its busiest and the business is at its best. Ren Xing was so addicted to making money that he forgot the time, he didn't expect it to be so late in the blink of an eye, in the spirit of rest, he closed the door of the store and asked Naruto, "What do you want to eat at night?" ”

"Ramen!" Naruto replied without thinking.

“…… You really like to eat ramen. ”

"Hey, hey." Naruto grabbed his hair and giggled.

"Okay, let's just ramen, anyway, there's still a soup base." Ren Xing turned around and began to get busy.

Neither he nor Naruto realized that the latter had been in the store for almost all day.

And this day, for some people in Konoha, was a nightmare day......