Following.

Konoha Village.

Inside the Ichiraku ramen shop.

A teenager sits in a ramen shop and snores and drinks heartily.

A young man with glasses sat next to him, picked up the ramen with his chopsticks, took a serious bite into his mouth, and even wiped the stains on the corner of his mouth with a tissue after taking a bite.

This way of eating is undoubtedly much more than the boy next to him, and it will inevitably make the people around him feel that the boy who eats noodles is a little rude.

"Well... It's so gentle! ”

A girl looked at Sven Youth's eyes full of stars.

The manager of Ichiraku Ramen is a middle-aged man, and in Konoha Village, he is called Uncle Hand or Hand Boss, and the girl who is talking is his only daughter, Calamus.

Hand Da seemed to feel a little rude, and gently patted the girl who spoke: "Calamus, don't stare at the guests like this, disturb the guests to eat ramen..."

"I know!"

Xiao Irisa pursed her mouth dissatisfied, and secretly looked at the young man who was eating a little rudely: "Obviously he looks good, why do you gobble it up when you eat?" ”

"Because your ramen is delicious!"

The boy praised with some sincerity: "I feel that I have the strength to finish eating a bowl of ramen, although it should be because I didn't eat breakfast!" ”

"Uh... Thanks for the compliment. ”

The hand-hit boss can only thank the guests for their compliments as always.

"I've never seen you before!"

Little Calamus was a little curious about this boy of the same age as herself: "Are you a ninja from another village?" Do you want to come to Konoha to take the shinobi exam? ”

"I'm the Shadow Ninja of the village."

The boy spoke openly about his identity.

The young man seemed to be afraid that Xiao Calamus wouldn't understand, so he seriously popularized science to her: "Shadow, do you understand the shadow?" It's the darkest department in the village! The kind of darkness that appeared in someone else's house in the middle of the night and killed everyone there! ”

“……”

Little Calamus's eyes widened.

“……”

The hand-hit boss tried his best to open his eyes, a little surprised that he had never heard such a strange statement in the shadows after many years in Konoha ...

The hand-beaten boss vaguely felt that something was not quite right.

At this time, a white-haired Shadow Ninja came over with his teammates and corrected: "Hey, don't slander the reputation of the Shadow Department here, Akihara Kagura, I remember that this little guy of yours is not a ninja of the Shadow Department, right?" ”

"Huh? Am I not a ninja of the shadows? ”

The young Akihara Kagura raised his head in some surprise, and seeing that the person who came was a familiar person, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and chuckled: "Kakashi-senpai, do you mean that the Shadow Training Class is not within the Shadow Division's battle sequence?" ”

“……”

Kakashi was silent and unable to answer.

Although everyone thinks that Root is not an official Shadow Ninja, the official name of Root is the Shadow Training Class, and theoretically Root Ninja is indeed included in the Shadow Sector.

This little guy...

Seems to have become more polite than last time?

At least I'm willing to call myself a senior...

"It's been a long time!"

The young Akihara Kagura greeted Kakashi enthusiastically, and his eyes moved to Tenzo next to him: "Oh, traitor, you're here, long time no see, don't worry, Danzo-sama won't let me kill people in the village, you're safe." ”

“……”

Kakashi Hachiki retracted what he had just said.

“……”

Tenzo hesitated a little and didn't know whether to say hello or not.

"Whew... Whe..."

Yakushidou was still sitting at the table, eating ramen gently.

"Aren't you supposed to take the Shinobi exam today?"

Kakashi Hachiki walked over and asked curiously, "Do you still have time to eat ramen here?" The first written exam should be about to start, right? ”

"It's okay."

Akihara Kagura shook her head indifferently and said, "What does it matter if you enter early and enter late?" I don't know anything on the test paper anyway. ”

“……”

Everyone present was silent.

That's why you're so embarrassed to say it!

"That's... The Zhongnin Exam..."

Tianzo stood next to him and hesitated for a moment, but still reminded him: "If you are late, it seems that you will be judged to be disqualified from the exam..."

"Oh."

Akihara Kagura nodded knowingly, looked at Yakushi Dou next to him, and his expression was still calm: "Dou, didn't you hear what others said?" Didn't you have breakfast? Haven't you ever eaten ramen? Didn't you bring the money to check out? ”

"Character... It's a bit bad! ”

Xiao Calamus couldn't help but complain, and when she saw the young man's eyes slowly moving over, she was so frightened that she hurriedly bowed her head and apologized: "I'm sorry!" ”

"It's okay."

Akihara Kagura shook his head and pointed to the empty bowl on his desk: "So, as a sincere apology, can you give me a free order today?" Otherwise, in order to catch the exam, I may have to pay on credit first, and the bill will be sent to the dark part for me..."

“……”

Little Calamus was dumbfounded.

"I'll pay for it."

Three voices rang out at the same time.

One of the voices sounded a little helpless, one sounded a little restrained, and the last one sounded a little unsettling.

Kakashi's palm reached into his pocket, and he glanced in surprise at Tenzo, who was also taking out his wallet, and then at Yakushi's pocket, who was paying.

"It seems that your popularity is not bad..."

Xiao Calamus took the money and praised the young man rarely.

"Perhaps."

The young Akihara Kagura seemed to be a little complacent: "Actually, the people these three people want to help me pay are the people I want to kill..."

“……”

Everyone present was silent.

This little ghost's mouth is really offended!

"Hurry up and take the exam!"

Kakashi Hachiki frowned.

If it weren't for the precedent of Tenzo before, Kakashi wanted to pull Akihara Kagura out of the hellish place like the root organization, and he didn't want to pay attention to such arrogant imps.

"Let's go."

Akihara Kagura beckoned to Yakushi, and then glanced at Kakashi and Tenzo: "Tsk, it's a pity, the two of you paid a step late, and if you want to do something and invite someone to dinner in the future, it's better to pay the bill a little faster than others..."

“……”

Kakashi Hachiki and Amazo looked at each other suspiciously.

This moment...

They didn't know what this imp meant.

However, Yakushidou, the one who paid first, soon sensed the benefits of paying first when inviting Akihara Kagura to dinner.

"Dou, I will still kill you and Dean Nonoyu, the pharmacist."

"But for the sake of you treating me to a bowl of ramen today, I can tell you a pretty useful piece of news first..."

Akihara Kagura's gaze shifted to Yakushidou, who looked calm, and continued slowly, "You're going to sneak into the Iwakuin Village, and Dean Yakushi Nonoyu is also there..."