Naruto: If I ask you to practice gentle fist, will you drive a Gundam?

"Boss! Another bowl please!"

Naruto shouted to the owner of Ichiraku Ramen while wiping the lard soup from the corner of his mouth.

"Hi!"

The boss who was sifting noodles turned around and responded with a smile.

"Boss! I want another bowl too!"

Unlike Naruto, Neji ate very elegantly. The corners of his mouth were not stained by the lard soup at all, and because he ate slowly, there was not much sweat on his forehead.

However, no matter how elegant he is, the amount of food he consumes on this day is bound to make Neji's appetite quite large.

"Hi!"

The boss smiled even more happily.

Ichiraku, the owner of Ichiraku Ramen Shop, often sees Naruto coming to eat ramen and is very familiar with Naruto, but this is the first time he has seen Neji coming to eat ramen.

In fact, many residents of Konoha Village know about what happened to Neji's father a few years ago, and everyone has some complaints about this matter.

On the surface, Konoha's top leaders made a difficult decision to protect the village from the threat of war.

But in reality, everyone understands that the one who truly maintained peace was Hinata Hizashi, who voluntarily sacrificed his life in this incident, not some village high-ranking official, and that this diplomatic incident could have been avoided.

But most of the villagers in the village have little influence, and even if they want to make a sound, no one can hear them.

However, the eyes of the masses are sharp. Although they don't say it, everyone has a good impression of the young master of the Hyuga branch family.

"Hey! Master Neji! Is this your first time here?"

Just as Neji put the empty bowls in front of him neatly aside, a gentle and pleasant female voice was heard.

"Ah, yes!"

While replying, Neji looked in the direction of the voice and found that the other party was Ichiraku Ramen's poster girl, Ayame.

At that time, Acorus was in her youth. She was wearing a white chef's uniform, with a white headscarf tied on her long light brown hair, her neat bangs combed to one side, and her big eyes sparkling with bright and moving light.

He not only retains his identity as a chef, but also shows the youthfulness that one should have at this age.

"Haha! Then you must come here often in the future!"

At this time, Neji's noodles were brought up by Ayame. It was a large bowl of top-quality Ichiraku ramen with almost all the ingredients and toppings neatly arranged on it, which looked very tempting.

Naruto was unhappy when he saw this scene:

"It's not fair! I was the one who came here first! Humph! Boss, you are biased towards Sister Acorus!"

As Naruto spoke, he pouted his lips and narrowed his eyes, like a wronged little fox.

Seeing Naruto like this, Neji smiled and brought the top-quality ramen to Naruto beside him and said:

"Naruto, this bowl is yours."

After hearing what Neji said and seeing the top-quality Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto shouted happily:

"Really? Brother Neji!??"

As he said this, Naruto couldn't stop drooling.

He was about to pick up his chopsticks, but after thinking about it, he put them down and said in a low voice:

"Forget it, Brother Neji, you've worked hard today, so you should eat it!"

Naruto said as his hands couldn't stop touching the chopsticks, looking very wanting.

Seeing this scene, Neji laughed out loud, patted Naruto on the back and said:

"Hahaha! You kid! You're still being polite to me, right? I can eat anytime I want, just eat! Don't worry about me!"

[The Otsutsuki top-grade deluxe super-large bowl has been stored! Ten portions will be returned every day! ]

Apparently, Neji never lied.

"Wow, Neji-sama...you're so nice, you're much nicer to me than the lecherous sage!"

Speaking of the lecherous sage, Naruto turned to look at Jiraiya, only to see that Jiraiya, who was supposed to be sitting next to him, had unknowingly turned into a green frog statue, looking very playful and cute.

But Naruto, who had been teased once, was no longer surprised.

"Humph! I knew it! The lecherous immortal has run away again! But luckily I still have some..."

Naruto said as he pulled out his little frog wallet but after looking through it a few times he suddenly burst into tears.

"It's over, my little frog..."

Naruto took out the little frog wallet and showed it to Neji. Neji saw that there was a big hole inside the little frog wallet and it was empty.

"It's over. It must have been during the fight with Bunta... This is terrible..."

Just when Naruto was ready to work as a dishwasher for his boss and lose money, Neji said reliably:

"It's okay, Naruto, I'll treat you to this meal! You call me big brother every day, but I haven't given you anything yet."

As he spoke, Neji pulled out a bulging wallet from his pocket and showed it to Naruto.

"Eat with confidence! I can pay for you even if you eat all the noodles in Konoha."

Neji said as if he was joking, but Naruto didn't know that Neji was just stating a fact.

"Brother Neji! You're so nice to me! Uuuuuu!"

Naruto was so moved that he burst into tears, and finally drank three big bowls with tears in his eyes.

. . .

After eating and drinking his fill, Naruto didn't have his usual very satisfied expression and full belly, but instead looked a little worried.

"What's wrong? Naruto? Are you still thinking about the lecherous sage running away with the bill?"

Neji asked as he wiped his mouth with a tissue.

That night, he and Naruto ate a total of twenty-seven bowls of ramen, and tried all the varieties in the ramen shop twice. In addition, they had various drinks and snacks. Naruto should have been full at this time, but why did he have such an expression?

"Brother Neji..."

Naruto hesitated to speak, obviously having something on his mind.

Looking at Naruto's expression, Neji roughly guessed what he was thinking.

"Hehe, Naruto, is this about the official trials?"

Neji said it all.

A week later, the first match of the official trials was between him and Naruto. At this time, Naruto was probably worried about this matter.

"Brother Neji! How did you know?"

"Haha, because you're so easy to guess!"

Neji said as he hooked Naruto's nose with his finger.

"Oh!" Naruto covered his nose in pain and asked:

"Brother Neji! Aren't you... worried at all? I always feel like I can't use my full strength..."

In response to Naruto's question, Neji did not directly answer it, but changed the angle and said:

"Naruto, let me ask you, if the duel list is Sasuke and you, but he lets you go, what would you think?"

Naruto lowered his head and thought carefully. His worried expression gradually turned into an angry one. Finally, he said:

"He'll probably be very angry! That Sasuke guy! He's too contemptuous!"

As he spoke, he raised his hands and punched the air a few times.

"Right? The same goes for us. If either of us doesn't use our full strength, it would be disrespectful to the other."

Although Neji's voice was very calm, it had an unquestionable power.

After hearing Neji's answer, Naruto suddenly understood:

"I see! I understand! Brother Neji!"

At this moment, Naruto's eyes, which were originally covered with a layer of haze, began to shine again because he was no longer confused.

At the same time, Naruto admired the senior in front of him even more, not only because he treated him to ten bowls of ramen, but also because this senior could always point him in the right direction like a beacon.