Chap.2 The most suitable fruit

—When you pointed out that the fruit had no weaknesses, I thought it was limited to sea stone and sea water. He did not expect that the bad taste will also be fixed! He exclaimed in surprise as he continued to eat the devil fruit with relish.

[Ding! The host has obtained the abilities of the Devil Fruit.]

[Kuku Kuku no mi: A Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to transform any material into food. Because the fruit has no weaknesses, the food it generates tastes delicious and superior to any of its peers.]

"Wait, isn't that the ability Streusen had from the Big MOM pirates?"

Tony was excited about the ability he got. He not only should never worry about not having food, but he even he could dedicate himself to selling his food at zero cost. One didn't have to despise this ability, Tony remembered Streusen turning the Whole Cake Chateau into a fluffy meringue pie when it fell apart.

[Ding! The host has met the System activation conditions.]

[The Gourmet Ninja System has been activated.]

"Ninjas?" —Tony looked at the translucent window in front of him confused— There are too many worlds that ninjas use, Naruto being the one that most familiar to me. Maybe... System, show me my status.

[Condition]

Name: Gluttony, nicknamed Tony.

Current world: Naruto.

Ability: Kuku Kuku no mi devil fruit (no weakness).

Weapons: None.

Traits: Unawakened.

Summon Contract: None.

Description: A seemingly ordinary boy with the mysterious ability to transform things into food.

"I see, so I'm really in Naruto's world," Tony reflects. "Now the big questions are: where and when am I?" Before the Nine Tails attack? After Kaguya? Damn I hope it's not Boruto's timeline, I refused to watch that sad attempt to extend the series. And I don't remember much about Naruto either...

He tried to organize the memories, but due to the stuffiness of the series, he would sometimes skip several chapters to avoid them. If he could visit Konoha, he could get his bearings.

-Certain! System, what are your functions?

[The System will act as an assistant to the host most of the time. It will also issue optional quests, you can help to get more food and related skills.]

—Fortunately the missions are optional —Tony was relieved to know that— Do you know where or at what point in Naruto we are?

[No idea.]

"Okay, let's go by steps then. Since food won't be a problem, let's take it easy. Let's start by seeing what I can do.

He remembered that Streusen used a short sword to use his power, so the first test was whether he could turn things into food with his bare hands. He picked up a branch from the ground and thought about changing it. The branch softened and slowly turned red until it became strawberry licorice.

"Not bad for the first try," Tony nodded. "The transformation is a bit slow, but I'm sure it will get faster the more you practice and develop the skill." Although, I wonder what kind of power the fruit will have when it awakens. Will I indiscriminately turn everything around me into food? Perhaps living beings in food?

He took a bite and froze, how could it be so delicious?

"I'm going to have to be careful with my own power, otherwise I'll end up becoming a Gusteau version of Ratatouille.

He chose a random direction and started walking hoping to find a path that would lead him to a town or city.

"I must be careful that no one discovers my ability, at least for now. Seeing the paranoia and greed in this world, they might believe that he is a Kekkei Tota. Or was it a Kekei Mora? I do not remember.

He ate as he went along and after a while, he noticed that something was strange.

"System, why do I feel so good, but I'm not full yet?"

[The food that the host has transformed has the ability to speed up chakra recovery and physical stamina. As for why you don't feel full, it's a surprise.]

"Another surprise, I see." He remembered that in the status tab, he had a section that said he had unawakened traits. "So, devil fruit power aside, I do have something like a bloodline." Interesting. I wonder what it could be?

As he continued to walk into the unknown, he began to think what he would do in this world. To begin with, he calculated that the age of his current body was about nine years old and he had no money, meaning anyone who saw him could take him for an orphan and that gave him a chance to be adopted by one of the five big hidden villages. . But that was both a danger and an opportunity.

He could rule out Sand Village, because from the scenery around it, it was clearly not on his land. It was also one of his last options. he remembered that it was a village with few resources and whose daimyo had a dislike for his Kage. If they discovered his ability, they could lock him up as a strategic resource.

The Rock village didn't seem to be a good option either, he didn't remember much about it, except that his Kage and his ninjas were stubborn as mules and seem to look for any excuse to get into fistfights. He didn't know if it could be a good place to live.

The Cloud Village gave him a better impression than the previous two. Granted, the Kage was a muscle man who liked to go shirtless and based on the timeline, perhaps he would need to put up with the acoustic onslaught that is Bee's rap. Wait, wasn't this village the one that had a habit of kidnapping ninjas with special abilities? He vaguely remembered something about it with Kushina and Hinata. Okay, ruled out.

The village of the Mist…rather not. Between the period of bloody mist, his Kage manipulated by Obito and the slaughter of the clans. Tony was pretty sure there must not be too much food culture in that place.

That leaves you with the Leaf village. On the bright side, he knows a lot of characters and knows things that are going to happen, so he can prepare a bit. On the bad side, they have Danzo and his lover, the Third Hokage. Not to mention the corrupt council duo. It could be said that it is the village that has the worst and most inept chiefs of the five villages and is only sustained by the accumulation of its predecessors. A good example of this is what happens to the Senju. Fortunately, Orochimaru remedy that later, if only partially.

It seems that the only options for him are the Rock or the Leaf.

"System, if a sensor ninja tries to read my memories, will he find out about you?"

[No, you will be shown false memories where it is reflected that the host is the only survivor of a small destroyed town, the kind that no one cares about.]

"Let's find out the timeline first and then decide then," he concluded.

If he was in Boruto's time, he would go live in the Rock village without a second's hesitation. If instead he was still in Naruto's time, the Blade might be his best option. He just needed to find a yellow-haired idiot in bright orange clothes. Geez, now that he mentions it, there was nothing less ninja and understated than that.

"Wait a second, do I have to go through puberty again?!