Chapter 144: Lunchtime Bento

Yagura silently nodded. In an environment like Kirigakure, more or less, everyone would have some psychological issues.

Didn't he also have psychological problems before?

"But what does he want the corpse for?"

Rengoku didn't hide it either, "Konoha has a forbidden technique called Edo Tensei. It can summon the souls of already-dead shinobi into a human body and revive them in physical form."

"Although it's not true resurrection, they can still move around for a period of time."

Yagura was somewhat surprised, "Then what about their strength after resurrection? Can they be used for combat?"

For leaders of a village like them, the first reaction was whether it could be used for battle.

Rengoku smiled half-smilingly, "A living sacrifice is needed. The stronger the sacrifice, the stronger the person resurrected through Edo Tensei."

Yagura nodded thoughtfully.

"I got it. I'll prepare what Kisame needs."

Rengoku nodded, "How long will it take you to get there?"

Yagura knew Rengoku was talking about the matter of supporting his real body.

"I'll make some arrangements here and only bring a few people. I can arrive in three days."

"Alright, I just happen to be heading out to find someone," Rengoku was planning to follow Zabuza's retreat route to look for Haku.

Yagura thought for a moment, "Alright, come to the dock two mornings from now and go with me."

Rengoku nodded, "I'll be on time."

He opened the door and walked out.

The people of Kirigakure saw their Mizukage appear and all greeted him respectfully. Rengoku ignored them.

Tailed Beast Chakra appeared on his body, and his figure quickly disappeared.

The people of Kirigakure looked at each other, then realized there was still a Mizukage inside the house.

"Mizukage-sama, was that just now your mirror clone?"

Yagura specially came out to explain, "That's right, I sent him out to take care of something, this way is safer."

"Call Terumi Mei, Ken, Naoya, and Ao over."

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[Konoha Village]

[Ninja Academy]

Because most of the students didn't have much interaction with Naruto before, even after Naruto's identity was exposed, nothing much changed overall.

Naruto followed Uzumaki's advice and didn't force himself to make friends with people he wasn't close to.

As for Naruto's previous friends, they were still his friends now.

Nothing had changed.

But being able to see Sasuke, and also see Karin, who was from the same clan, Naruto was still very happy.

And now Naruto's mouth seemed to have been blessed or something.

He had learned how to chat.

He knew to talk about food with Choji, talk about dogs with Kiba, ask Shikamaru how to play shogi, and ask Shino where to find fireflies.

Everyone felt Naruto was like a completely different person.

But Naruto's topics were all ones they liked, so they chatted quite a lot.

The communication with his friends was like warm currents flowing into Naruto's heart.

It made Naruto happy for most of the day.

Having friends was great.

The morning classes had already ended, and some students went home to eat, while others had brought bento.

The school also had a cafeteria, where you could pay to eat.

"Sasuke, come quickly and try the little sausages I fried!"

It was Naruto's first time bringing lunch, his face full of excitement.

Sasuke was a bit uncomfortable with Naruto's enthusiasm, but when he saw Naruto put a small sausage into his bento, he still picked it up and ate it.

Although it was Naruto's first time cooking, the dish wasn't hard, and Kushina had taught him hand-in-hand.

Naruto fried the small sausages with a crispy, fragrant skin.

Sasuke couldn't help but praise, "Delicious. I didn't expect you could cook too, Naruto."

Being praised, Naruto's smile was harder to suppress than an AK.

Then he also gave one to Karin. Karin thanked him a little shyly.

Then Naruto carried his bento and went over to Kiba, Shino, and Hinata.

He gave Kiba two, and one each to Shino and Hinata.

"Kiba, Shino, Hinata, you try my fried little sausages too."

Kiba saw that Naruto had even prepared one for Akamaru. He really felt Naruto had changed.

Kiba laughed heartily and picked out a meat patty from his bento and placed it into Naruto's.

"Naruto, you're different from before."

Akamaru beside Kiba also barked twice.

Naruto smiled a little awkwardly. He really didn't know how to do these things before, couldn't afford anything, and didn't know how to cook.

Now after learning to cook, Uzumaki had taught him how to talk with friends, how to share food, and it changed him completely.

He really liked this feeling of communicating with friends.

Shino ate very plainly, so he forked two cherry tomatoes into Naruto's bento.

Hinata was a bit surprised that Naruto would come over on his own. When she saw Naruto put a small sausage into her bento, her whole face turned red.

"Thank you, Naruto, you should… try… too."

Hinata stammered the sentence, didn't even dare to look Naruto in the eye, and raised her bento.

The meaning was for Naruto to take whatever he liked.

Naruto didn't understand and scratched his head without moving. Hinata was practically steaming.

'What should I do? Does Naruto not like the food I made?'

In Naruto's mind, Uzumaki couldn't stand it anymore.

["Idiot, quickly take something from Hinata's bento!"]

Naruto snapped awake and directly took a meatball and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Mm, delicious (chew chew chew), didn't expect (chew chew chew) this was made by you, Hinata (chew chew chew)."

Naruto praised while eating. He had no choice, Uzumaki had just scolded him in his mind.

Hinata's face was shyly red, but her expression was filled with joy, "Mm, mm, I made it…"

"Then next time, let's exchange bentos, okay?", Naruto came like a gust of wind, and left the same way. After leaving this line, he went back to his own seat.

Although Naruto had left her seat, Hinata's face remained red, and her heartbeat continued to race.

It took a long time before she started eating.

Naruto turned back and arrived at his own seat.

Seeing he had already given away all his little sausages, he was somewhat glad that Shikamaru and Choji weren't around.

Otherwise, it really would've been hard to divide.

'Uzumaki, should I make a bit more next time?'

Feeling Naruto's happiness, Uzumaki laughed and said:

["No need, just make sure to include Shikamaru and Choji next time."]

["Friends don't care that much about those things."]

["But, you can leave a portion for Hinata."]

Naruto was a bit confused, "Eh? Why?"

Of course Uzumaki wouldn't tell Naruto that this was the only girl in class whose eyes had always been on him.

["Don't ask why, just do it."]

'Oh, got it!'

He was very satisfied with his current happy life and completely trusted Uzumaki's words.

While Naruto was eating his bento, he saw Sasuke reject two girls with blond and pink hair who wanted to exchange bentos.

"Sorry, I don't eat bento from outsiders," Sasuke's expression was still cold. He was a bit heartless to those two girls who always hovered around him.

But there was no other way, no matter what, they always wanted to stick close to Sasuke.

If he didn't push them away, they'd just stick to him even more.

Sure enough, after Sasuke said that, the two girls looked at Karin with dissatisfaction first, then left angrily.

After communicating with Rengoku, Karin wasn't angry at all. On the contrary, she smiled at Sasuke.

Sasuke could only roll his eyes helplessly, then buried his head and ate.

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