Chapter 15 Why Are You so Nice to Me?

"I'm back."

The door of the single apartment was opened, and Uzumaki Naruto's daily routine call came.

Because there are always one or two days every month, there will be an old man waiting for him in the house and responding kindly. That is also the happiest time for him.

However, today Naruto's voice is very different from usual excitement and enthusiasm, as if he hopes that this "home" where he has lived for several years can also welcome the rare guests with the same mood.

"Please come in."

After entering the door, Naruto gently pulled Yiyong's sleeve.

A yellow wall full of traces of time came into the latter's eyes.

He looked around and found that Naruto's home was very simply decorated.

A small bed, a wardrobe, and a low coffee table are distributed at one end of the room, next to the huge glass window.

At the other end of the room is the extremely simple "kitchen": cabinets, sinks, dining tables, kettles and refrigerators, there is not even a stove, and it is impossible to make too complicated food.

Finally, after taking a look at the cup noodles with chopsticks still stuck in them on the table, Yiyong roughly figured out the reason for Naruto's malnutrition.

"Oops! I forgot to clean it up this morning!"

Naruto caught Yiyong's gaze and hurriedly climbed onto the stool awkwardly to put away the cup noodles he had eaten.

But because he was too anxious, his body actually fell to the side with the chair, making a strange cry.

He was actually used to falling on the ground at home, but he just didn't want to embarrass himself in front of his new peers.

However, this time, Yiyong's body appeared beside him in time, holding the chair that was about to fall with one hand, but the cup of noodles fell to the ground.

To Yiyong's surprise, the cup of noodles was already empty, and there was no remaining soup spilled.

Naruto actually drank up the soup that had little nutritional value.

"Eh?"

Naruto opened his eyes wide, as if he had not recovered from what happened just now, "You are so fast."

The distance from the door to the dining table is two or three meters, and Giyuu reached it in an instant, which made Naruto very curious, "Are you a student of the Ninja School?"

"I'm just in good health."

Giyuu directly helped Naruto down like a toy, put him steadily on the ground, and then said seriously: "If you eat well, you can do it."

"But I eat well."

Naruto counted on his fingers, "In addition to instant noodles, I drink a box of milk every day. If it's Sunday, I drink two boxes."

Then he grinned and emphasized: "Except for occasional diarrhea, I have never had any other diseases. Grandpa said that my body is naturally better than most people."

[There is nothing wrong with being in good health, but...]

"Diarrhea?"

Giyuu's eyes swept across Naruto Uzumaki's body, focusing on Naruto's abdomen.

The transparent world once again found a ball of red energy stagnant there.

Last time, Giyuu didn't know that it was also a kind of chakra, but after careful observation this time, he found that this dark red chakra seemed to be restricted, as if it was locked in Naruto's body, but it was not the real reason for the latter's diarrhea.

It has limited interference with Naruto's body, and it can even help Naruto recover from his injuries...

[Go deeper. ]

Giyuu took a deep breath and focused all his attention on the operation of [Transparent World], trying to pass through the chakra that was in the way and carefully observe the condition of Naruto's internal organs.

A pair of orange-red eyes in Naruto's body suddenly opened, and he took a step back vigilantly, and then he was annoyed by his shrinking.

"You didn't use any chakra-related means, but you almost saw me?"

Kyuubi frowned and muttered: "Didn't I hear from that kid that his last name is Uchiha? What's going on..."

But thanks to its sudden retreat, the dark red chakra in Giyuu's vision suddenly shrank in space, allowing him to finally successfully see through Naruto's digestive system.

He could see that Naruto's beneficial intestinal bacteria were being attacked by foreign harmful substances, but the former could rapidly multiply and fight back based on Naruto's physique.

The two fought back and forth, as if they had turned his entire digestive system into a battlefield.

However, it was just a minor fight at the moment. When Naruto rested, this "battlefield" would become completely lively, and diarrhea would naturally occur.

"You usually feel uncomfortable in your stomach, often making noises, and a little bloated, right?"

Giyong asked.

"Hey!"

Naruto was a little scared by his eyes that saw through everything, but was amazed at the other party's words, "How do you know?"

Giyong continued, "You often get up in the middle of the night because of diarrhea."

Naruto nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, with the words "You are awesome" written in his eyes, "That's right! Are you the same as me?"

"No, it's because there is something wrong with the food you eat that you have diarrhea."

Giyong opened the refrigerator door, took out the milk, glanced at the production date on it, and then put it on the cabinet next to him.

Then he checked each box one by one and took out all the milk in the refrigerator.

"These milks have been expired for more than two months."

He pointed to the numbers on the milk boxes and explained to Naruto: "If milk is left for too long, many harmful things will appear in it, such as bacteria."

"But when I drank it, I felt that the taste was normal?"

Naruto scratched his head and expressed his confusion, "And what are bacteria? Are they very bad things? Why do they give me diarrhea?"

Giyong thought for a while.

He didn't understand these new terms at first, but when he looked up what "genes" were before, he had some superficial understanding of things like bacteria.

But how to explain it to Naruto so that he can understand it?

He couldn't help but think of the metaphor used by Kokoro Shinobu to explain the injuries when she treated Tanjiro and others.

After all, the boy with the pig head mask couldn't understand anything with slightly complex words, unless the metaphor you used was very vivid...

[If it was Kokoro Shinobu or Itachi, how would they explain it? 】

Giyong looked over the window and saw the Konoha Village covered with snow, and suddenly had an idea.

He pointed at Naruto's stomach and slowly said:

"If your body is compared to Konoha Village, then the bacteria in expired milk are like ninjas from the enemy country."

Seeing Naruto's eyes suddenly emit a bright light, Yiyong knew that he had finally found some ways to coax children.

"If the enemy ninjas are too strong and Konoha's ninjas are too weak, then Konoha will be destroyed, and your body will fall ill directly like most people.

"But if the two are evenly matched, they will fight endlessly in the village. Although Konoha was not destroyed, the buildings were destroyed, everyone's life would be disrupted, and the original functions of the village would no longer exist. Just like when you have diarrhea, everything else is done differently. "

"Oh-"

Naruto suddenly realized, "I understand."

Yiyong shook the expired milk in his hand, "In other words, it is because you have a good physique that you did not fall ill directly because of the bacteria in it. But if the bacteria continue to fight in your body, your body will become weaker and weaker sooner or later.

"So, when you buy milk in the future, you should look at the date on the back first. As for these, throw them all away as soon as possible."

Yiyong took a breath, and he felt that he had said everything for a month.

[This village let him live alone, but no one taught him this? ]

But the next second, Naruto's hair drooped down as if it was pressed by a heavy object.

"But, I... I can't buy milk that is not expired."

"Why?" Yiyong was confused.

"People in the village said that I was a monster,"

Naruto's voice suddenly choked up here.

He took the milk carton from Yiyong's hand and turned it over and over in his hand, without raising his head and said: "So they don't want to sell it to me. The food at home is either given to me by my grandfather or picked up from outside. I obviously drank them as soon as possible."

Naruto looked at the milk carton without disgust, but rather cherishing it, not knowing what to do with it.

Occasionally, he felt that there was nothing wrong with the abandoned food and the despised people. At least he wouldn't get sick directly like other people after eating it, right?

"Monster?" Yiyong repeated.

"Yeah."

Naruto turned around and looked for something in the refrigerator in a serious manner. "Some people in the village say I am a demon fox or something. I don't understand why, but everyone seems to think so."

As he said this, he took out a box of cookies from the depths of the refrigerator.

At the moment he turned around, Naruto's originally depressed facial features suddenly flew up and became excited: "This is the snack that the old man gave me when he came last time. Let's eat this! The things he gave will definitely not expire."

Obviously, in order to change the subject, Uzumaki Naruto has used his most "proud" survival skill - forcing a smile.

Every time the old man asked him how he was doing, he would do this, and the old man would be diverted and no longer entangled with those topics that made him uncomfortable.

However, Yiyong is a very serious person.

He remembered the word "demon fox". Naruto said the same thing when they met last time.

Giyuu pointed at his cheeks and asked, "Is it because of the beard that people say that?"

"Maybe."

Naruto tore open the biscuit package and put it on the table, then turned to boil water, trying to avoid looking at Giyuu, "I have tried to cut them off, but they will grow back the next day."

The Nine-Tailed Fox in the depths turned over proudly.

"I just don't know what the relationship is between me and the demon fox. Do we look alike?"

"I have seen the demon fox."

Giyuu suddenly said this.

Not to mention Uzumaki Naruto who was close at hand, Hatake Kakashi outside the window was stunned.

[During the Nine-Tailed Fox Rebellion, he should have been less than three months old, right? 】

Seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't sit still anymore, and split a shadow clone on the spot, picked out two gifts from his subordinates and walked out.

And the conversation in the room continued.

Naruto turned around suddenly, his face full of surprise: "Is it true?"

"Yeah." Yiyong looked at Naruto's face carefully, "You don't look alike at all. That demon fox is very big and looks a bit like a dog and a wolf. It's fierce. But its hair is red and its eyes are also red, which is completely different from you."

"Damn brat!"

Hearing that he was said to look like a dog and a wolf, the Nine-Tailed Fox was furious!

"When I am free, the first thing I will do is trample you into shit!"

But no matter how furious it was, it couldn't break free from the fence in front of it, and could only bark helplessly.

"Did it, did it do something?"

Naruto showed an expression he only had when listening to ghost stories, "Why do people in the village fear and hate it when it comes to it?"

"One night five years ago, the demon fox almost destroyed half of the village."

Giyuu continued to say to Naruto: "It is taller than the largest building in Konoha, and the people in the village should be afraid of him."

It was precisely because he had seen with his own eyes that the monster was far more terrifying than Muzan Kibutsuji, that Giyuu began to practice breathing techniques again, so as not to be unable to protect Sasuke and Itachi when similar things appeared again in the future.

Then, Yiyong added: "In short, no matter what, that demon fox has nothing to do with you.

"Although I still don't understand why they are unwilling to sell things to you, there is nothing you can do if you want to buy something that has not expired."

"Do you have any ideas?"

Naruto's eyes widened with desire.

"You can go with your mask on."

Giyuu pointed at the disaster-repelling fox mask placed by Naruto's pillow, which was the one he gave to Naruto last time, "That thing is completely useless if you don't take it with you."

As the name suggests, the disaster relief mask is supposed to have the effect of a talisman.

"But, that was the gift you gave me."

Naruto hesitated, "I don't want to get it dirty or broken."

“I make new ones every year.”

Yiyong said, "If this doesn't work, I can help you notify a few shops that hire genin to deliver food. They will deliver fresh food to your door regularly every day. In this way, you don't have to meet with the merchants."

As he said that, he glanced at Naruto's bulging pants pockets: "I just want to charge you an extra delivery fee."

[But at least it’s better than eating expired food. 】

The money in the family was not earned by Giyuu, and he had no right to use it on others. The money could only be paid by Naruto himself. After all, he will still have to live alone in the future.

"Is this really okay?"

Naruto jumped up happily, and then said in a low voice, "But, I can't cook by myself, so I'd better just buy cup noodles and milk."

"I still have a recipe at home. I have cooked all the dishes on it and memorized the contents."

What Giyuu said was that the "Minato-sensei's Secret Recipe" that Kakashi gave him before was copied by a tribesman named Uchiha Obito.

It is said that the word "Minato" refers to the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.

Giyuu had seen Namikaze Minato's face on Hokage Rock and in books.

To be honest, he and Naruto looked quite similar, which was why Giyuu could immediately recall the recipe.

"Next time I come, I will bring you that recipe and teach you how to make a few simple dishes."

Yiyong paused, "This way you won't have diarrhea in the future."

Kakashi outside the window suddenly pressed the mask on his face to prevent himself from making any noise that might attract attention.

He did not expect that Minato-sensei's (and Obito's) relics would return to his children in this way.

The fate and fate of time are really an ingenious thing.

"Well, I can ask..."

Naruto froze on the spot, looking at Giyu blankly, his eyes full of excitement and gratitude, but there was still a trace of doubt, "Why are you so nice to me?"

[Obviously, this is only the second time we meet. 】

Yiyong, however, plans to solve his food problem once and for all.

Kakashi held his breath completely, and Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was in front of the crystal ball, also lay down next to the crystal ball, wanting to listen carefully to Giyuu's answer.

Yiyong's expression remained normal, and he was about to speak——

There was a knock on Naruto's door, and an old voice came from outside.

"Is Naruto at home? I'm here to see you. Come and open the door for grandpa quickly."

In the Hokage's office, the veins on Sarutobi Hiruzen's real body's forehead popped out, and he almost crushed the crystal ball.