Chapter 28: Chance Encounter
"Guy-sensei, I'll take Lee to the hospital first. Let's chat properly next time we meet."
He didn't blame Naruto for injuring Rock Lee. In his view, getting hurt in a serious fight was normal, and Guy could tell that Naruto had held back earlier.
Naruto nodded and bid farewell to Might Guy.
He mounted the pitiful-looking white wolf and continued heading toward the river to fish.
Guy carried the injured Rock Lee on his back, with Neji and Tenten following behind.
Rock Lee's hairstyle and green spandex suit were exactly the same as Guy's. At this moment, the two looked more like father and son than teacher and student.
On the way back to Konoha Hospital, Rock Lee asked Guy,
"Guy-sensei, why is Uzumaki Naruto's body so strong? Why is his speed so fast?!
When he kicked me just now, I couldn't resist at all. Does he also have a secret technique like the Eight Gates that strengthens the body?"
However, Guy slowly shook his head. "I'm not sure either. But I can tell that even without using any secret technique, Naruto's body is far superior to ordinary people."
"Is this the youth that belongs to geniuses? It really makes people envious," Rock Lee sighed.
"The gap between people is truly huge. That guy not only has a great appearance, but his talent is also so outstanding," Tenten muttered beside them.
"Lee! Are you feeling down? After working so hard for so long, someone else easily surpassed you," Guy asked with a rare serious expression.
Rock Lee was stunned for a moment, then firmly shook his head. "No! Just like you said earlier, Guy-sensei, I just need to keep surpassing myself!"
"Well said!!!" Guy's eyes filled with passionate tears. If Rock Lee hadn't been injured, the teacher and student would probably have hugged each other emotionally.
Neji remained silent the whole time.
Ever since their previous fight, he had started paying attention to Naruto's situation.
He then discovered that in Konoha, Naruto's circumstances were even worse than his own within the Hyuga clan.
Yet Naruto could live so freely and unrestrained, while he himself had only known how to complain about fate and even vent his anger on his innocent, cute cousin.
When only three days of the holiday remained, Naruto sat on the sofa at home and took out the scrolls he had "borrowed."
He wasn't in a hurry to learn the forbidden techniques yet. He continued searching through the scrolls and soon found his target this time — medical ninjutsu.
In terms of combat power, it was difficult to make a big breakthrough in a short time.
The upcoming ninja life might involve many unknown risks.
Although his physical condition was extremely strong, having medical ninjutsu as backup would add another layer of security.
He sorted out the medical ninjutsu scrolls. Suddenly, Naruto laughed out loud.
Perhaps because he had died once in his previous life, he seemed a little afraid of death now.
His development path seemed to be leaning toward that of Snake Auntie (Orochimaru).
As usual, he created more than ten Shadow Clones and began learning various medical ninjutsu.
Chakra Scalpel, Mystical Palm Technique, Yin Healing Wound Destruction, etc…
With his extremely high mental strength, Naruto and his Shadow Clones learned at an absurd speed, improving by leaps and bounds.
In less than three days, he had almost maxed out all the medical ninjutsu.
In the original story, it had taken Sakura several years to barely master them.
Naruto's speed in learning medical ninjutsu was roughly a thousand times faster than Sakura's.
After finishing his training, Naruto dispelled the Shadow Clones, stretched lazily, and felt a bit hungry.
He put on a white outfit and headed to Ichiraku Ramen.
As soon as he sat down, the owner, Teuchi, narrowed his eyes and greeted him with a smile.
"It's Naruto! The usual? The biggest bowl of tonkotsu ramen?"
Naruto nodded.
Over the past few years, he would occasionally come here to eat.
First, the taste was genuinely good and the portions were large and affordable.
Second, Teuchi was one of the very few people in Konoha who didn't care about his identity and was still willing to show him a kind smile.
Naruto watched Teuchi, who was fully focused on making ramen, and suddenly thought of something. His eyes flashed as he activated Transparent World and looked at Teuchi's narrowed eyes.
In his previous life, he had often seen netizens claim that Teuchi was the biggest hidden boss — Otsutsuki Teuchi.
But now, under Transparent World's vision, Teuchi's narrowed eyes were just ordinary black pupils.
They were not the nine-tomoe Rinnegan that netizens had mentioned.
Teuchi had been lowering his head kneading dough, but he seemed to sense something and looked up, revealing a kind smile.
This sudden sixth sense made Naruto suspicious again.
Soon, Teuchi placed a bowl of Ichiraku ramen that was even larger than a washbasin on the counter.
Shiny slices of tonkotsu pork covered the surface, paired with a soft-boiled egg. It looked incredibly appetizing.
Naruto picked up his chopsticks and began eating heartily.
The tonkotsu pork was tender and fresh, the noodles were chewy and satisfying, and the broth was rich and delicious.
When you're really hungry, eating such a huge, freshly made handmade ramen can give you an incredibly strong sense of satisfaction.
While Naruto was devouring his noodles, a white-haired man wearing a face mask pulled open the curtain and walked into the ramen shop.
Ichiraku Ramen's layout was like a bar counter with many seats in a row.
The white-haired masked man sat down two seats away from Naruto and skillfully ordered a bowl of seafood ramen.
Naruto didn't look over, but he knew the person sitting beside him was Konoha's technician — Hatake Kakashi.
However, Kakashi wasn't wearing his Anbu mask today. Instead, he had a black cloth mask covering his face.
Naruto continued eating his noodles as usual, but he couldn't help thinking whether his jonin sensei tomorrow would still be Kakashi.
While waiting for his food, Kakashi habitually took out a small yellow book from his ninja pouch and began reading it with great interest.
Seeing this, Naruto thought to himself:
[Your ninja pouch is full of Make-Out Paradise. If you're not embarrassed, who would be?]
Soon, Naruto finished his ramen, even drinking every drop of the broth.
But he didn't leave immediately. Instead, he stayed seated, waiting for something.
When Kakashi's seafood ramen arrived, Naruto instantly perked up and kept stealing glances at him from the corner of his eye.
He really wanted to see how exactly this guy ate.
Kakashi put away his Make-Out Paradise, clasped his hands together toward Teuchi, and said, "I'm digging in!"
Then, something that left Naruto utterly dumbfounded happened.
Kakashi didn't remove his mask. His black mask looked seamless, yet there was a small slit at the mouth area!
Kakashi quickly slipped the noodles through the slit into his mouth. In less than thirty seconds, he had finished the entire bowl of ramen.
The most impressive part was that not a single drop of broth had stained his mask — showing just how skilled he was.
Not seeing Kakashi's full face, Naruto felt a little disappointed.
However, he had already seen Kakashi's facial outline through Transparent World earlier. It was just that Transparent World only showed black-and-white vision.
He could tell that Kakashi was indeed extremely handsome.
But compared to Naruto and the person in front of him right now, he was still a little lacking.
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