Chapter 16 The Reappearance of the Beard
Naruto got out of his bed. It was already quite bright outside, probably around noon.
My older sister must have brought me back.
Naruto speculated.
Naruto was also carefully observing when his older sister was cooking.
One person's observation is equivalent to 2.5 people's observation.
Naruto counts as one, Kurama counts as one, and Hashirama counts as half.
The reason is that Hashirama knows absolutely nothing about cooking; he can't even distinguish between oil and salt, which Kurama can tell the difference between.
Later on, he was almost excluded from Naruto and Kurama's cooking discussions.
hateful!
Mito once boasted that he had a talent for cooking.
I vaguely remember making a bowl of caramel-colored ramen back then, and it smelled amazing.
Mito brought it directly to Kurama to eat, and then told Hashirama that Kurama thought it tasted great, but that she should cook for Kurama from now on.
Hashirama didn't dare to refute Mito; he was already very happy to be praised.
So he found Mada and started cooking at his house.
Every time, Madara patiently watched Hashirama cook, his Eternal Kaleidoscope eyes spinning endlessly, clearly trying to steal his recipes.
Hmph, let them steal it then. Anyway, I'm better off without a recipe than with one.
However, every time he finished cooking, Ban would kick him out.
I didn't see him taste the dishes I cooked, but I imagine he would be amazed by them.
This experience continued until rumors spread that Madara Uchiha had poisoned Tobirama, and it was later discovered that he had mixed Hashirama's cooking into Tobirama's food.
In the end, Hashirama never had the chance to cook again.
Alas, it's truly a case of heaven being jealous of talent.
So when Hashirama spoke candidly about this little-known experience because he was being ostracized, Kurama painfully recalled the day Mito chained him up with the Adamantine Chains.
With a face full of apology, he poured the bowl of ramen, which reeked of death, into his own mouth.
Luckily, I am a tailed beast, and luckily my body is big enough, otherwise I would probably have been poisoned to death.
Thus, under Kurama's guidance, Naruto successfully distanced himself from Hashirama, the poison maker.
That's truly cause for celebration!
Naruto rubbed his empty stomach. Hmm, he'd decided. He was going to cook himself a meal.
He picked up a small stool and placed it in the kitchen, and Naruto successfully reached for the pot.
Finally, under the command of the Nine-Lama's voice and with his own powerful strength, a bowl of egg fried rice with a fairly normal color was produced.
It tastes at least better than the fried rice Hashirama described.
"Hey, my beard has grown back."
While washing his face, Naruto was surprised to find that the beard on both sides of his cheeks had grown back.
The reason is that the Nine-Tails' chakra overflowed too much yesterday, so Kurama was unable to retract it all at once, and it turned into a beard on Naruto's face.
Hashirama was somewhat worried that Naruto would be surrounded by people again outside.
"Hey, Kurama, are you alright? This beard."
Nine-Tailed Buddha glanced disdainfully at the useless vegetative patient and curled his lip.
"Hehe, it would have been a problem if Naruto hadn't been recognized before. Now the whole village knows what Naruto looks like."
"Whether he has a beard or not, he's still the Nine-Tailed Fox in the eyes of those foolish villagers. In that case, it's better to keep his chakra outside, which will also strengthen Naruto's physique."
Indeed, the villagers who had previously surrounded Naruto had already spread the word that Naruto had removed his beard.
With Naruto wandering around aimlessly lately, few people in the village don't know that Naruto is actually the Nine-Tailed Fox.
Since that's the case, whether or not someone has a beard is no longer important, since prejudice has already taken root in the villagers' hearts.
They weren't unaware that a child as young as Naruto couldn't possibly be the Nine-Tailed Fox, but they needed to find a way to vent their pent-up resentment and the monotony of daily life.
Naruto, through Danzo's machinations, became that opening.
"It seems so. Don't worry, this is normal."
If the villagers were going to surround Naruto again because he had a beard, they would have done so already, so it doesn't matter.
"OK".
Naruto smiled happily, after all, this mustache had been with him for 3 years, since birth (as told by his third grandfather).
It's good that you're back now; I felt a little uneasy when I didn't see you before.
After finishing his meal, Naruto decided to go out for a stroll.
After all, it's too boring to stay at home alone. Going out for a walk allows you to chat with the Nine Lamas and others, and you can also scare those dull-witted villagers.
...
"Sakura, shall we go flower picking today?"
The blonde-haired Ino offered Sakura a suggestion.
"But it's winter now, how can there be flowers outside?"
Sakura asked, puzzled, while tightening the scarf around her neck.
"Oh dear, how would you know if you didn't go and look for it?"
Ino pulled Sakura along and ran towards the snow-covered back mountain.
The trees in the forest were covered with snow, and the wild grass under the trees was a bit withered and not very active.
After scaring a few unlucky villagers as usual, Xiaoming sneaked off to the back mountain.
"Hmph, how could a few villagers possibly catch me?"
Naruto listened smugly to the villagers' powerless rage and walked contentedly up the path to the back of the mountain.
The villagers who couldn't catch up with him turned red in the face, knowing that being suddenly startled by a fox demon in the dead of winter was quite terrifying.
The key issue is that I haven't been able to catch up with him yet; I'm already red-hot, completely red-hot.
"Even if I take the initiative, no one will dare to bully that Lu Tuo now."
Kurama looked at Naruto's achievement with satisfaction. Just now, when Naruto appeared, Kurama deliberately used his chakra to create an illusion of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
The one who chased the fiercest and whose face turned the reddest was the one who was most frightened.
His pants were frozen solid, and they smelled weird.
"Oh dear, Kurama, I think..."
Hashirama originally meant that people need to communicate with each other.
However, Naruto did try to communicate, but all he got in return were insults and rotten eggs thrown at him.
There was a huge gap between him and the villagers, a gap that a child like him could not bridge.
Therefore, while the Nine Lamas' method was violent, it may also be a suitable approach.
"Hey, which tow truck? There are people up the mountain, and it looks like there are two kids."
Naruto, who had been happily jumping away, froze. He was not good at dealing with this kind of situation.
Currently, among the children in the village, Hinata is his only friend; the others are too afraid to approach him.
Perhaps his methods towards those unruly kids were a bit too violent... (One of the kids whose nose was broken by Naruto doesn't find this funny at all)
"You seem familiar, you're that pink-haired girl."
Naruto stopped in the direction he was about to turn around.
Naruto has a fondness for red and pink, which actually comes from his mother.
After hesitating for a moment, Naruto walked towards Sakura and the others.
End of this chapter...