Chapter 84: Naruto's Situation

The owner of the steamed bun looked at the person's face, realizing they must be someone from outside the village. Unable to hold back, he let out a long sigh, extended his hands, and said, "Are you a stranger? Don't feel sorry for that kid, he's a demon!"

At the end of their conversation, the chief's eyes were a bit red, and he clenched his open hands tightly on both sides, as if submerged in great sorrow.

After chatting a bit more with the chief, Jiraiya returned to Kakashi's side, and the two walked silently together towards the place where Naruto had been running just a moment ago.

Passing through the city center, Jiraiya casually asked Kakashi beside him, "Is Naruto's identity as Minato's son kept a secret?"

Kakashi nodded and said, "Yes."

Jiraiya nodded understandingly; if the people of the village didn't know that Naruto was Minato's son, then it all made sense. Regarding the tailed beasts and Jinchūriki, ninjas didn't know much about them, and the common people didn't know at all. It was estimated that the villagers didn't know Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son and considered him the incarnation of the Nine-Tails, which was why many people rejected him.

Looking at Jiraiya with a pensive face, Kakashi said again, "Naruto's identity is not revealed, it should be because the higher-ups want to protect him!"

As soon as this comment came out, Kakashi and Jiraiya were both surprised, and the word "protection" struck them at the same time. Suddenly, a thought appeared in both their minds: if it's to protect Naruto, why not just hide his Jinchūriki identity and also conceal his identity as the Fourth Hokage's son?

In the eyes of the ordinary people, Naruto is a demon, but outsiders are not stubborn when it comes to gathering information, so they can quickly discover the fact that Naruto is the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki from the rumors in the village.

Furthermore, the surname "Uzumaki" is very rare. There are very few descendants of the Uzumaki clan in the five main countries.

In the entire Village Hidden in the Leaves, there is only one Naruto Uzumaki with the blood of the Uzumaki clan flowing through his body, combined with his blonde hair. One can infer that someone is really plotting to do something wrong, and a bit of intelligence can deduce that he is the son of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato!

So what is the purpose of this concealment?

Either completely hide Naruto's identity, making the villagers believe he is an orphan who lost his parents during the Nine-Tails attack. Or simply reveal Naruto's identity completely. Although the villagers will fear him as the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, with his identity as the Fourth Hokage's son, they shouldn't treat him so poorly.

What is the deal with this half-hidden, half-revealed operation?

Jiraiya frowned and had some complaints about his Master's approach in his heart:

How did the old man do it? This...

Kakashi and Jiraiya did not speak about this matter in an unspoken understanding but instead closely followed Naruto, intending to go to his house and take a look.

After Naruto arrived home, he opened the door and went in. He skillfully tiptoed, took out a cup of instant noodles from the locker, set it aside, and then began to boil hot water.

After the water boiled, Naruto opened the cup of instant noodles, added all the seasonings and whatnot, and then poured in hot water. He carried the cup of instant noodles to the living room table and sat down, waiting boredly.

Pouting and looking at the alarm clock on the table, what Naruto hated the most was waiting three minutes for the instant noodles!

Jiraiya had been searching for Naruto's home along the way. This is the most common residential area in Konoha Village.

His house is on the second floor.

Although there were some scattered people living in the surrounding houses, they all seemed to be bachelors, elderly, and the like, and it seemed that their living conditions were not good. People with good living conditions have already moved away from this area. They don't want to live near Naruto, the incarnation of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

Kakashi and Jiraiya hung upside down on the eaves of Naruto's house, secretly watching the scene inside.

Dirty, messy, poor...

Because Naruto grew up alone, no one taught him how to do house chores. He was a mischievous child, the type that didn't want to clean anything.

The furniture in the house is also very simple; it seems they haven't been changed in ten years.

"Ah~"

Naruto finished the last sip of soup in the cup of instant noodles, put down the chopsticks, and rubbed his belly with satisfaction. Although it was still a bit flat, he looked very content. It would be great to have a plate of instant noodles.

After taking two sips of milk from the table, Naruto muttered, "I have nothing to do during the holidays, so why not go find Shikamaru?"

After thinking about Shikamaru, Naruto immediately got up, put on his coat, then happily opened the door and ran out, not noticing that Kakashi and Jiraiya were watching him in the darkness.

After Naruto left, Jiraiya and Kakashi climbed down directly from the eaves, then entered his room through the window, and began to look around.

Kakashi approached the living room table and casually picked up a milk carton from which Naruto had just taken two sips [he was very concerned about the quality of life and unconsciously wanted to smell the milk ten times].

Frowning, Kakashi went to check the production date and shelf life on the milk carton. Looking at the numbers, he sighed and said to Jiraiya, "The milk has been expired for several days, how can he drink this kind of stuff?"

Jiraiya nodded, took a look at the instant noodles, and found that they were the type of promotional items sold in stores.

Kakashi's eyes dimmed, he went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator, found it empty, and said to Jiraiya, "There are no vegetables in the fridge; no wonder Naruto is thin and small. He usually eats instant noodles and drinks expired milk. With this kind of nutrition, it's impossible to keep up with his growth. If it weren't for the Nine-Tails' chakra constantly nourishing his blood vessels, making his chakra bigger and bigger, he wouldn't be fit to be a ninja with this kind of life!"

Kakashi made a fairly accurate observation.

Although Kakashi doesn't like to cook and has been ordering takeout, he still pays great attention to nutrition, so watching Naruto's life today is a bit unbelievable.

After Jiraiya heard it, she said to herself, "Minato and Kushina must have left a lot of savings, especially Minato... Where did the money go?"

Kakashi, who entered the living room, heard Jiraiya's words, was slightly surprised, and then asked, "What do you mean?"

Kakashi stayed home this morning and never came out, so he didn't know that something big had happened in the village.

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