Ichiraku Ramen

Danzo waved a hand. "All of you, leave. I want some time alone."

The surrounding ninja did not dare linger. They all nodded and left.

After a while, Danzo slowly opened his eyes and muttered, "Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan... not even twenty years old. Could he be some brat from the Uchiha Clan? But aside from Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha, there was actually another survivor? Yet according to the Uchiha Clan genealogy, apart from the Uchiha brothers, the bodies of every other clansman had been collected and buried."

At that thought, a sharp gleam flashed through Danzo's eyes.

Could it be that his Sharingan had also been taken from the corpse of an Uchiha clansman?

"But why did he say I gave him the Mangekyo? Could one of those two eyes have belonged to Shisui?"

"Eternal Mangekyo... Eternal Mangekyo... Heh, this is getting interesting."

After leaving the Anbu headquarters, Ye Lan headed straight for Ichiraku Ramen. He had not eaten a single bite since arriving in the Naruto World that morning. He had been busy all day and had even been dragged off by Danzo and tortured for quite a while. He was starving.

Before long, Ye Lan spotted a shop in the distance with an Ichiraku Ramen sign out front. Customers streamed in and out, and business was booming.

Ye Lan could smell the enticing aroma from far away, and his mouth was already watering. He immediately strode over.

The moment he entered, Ye Lan saw Uncle Ichiraku and his daughter, Rainbow. The father and daughter pair greeted him with their signature smiles. "Welcome!"

Looking at Uncle Ichiraku's warm smile, Ye Lan could not help narrowing his eyes. There was a rumor in the real world that Ichiraku was the most unfathomable character in Naruto. No matter how many disasters Konoha went through, Ichiraku Ramen always reopened soon after, and Uncle Ichiraku and his daughter were never harmed in the slightest.

It was also a running joke about Ichiraku.

Ye Lan sat down and called out loudly, "Uncle Ichiraku, I want an extra-large bowl of Octopus Ball Chashu Ramen!"

"Coming right up!"

"One extra-large Octopus Ball Chashu Ramen!" Uncle Ichiraku shouted toward the kitchen.

Rainbow answered from inside the kitchen as well.

Ye Lan could only wait patiently with an empty stomach.

Then, Ye Lan spotted a familiar face off to one side of the shop!

Ye Lan waved in that person's direction and called out, "Iruka!"

Hearing someone call his name, Iruka looked over and saw Ye Lan waving at him. He smiled, walked over, and sat beside Ye Lan. "So it's you, genius. What, do you like Uncle Ichiraku's ramen too?"

Ye Lan said modestly, "Iruka, please stop teasing me. I'm no genius."

Iruka laughed. "Haha, stop being so modest. Your performance at the Ninja Academy today really shocked me. You learned Ninjutsu incredibly fast. I bet even Kakashi might not have learned as quickly as you did back then!"

Ye Lan merely smiled without replying.

Seeing Ye Lan tacitly accept it, Iruka smiled and said, "I'm in a good mood today. Talents like you are truly rare. Go on, what do you want to eat? This meal is on me!"

Ye Lan genuinely liked Iruka's personality, so he smiled. "Iruka, I got here before you. My ramen is already being made. I ordered Octopus Ball Chashu Ramen. How about I get you a bowl too?"

"Sure!" Iruka said with a smile.