Sincerity and enthusiasm were Uncle Teuchi's way of dealing with people. He was a thoroughly good old man.
"Phew, phew, phew~ Uncle Teuchi, is my ramen ready?" Naruto rushed in, panting heavily, with a slipper print on his face...
"Naruto, your tonkotsu chashu ramen." Uncle Teuchi said nothing about Naruto's appearance. He simply brought over the freshly cooked ramen.
"Naruto, did Auntie hit you?" Kitahara Kaede asked in surprise.
"Well, I only managed to escape because I told her you were looking for me. Kaede, you have to help me lie." Naruto smiled bitterly.
Kitahara Kaede merely smiled.
Friends
It was not unusual for friends to help each other tell harmless lies.
At times like this, Kitahara Kaede simply smiled. Naruto had never been the type to look before and after he leaped. Most of the time, he seemed carefree and thoughtless.
"Naruto, perhaps before we came back, you thought it was normal for the ninja world to remain as you knew it. But honestly, have you ever considered that if we had not returned, so many things would not have happened?" Kitahara Kaede asked.
This topic was somewhat heavy, especially for Naruto.
Before Kitahara Kaede and the others returned from space, the ninja world had at least maintained peace on the surface.
But now, the ninja world had undergone tremendous changes, and everything was shifting rapidly.
"I never thought about it that way." Naruto lowered his head and ate his ramen.
Kitahara Kaede nodded. Naruto's answer proved that he truly had never considered it that way.
If Naruto had logically analyzed the pros and cons of Kitahara Kaede and the others returning, that would have meant he had already weighed the impact of this matter in his heart.
Naruto had never been good at hiding anything. His emotions and