While Mirai was eating ramen, his teacher came in as well. Her nose twitched, as though she had found something delicious. "Kid, are you eating here alone?" she asked.
Mirai's face darkened. Eating alone? Wasn't he right there? He reluctantly served his teacher a bowl of ramen. She glanced at him, then took a bite.
She immediately noticed something strange and angrily said to Mirai, "Kid, you really were eating alone, weren't you?"
Mirai was stunned. Eating alone? Was this ramen supposed to bring happiness or something?
"This bowl of ramen is clearly better than the one this morning. This morning, you must have tried to fob me off with terrible ramen!" His teacher said maliciously, clearly dissatisfied. Was she not good enough for him? This kid would not even serve her a proper bowl of ramen!
"White Fang just sent this to Mirai's dad. It's great!" Mirai rolled his eyes. The food had been prepared by the chef for his teacher. It tasted good, but it was nothing compared to ramen. Before leaving, he had even asked the chef to make more food.
"Ah!" His teacher was stunned. She had not expected things to turn out this way. That was the only possibility! Usually, her impression of Konoha's higher-ups was that they were the worst sort of people, always scheming behind the scenes. How could they do something like this? There was even White Fang in that scroll! Oh, heavens! She began to wonder whether there was something wrong with her memory.
"Yes, there's food in that scroll, along with food for Mirai," Mirai explained.
His teacher nodded. What was Mirai talking about? She was utterly speechless. "Still, the food here tastes pretty good. Did your family hire a new chef?" she asked.
"Yes, I bought it outside. Recently,