You Little Brat, You Sure Can Eat

Girls in love were crazy.

That morning, after getting up, Ino Yamanaka quickly washed up, wolfed down her breakfast, and rushed for the door.

"Ino, what's gotten into you lately? Why are you always in such a hurry when you wake up?" her elegant mother, Lino Yamanaka, couldn't help asking.

"Oh, I want to get to school early to study. I love learning and strive to improve every day!" Ino Yamanaka answered without looking back.

Of course, that was just a random lie to brush off her mother. In reality, Ino Yamanaka didn't like class at all. She found lessons unbearably boring. If she couldn't play with her friends or see handsome boys at school, she wouldn't want to go there at all.

What had truly put Ino Yamanaka on edge lately was Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga. Their relationship was getting better and better.

Almost every day, they got scolded by Iruka-sensei together, then stood in punishment together. If this kept up, wouldn't it turn into one of those scenes from romance novels?

Absolutely not!

So, over the past few days, Ino Yamanaka had been getting up earlier and intercepting Naruto Uzumaki on the road, going to school with Naruto every day and barely evening out the advantage.

Before long, Ino Yamanaka spotted Naruto Uzumaki's energetic figure along the route he always took to school.

"Naruto, you seem so happy today. Did something happen?" Ino Yamanaka walked right up to him without the slightest hesitation.

Naruto Uzumaki nodded.

"Really? Can you tell me about it?" Ino Yamanaka eagerly leaned closer and boldly wrapped an arm around Naruto's.

Overly bold lovestruck girls did have one advantage.

They were passionate, proactive, and didn't need time to warm up. In another world, she probably would have driven countless guys crazy. Unfortunately, the one she had fallen for was Naruto Uzumaki, who had ulterior motives.

"My mom Yugao made takoyaki for me. It was really good."

As Naruto Uzumaki spoke, he gently pushed Ino Yamanaka's arm away. "Men and women shouldn't be so physically intimate. Stop clinging to me!"

Ino Yamanaka wasn't discouraged in the slightest. Instead, she kept smiling. Compared to before, there had been progress today. At least Naruto had answered her.

Thinking that, she stepped forward again and grabbed the corner of Naruto's clothes.

"My dad and mom are also a man and a woman. They don't have any of that nonsense about men and women not being physically intimate."

"If your parents weren't physically intimate either, that would be a real problem." Naruto was amused by the girl and nearly broke character for the day.

"Hey, Naruto, I have good news and bad news for you. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"I don't want to hear either."

What was going on with these two children?

No one knew a daughter better than her mother. Lino Yamanaka didn't believe her daughter's nonsense about wanting to get to school early to study, so she had quietly followed her out.

Sure enough, there was another reason.

When Lino Yamanaka saw her daughter shamelessly clinging to a little boy, she was rather speechless. But once she noticed the boy's appearance, she understood.

That brat really knew how to pick them!

Her obsession with looks definitely came from her mother.

But something seemed off about her target. Why did he look so much like the Fourth Hokage...?

Could he be that Jinchūriki child?

After thinking it over, Lino Yamanaka decided she needed to carefully look into things for her daughter. So she decided to close the flower shop for the day and follow along to see how Naruto Uzumaki got along with her daughter.

What she didn't know was that while she was watching Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto Uzumaki had also spotted her through the reflection in a mirror on a house ahead.

He had been dangling Ino Yamanaka along for so long just to wait for this day.

[Lino Yamanaka, thirty-six years old, is a jonin of Konoha Shinobi Village and the wife of the clan head of the Yamanaka Clan, one of Konoha's great clans.]

[How should she be described?]

[Mrs. Lino's beauty was perhaps beyond description. Every gesture was like a poem or painting, and every smile seemed crafted by nature. The heavens had truly favored her, granting her not only a beautiful face, but also a sexy figure and a pair of fair, smooth, delicate feet.]

[Her only flaw was that she was too old.]

[But how did that saying go again? Women were like fine wine—the older they got, the richer their flavor!]

[Assessment complete. Lino Yamanaka is a suitable A-rank candidate.]

Seeing the system's introduction, Naruto Uzumaki's mouth twitched slightly. He had figured it out: the system's time discrepancy was probably around twelve years.

In reality, Lino Yamanaka was only twenty-four this year, yet it displayed her as thirty-six.

Just like Uzuki Yugao was clearly only eighteen, yet it displayed her as thirty.

Then Naruto's gaze shifted downward, and his eyes lit up.

He had known it. As the clan head's wife, and someone who had already married and eliminated the possible negative effect of being lovestruck, Mrs. Yamanaka would be A-rank like Mikoto Uchiha. Sure enough, he had been right.

This meant Naruto hadn't spent an entire month slowly baiting Ino Yamanaka for nothing. As long as he could gain two more layers of Mother's Protection, the loss of thirty Mom Coins would hardly matter.

Just endure a little longer.

"Naruto-kun, good morning~!"

By the time Hinata Hyuga's voice reached Naruto's ears, he had already arrived at his seat. Ino Yamanaka happily sat down beside him as well, then made a face at Hinata.

Through her connections—threats—she had forced the person who originally sat to Naruto's left to give up their seat. So now, Ino was on the left and Hinata was on the right.

Over this period of time, Hinata had grown used to Ino's hostility and didn't pay it much mind. As long as Naruto talked to her, that was enough.

Strangely enough, Naruto-kun was especially quiet today for some reason. He showed no intention of responding to her at all, and after many days, ripples stirred in the girl's heart again.

Could it be...

Did I make Naruto-kun unhappy?

"Naruto-kun, I made some snacks for you. Please take them!"

Hinata pursed her lips and carefully took a small box from her bag. As she moved close to Naruto, she whispered softly.

"Since... since... since I'm your mom, then it's normal for a mother to make food for her child, right?"

After saying that, Hinata Hyuga's eyes darted away, her little face flushed red.

She had gradually gotten used to the title of "mom."

But unfortunately, Naruto Uzumaki, who usually played the role of a son to provide emotional value, was especially aloof today. He merely accepted it and gave a faint "Mm."

Other than that, there was no response. Meanwhile, the unrelated Ino Yamanaka started chattering at the side again.

"Hinata, you did it again! You waited until I wasn't paying attention and secretly gave Naruto a gift, didn't you?"

"Tell me!"

"What did you say to Naruto behind my back this time?"

If it had been the old Hinata, she probably would have silently endured Ino's words, lowered her head, and sulked by herself.

But not now...

Even the most timid person would become a little bolder after Naruto got her punished by the teacher every day.

So her response was simple and direct, though her voice was still soft. "It's none of your business, Ino."

Naruto didn't express any opinion on the two girls' argument. Normally, he would have favored Hinata a little, since she was the wealthy mommy patron who had contributed a full one and a half million ryo to him.

But today, Naruto needed to put on a show.

He didn't need to treat Ino especially well, but he at least had to be fair to both sides.

However, what he hadn't expected was that his lack of response would alter Hinata's life.

[Ding!]

[An unexpected situation has occurred!]

[The original life trajectory of A-rank mother "Hinata Hyuga" has changed.]

[The changes are as follows!]

[Hinata Hyuga, eighteen years old. Her relationship with Ino Yamanaka is poor because, while attending the Ninja Academy, she and Ino Yamanaka often argued over Naruto Uzumaki.]

[Received an additional 10 Mom Coins!]

Oh-ho~!

What an unexpected delight!

Thirty days had passed since Hinata's life trajectory last changed. Over those thirty days, he had accumulated 150 Mom Coins. Adding the 10 Mom Coins from Hinata's previous change, Naruto had already drawn sixteen times.

But his luck had been awful. Of those sixteen draws, only one had yielded a C-rank reward.

Lightning Release: Earth Walk!

The other fifteen had all been D-rank junk. Still, seeing the number of draws remaining until the guaranteed reward steadily decrease, Naruto was in a fairly good mood.

He immediately used the newly acquired ten Mom Coins for another draw.

With a thought, the massive lottery wheel appeared out of thin air before him. Then it began spinning and stopped a few seconds later.

[Congratulations, Host. You have received the B-rank reward, "Genjutsu Resistance +100."]

[77 more draws are required before the next guaranteed A-rank or higher reward.]

[Current remaining Mom Coins: 8.]

It seemed his luck really was good today. He had actually drawn a B-rank reward. Something like genjutsu resistance would definitely be useful.

Naruto remembered that there were plenty of unfortunate fools in the original story who had suffered terribly under genjutsu.

But what did 100 mean?

Could it withstand Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi?

Just as Naruto Uzumaki was thinking, the door to Class 1-A was violently kicked open with a bang.

"Naruto Uzumaki, get the hell out here!"

P.S. To all you handsome, dashing, and charming readers, this little author is begging on their knees for votes~!

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