So You're Uzumaki Naruto?

When he learned that Uncle Teuchi's eyes had naturally been this big since birth, Naruto realized that his question just now had indeed been rather offensive.

He pressed his palms together and apologized to Uncle Teuchi.

Naruto really hadn't expected the truth to be like this!

Seeing the child's expression, Teuchi merely smiled faintly and did not take Naruto's behavior to heart.

He brought out two generously portioned bowls of Seafood Ramen and set them before the two of them.

"Please enjoy, customers."

The two bowls of Seafood Ramen were truly massive. If he had to describe them, it was like there was a little ramen mixed into a bowlful of seafood. Even the bowls were bigger than Naruto's face.

Compared to the paper-thin slices of beef in certain beef ramen shops from his previous life, this was incredibly generous.

Naruto pushed one of the bowls in front of Hinata.

The little girl was thin-skinned, so he even came up with an excuse for her.

"Have some with me."

"But..."

Hinata had just wanted to refuse when Naruto had already stuffed the chopsticks into her hand.

After hesitating for several seconds, she finally lowered her head and began eating the ramen in small bites.

Hinata was not stupid. Of course she knew Naruto was saying that to look after her feelings.

And Naruto-kun's excuse was truly rather clumsy...

Thoughtful Hinata naturally would not expose him. She simply smiled and pretended not to know anything.

Half an hour later...

Naruto's stomach kept churning. With even the slightest movement, he felt like he could throw up all the ramen he had just eaten.

There were eighteen empty bowls piled in front of him, while nearly sixty bowls sat in front of Hinata.

"Slurp—"

Hinata's little mouth moved, and the final mouthful of noodles went into her stomach.

It was impossible to tell that this girl had already eaten more than sixty bowls of ramen.

"Naruto-kun..."

"A-are you okay?"

Hinata somewhat regretted losing control and eating so many bowls of noodles.

"No..."

"I'll be fine after resting for a bit."

Naruto swallowed with difficulty. Only after taking several deep breaths did he gradually feel much better.

At first, he had eaten alongside Hinata in order to spare her feelings.

But by the time he reached the tenth bowl, a man's strange competitive spirit had suddenly risen within him.

He wanted to see whether he could eat more than Hinata...

By the fifteenth bowl of ramen, Naruto realized he had been wrong.

And very, very wrong...

Hinata's stomach was even more outrageous than the fox demon in his belly!

At least the Big Fox could tell him how full it was, whereas Hinata's entire state could only be described as "almost full."

Whenever he asked whether she was full, Naruto always heard Hinata say that she was almost full. It sounded as though she would be full after just one more bowl...

In short, don't ask. If you asked, she was almost full.

Hinata's little face flushed red, and she still felt terribly embarrassed. While Naruto was not paying attention, she secretly tucked the ramen money away in a concealed spot. Then she walked in front of Naruto and helped him down from his seat.

As they walked, Hinata stroked Naruto's back with her hand, as though that might make him feel a little better.

Naruto, who was nearly stuffed to death, truly suffered and enjoyed himself at the same time.

Yet as he walked, the fox in his stomach was still mocking him.

"Brat, you're far too weak!"

"You can't even out-eat a little girl!"

After Kurama spoke, he opened his huge bloody maw and inhaled. The chunks of meat on the enormous grill flew directly into his mouth.

Naruto was utterly speechless after hearing that.

How could a normal person like me possibly compare to you guys??

And besides...

Has this Big Fox seriously not noticed that all these years of binge eating have made it a whole size bigger??

Just wait!

When you meet the other tailed beasts, you'll be the one panicking!

Naruto did not want to pay attention to the fox demon in his belly that did not speak human language.

As Hinata took care of him, Naruto looked down on the gluttonous fox demon in his stomach even more.

"Right."

"We didn't seem to pay just now, did we?"

Halfway along, Naruto suddenly remembered that the two of them seemed to have simply left Ichiraku Ramen without paying a single cent.

Though Uzumaki Naruto did not have a particularly good reputation in the village, he had never stooped to doing something like dining and dashing.

Besides...

When he had pulled a Gold Ingot out of the system at the age of three, he had realized that there was no one in the entire world richer than him.

If Naruto wanted to, he could completely use the vast number of Gold Ingots in the system to impact the economy of the entire world.

At that point, Obito probably would not even need to start the Fourth Shinobi World War. The shinobi world would go to war on its own due to economic collapse.

"I... I already paid."

Hinata lowered her head, not daring to meet Naruto's eyes for fear that he would blame her.

"Mm, all right."

"But remember to tell me next time."

Naruto did not mind. Seeing Hinata lower her head, he reached out and patted her little head.

"What are you doing!?"

"Take your hands off Hinata-ojousama!"

The sudden furious shout from ahead instantly made the two, who had nearly leaned into each other, spring apart.

Naruto turned his head and saw a member of the Hyuga clan standing ahead. Taking into account the other party's long black hair, as well as the fury in his Byakugan at that moment...

He understood that his future brother-in-law, Neji Hyuga, had arrived...

"N-Neji-nii-san."

Seeing his furious expression, Hinata immediately became somewhat flustered.

It was not that she feared Naruto would be dealt with. She was mainly worried that her brother would be injured by Naruto...