The Ramen Killer: A Culinary Debut That Wiped Everyone Out

Wu Guanwu had no idea what people were saying about him behind his back.

He didn't lift a finger during the entire preliminary round, but for various reasons, he became the subject of gossip behind people's backs.

While everyone else went to watch the game, he had already set up his stall in the corner.

With a burst of Fire Release, flames shot high into the air.

Fire Release: Ramen Quick Cooking Technique.

Naruto stared at Wu Guanwu, who was busy working away, and fell silent.

"Seriously, is it really okay to do it this way?"

"No problem."

Wu Guanwu patted his chest, brimming with confidence.

"I've already set up a protective barrier around here; no one will be able to find it."

"..."

Sasuke stood to the side, and fell silent after hearing this.

After a long while, he finally spoke to Wu Guanwu in a very subtle tone.

"You call these illegible talismans a barrier?"

The stall was covered with yellow talisman paper.

The words "barrier" were written crookedly on the paper, the strokes as awkward as earthworms crawling.

The yellow paper floated upwards with the smoke, swaying wildly in mid-air.

It exudes a unique and unrestrained style.

Sasuke's forehead veins were starting to bulge.

Sometimes he really wished he had been born a few years earlier than Wu Guanwu, so he could be the older brother and teach this troublesome younger brother a lesson.

Wu Guanwu's attitude toward this matter was very clear: Dream on. Even Itachi couldn't control his wild behavior, so don't expect anything else.

Especially someone as naive as Sasuke —cough, an easily fooled child.

After hearing Sasuke's reminder, Wu Guanwu was shocked.

Are all the characters wrong?

"No way, that took Ashui a month's living expenses to get this."

That priest tried to fool a sincere believer like me?

Sasuke's lips twitched uncontrollably.

Is that what you're concerned about?

Whether he was truly devout or not is another matter; he felt sorry for that Ashui.

This guy used a month's living expenses to do this crazy thing.

Those people will never be able to rest in peace even after they die.

Naruto overheard their entire conversation from beside the stall.

He looked at Wu Guanwu with a face full of black lines.

"You're a real genius."

"So, the honorifics are gone just like that?"

Wu Guanwu was quite surprised.

Naruto used to address him with honorifics, but he doesn't anymore.

This world is getting harder and harder to navigate; people's hearts have changed.

Their conversation went unnoticed by those around them, but the smoke and smell quickly became apparent.

What are they doing?

Shikamaru's face darkened.

"That's incredibly audacious."

Choji Akimichi smelled the aroma, clutched his stomach with both hands, and stared intently at the steaming ramen in the distance.

"I'm so hungry, Shikamaru."

"Do you think he could share some with me?"

Choji's words left Shikamaru speechless.

Okay, I forgot there's this unreliable person next to me.

Tenten also saw the smoke and the campfire.

Uh...

She spoke haltingly.

"Won't doing this cause any problems?"

Why do this?

Li stared at that scene, lost in thought.

Is there some hidden meaning here?

Suddenly, as if a raging fire had broken out on his body, he slapped his forehead violently.

"I understand! This itself is a form of spiritual practice!"

"Eating ramen in front of so many examiners and the Third Hokage."

"It takes a lot of courage to take on this challenge."

"..."

Neji hearing this, glanced at his teammate Lee and fell silent.

Gaara's reactions were remarkably synchronized.

Don't the Konoha examiners care about what they're doing?

The examination administration team.

To be honest, they had seen Wu Guanwu up to something a long time ago.

No one has ever done this before.

For the time being, nobody knew how to manage it.

Besides, that white-haired kid wasn't from Konoha, and the Third Hokage didn't say anything, so...

"Well, as long as it doesn't disrupt the preliminary rounds, let's leave it at that for now."

The Third Hokage waved his hand.

The scene shifts to Wu Guanwu's side.

"Hey Bandage Bro, won't people get sick from eating your ramen?"

Naruto, smelling the overly fragrant scent, began to have some doubts.

Wu Guanwu stared at the ramen in the pot for a long time without looking up.

He wasn't even sure if he could eat it or not.

After all, it was my first time cooking, and there was no precedent to follow.

He rested his chin on his hand and stared blankly for a moment.

His gaze slowly shifted from Sasuke to Naruto, and finally drifted to the other examinees.

After a long pause, he spoke in a serious tone.

"Of course, no problem. Don't you trust my cooking skills?"

"Besides, just smell this. How bad can it possibly taste?"

Wu Guanwu was extremely confident, staring straight at Naruto and Sasuke.

He seemed incredibly open and composed.

Naruto and Sasuke, watching his confident demeanor, silently scoffed at him.

It's your cooking skills that make people a hundred times uneasy!

However, it does smell quite similar to the real thing.

For a moment, both of them hesitated.

Beneath the bandages, Wu Guanwu's eyes curved slightly.

He looked completely at ease.

"Everyone's been playing all day and is exhausted, why don't you guys take a share?"

In that instant, both Naruto and Sasuke felt a sharp pang of conscience.

Did they just think too badly of people?

What they said this time is probably true.

Wu Guanwu handed over the bowls of noodles one by one with a meaningful expression.

The corners of her mouth subtly turned up, and she smiled radiantly.

Ha, I'm such a clever little devil.

Sasuke and Naruto believed his lies and, after dividing up all the ramen, each took their own bowl.

"It looks really good."

Naruto's eyes lit up, and he picked up his chopsticks.

"I'm starting to eat."

He swallowed it down in one gulp, filled with anticipation.

Slurp--

"Cough cough cough... vomit vomit vomit..."

The moment the food touched his lips, he knew something was wrong.

What the hell is this smell?

Bandage Bro, how much do you love sweets?

Can you put sugar in this thing?

Naruto instantly turned to ash and fell to the ground like a backdrop.

Sasuke, who had remained silent the entire time, suffered the same fate as him.

"Is it really that bad?"

Wu Guanwu carefully examined the ingredients in the pot and the pile of spice jars.

"I followed the recipe exactly, this doesn't make sense."

He rested his chin on his hand and went through it all from head to toe.

What exactly went wrong?

Suddenly he noticed the nearly empty salt shaker on the table.

"Ah, this..."

He picked it up slowly.

Then a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Why is this sweet?"

Could it be that he put it in the wrong jar before?

It's not impossible.

At that time he...

Wu Guanwu stood there, stunned, for a long time.

After a while, he came to his senses and went to look at the other spice jars.

"Ha, this is really bad."

"They've all been moved..."

A rare hint of bewilderment flickered in his Azure eyes.

The other unsuspecting candidates also suffered as a result.

"What kind of devilish flavor is this?"

Even Choji, who is usually not picky about food, expressed his amazement.

"I suspect this is all a conspiracy..."

Shikamaru was regretting not being more careful earlier; he never expected that someone would actually dare to defy him.

"I feel like I've seen heaven!"

Li swayed and almost fell headfirst into the examination room below.

Fortunately, Neji was swaying just like him, was reliable enough to pull him up.

Their companion lay unconscious on the ground Tenten.

Sunagakure and his two companions from Gaara also suffered the consequences of this culinary disaster.

Could it be that the plan to overthrow Konoha has been exposed?

Are the people of Konoha planning to take them out first?

Kankuro used the last bit of clarity in his brain to rack his brains.

For a fleeting moment, Gaara even felt that Shukaku within him had suddenly lost consciousness.

The others also ordered the culinary disaster to be laid flat one by one.

The examination administration team.

The examiners stared in disbelief at the chaos that had erupted on the candidates' side.

"Could it be that the people of Sweet Ninja Village are planning an attack, specifically sending someone to poison us?"

This strange thought flashed through the examiner's mind.

But their reason quickly extinguished this conjecture.

The Third Hokage frowned and looked at the group of people in the distance with a puzzled expression.

The students taking the exam these days are too fragile.

How bad must their food be to turn them into this state?

As for poisoning, the Third Hokage was certain: that statement was invalid.

No one dares to cause trouble on Konoha's territory yet.