LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 157: He Invited Me to Eat Ramen!
"Ramen, ramen, I'm going to eat lunch! I'm coming!"
On the street, Naruto rushed towards Ichiraku Ramen with excitement on his face, ready for a full meal.
After a few minutes, Naruto took off his clothes and continued to rummage through his pockets in front of the ramen restaurant, trying to find a few last coins.
"Something's wrong, this must be strange!"
"I clearly remember that I still have some coins! Why are the coins missing?"
Uncle Ichiraku squinted his eyes and watched Naruto play with his treasure with interest.
The village lacked people who could liven up the atmosphere.
"Naruto, if that's not enough, I'll treat you to this bowl." Uncle Ichiraku said.
If Naruto took off his clothes again and acted like a hooligan, his customers would be scared.
"No, how can I keep asking Uncle to treat me to dinner? I'm rich, I remember I have it."
Naruto muttered, even getting ready to start taking off his pants and rummaging.
Fortunately, a voice stopped him at this moment.
"Naruto, what are you doing?"
Sasuke, who was passing by the ramen shop, put his hand in his pocket and didn't understand what Naruto was doing here.
It was embarrassing for Team 7.
"Sasuke! You came at the right time. Lend me five ryo quickly. I don't have enough money to eat ramen."
"What's got you so crazy? I don't have any money!"
"I don't believe you, let me check!"
Naruto pounced on Sasuke, and the two got entangled without any surprise.
At that moment, a voice suddenly sounded, interrupting their play.
"Hokage-sama! Why are you here?"
Naruto was overjoyed, thinking that the Third Hokage, who was kindest to him, had arrived, and he immediately looked up.
Only then did he realize that the so-called Hokage was actually Orochimaru!
For a moment, both Naruto and Sasuke were scared. They both backed away and were on their guard.
There was no other way. The oppression and evil feeling that Orochimaru brought to them during the previous Chunin Exams was so terrifying that they still had fear.
Even though Naruto already knew that the Third Hokage had passed on the Hokage position to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru might not be rebelling against the village. It was all a conspiracy between him and Hiruzen to plot against Sunagakure.
But Naruto was still very afraid of Orochimaru in his heart and couldn't fully trust him.
"Y-You."
Naruto asked stammering.
Sasuke was even more aggressive and called Orochimaru by his first name.
"Orochimaru, what do you actually want to do?"
Orochimaru looked at the two of them and said nothing.
Anko behind him immediately jumped out and arrogantly corrected:
"Rude! You should call sensei by the title Hokage-sama!"
"Or do you two naughty boys want to attack the Fifth Hokage on the street?"
Naruto and Sasuke were shocked.
No matter how foolish they were, they still knew that Orochimaru was not something they could match in terms of status or strength.
Orochimaru also spoke to comfort them, trying his best to control the pressure on his body.
"Don't be too nervous. Did the previous exams scare you?"
"But that's what the situation required. After all, I was a rebellious ninja at that time. If I didn't act more realistically, how could I convince?"
Naruto was still dissatisfied: "But you hurt Sasuke and Sakura."
Orochimaru looked at Naruto and smiled: "You've been training with Jiraiya for quite a while, right? Then you should know his strength, or the strength of the Sannin."
"If I wanted to kill you, do you think you would survive?"
Naruto was stunned for a moment, it seemed like that was the case.
After going through the Chunin Exams and fighting Gaara, Naruto now understood the huge gap between himself and the strong.
He couldn't even defeat Kakashi-sensei, let alone a Konoha Sannin?
If the other party wanted to. One round, or even a moment, would be enough to kill the three of them.
"But, that weird thing you're wearing on Sasuke's back."
Orochimaru laughed again:
"That's called a curse seal, and it's my technical masterpiece."
"Although that thing has some minor drawbacks, the power it can enhance is quite significant."
"Sasuke, you know this well, don't you? Don't you crave power the most?"
Sasuke froze in place, not knowing how to explain it.
The curse seal was indeed very evil, not only dangerous to the body, it could even cause hatred in his heart and corrupt his character.
But the overwhelming power was amazing.
Without the curse seal, he couldn't even feel that he could see Naruto now. Not to mention taking revenge on Itachi.
This was indeed the power he needed. Even if he sold his body to the devil, he wouldn't hesitate as long as he could take revenge!
"But…"
"Naruto! Enough! Orochimaru… Hokage-sama is right. He really doesn't want to kill us!"
"Sasuke, you."
Naruto was surprised, Sasuke was actually yelling at him for his former enemy!
Little did he know that Sasuke also wanted to prevent Naruto from angering Orochimaru again.
No matter what Orochimaru had done before, he was now Hokage, the Hokage supported by the Third Hokage and the entire village.
How could he and Naruto, two orphans, offend Orochimaru?
"Sasuke, you are indeed wiser."
"As for the curse seal."
"Gone?"
Orochimaru was slightly surprised and disappeared instantly.
By the time Sasuke reacted, Orochimaru had already appeared in front of him, lifted his collar, and examined the Heaven Curse Mark.
'This? A contract seal? Can it perfectly suppress my curse seal? Could it really be that guy?'
'That guy really protected Sasuke? Deliberately? Or was it an unintentional act? It seems I have to be more careful when studying Sasuke in the future!'
Orochimaru was shocked. Only a handful of people knew this lost sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan.
Now it actually appeared on Sasuke. Considering the previous information, the identity of the ANBU ninja who really saved Naruto and Sasuke would soon be revealed!
Orochimaru also had to be more serious.
"What are you going to do to Sasuke?"
Naruto was anxious and rushed forward, pushing Orochimaru away and standing in front of Sasuke.
Orochimaru smiled and didn't care about Naruto.
This kid with his reckless and reckless nature was very different from Minato.
But the striking and unique yellow hair was enough to explain everything. This is 100% Minato's child!
"Are you here to eat? Naruto, because of your outstanding performance in the previous attack. I've already paid for today's food, so you can eat as much as you want."
Orochimaru took out a large note.
The paper money turned into a small, meandering snake, crawled into Uncle Ichiraku's hand, and stretched back into its original form.
He showed that he had packed all the ramen for today.
Hearing this, Naruto was also confused.
'What? He invited me to eat ramen?'
'Really? '
'Is Orochimaru really a good guy?'
Naruto was in a daze. After all, in his understanding, anyone who was willing to treat him to ramen was basically impossible to be a bad guy.
"Really?"
"Please eat whatever you want."
"Okay! Uncle Ichiraku, let's eat ten bowls first! I'm going to die here today!"
Sasuke looked at Naruto and shook his head helplessly.
It was really embarrassing for an idiot to be bribed after just a few bowls of noodles!
But this time, Orochimaru looked at Sasuke again and said frankly:
"Sasuke, do you want to gain more power?"
"Thinking!"
"I can teach you all the ninjutsu I know, so you can grow quickly and have power that surpasses Naruto and even the Sannin!"
Sasuke's breath quickened, and his heart felt hot.
Although the mysterious Anbu ninja he met before was strong, Sasuke didn't know if he could surpass the Sannin.
And it hadn't appeared again in the last few days. This made Sasuke even more disappointed, feeling that he had been tricked.
But now one of the three Sannin, Orochimaru, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, was recruiting him!
How could he resist such power and hope so close at his fingertips?
"W-what do you want?"
Sasuke finally asked through gritted teeth. He was still more cautious, knowing that there was no love without reason.
"Become my student and take advantage of me. I can teach you everything!"
"I…"
Sasuke's heart was moved, but he still had some reservations.
Seeing this, Orochimaru knew he had succeeded.
So he didn't force him, but tried to win him over and said:
"I'll give you five days to think about it. I will officially replace the Hokage in five days. Before that, you can come to the Hokage Building to see me anytime! Remember, you only have this one chance!"
"Sasuke-kun, please think carefully!"