I, Uchiha Yiyong, have not been hated!

Chapter 14

"I won't sell it to you, don't you understand? Get lost!"

In the crowded toy store, the shopkeeper raised his broom in a gesture to drive away Naruto Uzumaki, as if the latter had some peculiar smell that made him feel sick.

Among the guests with children around, some of them were below Chunin level or civilians, they hid aside and watched coldly with bored eyes.

The Jonin who knew Naruto's true identity frowned slightly, but they didn't say anything after all, and left quickly with their children.

Seeing that all the really rich customers had left, the shopkeeper flushed with anger.

He stared at Naruto with the eyes of a patient with an infectious disease, and shouted at the child standing motionless in front of the store: "If you don't get out, I really have to do it!"

But he didn't know that in Naruto's heart, compared with the raised broom, the hatred in the shopkeeper's eyes caused more damage.

Among dozens of eyes full of ridicule, hatred or indifference, Uzumaki Naruto felt as if he was being grabbed by countless cold hands, but his throat seemed to be wrapped in hot coals, blocking him. All the grievances.

After a long time, Naruto Uzumaki calmed down skillfully and squeezed out a forced smile.

"I, I can pay you twice as much. Triple as much."

He took out a lot of coins from his pockets on both sides, held them in both hands, and handed them to the shopkeeper who looked at him coldly.

This is money that he usually can't spend at all.

Naruto opened his clear sky blue eyes, looked expectantly at the dark green frog wallet on the shelf next to him, and pleaded in his tone: "Please sell me that wallet. I like it very much."

The frog purse has a big red mouth, as if it can laugh out loud on any occasion; and its bulging eyes are also very similar to the goggles that Naruto himself wears on his head.

Because of this similarity, Naruto fell in love with the wallet at a glance, and planned to use it as a New Year gift for himself.

Before coming here, he thought that he hadn't been here for a long time, maybe everyone had forgotten about him.

But the reality is cruel.

"Do you want this wallet?"

The shopkeeper didn't even look at the coin in Naruto's hand, sneered, grabbed the frog wallet, rounded his arms and threw it out the door, onto the busy street.

"Go out and pick it up!"

It's just a small wallet, even if you charge three times the price, how much is it worth?

But if this kid stays here, he really can't sell anything.

Might as well lure him out.

Naruto turned his head in panic, and his eyes followed the wallet that fell in the snow outside the door.

He watched the frog with the wide mouth being stepped on by one foot, and then kicked further away, and he seemed to hear a miserable croak in his ears.

At this moment, Naruto Uzumaki felt that his situation in the village was like the wallet that was kicked around, and his immature heart was sunk into ice.

He ran out of the toy store in a hurry, but tripped over the threshold again, and the coins he held in both hands scattered like flowers, buried in the thin snow on the street.

"Hahahaha, how stupid!"

"Can monsters trip over? It's ridiculous."

"Is it because he said all day long that he was going to become Hokage?"

"Really, why didn't you just fall to your death?"

Violent words went like knives into Naruto's back, but he didn't have the heart or time to deal with them.

【This is all my savings. 】

Naruto let out a wail in his heart, and crawled out of the toy store.His young body was lying on the street, picking up coins one by one from the feet of pedestrians, and at the same time, his eyes were still paying attention to the dirty frog wallet that had been kicked across the street and became dirty.

Soon, after he collected all the coins around him, there was only one coin with a denomination of 100 taels (equivalent to 60 RMB) lying in the middle of the street, and the silhouettes of passers-by were reflected on the head of the fire country daimyo. The color also changes constantly with the different costumes of pedestrians.

[100 taels, you can buy a box of miso-flavored cup noodles. 】

Naruto got up from the ground, and while apologizing, he staggered through the gap between pedestrians.

But when he was less than one meter away from the coin, the latter was picked up by two slender fingers.

It was an eight or nine-year-old child, he held the coin in his hand, and then turned his gaze to Naruto.

"Thanks……"

Just when Naruto thought that the other party was going to return the money to him, the child made a face at him, and then escaped into the dense crowd, out of Naruto's sight.

"Eh, that's—"

Naruto stood there in a daze, his trousers were covered with thin snow below his knees, and his two little red hands were dirty, but he didn't know where to put them.

Fully feeling the various eyes cast on him by the people on the street, Naruto finally lowered his head, crossed the street amidst murmurs and cursing, and picked up the "scarred" " wallet.

The frog was laughing, and Naruto wanted to cry, but he didn't want to cry here.

Otherwise, they will only be ridiculed more cruelly.

"You're actually in pain too."

The frog was still laughing, and Naruto closed the zipper of the wallet before it shut up.

"Let's go back to eat first."

Talking to himself, he patted the shoe prints on his wallet with his hands, and when he turned his head, he bumped into his body exuding intense heat.

【Oops. 】

Uzumaki Naruto raised his head in a panic, but he met eyes that were as deep as the sea, but unexpectedly, he didn't feel any malice.

The intense temperature on the opponent's body rushed towards him, washing away the coldness gushing from the bottom of his heart.

Naruto felt that this boy who was slightly taller than him looked familiar, but he really couldn't remember where he had seen him.

Until Uchiha Yoshiyuki took the lead in making a sound.

"Oh, it really is you."

【Long time no see, I thought he was no longer in the village. 】

As Yiyong said, he spread out his free hand, and there was a coin with a face value of 100 taels lying in it.

"Is this yours?"

"Eh, this..."

"I saw it and brought it back for you."

Concise and concise.

He hardly said anything, but showed the Uchiha badge on the back to the child who snatched Naruto's coin, and the other party obediently offered the coin.

"Thank you."

The moment Naruto reached out to take the coin in a daze, he suddenly remembered!

He remembered where he had heard this voice before!

He will never remember it wrong, because what happened that day is still one of the warm memories that cheer him up when he is alone.

"It's you!"

The last trace of chill in Naruto's body was also dispelled, turning into an inexplicable excitement, sinking into his limbs like wine.

In the disgusted eyes of passers-by, he grabbed Yiyong's hand that hadn't been withdrawn, "You were the one who gave me the mask last time. It's in the woods beyond the village. Do you remember me? You should remember me." Bar?"

His sky-blue eyes were filled with enthusiasm, and he had never wanted to be remembered more than now.

"Ah."

Yiyong nodded, and looked at the grasped hand with some embarrassment, for fear that the high temperature around him would burn the child.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I was too excited."

Naruto took his hands back in embarrassment, only then did he notice that his hands were dirty now.

Looking at Yiyong, whose body was almost spotless and without a single extra wrinkle on his clothes, he suddenly felt ashamed.

"Well, my name is Uzumaki Naruto."

He lowered his head and was a little shy. After all, apart from beating the uncle, Sister Calamus, the old man who often came to see him, and the confused white-eyed girl, he had almost never communicated with anyone who was not hostile to him.

"You left suddenly last time, and I haven't had time to ask your name. Can you tell me your name?"

"Uchiha Giyuu."

Giyuu said his name, but this time there was some emphatic meaning in it.

Because not long ago, he truly accepted his identity with peace of mind.

"Haha, I remember that girl said Uchiha or something..."

Naruto was happy for his good memory for a while, then looked at the paper bag in Giyuu's hand, looked around for a while, and asked, "Are you alone?"

"My mother... Mom went to buy fireworks."

Giyuu set his sights on Uchiha Mikoto who was queuing not far away.

But this time, Uchiha Mikoto just beckoned to Giyuu, her eyes stayed on Naruto for a moment, and then she immediately turned away, as if she was looking for something around, and finally took a deep look in one direction.

Not far away, Kakashi, who was wearing a mask behind the chimney on the roof, had two drops of sweat on his forehead, and muttered softly: "I can only say, is it worthy of the Uchiha clan?"

"What are you mumbling about?"

An old but powerful voice rang in his ears, "Could it be that you have complaints against me because you have to be on duty during the New Year?"

"Three generations of adults?"

Kakashi turned and knelt down on one knee, "Why are you here?"

[Is it the shadow clone of the three generations of adults? 】

Kakashi found that the other party was not carrying a tobacco rod.

"Because Naruto seems to have made new friends."

Since the third generation heard that Naruto was out of the house, he has been monitoring Naruto's every move with the technique of a telescope, "So let's take a look."

"Sorry, I was negligent, I will separate them immediately, and I will prevent them from meeting again."

Kakashi thought that the third generation was influenced by Danzo, and even such a young child had to be guarded.

But the third generation laughed.

"That was not what I meant."

With his hands behind his back, he first glanced at Uchiha Mikoto, and then focused on Naruto and Yoshiyuki who were talking in the corner of the street, his kind eyes seemed to be full of smiles.

"Naruto will be going to school in March. Wouldn't it be great to have some friends in advance? This way you won't be too lonely."

Kakashi said nothing.

【As if his current situation has nothing to do with you. 】

【"Because you are Renzhuriki, you have to be more patient than ordinary people", isn't that what you said exactly? 】

"I'm here to tell you, don't worry about the matter between Naruto and that child for the time being."

Sarutobi Hiruzen has recently been very interested in Uchiha Itachi, who became a chunin, but that kid is very strong and has a bit too independent personality. It is hopeless to rely on the bonds between partners to lock him up.

But his two younger brothers are still blank slates.

If these two children can have more friends other than Uchiha in the village, I believe it will be easier to influence Itachi's attitude towards the village.

"But Danzo-sama..."

"He's not in the village." Hiruzaru Sarutobi said flatly.

"Yes." Kakashi reassured.

In this way, no one will make a fuss about this matter.

"Thank you, Kakashi."

Three generations finally said: "If you want to send something to Naruto, just take advantage of these few days."

After speaking, he turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared directly.

It really is a shadow clone.

The real Sarutobi Hiruzen was still smoking a pipe in front of the crystal ball, quietly observing everything that happened inside.

At this moment, most of Giyuu's attention was focused on Naruto's hair.

He found that the child's supposedly radiant hair color was now extremely dull due to malnutrition, and his physical condition was difficult to describe.

"Are you usually hungry?"

Giyuu always asked directly what came to his mind, which made Naruto a little confused.

"Yes, yes."

Naruto's food and clothing can still be guaranteed.

He picked up most of the expired instant noodles and milk that were not in stores.

"Oh." Yi Yong paused, "Then what you eat is not nutritious. Does your family know how to cook?"

Hearing the word family, Naruto's expression suddenly darkened, and the three pairs of beards skimmed downward as if they were soaked in water.

"I'm... the only one at home."

[If he knew that I was an orphan, what would he say? 】

He was a little nervous, worried that Yiyong's attitude towards him would change because of this.

"..."

Yiyong was silent for a while before opening his mouth: "Has it always been?"

He was an orphan, but at least he had a sister, and later Satu and Master.

But this child, who looks younger than his current age, is living alone in this village?
"En." Naruto Uzumaki lowered his head even lower.

Tomioka Yoshiyuki did not continue to ask "how did your parents die", but looked up at the sky.

It's still a while before dark.

"Can I visit your house?"

After Giyuu said these words, Naruto Uzumaki suddenly raised his head.

"Eh?!"

He was a little surprised at first, but the expression on his face immediately turned into surprise, "Is what you said true?"

"Ah."

Yiyong plans to become friends with this child first, to see if he can improve the life of the other party.

Apart from the simple reason of his soft heart...

He also wanted to ask Naruto Uzumaki for his hair as a material for Xing Julang, the psychic purgatory, after solving the malnutrition situation of Uzumaki Naruto.

First, he took it for granted that the better Uzumaki Naruto's health, the better the revived Purgatory Kyojuro's health should be (actually it doesn't matter).

Secondly, since you want the other party to help you provide your hair, you should also give it back, otherwise you will feel bad.

"is it okay?"

Yi Yong asked again.

Behind the crystal ball, Hiruzaru Sarutobi narrowed his eyes, wondering whether the development of the imagined friendship was a little too fast, as if someone was behind it.

But Yiyong is just a non-threatening child after all, he intends to continue watching.

Uzumaki Naruto nodded heavily: "Yes! Of course!"

Then he asked with some concern: "But does your mother agree?"

The children who were willing to play with him before began to stay away from him only after their parents taught and warned them.

"I'll tell her."

Under Uzumaki Naruto's expectant gaze, Giyuu walked up to his mother who was queuing up and told her his plan.

"Hey, did you meet new friends?"

Uchiha Mikoto glanced at Kakashi's location in surprise, as if asking why the other party didn't stop him.

The latter gave her a hand gesture that Junin only understood.

[The meaning of the three generations of adults. 】

She frowned slightly and turned around, deliberately letting Yi Yong go home with her.

But when he saw Naruto Uzumaki's bright eyes over there, he thought of his old friend Kushina Uzumaki again.

【Since I can't do anything for her...】

[And that child is as lonely as Giyuu before. 】

"The righteous brave can't disturb him for too long."

Uchiha Mikoto stroked her son's hair and said with a smile.

"Otherwise I'll cook for myself."

Not far away, Uzumaki Naruto recognized the meaning of that expression, and jumped up happily on the spot.

"I see." Yi Yong nodded.

"Huh?" Uchiha Mikoto raised an eyebrow.

"I see," Yiyong said with a slight blush on his face, "Mom."

(End of this chapter)