Konoha: Otsutsuki from the Earth

"Naruto, what are you doing? Why are you so slow..."

A few days later, all three members of Kaiban except Kai gathered at the gate of the village, along with three clients of the Oxalis Gold Mine.

Naruto, as his companion, had not come for a long time, which made Tiantian complain. In addition to Tiantian, the three people who entrusted the task were also extremely anxious, but due to Naruto's life-saving grace, they never complained.

"Naruto will definitely come, I believe in him." Xiao Li said with great confidence.

But Tenten still looked suspicious. After all, Naruto had shown his rejection of the mission directly in front of the Hokage before. If he gets too angry and doesn't come...

Qi Fei stood there without saying a word. He didn't care whether Naruto came or not, but was recalling the details of this mission.

[It seems that this mission has a ninja sword. What is it called "Thunder"...]

He had a certain impression of this mission, and also discovered that the timeline he was in had entered the original plot of the original animation.

"I'm coming--"

While everyone was waiting anxiously, Naruto, the protagonist, suddenly fell from the sky from the door frame.

Landing firmly on the ground, Naruto glanced at everyone, then confidently pointed forward and shouted: "Very good, everyone is here! Let's go!"

He acted as if he was the captain. However, the others looked at Qi Fei who was smiling and did not move, and stood motionless in place.

"Well..." Sure enough, before taking two steps, Naruto turned around and asked, "How do we go?"

The group followed the guidance of the three clients, climbed over mountains and ridges, and finally arrived at the territory of the Kingdom of Kawa.

On the way, while discussing the location of the sorrel gold mine, Xiao Li also suggested that everyone go to a curry shop near the mine to rest.

"Li, how did you know there was a curry shop there?" Tiantian asked doubtfully. In her impression, Xiao Li didn't seem like someone who could interact with Kawakuni.

"Let's leave this as a suspense until the curry shop reveals it!" Xiao Li said with a mysterious face.

【This is it, I remembered it!】

The curry Xiao Li mentioned reminded Qi Fei of the original work.

He remembered that the curry shop had an extremely spicy curry that was so spicy that Naruto and the others were afraid of it. At that time, Neji only took one bite and it was so spicy that he rolled his eyes and even lost his seal.

"What are you laughing at?" Tiantian saw Qi Fei's mouth slightly raised for some reason and asked curiously, "Is there anything funny?"

"I'm just curious about how the curry in that curry shop tastes."

When Xiao Li heard Qi Fei's words, he said confidently: "Believe me, that curry is very delicious!"

"That's it, I'm looking forward to it."

"Are you sure? Do you think Teacher Kai and Li would like mundane things?" Qi Fei said quietly to Tiantian.

"Ah..." Tiantian thought about it carefully and nodded with lingering fear, "What you said makes sense."

Seeing the doubtful look in his companion's eyes, Xiao Li immediately gave up: "Believe me, it will definitely be a taste you will never forget."

"Yes, I believe in thick eyebrows!" After hearing the conversation between the three, Naruto came over to join in the fun and shouted.

Seeing Konoha's ninjas laughing and joking behind them, one of the clients, a man named Rokusuke, said dissatisfied: "If they are laughing and joking like this, when will we be able to rescue Kanpachi."

"Give up, Liusuke, how long has it been? What we can believe now is that they can help us defeat the Black Spade family." His companion advised.

In fact, Liusuke also understood that after so many days, there was no chance that Kanba could survive after being buried deep underground by the Black Spade family.

But as his good friend and brother, Liusuke was really unwilling to give up all hope, especially the closer he got to the mine, the more urgent he felt.

After hearing Liusuke's words, Xiao Li and the others also stopped fighting and continued to move forward silently.

It didn't take long before everyone could see the outline of the mine from a distance.

"That's right, it's just this drowsy feeling. We'll be there soon..." Xiao Li lowered his eyelids and nodded.

"Sleep? Can you walk while sleeping?" Naruto asked in disbelief when he saw Xiao Li's state.

"Okay... I once ran a marathon with Teacher Kai while sleeping on this roadside for three days and three nights."

"How is that possible? You're bragging again."

"It's true! Huh? I smell the familiar smell of curry!"

With that said, Xiao Li rushed forward, picked up an old woman in the distance and spun her around, saying, "Grandma Sanjiao! Long time no see!"

"Running while sleeping? It's really like Teacher Kai and Li's style..." After hearing what Xiao Li said, Tiantian complained.

After Xiao Li's introduction, Qi Fei and the others were able to rest in this curry shop.

After Granny Sanjiao learned that Xiao Li's companions were curious about her "life curry", she started cooking it.

While waiting for Granny Sanjiao to serve the food, Xiao Li also began to describe his relationship with this curry shop in detail.

That was when Xiao Li became a genin, and Kai once took Xiao Li to run a marathon on the road outside the store. While practicing, Kai also taught him the unique skill of running while sleeping.

But because he was not skilled enough, Xiao Li still didn't wake up even though he was exhausted, and eventually collapsed at the door of this curry shop.

Looking at Xiao Li who was unconscious, the owner of the curry shop, Granny Sanjiao, and his grandson Jiazi kindly carried him into the shop and specially prepared "Life Curry" to successfully revive him...

"So, for me, this curry is not only 'life curry', but also my 'life-saving curry'!"

[This approach of focusing on the head but not the bottom is really the style of Kai and Xiao Li.]

Just as Xiao Li was reminiscing about the past, Grandma Sanjiao also brought "Life Curry" to everyone's table: "Here it comes, Life Curry."

"emmm..."

Looking at the thick, black foaming, dark and twisted curry rice in front of them, everyone was stunned in place.

"Qi Fei, why did you guess right again..." Tiantian frowned and said with great resistance.

"Come on, this is the curry of life. I'm starting!" Xiao Li grabbed the spoon with a sunny face, scooped up a piece of curry and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation.

"It's delicious!!" Xiao Li, whose face turned red, grabbed the plate and kept putting the curry into his mouth. "It's delicious! It's delicious! It really tastes like this."

"It seems... okay?" Out of trust in Xiao Li, Naruto looked at the strange curry on the plate and thought, "Am I judging a book by its cover? It actually tastes pretty good."

Everyone with the same idea scooped up a piece of curry rice and put it into their mouths...

"Ahhhh——"

Along with bursts of wailing, everyone except Qi Fei and Xiao Li were knocked to the ground.

It's not that Qi Fei doesn't know how to be spicy, it's just that because of his transcendent physique, he quickly adapted to the desperate spicy level, and he didn't even have time to scream. But the feeling of pain to the end was truly unforgettable for him.

"I really...believed in his evil..." Tiantian lay on the table in the same pain, swaying. Naruto couldn't get up again.

Seeing this, Qi Fei handed the frost-covered water glass to Tiantian: "It will be better if you rinse your mouth and drink again."

"Thank you..." He slowly drank the ice water, and Tiantian asked with a face of hopelessness, "Qi Fei, are you okay?"

"It's okay now."

"Sure enough, sometimes I really envy you..." Tiantian has long been used to it.

Xiao Li on the side asked while eating rice: "Grandma Sanjiao, why don't you see the mustard seeds?"

"Alas, Mustard Seed saw you and wanted to become a person as energetic as you. In order to become stronger, he ran away from home after saying that he wanted to become a member of the Black Spade family.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to blame you. It's all because I have always told him to work hard to become stronger. Don't take it to heart."

"It's too late." Tiantian said, still slowly drinking ice water.

After hearing Granny Shanjiao's words, Xiao Li stopped working on the rice and said with a look of remorse: "This is all my responsibility, and I will definitely be responsible for bringing him back.

"Qi Fei, please add the task of rescuing Mustard Seed. I will definitely bring him back from the wrong path."

"Okay, it's easy. But you have to be quick, otherwise I won't be able to tell the difference between myself and my enemy if I take action."

"No problem, I will be responsible for his affairs!" As Qi Fei's companion, Xiao Li certainly understood what Qi Fei meant.

If Jiezi persists in opposing everyone, there will be no chance of survival under Qi Fei's terrifying destructive power that makes no distinction between friend and foe.

"Then we will take a day off today and pick up the Black Spade family tomorrow morning." Qi Fei looked at the three clients and said, "Don't run around. If the Black Spade family finds out that we ran away early, all our efforts will be wasted."

The three clients felt that Qi Fei was a bit arrogant. Maybe Qi Fei was indeed stronger, but what could the other three children do? They didn't believe that the Black Spade family would escape, but because of the captain's majesty, they had to nod in agreement.

"Yes, let's have a good rest today and go to attack the Black Spade family early tomorrow morning!" Xiao Li agreed.

"Qi Fei, please help me get some ice..." Naruto looked at Tiantian's iced drinks and said with a greedy mouth, holding a water glass.

"Okay." Qi Fei directly froze the water in Naruto's cup into thick ice cubes, "Drink slowly."

"Damn it..." Naruto knew that Qi Fei was quarreling with him again about what he had done with Granny Tsunade.

However, he was unhappy, in fact, Naruto was very happy with this kind of banter between companions. What he longed for was this kind of banter between companions and friends, and this was what he had always pursued.

After taking a few licks and finding that it was of no use, Naruto went straight to pour boiling water to speed up the melting.

Late at night, just when everyone was about to take a rest, Liusuke quietly opened the door and tiptoed outside the curry shop.

After arriving near the mine, he could not let go of his obsession with Kanba for a moment. "Don't look back until you hit the south wall" refers to his current state.

"where are you going?"

Just as he was about to leave quietly, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind, making him startled.

When he turned around, he saw a dark figure sitting on the eaves of the curry shop with his back to the moon, looking at him silently with white eyes that seemed to see through everything.