Teuchi said with a smile, seemingly very philosophical.
After that, he focused on Aoba.
"Did you bring money this time?"
Teuchi seemed to be asking casually. But in fact, his narrowed eyes were full of seriousness.
Pay up!
This was a very important matter!
He opened a shop to do business and could put on credit because of the inconvenience of customers, but he could not tolerate customers eating free food here.
After all.
We need to understand each other!
If this kid continues to go back on his words...
That would be troublesome.
"Yes, I did."
Aoba smiled and waved his hand casually. He said, "Big Brother Teuchi, do I look like I owe money and don't pay it back?"
"Hahahaha, you don't look like it, you don't look like it..."
After knowing that his effort would not be wasted, the expression on Teuchi's face suddenly became relaxed, and his eyes curved into a smile.
In the following time.
Teuchi did not disturb Aoba anymore, and Aoba just sat in the corner and quietly ate noodles.
The entire process.
It was very harmonious.
Even after Aoba finished eating the noodles, he did not see Minato.
"Are you waiting for Minato?"
All of a sudden.
Teuchi's voice rang out. As he spoke, he stared at the bowl of noodles that Aoba had already finished eating and revealed his guess.
"Yes."
Aoba nodded and did not hide anything. His interactions with Minato were almost all within Ramen Ichiraku, and Teuchi witnessed it, so there was no point hiding it.
"Hahaha. Sure enough, I guessed right! "
Teuchi leaned forward and narrowed his eyes at Aoba.
"Minato went on a mission."
"He won't be here for the next few days."
"If you want to talk to him."
"When he comes, I can send him a message."
As Ramen Ichiraku's store manager, although Teuchi only cooked noodles on weekdays. He could still inadvertently hear a lot of information.
The information about Minato going out on a mission.
It was what he heard when Minato was eating noodles before he left.
"No need."
Aoba smiled and said casually, "I'm fine. It's good to meet by fate."
"Oh, so it's like that~."
Teuchi gave Aoba a meaningful look trying his best to hold back his words.
"Pay the bill."
Aoba reached into the ninja bag and took out a stack of bills placing them on Ramen Ichiraku's table.
"This time, the one from last time, and the one from the future..."
Aoba pushed out the stack of bills in his hand. The thick stack of bills was not too much in total, but it was a lot more for eating noodles.
"Where did you get so much money?"
When Teuchi saw the bills on the table, he was stunned for a moment. He looked at at at least a hundred or so noodles, which could eat hundreds of bowls of noodles.
"Shh!"
Aoba made a gesture of silence and leaned over to Teuchi.
"This is all Minato's money," Aoba whispered.
"Minato's money?" The look in Teuchi's eyes became even more puzzled. He could not help but ask curiously, "Where did Minato get so much money? Didn't his funds all be used to date?"
"It's because they are all used in date!" Aoba nodded and said seriously, "You saw it when Minato and Kushina were getting along. Kushina is very strict. These are Minato's private money. He secretly transferred them to me and asked me to bring them over when he went out to do a mission."
"What do you mean?" Teuchi was a little confused.
"If Minato doesn't leave me some money, he won't even be able to afford the noodles."
"He transferred the money to me and asked me to give it to you. I will store this money to you, big brother Teuchi, and put it on my account." Aoba said.
"You... this... reverse credit?" Teuchi frowned slightly, and he had never encountered such a thing that a customer had paid in advance. What kind of operation was this?
"That's what I mean. I will give you the money and put it in my account. In the future, when Minato and Kushina come to eat noodles, you will deduct it from my account and say that it is my treat." Aoba explained.
"I understand!"
Teuchi suddenly realized something, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face again.
"You two are really good at playing!"
"Minato gave you the private money and asked you to give it to me, and I will record it in your account. In the future, Minato will use your account when he wants to eat Ramen."
"In front of Kushina, you are treating. In fact, it is Minato who has paid."
"The trick is quite deep!"
Teuchi nodded as he spoke. He felt that these two brats had already surpassed the entire Konohagakure in terms of saving money behind their girlfriends.
"Big Brother Teuchi, you're really smart. That's what I meant, and it's also equivalent to me getting a membership card from you!" Aoba mentioned the concept of a membership card that Konohagakure did not have.
"Membership card?" Teuchi pinched his chin, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes. Then, he stared at Aoba as if he had smelled a trace of business opportunity. He said, "Tell me in detail!"
"In fact, this is also an immature concept. I thought of it through Minato's actions of hiding the money." Aoba pretended to be profound and said,
"Aoba, hurry up and tell me. I want to hear it." Teuchi could no longer hold back his curiosity.
"Brother Teuchi, it's not that I don't want to tell you, and this concept is very advanced. You also know that knowledge is valuable. Just like how you need to pay for noodles, knowledge also needs to be paid..." Aoba said in a roundabout way.
"Don't talk about this. Tell me, how much do you want?" Teuchi frowned as if he was very dissatisfied with Aoba's behavior of asking for money.
"I don't want money." Aoba shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I want your shop..."
"You actually want my shop." Teuchi suddenly widened his eyes. Before Aoba could say anything, he directly interrupted Aoba with eyes full of disbelief.
"Big Brother Teuchi, you misunderstood. Let me finish. What I mean is, I want your shop to make my message location." Aoba said in a deep voice. His face was cold, and he had already filled up his vigilance.
"What do you mean?" The more Teuchi listened, the more he felt that something was wrong.
"In the future, I might hand over some scrolls to you at some point in time. Then, when that person is eating, you help me hand them over to him."
Aoba revealed his true purpose. When he was flipping through Eaton's memories, he found several private contact lines.
For example, Kyo and Tesaki.
This way of sending messages, he would not need to personally appear, and it could avoid a lot of trouble.
Aoba also wanted this kind of secret line.
Then he needed someone he trusted very much, and he needed to stay away from Anbu's safe place.
What he could think of...
It was Ramen Ichiraku's Noodle House!