Early in the morning, when it was still dim, Naruto hurried to Ichiraku Ramen with a small backpack on his back.
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"Hey! Good morning, Uncle Ichiraku! I'd like a bowl of ordinary miso ramen! Oh, yes, with a fried egg! Hehehe," Naruto said hello to Otsutsuki Ichiraku with a silly smile.
"Hey! Good morning. You got up so early? What are you in a hurry to do?" Ichiraku said, his eyes narrowed as if smiling.
"Oh! Don't mention it, I have to go to the gathering to do the mission. Every day I catch cats and dogs. This is totally different from the ninja life I imagined!" Naruto scratched his head, very dissatisfied.
At this time, the door curtain was pushed open, and a voice that Naruto was very familiar with came out. "Boss, give me a pork bone miso ramen, and an extra Naruto roll." Sasuke walked in and casually found a seat to sit down.
"Good job! Uchiha boy, please wait!"
"Sasuke! Why did you come to Ichiraku Ramen?!" Naruto was surprised and happy. He was surprised because Sasuke rarely came to Ichiraku Ramen, usually having breakfast at a small restaurant in the Uchiha clan or at home. He was happy because Naruto always liked to follow Sasuke for some reason. Maybe this is love?
"Ordinary miso ramen with fried egg and pork bone miso ramen with Naruto roll, coming up!" After a while, Ichiraku smiled and placed two bowls of steaming and fragrant ramen in front of Naruto and Sasuke.
At this time, Sasuke looked at Ichiraku more without Naruto noticing, and Ichiraku also looked at Sasuke more. Suddenly, Ichiraku's cheerful expression disappeared, replaced with a serious demeanor. If you look again, an explosion occurred. Boom! (Advanced explosion sound effect, imagine it yourself) Instant explosion! Of course, it was not an explosion in reality, but in the illusion space.
In the illusion space, Ichiraku no longer squinted. Instead, he revealed a pair of Nine Magatama Rinnegan! There were 16 truth-seeking orbs floating behind him, and he was sitting cross-legged in the air with a strange-looking black cane in his hand.
Ichiraku Otsutsuki smiled faintly and said: "Uchiha... Sasuke, should I say future or reborn Uchiha Sasuke? You finally remembered to come and see me."
Sasuke smiled and said: "Well, I have to come and say hello. After all, you are the hero who helped us defeat Otsutsuki Shiran in the previous life!"
Yes, Ichiraku Otsutsuki is a member of the Otsutsuki clan. One of his eye techniques, "Soul Search," allows him to see through all truths and even observe the future! The weapon in his hand, the "Soul-Slaying Staff," can directly cause soul attacks. It was created by another ability of his eyes, "Material Copy." This ability allows him to copy the materials and characteristics of all objects seen, change their shape at will, and assign random attributes. The Soul-Slaying Staff copied the truth-seeking orbs, and the attribute given is transforming physical damage into soul damage.
Otsutsuki Ichiraku was the only disciple of Otsutsuki Shikamaru! He perfectly inherited the power of the Otsutsuki clan. He was noticed by Shikamaru and accepted as a disciple, but Ichiraku was kind and peace-loving by nature, so he escaped from the clan and came to this ninja world. He constantly changed his body shape and aura, living a stable life in anonymity, taking the name Ichiraku. He usually squinted his eyes to hide the secret of his Rinnegan!
His wife was Nanase Nishino, an ordinary person who later left the village and died in the war. Nanase Nishino was the only person Ichiraku had feelings for. Nanase and Ichiraku had a daughter, Ayame, who also inherited some of the power of the Otsutsuki. Ichiraku forcibly sealed and suppressed it as soon as she was born, planning to find an opportunity to confess to Ayame later. Ichiraku's family was brutally slaughtered by Shikamaru in his previous life. Finally, unable to bear it anymore, he helped Naruto, Sasuke, and others by telling them all of Shikamaru's abilities and the spatial coordinates of the mysterious dimension where his true body was! He is a well-deserved world hero!
Ichiraku laughed loudly: "Hahaha, although I don't know how you traveled through time or were reborn to this era, what is your purpose for coming back?"
Sasuke said in the illusion space: "How I was reborn, I don't know either. As for the purpose? It should be to make up for the regrets of the previous life... Ichiraku, do you know the time and space coordinates of 'Purgatory God Star' and 'Frost God Star' in this period?"
Ichiraku's face changed and said: "What are you going to do in these two places..." Before he finished speaking, Sasuke interrupted and said: "I want to unify the ninja world, then defeat the God of Otsutsuki and achieve peace... This time, I will defeat Shikamaru!"
"Do you want to get the legendary 'Double God Stones' of the two sacred places of time and space? You should know that 'Purgatory Star' and 'Frost Star' are extremely dangerous places..." Ichiraku said seriously. "If you are not careful, you will die... Do you want Naruto to be alone..."
Ichiraku was very worried about Sasuke.
"No! I am no longer the Sasuke of the past!" Sasuke opened a pair of brand new Rinnegan! The surging pupil power was no longer suppressed! Even Otsutsuki Ichiraku was trembling.
"Rinnegan? Well, it seems that you have made up your mind. I can use 'Soul Search' to check, but it will take some time to accurately predict where it will appear next time. That kind of place is changing all the time... You know..."
Sasuke's mouth corners slightly raised, and he thanked: "Ichiraku, thank you!"
Ichiraku returned to his usual state of squinting eyes. "Haha, I will inform you in a while."
'Purgatory Star' and 'Frost God Star' are two extremely mysterious places recorded in the advanced documents of the Otsutsuki clan. These two planets exist independently in two different time and space dimensions. Every once in a while, a dimensional entrance will open in a corner of the universe. This is the only way to enter these spaces. These two planets have special powerful races, 'Purgatory Dragon Clan' and 'Frost Elf Clan,' and gems, 'Purgatory Magic Stone' and 'Frost Fairy Stone,' which have been passed down from generation to generation to control the power of magic flame and severe cold. They are collectively called 'Double God Stones' because the 'Double God Stones' and the two places exist in a special space. These two places are collectively called 'Ice and Fire Time and Space Holy Land!'
Back to reality, Naruto was eating with oil dripping from his mouth, and he didn't realize that the two people next to him had been chatting for a while in the illusion space...
"Brother Sasuke, I'm going to the destination to gather first. Bye, Uncle Ichiraku!" Naruto said goodbye to Sasuke and ran away.
After a while, Sasuke finished his ramen, nodded to Ichiraku, and left instantly with a pupil technique.
Naruto ran to the destination and saw that Sasuke had already arrived at the gathering place of the mission hall. He was very puzzled and asked: "Ah! Nani! Sasuke, weren't you behind me! What's the situation?"
Sasuke sneered: "You are too slow, brother. You still need to practice~"
At this time, Kakashi put away his book and walked to Naruto: "Okay, let's start our cat-catching journey!"
After Class 7 passed Kakashi's assessment, in the next two months, they were doing some D-level tasks of catching cats and dogs, which made Naruto very dissatisfied.
"Darn it! I, Naruto, don't want to do these low-level tasks!" Naruto said impatiently.
"Then how about doing this? Brother, go help the neighbor sell hats... How about it?" Kakashi smiled and shook the scroll in his hand.
"Darn it! I, Uzumaki Naruto, am a man who wants to become a Hokage, so I don't want to do this kind of mission!" Naruto shook his head like a rattle.
"Little Naruto, how about trying this C-level mission? Brother!" The Third Hokage said with a smile.
Sasuke had already sensed something and thought to himself, "The presence of that person outside... I remember it was the bridge builder? If I guessed correctly, it should be a mission to the Land of Waves."
"C-level mission? Is it to protect the daimyo or a princess?" Naruto instantly became energetic.
"Haha, of course not. It's to protect him, the bridge-building master of the Land of Waves - Mr. Tazuna." The Third Hokage said with a smile.
"Gurgle~" At this time, a drunk old man came to the door.