A black shop?
When these two words were spoken, the shop owner who was serving noodles to Yuto couldn't help but tremble.
"L-Lord Yuto, you must be joking. All of this is free for you."
The shop owner said with a mournful face, his voice carrying an unusually nervous tone.
"Free! I thought the owner was going to charge extra. Thank you, owner."
Yuto scratched his head, revealing an embarrassed expression.
The shop owner quickly waved his hand and said nervously:
"Lord Yuto is too polite. It's already our honor that you would come to our humble noodle shop to eat. How could we possibly charge extra?"
"Ever since Lord Yuto returned, the village has become more prosperous than before. All of this is Lord Yuto's achievement. We can't thank you enough."
The shop owner's voice carried a trace of excitement, and his eyes shone with a look of adoration.
Being told this by the shop owner, Yuto actually felt a bit embarrassed.
"Lord Yuto, please take your time enjoying your meal."
The shop owner bowed slightly, and with an excited expression, turned and walked toward the kitchen in the back.
Clearly, the shop owner was also very surprised by Lord Yuto's sudden appearance at his noodle shop, which didn't have much foot traffic.
In fact, the shop owner could already predict that after Lord Yuto left, his noodle shop would probably be packed every day!
"Sure enough, I'm more used to the food made in my own village."
Yuto took a bite of the noodles in his bowl, revealing a satisfied expression on his face.
It had to be said that the shop owner was quite generous. Just the extras added to the bowl alone already exceeded the total value of the noodles.
Just as Yuto revealed an expression of enjoyment and was eating the noodles in large bites.
Ding-ling-ling~
Ding-ling-ling~
Accompanied by the sound of wind chimes outside the door, a familiar subtle fragrance drifted in from outside.
"You're actually here."
A gentle voice came from behind, carrying a hint of barely perceptible joy.
Yuto puffed out his cheeks, swallowed the noodles in his mouth, turned his head to look at the approaching figure, and asked with some confusion:
"Terumi Mei? Why are you here?"
Terumi Mei rolled her eyes, and in just a few steps, she walked over and sat down at the seat next to Yuto.
"Is Lord Yuto the only one who gets hungry? Don't I get hungry too?"
Terumi Mei's voice carried a light snort, then she turned her head to look inside the noodle shop and called out to the shop owner:
"Owner, give me the exact same thing..."
Terumi Mei spoke while looking at Yuto.
When she saw the large, heaping bowl of noodles in front of Yuto, her voice couldn't help but pause.
After hesitating for a moment, Terumi Mei said softly, "Just give me about half a portion..."
A smile appeared on Yuto's face. He took a large bite of the noodles in his bowl and said leisurely:
"This bowl of noodles is specially made by the owner. You can't order it even if you wanted to."
Terumi Mei narrowed her eyes slightly and raised her eyebrows.
At this moment, the shop owner, hearing the sound of someone ordering noodles from outside, walked out from the back. When he saw it was Terumi Mei, the excitement that had just calmed down surged up again.
"Mizukage, Lord Mizukage, what do you need?"
The shop owner asked in an exceptionally excited tone.
"Give me a specially made bowl of noodles too."
Terumi Mei pointed at the bowl of noodles in front of Yuto, then spoke softly to the shop owner.
Specially made?
A look of confusion flashed through the shop owner's eyes, but when he heard Terumi Mei's tone, a look of realization appeared on his face.
Not long after.
A bowl of noodles, much smaller than Yuto's but exquisitely presented, was gently placed in front of Terumi Mei.
Terumi Mei revealed a satisfied expression and nodded slightly to the shop owner.
"Lord Mizukage, please take your time."
"If Lord Yuto needs anything else, just let us know."
After placing down the noodles, the shop owner said with a respectful expression.
Feeling Terumi Mei's somewhat proud gaze from beside him, Yuto smiled helplessly and continued eating the noodles on the table in large bites.
Since this noodle shop's location wasn't very good, and the shop was quite small, up until now, Yuto and Terumi Mei were the only two customers in the entire noodle shop.
The shop owner had already realized that standing nearby wasn't appropriate, and had returned to the kitchen in the back.
For a moment, only the sound of the two eating noodles remained in the noodle shop.
However, neither Yuto nor Terumi Mei felt any awkward atmosphere. Instead, they felt an appropriate sense of tranquility.
Burp~ I'm so full.
Yuto ate the last bite in his bowl, patted his stomach, and revealed a satisfied expression on his face.
At this moment, Yuto looked at Terumi Mei beside him and discovered that she had finished eating long ago.
"By the way, at this time, you should be in the Mizukage's office."
Yuto had a faint smile on his face and asked softly.
"There's too much to deal with. I need to slack off a bit. Besides, with Chojuro and Ao here, nothing will go wrong if I'm away for a while."
Terumi Mei reached up to rub her temples, then looked at Yuto and blinked, continuing:
"Lord Yuto isn't planning to report me, right?"
Yuto quickly waved his hand, revealing an innocent expression:
"Even if I really wanted to, I'd need somewhere to report it to."
In the village, there was no place to report one's own Kage for slacking off.
"Regarding the Two-Tails jinchuriki and the Seven-Tails jinchuriki, how does Lord Yuto plan to handle them? Most of the ninjas in the village are quite nervous about this matter."
Terumi Mei leaned back slightly, assumed a comfortable posture, and asked softly.
Lord Yuto went out of the village, and when he returned, he brought back two tailed beast jinchuriki. Such a major matter couldn't be hidden.
Of course, Yuto himself hadn't intended to hide it in the first place.
Yuto coughed lightly and shifted his gaze away from Terumi Mei.
Terumi Mei's figure was already excellent to begin with, and with her somewhat languid appearance, it gave off a different kind of allure.
"With Utakata plus several members of the Seven Swordsmen watching over them, there shouldn't be any problems."
"If they really make any moves, I wouldn't mind testing on them the forbidden technique that Utakata's teacher used back then. The Forbidden Jutsu Division is probably in need of such test subjects too."
Yuto's voice was very calm, as if he were discussing an extremely ordinary matter, except his tone carried an undisguised killing intent.
Terumi Mei nodded with a serious expression. "In that case, I'll have Ao calm the ninjas in the village."
Yuto felt that he had digested his food enough, so he stood up and said to Terumi Mei with a smile:
"Let's go together. You look like you've encountered some trouble."
Terumi Mei brushed her brown hair from in front of her eyes, nodded gently, and also stood up.
"Lord Yuto and Lord Mizukage, take care."
Seeing the two about to leave, the shop owner hurriedly walked out from the back and bowed respectfully to both Yuto and Terumi Mei.
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