Naruto: I, Naruto, started with the Rinnegan

"Then let's go to another place. My treat."

Who told you to treat me? Get out of here! I want to be alone with my older brother.

Sasuke glared at Shisui with a displeased expression.

.........

"Kid, stop sitting here, it's useless! The longer you sit here, the more money they make, the happier they are. You won't get any revenge..."

A shadow suddenly blocked Naruto's view of the sunlight.

Naruto put down his work, looked up, and saw a girl with purple hair and brown eyes, dressed in a fishnet outfit, standing in front of him.

While eating meatballs, he seemed to be saying something.

Beside the girl, a beautiful woman with black curly hair and red eyes looked at the purple-haired girl with a helpless expression, and sometimes looked at Naruto with great curiosity.

These two women, judging from their appearance, seem to be... Mitarashi Anko and Yuhi Kurenai.

Why are they coming to see me? Aren't they afraid of being summoned by the secret police?

Who are you?

Taking off his earplugs, Naruto asked a question he already knew the answer to.

Seeing this, Hongdou paused in her eating of the meatballs. It turned out she hadn't heard a word I said! Oh well, all my words were wasted.

"Don't worry about who I am for now."

Hongdou ate her meatballs unhappily and then suggested, "Just listen to me, go sit in front of another meatball shop, and you'll definitely make the owner of this meatball shop suffer."

Upon hearing this, the owner of the meatball shop, who was not far away, immediately became restless. He walked over and said in a deep voice, "Miss, you've been a regular customer of my shop for many years. How could you do such a thing?"

Hongdou devoured a skewer of meatballs and said indignantly, "You know I'm a regular customer, right? You still made me wait in line for so long even though you know I'm a regular customer. It usually only takes ten minutes, but this time it took me more than an hour."

Boss: "..."

So? This is a story of love turning into hate?

Kurenai couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Miss, let's talk over here."

There are many people around, so the boss wants to lead Hongdou to a less crowded place to discuss things.

"You're only thinking of bribing me now... Too bad, it's too late!"

Red Bean continued to persuade Naruto to switch to another shop, and the shop owner got anxious and kept giving Naruto meaningful glances.

Something's wrong! Something's amiss!

Kurenai's eyes narrowed, realizing that things were not so simple.

Naruto stood up, looked around at the customers who were watching him, and said to Anko in a firm voice.

"I know you're right, but I refuse. Just because something is right doesn't mean I have to do it. For the sake of my pride, even if it's wrong, I'll fight them to the end to show my unwavering determination."

……

on the way back.

Hongdou held her favorite meatballs, but had no appetite for them.

Her expression was complicated as she said, "Hong, do you think that kid is stupid? He knows it's wrong..."

Admittedly, Anko was deeply impressed by Naruto's unwavering determination, to the point that she felt a faint sense of admiration for him.

After all, she definitely couldn't do it.

Recalling the exchange of glances between Naruto and the dumpling shop owner, Kurenai Yuhi said with a strange expression, "He's not stupid, he should be..."

You're the idiot!

Red Bean declared with unwavering determination: "Never give up!"

Oh no, what if my best friend gets completely fooled?

Let's make a cold dish!

Kurenai didn't reveal the truth she had discovered; she was worried that Naruto would get beaten up and that Anko would go to jail.

.........

As evening falls, the sun sets in the west, casting its golden rays upon the earth.

The customers finally left, the dumpling shop closed, and Naruto carried his stool home.

Fifteen minutes later, Naruto changed his clothes again, put on a fox mask, and arrived at the back door of the dumpling shop.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The back door opened, and the owner of the dumpling shop, who had been there during the day, poked his head out and looked around. Seeing that there was no one else around, he quickly invited Naruto inside.

He paid without saying a word.

"Here's your pay for this week, count it."

Five thousand taels, equivalent to Naruto's living expenses for ten months.

Naruto said, "That's more. The first three weeks were four thousand taels each."

The owner smiled and said, "Business has been good this week."

Naruto didn't believe it, but he didn't expose him. He put the money in his pocket and prepared to leave.

The boss pleaded, "Wait a minute, I have a favor to ask. Could you please extend the contract for another month? I can offer extra pay—six thousand taels every six months."

I knew it. Naruto turned around and said, "I already have an appointment for next month. How about we reschedule?"

When will you have time?

One year later.

"So busy?!"

"Of course I'm busy. Just think about your store's business this month and you'll understand."

Black and red are still red!

Thanks to the negative publicity brought by Naruto, the business of the dumpling shop has increased more than tenfold this month.

Even after deducting the salary paid to Naruto, the dumpling shop still made a fortune.

Savvy businesses will naturally be envious and want to sign a brand endorsement deal with Naruto.

Like the owner of the dumpling shop, they like making money. Their boycott of Naruto is just following the trend. They don't have any deep hatred for Naruto, and none of their relatives or friends died in the Nine-Tails' attack. They have no psychological barriers to cooperating with Naruto.

Although there's a risk of social ruin if this gets out... as long as I keep it a secret, who will know?

Besides, fortune favors the bold, so if you want to make money... taking some risks is worthwhile.

But making money comes at a price, and Naruto paid the price of an increasingly outrageous reputation, almost to the point of making children cry.

However, Naruto doesn't care about reputation when it comes to duct tape, because it's useless.

The only slightly troublesome thing is that you have to wear a mask every time you want to buy some daily necessities, otherwise you can't buy them.

But I'm really annoyed; it makes me feel like I'm too ashamed to show my face.

However, putting aside this minor unpleasantness, Naruto's wallet is getting fatter and fatter.

He carefully selected merchants who had no grudge against him but were enemies of his and were in the same industry, and the two sides reached a secret cooperation agreement.

Then money started flowing in like crazy, and I no longer had to be careful about saving on food, clothing, and other necessities. I even bought a few kunai and shuriken.

Not wanting to see the strange looks from the locals, Naruto switched to training his body in the forest.

With a kunai in his left hand and a shuriken in his right, he ran merrily through the forest, chasing and shooting at small animals such as pheasants and rabbits.

I not only trained my body, but also practiced my throwing skills with hidden weapons.

In reality, it was just random throwing. Without any professional training, the accuracy of the hidden weapons was even worse than that of the javelin. The movements were either crooked or the force was out of control. After practicing for a long time, all they did was work up a sweat and had no idea where they were going.

It wasn't until later, when Naruto asked the Third Hokage for advice during a visit, that he started to act more seriously.

However, as time went by, Naruto, nourished by the Nine-Tails' Yang Chakra, became increasingly stronger, but the original intensity of his training could no longer satisfy him.

So he decided to add a new exercise to his routine—chopping down trees!