Chapter 105: The Tea Country, Everyone Eats Tyrant's Meal
"I'm asking you, Meng Ling, are you guys hungry now?" Naruto asked loudly.
"Hmm, now that you mention it, we haven't eaten anything since we camped out last night. It's already noon now, so let's go eat something at the front." Meng Ling pointed to a small house in front of them and said.
"Ah, okay!" After hearing Meng Ling's words, Minato immediately rushed to the small hut in front of him. Then, Meng Ling also brought Sasuke and Sakura here, and after ordering some food, the four of them started chatting.
"Hmm, a ninja from Konohagakure?" At this time, Meng Ling's hearing picked up a sound, and looking towards the source of the sound, Meng Ling found that there was a person wearing a bamboo hat using a small knife to whittle a wooden sign.
"This is Ibuki's brother, isn't it? - Sanno Iida? He's quite arrogant too. Hopefully he won't come to provoke me." Mu Rong thought in her heart, but things didn't go as she wished, and that person named Iida still came to pick a fight.
"You can still run here for afternoon tea, you Konoha ninjas are really laid-back, huh?" Idate said as he walked up to Naruto's face without looking back.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked somewhat discontentedly.
"What's the point, idiot, obviously looking for trouble!" Meng Ling thought to herself, waving her hand and saying somewhat unnaturally: "Naruto, talk less, do more. Don't waste your energy on such boring things." The implication was simple, that Itachi's existence was originally quite boring.
"What's wrong? You stupid woman, you should know that the person in front of you is Lord Sen no Ida, Flying Legs. Anyone who isn't a fool like Naruto can understand what I'm saying." Sakura was covering her mouth and laughing on the side.
"Oh, Lord Morino Iida, really...I haven't heard of it. How about you?" said Meng Ling lazily.
"Who's that?"
"I don't know."
"I'm not interested!"
Awkward silence
"Hmph, I hate the ninjas from Konohagakure the most. Get out of here quickly, if I see you again in the Land of Tea, don't blame me for being impolite!" Date shouted loudly.
"Oh? That's interesting, want to have a match right now?" Naruto said with some anger.
"Never mind, Naruto, we still have a long way to go." Sakura said.
"Uh-huh, that's right." Meng Ling said slowly.
"It's not like that, this kid's words are really infuriating, I absolutely want to give him a show of color...... Ah, where did he go?" Naruto had just turned his head and said a sentence to the crowd, and when he turned his head again, Idaten was no longer there.
"He's long gone!" Meng Ling said calmly.
"What? I didn't sense his presence at all..." Sasuke's heart was also filled with surprise.
During meals
"Alright, thank you for your patronage, here's the bill!" The old woman handed over two bills.
"Two?" Sakura looked puzzled.
"Oh, the young man just said you have to pay the bill." The old woman said.
"Hmm, it seems like this time we really can't let him off." Naruto roared. Meanwhile, Sasuke was on the ground using Solid Sound Transmission to determine Idate's direction and distance. Then he rushed out of the hut with Naruto.
"Alright, let's go!" Seeing that Xiaoyan had already paid the bill, Mengying also followed Xiaoyan and rushed out.
Not long after, Ida fell and tripped, and Meng Leng and the others easily caught up with him, but...
"Ladies and gentlemen, I just did that because I ran out of money, please..." At this time, Yida was kneeling on the ground begging, looking at this scene, Meng couldn't help but think that this person's master must be Stephen Chow, why his movements, tone, and acting skills are all exactly the same.
But when Naruto was hit by Idate's small knife from the tree, Idate's expression completely changed, saying that this is his most important thing, and also saying that Naruto is a fool who hates Konoha ninja.
Right after that, Ida proudly removed the heavy weights from his feet and said: "Haha, now you guys won't have a chance to keep up with my speed."
"Bang..." As Iida let go, the two heavy objects smashed directly onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. But in the next instant, Iida was already running far away.
"Never mind, it's too late anyway..." Meng Ling said. "Anyway, we'll meet again." Meng Ling added silently in her heart.
Soon after, Meng Ling also brought Naruto and others to Jirocho's mansion. At this time, Naruto was talking a lot of nonsense to Jirocho.
"Alright, enough small talk, let's get down to business and discuss the mission details." Sasuke said coolly.
"Speaking of which, if this time is to protect someone, then please ask Lord Jirocho to bring him out first, and we can get to know each other." Meng Ling said with a smile as he walked up to Jirocho.
"Oh, it's Mengying, you haven't changed a bit! You're still as pretty as ever!" Jirō said with a warm smile.
"Uh, Tarou-san, it's only been a month since we last met, right...?" Meng Ling said with some embarrassment. "Moreover, the word 'beautiful' isn't really suitable for me, I prefer the word 'handsome', that sounds better," Meng Ling thought to herself.
"Alright, now let you see that we're fine, come in, Iida!" Jiro shouted out towards the outside, and immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open.
"Jiro-cho, are you teaching me?" As expected by Mu Rong, the person who came was indeed Ida, but now he had completely changed from his previous arrogant self and spoke respectfully to Jiro-cho.
"Ah......" Naruto and Itachi had just exchanged a glance, and simultaneously let out a cry of surprise. Afterwards, the eyes that the two people used to look at each other were filled with electricity.
"You two know each other, that's good. The task I'm entrusting to you this time is to protect Ida's safety during the competition." Jirou said with a long smile.
"Jiro-ya, it seems that's not the case at all!" Meng Ling said, pointing to Naruho and Date who were still glaring at each other.
"It's alright, it's alright. With you here, I can feel at ease too. Kōsuke has told me some things about you, and I have faith in your abilities. As for Ida's safety, there shouldn't be any problems now." Jirō said with a long smile.
"Alas, what's the point of being afraid of internal traitors? This time I originally wanted to keep a low profile, but it seems that's completely impossible." After hearing Jiro's words, Meng Ling thought with some helplessness.
"Alright, now I'll tell you about the content of this mission..."
————I am that gorgeous dividing line————
After listening to Jiraiya's long speech, Mei and Sasuke were strolling around the town while Naruto was in charge of protecting Idate's safety. Originally, Naruto was very unwilling, but after being hit by Sakura, he had no choice but to agree reluctantly.
"Good grief, everything here is so expensive!" Sakura said, holding up a small pendant in a small shop that seemed to be an antique store.
"This is also an unavoidable thing, the plot is observed, the situation here is not as bad as the wave country, but it is also a kind of nature, I'm afraid it's being bullied to this point by some more powerful forces." Meng Ling looked around and said.
"Just as this guest said, I didn't want to buy it at such a high price either, but the leader is from the same hometown as Jiayu..."
"Bang......" Just as the boss's wife was about to continue explaining, a loud noise came from outside the door.
"Spare me."
"Do you know who you can do business with? Are you going to rebel against the Hei family?" After hearing the loud noise, Meng Ling also came out of the small store with Zuo Shi and Xiao Yan. The scene before their eyes was indeed infuriating. They saw that the owner of a small store was being thrown to the ground, the door was smashed, and the perpetrator was shouting loudly without any intention of apologizing.
"It's another tyrant meal. It seems that people here are very popular with this." Meng Ling thought to herself.
"It's nothing, but if you don't give me money..."
"This guy really doesn't know what's good for him." The man clenched his fist after hearing the shop owner's words and said something arrogant, ready to start a big fight.
"Don't be like this."
"Let's start with you being spoiled." The man swung a heavy fist down, but it was caught by Sasuke with one hand.
"What do you want to do?"
"If you don't want to get hurt, then scram." Sasuke said coldly.
"Quickly run away, customer! These people are from the Jie family..." The middle-aged woman who was previously the shop owner hastily said.
"No problem." Before the middle-aged woman could finish her sentence, Sakura interrupted her.
“POKA~BOKA”
After hearing a burst of fighting sounds, the middle-aged woman immediately covered her eyes in fright, but Meng Leng and Xiao Ying knew that if Sasuke couldn't even handle these three little rascals, then he might as well give up being a ninja.
"I'll let you off for today."
"Take the lesson and stop resisting, kid." The left cheek of a few thugs was still intact, but when their right cheek appeared, it was "covered in bruises".
"See you next time, can't let you off." The three little rascals threw down the front and walked slowly forward. But after hearing Sasuke's "Ka-baa" fist sound, the three people were immediately scared away.
"Hmm, Meng Ling, your observation skills are really impressive. I didn't notice anything at all. It wasn't until after what happened just now that I realized it." Sakura said to Meng Ling as soon as they left the original location.
"Hehe, observing every detail around you is one of the basic principles of a ninja! You must remember that well, little Sakura." With that said, Temari took Sasuke and Sakura to have dinner together.
(PS: Recently, some readers asked me why there are so many cultivation chapters. I'd like to explain that this book is entirely a prelude to the second part "Chaos Gods' Dusk". Although Meng Ling's strength can be said to be invincible in "Naruto", it still lags far behind when compared to those who are considered 'gods' in the multiverse, let alone the 'saints' of the Eastern Divine Realm. Therefore, even if Meng Ling is invincible here, he still needs to cultivate, and the cultivation method of "Fantasy Star Tianlian" will be gradually revealed in future chapters. Meng Ling's current responsibility is to "gather power". This is a predetermined plot.)