Konoha: Reincarnated by Orochimaru in the beginning

"Damn it, how come it's getting dark so quickly?!"

At this time, Karin hid in a small supermarket with an ugly look on her face. Not only because of what Zero had said before about finding an empty room, but also because a crowded place like a supermarket obviously did not fit this category.

Moreover, the meeting place they had agreed upon was relatively deserted. If Sakura didn't have time to find shelter before it got completely dark, it would be troublesome.

The clacking of slippers could be heard nearby, and a woman in a black striped apron arrived at the door, muttering, "This is so frustrating! It gets dark so quickly every day! Is this going to allow people to do business?!"

The middle-aged woman pulled the glass door in front of her and closed it, but did not lock it. After all, what if a new customer came into the store to make a purchase?

At this time, Karin used the snack shelves around her to hide in the woman's blind spot.

But the problem is that the area of ​​this small supermarket is not very large. After closing the door, the middle-aged woman began to walk towards the direction where Karin was hiding.

Karin's heart sank, and then she moved cautiously, like the King of Qin moving around a pillar, with only a shelf between them.

The woman was counting the goods in the supermarket, taking some out and putting them back from time to time. After a while, she had some expired snacks in her hands.

Looking at the snacks in her hand, a trace of heartache flashed in the woman's eyes. Finally, she shook her head and threw them into the trash can at the front desk.

Just when Karin was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she saw the woman leave.

"Little sister, do you want to buy something?" The woman sitting at the front desk glanced at the surveillance camera next to her and said with an account book in her hand.

Karin, who had just put her mind at ease, suddenly felt her heartbeat quicken. Thinking of what happened during the day, Karin clenched her fists and said, "No, I..."

Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard outside and the door was opened. Although the person's footsteps were urgent, he was very polite and did not open the door directly. He closed the door after entering.

Ding~Welcome~

The young man who came in was subconsciously alert and looked around, but saw a middle-aged woman sitting at the front desk looking at him curiously.

The proprietress rubbed her chin and said, "Oh my goodness, there are actually people who can find this place after dark~?"

The young man sighed, curled his lips and said, "Boss, make me two packets of instant noodles."

"Row."

The proprietress opened the bucket of noodles, added another packet, and walked to the room behind her again with her slippers clacking. Before leaving, she called out, "Little sister, come out! I'm going to eat you! It's too dark now. You can wait until daybreak."

When the young man heard this, he looked towards the snack shelf in confusion. Seeing that no one came out, he immediately looked away and waited patiently for the proprietress to bring out the instant noodles.

Ding~ After receiving the money, the proprietress pointed to the two tables by the window and said, "Sit there."

As the aroma of instant noodles began to spread in the enclosed space, Karin, who was hiding behind the shelf, began to swallow uncontrollably.

"Who's that over there, do you want to come out and eat with us?"

Hearing the shout, Karin hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to go out.

Young man: "Would you like some instant noodles?"

"Can……"

Just as Karin was about to ask how to eat with only one bowl of instant noodles, she saw the person in front of her pick up a few chopsticks of noodles and put them into the instant noodle bag, and pushed the rest of the noodles along with the instant noodle bucket and fork to her.

"..."

Karin was silent. Although this action was really considerate and the food seemed to be very fragrant, but uh - did she really want to eat it?

Unsure how to react for a moment, Karin ultimately chose not to eat the instant noodles in front of her. Instead, she pondered and asked cautiously, "Excuse me, who are you?"

The young man slurped his noodles. "You can call me Zhou Qi. Ever since you came out, I've been wanting to ask you, is your red hair natural?"

"?!"

Karin forced herself to suppress the shock that was about to burst out of her face. Thinking about what happened during the day, her legs tensed up and she had already anticipated the worst case scenario.

Seeing that Karin didn't answer for a long time, Zhou Qi sighed and gave up helplessly, "Then can you tell me how to call you?"

“…Karin”

"Your last name is Xiang? This surname is quite rare..." Zhou Qi muttered, slurping down the last mouthful of noodles.

"Burp~Comfortable~"

Zhou Qi didn't say anything else. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and seemed to be sending a message.

As time went by, the aroma of the instant noodles became stronger and stronger. Finally, Karin's stomach couldn't help but growl a few times in protest. After all, they were just a few steamed buns, not military ration pills. After all this time, they couldn't withstand the consumption of a ninja.

In the end, appetite overcame reason. Karin took a deep breath, made up her mind, and decided to die.

Along with the sound of slurping, the noodle soup was drunk up completely. Karin couldn't help but tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. It was like a long-awaited rain. In her eyes, the instant noodles were simply the most delicious food in the world.

The strange thing is that after eating just this little bit of instant noodles, Karin felt like she wasn't that hungry anymore.

"Thanks……"

-

"Where is this?"

Hashirama shook his head, feeling a little dizzy. It took a long time for the things in front of him to become clear again.

"This is a projection of the past Whirlpool Country." Tobirama said as he took out money from somewhere and planned to try to make a deal with the vendor in front.

After taking a bite of the steaming hot meat pie in his hand, Tobirama frowned. There was no taste, no feeling of fullness, just like taking a breath of air. It couldn't be that guy's work... ?

"That spot..."

Hearing this, Tobirama, who was still thinking, suddenly felt a well-shaped headache and was furious. It was already this late and he was still thinking about Madara, Madara, Madara! He had saved the man himself. If this man wasn't his elder brother after all, he would have just left him alone!

Tobirama said with a dark face: "Aren't you going to explain to me how you became that horrible person you were before?"

Hearing this, Hashirama's brain started working again. After a while, he touched the bottom of his nose with a guilty look on his face: "Huh? What's going on? Did something happen? I don't remember..."

Tobirama sneered: "Heh..."

Seeing that he couldn't get away with it, Hashirama hung his head, shrouded in an aura of mourning, and began to recount what had happened in the past two days.

It turned out that after Hashirama was thrown away by Uchiha Gen, nothing happened at first. But after a while, Hashirama felt as if his mind was shrouded in fog, and at the same time, his heart felt like it was oppressed by something. All the regrets, guilt, and anger he had done in the past came flooding back...

Hashirama had no recollection of what happened after that. He only vaguely remembered that a few seconds before he completely lost consciousness, he seemed to see Madara, and hmm—maybe he even took action...