Holding Hinata's hand, Naruto led her to the Commercial Street in the lodging town. Vendors were everywhere, and pedestrians were bustling about. What a bustling and lively scene!
It was rare that there were no acquaintances around. Picking up girls is most taboo when there are acquaintances around. Only when there are no acquaintances can one let go and do boldly.
Naruto took Hinata from one vendor's stall to another. Every time they passed by a stall, they would have one more snack or delicacy in their hands.
After they were full and satisfied, Naruto thought it was still too early, so he continued to take Hinata to play mini - games.
The traditional game item, paper net fishing for goldfish, was indispensable.
"Boss, give me a paper net." Naruto brought Hinata with him.
The two squatted beside the goldfish tank. Hinata looked at the little goldfish swimming around with big, tearful eyes.
"One? Are you kidding me? I won't sell less than ten." The vendor showed a very firm attitude.
"Then give me ten. Don't regret it." Naruto handed over the money.
"No Ninjutsu is allowed here." The vendor handed Naruto ten paper nets.
"Humph." Naruto sneered contemptuously, thinking: Who needs Ninjutsu to catch a goldfish? Taijutsu is enough.
Naruto moved quickly. In an instant, all ten paper nets were used up, and at the same time, he caught ten little goldfish.
"Ah—" The vendor was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide.
"Here you are." Naruto put the ten little goldfish in a glass bottle and handed it to Hinata.
Hinata, who received the little goldfish, looked extremely happy. She held the glass bottle with both hands and looked at the little goldfish with tearful eyes.
A few little fish could make Hinata so happy. Naturally, Naruto was even happier.
At this time, the vendor snatched the glass bottle from Hinata's hand, played the victim first and accused, saying, "You violated the rules and used Ninjutsu. The reward doesn't count."
After saying that, the vendor directly dumped the glass bottle and poured all the little goldfish in the bottle back into the tank.
Hinata showed a disappointed expression.
Naruto was stunned for a moment and thought: There's actually a fool who dares to provoke me today...
On normal days, Naruto wouldn't care about such a person, but today it was different because Hinata was by his side.
"Hey! Boss, I advise you to have a bit of shame." Naruto whispered a warning, intending to give him a chance.
The vendor yelled at the top of his lungs, "Everyone, come and take a look! There are people here using Ninjutsu to cheat! Cheaters, get out quickly, or I'll lose my temper and throw you out—"
Naruto remained expressionless and directly led Hinata away.
Since both Naruto and Hinata were wearing the Forehead Protectors of Ninjas with the Konoha symbol, which represented their identities as Ninjas, they were really unable to defend themselves no matter how they tried.
"Pfft, young whippersnappers, trying to fight with me." The vendor looked at Naruto's leaving figure and said, "No ordinary person can catch ten goldfish with ten paper nets. They must have used Ninjutsu."
Naruto took Hinata to a secluded place to hide.
Naruto looked around and found an old woman in her eighties strolling on the street. He silently memorized her appearance.
Hinata didn't understand what Naruto was doing. Under Hinata's gaze, Naruto used the Transformation Jutsu and transformed into the appearance of the old woman in her eighties.
"Hinata, wait for me here. I'll be back soon," Naruto, who had transformed into an old woman, instructed.
Then, Naruto, still in the guise of the old woman, returned to the stall. With a hunched and aged body, she looked at the goldfish in the tank.
The vendor looked at the old woman and thought to himself, "At her age, she still wants to play the goldfish-catching game. She's just giving me free money!"
"How much is one goldfish?" Naruto, in the voice of an old person, asked.
"The fish aren't for sale. I only sell the nets. If you can catch a fish with this net, the fish is yours," the vendor said, waving the paper net in his hand.
These paper nets were crudely made and would break easily when they touched the water, making it very difficult to catch the goldfish.
"Then, with this money, how many nets can I buy?" Naruto, as the old woman, took out a bag of money from her fanny pack.
The vendor took the money bag, weighed it, and found there was a good amount of money. After a silent count, he realized it was enough to buy a hundred paper nets.
"Do you really want to spend all this money on paper nets?" the vendor asked in shock.
"Yes..."
The vendor quickly handed over a hundred paper nets and then happily began counting the money. He thought to himself, "Where did this old woman come from? If I had a few people like her every day, I'd be rolling in money..."
Naruto, disguised as the old woman, picked up the paper nets and stared at them with her highly farsighted eyes for a while without moving.
Suddenly, Naruto, as the old woman, made her move. She was incredibly fast, and in an instant, she had used up all a hundred paper nets.
After using up all the hundred paper nets, every goldfish in the tank was caught, with not a single one left.
"Ah—" The vendor was so shocked that his jaw dropped to the ground.
"You're cheating! You must have used Ninjutsu, old woman!" the vendor repeated his old trick.
At this time, passers-by stopped to watch.
"What did you say?" Naruto, as the old woman, pretended to be deaf.
"You violated the rules! You used Ninjutsu!"
"My ears aren't very good. I can't hear you!"
"You used Ninjutsu!"
"Ouch, I just strained my back. It hurts so much, my back hurts so much..." Naruto, as the old woman, quickly supported her old back and trembled slightly all over, looking exactly like an old person.
When the onlooking passers-by saw this scene, they all started to blame the vendor.
"Hey, it looks like that unscrupulous merchant is the one with the problem."
"Just now, two kids were catching goldfish, and this unscrupulous vendor also said they used Ninjutsu. Now it's an old woman, and he's making the same accusation."
"Unscrupulous merchant, if you dare to bully this old woman today, we'll smash your shop."
All the onlooking passers-by looked furious and pointed the finger directly at the vendor.
"Ugh! Damn it!" The vendor felt so wronged. He was sure his judgment was right; there was definitely something wrong with this old woman.
However, incurring public anger was very scary. When the vendor saw so many passers-by blaming him, he started to get scared and back down.
Helpless, the vendor had to pack up all the hundred goldfish and stuff them into a large plastic bag.
"Thank you," Naruto, as the old woman, politely thanked him.
Then, using his old and hunched body, Naruto suddenly hoisted a large bag of goldfish taller than himself.
After lifting the large bag of goldfish, Naruto took off running and vanished in an instant, leaving the vendor sitting limply on the ground. He suffered heavy losses today.
After Naruto escaped, he deactivated the Transformation Jutsu and carried the large bag of goldfish to find Hinata, which really gave Hinata a big scare.
The plastic bag filled with goldfish was huge, taller than Hinata, and full of water and goldfish.
Hinata only took the prettiest goldfish among them, and Naruto had no choice but to give away the remaining ninety-nine goldfish to passers-by.
"Naruto-kun, thank you. Shopping is so much fun."
"Have you never gone shopping before?"
Hinata shook her head. She had always been held in high expectations by her clan since childhood and had to spend all her time training. How could she have time to go shopping and have a good time?
"Come on." Naruto took Hinata's hand and said, "Let's go have more fun."
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