You stay calm, even when the tension in the shop can be cut with a knife. With a very relaxed movement, you grab chopsticks, break them, and start eating the ramen noodles that are still steaming in front of you.
"What do you mean?" you asked quietly between my chews, without looking at Naruto in the slightest. Your voice sounded flat, as if having eyes that could split the world was the most common thing in this world.
Naruto looked even more confused, but his hand couldn't get out of the standby position. "What do I mean?! Your eyes are... the left eye belonged to Pain, and the right one... it belongs to the Uchiha clan! There can't be an 'ordinary' person who has both at once!"
Teuchi, who was still holding your iced teacup, finally placed it on the table with trembling hands. "This... this is your order, Son," he whispered, trying to remain professional even though his instincts told him to run.
You sipped your ramen sauce calmly, then glanced slightly at Naruto out of the corner of your eye. The blend of Rinnegan's deep purple and the sharp red of Mangekyo seemed to glitter under the shop lights.
"The world is vast, Uzumaki Naruto," you said after swallowing your food. "Not everything out there is recorded in Konoha's history books. I just want to eat in peace. Isn't Ichiraku the place for that?"
Naruto was silent for a moment. He sees how indifferent you are to his presence. No killing intent (Satsu) comes out of your body. You really look like a person who is just hungry after a long journey.
"But still..." Naruto lowered his hand slightly, though his eyes were still alert. "Someone with strength like you can't possibly come here for no reason. If you're not a member of Akatsuki, then who are you? And how can you get those eyes without anyone knowing?"
Just then, outside the shop, you can feel some chakra presence landing on the roofs of the surrounding buildings. It seems like the Kakashi you met earlier at the gate didn't really let you escape scrutiny.
Pov : *Suddenly2 Tsunade came, and Kakashi... Want to eat ramen* wahh
The curtains of Ichiraku's shop were wide exposed. The steady sound of footsteps breaks the tension between you and Naruto.
"Uncle, I ordered a large portion of sake!" exclaimed a woman's voice that was firm but sounding tired.
Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, stepped in followed by Kakashi who walked behind him with his hands in his pockets. However, Tsunade's cheerfulness that wanted to unwind after the pile of office documents instantly vanished as she looked at the scene in front of her.
Naruto is standing stiffly in a standby position, and you—a stranger who is engrossed in sipping ramen with Rinnegan and Mangekyo on display.
"Wow..." Your mutter is short, staying calm even though the two strongest people in the village are now standing just a few meters away from you.
The Hokage's Reaction
Tsunade sculpted. His brown eyes widened. As the grandson of Hashirama Senju, he knew the legend about the eye very well. "Rinnegan? And... Sharingan?" he whispered in a tone that turned into extremely authoritarian. "Kakashi, is this the 'surprise' you meant at the gate just now?"
Kakashi didn't answer. His hand was already on top of his headshield, ready to reveal his own Sharingan. "I felt it, but seeing it firsthand... it's much more impossible than I imagined," Kakashi said in a wary tone.
The Frozen Shop Atmosphere
Tsunade took a step forward, suppressing the aura of her existence. "Who are you? Give me one reason why I shouldn't order all the shinobi in this village to ambush you right now."
You sighed, placed your chopsticks on the empty bowl, and took the cup of iced tea that Teuchi had given you.
"I told you," you said as you glanced at Tsunade. "I'm just a hungry wanderer. Would a Hokage forbid people to eat just because their eyes are different?"
Naruto turned his head towards Tsunade. "Grandma Tsunade, she really didn't attack. He just sat and ate... even he just finished one bowl."
Tsunade frowned, looking at you silently, trying to read your soul. The power you have is enough to destroy Konoha in an instant, but instead you sit quietly waiting for the second bowl.
"Two bowls of ramen, right?" Teuchi interrupted with a trembling sound, placing your second bowl on the table. He seemed to be trying to dilute the atmosphere even though he knew his life was at stake.
Me : Sit and eat, don't be like people who have just come to the village.. *I stared sharply*
You sit quietly, leaning your elbows on the wooden table of the stall while turning your iced tea glass. When you said that sentence, you turned your head completely, giving a sharp, direct gaze to the Hokage and his teacher.
"Sit down and eat," you say in a low but authoritative tone. "Don't be so like a person who has just come to the village..."
As you stared at them, your Rinnegan's pupils seemed to vibrate slowly due to chakra synchronization, while the Mangekyo pattern in your right eye shone a sharp red glow under the dim light of the tavern light. The atmospheric pressure in the room instantly changed—not a killing intent, but a very dominant presence, as if the space and time around the shop were under your control.
Unexpected Reactions
Tsunade, who is usually not afraid of anyone, was stunned for a moment. He felt a vibration of power that equaled—or perhaps exceeded—what he had ever felt before. However, seeing your absolute composure, he slowly let out a long sigh and relaxed his tense shoulder muscles.
"You have great courage to rule a Hokage in his own village," Tsunade grumbled. However, surprisingly, he pulled the chair next to you and sat down roughly. "Uncle! Give me a large portion of ramen and your best sake. Looks like it's going to be a long dinner."
Kakashi remained standing behind, his hands still on standby, but he lowered his head guard a little. "Miss Hokage, are you sure?"
"He's right, Kakashi," Tsunade said as she glanced at you from the side. "If he wanted to destroy this place, he wouldn't order two-bowl ramen. He will immediately level the front gate."
Awkward Moments in Ichiraku
Naruto, who saw this situation, immediately sat on the other side of you, his face full of explosive curiosity again. "Wow, you're great enough to make Grandma Tsunade obey! Hey, that eye... Can you see through the invisibility or something?"
Teuchi quickly served your second bowl. You picked up the chopsticks again, as if the intense pressure had never happened.
"So," Tsunade began, her eyes watching your every move as you started to eat again. "What's your name? And where does that one man's power come from?"
Outside the shop, you can feel the presence of the ANBU who were ready to invade are now ordered to remain on standby by Kakashi's hand gesture instructions.
Me : My name is Zak, I'm a former member of Akatsuki.
The atmosphere inside Ichiraku's shop, which had started to melt slightly, instantly froze again. The clinking of the sake bottle that Teuchi had just placed in front of Tsunade sounded very loud amidst the sudden silence.
"My name is Zak," you said flatly, sipping the noodles from your second bowl. "I'm a former member of Akatsuki."
STICK!
Tsunade accidentally cracked the edge of the wooden table with her hand. His eyes were sharp, sharper than before. Next to you, Naruto chokes on his own ramen sauce.
"The former... Akatsuki?" Naruto coughed, looking at you in disbelief. "But you don't wear a red cloud robe! And I never saw you when we fought them!"
Kakashi, who had been silent before, now took a step forward towards the shop light. His left eye is staring at you intensely. "That explains why those eyes are on you. But Akatsuki is not an organization that lets its members go by carrying the most valuable assets in the shinobi world. How can the 'former' member still have your head stuck in your neck?"
You put down chopsticks, then turned to Kakashi with the gazes of Mangekyo and Rinnegan that seemed to penetrate his soul.
"They have no other choice," you replied calmly. "Chasing me will only waste the lives of their remaining members. I left because their goals were no longer in line with what I wanted to see."
Tsunade poured the sake into her glass with a slightly steadier hand now, though her aura of vigilance remained high. "If you're really a former Akatsuki, you're a running information bank. You know their secrets, their plans, and their hiding places."
He looks at you straight up. "Then, why did you go to Konoha? Do you want to sell that information, or do you bring a new threat to our gates?"
Outside, you can feel the ANBU's chakra getting closer to the walls of the shop, waiting for a one-word command from Tsunade to make an ambush.
Pov : I was silent and my chakra aura slowly warmed up but still conducive*