Naruto: Starving, I Start by Eating Naruto’s Apples

My name is Lu Xuan. I’m a transmigrator, and an “autistic” orphan traumatized by war.

I also have a secret: a monster that can never be sated lives inside my body.

No food can ease my hunger, until I move into Konoha Hospital and meet the blond idiot in the next bed, Naruto Uzumaki.

[Ding! Target detected: Naruto Uzumaki. Available as a long-term source of “emotions” and “life energy.”]

[Starter mission issued: Become Naruto Uzumaki’s first “friend.”]

[Mission reward: Unlock long-term “meal ticket” binding permissions.]

So I steal his apple. He gets hopping mad, but the next day he foolishly brings me another one.

I snatch the ramen he just bought. He cries in frustration for ages, but next time he still remembers to ask for an extra soft-boiled egg for me.

He treats me as his only friend, giving me his whole heart.

But I only see him as the most delicious, most precious… “emergency rations.”

- Ninja Academy days: We’re known as the “Dead Last Brothers.” He’s noisy, and I’m quiet. Sasuke watches me coldly. “You’ve got a dangerous look in your eyes when you look at Naruto.”

- Survival exercise: Kakashi leans lazily against a tree. “Oh? Not interested in stealing the bells? More interested in me, your teacher?” I quietly look away, suppressing the Taotie’s growl.

- Identity revealed: The first time I show my Taotie’s ferocious side to “protect” my meal ticket, Naruto stares at me in shock. “Lu Xuan… who are you, really?”

How can I tell him that I only got close to him because… he smells delicious?

Where will this twisted friendship lead?