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into gear if you want to eat today!"

-14 Minutes Later-

"Hey, Takato, how does the boss get away with treating Uzumaki like this?"

"Well, Uzumaki there has a record with the police. The kid is dumb, but he knows that if he tries to go to the general manager, then the boss is going to tell some lie about him and get him fired. With the way he looks, the GM is more likely to believe the boss. Kid doesn't really have a choice but to suck it up if he wants to work." Takato stated as he watched Naruto go towards where his lunch box was, sweating heavily from the extended manual labor that had been forced onto him.

The two workers saw Naruto sit down and open his lunch box up.

He clapped his hands together with a smile on his face, and as he grabbed his chopsticks to dig in, the boss of the area bumped into Naruto's back and knocked the box from Naruto's lap. Naruto's lunch instantly scattered across the dirty and dust, becoming inedible, and Naruto could only give his lunch a sorrowful look.

Naruto glared at the ground, before he sighed and stood up.

He walked over to the nearby convenience store, and bought himself something small to snack on. The boss sent him a superior smirk.

"That's kind of cruel."

"Well, either Uzumaki puts up with it, and the boss gets to keep treating him like dirt, or Uzumaki hits the boss and proves the boss right. Honestly, I think the boss just likes feeling like he's better than Uzumaki... real power move to pick on somebody three times your size."

-After Work-

"Here's your pay for the week Uzumaki, take it and leave."

"Thanks." Naruto stated as he accepted the envelope that had his hard earned money in it. Naruto was sweating heavily, but smiling all the same as he looked at his reward. Naruto opened it up, and he frowned a little. "... I worked more than this..."

"Eh? We don't pay you for working during your breaks, so I guess you're just out of luck then. Guess you should quit then, huh?"Naruto gripped his fists, before he released them.

"I'll see you in a couple of days." Naruto stated, not quitting as he grabbed his backpack and slung it over his shoulder. He didn't have time to argue any of this, so he just turned and started to walk away. He only worked a couple of days a week at this job, so he could put up with this so long as he could go to his other part-time job and make up for the loss of payment there.

Construction jobs were some of the few jobs that hired teenagers like him, so long as they were physically able to do the jobs. Naruto looked at his watch, before he broke into a run.