After the fight, Youmou opened her heart to Snow. Sitting by the quiet lake, Youmou told Snow about her childhood …
Youmou was now eight and a half years old. She spent most of her time with her father. It wasn't until a year ago that Tsunade officially took Youmou to her side and admitted her identity as Youmou's biological mother …
But at the same time, she brought bad news. Jiraiya was dead!
It happened so suddenly. Until the day before the bad news, Youmou thought that Jiraiya went out to collect materials and would come back soon. Youmou's state of mind couldn't keep up with the changes in reality.
Youmou said, "During that time, I always felt that my father was not dead. Not only was he not dead, but he was also silently watching us …"
Snowy knew that it was impossible. Before Jiraiya left, he created the Anatta Jutsu. After death, even his soul would disappear, and he wouldn't go to the Pure Land. Therefore, he couldn't be reincarnated by the Edo Tensei. He couldn't even be reincarnated by reincarnation!
This had long been confirmed by Feather.
While resurrecting Intercolumnar Space and others, Feather intended to resurrect Jiraiya as well, but he failed!
Feather used the Pure Land Summoning, but … Jiraiya's soul did not come back!
Therefore, Snowy was convinced that Youmou should have missed her father too much and had hallucinations. Although it was a manifestation of self-deception, for a child who was still immature, this kind of self-deception could be used as a buffer. As she grew up, the pain would gradually heal.
Snowy asked, "Then didn't you tell Tsunade-sama about this?"
Youmou shook her head, "At that time, my mother was also very depressed. I was afraid to give her hope and eventually bring disappointment, so I wanted to investigate the matter by myself …"
"But later, that feeling disappeared. I was very scared and helpless. I wanted to see my father, even if it was my father's ghost. One night, I ran to the edge of the cliff alone and shouted for my father, but only my echo responded …"
Youmou didn't know that when she was shouting at the top of her lungs, Tsunade was looking at her and crying secretly!
What Youmou and Tsunade didn't know was that above their heads, a white-haired man in a black robe and mask was holding back his grief and making a certain determination!
And this resolution … would become action in the near future!
Deep Dream said sadly, "After that night, I recognized the reality. Dad is really dead and will never come back …"
"Accepting reality comes with a price. I'm no longer as calm and positive as I used to be. I'm afraid of becoming a ninja, because as a ninja, I have to face unexpected death …"
"I envy people like Naruto who are indomitable and undaunted, but I can't walk out of the shadow. I use laziness to avoid reality and resist growth."
"During the Shinobi World War, Naruto cultivated the same Senjutsu as my father. At the moment when I decided to go to the battlefield, I felt both proud and inferior. I was proud because Naruto was the protagonist of my father's novel. But I felt inferior because as the daughter of my father who wrote" The Legend of Strong Perseverance and Endurance ", I didn't have the courage to go to the battlefield and witness my father's successor!"
"I have heard … Yuki, you went back to the battlefield without telling your father, and fought side by side with Naruto to protect the ninja world! Compared to you, I'm nothing! I hate myself for being like this! But I don't know how to change! I'm really conflicted! What should I do? "
Speaking of this, Deep Dream burst into tears.
Snowy held her hand and said sincerely, "Dream, Jiraiya-sama is willing to sacrifice his life to protect this world and you who live in this world …"
"He loves this world and you more than anyone else … I think what he wants to entrust to you more than the pain of parting is faith!"
"Faith?"
"The faith to protect what is important to you!"
"Important?"
"Think about it, for your father … what is important?"
Deep Dream thought seriously, "Mom, Konoha, and … the ninja world?"
Snowy reminded her, "These are all, but don't forget … there is also yourself!"
"!" Deep Dream was suddenly stunned.
Snowy said, "My father often said that a daughter is a father's little cotton-padded jacket. If you give up on yourself, your father will definitely be sad …"
Deep Dream said, "That is to say, I have to pick myself up and protect what my father wants to protect?"
Snowy said, "That's also a way to live, but you are you, and your father is your father. He definitely doesn't want his daughter to live in pursuit of his shadow. You should find what you want to protect, and then cheer up for it, become stronger, and fight to the end!"
"Myself … What I want to protect?" Deep Dream looked up at the night sky, "If I don't deliberately pursue it, and I take the initiative to inherit my father's will, then I'm not following his shadow!"
Snowy nodded and said, "If this is your choice, then it's your life!"
Deep Dream wiped away her tears, and her eyes were no longer confused and sad. She said firmly, "Then I've decided! To protect what my father wants to protect to the end, this is my way of ninja! "
At this time, Snowy secretly said in her heart, "Like me … this is also my way of ninja!"
After a night of talking, Deep Dream suddenly said, "Snowy, can we always be together in the future?"
Snowy thought for a moment and said, "Or … let's swear brotherhood!"
"Swear brotherhood … Brotherhood? What is that? "
"Uh … It's a saying I heard from my father, that is, friends who are not related to each other by blood, but like-minded friends, through some kind of ceremony, become brothers and sisters with different surnames!"
"Okay, okay! Then let's carry out that ceremony right away! "
Imperial Yu City, under a shrine.
Snowy found two incense sticks and two bowls of wine.
Deep Dream said, "Do you want to drink? Among the three prohibitions of ninja, before the age of twenty, alcohol is clearly forbidden, right? "
Snowy smiled and said, "This is the wine of swearing brotherhood, there is only one bowl!"
Deep Dream nodded happily, "Okay!"
The two knelt together in front of a small slope, lit the incense sticks, raised the wine bowl, and faced the sky.
"Heaven above, with the thick earth as my witness, today, I, Uchiha Snowy!"
"I, Deep Dream!"
"The two of us are sworn sisters. In the future, we will share blessings and misfortunes together. We don't ask to be born on the same year, month, and day, but we ask to die on the same year, month, and day!"
After the oath, they kowtowed three times and drank the wine!
Putting down the bowl, Snowy said, "Deep Dream … we are of the same age, but I spent a few more years in Hell Valley. Let me be the elder sister!"
Deep Dream said, "Of course, in terms of strength and wisdom, Snowy, you are the elder sister!"
"Then let us three sisters walk together, and Hinata as well!"
"Hinata." Deep Dream recalled, "You mean … that girl with supercilious eyes during the chunin exam?"
Snowy nodded, "Yes, she is my little sister, and also the one I want to protect!"
Deep Dream said heroically, "Since she is your little sister, then she is my little sister!"
In this way, after Hinata, there was another girl who was inseparable from Snowy's side, Naito Dreams!
Many years later, one of the three sisters married and lived the life of a wife and daughter.
The other two sisters traveled the world with their swords, becoming ninjas who struck fear into the hearts of the world's evildoers!
Of course … that was a long time in the future.
When Snowy returned to Heavenly Wing Pavilion that night, she found Feather sitting in the living room.
Snowy was startled, then rushed to the bedroom.
"Snowy, do you have time?" Feather called out to her. "Regarding your mother and Auntie Lin, Dad has a few words to say to you."
"…" Snowy paused and after a moment of contemplation, she nodded.
After pondering for a long time, Feather lit a cigarette and finally told Snowy the matter he had been hiding for so many years.
"Snowy … actually, father wasn't originally from this world."
“！” Snow raised her head in shock, the stupefaction in her eyes self-evident. She stared closely at Feather, and only when she was certain … that Feather wasn't joking did she forcefully suppress her surging emotions and ask, "Mother … does she know about this matter?"
Feather said, "She knows … I told her a long time ago. She is also the only one I told the truth to."
"How … then, father, this body of yours …"
"It originally belonged to a ninja named Uchiha Obito!"
"Obito …" Snowy thought, 'No wonder father has two names. Uncle Banshu and Uncle Minato like to call father Obito. Mother and the others like to call father Feather, so that's why.'
"Then, where did the original Obito go … is he already dead?"
"Father and his soul swapped, about 11 years ago, at the end of Konoha's 47th year …"
Snowy raised her head, her voice trembling unconsciously, "Then, will it be swapped back?"
Feather smiled and said, "Don't worry, it won't be …"
"Phew …" Snowy breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, "Then, does this matter have anything to do with Aunt Lin?"
"Although Obito's soul is no longer in this body, there is still some obsession left in his body. Your Aunt Lin is Obito's biggest obsession."
"So … father's feelings for Aunt Lin is because of that obsession?"
Feather nodded, "Well, you may think that this is father's excuse for marrying Aunt Lin as a concubine, but the truth is like this …"
After a long time, Snowy asked, "Aunt Lin, she … knows about this matter?"
Feather said, "I haven't told her yet …"
Snowy said resolutely, "Then it's better not to tell her!"
Feather couldn't help but be surprised, Snowy rarely showed such a resolute stance on some matters.
Snowy said, "Some things … even if the truth is known, it's still cruel. Since it's wrong, it's better to make the best of it, don't expand the harm!"
Feather nodded, "Well, I'll listen to you …"
Snowy's expression eased, "Father has kept it from me for so many years, this time you must have made a great decision to tell me …"
"Well … then, are you willing to forgive father?"
"What forgive or not, I don't blame you, I just … don't want mother to be wronged."
"Father promises you, I won't accept any other woman, and the one I love the most will always be your mother …"
"Well, I will definitely help father keep this secret well …" Snowy said with her bright eyes, "Also, after tonight, I'll pretend that you didn't tell me this matter!"
With such a daughter, what more could a man ask for?
Feather nodded gently, "Okay …"
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