"She really looks like a real person, not a photo."
"I know."
In the middle of Konoha 63, January
Sand Hidden Village, Kazekage office.
Uzumaki Naruto lay on Eero's desk.
He wrote a postcard, then took out another one. He vaguely remembered three years ago.
He and Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi went to the Land of Wave. They walked and walked.
They carried horses and carts.
It took them a lot of effort to reach their destination. Three years later, he and Thor took Sasuke and Shikamaru with them.
They arrived at the entrance of Sand Hidden Village in a few steps. When they looked up, they saw the red-haired boy with a head full of glue.
I Eero sighed. That year, he escaped from Sand Hidden Village to Konoha. It took him a lot of effort. Now, he just needed to use Thor's communicator to apply for Thor's team. "Naruto.
How many postcards do you want to send to Konoha? "
"At least one of each." Naruto continued to write. "It's a desert.
This is the first time I've seen a desert with my own eyes.
It's as majestic as the sea.
It's much softer than the sand pits in Konoha.
It can move.
It feels alive. "
I Eero understood Naruto's excitement. For the first time, he saw a huge tree in Konoha that could only be hugged by ten people, and the endless forest, and his heartbeat accelerated.
"But Naruto.
That's not how you write the word. "
"I know, I know.
If you step on the edge of the word, you'll make mistakes. " After all, Naruto represented Konoha this time. He was embarrassed to tell Kazekage -sama that Konoha's ninja school wasn't that strict about writing. Well, I'll ask Kakashi to keep an eye on it. "It's mainly because we usually use passwords."
"Oh." Eero, who had briefly joined Konoha's Konoha Shinobi Academy, was very confident in Konoha's education system, especially the newly established Konoha Medical College. "I heard that you are now training a large number of medical ninjas."
"Yeah, look, there's not a single female ninja in this mission." Naruto bit the end of his pen. "I don't know who came up with the theory that girls have better Chakra micromanipulation than boys. Female ninjas only need to go to the hospital to get pregnant, while male ninjas have to take strict examinations."
"It's indeed better for a ninja to be a healer."
"I don't think it's that good. I think the hospital likes ninjas who are more down-to-earth and hardworking. Do you still remember my former teammate, Sakura Haruno? The pink-haired one. It wasn't easy for her to get the heartthrob Sasuke to fall in love with her. In the end, the two of them were only together for a few days before they were called to attend training. My sister is the same. Once classes start, she won't be home at all. "
"According to the information from the Sand Hidden, the orphan of the Uzumaki family should be older than you."
"My sister means my sister." Naruto nudged Eero with his elbow. "Hehe, did your spy ninja ever tell you that she had a crush on Sasuke during the Chunin Exam? She didn't come to Konoha to look for family, she came for great love. "
Eero looked at the meeting room next door through the one-way glass window. "Uchiha Sasuke, compared to during the Chunin Exam, he looks …"
"He's not that flashy." Naruto wrote another piece of paper. "We're all genin from around the same time. Sasuke has always been the best one. He has good grades, good strength, and good looks. But now he's the only one who's a genin. But Konoha's system is like this. Pass the Chunin Exam, accumulate military merit, or become proficient in a forbidden technique. Ninjutsu that's classified as forbidden by Konoha is either very risky to practice, or it's up to fate to learn it. Otherwise, it's the kind that's considered betraying the village if you learn it without being taught by your superiors. "
"Fair and just."
"Kakashi said it's only a matter of time. My dad said it's for his own good." Naruto also turned to look at Sasuke. In the meeting room, Shikamaru Nara and Baki were arguing. Sasuke and Baki's guards were standing behind Shikamaru Nara and Baki's guards were competing to see who had the coldest face. He was here to gossip with Eero, and the rest of the people were discussing business. In fact, it wasn't a big deal, but no matter how small the ceremony was, it was related to two ninja villages, so it had to be arranged properly. Genin sitting on the chair of a Jonin wouldn't really become a Jonin, but it would be troublesome if it wasn't arranged properly. Just like what Papa said when he taught Kakashi, the distribution of power, the level of position, and the distance between people must be clearly seen and understood at a glance. Only in this way, the people below won't be confused and stand on the wrong side. "They've been arguing for 40 postcards. I don't know when they'll stop."
"Anyway, it's only our turn to go in when they're done arguing." Eero couldn't help but take a red bean and chestnut soup. This time, Konoha sent someone over and asked Shikamaru to bring him 1000 servings of snacks.
"That's right. As long as the two of us are still laughing, it won't affect the relationship between Konoha and the Sand Hidden." Naruto recalled the times when he and Sasuke were fighting in the mud when they were young. They would fight until their shoes and pants fell off one by one, and then their father would pick them up and listen to their father's greetings … It was such a deja vu. "My Eero, why do I suddenly feel so bored?"
Eero handed Naruto a piece of dried camel meat and began to eat the second piece of red bean and chestnut soup. "Boredom can be considered a psychological problem. Konoha Hospital seems to have done research on psychological problems."
"You're pretty fast. It's just the beginning." Naruto chewed on the salty and hard meat jerky and thought about his father. He went fishing, but then he jumped into a waterfall with a splash. Sasuke's mother was still missing after half a month. As a ninja, Naruto Uzumaki found it difficult to overcome the fear of personally ending someone's life if he encountered an enemy. "Being a ninja can be quite stressful sometimes. Sand Hidden should also do some research."
"Does Konoha Medical College have such courses?" Eero's fourth piece of meat jerky was wasabi chestnut soup, and it wasn't too bad either.
"I really don't know about that." Naruto chewed on the meat jerky until his cheeks hurt.
"When you go back, help me ask if the female medical ninja in Sand Hidden can also go for advanced studies."
"Okay." Naruto quickly gave up on the meat jerky, "We're allies, and allies should help each other. Sand Hidden's medical facilities have improved, so we won't have to send medical ninja over if something happens in the future. Besides, Konoha Ninjas don't have to go back to Konoha if they're injured here. Thor, you've been treated by my father before, and it's not something a wounded person can handle. "
"Thank you." Eero's gratitude was sincere. As long as it wasn't a peeping forbidden technique, Sand Hidden wouldn't refuse to send a few medical ninja to add some Konoha points to the support personnel. But as an ally in name, it wasn't easy to ask for conditions from the Protector State. If he wanted something from Naruto, he could just ask for it directly. If Naruto wanted something from him, he would also generously give it to him. But between the villages? There was no giving for no reason, and no receiving for no reason. If you wanted something, you had to exchange it for something else.
Naruto also understood this principle. He couldn't influence the village's decision, but he could make reasonable suggestions. The former son of Naruto, now Naruto's junior, suggested something different from others. "Hey, I'm Eero."
"Hmm?"
"I suddenly feel that growing up isn't fun at all."
"It's not fun if you don't grow up."
"Let's go explore."
Eero swallowed the pudding in his mouth.
"It's my first time in Sand Hidden." Naruto packed up the postcard, "Let's go explore! You wrote that ever since your father, no, Four Generations of Kazekage died, you've been feeling strange chills. I'll go with you. Your father might still be in Sand Hidden Village. "
Eero stretched out his hand and touched Naruto's forehead.
Naruto slapped Eero away, "My mother said that after a person dies, their soul will be taken away by a pillar of light. In the pillar of light, you can see heaven. In heaven, you'll experience a surreal illusion. It makes people subconsciously believe that the perfect world after death is real, and that you'll always have regrets in life."
"…" Eero rummaged through the cupboard and took out a thermometer.
"…" Naruto took the thermometer and put it in Eero's mouth, smiling like his mother. In the beginning, his father had held his hand to touch his mother, and his mother's words were all repeated by his father … After that, he never asked to hold hands with his father. Because he was afraid. He was afraid that everything was a mysterious golden flash of ninjutsu. He was afraid that if he looked deeper, his father would also discover that everything was just his own ninjutsu. But now … "Eero, I wrote back to you that I occasionally feel chills. In the past, my father's confidentiality level was too high, so he couldn't tell you. But now that he's retired, he can privately … My mother, she really came back from the country of the dead. Not as a ghost, but by tearing apart the pillar of light, she escaped. "
Eero looked at Naruto's serious eyes and knew that his friend wasn't lying.
Naruto nodded, "The reason why I came out to play with you today is because my mother has condensed enough to cook for my father."
Eero really didn't understand what Naruto was saying.
Naruto became even more serious, "My mother is determined. She said that no matter how close my father and I are in the pillar of light, it's not really my father and I. And with the Four Generations of Kazekage, with his stubborn head, what are the chances that he'll be addicted to the so-called perfect life? So … let's go catch ghosts! "
"…" Eero knew that Naruto was pretending to be mature. It was all an act. "Catch ghosts in broad daylight!"
"My mother said that ghosts aren't afraid of the sun. Ghosts only exist in space and are different from living people. Escaping from the pillar of light to the mortal world is like using space ninjutsu." Naruto actually didn't understand what he was saying, "Anyway, you're right. Catching ghosts is indeed more exciting in the dark."
"Being caught by the Anbu in the Sand Hidden is even more exciting."
"That's why I brought you along."
Eero really wasn't interested in ghosts, but exploring … exploring with Naruto should be fun.
At this time, in Konoha.
Shinbo Mansion.
Watergate and Kina were also preparing for an adventure.
"Aromatic Phosphorus's room will be cleaned up when she's free. Naruto's room will be ours!" Kina Maelstrom stood in front of a small blackboard in the living room, a piece of chalk floating up and down.
Watergate, Sasai, and Lionball sat below and nodded. Sasai still found it hard to imagine that the Four Generations of Naruto's wife would really cook, wash, write, and knock him on the head in the form of a shadow.
"Sasai, install a small device on the door handle that will spray water when you twist it." Chalk brushed.
"Naruto will let down his guard after opening the door. He'll think that he has everything under control. So, as soon as he enters the door, cast an illusion. The illusion is that he'll be hit by Lionball falling from the door." Chalk brushed.
"Naruto will be shocked. After the illusion is removed, Sasai, draw a door on the floor tiles that lead to the basement." Chalk brushed.
"That's all for today. I'll have to wait for inspiration for the rest." The chalk fell into the box.
"Yes, ma 'am." Sasai saluted and prepared to work.
"Then what should I do?" Watergate looked at Kina, who had combed her hair into a ponytail and changed into a jounin uniform. His wife, always so full of life and joy.
"You're a patient, so rest well." Kina helped Watergate turn on the TV.
"I'll supervise you carefully." Watergate used to wonder if Kina would become a kind old lady like Uzumaki Mito or move to Xiaochun with a straight face if she grew old. Now, he could only hope that he would remain elegant even if his face was full of wrinkles and be a handsome old man worthy of his young wife. "Sasai, don't be lazy."
"Yes, sir. Please lift your feet, sir. "Sasai mopped the floor. Kina's wife was becoming more and more opaque by the day. But unless she lived with him 24/7, no one would really think about it if they saw a miracle occasionally, not to mention that this wife was so evil that she purposely avoided people. But when the Four Generations' birthday banquet was held, everyone saw the Four Generations dancing with a charred black figure … Sasai shuddered. No matter how he looked at it, the Four Generations were also great people. Sasai couldn't help but sigh. If the girl he liked turned into this dark appearance, without hair and face, with only scary eyes and abstract mouth, and her whole body was so smooth that he couldn't distinguish between a man and a woman, would he be able to accept it? Sasai admitted that he was a layman who liked beautiful things.
"Sasai, don't be lazy. How long are you going to mop the floor?" Watergate ate the dried fruit his wife brought to his mouth and pointed at it, then continued to imagine Naruto's future with Kina. Would he stop his son from becoming Konoha's first foreign minister? Of course not. A civil official who didn't need to be on the frontlines, who only left Konoha a few times a year, but who also needed to use absolute force to intimidate everyone. It was really difficult for Kakashi's dog brain. Kina wouldn't stop him either. Naruto didn't seem to be able to escape with water, fire, or earth, but her son's mouth? Hahahahaha ~
Everything seemed to be blissful.
Mikoto Uchiha also thought that she, Itachi, Sasuke, and Fugaku would live happily ever after, but Fugaku was dead. Then she would live happily ever after with Itachi and Sasuke. But Itachi was finally as busy as his dead father who valued his work. Then she would live happily ever after with Sasuke. But Sasuke had friends and then a girlfriend.
But so what?
A woman who only knows how to take care of her husband and children after getting married may not understand a lot of principles, but a Jonin of Konoha who once stirred up a storm on the battlefield and survived smoothly, it's impossible for her to only think about her own family.
Just like her son, Itachi, who had been the captain of the Konoha Black Ops, the captain of Naruto's guard for Four Generations, the captain of the Konoha Black Ops, and the captain of the Uchiha Black Ops, wouldn't only think about the Uchiha family. She believed in Itachi.
But Itachi had been following his mother all this time, and the more he interacted with her, the less confident he became. The holes in his ears were exactly the same, the smell of his cooking was exactly the same, and the old injury on his knee was exactly the same. But was she really his gentle, virtuous, and considerate mother?
In the Land of Hot Water, the hot springs were still hot.
After going in a big circle, they were back to square one.
On the outskirts of the city, there was a small cave that didn't extend in all directions.
Itachi was outside the cave, guarding the entrance.
Inside the cave was Mikoto Uchiha, who had finally been blocked. In the thick of the night, a voice came from Mikoto Uchiha's direction. "Itachi, anyone in the world can hurt you, even Sasuke. Isn't it common for brothers to kill each other for the right to inherit the family? Only your mother won't hurt you. "
"I know." But mothers and parents were fair to their children, but in reality, a wound on the back of the hand was more important than a wound on the palm. The tendons were all on the back of the hand.
"Then, since you know, why do you trust an outsider and not your own mother?" Mikoto Uchiha's voice was filled with gentleness and love.
But Itachi was unmoved. He wanted to say, "Mother, in our family, father favors me more. Mother, you treat Sasuke like the apple of your eye. But it's been a few days, and you haven't even asked if Sasuke is doing well in Konoha. " Just this point alone …
"Itachi! Do you trust your mother or not? "
"Mother." Itachi had once complained that his father had transferred him to an office job, but after thinking about it, he only felt grateful. The Four Generations were good teachers. He had learned a lot from the Four Generations in those two years. The most important thing was that the people who stood beside the leader could not panic, and even more so, the leader could not panic. The more you feel that things are messy and difficult to handle, the calmer you have to be. "Mother, I …"
"Itachi! Do you trust your mother or not? "
"I …"
"Itachi! Do you trust your mother or not? "
"…"
"Itachi! Do you trust your mother or not? "
"…"
"Itachi! Do you trust your mother or not? "
"…" Itachi opened his eyes to three tomoe, following his battle instincts, and rushed in. Then, he saw a tape recorder in the corner of the cave. It was an ordinary tape recorder with a card inserted.
Itachi picked up the tape recorder, resisted the urge to smash it into pieces and kick it a few times, and put it into the evidence bag. Suddenly, he heard a commotion. The noise came from the quiet city in the dead of night. Itachi frowned and looked back. At the foot of the mountain, the busiest commercial street in the Land of Hot Water was ablaze.
The light was bright, and the spirit was strong.
…
Konoha, January 15, 63
Two o'clock in the morning
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