Konoha 60, late March
Konoha, the Land of Fire.
Memorial Tablet.
4 o 'clock in the morning.
It finally started to drizzle.
Naruto, who had been going back and forth between Konoha and the Land of the Wind every day, finally completed his last trip. He shook his cloak and sniffed. He had to admit that the sand in the Land of the Wind was more annoying than he thought.
"Sensei,
It's raining.
Why don't you go to the office? "
Kakashi received the report and hurriedly came out with an umbrella to greet him.
"It's not raining in the Land of the Wind." Naruto pushed away the umbrella that was in the way.
He took out a scroll and stuffed it into Kakashi's hands. "Here, a new secret agreement with the Land of the Wind.
Just throw it on the office cabinet. "
"Okay." Kakashi nodded.
He held the umbrella and moved closer to his sensei.
"I've already boiled the bath water for you.
Do you want to have breakfast first or sleep for a while? "
"Hey, the new finance minister of the Land of the Wind is much easier to deal with than the old guy from the beginning.
But he's really long-winded. Look, it's already so late.
Alright, don't worry about me. I've been wasting time with them for a few nights. My mind is in a mess.
I'll take a walk here first. "Naruto knocked on his forehead.
"Is there anything urgent?"
"Nothing urgent."
"Then why are you wasting time here?"
"To accompany you." Kakashi yawned.
Watergate rolled his eyes at his disciple.
"Ah, ah, ah.
I'm really accompanying you. "Kakashi rubbed his face.
"I'm also hiding from Dou."
"Dou is still wasting time applying for Orochimaru's experiment report."
"Yes, he's blocking me everywhere. Then he's staring at me like a lunatic without saying a word. I really did go to the hospital. Dou's subordinates all said that he has compulsive research-type OCD."
"Sigh." Naruto sighed. "Then give it to him. Since he's interested."
"You're crazy! Give it to him if he's interested. " Kakashi's hand, which was holding the umbrella, suddenly trembled. He lowered his voice, "That's Orochimaru's experimental data. It's a forbidden technique.
"Well, give it to him. It's a rare success data. Anyway, so many people have died, it's not good to waste it."
"Teacher! Kakashi panicked. "He wants to continue his human experiments!"
"We have to continue the experiment after we get the data?" Naruto raised his eyebrows.
"It would be strange if he didn't continue with his experiments." Kakashi pursed his lips.
"But will Konoha allow this to happen, Minister Anbu?" Naruto smiled. "Professional things should be left to the professionals. We can't deny that Dou is a rare, very talented medical ninja. He has the ability to inherit the valuable experience of Orochimaru predecessor. Furthermore, that child is much smarter than Senior Orochimaru. He knows what he wants and what he can get. "
"Yes."
"No need for 'yes'. I know what you want to say." Watergate patted his disciple's shoulder. "Don't be nervous. No matter what it is, let it grow within a controllable range. Now I'm not afraid to tell you that what Orochimaru did in his laboratory back then is really not as mysterious as you think. "
Kakashi's eyes widened.
"It's just some corpses that were originally going to be destroyed. By the way, we can also eliminate spies from other countries and … eliminate dissidents. "Naruto's smile widened." Kakashi, do you understand? "
"…"
"Konoha's medical technology advanced by leaps and bounds during that period. Me, you, and now everyone in Konoha are the beneficiaries. If it weren't for Orochimaru's new technology, how many more people do you think would have died? "
The new Minister Anbu opened his mouth but didn't make a sound. He felt that he needed time to digest the previous content, but his teacher's next words made him even more confused.
"Later. Orochimaru actually ran away on his own. You use your brain. Then where did Yamato's meticulous experiments come from? Where did the funds come from? Where did the staff work for him come from? My Anbu Minister, Konoha only has this much space. "
Kakashi felt a little dizzy.
"As for why he ran away? Because Tobiru Tsunade ran away. "Naruto smiled and tapped Kakashi's forehead. "Otherwise … Orochimaru was the first candidate for Naruto of the Four Generations at that time."
"Didn't he run away because he couldn't compete with you for the position of Four Generations?" Kakashi didn't really understand what his teacher meant, but it wasn't good to keep silent.
"I was indeed one of Naruto's successors. But I was clearly a candidate for the Fifth Generation."
"What do you mean?"
"Ah, how should I put it? That's what happened. And then I became Naruto."
Hearing this, Kakashi was sure that his teacher was just casually chatting with him, but since the topic had already reached this point, "Then, according to what Sensei said, he … why did Orochimaru -senpai run away? Even if he was reported for something bad, he couldn't become Naruto. It should be easy for him to clear his name. "
"Listen to the main point." When Watergate heard Kakashi say that "clearing his name is easy," he suddenly regretted mentioning such trivial things to his disciple. "The main point is Tsunade-sama."
Kakashi swallowed his saliva and glanced at his sensei, the current Fourth Hokage was looking into the distance with a slight smile on his face, but Kakashi still felt a sense of trepidation.
"Well, I knew you wouldn't understand." Naruto looked at his disciple who was still confused and sighed. "Let me ask you another question. The Third Generation was doing well, so why was he in such a hurry to choose the Fourth Generation?"
"Isn't it because he's old and doesn't have enough energy?"
"He's older now, but have you ever seen him not have enough energy?"
"…"
"Kakashi." Naruto continued to sigh. "You weren't a child at that time."
"I …"
"What is war? What is victory? What is defeat? Who should be responsible for the war! "
"Sensei … I don't understand."
"It's best if you don't understand. In fact, you don't need to understand everything, Kakashi." Minato smiled. "Remember, winning a war isn't the end of it. The loser has the responsibility of the loser, and the winner also has the responsibility of the winner. And for those who died, whether it was voluntary or not, someone has to be responsible for the souls of the dead. “
"…"
"Well, let me be alone for a while." Bo Fung Watergate finally waved his hand impatiently.
Kakashi could only hand the umbrella in his hand to his teacher and turned to leave. As Naruto, if he didn't want to be disturbed, he really needed to make some arrangements.
"It's drizzling." Watergate took the umbrella, watched Kakashi leave, and closed it with a grumble. Then, in the pitch-black morning light, he continued to walk and stop along the forest-like Soul Comfort Monument.
He started from the tombstone of Konoha's 29th year. He looked at the tombstones one by one, guessing the handwriting on the tombstones with the slight reflection of the rain. But he couldn't find anything other than familiar names. But as the tombstones became denser and denser, he could guess more and more names, and the owners of those names seemed to be summoned. They drilled into his mind through his eyes and turned in strange circles … until he stood in front of the tombstone of Konoha's 47th year.
There weren't many tombstones of Konoha's 47th year, and the tombstone that stopped him was no different from the others. It was plain black basalt, and there was nothing on it except for small, densely packed words.
In the darkness, he leaned forward and carefully identified the outlines of the strokes. He read them one by one silently until he reached the words "Vortex Kinai" and stopped.
Because there were no words behind the name, just a flat blank space that slightly reflected the light. The blank space wasn't big, only enough to engrave the words "Bo Fung Watergate".
That was the place he left for himself.
Bo Fung Watergate's Watergate finally smiled. He leaned closer. Although he always believed that it was ridiculous that a name could represent a person or their entire life, he couldn't help but want to touch it. But in the end, he gave up again. He was afraid that if he did it once, it would become a habit, and this habit wouldn't be good for the shallow engravings on the stone. He didn't want to wait until he left his name here, and his "Kina Maelstrom" would become shallow. Even if they couldn't be buried together, it would be good to have their names together. At least … it would be more convenient for Naruto when he came to pay his respects in the future.
For example, although Rin and Belt Soil didn't die in the same year, there was no rule that said their names couldn't be engraved together. Wouldn't it have been better if they had listened to him and engraved their names together? It would have saved Kakashi from having to look for them twice every time he came to pay his respects. It was too much of a waste of time. Anyway, he didn't know if it was fate or luck that had helped the three of them to fall into the same category.
Watergate sighed and straightened up. He suddenly felt that it might be a lucky thing to die early. If he died, he didn't have to do anything, he didn't have to think about anything. He didn't have to walk with his feet. He could float and float. But unfortunately, he was still alive, so he could only continue to walk forward with his feet. He walked for a year, looked at the stone tablets for a year, and memorized the names in his head. But fortunately, the number of names decreased as he went further into the Forest of Spirit Consolation, especially the last tablet. This year, it was empty.
But …
Bo Fung Watergate's ears twitched. After confirming that there was no one around, he squatted down behind the wordless tablet.
At this time, the thin drizzle had moistened the dry spring soil. Watergate hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he didn't have the desire to dig with his hands. So he took out his three Kunai, hesitated again, and began to dig along the bottom of the tablet. After a while, the base of the Spirit Consolation Tablet was exposed.
Watergate sighed. He had to clean the mud with his hands. Then, the pattern of branches and forks that seemed to have been carved not long ago became clearer. Watergate looked at it and smiled. He quickly waved his sharp Kunai and deeply carved a curved pattern next to it. Well, it didn't look like it.
Watergate rubbed his head with the back of his hand. Although his handwriting was good, his drawing was only at this level.
But he seemed to have drawn this kind of pattern before. When would that be? Maybe it was when his beautiful red-haired girlfriend pranked a serious genius with a low EQ. No, maybe it was when the two of them helped a ninja who admired this genius senior write a love letter? Ah! Anyway, when Kina saw it, she kept pulling his ear and shouting, "Hey, what are you drawing? What, you said it was a snake? Your snake looks like an earthworm! Hurry up and draw a tongue. Snakes have tongues, earthworms don't.
Okay, I'll draw a tongue. But how do I draw a tongue? " Minato frowned and thought about it. He was dizzy from thinking about it, but he still couldn't think of anything. Forget it, I'll just draw an X. As a result, a big X appeared on the curved lines of the stone tablet — so ugly.
Watergate blushed a little, but he soon didn't care. It didn't matter if it looked like it or not. Just pretend it was. After all, he was the only one who could come to the Spirit Consolation Tablet to draw. However, if one day the world changed and this place became an "ancient Konoha site", the archaeologists would dig and dig until they found the broken or weathered Spirit Consolation Tablet. Then they would find a small section buried in the ground, and then they would find a section under the ground that seemed to have a secret code. How fun would that be? It didn't match the history books at all. Let's see how they would write the exam papers.
But if before the world changed, there would be an earthquake, a flood, or a war, these things would be dug out in advance. It would be even more fun if the witnesses weren't all dead. Hopefully, they would all be dead by then.
Watergate looked at the pattern next to him. It was still branching, but no one would mistake it for a bird's nest. Anyway, he couldn't tell that it was actually a tree root.
Roots and snakes. Snakes hibernate in tree roots …
Bo Fung Watergate admired it for a while before he reluctantly put the soil back and patted it with his hands. Soon, the dense raindrops assimilated the soil with the surroundings. Perhaps in a few days, green weeds would grow here again, and then the warm wind would blow … As he said that, a gust of wind blew over. Minato shivered and sneezed. Only then did he realize that his wet body was indeed very uncomfortable.
But there was no point in opening the umbrella now.
Bo Fung Watergate took one last look at the soil and stood up. Just as he was about to activate the Thor, he suddenly felt dizzy and couldn't muster any strength. He suddenly realized that he was starving. He needed to hurry back to eat something and take a hot bath.
Konoha 60, March 27
The spring rain began to fall.
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