Blacksmiths from Hokage

Chapter 12 My Life Doesn't Need Pity
If Canayoshi can hear these gossips, Naruto can also.

He was no longer as carefree as he had been at the beginning, and he closed his mouth, and then stopped.

Cangji turned back to look at Naruto, his expression was very calm.

"What's wrong?" Kuraki asked.

"just forget it!"

Naruto was silent for a while, and said, "I'm very happy to invite me on your birthday, but if you get too close to you, it will hurt you."

"You mean those indifferent eyes?"

Naruto looked at the indifferent Cangji, hesitated, nodded, "Yeah!"

"Do you care what they do?" Kurayoshi said indifferently.

"?"

Naruto opened his eyes.

"Isn't it tiring to care about other people's eyes all the time if you want to live for yourself?"

"..."

Naruto opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.

Although everyone has their own values ​​in life, but...

Isn't it sad to live only for yourself?
It's really cool to live alone, but why did you show a lonely expression before?
In the forest that day, didn't you say that you were lonely inside?

Cangji looked at Naruto, looked at his hesitant expression, hehe sneered, "I know what you're thinking, so didn't I invite you?"

"Eh?"

Naruto looked at him puzzled.

"Friends, relatives... It's enough to have them, other people's eyes, other people's thoughts..."

Speaking of this, Cangji showed a very meaningful look, "To put it a bit harsher, a group of guys who have nothing to do with me, why do they want to have nothing to do with me."

After that, Naruto, who had not recovered yet, left behind, and walked to Roast Meat Q alone.

Everyone has their own way.

Kurayoshi didn't want to point fingers at other people's Dow, but he also didn't want someone to point at his.

He's not as great as Naruto and doesn't think about getting everyone's approval.

He is just an ordinary person who cares about himself and the people around him.

but--

My way is the way that suits me best, and I don't need mercy.

……

Cangji wants to meet Dingzuo and his son again at BBQ Q, and looks forward to another big stomach competition, while pulling some hairs to see if he can make equipment that converts fat into chakra.

As for Naruto...

Cangji didn't know if the third generation was peeping with a crystal ball, so he had to find the right time to pluck the hair and let the bloodletting, and it must not be seen that he deliberately went for Naruto's body tissue.

Unfortunately, God did not wish.

Ding Zuo and his son were not in the store, but they saw Asma and Hong.

The two of them were sitting by the window chatting and laughing while eating barbecue.

I don't know what Asma said, and Hong was teased to cover her mouth and laugh from time to time.

Cut, dog men and women.

Kuruyoshi cursed bitterly in his heart, then found a seat in the corner and sat down.

He likes to be low-key and doesn't want to be noticed.

Even when eating, I like to be alone in the corner.

But with Naruto here today, he is destined to attract countless eyes.

Not long after he sat down, Naruto followed after a beat.

Everyone in the store turned their attention to him, and the customers who were eating happily all put away their cheers and laughter one by one.

Then, like an illusion, everyone moved their chopsticks again, and laughter filled the barbecue restaurant again.

Naruto opened his mouth to say something.

But no one in the store looked at him, and the waiter didn't come to greet him, as if everyone didn't see this person.

Kurayoshi stood up and waved to Naruto.

Naruto felt bitter in his heart, lowered his head and walked towards Kurayoshi's position.

Behind him, people who didn't seem to see them stopped their chopsticks and pointed at Naruto and Kurayoshi one by one, quietly discussing something.

Asma and Hong, who were sitting by the window, naturally noticed these anomalies.

But they didn't say anything, just couldn't help sighing.

Asma lit a cigarette and sighed, "The villagers misunderstood the child so much!"

"Why is there such a big misunderstanding?"

Red asked a question.

"do not know."

Asma took a deep breath, then slowly spit it out, and continued: "But there is a high probability that someone deliberately provoked the phenomenon."

He had just returned to Konoha and didn't know much about Konoha's situation.

However, as the guardian of the Twelve Ninjas, Asma has stayed by the daimyo's side for several years, and has seen a lot of political struggles, and he has just experienced a civil war with internal disagreements.

He is very sensitive to those political means now, and he has a faint smell of something.

"Why do this?"

"do not know."

Asma leaned on the back of the chair, lay down on her back and blew a smoke ring, and said, "Maybe there is something I don't know about, or it may be that some guys are planning something for their own interests. In short, there are too many possibilities."

"I hope it's the former!"

With a sigh, Hong picked up the glass and drank it.

As a ninja, she knows what to ask and what not to ask.

Although he felt sympathy for what happened to Naruto, he did not reach out to help.

Because she didn't know if doing so would make things worse.

However, when Hong looked towards Naruto, seeing that he was happily chatting with another indifferent peer, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but outline a smile.

"Even though everyone hates him, there are people who are his friends."

Asma followed the red eyes and saw Kuruyoshi, who was chatting with Naruto, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"That child is good, even if it may be annoying because of it, he didn't abandon his friends."

"Really, I think so too."

The two of them slammed the wine glass, and then drank it with a knowing smile.

……

When Naruto came to the table, a smile had returned to his face.

Although he was still very concerned, he didn't want his emotions to affect other people.

In a sense, Naruto is the Virgin Mary.

"Well...although I know you, but what should I call you?" Naruto scratched his head and looked at Kurayoshi, asking a little embarrassed.

"My name is Cangji." Cangji rested his hands and knees on the table, his palms dragged his chin, and his eyes looked at Naruto tightly, "Don't force a smile if you feel uncomfortable, it will only make yourself more uncomfortable."

"Eh!?" Naruto was stunned, then waved his hand with a smile, "Where, how could I be uncomfortable because of this kind of thing!"

"You don't have to care about me, even if you cry in front of me, my heart will not fluctuate at all."

"Hey! Didn't you say you were friends before?" Naruto slammed the table and stood up, shouting in dissatisfaction, "I feel so uncomfortable, don't you care?"

"No, don't talk nonsense, and the two fools don't need to care."

"What do you say?"

"Because the two fools will forget their sadness and find new happiness."

"You're talking about Erha!"

"...That's right, I suddenly found that you and Erha are quite similar."

"Nani!"

……

After a while, Naruto relaxed a lot.

He leaned back in his chair and looked up at the lights on the ceiling, a smile on his face.

The indifference of the villagers that had been lingering in his mind for a long time finally disappeared from his mind temporarily.

"Thank you, Kurayoshi."

"Thank me for what?"

Kurayoshi, who was seasoning the tenderloin, raised his head and gave him a strange look.

"Anyway, thank you."

"Neuropathy!"

Kuruyoshi muttered in a low voice, and silently put all kinds of meat and vegetables on the grill.

(End of this chapter)