Roll back from Naruto

Aragaki stood outside the ward, but did not go in because Iwama Kohei blocked him.

Iwama Kohei, once a member of Team [-], the guy who was once called a hot-blooded idiot by Aragaki Tsugumi, the guy who was so optimistic that he felt that he must be the material to be Hokage, but at this time, there was only a look on his face. What remains is the indescribable vicissitudes of life.

Yes, originally using the word vicissitudes of life to describe such a young ninja was completely inconsistent.

However, at this time, Iwama Kohei perfectly fit such a word that should not belong to him in the first place.

Most of the right side of his face, including his eyes, was wrapped in bandages, and there were many small wrinkles and scars on the exposed left side of his face.

Aragaki easily determined that these scars were the indelible traces left by the erosion of human skin by fire and wind chakra.

It is rare to see the scars left by such direct escape damage on living ninjas, so it can only be said that Iwama Yasuhei was lucky enough to be alive after suffering such a direct escape attack.

No, it seems that the word "lucky" cannot be used to describe such a sad person.

"Aji, is that you?" After being stunned for a long time, Iwama Kohei finally spoke, but his voice seemed particularly hoarse. The damage left by the Fire Release Chakra on him was far more than what was seen.

The high temperature generated by Fire Release is enough to leave irreversible damage to the lungs and trachea.

Aragaki nodded.

It can be seen that Iwama Kohei tried his best to put a smile on his face, but his smile was very reluctant. The cutting effect caused by the wind escape was enough to kill a person's smile at the cellular level.

Maybe I will never be able to see his heartfelt and cheerful smile again in this life. How can one not regret this?

Iwama Kohei walked towards Aragaki, and then raised his hand. But in the end, what Aragaki waited for was not a hug from his companion, but a fist.

He could have avoided it, but he still let this "harmless" fist hit him in the face.

"Why did you come back now?" Iwama Kohei shouted in a tearful voice. "Why did you come back now?" He cried bitterly. "Why weren't you there at that time?"

However, the next second he opened his hands and hugged Aragaki tightly, "You should have been there at that time." He sobbed softly: "It would be great if you were here."

Iwama Kohei's outburst came without any warning, but his anger and sadness also disappeared so quickly.

Because he himself also knew that these unreasonable questions were his hatred and self-blame for what had happened, the unchangeable past, and his inability to save his friends in danger.

It was also because in this world, no one could easily accept the pain and sadness of others. Apart from his companions, Tsugumi Aragaki, and Kohei Iwama, he could not find anyone else.

"forgive me."

"sorry."

Not being able to save everyone in Team [-] like before has always been a pain for Aragaki. He was still sleeping when Tohma Ikuta died.

After stabilizing his emotions, Iwama Kohei wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his bandaged fingers. He said in a hoarse voice: "Tsu, it's okay if you come back too late to see her."

After finishing speaking, Iwama Kohei patted him on the shoulder. Just like that time, Aragaki woke up, and then watched Kohei's shaking body slowly walking away.

Aragaki walked into the ward. There was plenty of sunlight in the ward, the windows were open, and the curtains were blowing back and forth in the wind.He saw the girl in a white hospital gown sitting on the bed with her knees in her arms, her body getting thinner and thinner.

It was as if she didn't notice Aragaki's arrival, and she looked out the window blankly, looking into the distance, motionless.

And just when Aragaki wanted to take away the broken flowers in the vase on the bedside and replace them with the carnations in his hands, Mizuno Hina suddenly said: "Don't touch it."

Aragaki stopped his hand.

"Who are you and why did you touch the flowers he gave me?" Mizuno Hina asked angrily.

Before Aragaki came to the hospital, he had already obtained her medical record report from the Third Hokage, but despite this, he still did not expect that the person she "chooses" to forget would be him.

"Hina, it's me, I'm back to see you." Aragaki tried to make his voice sound gentle and not cold.

"who are you"

"I am Aragaki Tsugumi, your companion."

"No, I don't know what Sijun looks like. He is dead and you are not him. You are not him at all." Mizuno Hina suddenly became hysterical. She covered her head in pain, but she yelled for Aragaki to get lost. go out

Although he was mentally prepared, his heart was twitching as he watched Mizuno Haruna become like this.

Then Aragaki opened his arms and hugged Mizuno Hina, no matter how hard she struggled, he let her bite his shoulder.

It's a pity that Aragaki didn't feel any pain, or he was already filled with pain now, and until Hina's teeth were bleeding, his shoulder was still intact.

In the end, the medical ninja rushed into the ward and injected Mizuno Haruna with a sedative before she slowly calmed down.

Then the doctor told Aragaki that he was no longer suitable to visit the patient, and also told him that the patient could only be handed over to the Konoha Ninja Retirement Department for special treatment, but this was not offensive, because only in this way could the patient's pain be eradicated. .

Aragaki was not angry, although a month ago, Danzo used this incident as a bargaining chip to beat him, and he was very angry at that time.

But now, looking at Hina's painful look, he didn't know how to be angry.

Perhaps this is the reason why the Ninja Retirement Department has always existed. Special intervention and processing through secret ninjutsu from the level of spiritual memory. Although there is a high risk of "disability", can this also be regarded as a kind of salvation?

Aragaki has made a decision. If Mizuno Haruna needs redemption, then he should be the one to give her redemption.

This is the best way for him to change Mizuno Hina's memory and make her forget all this sadness.

After leaving Konoha Hospital, Aragaki went straight to the Hokage Building. He needed to get all the secrets about "memory" in the Ninja Retirement Department, no matter what the price.

However, when Aragaki arrived at the Hokage's office without waiting for a moment, before he could speak, the Third Hokage spoke to him as if he knew everything: "This is also a course that ANBU ninjas need to learn. With this scroll, , you can go ask the Yamanaka Jonin for advice.”