[Hokage] Terukawa

"For safety reasons, I finally sent the girl away, and walked alone in the jungle for a long time... cold and hungry, surrounded by firs and birches that hadn't had time to grow new shoots, which made me tired At the same time, I feel very strange, knowing that in the country of water, these two kinds of trees are not common. Fir and birch, they always like to grow in colder and drier places, rather than relatively humid low valley areas ...But perhaps it is precisely because of this low-lying terrain that the humid wind blowing from the sea cannot drive straight in, but is completely blocked on the outer hillside.

"I have seen even larger arbor forests in western countries—yes, the Land of Fire, so I can say with certainty that very few ninjas and people outside the local area can see such beauty—the river water It is often clear and turbulent. You can see the brown, black and shiny mallet-shaped tails of beavers in narrower rivers. They do not run fast, and even ordinary people can easily catch up, er, although... …although I'm not sure why people would go after them. If the woods along the river are thick enough, you'll also have a fair chance of seeing elk and foxes - they're both pretty beautiful creatures, but you'll have to Be vigilant because the foxes are ok, the male elk sometimes like to fight, you have to be careful, don't give the male elk a chance to poke their heavy horns on you... If you can climb trees, Then climb the tree, because of course there are far more creatures in the woods than the ones I mentioned...I assume you wouldn't want to face a whole pack of wolves or a bear or two standing upright, would you? If At a high enough altitude, you may even see the lynx, an agile and alert creature. The lynx looks like a normal cat, but the difference is that the lynx is much larger and out of proportion to the cat There are short and thick tails, and there are long hairs on the tips of the ears. And here... Although the altitude of this place is not so high, there may be more types of creatures that appear here, so I have used my most sincere The language warned that young lady who has no power to restrain the chicken, don't come here alone again."

"The girl said she knew and thanked me, but then told me that the person she was waiting for was also a powerful ninja...Okay, okay, let me do something extra, it's totally fine for me It’s just a matter of little effort. But what’s so great about ninjas? Ninjas are also human beings, even if they look majestic and majestic, they can come and go freely, but in fact... hey, it’s pointless to say too much, anyway, I can use all my knowledge and I swear by experience, ninja is definitely not a good job."

"Besides, the ninja she remembers is more or less my old acquaintance. He is not easy to get along with. He has a bad temper, and he is always muddled... What does she like about him? His face?... …do not understand.”

"I didn't see that young lady today. I was happy that she listened to my opinion, but...damn it, I shouldn't have stood on that high rock, so I wouldn't find out that I was blocked She in the bushes. She startled me, I thought something happened to her, and she just fell asleep here!"

"The scariest thing is that I wasn't surprised at all this time...Damn it!"

"..."

I flung the book on the bed and started rubbing my aching temples.

It's insane, what the hell is this... Righteous man, my father, can you tell me why you go to that wood every day?

It hurts my eyes and my brain to read the whole book in one round. Leaving aside the words that are too small and my thinking divergent, the fluctuation of the writing level alone makes my brain a lot of trouble, and shit, it looks quite stable and cold The righteous man actually has such a rich inner drama—are you hiding an adolescent girl in your heart?But this is not the biggest problem—the biggest problem is that after being troubled for a period of time, I finally found that the perspective of this travel note is actually very strange: it is not so much an autobiography, as it is that he created another "I", and then use this created "I" to write about his own experience and knowledge.

As for himself?Isn't it the ninja who is described in the book as "not a very easy-going person, with a terribly bad temper, and muddling around all day long"?It can be seen from this that Shuo Mao's statement that the righteous man had a bad personality when he was young is not empty-handed. Judging from the book, he should be quite conscious of this-so much so that when Zhizi said that he had a crush on him , he almost doubted his life.

...But the kind of joy hidden between the lines can still be seen.

Okay, I've finished watching it now...but the information I'm really looking for - the reason why the Righteous One defected from Mist Hidden is still unclear.The ending of the travel note was quite unexpected to me. It was not long before "I" heard the news of the death of the bad-tempered ninja—whether this can explain that the way the righteous man left Kirigakure was actually a fraudulent death? What about non-defectors?

I frowned and wrote this clue on scrap paper.It should indeed be fraudulent death. After all, this travel note was written by a righteous man for himself, and he has not revised it for more than 20 years. He has no reason to intentionally leave false information.But... But in terms of the attitude of the righteous man and the Kirigakure ninja towards each other, what Sakumo said is also true-that is to say, the lie of the righteous man who pretended to be dead did not last long before it was exposed So much so that he had to "defect" in the true sense, so this led to another question-how did the people of Kirigakure know that the righteous man was not dead at all?

I tapped my painful forehead with the pen, well, although there are still many doubts on this issue, it is not without progress, right?At least I know... Well, for example, Zhizi's background is actually a somewhat declining noble family.This is not in line with the commoner woman I originally imagined, but when I think of Zhizi's well-organized behavior in every word and deed, I suddenly understand.But why haven't I seen Zhizi interacting with her relatives over the years?Elopement?Or... In fact, there is no one to communicate with at all?

This is just one of the doubts.If the righteous man just wanted to be with Zhizi, why didn't he directly apply to Kirigakure's superiors, instead he had to risk his reputation (it turned out that he did play off in the end) and chose to cheat death?It stands to reason that since Oriko's family is a modest noble, the next step for the righteous should be to become a member of the samurai vassal class... On the surface, it seems that Kirigakure is not very close to the noble class. Not for nothing.

So, why would the righteous choose to feign death?

——Because he knew that his request was impossible to realize.

Why is it impossible?Or—why wasn't he allowed to leave Kirigakure?

I imagined that it might be because of the righteous man's position - the vice-minister of Anbu, this is indeed a position that will know a lot of information that should not be known.If it is indeed for this reason, then Kirigakure's approach may be understandable, but this idea was immediately rejected when I thought of another aspect: what does it matter if a samurai retainer knows the secret information of a ninja village? use it?What's more, although a samurai retainer transformed from a ninja has gained more initiative in his position, he has become passive in terms of the power he can use, because he is still within the system of the kingdom of water.

I pinched the bridge of my nose—these are all the information I can extract so far in this travel book, but I am very sure that there will definitely be follow-up developments in this series of events that have not been recorded—between what I have seen The righteous man and Kirigakure's relationship is so undying - which makes me sure that there is another bloody contest between the two of them.

The moon is already in the middle of the sky, and the people who slept with me seem to have not come back—the more likely they have returned to their own home, Chunma should be staying in the medical class, and Qing...maybe boarding in another river Let's go to the country's fellow countrymen.It's time for me to rest, and maybe I can go to Shuo Mao again in a few days... Even if I can't dig out any more information about the righteous man, it's good to chat with him more.

Therefore, I never dreamed that the conversation with him under the red maple that day would be the last time—but within three days, I got the news that Hatake Sakumo committed suicide.

——He still missed Hatake Kakashi's graduation ceremony after all.