Konoha: The young son-in-law of the Hyuga family

It's like some kind of setting.

A sad atmosphere always goes well with rainy days, and it will appear when people are extremely depressed.

The sound of pattering rain dispelled the heat of this summer, but it also cast a layer of gloom on Muye Village.

With a handful of black umbrellas, villagers in black robes walked out of the house and came to the street. They held a bunch of white flowers in their hands and walked in the direction of the memorial tablet in an orderly manner.

Regardless of identity or status, the entire Konoha is immersed in a quiet and solemn atmosphere.

Food court, convenience store...

Except for necessary public institutions such as hospitals, the entire structure of Konoha is temporarily paralyzed.

No matter where they are in the village, everyone's voice is unconsciously lowered, for fear of disturbing the rest of the dead.

Even Hyuga Hiruzu, who has always been jealous of Sarutobi Hiruzen, took the Hyuga clan onto the street.

Regardless of Sarutobi Hiruzen's past, regardless of whether his previous decisions were right or wrong.

But since he served the Third Hokage for such a long time, he has led Konoha out of the haze of the second generation being killed, and also led people into the Thunder Country for revenge, bringing a short-term peace to the village.

Until the end, he was fighting for the next generation of fresh blood.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, spent his whole life implementing what he thought was the will of fire and the spirit passed on to him by Nidaime, which is worthy of admiration.

In front of the Memorial Monument.

One by one, the villagers with serious faces put down the bouquets in their hands, bowed, and left.

Sarutobi Asma, Sarutobi Kohamaru and others who were family members bowed to thank each other beside the tombstone.

This is the highest level of farewell funeral, attended by the whole village.

After the death of the shadow of one village, although Hiruzaru Sarutobi admitted some mistakes during his reign at the last stage of his life, he was always the leader respected by most people in the village.

In contrast, Shimura Danzo, who disappeared in the village, was ignored.

Several days of searching were fruitless, except for the traces of the battle outside the village, there was no trace of it.

The senior officials of the village wondered if Hiruzaru Sarutobi had arranged some secret order before his death to take Danzo Shimura with him.

After all, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he warned many people loudly not to let Shimura Danzo get close to Naruto, which is enough to show his vigilance against Danzo in his heart.

But after all, there is no tangible evidence, so this matter has not been made public.

But it makes no difference whether it is made public or not.

Shimura Danzo's past is only known to a few people, and even his name is only a few people can remember who this person is when he mentions it.

This is the difference between standing in the sun and trying to shine in the shade.

"……It's him."

"..."

"..."

"He actually came too..."

In the cemetery, there was a little commotion among the originally quiet crowd.

But soon, the commotion disappeared completely, and they didn't discuss anything in a tacit understanding.

The scene fell into a dead silence.

And as most of them showed strange colors on their faces, and when they made a way out with complex expressions, a young man in the same black robe as them appeared.

Whirlpool Naruto...

Almost everyone knew this young man, and his appearance was no different from what they remembered. He still seemed so silent, withdrawn, and out of gregarious.

In particular, the long and narrow beards on his face were a sharp weapon they once hated.

In the past, they always thought that this person was the incarnation of the nine-tailed demon fox, so there was such a demonic smell about him, as long as they got close to him and were contaminated by this smell, their lives would become unlucky.

But now, Naruto didn't have that disgusting aura on him, instead... it made them dare not look directly at him.

Silently averting their eyes, the crowd all "obediently" moved out of the way.

It was different from when everyone stared at Naruto with hatred and rejection.

This time, almost no one present dared to put their eyes on him, and all avoided their eyes, as if they felt that as long as they avoided their eyes, they could avoid the things they had done in the past.

Facing such a "familiar" scene, Naruto Uzumaki stepped forward calmly, walked through the path made by the crowd, and slowly came to the tombstone of the third generation.

Like the others, he is also holding a bouquet of white flowers.

Standing in front of the tombstone, he first nodded politely to Asma and his family members, then slowly put the white flowers in the already piled up pile of flowers, and finally bowed deeply.

He didn't shed tears, let alone showed any sad emotions, he just bent over quietly to express his respect.

At this time, the atmosphere of silence continued.

Naruto maintained this movement very calmly for a long time, no one knew what he was thinking in his heart at the moment.

But many people are guessing what he was thinking, after all... he suffered a lot because of the third Hokage.

But he didn't move, and neither did everyone present.

After a long time, Naruto straightened his back again, and nodded to the family members again.

Then he turned around silently and left from the way he came.

During the whole process, he didn't say a single word.

And no matter when they came or left, no one in the crowd spoke.

It wasn't until Naruto's figure left this area that other colors began to appear in front of the comfort monument.

But there is still no sound of relevant discussions, and everyone tacitly avoids this topic and this person.

For Uzumaki Naruto, they dare not face it for the time being...

...

Leaving the scope of the comfort monument.

A person walked silently on the road, Naruto raised his head and looked straight ahead.

And for the people he met along the way, no one has released any malice towards him.

Back then, the life he was used to and accepted had long since disappeared on that night three days ago.

Living this kind of life that a "normal person" should have in a trance, he is not used to it, without that kind of malice, and this village makes him feel strange.

This is an extremely ironic point.

This kind of strangeness made Naruto try to stay away from the crowd again. He left the long line of people waiting for the festival to send flowers in confusion, left the street, and left the center of the village.

Before he knew it, he came to the wild again and climbed to the familiar Hokage Rock.

Holding an umbrella, Naruto Uzumaki looked at Konoha Village below in a trance.

Once... the first time he met with the Third Hokage was here.

The bits and pieces of memories echoed in my mind. Of course, it is impossible to say that I am not sad about the death of Sarutobi Hiruzen. After all, it is the old man who grew up with him for so many years.

And many of his ninja skills were taught by the third generation, and Hiruza Sarutobi can be regarded as half of his teacher.

Although... there is no formal master-student relationship.

"I knew you would come."

A familiar voice sounded from behind, causing Naruto's confused gaze to fluctuate a little.

Turning around, he forced a smile, "Thank you for helping me that night, Ryosuke."

The person waiting for him on Hokage Rock is of course Ryosuke.

Jumping down from the branch, although it was drizzling, there was no umbrella, and there was no trace of wetness on Ryosuke's body, "It seems that you are in a good situation, don't they suspect you because of your strength?" You?"

He could feel that Naruto's side was no longer monitored by those people.

With his control, Naruto's power has grown by leaps and bounds, which is hard to explain.

What Liangsuke could think of at the beginning was that after Hiruzaru Sarutobi disclosed Naruto's identity, although Naruto could not explain this issue clearly, the security issue must be guaranteed.

But what he didn't expect was that there was no surveillance in the end.

As for Ryosuke's doubts, Naruto shook his head and explained with a complicated expression, "I put... I attributed all this to my father, and I told them that I didn't know what happened at that time, but I was in a coma Before, I saw his figure."

"When I woke up, I was already beside the third generation."

"It seems that because of the re-strengthened seal on my body, they believed my explanation, or... because my identity was made public."

"They asked me not to go on missions for the time being, and wait until...my father's master returns to the village with the fifth Hokage to take up his post, and then make arrangements."

During the recent period, it can be said that because of his identity, his life has been enjoyable.

"It doesn't cost money to buy things, and the bosses all smile kindly."

"And every day when it's meal time, someone will silently knock on the door, and as soon as I open the door, there are all kinds of hot lunch boxes piled up outside."

"Those people didn't dare to see me, so they chose to "compensate" me in this way..."

After briefly explaining Konoha's high-level arrangements, Naruto casually chatted about recent life events

He seemed to have suddenly changed from a vigorous young man to a mature and stable middle-aged man, "The world is so hot and cold, but although I feel unfamiliar with these things, I don't care that much."

"What I really care about is what the third generation said to me before he died."

"What?"

Ryosuke asked curiously. He was in a hurry to get rid of Shimura Danzo before he returned to his lair, so he didn't finish listening.

"Just some inspirational words."

Naruto looked at the village below again, a little confused, but also a little emotional, "The will of fire... Heh, I can't understand what they sacrificed themselves one after another for the sake of this village."

"The third generation is like this, and my father is also like this. I heard that there are many people like this in the village. Maybe they are crazy?"

There was no mocking smile, but he didn't understand the idea at all.

"Perhaps the weight and size of love are different."

With his pockets in his pockets, Ryosuke stood with him on Hokage Rock overlooking the village below, "Like me, my love is very small and can only accommodate the people around me."

In his heart, he was still quite moved by Naruto's change.

Stimulation again and again made him grow rapidly again and again, both in strength and in thought.

That is to say, Naruto's psychological endurance and adaptability are relatively high. If you want to replace it with Uchiha Obito, maybe after experiencing these things, you have no regard for infinite monthly reading, moon eyes, etc., and directly opened your beard. Zenenghu is ready to destroy the world.

"Then my love should be small too."

Holding an umbrella, Naruto also agrees with Ryosuke's statement, "And my love may be smaller than yours, and it may only accommodate you now."

"...But I have Hinata."

Silently moved a little distance away from him, and it's no wonder that Ryosuke wanted to be crooked, but the ambiguity of this sentence is too deep.

And after Naruto said it, he realized what he just said, and turned his head to look at him with a dumbfounded smile, "I didn't mean that."

"I know."

Even though he said that, Ryosuke stayed a little further away.

The heavy atmosphere between the two also eased a little with this little joke.

After laughing, Naruto was not as deep as before, and shook his head helplessly, "I'm serious, I really don't know who to trust in the current village, except you."

While talking, he scratched his head, "Perhaps it is true as you said, I still lack certain judgment, but because I have experienced too many things, I also unconsciously think too much in my mind."

"Like this time, if you think about it better, maybe he really made my identity public for my own good, and wants me to inherit his seat."

"But thinking about it badly, it's possible that he wanted to bind me with his life, that's why he gave the last so-called... the will of fire's last speech. He wanted me to become like him, for this The village is working hard."

Naruto's statement made Ryosuke feel a little interesting, and asked with a smile: "Then do you want to choose the good side or the bad side?"

While speaking, he set his eyes on Naruto.

"Good and bad, right and wrong are not so absolute, isn't that what you told me?"

And Naruto easily saw through his temptation, and also smiled and replied: "Look, since my current decisiveness is not enough, let time make up for it."

"I can always find the right option, and there's no need to choose between the two."

"However, at present, I don't have the slightest idea of ​​Hokage or guarding the village. Compared to these, I want to leave the village and go out to see the outside world."

"You have Nine Tails on you, it's not easy to get out."

Ryosuke shook his head, "Unless... there is a relatively reliable person leading you, someone who can reassure Konoha in terms of identity and strength."

"Are you trying to say...my father's teacher?"

Naruto cleverly guessed who Ryosuke was talking about.

But after pondering for a moment, he said with some distrust, "Although Konoha's high-level executives will entrust him with even the important task of finding the fifth generation, but I think he may not be so friendly to me."

"How can this be explained?"

Ryosuke asked again.

"It should be easy to see, right?"

Contrary to his question, Naruto was somewhat puzzled, "As my father's teacher, that is, my... master, since I was born, he seems to have never come to see me, let alone cared about me at all. "

"I don't believe that he doesn't know my identity, and I heard that he is listed as one of Konoha Sannin just like Orochimaru."

"It's hard for me to imagine what kind of character my guild will be if I can get along with a guy like Oshemaru."

And following Naruto's words, an extremely rigid image appeared in Ryosuke's mind.

But soon, this image was replaced by a relatively wretched person.

Indeed, because of the cognitive premise, Ryosuke's first thought when he thought of Jiraiya was that he would be nice to Naruto.

But if you don't understand this person's character and past in advance, and simply consider Naruto's growth process, then he is indeed a very irresponsible and unfriendly teacher.

"Forget it, let's talk about it when we meet someone, I'll go first..."

Compared to relying on Ryosuke before, Naruto actually offered to leave first this time, "Compared to seeing the sadness in this village, I want to fight Uchiha Sasuke more to discourage myself."

"And I advise you not to be too complacent, lest I catch up with you sometimes. After being controlled by you this time, I have found a lot of my own shortcomings."

"I believe that in the future, my strength will improve very quickly."

Turning around with a chuckle, Ryosuke looked at his back nonchalantly, "I'll wait."