Awakening a substitute in Naruto World

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"I once asked my students a question, and that was - "What is a hero?"His answer is that the word "hero" comes from the word "guard". I am very satisfied with this answer!

When I was a teenager, I also fantasized about becoming a hero because I had something I wanted to protect.But...the fate is dull!I... missed my chance to be a hero! "

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"what……"

With the arrival of winter this year, Qiyin Village was covered with snow. I was walking alone on the street, ready to go somewhere!That is the newly built building in Qiyin Village!

This is an office building that Zechuan spent a lot of money to build. As the shadow of a village, he must have a prominent place, and I didn't think much about it.

When I came to his office, this guy had already made tea and was waiting for me.

"Hey! Mustard! You've changed a lot after not seeing each other for so long!"

Zechuan was still as cheerful as before. He smiled and patted my shoulder and said.

Since he became the shadow of the village, I rarely see him. He has not forgotten the promise he made at that time. He promoted me to the second in command here and asked me to handle all the big and small things inside and outside the village. I am here today. The purpose is also to seek his advice.

"Aha! We'll talk about this later! I came here to see you for something! Look..."

I handed him a bag of folders, took out a map and said immediately:

"There are two families here in the southwest who are arguing about who should own the farmland here. It seems that there were some problems when the village was renovated. Now they don't know who should award this land! Zechuan, let me ask you. Opinion!"

"..."

Zechuan didn't speak, he just threw away the folder I handed over and said:

"Do you still need to rely on me for this kind of thing? You are the second in command! From now on, you will be fully responsible for such things! Don't worry, I absolutely support your opinion!"

"Zawachuan, as the shadow of a village, you don't seem to care about anything at all!" I complained at the time.

"Kazugi, of course I have something to be busy with! You are my friend standing behind me! Don't let me down!"

After hearing my words, Zechuan retracted his enthusiastic attitude and looked at me expectantly.

"Um……"

That's when I started to notice something was wrong!Zechuan...he is hiding something from me!

One morning after that, although the two of us chatted happily and acted like confidants who talked about everything, maybe only we knew each other that there were ulterior things in our hearts!

When it was almost noon, I found an excuse to leave the office building.Because I found that Zechuan seemed to have some kind of gap with me at this time!This gap made my relationship with him very uncomfortable!

……

Just like that, a peaceful week passed. I helped Zechuan deal with all kinds of things in the village every day, which made me always lack of sleep.

As for home, my parents didn’t come back after going out for several days for some reason. Xing Meng was the only one at home. Although I was a little worried about her safety, I didn’t worry about anything anymore after I remembered that I had taught her ninjutsu. Got it!

But... after this week is over, bad news will come!

On this day, an old cart driver at the entrance of the village pushed back a cart carrying a piece of white cloth. The white cloth seemed to be there to cover something.

I came to the entrance of the village to check, and was about to lift off the white cloth, but after the old coachman saw clearly that it was me, he tried hard to stop me from opening the white cloth.

But the coachman was old, and he couldn't stop me, who was still strong. Because I had been hindered by the old coachman for a long time, I became a little suspicious, so I hurriedly opened the white cloth on the cart...

But...at the next moment, the expression on my face instantly turned into a look of horror!

Because...I see it clearly!Hidden under this white cloth are my parents!At this moment, both of them are dead!They were brought back as corpses!

At that moment, I was bursting with grief. My heart has never been as sad as that time since I was a child!

Although I have long known the reality that our loved ones cannot be with us forever, but...when it comes to this moment, the pain in my heart makes my tears flow down uncontrollably!

The whole day after that, I was depressed. I didn’t want to deal with any government affairs. I locked myself in my room, doing nothing and thinking about nothing. I was just in a daze!

Just like that...it lasted until night...

……

Hey.

I don’t know what time it was at night, but the door to my room was pushed open. When I looked up, I saw this girl Xingmeng.

"Are you feeling better? Kazugi..." she asked with concern.

"It's not so much better as it is that I have no emotions at all! I... can't feel anything now."

I revealed my true thoughts, and it was true!After the first burst of grief passed, there was nothing left in my heart, and I have been in a daze until now.

"A mustard... you don't want to go on like this! I really hope you can get out of the haze as soon as possible..."

"Thank you for your concern, Xingmeng! To be honest, you are the only family member who can accompany me now!"

I said with a wry smile.At this time, I noticed something unusual. This girl... was wearing a necklace today!There is a red gemstone on the necklace with a white pattern of a cross in the middle.

"Do you... always treat me as a family member?" After hearing my words, Xing Meng looked a little uncomfortable, and she asked with embarrassment.

"Well! From the first day you came to my home, I regarded you as family!" I replied simply.

"Then...as your family...can I trust you in a true sense?"

She said as if she had something on her mind.

"Of course! Because...I have never doubted you!"

"..." After hearing this, Xingmeng did not respond to me immediately, but looked at my face seriously...

After a long time, she showed a bitter smile and said with a hint of happiness in her expression: "Thank you! Mustard!"

"Huh? Why are you thanking me..." I was a little overwhelmed by her sudden thank you.

"Because... I feel that I am ashamed of you! I... have been hiding something from you!"

Xingmeng walked up to me, knelt down on one knee and looked at me who was in despair, and said.

"I already knew that you had something on your mind and refused to say it! You don't have to apologize for that!"

"No! This is a very important thing! I didn't want to tell you before because I was afraid! I was afraid that if I told you about it, it would bring me danger!"

"Danger? Could it be that someone wants to bully you? Don't worry, I will help you stand up!"

"No... because this matter is related to you! No... it should be related to someone you know!"

"The person I know...huh? Zechuan?! Are you...are you afraid of him?"

At this moment, the vigilance in my heart was awakened. I looked at Xing Meng with a serious expression and asked.

"Well... I have been afraid before. I was afraid that you were the same person as Mr. Zechuan. I was afraid that you would tell Mr. Zechuan after I told the story. But now... I can only trust you! Akutagawa! Mu... Seriously, can I trust you with my life?"

"Hmm! What do you mean? Is there some conflict between you and Zechuan?"

At this moment, I seemed to have noticed something was wrong, but I was not sure, so I began to look to Xingmeng for answers.

"Please answer my question first! Please!"

At this moment, the girl in front of me grabbed my hand and said to me with tears in her eyes.

"..." After touching this girl's warm hand, I was stunned for a moment, and then said to him with firm eyes: "You are my only family member! I will "protect" you with my life no matter what!" "

"Well……"

After hearing my answer, the girl finally believed me. At this moment, she seemed to have released the pain she had accumulated for a long time. She hugged me hard and cried... her whole face was buried in the On my chest.

"Well! I'm convinced! You... are someone I can trust! Thank you very much for showing up! Otherwise... I would really go crazy!"

"Okay, okay, don't cry now! Tell me what happened?" I gently patted her back and said.

"I... am afraid of Zechuan Weiyi! Because... I saw him killing people with his own hands!" Xing Meng said in tears.

"Zawachuan? Murder? He...what did he do?!"

In an instant, a bold idea emerged from my mind, but...if this were true, I...would probably collapse!

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

"..."

At this moment, my heart felt like thunder and lightning. I had even heard the roar of thunder and lightning!

"Zawachuan...killed the teacher himself?! You...how did you find out?" I said in shock and confusion.

"The day before my grandfather passed away, Zechuan was the only one who went to see my grandfather. At that time, I was just brought here. Zechuan didn't know that I existed. At that time, I hid in the thick wall and started eavesdropping. their conversation!

As far as I know, Zechuan wanted to build his own ninja village, but my grandfather didn't allow him to do it!Because this is simply something that cannot be accomplished!

But at that time, Zechuan seemed to have taken out something and showed it to my grandfather. After reading it, my grandfather became even more angry!

He yelled at Zechuan, but Zechuan didn't take it seriously. On the surface, he said that he would never happen in that situation again, but secretly, he really started to want to eliminate grandpa!

After that, as we saw, Grandpa died!Although he looks like a very fierce old man, he often helps those aunts.

My grandfather said - "Those who can complete the protection... are heroes!"

"So what you said is true? Zechuan... he is not a good person?"

"That's right! And tonight, I'm going to assassinate him!"

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[Author's digression]: I thought WOC was released, but it turns out it's still in the draft box!Sorry guys!I will update again tonight, don’t worry!