Konoha Hidden Village is being rebuilt

It’s an amazing feeling to witness yourself grow up by a year in an instant, and it’s even more amazing to find that your clothes have changed accordingly and still fit you.

Five-year-old Jingyou looked at himself while accepting the constantly completed memories, and even ignored the "growing pains" for a while.

Uchiha Sasuke picked her up from the box with a complicated expression, as if he had a lot to say but didn't know what to say. Jingyou, who was standing in his palm, stretched out his hand to compare, and said happily: "I think I'm almost as tall as dad!"

Due to the effects of premature birth, she was very thin before she was three years old. She looked almost half the size of children of the same age. After she was discharged from the hospital, her family spent two years recuperating and finally managed to catch up to the average height. If she returns to her original size at this time, at least she will not be able to grow again. As before, there is a huge gap between him and his young father.

Uchiha Sasuke looked down at her without smiling.

"You..." His hand gently came to her eyes, his fingertips touched a messy bandage, and he asked in a harsh voice, "Where was 'I'? How could you let you--"

Just like when Tsukuyomi was forced to witness his brother killing his parents, intense fear and pain filled his chest, followed by infinitely growing resentment. He gritted his teeth in this boiling emotion and could hardly control it - but before losing control, Jingyou held his cold index finger with both hands.

The little girl, whose body temperature was still abnormally hot, raised her face.

"I have lost a lot of memories. I don't know where my father was at that time...but it doesn't matter to me!"

If all she has to do is give her a pair of eyes and her family is safe, she will only be sincerely grateful.

…as long as the family is safe.

"It's okay!" Jing You swallowed his uneasiness and smiled as if he was trying to convince himself.

Let’s ask Mr. Cat later?

She shook her head, and the next second, there was a rough touch on her cheek.

The seven-year-old boy's fingertips already had thin calluses from the forbearance tool. When his thumb brushed against her cheek, it felt like walking through a yard with long grass in spring, and her skin felt itchy. He didn't say anything, but Jing You suddenly calmed down. In response to this silent comfort, she leaned her whole body against his fingers, and her white clothes fell on her palms like a cloud.

The two children kissed each other, and their eyebrows softened when they separated.

Take a closer look, and you will see that their appearance is indeed very similar. The invisible blood connection seems to have taken on a physical form at this moment, turning into similar facial features and appearing in the world...

The atmosphere relaxed, and the two of them opened their mouths together. Before they could make a sound, they suddenly heard a shout coming through the door——

"Oh oh oh oh-!"

Jingyou suddenly forgot what he was going to say, and turned his head to look in surprise. The last sensor door opened in response, and with the "crackling" sound of bullets, the flying Uzumaki Naruto rushed into the foyer!

He kept running forward with his eyes closed, completely unaware that he was safe. He was about to pass through Keiyu and his party standing in the center and hit the wall. Fortunately, he was caught by Uchiha Sasuke who had his hands free.

"...Watch the road a little bit, crane tail."

Jingyou, who was lying on his father's shoulder, couldn't help laughing: "Uncle Naruto was so funny when he was a kid!"

Uchiha Sasuke hummed and let go of his hand: "Just a stubborn idiot."

"I can hear it!" Uzumaki Naruto, who staggered to a stop, rubbed his head and turned around and said angrily.

The team, which had become lively without realizing it, set off again.

Apart from the way in, there was only one door left in the hall. A group of people and the jumping box "Da Da" stepped through the door and arrived at a circular space.

It seemed to be a transportation platform, surrounded by seamless steel, with only the upper part unobstructed. However, perhaps after a fierce battle, all types of loading machines were destroyed, leaving only a pile of wreckage. Several people searched through the scrap metal, but could not find any usable vehicles.

"This place is blocked, let's go back to the corridor and look for it!" Uzumaki Naruto waved away the shaky model sign with a hint of impatience on his face.

The metal sign fell to the ground, bounced in an arc with a "clang", and then rolled to the side with a "clang". It was deafening in the silent space, but the companions looked up and stared at something without even glancing at the sign.

"What are you looking at?" He looked along in confusion.

Only the emergency lights were on in the entire space. Under the weak light, it was impossible to see very far, but Jingyou relied on his special vision to find the target.

It was a suspended semicircular platform that extended from the wall above. It might be the entrance to the next level.

"To the right of your head!"

"About a hundred meters away."

Uchiha Sasuke and Keiyu, who had opened their Sharingan, spoke at the same time.

"It's so blurry..." Uzumaki Naruto looked confused, his eyes wandering back and forth, and finally he vaguely found the place they were talking about.

The sound of the rolling sign stopped, and no one paid attention to it, but the next moment, there was a "click" and a beam of light shot out from the ground, shining directly at Uchiha Sasuke——

At the critical moment, the leaping box hit his side, forcing him to fall to the side reflexively, just in time to miss the light. However, Jingyou, who was unprepared and was staring upward, was immediately shaken off his shoulders and fell down with an exclaim. Mr. Gojo, who controlled the box, suddenly turned around in mid-air. He wanted to pick her up but was a step too late.

Jingyou's figure, who fell into the light, instantly returned to its original shape.

With a "pop", the lights went out, and she fell down next to Uchiha Sasuke. She calmed down, looked around confusedly, and said hesitantly: "...Huh? I've grown bigger?"

Nervous Uchiha Sasuke stood up, grabbed her and looked back and forth to make sure she was not injured, then responded and frowned to look at the source of the light. Realizing that he was in trouble, Uzumaki Naruto had already picked up the culprit first.

It's a flashlight.

The flashlight that was temporarily extinguished due to insufficient power was immediately turned off. After confirming again and again that it would not suddenly light up, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief and turned their attention back to the out-of-reach platform above their heads.

"I can't find a way up," Uzumaki Naruto looked around and said worriedly, "There's not even a place to climb."

Uchiha Sasuke remained silent, staring at the destination as if calculating something, but soon shook his head. Picking up the box that landed on the ground and thanking Mr. Gojo, Jingyou also frowned.

"If it doesn't get bigger, Mr. Gojo should be able to take me up to have a look..." She glanced at the quiet box, put it into her small bag, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I'll let you out as soon as we get to the upper level. !”

The three fell into silence for a moment, and after a moment, Uzumaki Naruto suddenly raised his hand.

"I said, you can use this!" He held the strange flashlight he just picked up tightly. His eyes were bright, and he gestured to his companions who didn't understand what he meant. "Use the light to amplify the clone created by the clone technique. Throw us up!"