Konoha Hidden Village is being rebuilt

The warmth surrounding her disappeared.

Jingyou opened his eyes drowsily, stretched out his hand and fumbled around a few times, but didn't touch anything.

"...Dad?" She sat up and looked around her, seeing an emptiness in her consciousness.

Uchiha Sasuke disappeared.

Jing You was shocked: "Dad! Where have you been!"

She stood up in an instant, and almost fell down due to excessive exertion. She was spinning around in a hurry, shouting loudly, and tentatively walking forward - Mr. Cat's tail gently wrapped around her calf, stopping her like a headless fly. move.

"The summons is unstable and he has returned to his own world." Mr. Cat leaned over, his body warm.

Jingyou wanted to cry a little, and looked at it aggrievedly.

"Then when can I come back? Can't I go back with my father? My mother and sister must be very worried..."

The more she talked, the sadder she became. She tried to look sensible, but her tears overflowed unreasonably and wet the cloth covering her eyes.

"Why, why are you crying?" Mr. Cat was very surprised. He circled her twice in a hurry and muttered, "Ah, indeed, the cub period is completely different from the grown-up period..."

What are you talking about? Strange Mr. Cat.

Jingyou remained silent, pulling up his sleeves and pressing them on his cheeks, thinking of his father who had disappeared.

It's the same in the village, where we can't see each other for a month. I heard from my mother that my father has been carrying out difficult secret tasks in order to protect the village and the world, so he can't accompany them...

【But, Dad loves us deeply! ] At that time, her mother smiled tenderly and hugged her, [No matter how far the distance is, this love will not weaken, just like Jing You's love for us! 】

Comforted by the memories, she stopped crying and said to Mr. Cat: "I'm sorry...even if I'm alone, I will do my best."

Mr. Cat stopped.

"This is exactly the same as when you grow up. When you cry, you will cheer up on your own. That's why you are the one standing here in the end."

It breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed its furry "scarf" against her, and pondered for a moment.

"Let's summon it again. It's too dangerous if there are only two of us."

Jingyou nodded obediently and listened to it mutter a long string of words to itself.

"Naruto and Sakura are probably children too. Who can take care of whom after calling here? No"; "Kakashi? Aren't you still in the ANBU at this time... ruled out"; "Then that's the only thing left... …The most difficult thing to do”…

Mr. Cat muttered in annoyance for a while, and suddenly his attention was distracted by something. He said "Huh" and looked up. Jingyou raised his head and said "Hey" slightly.

Like a point of light when summoned, a brighter and more stable glimmer lit up in the dark field of vision.

The light ball floating down from the sky was surrounded by colorful foam-like colors, firmly attracting her attention.

Mr. Cat shook his tail excitedly and said loudly: "This is it! The memory fragments just happened to fall into the new world!"

Jing Yu didn't know why, so he instinctively stood on tiptoes to reach the floating light. As soon as he stretched out his hand, Mr. Cat held him down.

"Start summoning now, the other party's name is 'Uchiha Itachi'!"

Even less wonderful substances were stuffed into Jingyou's hand. She was confused and asked, "Who is that?"

Mr. Cat was urging her: "It's your uncle, hurry up."

"What is uncle?"

"Your father's brother, anyway, call him here first——"

The battle was chaotic, but the summons was successful. The moment the visitor appeared from the wind, Mr. Cat pushed her over and reminded her quickly.

"Remember to call someone!"

"What?" Jing You stumbled a step in astonishment and asked at a loss, "How are you, uncle?"

She did not touch the other person, but was restrained instantly. At the same time, the light ball that finally fell above their heads also burst into light, and they were involved in colorful colors.

On the day he was discharged from the hospital, Keiyu received a gift from his father, Uchiha Sasuke.

——It is an exotic ocarina.

As soon as she was able to get rid of life-support equipment and move around freely, she showed a strong interest in music. She could even look at the wind chimes hanging in front of the ward window all day long. Family members who have noted this preference try to choose music-related gifts when giving gifts, such as various musical instruments and trendy music, and this time is no exception.

Jing You couldn't put down the ocarina, even holding it while sleeping. However, one morning a few days later, she accidentally bumped the corner of the table while passing by the living room...

No one was injured, but the ocarina was broken.

Looking at the torn flute, Jingyou quickly became tearful and his face bulged into a pufferfish. Uchiha Sarana, who was taking care of her sister at home, rushed forward and grabbed her hand that almost pressed against the fragment. She pushed up her glasses and let out a long sigh of relief.

"You'll get cut. Stay away! I'll take care of it."

Jingyou stood next to her sister who was squatting down to clean up the mess, and rubbed her eyes twitchingly: "The flute, there is no more... Dad sent it back specially... ugh..."

Seeing that she was about to flood, Uchiha Sarana was quick to think and raised her voice decisively: "It doesn't matter, it can be repaired - just bury it in the soil!"

"Wu, wu?" The answer was completely unexpected. Jingyou stopped sobbing in confusion and repeated, "...buried in the soil?"

Uchiha Sarana stood up with a bag of fragments and said calmly: "Yes, just like flowers, even if they are picked this year, they will bloom again next year, right? The same goes for flutes."

It sounded really reasonable. Three-year-old Jing You easily believed this explanation and looked at his five-year-old sister longingly.

"But, does it have to be next year? It will be a long time."

"If you dig it out in advance, the flute will not be restored."

"Oh……"

Jing You, who was a little unwilling and did not dare to raise objections, followed her sister around, picked up the tools and walked into the yard.

In early spring, the plants have just sprouted some green buds, and the coolness of winter is still sleeping in the soil. Two children holding small shovels buried the broken ocarina under the winter cherry tree in a corner of the courtyard.

"See you next year, little Dizi, you should have a good rest!" After picking up the last handful of dirt, Jingyou put down the shovel, clasped his hands together, and said goodbye to Ocarina seriously.

Uchiha Sarana glanced at her, not knowing whether it was trouble or relief.

living room. Through the wide open glass window, you can see the two sisters squatting under the tree. The little children were bathed in light, almost blurred, as if they were an illusion from a dream.

The sound of small conversations came with the wind, but standing next to the TV cabinet that should have been empty were two people who were incompatible with the memory picture.

Unprepared for the hand holding the top of her head, Jingyou tilted her head and called out again: "Uncle?"

What she saw was the familiar living room at home, and she could even see herself and her sister in a blink of an eye. However, she still couldn't see Mr. Cat and "uncle" who were with her...

There seemed to be someone standing on the opposite side of the empty place. In consciousness, the other party seemed to be distracted, his eyes fell sideways, and stopped at——

It's a photo frame placed on the TV cabinet.

Jingyou looked along the perception, was startled, and bent his eyes.

"It's a commemorative photo! Mom and dad are taking their newborn sister, it seems they are on a trip!" She pointed at the photo enthusiastically and introduced, "I think it will be a while before the baby is born..."

This time when my eyes turned from the photo to the other person, I felt a response. "Uncle" must also be looking at her.

Jingyou stretched out his hand to the empty place.

"Mom has been saying that she wants to find time to take a new family photo, but the hospital is very busy and dad is also doing tasks outside the village..."

The pressure on the top of her head was removed, and a hand larger than hers hesitantly held hers.