[Naruto] Survival Records of the Warring States Period

You didn't look at it for too long, and you didn't think too much. After it got completely dark, you followed the sleepiness stabilized by your biological clock, stuffed the book next to your pillow and fell asleep quickly.

While you were drifting off to sleep, you vaguely heard some noisy shouts.

Only the next day did you find out that there was a fire in the town not far away, where dignitaries lived.

Fortunately, these noble mansions had more or less hired ninja guards, and the fire was suppressed by nearby ninjas before it spread. Nonetheless, I heard that the fire also affected several mansions.

Arson is a serious crime, so early in the morning the law enforcement office went to various towns to search for arsonists.

You broke out in a cold sweat after knowing this. Nowadays, buildings are basically made of wood, and the buildings are extremely dense. Once a fire breaks out, it is difficult to control it. It is also at night when the fire breaks out. If you are not careful, it will turn into a big fire with heavy casualties. If the fire spreads, you won't be able to escape if you are close, and you will most likely be killed in the flames.

In the world before you traveled through, there was the "Great Edo Fire" that killed tens of thousands of people and injured almost half of Edo.

Comparing the two, you don't know for a moment whether you should lament that this world is a ninjutsu world with water escape, or whether you should lament that ninjutsu can not only shine in killing humans, but is also a great weapon in disaster relief.

When the detectives searching for the arsonist searched the bookstore, the leading man, Feng Gong, did not expect that you were the only one in the store. As usual, he looked at your short body and asked you in surprise where the boss was.

As long as you are the only one in the store during this period, those customers will be confused about the fact that there is only one child in the store. You are already used to it: "Boss A Cong doesn't live in the store. He should be here in a while."

When the other party heard Boss A Cong's name, he looked obviously relaxed. Boss A Cong's previous words seemed to mean that he recognized the master of the practice. It seemed that mentioning his name was useful.

Even if your name is useful, you will not be able to escape the fate of the store being raided. You watch with fear as they go from room to room, fearing that they will destroy the books.

The leading man, Feng Gong, stood beside you and chatted with you: "You live here alone?"

"Does this have anything to do with the search for prisoners?" Due to your vulnerable age, you returned a wary look.

The other party didn't pay attention to your rebuttal. He laughed heartily, patted your head twice, and praised you, "You're very brave."

You weighed the difference in status between the two of you, and then wholeheartedly thanked the other person for the compliment. In the blink of an eye, you saw a policeman looking at the box of books in the warehouse with vigilance, as if he wanted to open the box in a slightly violent way.

"..." You hurriedly followed over, almost crying but without tears: "Sir, a box can't hide people, don't chop it! I can't afford to pay for it if the book is broken!"

……

"Scared you, little girl."

As if to comfort your frightened soul, when you were about to leave after checking the bookstore, the leading man casually took a book from the bookshelf next to you and asked you to check out.

You looked at the novel on the counter, which should have been placed in the adult section and told the story of the indescribable things between a newly appointed official with unusual beauty and his colleagues and superiors. You took a breath and your pupils were shocked.

Your conscience is between "He shouldn't know what kind of book this is, so I should advise him to change it" and "Why should I persuade an adult to change the color book when I am only ten years old? It has nothing to do with me. It's him who wants it anyway. "What if he likes this one in the blind selection?" He repeatedly jumped around, and finally chose to become an indifferent money-collecting robot. After collecting the money, he sent the other party away with a smile.

You have really endured too much at such a young age.

The people left for a while, and then Boss A Cong arrived at the store.

"Xiaoxue, please take good care of the store during this time. I have to go on a long trip." Boss A Cong said casually after inspecting the store.

You think a lot, and your first reaction is to ask: "Boss, are you going to run away?"

The boss ran away as soon as the news of the frontline's defeat came. This was probably too impatient.

Boss A Cong: "..."

He patted the table and glared at you: "What do you call running away when doing business? I'm here to push for a manuscript!"

you:"?"

"Didn't I tell you before? When the Kingdom of Fire declared war, an author who signed a contract with me returned to the Kingdom of Thunder without writing." He clicked his tongue, "I still haven't found the half-written part. Some people still feel that they have suffered a loss after thinking about it. He only refunded the deposit and did not pay the liquidated damages." Boss A Cong gritted his teeth.

You were shocked to hear this.

It’s not that bad, boss! Do you have to go to the Kingdom of Thunder yourself just for this? What if you die on the way?

Don’t you really want to make money and run away?

You didn't directly complain about the boss's weird brain circuit, but asked tactfully: "Then boss, if you can't come back, my salary...?"

Boss A Cong stared at you closely like a fan-shaped statistic chart with three points of desire, four points of worry and five points of doubt, which directly exceeded ten points. He took a deep breath: "Don't worry, if I don't come back for a month, someone will be there." Pay your wages for me."

You are surprised: "So boss, you are not alone!"

After you finished speaking, you realized there was an ambiguity and quickly covered your mouth.

"S-Snow!"

You waved your hands hastily: "Ah no, I mean who should I go to?"

The boss rubbed his forehead and showed a headache: "If I don't come back in a month, you and Kentaro will go to Quanfu together."

Seeing that you seemed to want to ask more questions, he interrupted directly: "Should I be worried about you stealing money while I'm away?"

You spoke righteously: "How could it be! You still can't believe me!"

"Yeah, you still can't trust me?" The boss smiled.

You look down and think about it, and you find that it is the same.

If the boss runs away, he can run away anyway, but he can’t run away from the store. The big deal is...

You quickly stopped your next thought. In short, you have the key to the store, so you won’t lose anyway!

The boss didn't stay long and left. Before leaving, he gave you a list of manuscript reminders, asking you to remember to visit the people on the list regularly to collect manuscripts before he comes back.

When you get the list, you vaguely feel that your job seems a bit too complicated.

Not long after the boss left, you stood by the counter. You didn't know if it was an illusion, but you always felt that this area was cooler.

You couldn't help but remember that your boss, who usually always held Nyanosuke in his arms, didn't seem to be very afraid of the heat. Then you suddenly realized that with the boss leaving, Nyanosuke's custody seemed to have temporarily fallen to you.

You feel suffocated, and it's okay to sleep temporarily in the store for a day. Who can survive sleeping in this environment for several months?

You regretted that you didn’t ask your mother to ask the landlord if you could keep a cat when she came yesterday.

Just as he was sighing, a new customer came to the store.

There is no boss or supervisor, so you occupy the boss's recliner. Although you don't lie down directly, you just lean on the armrest with your elbow on your chin and stare at the street outside the door in a daze, which seems to be no better.

When the guests came in, you said hello mechanically without any enthusiasm, and you even covered your mouth and yawned because you didn't sleep well.

While yawning, your mind is replaying the image of the guest who just walked in—

Black watermelon head, scarf in summer, light green clothes...

Wait, this combination...

You slowly frowned: It seems familiar?

You suddenly stood up from the recliner, and Nyonosuke jumped off your lap, rubbing against you dissatisfiedly.

You looked at the boy with his back to you in the store, and found that it was indeed Senju Hashirama who had a relationship with you before. Your eyes lit up: "Ninja-sama!"

Senju Hashirama turned around, scratched his head, pointed at himself and asked, "Call me!"

After not seeing you for several months, the boy's face was covered with the shadow and sadness of the war, but the worry on his face was quickly hidden when he faced you.

He probably didn't recognize you, and looked at you with a bit of curiosity.

The feeling of disappointment passed in a flash, and you opened your lips, but no sound came out.

What may be a life-saving grace to you may seem like a trivial matter to the other party.

"What's wrong?" Hashirama looked a little confused.

You hurriedly lowered your head and dug out the money bag you carried with you. You took out a coin that you had just replenished with copper coins and exchanged it for one silver. You walked around the counter and walked to him and handed it out.

It wasn't a big deal if he wasn't recognized. After all, it was just a small thing for Hashirama.

You quickly prepared yourself mentally, raised your head and smiled: "This is what Ninja-sama gave me before, and now I give it back to you!"

He looked at you doubtfully, then looked down at the money in your hand: "Are you admitting your mistake...ah!"

He looked at you in shock, and even got closer to look at you: "...Xiaoxue?"

Hashirama asked as he pulled out your name from somewhere in his memory. The boy's already somewhat round eyes widened even more in surprise, and the morning light made his black eyes sparkle.

You seemed to be infected by his vitality and couldn't help but raise the corners of your mouth: "Well, thanks to you, I have found a job now."

"Huh?" Hashirama didn't accept the money you handed over. After confirming that it was you, he opened the distance between you and asked in a confused tone, "Does work have anything to do with me?"

you:……

Your smile is a little stiff.

You thought about the indirect and indirect relationship between finding a job and Hashirama, and suddenly realized that you were involved by him.

Doesn't this guy understand polite words?

You turned your eyes away from the topic and reached for Hashirama's hand.

His hand dodged reflexively, then stopped and let you hold his hand.

You lowered your head and carefully put the money in his hand.

"Okay, I'll pay you back the money I paid before. Fortunately, I always have it with me." After saying this, you breathed a sigh of relief, raised your head and gave him a smile that could be said to be relaxed.

Senju Hashirama's expression was blank, and he seemed a little embarrassed. After you let go of his hand, he still maintained his original posture, spreading his palms and looking at you.

"Master Ninja?"

Senju Hashirama suddenly came back to his senses. He clenched his hand into a fist and put it behind his back. The other hand was shaking wildly in front of him as if he had nowhere to place it: "It's okay, it's okay. Didn't I just treat it as buying those accessories?"

After saying that, he wanted to hand the money back, but you avoided it.

"I made it myself, and I know it's not worth much," you clasped your hands and looked at Hashirama, afraid that he would give the money back, so you explained again and again, "I appreciate the kindness of Ninja-sama before, but when I think about what I spent, I will always feel guilty when I have other people's money. Mom also agreed to let me find an opportunity to return the money to you."

"Find an opportunity?"

Hashirama asked suddenly.

You nodded and replied: "If we have a chance to meet again, I will return the money to you - that's what I thought before, but I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

He stared into your eyes for a while and then looked away. He slowly put the money back into his purse, his head hanging down as if he was a little disappointed: "I'm sorry, I seem to be distressing you."

"..." You didn't expect Hashirama to feel depressed as soon as he said he was depressed. He stayed on one side and stretched out his hand to comfort him, but it didn't seem appropriate, so he had to take back his half-stretched hand and stammered to explain, "No. It happened! You, you were a big help back then! My brothers and sisters and I were really hungry for a long time!"

The young man continued to feel depressed, and you became more panicked around him. You opened your mouth to tell the truth: "What I said is true! I was really grateful to you at that time! That day, I actually wanted to pretend to be pitiful and blackmail you, and buy those things at a high price. Sold to you! You don’t need to feel guilty!”

Senju Hashirama looked up at you in surprise as if nothing was wrong at this time: "I was just counting how much money was left. Speaking of which - is there such a thing?"

You blink.

Senju Hashirama also blinked.

"..."

You turned your head, with a stern look on your face, and said loudly: "How is that possible! It's just a 'white lie' I made up to comfort you!"

"I see!" Senju Hashirama suddenly realized and praised you, "Xiaoyue is really considerate."

You were suffocated, so embarrassed that ten Konoha villages were about to be picked out by you.

"Let's not talk about this! Ninja-sama, what book do you want to buy?" You forcefully changed the topic back to what should be going on in the bookstore, but the other party became depressed again.

"There's nothing you want to see..." Senju Hashirama gave you a wry smile, "I'll just walk around."

You were a little surprised when you saw Senju Hashirama coming to the store alone, but now you saw his expression and thought of the situation on the front line, you suddenly became speechless.

"...It seems like fate that you just happened to walk into this one among so many stores. Take a look first, maybe there is a book you are interested in?" When you have nothing to say, you try to increase today's sales. Recalling Tobirama who was with Hashirama last time, he asked without hope, "Speaking of which, the adult who was with you last time should be your brother? Weren't we together?"

Hashirama glanced at you, looked away to look at the surrounding bookshelves, and said to you very naturally: "You can't talk about these."

You said "Oh", not wanting to know the answer: "Would you like to take a look first?"

He nodded in agreement, and you relaxed a little, planning to go fishing while you lowered your head to look for Nyonosuke. Suddenly, you heard Hashirama ask: "How did Xiaoyuki know that Tobirama and I are brothers?"

Your heart skipped a beat, and for a moment it seemed like your whole body had lost all strength.

You have never thought about things so quickly. While scolding yourself for talking too much and asking the wrong questions, you thought you had let something slip.

In the flash of lightning - you remembered that Tobirama did call him big brother in front of you on the day they first met.

Just when you were about to answer, you got another meal.

"Tobirama?" You looked at Hashirama in confusion and repeated Tobirama's name.

Hashirama was flipping through a book called "Cactus Cultivation Techniques" in his hand. It seemed that he just asked casually without even raising his head.

"Is that the ninja-sama who called you brother before?"

You ask.

Senju Hashirama sighed as he closed the book, and then as if he just remembered: "Oh, yes, Xiaoyue doesn't know our names yet."

He smiled at you and walked over with the book: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Hashirama. The person who came with me before was my brother Tobirama."

"I want this one."

After saying that, he put the book in his hand on the table.

You were speechless looking at the smile on Hashirama's face, wondering whether he asked the question just now intentionally or unintentionally.

In short, you can't laugh like him.

You reluctantly twitched the corners of your lips, finally gave up on laughing, and responded in a nonchalant manner: "Okay, please wait a moment."

You flipped through the register page by page, using this action and the rough texture of the paper under your hands to calm your unquiet panic. Your fingers were still a little stiff and cold from the panic just now.

You were just lucky that your hands weren't shaking, otherwise it would have been obvious.

After sending Hashirama away, you slowly sat down on the recliner and stared straight ahead in a daze.

Probably because your posture was too weird, it was in stark contrast to the way Boss Acong used to lie like a fish. Nyanosuke slowly jumped onto the armrest and jumped onto your lap, turning his head to stare at you with his clear and crystal eyes. knock.

You lowered your head, hesitated for a second, hugged Nyanosuke under his unsuspecting research gaze, and exclaimed in a sleepwalking voice, "That's Hashirama."

"Meow!" Nyanosuke struggled.

You: "That's Hashirama!"

"Meow--!"

This world uses trivial but heavy things in daily life to show you its true and painful side.

And those people you meet randomly, like Senju Hashirama, who appeared in the original work, remind you that although this is an too real world, it is still a world with "blood", "friendship" and "effort" at its core. The world of shounen comics.

One day, this world full of war and the blood of the dead will temporarily calm down with the establishment of a village called Konoha.

New institutions will bring innovation, bring peace, bring the phantom of a world similar to the one in which you once lived.

Even if it is only temporary, it is still the dawn in the endless night that you hope for.

"He's scary, isn't he?" Your eyes were a little moist, and you put your head on the back of Nyonosuke who was purring, and smiled, "That's great."

"As expected of Hashirama." You continued to read again.

He is worthy of being the future ninja god, and together with Uchiha Madara, he can deter the ninjas of the five major countries.

Nyanosuke gave up his struggle and let you suck the cat.