When Danzo returned home, he saw Minami, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

Half a month has passed since the last time they broke up on bad terms.

Now that they meet again, both sides are a little embarrassed.

Danzo broke the deadlock with a few casual words, and Minami also softened her expression.

We are already several decades old and can no longer be as sincere and stubborn as we were when we were young.

Danzo couldn't hold it in for a long time and couldn't help but ask Minami what he told Hiruzen.

Minami pondered for a moment, then smiled gently and answered him, "Just tell the truth, tell me your heart, tell me your wishes, tell me my wishes, and my children's wishes."

Danzo listened silently, with a trace of confusion on his face, "You..."

Hiruzen has always known his own knots and wishes, right? Why did he suddenly want to give up his position as Hokage today?

"Do you want to see your son?" Minami asked him with a smile, "Kousuke came back yesterday."

This was the first time in so many years that Kosuke saw his father walk into his room.

My father, who had always been self-centered, even knocked on the door before entering the room. It was only after he agreed that he opened the door and walked in.

To Kosuke, this was like the sun rising in the west.

Every time he faces his father, Kosuke will automatically show a smile, like a mask on his face. When he sees the designated person, he will show a preset expression, but when facing his father, he will fake it. laugh.

As the person with the most say in the family, it is not easy for him to bow his head to his son.

Kosuke looked blankly at his father sitting opposite him. He seemed to have not heard clearly and blurted out, "Father, what did you just say?"

"I'm sorry for you." Danzo repeated.

Unable to maintain the fake smile on his face, Kosuke's eyes slowly opened wide. He looked at Danzo in disbelief. How could a man who never bowed his head to anyone suddenly...

Danzo continued, "During this period, I also paid attention to what the parent-child relationship is like in other families..."

Speaking of this, Danzo smiled mockingly, "It seems to be different from our family. Maybe, I mean maybe, maybe some of my... teachings or other things to you may indeed be incorrect. "

Danzo was a little incoherent, and he didn't know what he was talking about. It was the first time he talked to a child like this, and he was inexperienced.

"What happened to father today? Why did he suddenly..."

Danzo took a deep breath, his eyes became confused, and he murmured: "I never believed in fate before, but now, as I get older, I gradually start to waver."

His eyes didn't know where they landed, they just wandered around randomly, "Maybe the reason why some obsessions are called obsessions is because they can't get them."

"..."

"I have never regarded you as a tool. You have no idea. When I was a child, I was just like you when I was a child. I myself came through this way, so I didn't realize there was anything wrong with that. I wanted to be myself It should be the wish of all parents to make their children stronger than many people, most people."

Kosuke listened quietly. He always felt that his father today was very different from before. He even wondered if some guy was pretending to be him.

"I probably made the mistake of not considering your wishes. You have a gentle personality and follow your mother, but I just want you to be like me, a person with ambitions and political aspirations. Maybe that's where the mistake lies. I ignored other people. The way father and son get along, they just follow what they want, and I also ignored your desire to be close to me."

Danzo finally laid his eyes on Kosuke's face. The child was no longer smiling. After taking off the fake smile mask, the young face had a slight frown on its eyebrows, and there was a faint mist in his complicated eyes.

"Different personalities have different ways of expressing feelings. I also love you deeply, just like every father in the world who loves his children."

Danzo didn't know how he said such words. Before, he would never have said it, but now, he felt as if something had been lifted from his shoulders. After losing that weight , people feel a little more relaxed, and some words that were difficult to say before can actually be said from their own mouths.

"I say this all of a sudden, and I don't know if you will understand my feelings. After so many years, I think we should get along with each other in a new way. I only have you as my son, and I don't want you to go there with dissatisfaction and regret. Live, I don’t want you to be unhappy or feel hurt, maybe one day you will understand what I mean when you become a father.”

Between face and his son's life, of course his son is more important. This is something Danzo has always understood but couldn't bear to admit.

"Father..."

"I never bought you candy, nor did I carry you on my shoulders. I rarely even gave you a smile. I know all this."

"Father..."

"I will return my roots to the village. Obsession is obsession. For the dream of Hokage, it was a dream, but now it has become an obsession."

"Return it to the village, then you..."

Danzo nodded, his thoughts wandering a bit, but he was still unwilling to give in after all.

"I will no longer think about how to become Hokage. I will just be an ordinary retired ninja. I will occasionally drink tea and play chess with my son, and listen to my son talk about his mission.

If you can trust me, you can listen to my opinion when you are confused.

When my son is not at home, he may go out for a walk with his old friends, put aside all illusions, and live like this from now on. "

Days like this are really boring for people who have spent their whole lives studying how to get to the top and how to scheming.

If you want to gain something, you must lose something else. There is rarely the best of both worlds in this world.

It was only now that Danzo could see his own heart clearly, or on the other hand, he had to make such a change.

After all, the position of Hokage is something he can't get. In this case, he can only give up that and settle for the next best thing.

Besides, Hiruzen said that he also wanted to live a normal life.

Hiruzen could obviously work in this position until he died, but now that he was thinking about resigning, it was not at all what he said he didn't want to be the only Hokage to die in office, it was just a compromise he made to himself.

Everything has been done for this purpose, what else can we do?

The two adults, the first generation and the second generation, were living well, and no matter how many methods I had, I couldn't use them in front of them.

I have reached this age, but the two adults are more alive than the other. The genes of the Senju family are really not good, who can afford to spend time with them?

A variety of factors came together, and Danzo felt like he was being forced into danger.

After thinking about it for a whole afternoon, he gradually accepted his fate in the crazy cycle of being closed off and wanting to be free again, being closed off again and wanting to be free again.

There is no place for Hokage anymore, at least he still has a son, he can't lose him.

"From now on, there will be no root organization leader Danzo, no Konoha senior advisor Danzo, there will be just a simple Shimura Danzo, that's all."

Danzo looked at Kosuke expectantly, and Kosuke sniffed and raised his head, trying to force the tears back into his eyes.

The tears were not obedient and flowed down the corners of his eyes to the sides of his cheeks.

"I have wronged you for so many years." Danzo patted Kosuke on the shoulder.

He is the father after all. If the previous thoughts were forced by the situation, then the only reason that really made him decide to give up the position of Hokage was this son.

Minami's words were still ringing in her ears. She said: "Kousuke has never made any demands on you. He is in awe of you. All his desire is just a smile from you. Danzo, think about what you have done over the years. To Kousuke, Don’t you feel any guilt at all?”

She also said, "Probably the reason why Kosuke has never wanted to participate in high-level work is because of his obsession. Because you want to become Hokage, you give up so many other things, including him."

"In Kosuke's opinion, it was the dream of being Hokage that made him lose his father's love."

He never knew that this was all his son asked for, and he never knew that his son would become a victim of his own obsession.

Now that I know it, my heart feels as painful as a knife.

As his life reached his twilight years, he didn't know how many years he had left to live, whether it was five years or ten years. This time, he would just follow his son's wishes.

Kosuke opened his eyes. After staring at the ceiling for a while, he flattened his lips and said with a cry: "Father, please smile at me."

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to his childhood, becoming that child who couldn't even hold a kunai tightly.

This child faced his father and made the simplest request, which was not even a request.

But Danzo looked at Kosuke blankly for a while, then closed his eyes silently. He tried hard to smile, but he couldn't smile at this time.

Feeling extremely sour, the hand on Yusuke's shoulder squeezed heavily.

He knew he would laugh.

Maybe in the evening, maybe tomorrow.

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