Naruto's Endless Pretense

Since the god of ninja Senju Hashirama swept across the land of fire in the Land of Fire, and reached an agreement with the daimyo that the status of ninja villages and countries is equal, this advanced model has been imitated by the other four major countries.Since then, large-scale wars have been reduced due to the elimination of troops by the five major countries. Even the three subsequent wars have changed from "world wars" to "ninja wars."

This is a lucky era for the people of big countries. No more orphans and women will die due to war.But this is not the case for small countries. War in which all people are soldiers still exists.This is the so-called small-scale local hot war.

An organization like the Akatsuki organization that lives on war has exacerbated the tragic fate of small countries.Even this small island, which is no longer a country, could not escape.

When Sasuke and others landed and wanted to find a place to rest, what they saw was not a prosperous village like Konoha, but a seaside village close to ruins.The house was damaged, with blood-stained ruins everywhere. There were many injured people, and some bodies were piled together and covered with white sheets.Some children in rags were lying nearby crying.There must have been a tragic war here not long ago.

"Really, will there be wars in overseas villages? It won't be between two villages on the island fighting each other, right?" Sakon said in a relaxed tone, not without sarcasm.

"Shut up. What's happening here has nothing to do with us. Just protect Sasuke-sama." Tayuya was also calm.

Maybe it was because they were war orphans, or maybe because they were used to seeing life and death at the hands of Orochimaru, but Sakon and Tayuya didn't have any strange expressions when they saw the tragic situation in the village.Sakon was even able to laugh easily.

Xianglin also wandered with her mother before joining the grass ninja. Now she saw the orphans and felt a little bit the same way. She glanced at them slightly.A man like Kakashi who came out of the Ninja World War alone sighed helplessly.

The only ones who have never seen this kind of scene are Hanabi and Sasuke who have been living in Konoha.Perhaps to give Hanabi some encouragement, Sasuke held her slightly trembling hand with a stiff face.

"Hanabi, this is war. We are so lucky to be born in Konoha."

"Yes, yes."

A few steps past the bloodstains on the street, Sasuke spoke to an old man next to the pile of corpses.

"Hello, husband. Has there ever been a war here?"

The old man was busy cleaning up the stains around the house, but he was shocked when Sasuke spoke to him.He immediately walked aside to protect the children behind him, picked up a half-broken wooden stick from the ground and pointed it at Sasuke.Seeing this, Sakon walked up to him in two steps. Without waiting for the old man to say anything, he took a step forward and knocked the wooden stick out of his hand easily.

"Old Immortal, although we don't mean any harm, if you dare to point your weapon at Sasuke-sama, I can't pretend you didn't see it."

"Zoo near!"

Sasuke glared at Sakon hard, then opened his arms to the old man to show that he had no hostility.

"Don't panic, old man. We are from other villages who have just landed. We were planning to find a hotel but we found such a scene. Did something happen?"

The old man stared at Sasuke's face for a while, then looked at Kakashi standing behind, and finally looked at the trembling children behind him, comparing the strengths of the two sides.Finally he sighed and sat down, took out his long pipe and took a long puff.

"If that's the case, it's an unlucky time for you to come here. Maybe there won't be a village on this island with a hotel where you can stay."

Listening to the old man's low and sad narration, Sasuke and others slowly understood the tragedy that happened in this village.

It turns out that the village where the old man is located is a small village near the sea.The situation is very similar to the country of Waves, very poor, relying on half-fishing, half-farming and trading with inland villages.If it were just like this, it would be quite peaceful. The problem is that not long ago, several countries on other islands sent troops to incorporate this ownerless island into their own territory.The tragedy began that day.

"We relied on the team of young people in the village to repel those armies time and time again, and we could barely survive. Finally one day, the situation changed. It was no longer the enemy troops with clear banners who attacked the village, but some hostile troops. You are just like outsiders."

As he spoke, the old man put down the pipe in his hand and glanced warily at the forehead protector embroidered on Sasuke's windbreaker.

"Is it a ninja?" Sasuke asked, pointing to his forehead protector.

"Well, they have a lot of miscellaneous forehead protectors." The old man replied.

【Are there any wandering ninjas?Is it related to the previous vortex? 】

Thinking of this, Sasuke and Kakashi looked at each other.

"In the face of ninjas, ordinary people like us are no match at all. And they don't seem to be with the army. After solving the army, they launched an attack on the village and threatened our young people to follow them. Of course there are people who don't Agree, and everything from now on will be as you have seen.”

The old man sighed and lifted one side of the blood-stained white cloth, revealing young faces.

"They killed some people and took some people away by force. Now only old immortals like me and these poor little devils are left in this village."

Having said this, perhaps he was too sad, and the old man couldn't help but cry while keeping the child behind him.Sasuke walked forward and took a closer look at the corpse before looking at it any longer.He opened his mouth, but he couldn't say what he originally wanted to ask about the location of Uzushio Village.

"Is the child with injuries all over his body also a victim this time?"

Hanabi, who was being pulled by Sasuke, suddenly pointed at a child sitting in front of a house in the distance and asked.Sasuke looked around and saw that he was a very special child.She had long silver-gray hair, and she should be a girl. There were many terrible scars exposed in the tattered clothes, and her empty eyes looked into the distance.

"Are you talking about Mei Xi? That can be said to be the most pitiful child."

The old man looked at the child in the distance, his eyes full of infinite sympathy and sadness.

"That child was not originally from our village. She has experienced tragic years that we don't know about. She already had these scars on her body when Meixi first came to this place, and she was very weak and could die at any time. But luckily The doctor and his wife in the village adopted her, and under their careful care, Meixi recovered her health and her eyes became brighter."

"However, two days ago, when those ninjas came to the village, they took the doctor away in front of her and brutally killed the doctor's wife. Since then, her eyes have become empty again, and she only knows what's going on in front of her home. Sitting there, she didn't even remember to eat. Maybe she was waiting for the doctor to come back."

After listening to Misaki's story, Sasuke and the others showed complicated expressions.

"This is war. No matter when, in what form or for what purpose, it is so ugly and terrible."

Kakashi, who had experienced the war, looked up at the blue sky and let out a meaningful sigh.This caused Sasuke's originally lowered head to lower even further, and the hand holding Hanabi's hand involuntarily exerted force, causing Hanabi to cry out in pain.

"Feel sorry."

Sasuke let go of Hanabi's hand and looked at the entire village again. The desolation and sadness that he had been unable to feel before continued to flood his heart.Powerful chakra was also released, causing the old man and children to look horrified.

"Is this the world?"

Sasuke finally realized that this world is an unfinished world.It has the passion and emotion of ninjas, as well as war and tragedy.This is the regret of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, and it is also the source of misfortune.

This is not a happy place at all, not an ideal place where I think I can find emotion.This is the inside of a magic box that breeds countless dreams and destroys countless happiness.As hopes are born, more hopes are dashed.

Even the hope that I finally found will be torn to pieces like this for you to see.

"I was wrong. I naively thought that the war was nothing more than that. There was enough time for me to explore and share. I thought that even if I just maintain the status quo and wait until the finale, it would be fine. I was really wrong."

Saying words that no one could understand, Sasuke walked towards Miki step by step, squatted down and held her scarred little hand.Under the bangs, two tears silently flowed from the corners of the eyes.

"who are you?"

Sasuke did not speak, but looked at Kakashi and others with his peripheral vision.

"I said, you probably haven't used up all your chakra yet!"