【Ming Zuo】Walking Alone in Darkness

In Hokage, together with Kakashi and Shikamaru, the four studied the latest information brought back by Sasuke.Although Sasuke didn't say much, Naruto would think of what he said before, that one person must be the last enemy that the world can unite against, so that the world can truly be peaceful.

This kind of thing, Naruto feels that even if he thinks about it with his brain, he knows that it is a weird logic to feel pain and pursue peace like Payne.

However, from a certain point of view, it really makes sense.

So what if the five great powers are united, so what about world peace, so what if even the most powerful enemies are sealed—people are still fighting, the world is still in war, small countries with small powers and small villages have small ways of fighting, and powerful big countries are tolerant The village has a big game.

The battle just won't stop.

Naruto looked at Sasuke, his jade-white face that had been the same for many years was indifferent and peaceful, the chaos he prevented, the civilians he saved, seemed not to be his credit, but just the dust he swept away.

Calm, indifferent, because we are used to it.

Could it be that he really thought wrong?

No, no, there is something wrong with giving Sasuke a home.Naruto clenched his fists tightly.Just work a little harder...to convince those higher-ups and dispel their doubts, as long as he can be a qualified Hokage, he can give his best friend a perfect home.

Naruto thought, feeling super motivated, full of energy and trying hard to learn to understand the discussion between Kakashi and Shikamaru.

After Naruto looked away, he didn't know, Sasuke looked over.

Just by looking at this idiot's face, you can tell what he's thinking.

So, it's a fool.

Sasuke smiled in his heart, but his face was still faint.

There are some things Naruto will never know.Others will not let him know that it is enough for him to be a powerful hero of the Fourth World War forever.And Sasuke won't tell him, as long as he is always the idiot who speaks the truth and believes that the world is what he thinks it will be.

Naruto thought that he could do a lot of things when he became Hokage, and the advisors also hinted at him.But he didn't know that one of the conditions for him to successfully become Hokage was that Sasuke could never return to the village.

Sasuke himself is quite disdainful of the word "back". Who wants to call this ghostly place the place of "back".To be honest, this condition made Sasuke a lot more comfortable. If the condition was that he had to guard Konoha all day, it would be even worse for him.

Uchiha Sasuke's origin and actions are too dangerous, and his strength is too powerful, no one can do anything to him except Uzumaki Naruto in terms of force.This huge power must never be obtained by forces other than the Fire Country and Konoha Village.So Sasuke must continue to perform Konoha's highest-level tasks outside, but refusing to let him have a positive influence in Konoha and go deep into Konoha's high-level is the most reasonable way for Konoha to use him.When he was imprisoned with his eyes sealed, the higher-ups went to see Sasuke and told him about the condition.

Uzumaki Naruto became the next Hokage, which is already recognized by almost the whole village.But mixed with the S-level rebellious Ninja Uchiha Sasuke, even if the current Naruto is loved and admired, what about after a little longer?Gossip always comes up, no matter how great a hero is, it will become a few pale words on the page with the passage of time. You, Sasuke Uchiha, are the stain of Naruto Uzumaki.

Sasuke snorted.

He always does what he thinks is right, and he never cares what anyone thinks.These boring people, whether they regard him as a stain, or a devil with a blue face and fangs, what does it matter to him?

Just do what can help that crane tail, that's all.

After the final battle, he gave up, feeling the unwell feeling of emptiness on the left side of his body, don't start, he doesn't want Naruto to see the tears in the corner of his eyes.At that time, he had already decided on the path he would take in the future.

The path he wants to take has been cut off by Naruto, so he can assist Naruto to walk the path he wants to take.

He left not because he was afraid of becoming a stain on Naruto, but because he wanted to cut off the thorns on his way forward for Naruto.

After the discussion, Naruto still stuck behind Sasuke, following wherever he went, and was grabbed when Sasuke went straight to the gate of Konoha.

"...How old are you?" Sasuke didn't want to talk to this idiot.

"No, you really want to leave, how many hours did you stay?" Naruto was not happy, "At least one day? And I... uh, I have something to tell you."

"Huh? What's the matter." Sasuke stopped this time, stood still and looked at him.

Naruto felt a little embarrassed.In fact, it’s not a difficult thing to say... After the decision was made, he told Shikamaru casually when he came out, and he said it to Sakura very easily, obviously...it’s a normal thing, right?

But why is it so hard to say it to Sasuke? Is it because I'm afraid this guy will laugh at me?

However, for such a big matter, best friends, it's better to speak up in person.

Naruto's heart moved uncomfortably, although he didn't know why he was reluctant to say it, but he suppressed his unhappiness, showed the same smile as usual, and said to Sasuke: "Well, I want to talk to Hina. Tian is married."

Sasuke just looked at him.

There seems to be a lot of heavy emotions in the black eyes with only one exposed, but it is like Naruto's illusion in a flash.

Naruto felt that his throat was stuck after he said it, but he didn't understand what was going on, and Sasuke didn't give any response, he didn't know what to do, and it didn't happen when he was nervous His heartbeat accelerated, and as the silence lasted longer, he actually felt his heartbeat getting slower and slower, so slow that he almost thought his heartbeat was about to stagnate.

"Oh."

It seemed like a century had passed, Sasuke responded flatly and gave him a slight smile.

"understood."

Sasuke said.He turned around and continued walking towards the door.

"Hey Sasuke..."

Say something, at this time and in this situation, there are many things you can say, right? ——Hey you guy, my good buddy is getting married, what kind of reaction do you have, I said? —At least say congratulations, bastard! ——How is it, are you envious?

Look, so many normal things to say...

say something...

But Naruto couldn't say anything.

Seeing that Sasuke was about to step out of the Konoha gate, Naruto's heart tightened, and he hurried over to hold his hand: "Wait a minute!"

"Huh?" Sasuke responded lightly, and gave him a sideways glance, without looking directly at him.

"That... I actually want to say..." Naruto tried hard to think about what his grandpa and mother-in-law advised him to persuade him to get married, and learned to persuade him hard, "Look, I'm going to get married, I said, you should start a family too Now that you have a home, you will feel at ease, and you will... you won't always think about running outside the village... right? Sakura, yes, Sakura, she... isn't she waiting for you all the time? ? You can also..."

"..." Sasuke heard his incoherent words, silently withdrew his hand, still didn't look at him, and said for a while, "I won't get married."

"……Eh?"

"This kind of thing has to be with the person you like. I probably won't have a girl I like in this life." Sasuke said, and finally looked back at him, "Go back, I'm leaving."

"じゃ."

Sasuke left, the orange-red light of the setting sun reflected on him, and the pure black cloak seemed to have faded in color, and the reflected back gave an illusion of warmth.

He came back only in the afternoon, and now the sun is just setting.

I only stayed for a few hours, didn't eat anything, and didn't drink a sip of tea.

Standing in front of the gate, Naruto felt empty and flustered, his heart ached, he couldn't bear it, thinking in his mind, what Sasuke said was じゃ, since it wasn't さようなら, he still meant to come back... …

But it's not right, although Sasuke seldom comes back, but he will come back every few months, why does he have such an idea now?

Why did he feel that the back of Sasuke meant that he would never come back again?

His last glance, looking so deeply, seemed to engrave himself firmly in his eyes.

He didn't know it at the time, but this was really the last time he saw Sasuke.

The last time of life.

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*じゃ (jya) is mostly used to say "goodbye" when parting briefly; さようなら (sayounara) is mostly used to say "goodbye" when parting for a long time, and can be used as "farewell" in some contexts.

*[This kind of thing should be with the person you like.I probably will never have a girl I like in my life. 】In this Chapter 8, there are similar words in Sasuke's mental activities.