[Hokage] Live to the Death

06

It is now nine o'clock in the evening, and the exhausted office workers have sat at home to rest with their wives and children. The nightlife in the custom shop has not yet officially kicked off.There are very few people on the street. The slums of City S are located at the port. Few people in the slums at night dare to wander around on the streets outside.There are elderly people without children, vicious bandits, disabled people without jobs, orphans and homeless fools.

Keiko sat withered in the narrow, damp and dilapidated building day after day. She looked out the window, maybe thinking about something, or maybe not thinking about anything.Keiko is incapable of working and does not want to work.When she was young, she could still eat youth meals in custom shops, just like her mother who died early.Later, when I got older, my looks faded and I fell in love, so I received the national relief fund and lived in a slum in the slums.

She had a baby here a few years ago.Originally, she wanted to ignore it, but whether it was the unintentional stalking or the three corpses lying in a pool of blood not far from her, she was completely indifferent. She even wanted to go faster.But the little baby who she thought was completely dead and was tightly held in the arms of the people who should be the parents suddenly ah, ah... screamed like this, with a milky sound, as if crying.Her heart, which had been riddled with holes in this world, suddenly twitched.So I picked up a magical trouble for myself and came back.

It's not that he is not easy to raise.Keiko had never raised such a burdensome thing as a child.On weekdays, he saves some rations from his own mouth and feeds him casually, thinking that she has done all her benevolence, so she can be regarded as a great benevolent person.Just being so perfunctory and sloppy really made her work.From a small dumpling carved with jade, it has grown into a skinny little doll today.

To say that he is troublesome is mainly because he is very strange.Keiko had heard some super powers from the attendants of the officials and important people who had served.She is not interested in caring about these strange superman-like fantasies, she only hopes to get more money from these men's pockets.It was only when I saw the various abilities of Little Trouble that I remembered it. It seems that there is such a thing.

But very troublesome.

What superpowers can be used for, just when the mood fluctuates violently, the wind will blow inexplicably, crazy superpowers.Fortunately, Little Trouble still has a bit of conscience. She still remembers that she is such a character, and she can barely control her so as not to hurt her.As for the rest of the furniture, no such luck.But even if you stick to the wall and use a magnifying glass to find the ceiling from the floor, you can't find half of the valuables.Keiko went with the little trouble by herself.

Little Trouble has a name. Every night he curls up at Keiko's feet and sleeps quietly, thinking about things.Grandma Huizi said that this is the name left by his parents who have never masked, called Uzumaki Naruto.It sounds good, and it looks great when written. When Keiko is in a good mood, she will use her meager knowledge to teach him to read a few words. The best thing he learns is his own name.

Grandma Huizi is a good person. She took him home as a burden, took care of him hard, and saved a lot of rations for him.He is very happy. Although he lost his parents when he was born, they must love him very much and gave him a good name.He was adopted by Grandma Keiko and raised for free.

Then, one morning, he gently got up from the bed to make breakfast.Dian Dian ran to ask grandma to eat, but found that Keiko was cold all over and stopped breathing.

Little Trouble started wandering alone, eating all kinds of food and wearing all kinds of clothes.He learned to wear a hood to hide his striking long blond hair, and painted his little face as dirty as a tabby cat.Carefully hide his different side from others as Grandma Keiko taught him, so as not to be chased and scolded like before, calling him a little monster and a little devil, and telling him to get out of here.

But Little Trouble really likes her own differences. Grandma Huizi said that this is a superpower that no one else has.He would hide in a corner where no one was around, raise his fingertips to summon a gust of wind, and blow up a white dandelion. The dandelion seeds floated into the sky one after another, took root and sprouted in places he didn't know, and grew up stubbornly.

Finally one day small troubles caused big troubles.In the fifth year of his life, he was forced to step into the abyss.

There are many children living here, from three or four years old to teenagers.Without exception, they all looked lifeless, not as energetic as a dying old man.Naruto was washed clean and thrown in, only aroused two numb stares, without splashing a single ripple.He was dressed in a neat white uniform, like all the kids in this big room.On the way here, he struggled and cried desperately, exhausted all his strength, and even used his super power, but was still brutally suppressed.There is no trace of resistance.

Naruto shrank into the corner anxiously, not knowing that what awaited him was the boundless fire of hell.The flustered look ran into the eyes of the silent girl next to her. An innocent and soft child, who had never experienced the pain of survival or death, was looking around the crowd with a little bit of hope, very similar My former self.Asuka hesitated, reached out and took the child's nervously tangled hands.She didn't say not to be afraid, and she didn't explain anything else, because he would soon understand how cruel it was.He just moved his lower body, which was still in severe pain, closer, and stroked his blond hair like the sun.

They had no shortage of food and drink, and were clothed in soft and comfortable clothes.There is no need to study or do housework, the only use is to be a group of quiet guinea pigs.

The girl with eyes like green water and hair like pink cherry disappeared quickly.At noon that day when she said goodbye to Naruto and was taken to the laboratory, she slightly curled her lips and showed a faint smile.Opening his lips silently, he gave the last blessing to this warm child.

"Live well."

He did survive, survived the inhuman torture and humiliation.Naruto didn't know why he was alive, but he was very obedient.Grandma Huizi said that even if she is so humble that she is trampled on in the dirt, she still has to live.Asuka's sister left him with the last words to tell him to live.

Why live?Naruto tried his best to stand on tiptoe and look out from the only sealed glass window in the room.There are dark clouds and a few pure white flowers occasionally dotted on the desolate land.No one passed by.He remembered the fireworks he had seen during his wandering days.Naruto struggled to clean up his dirty self, and quietly found a remote place to watch the fireworks among the crowd.An uncle passing by saw him alone and handed him a plump apple candy.

It was delicious, he recalled carefully the taste of the big candy apples.I really want to go out alive and eat again.

Not long after he came, there was another child who was the same age as him, and he was the only ordinary person in the experimental base without supernatural powers.

At that time, Naruto had just passed the dangerous period of the first basic surgery.Crouching weakly in the corner, his throat was thirsty and his limbs were weak. He didn't dare to drink too much water, because he had to go to the toilet to drink water. As soon as he got up, his eyes became dark and he couldn't see clearly.The heart rate was too fast, and it kept vibrating in his chest, making him dizzy and almost vomiting. Under this feeling, even the pain of the wound was a good medicine to keep him awake.

At this moment, Gaara was thrown in. Naruto watched the red-haired kid struggle to stand up, with fresh wounds on his face and limbs. He looked around numbly, and randomly chose a corner to squat down. Next to Naruto.Naruto resisted the tinnitus and dizziness, and propped his upper body up against the wall. The abdominal wound was torn, and the blood gushed out and wet the white clothes.

Naruto could see the fear of this new partner, buried his face in his knees and embraced himself with his hands, his body trembling slightly.Naruto imitated sister Asuka's move, put his hand on his blood-red hair and patted him, comforting him angrily: "Don't be afraid."

Gaara raised his head, the green and sky blue meet, this is their first encounter.When I was the most isolated and helpless when I was young, when I was resentful and wronged, I met a person who treated him very gently. Little Gaara thought that the world was not cruel to him to the end.

For more than 300 days and nights, Naruto sent away Yuta who loved to hide in his arms and cry the most. He lost his brother Takuma who would hug him and secretly use his abilities to relieve his pain, and sister Arisa who liked to touch his hair died. Beside him, the blood continuously overflowing from his mouth was from scarlet to turbid black, and there were also Yimei, Kazuya...and many more people who disappeared without even knowing their names.In the end, only him and Gaara were left in the same batch.

It was just a nap, and when I woke up Gaara was gone.He was terrified in a strange place, sobbing and crying like an abandoned animal.

Sleep again, the past is the past, a big dream, wake up and put it all behind.

Subject No. 106: Naruto Uzumaki; Subject No. 107: Gaara Sataki - a survivor of the riot at the 'Viper' human experiment base ///.

07

"Continue to seal?" Yuan Fei stood in front of the transparent glass, and the blond boy was lying quietly on the hospital bed next door. He was not awake yet, his little face was pale and bloodless, biting his lip and frowning in his dream, he looked very uncomfortable, no He kept sweating, and occasionally murmured something.

"No, this child's body can't bear it, and it will collapse." Tsunade solemnly opposed the proposal, her face was a little ugly.Minato's only bloodline was made like this by Konoha, alas.

"Naruto has grown up too, and sooner or later he will figure it out on his own. Ichio Jinchuriki just acted as a catalyst." Tsunade suddenly smiled at the teacher: "Don't worry, Chief, he is Minato and Kudo." Xin Nai's child will not fall down so easily."

This kid is desperately trying to get his approval, and wants to bring her back to Konoha, Tsunade still vividly remembers it.

Squeak——Kakashi put on a sterile suit and pushed open the door of the ward. He hurriedly greeted the leader of the observation room next door and Mr. Tsunade. In the quilt, Naruto with his eyes closed rarely appeared obedient and quiet, just like when Konoha had just found him.

The child who is only a little over six years old is as thin as a piece of paper, and when held in one hand, he feels light and weightless. His body is extremely weak and his mind is like a frightened bird. , there are still some old wounds distributed shallowly on the child's protruding ribs and thin back.The child cried several times until he passed out and was unable to eat, and Kyuubi's ability instinctively rejected others because of the host's will. Naruto's life was at stake, and stripping Kyuubi would be a dead end.After several days of research, Tsunade really had no choice but to use coercive means to force Kyuubi to be suppressed; together with Naruto's memory, he made a seal reinforcement.

Everyone in Konoha knew very little about the details of the human laboratory back then. They worked hard to track down the news of the children of the fourth generation and sent several elite teams to rescue them as quickly as possible. Those who could come to the base to retaliate, all the information was destroyed in the chaos, luckily they found Naruto.The person was rescued, but his body and mind were on the verge of collapse, so he had to perform a memory seal. During the whole process, he learned nothing except Naruto's name.However, he knew that the sand base also sent someone to pick up a child, and he was the only person other than Kai Naruto who survived and successfully implanted the tailed beast.But I didn't expect Gaara to give Naruto such a big stimulus.

Kakashi clasped his hands and covered Naruto's hand that hadn't received the nutrition injection. The temperature in the palm of his hand was transmitted continuously. Naruto's tightly clenched hand gradually loosened. Kakashi took the opportunity to curl him up hard. The stiff fingers were smoothed out, and the fingers were clasped tightly.

He lost his father when he was young, and passed the final test of Konoha Academy with excellent combat performance at the age of 12. He joined the special operations team led by Namakaze Minato and began to perform tasks. Kakashi became no longer extreme and withdrawn in this warm operation team. Finally understood the importance of a partner, but began to lose his partner, then the teacher, and finally the only child of the teacher.Kakashi decided to join Anbu in his desperate pursuit of the murderer who killed Minato and Kushina, while looking for traces of their children.It took a full six years to find it.As time passed, Konoha's experience in this matter gradually decreased, and even he almost gave up, but luckily he didn't.

Kakashi freed one hand, took the clean towel hanging by the bed, and wiped Naruto's bangs soaked in cold sweat in his sleep.Carefully distinguish the words Naruto muttered, most of them are the names of people, and they should be people Naruto once knew.He tried to learn more about some information, the part that Kakashi Hatake missed in Naruto Uzumaki's life puzzle, he wanted to know it completely.

Don't be in a hurry, Kakashi secretly wrote down some information that Naruto revealed now in his heart, he had to take his time, waiting for the little apprentice to fully open his heart and tell himself about the past.

Gaara rejected the medical staff's offer to let him rest, and didn't want to answer the questions the higher-ups asked him.Reluctantly cheered up to clean up and change clothes, because otherwise I couldn't enter the sterile ward.He was restless and desperate, afraid that something would happen to Naruto because of himself, but he had to restrain himself, and he still had a manic tail.In his memories, Naruto Uzumaki was weak and weak, but now that he is full of energy, his personality is much more cheerful, and even... he even has a girl he likes, which is not bad.Only the matter of forgetting himself almost made him mentally collapse.The sustenance of life gave up on him, and Gaara wished that the two of them were still trapped in that human experiment base together.

But now... Gaara stood anxiously in front of the door of the ward. Today's ups and downs of mood were equal to the sum of his past eight years. With one hand, he gently pushed the door open.His sun just happened to open his eyes, tried his best to pull up the corners of his lips, and with curved eyebrows, he showed a comforting smile to the man sitting by the bed.Gaara held the metal handle and froze at the door, Naruto hadn't changed, the smile he had recalled countless times in the dead of night, once belonged to him.

These despicable, disgusting thieves stole what was rightfully his.

Kakashi felt the pricking gaze behind him, and turned around strangely.Naruto looked over with his movements, and saw the boy standing behind Kakashi at a glance, he called out happily, with a voice as weak as a kitten: "Gara, you are here, I finally I remembered."

The clear ocean is still not covered with any dust.The hardships, sufferings, blood and tears shed have made this person more tenacious and consistent.Gaara walked over slowly, sat on the other side of the hospital bed, completely ignoring the probing look of the masked man: "Are you feeling better?"

"Well, you know that my recovery ability is the best... besides, there is Tsunade Granny." Naruto still couldn't speak louder, and he couldn't help but yawned a little after being awake for a few minutes. The eyeballs were covered with a hazy mist, and they rubbed against the soft pillow like a kitten.The injected nutrient solution was mixed with a tranquilizer by Tsunade, and this dose is supposed to allow people to sleep until the next morning.Naruto was actually awakened by a nightmare. When he woke up, he saw that Kakashi-sensei and Gaara were both there. He was very relieved, and he told Gaara in a daze: "Wait for me, wake up...well, try again Say." He squeezed his teacher's hand, winked playfully at the teacher, and closed his eyelids again heavily under the gaze of the two.

Hope to have a good dream this time.In the dream, there are grandma Keiko, sister Asuka, brother Takuma, Gaara, and teacher Kakashi...

It's good to be alive.He must eat a candy apple when he wakes up.

Sarutobi breathed out with an unlit cigarette between his hands: "You are right. He is the child of Minato and Kushina, and he has their best qualities."

"Have someone tidy up two more beds and put them in the room next to Naruto's kid. I don't think Kakashi plans to leave today. Oh, there's another one of that kid, what's his name?"

"Call me Gaara." Thinking of who created these jinchuriki, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help frowning: "This time, I will go all out, Tsunade."

Konoha has already lost too many people because of his momentary intolerance.The excellent leader's successor and his wife both died in order to protect the base to track the tailed beast, and their blood flowed out, and they were even found by Orochimaru... and many young and ignorant children who had not been masked in other bases died because of this.Don't make the same mistakes again and again.

Tsunade Shen claims to be.The teammates who fought side by side in high-spirited youth are now immortal. It doesn't matter whether they are destined to be broken or their friends are unfinished.