Proposed by the most beautiful you in the world [Comprehensive]

This small town located on the border of the Land of Fire was just a small village more than ten years ago.

However, after the earth-shattering Fourth Ninja World War ended, the country that regained stability and peace gradually recovered its vitality, and after that, the economy and technology called "technology" also developed rapidly, and there was an almost earth-shaking revolution. Variety.

Therefore, even if it is located on the border, the small village still benefits and takes the opportunity to expand its scale.

Although it is only a small town now, there are quite a few people living here, and their lives are quite nourishing. When it comes to the annual summer festival, the preparations will be bustling.

Before night falls, red and white paper lanterns hang high above all corners that can be seen by the naked eye.

Either densely cover the store name on the wooden sign, or hang on the long line connecting the storefronts on the left and right sides, and a red knot is tied under the lantern, shaking with the evening wind blowing slowly.

Shake, shake, time is almost up.

As a symbol of the beginning of the festival, it is the sun slowly setting behind the mountain.When the sky is completely dimmed, far from the sparkling fireworks on the ground, it means that the moment that people are looking forward to has finally arrived as scheduled.

The street, which was also surrounded by red-hot colors, gradually became crowded with people, and after that, many small shops became crowded.

Not long after the celebration started, the place with the most people was probably the goldfish fishing pond.

Most of the children were more excited than the adults. They looked forward to it and finally when the night fell, they put on the little bathrobes prepared by their parents, hurriedly called their friends, and swarmed into the street. Da da sound.

"Quick, quick, goldfish, goldfish, goldfish—wow, this one's beautiful! Get this one!"

The children squatting in front of the pool stretched their necks and stared intently at the goldfish swimming leisurely in the pool. When they saw the one they liked the most, they shouted loudly and cheered for the little friend who bravely stood up and picked up his sleeves. cheer.

"Okay~~~! Look at me!"

The young warrior was inspired, as if blessed by a powerful mysterious force, and immediately tightened the fishing net provided by the boss, with an incomparably serious expression.

Fishing for goldfish is a must-have activity in every celebration. In addition to being extremely interesting, it is natural for the stall owner to consider the business.

That is to say—in order to make money, the nets used to catch goldfish are all specially made paper nets with only a thin layer.It is quite difficult to use this kind of net to catch live goldfish that can jump around.

Of course, there are groups of ninjas in this world whose force value is much higher than ordinary people, and the difficulty of being able to stump this group of children is nothing to them.

And the boss has been doing business for so long, his eyes can be said to be vicious, and he can tell which customer is a ninja at a glance.

Of course, there can be no ninjas among the children who have gathered around. Moreover, in this remote town, there are very few ninja adults who are highly respected figures, and they will be recognized wherever they go.

So, the boss standing by said with a smile: "Come on, kid, you must keep your hands steady."

slam-la-

This is the sound of water splashing.

The paper net was submerged in the water, and I don't know if it was aimed at the panicked goldfish scattered in an instant. The boy who was so nervous that his forehead was sweating swallowed his saliva, and didn't care what was there. raised his hand.

"..."

Everyone looked over eagerly, and all they saw was a big hole in the paper net, where there was no shadow of a goldfish.

"This, this is a mistake, do it again! You can definitely succeed if you do it again!"

"Yeah! Come on Ryota!"

The smiling boss stretched out his hand at this moment: "100 yen, thanks for your patronage~"

The boy who had failed once before got a brand new net.

Compared to a few minutes ago, although he still looks very confident this time, there is a hint of uneasiness between his brows.

as predicted.

The second strike, after the sound of splashing water gradually faded away, another broken net was pinched in his hand.

"...I'm not reconciled, let's do it again!"

"Uncle, I'll give you another 100 yuan!"

"Uh... I don't believe it... Come again!"

"...Ugh, the last time..."

However, no matter how many times I try, the end result is only one:

The goldfish fishing team failed completely!

The little friends took out all the pocket money, and pitifully, it basically went into the boss's pocket.But the boss still looked at them with a smile and asked, "Kid, do you still want to play?"

kid:"……"

The last one hundred yuan coin was still held in the palm of the sweaty hand, which seemed to be the last hope.

However, the last hope stayed in his hand for too long, the mental activity of struggling was obvious, his clenched fist trembled, but he was unable to hand out the coin for a long time.

The boss's smile didn't change. In his heart, all the pocket money of these children would fall into his hands - there was no doubt about it.

"Then...for the last time..."

The hopeful warrior hesitated for a while, and finally, as the boss expected, he slowly stretched out his hand and exchanged one hundred yuan for the last paper net. After that, he hesitated even more and dared not make a move.

at this time--

A voice came from behind, like the voice of salvation sent by God.

"If you still act like before, you won't be able to get it this time."

children:"??!"

This sentence came so suddenly that it really shocked people.

However, after the initial shock, my heart trembled inexplicably, and even the anger of being coldly cursed by a stranger "absolutely can't get it back" dissipated all of a sudden.

because……

This indifferent voice that came out of nowhere was really - too nice to hear.

Needless to say, the hearts of the children who grew up in this small town were shocked at this moment, and even the description of this voice that jumped into their minds was only pale "good-sounding".

And when they turned around in a daze and saw the figure of the person from their birth, the state of being just in a daze immediately evolved into a trance.

Unknowingly, after the celebration has been going on for a while, the front of the Laojinyu shop is still the most crowded place on the whole street.

From the moment these children started fishing for goldfish, a group of people passed by here, just stopped, stood not far behind them, and watched until now.

And this group of people is too conspicuous.

That's why the crowd that blocked the airtight here came here.

"If you don't mind, can I help?"

The one in the group who was almost entirely responsible for causing the serious traffic jam had to speak up again.

A young man in a white-bottomed wavy bathrobe stood in front of the crowd. The rabbit mask pressed some hair on his forehead, but also covered his face, only slightly revealing the neckline between the staggered necklines.

He watched silently behind for a long time, and it seemed that he finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"Although it's my first time playing... But, at this level, there should be no problem."

Only then did they notice that their boss was stunned, and the children were unable to speak for a long while.

However, the sanity is lost, but the instinct of the body is still there.

The boy, who had struggled countless times but failed to catch the goldfish, had his feet stiff and his hands stiff, and he lifted the brand-new paper net straight up, parallel to his line of sight.

"Thank you."

The big brother with a nice voice and who couldn't take his eyes off thanked him again before taking the paper net.

Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he walked straight forward and came to the edge of the pool that was subconsciously moved out of the way by the children.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but the fish that had been scattered in the pool seemed to suddenly regain their energy. They all swam to the side close to him in a group, and jumped out of the water with their tails wagging, as if they were super happy. Shouting and shouting: Come, come, come and get me!

"This-this, this little brother, do you want...to try?"

The boss who stood blankly at the side finally found his movable tongue. He had been focusing on the children before, but he didn't even notice that there was such a guest in front of him—a guest who looked extremely honorable.

The new guest nodded slightly, and said in a rather strange way: "Well, since I have taken over the responsibility of this child, then I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations."

Having said that, he rolled up his sleeves with an aura that didn't match the restrained and soft appearance, and his eyes that looked extremely sharp in the eyes of others swept across the full goldfish pond, and at the next moment, he lifted the net with his hands——

Swish swish!

"Whoaaah! What the hell happened?"

A few seconds later, unbelievable exclamations sounded one after another. The nearest source of sound was the children who entrusted the "last hope" to this strange big brother.

I don't know at all... What exactly happened just now.

The faces of the children were full of confusion, and they hadn't recovered from the trance when their vision became blurred just now.

Just now, it seemed that the eldest brother bent down and lowered his hands, and the paper net was immersed in the water—after that, all he could see was a large white phantom.

Obviously, this is the ghost image left by the continuous movements that are too fast to be clearly captured by the naked eye.There was only the sound of water splashing, and then, the water basin for the guests to hold the goldfish they caught was too full to hold anything more.

"one two Three……"

Putting away the net for the time being, this young man wearing a rabbit mask slowly read the numbers, but what was different from his normal thinking was that he was not counting the goldfish that had already been fished into the basin, but the ones that had not yet been killed by him. lucky fish in the pond.

It is conceivable that there are only a few lucky fish left, swimming in the extremely empty pool, it looks so deserted.

"Fine, go on."

The young man took another empty basin, added water, and continued to catch the remaining three fish.

So far, he has harvested a total of dozens of goldfish in the goldfish pond, the children burst into cheers after being stunned, and the boss's face as if the sky had fallen after being dumbfounded.

After leaving the water surface, the paper net ignores the water droplets left on the surface, and it is still on the white side without any breakage.

"Big brother!!!"

With great joy, the children screamed and rushed over, even breaking the sense of distance that felt invisible between them and the young man.

"Big brother, big brother, you are too powerful! How can you pick up so many~~this~~ at once, tell us how to do it?"

Chattering and shouting, all the little faces were flushed with excitement, and the eyes were already sparkling.

The young man said: "Ah, actually that's not a method..."

Even if he is the weakest one in the group of heroic spirits, it is still no problem to cheat and fish for goldfish with a little magic.

When he was surrounded by children with starry eyes, not far behind, his companions - also two children, one of them, a black-haired boy, watched the whole process and seemed to have opened his eyes , quite astonishing.

I tried my best to sum up the language, and finally said this sentence of worship without irony:

"...It's amazing, Uncle Al. With a net bought by others, he scooped up all the goldfish in this pond without spending a penny."

"Right, Al is very smart sometimes." The blond boy beside him also said with a smile.

Surrounded, Airlie certainly heard them.However, his face was indifferent, as if he hadn't heard anything.

The boss originally prepared a small pocket for the guests who successfully caught goldfish.The bag is transparent and filled with water. Put the goldfish in the bag and tie it with a long rope. It can be carried in your hand or on your shoulder, and you can watch the little goldfish swing quietly in this space. .

No matter how gloomy his face was now, the boss followed the principle of doing business and took out all the bags. One goldfish and one bag may not be enough.

But Ellie only wanted five bags, looked around in the full water basin, picked out five small fish, and put them into different bags.

The sign that distinguishes the pockets is the long rope that binds the pockets. The colors of the ropes are different, and there are all kinds of them. They look good together.

There are only three of the kid and his friends who are staring at the goldfish eagerly.

Ellie took out three sacks and distributed one to each of them. The children got the goldfish they had been longing for, screaming and jumping up and down, not to mention how happy they were.Moreover, they are not greedy at all, and they are satisfied when they get a goldfish.

"Very well, after all, greed is not advisable." Ellie said, pouring the fish he picked up back into the goldfish pond.

After two times of tossing and squeezing in the basin for a long time, the fish that returned to the spacious place did not feel sluggish at all. After falling into the water, they swam vigorously again.

The boss's complexion suddenly became radiant after the rain.Thanks to his enthusiasm, Ellie walked aside carrying the two goldfish bags he had left behind, and handed the one tied with golden rope to the boy Gilgamesh, and the one with black rope, Of course it is Uchiha Madara's.

Suddenly being stuffed with something, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but froze for a moment.With a heavy weight in his hand, he stared at the red-spotted goldfish in the bag with its tail facing him, and was about to speak——

"Thank you Al~"

Sure enough, he was preempted by the most cunning elder brother!

Uchiha Madara was in a hurry, and in order to prove that his love for this gift was not inferior to that of the boy Gilgamesh, he immediately said, not to be outdone, "Thank you Uncle Al! Well, although I don't think goldfish are fun..."

Young Gilgamesh: "Little Madara, if you are interested, please speak out frankly. It's pathetic to pretend that you don't like to stand aside and watch other people play. It's so pitiful."

Madara Uchiha: "..."

Uchiha Madara: "I'm not! Interested!!!"

Just look--just look!

"Ahhh, is that right~"

"elder brother!!!"

The black-haired boy was obviously about to be stabbed in pain by the words of the bully brother, and his short stiff hair seemed to be blown up with anger.

Ellie: "Hey, why are you making trouble again?"

After getting along for so long, the "struggle" between the young Gilgamesh and Spotted didn't just happen once or twice. Ellie has witnessed it countless times, and now he has acquiesced that this is a way for teenagers to enhance their relationship. I won't take it to heart.

What he really wants to do is not just fishing for goldfish.

Uchiha Madara, who was unilaterally arguing with the bully brother, suddenly found that both himself and his brother were pulled by Uncle Al, and walked to the three children who were still jumping for joy when they got the goldfish.

"Excuse me, can I play with these two children?" Ellie squatted down, stroking Uchiha Madara's back, and gently pushed him forward.

Uchiha Madara couldn't help but took two steps forward.

"We are foreigners who just came here today, and we are not very familiar with this place. Especially this child, it is the first time to come to such a lively place. You are about the same age, can you take them around? "

Uchiha Madara was shocked: "Wait, Uncle Al?!"

The three small town kids looked at each other. The affinity of the strange big brother and the goodwill from the goldfish before made them agree without hesitation.

"Okay, okay~ Isn't it just to play together, we all know the fun places in the town. Hey, let's go quickly, what's your name?"

The carefree boy at the head said, and was about to grab Uchiha Madara's arm.

He is just an ordinary child with no force at all, completely different from Uchiha Madara who learned taijutsu and ninjutsu since childhood. If Uchiha Madara wants to hide, he can definitely dodge easily.

But, perhaps at this moment, he was so surprised that he was actually grabbed by the arm and pulled forward a few steps.

"Hey, hey, I don't want to go..." Saying this, the black-haired boy couldn't help turning his head.

The young man in yukata stood up again, his eyes were covered by a rabbit mask, but Uchiha Madara had an inexplicable feeling: Uncle Al must be watching him with gentle and encouraging eyes.

"Jill, they leave you alone."

Airlie said to the boy Gilgamesh again.

The blond boy raised his arms, clasped his palms together and folded his palms on the back of his head, and responded leisurely: "Even if Xiaoban is not here, you can deal with any troubles by yourself...Okay, I'll go to the place where I don't have adults." Let's have a good time at the fireworks festival."

Uchiha Madara has been dragged away by the enthusiastic trio at this time.

Before the young Gilgamesh followed slowly, he deliberately paused: "By the way, Al."

"My lord, Big Brother Merlin and I are waiting for you in front. You can go find them yourself. Well, just go forward. They are so conspicuous, so you must find them in no time."

Ellie nodded, "Okay."

After seeing the children jumping happily into the crowd, Airlie obeyed and walked forward—the opposite direction of Spotted and the others.

The amazed gazes of the people around him were still not lacking, and even vaguely vacated a circle around him, as if watching from afar, not daring to approach.

It can be seen that the people living in this border town are very simple-minded, and when they suddenly saw a person with such an abrupt style of painting, they didn't have any bad thoughts.

Ellie was able to move forward quite easily at first, but later on, the obscure gap disappeared automatically under extremely helpless circumstances.

The long street where the celebration was held was full of people.

Barely took a few steps until you reached a crowded area where you had to lean on the shoulders of strangers to move on.A small stage was set up in front of it, and the two men were sweating profusely beating the giant drum. The sound of the drum was deafening, and the stage was crowded with countless townspeople watching the excitement.

In a moment of carelessness, Ellie was brought to the front of the stage by the flow of people, and was caught in the middle of the crowd, like front, back, left, and right. No matter where he wanted to get out, he had to fight hard to fight his way out.

When he was in distress, it seemed that someone pulled him from behind.

Ellie was not surprised, because he had already noticed who this person was.

"Well, I should have come in time."

"Hmm..." Ellie pursed her lips, "Yes, I finally heard someone's call this time, Mr. Merlin?"

"How can it be called 'finally', I have been watching you."

A voice with a slight smile sounded, and the white-haired magician who quietly came among the crowd took Ellie's hand and led him back.

Wherever they pass, the flow of people seems to have consciousness, and they will remove the small gaps that allow them to pass by themselves on both sides.And this change was unexpectedly not noticed by others, because, except for the two of them, everyone's attention was on the stage, and their faces were filled with joy.

After leaving the congested area, the flow of people on the street was a little thinner, but there were still signs of excitement in front of many stalls.

"Where's Jill?"

"The King of Heroes is still waiting for us—well, look at this, do you want to eat?"

The sweetness of sugar is mixed with the spiciness of oden, and then mixed with a little sour, mixed in the air, as if it has become a lively atmosphere as red as lantern paper.

Airlie hesitated for a while staring at the small shop selling octopus balls closest to him, and finally complied with his inner expectation.

Merlin was still leading him, and from here on, they had left their presence in front of every food shop.

From the hot octopus balls to the grilled squid sprinkled with hot chili at the end, the rabbit mask is slightly raised, and the exposed lips are no longer as pale and transparent as usual.

The hot taste was still lingering on his tongue and the skin of his mouth, he had to open his mouth to exhale, and the tip of his tongue under his teeth was also surprisingly bright.

"I found out, Al doesn't like spicy food."

"...I'm not very clear, I just feel that the smell is too irritating, and my eyes are a little sour."

Somehow, the hotness turned into sour, and the eyelids were so irritated that I blinked several times before suppressing the uncomfortable feeling.

Airlie pulled the mask up a little and rubbed his eyes with his fingers.And when he put down the mask again and looked forward through the small hole in front of his eyes, it was as if his heart moved slightly, and following the instant intuition, he raised his eyes and looked in a slightly sideways direction.

Behind Ping Street, there is a wooden building built on an elevated bridge.

That building belonged to a hotel in the town, and the roof was packed into a rather comfortable platform, surrounded by bamboo curtains.The owner of the hotel specially built it and rents it out to tourists who want to enjoy the nighttime fireworks more conveniently during the festival.

This night, the tower was taken down early.

Airlie looked across a distance of [-] meters, across the long line involving the shaking lanterns, and happened to see the tourists upstairs who opened a corner of the bamboo curtain.

The king, who was dressed in a pale golden bathrobe, lowered his indifferent eyes, and at the same time, he caught sight of the young man who could not be drowned by the vast crowd.

【Jill—we'll be right there. 】

The man waved to him, and the long sleeves embroidered with blue wave patterns also slipped quietly to the crook of his arms because of this movement.The gold ornaments wrapped around the right hand still look so radiant under the light of the orange lights.

Perhaps this is the most obvious change that can be noticed after the heroic spirit came to the world again.

Gloves used to cover the expensive shackles that covered the backs of his hands, but now the gloves are nowhere to be seen.If asked, he would answer calmly after being slightly startled:

—Ah, it's more convenient to take off the gloves.Moreover, I now think... this is not bad, it is very beautiful.

After another delay, they met Uchiha Madara and the boy Gilgamesh downstairs who had also come here after a round, and they happened to climb up the high-rise that Gilgamesh rented together.

The room surrounded by bamboo curtains does not appear hot.

The small table surrounded by cushions is in the middle, and wine glasses are placed as expected.

Ellie found a cushion and sat down next to Gilgamesh who was sitting by the window, and Merlin sat next to him.

The two teenagers were still holding candy apples bought from the street. Ellie looked over and asked, "Why did you stop playing so soon?"

Madara Uchiha curled his lips: "Running around, running around for more than an hour, it's not that fun..." The black-haired boy turned the stick of apple candy, his eyes wandered slightly, "Isn't the fireworks about to start, or the view here is better and clearer."

"Yeah, the fireworks show is about to start."

The curtain facing the night sky was also drawn.

Airlie had seen the wine that Gilgamesh brought out a long time ago, and took the glass over calmly.There are only three wine glasses in total, and there must be no children's cups.

He poured the wine for the two people on the left and the right, and then poured it for himself, and lifted off the mask he had worn for a long time.In the serious look, a little bit of impatience appeared.

The crystal clear wine was rippling, and there were circles of ripples.

Take a small sip.

Take a sip.

Take another sip...

Airlie himself didn't notice the passage of time at all, but after he became fainted for a long time, the sitting posture with his straight back became more and more irregular and distorted unknowingly. ...

In the end, it was him holding the wine glass, his whole body seemed to be huddled, leaning on someone's shoulder, limp and unable to get up.

"...Are you so happy, you..."

It seemed that a voice that seemed far away asked him.

——This question is a bit strange...

Ellie thought dazedly.

He deserved to answer quickly, as usual, to give an explanation that he didn't understand.

But... Is the wine I drank today too hot, or is it that I am still too unaccustomed to the spicy food I ate before.

He suddenly felt a faint heat in his chest, but it was not hot, but warm and eager, as if some new emotion could not wait to grow noisily——

"Boom!"

At this time, the long-awaited fireworks finally exploded in the sky.

Ellie found her strength again out of nowhere—perhaps, it was the anticipation of the fireworks.He propped himself up suddenly, stood up again, and staggered to the opposite window sill.

His knees were touching the slightly hard floor, and his hands were placed on the window sill, leaving only the back view of the few people behind him with their blue hair tied up high by a headband, and the blue hem of the bathrobe just spread between the ankles.

This is not the first time fireworks have been seen in the past few hundred years.

However, at this moment, the colors that seem to be blooming in front of his eyes are the most beautiful sparkling fireworks he has ever seen.

"very happy……"

"This is, from the bottom of my heart, true 'joy', right..."

In the eyes of those who were sitting at the back, the brilliant fire trees and silver flowers all became secondary, and the most eye-catching thing was him who said so with the corners of his lips curled up when he looked back.

"Although, most of the time I walk alone, at that time... I won't be lonely, and I won't be lonely."

"If...have a chance, I can still sit with you like this..."

that would be great.

It was something that made him very happy.

In the midst of this feast of celebration, a drunkard had an unprecedented drunken madness.

After muttering a bunch of terrible things, he saved himself trouble and fell headlong to the ground.

He was so drunk that he couldn't wake up no matter how he was manipulated.At that time, I was still muttering:

"Blade... did you feed me the candy you ate..."

"Um...no..."

The rest of the sound was covered by the explosion of fireworks.

However, Uchiha Madara with his eyes covered: "..."

The bully brother who did this kind of thing again sighed leisurely in his ear, with complicated emotions, seemingly regretful and profound.

"This is the 'grown-up world' you can't see and judge, Spotted."

"My lord, me and big brother Merlin—"

Taking advantage of others is really dangerous.