Naruto Diary

It doesn't matter if it's a little bit, even if you let him rest for a while... Except for you who came from nothingness, no one can withstand such a torrent of will, no one! ——In fact, even you paid a very high price, didn't you? " Sakurano Ayaka, who always smiled softly, begged so earnestly at this moment.

There was a long silence, only distant and unreal human voices and cicadas singing from nowhere.

"...I'm sorry, I can't do it..." I closed my eyes and sighed deeply, "He is Uchiha Madara, who struggled through the war-torn era before the Ninja Village was established, and finally stood at the absolute peak Uchiha Madara, who dominates the entire ninja world, just playing head-on with him exhausted all my courage... I dare not keep my hand."

"But!" Ayaka said eagerly, "With your current real strength, you won't lose to him!"

Shaking my head lightly, I sighed and said: "Only my words, I am really not afraid of him... But, I am Konoha's ninja, and Konoha is my hometown that I miss in this life, even if it is only out of the illusory morality, I can't just sit back and watch Konoha be destroyed in the flames of war... In terms of personal strength, even if I am still not his opponent in his heyday, I am confident that I will not be killed by him again. However, the biggest gap between me and him is in the overall layout On... I can't gamble with Konoha, or even the whole ninja world."

"..." Ayaka fell silent, her fair face still a little baby fat was full of sorrow.

After a while, with firm eyes, she said slowly, "But, even if it goes on like this, do you think he will allow himself to go crazy?"

"... He really won't." After a moment of silence, I said slowly.

I knew this early on.

Uchiha Madara will not allow himself to slowly go mad.

When he finds that he can't persist, he will try his best to destroy me before he goes crazy, or, before that, fulfill his long-cherished wish.From the very beginning, all I expected was to force him so that he couldn't make arrangements leisurely.And asking him to admit his past mistakes and walk on the "correct" path has always been just a delusion.These things, I, have been very clear from the beginning.

"So, since the result doesn't make much difference, why not give him a little more chance?" Ayaka said earnestly.

"...His obsession is too deep." I shook my head lightly and whispered, "Even if he realizes that his path is wrong, it will only make him more desperate."

"..." Ayaka lowered her head sadly.

Sighing again, I said softly, "So I have nothing else to do, so I'll take my leave first?"

"..." The painful Ayaka didn't stop me.

So I got up and left.

When I was about to remove the barrier and spiritual connection shield, Sakurano Ayaka's clear and firm voice came from behind me.

"I believe in him." She said, "I believe in him, and one day I will get rid of the obsessions of the past."

I paused, and finally said nothing.

I am not you, who can give such pure and unreserved trust to Uchiha Madara.

But, maybe, it's okay to be a little gentler?

The author has something to say: We don’t know music theory, so we can casually yy, and the masters can spray lightly~

86. Sakura Shrine

When returning to the room, it could be seen that Uchiha Madara really wanted to ask what happened, but maybe it was because he couldn't save face, so he didn't ask.

So there was nothing to say all night.

In the early hours of the next day, I was awakened from my sleep by the loud banging on the door.

"Here we come." Responding sleepily and weakly, he climbed down from the bed to open the door, and conveniently put away the layers of barriers arranged beside the bed.

Yes, enchantment.

I dare not fall asleep defenselessly in front of Uchiha Madara.Although my perception works as usual even when I fall asleep, it won’t make me ignorant of the outside world, but occasionally there will be situations where I can’t wake up in time when I unconsciously sink into the voices of others, so it’s better to be cautious.

After opening the door, Suzuran appeared in a rare battle attire.

Before I could say hello, Lily Lan hurriedly said: "Hurry up and change your clothes, and Tsukimi is the same! I forgot to tell you yesterday, today the head of the group will go to the Sakura Shrine on Baihua Mountain in the north of the Capital of Flowers to perform a blessing ceremony. This ceremony is never open to the public, so don't miss it!"

"Blessing ceremony?" I was a little at a loss.Isn't it just a blessing ceremony?

"Anyway, go change your clothes first!" Ling Lan put her hands on my shoulders and pushed me into the bathroom, "This is not an ordinary blessing ceremony! I'll explain it to you on the way, it's too late! The same goes for you, Yue See!"

------

According to legend, the cherry blossom tree of unknown age enshrined in the Sakura Shrine is spiritual and possesses the mysterious power to see through the past and the future.And the priestesses who serve the shrine also have the power to discern the past and the future because of Lingying's blessing.

The Sakurano family is a family of priestesses who serve shrines.Sakurano Ayaka is the only remaining person in this family who has the ability to divination.In order to protect the only person with divination ability, the elders of the clan, coupled with Sakurano Ayaka's own wish, took advantage of the situation and made her the member of the Liulixiang song and dance troupe formed by a certain "unreliable" ancestor of the Sakurano clan. Captain, leave the country of flowers to travel around the world.

And Suzuran is the orphan girl of the homeless Ronin who was accidentally rescued by the Sakura family ten years ago. Because she is really good, she also took advantage of the opportunity to let her be Ayaka's hidden exclusive guard.

On the eve of the Hundred Flowers Festival held four times a year in the country of flowers, the successor of the daimyo of the country of flowers - usually a certain prince, occasionally a princess - holds a blessing ceremony for the future of the country at the Sakura Shrine together with the shrine maiden who divination , This is also a tradition that the Kingdom of Flowers has continued for hundreds of years.

And the reason Suzuran called me and Uchiha Madara impatiently was because when praying for blessings, everyone present may be blessed by Lingying and see the enlightenment about their own future.

In short, it sounds mysterious, but because of the living example of Sakurano Ayaka, people have to believe it.

However, Captain Sakurano Ayaka, Your Excellency Miko, you are sure that it is really no problem to invite Uchiha Madara! ?

...Well, forget it, it's not my family's shrine.

Uchiha Madara, Ayaka and Suzuran, His Royal Highness the Prince of Flowers and his bodyguards, and the four Konohas, I and the reluctant Uchiha Madara, Ayaka and Lily of the Valley, started from the dawn of the day. By the time I climbed to the Sakura Shrine on the top of the mountain at a pace, it was almost noon.

The blessing ceremony is actually held at night, but it is said that this mountain climbing activity is also part of the tradition, and we "idle people" are naturally not good at expressing our opinions.

However, judging by the staffing, Captain Ayaka really takes good care of us...or someone!

The Sakura Shrine is said to be a shrine, but it is actually the settlement of the Sakura family, so the scale is quite large.

After the special lunch at the shrine, in order to welcome the "Summer Night Prayer" on the eve of the Summer Flower Festival, the entire shrine is full of busy maidens and priests. Sakurano Ayaka and His Royal Highness are also accompanied by personal guards. Prepared, the Konoha group of four, who were entrusted to protect Sakurano Ayaka, naturally also split up to guard and stand guard.So, as a matter of course, the entire shrine was left with me and Uchiha Madara, two real idlers.

"It was earned by you." I said with emotion without much emotion.

"Hmph." Uchiha Madara replied with a cold snort without any surprise, his complexion was much better than before going up the mountain.

Because compared to the city, there are not many people on this mountain... and because of the festival, everyone is in a good mood.Although the emotions of the people in the city can still be felt here, after all, it is far away and too vague.

However, that cherry blossom tree... I can't say what it feels like, but it's really special... It's a pity that I can't get close to confirm it.

Thinking about it this way, I don't worry too much about asking for trouble.Anyway, in this world, there are all sorts of ghosts and gods of death, and it's normal to have something supernatural.

In other words, the sakura mochi and sakura tea at this shrine taste really good. If you have a chance, you must inquire about the production method.

Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, several chakras with malicious intentions appeared in the perception domain.Judging by the aura, it should be just a few miscellaneous fish, which Sasuke and the others can easily deal with.

However, Uchiha Madara, who had fallen asleep unconsciously under the cherry blossom tree, was awakened by a trumpet sitting on a trumpet—compared to the one behind the shrine, which was actually at least 20 years old.

"Hmph..." Uchiha Madara frowned dissatisfiedly with a cold snort habitually, and found that it was just a few miscellaneous soldiers, who reluctantly held back and didn't go straight to Quanzai.

"I thought you would be annoyed that you fell asleep." I gnawed on the soft and sweet primrose pancake, squinting at him.

"Hmph!" Uchiha Madara snorted again, and said in a bad tone, "You think I'm willing not to sleep!?" After speaking, he leaned against the tree trunk with his chest in his arms and closed his eyes to rest, looking as if he wanted to sleep back into the cage.

I laughed a few times silently, and I continued to eat grass cakes while paying attention to the development over there.

Between my avatar and the deity, information can be shared at any time.However, for Ayaka's sake, forget it this time.

Only this time, cherish it.

------

Around 4:[-] p.m., the unexpected finally appeared.

"Hey! That hedgehog over there with a forked face! No need to read, it's you! And you over there! You! You!" Xianglin pointed out four