Poverty Alleviation Princess

Sorry - Izumi Uchiha

"Brother, slow down." The young boy tried his best to grab the hem of his older brother's clothes.

"I can't, I'm going to offer a sacrifice to Ji Jun today." The older boy said so, but he stopped in the end, and instead grabbed his younger brother's hand and led him back quickly.

It was rare for a young man walking on the street to watch the back of his little brother leave in a daze.

Uchiha Izumi occasionally recalls the past.

Five years old, or seven?

That's about it.

No matter how early things happened, most of them can't remember clearly.

He was still young when his siblings died, and he only had a vague memory of the first few older brothers who left.I can't even remember my face.

Probably the most common black hair and black eyes of Uchiha.

But my elder brother's flamboyant hair, or my obedient black hair, I don't have any impression.

Only his father mentioned time and time again that his brothers all fought and died for the Uchiha, and it was very honorable. Such words ran through his entire childhood.So for a long, long time, he thought it was a very honorable thing to 'die for Uchiha'.

It is the direction he should pursue as a child of Uchiha.

It was only later that I saw that my brother didn't want to hear what I said, so I gradually didn't mention it much.However, if I don't mention it, I still feel that I should do it in my heart.Just like so many Uchihas who sacrificed for the family.For him, the two most important things in the world are Uchiha and his brother.No matter which one, he is willing to sacrifice his life.

So during the time I was with my brother, no matter what I experienced, happiness dominated.It's just that my brother seems to be not so happy.

So he trained hard, studied hard, and tried his best to obtain any power that could make the family stronger, and wanted to become his brother's reliable right-hand man.So that he can relax a little.

Even if it's just a one-minute break, even if it's just an extra smile.

Yes, that's all.

In addition, even if you have the strength, you will never do anything superfluous, and even if you can do it easily, you will not care about accidents that have nothing to do with you.

That wouldn't do Uchiha any favors.

This has nothing to do with ninjas.

He is such a narrow ninja.All I can think of and see is this little bit.So he has never been the 'great person' that others think.

Or it would be more appropriate to describe it as 'doing nothing'.

In the end, he couldn't even do his best battle.

He insisted on forcing his brother to accept his eyes by saying "this is for my brother and Uchiha", and then died as if trying to escape all of this.

He couldn't hear the grief from the bottom of his brother's heart, pretended not to see the decline of the clan, and just wishful thinking that everything was the fault of the eternal kaleidoscope Sharingan.

As long as my brother has the kaleidoscope sharingan, he is the strongest in the world, and he can reverse the situation and lead Uchiha to absolute prosperity.He put everything on his brother.Even if I know that my brother doesn't want this, even if I know that this will make my brother lose his smile.

live.

Survive stronger than anyone else, and then lead the Uchiha clan to prosperity.

That's the most important thing.

But he himself died irresponsibly.

Whether it was because the injury was too serious and there was no chance, or he wanted to take this opportunity to force his brother to accept the eyes, or something else... He couldn't tell.

Only at the last moment, he vaguely felt that he actually owed his brother a 'sorry'.

For my brother, but also for myself.

Then he walked in the pure land in a daze, saying that he had no regrets, but there was always a sense of uneasiness in his heart as if he had done something wrong.

In this way, he has been walking along the long, endless river.

Until I heard a voice 'Are you willing to give everything in exchange for the chance to return to this world? '

'Does it mean that you can come back to life? '

'You can think so. '

'Can I see my brother again? '

'Can. '

He didn't ask what he was going to do, or who his employer was.Anyway, it's just those things—it can't be more complicated and diverse than the tasks of ninjas.

As long as I can see my brother, there is nothing wrong with it.

So even if he saw the flashing black and red, he rushed to that 'door' without hesitation.Then, the first time he saw Ji Jun, he understood that 'this is the master that the door needs to serve'.

Feeling the regained life, he knelt down in front of Ji Jun, and made a vow of 'no matter who he used to be, I will only serve her from now on, and never have another heart'.

This is an exchange.

The exchange of being able to see my brother again.Although the connection was made in an instant, it made him understand that if Ji Jun in front of him wanted to die, he would definitely die.But he didn't feel reconciled in the bottom of his heart.Only the joy of seeing my brother again.

But gradually, this oath has changed.

Originally, I just wanted to see my brother again, knowing that he was doing well, so that he would no longer feel sad about his death.But after seeing his brother, he became greedy.

He wants more.

He wants his clansman to live a better life, and his brother to live a better life. If he can meet each other for a long time, that would be great.Perhaps it is the instinct of 'greed' buried in the bottom of everyone's heart. After getting it, they will want more.

After seeing his brother in good health, and seeing that Uchiha is still fighting against Senju, maybe he wanted to make up for his previous mistakes, and he began to want his brother to be happy again.

Want to get those things that are 'luxury' for ninjas.

He wanted his brother to get what he wanted—compared with cooperating with Qianshou, it was obviously safer and more likely to succeed with Ji Jun, who had seen peace and prosperity with his assistant.

So he works tirelessly, and cunningly urges Ji Jun to work hard for development.Even though he knew that Jun Ji had many difficulties, and he might still feel uncomfortable physically, he pretended not to know all of them, and just used a submissive manner to push Jun Ji to keep advancing.Perhaps since then, his 'loyalty' has changed in nature.

Later, he let Ji Jun go to the battlefield according to his selfish desires, just to end the war and save his brother.

Gradually, he began to be a little afraid of seeing Ji Jun.

Using busy work as an excuse, using monitoring Qianshou Feijian as an excuse, and convincing himself... that his brother can occupy a higher position with Ji Jun.

Reduce the time spent as a servant and reduce the opportunity to report alone.

For a month, or even longer, he hardly appeared in front of Ji Jun.

It's all just that I feel ashamed and dare not look Ji Jun directly in the eyes.

Whether as a younger brother, a ninja, or an attendant...

You are actually a loser.

Even in the end, I couldn't even 'disappear with Ji Jun'.If he failed to protect Ji Jun well, it would not be an exaggeration for him to be executed.Even if no one wants to execute him, and he got a second life from Ji Jun, but he failed to complete the task, he should die as an apology.

But Ji Jun let him stay.

Senshou Hashirama from the other world that he has been vigilant against has tried everything to keep him alive.

He no longer has the courage to 'die'.

It was not until this time that he realized that he actually didn't want to die.

I want to live, I want to keep working, and I want to make up for things that I didn't notice or were deliberately ignored in the past.I want to atone for my sins, I want to defend Ji Jun's country, and I will not be disappointed until Ji Jun comes back one day.

As the sun set, people on the street came and went, and even the ninjas who had returned home late left only Uchiha Izuna standing in front of the fountain and looking up at the statue of Hime-kun in front of him.

The statue was still blurry, and he seemed to see Ji Jun through the statue.

His Jun Ji, his monarch, should be surrounded by gorgeous heavenly feathers as he remembered, carefully looking at the document in front of him, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling.

Then when he noticed his arrival, he raised his head and said to himself, "Quenna."

A familiar voice came from behind.

Uchiha Izuna turned around and saw that his brother, who had a calm expression but a little gloomy air around him, stood behind him holding an umbrella.

Only then did he notice the white elves floating around him.

... It's snowing.

"It's time to go back."

"……Yes."

Uchiha Izuna took a step forward and stopped suddenly.Then when Uchiha Madara showed a puzzled expression, he lowered his head and apologized softly like a child who did something wrong: "...I'm sorry."

I'm sorry, brother.

...I'm sorry, Ji-jun.

"Quina, you know me..."

"I know, my brother never blamed me." Uchiha Quanna took another step and stood beside Uchiha Madara, "But I still have to say, let me do a practice first."

In order to one day, I can take my grades and apologize to Ji Jun face to face.

Independent Thinking - Uchiha Mirror

Uchiha mirror is thinking, which is strange to say.It seems that apart from the mission, ninjas rarely think about anything by themselves.Of course it's not about 'what's for dinner today'.

It's about more things that are happening or have happened in this world.

For example, if everyone acquiesces in one thing, it must be 'should', must it be 'normal'?

that sort of thing.

Uchiha mirror has never noticed these.

Like all children born in the Uchiha family, he was destined to become a ninja from birth, and he has been growing up according to the education of ninjas.

If there is any difference, it is probably that compared with his peers, his talent seems to be a little bit higher, and he is valued more by his elders.

Then it seemed that because of his more stable personality, he was selected and sent to Ji Jun's side as a servant boy.

While such tasks are rare, they are not entirely absent.In addition, it was a task sent by the clan, so he obediently packed up his things and sent them to Ji Jun.

...and then being treated as a 'child' for the first time.

'How could such a small child be sent' was not the first time he had heard such words.In fact, during the course of the mission, there are many employers who are dissatisfied with his age or enemies who look down on him.

But basically the latter kept their mouths shut forever, while most of the former chose not to speak anymore because they had completed their tasks.

He also pretended not to see those fearful eyes.

After all, it doesn't hurt or itch, and ninjas are different from them, so it's normal to be unable to understand.

But Ji Jun is different.

There is 'nothing' in Ji Jun's words.

It's not that I look down on him because of his young age, or fear him because he can kill people at such an age.She simply regarded herself as a child.

I think I should have another life.

You should play, you should learn, you should think about doing things that are meaningless but will make you happy.

"Ninja children should be like this" This kind of cognition that has been recognized for a long time is not "common" for her.

Even sometimes, she thinks these are 'suffering'.

It's not what people say, this is the life of a ninja, but 'suffering'.

And to think that these 'sufferings' are 'incorrect'.

It is not true to think that 'ninjas are made for war'.

It is incorrect to think that 'to live in this world one must get used to killing and being killed'.

And these are indeed completely different views from the ninjas' long-standing inheritance, and many of them are even contrary.

Uchiha mirror does not know which is more correct.

He used to ask the patriarch whether he should follow Ji Jun's ideas and act according to Ji Jun's wishes.

Got an affirmative answer.

But when he asked 'which one is correct', the patriarch gave him an answer that surprised him after a long thought.

"I do not know."

If the inheritance of ninjas has been correct for a long time, why is there nothing left in the end except pain and hatred?In this world, apart from the scars, there are only white bones buried in the ground layer upon layer.

If Ji Jun is correct, doesn't that mean that they have been on the wrong path for thousands of years?So what is this life lost for a long time, the blood flowing?

Uchiha Madara didn't dare to say lightly.

Uchiha Mirror doesn't even know the answer to this question.

"Hey, mirror, what are you doing?"

Seeing the handsome young man standing blankly on the tree, he didn't move for a long time.The girl who was her companion stood under the tree and asked with her hips pierced.

"Sorry, I lost my mind a little bit, where did I just say?"

"You and Jin take these sisters back first."

Behind him were several shivering girls in ragged clothes, whose lips were blue from the cold, hugging each other.And a little farther away were the corpses of several men.

"What about you?"

"I'm still going to collect medicine."

The tightly wrapped girl had an expression of 'what are you thinking'.

"Obscurity Moon and I will continue to collect herbs. After you and Jin send these sisters back, go to the back of Pingtou Mountain to find us."

Pingtou Mountain refers to the row of hills that were flattened in the previous battle with Nine Tails.

Their task today was to gather medicine with their classmates who had taken medicine, but they encountered such a group of coerced girls and a few bandits in the deep mountains.

There are no bandits near Huiye Country—there may have been some in the early years, but with the increase in national power in the past two years, and the hard work of the ninjas, almost no bandits dare to live here.Even the surrounding small countries are much more peaceful.

These probably came from other places after winter.

Among the four of them, except for the talking girl Ayako who is a medical ninja who is studying, among the other three, Uchiha Kagami and Ozuki are fighting types, and Jin is an assistant—she has also taken psychology courses, and she has a special way of comforting .

Probably because these sisters must be very scared and nervous now, let Jin send them off together.

Ayako can always arrange things very well.

So considerate and proper that he doesn't look like a ninja... It seems strange to say that?But after getting used to it, I feel very caring, so I no longer think about things like 'whether I look like a ninja'.

……what?

Uchiha Mirror suddenly thought of that question.

"...That's it, Ayako, which one do you think is correct?"

He roughly described it and asked seriously.

Ayako just raised her eyebrows:

"This kind of thing, you should think about it yourself."

"Your question, of course, is the answer you get from your own thinking that is the most convincing to yourself—someone else's answer may inspire you, but it's always someone else's opinion."

The girl in a thick cotton coat looked at this steady companion who was far beyond her age.

In fact, when her teammate was Uchiha at the beginning, she was still a little nervous.But after getting along for such a long period of time, she came to her own conclusion, "No matter whether Uchiha is scary or not, her companion, Uchiha Kagami is a considerate and reliable companion. '

And it's not scary at all - although his method of killing people is indeed very neat.

If you want to attack yourself, you probably won't last ten rounds?

But it's a good thing for a companion to have power, so I can't just stay awake at night just because he has the power to kill me, right?

Seeing him obediently asking me for advice today, I feel that I have discovered another side of him.

It's a pity that I can't give a definite answer.

'Correct' - For example, if you are not ruthless, you will fail the task once you encounter the old, weak, women and children, and then you will be devastated.Or if the ninjas don't obey the family's orders wholeheartedly, the family will fall apart... or something like that.So gradually there are these. "

"Of course these are just my guesses."

"And the other...probably another experience." She waved to Uchiha Izumi, and then quickly patted his forehead when he passed the exam.

"So this kind of thing, you still have to come to your own conclusions after experiencing it yourself."

Looking at Uchiha mirror who was touching her forehead, she showed a mischievous smile.

"Anyway, that's what I think."

"Thank you." Uchiha mirror thanked.

Although this way, in addition to the original two answers, there is a third answer...

But he did seem to understand something from it.

This is probably progress.

He raised the corners of his lips, revealing Ji Jun's first relaxed smile after he left.

If you just understand it a little bit like this, maybe he will be able to get the answer when Ji Jun comes back.