Just wait till you die

By the side of the bridge, a man in ragged clothes covered with grease was standing outside the railing, hugging the pillar and crying loudly.Below is the Taotao river. Although the water level is not deep enough to be fatal, the villagers here told us that after this homeless man arrived here, he searched for life and death every day.At the beginning, they were kind enough to help him with the attitude of saving someone's life, but after this person was rescued, he would immediately start a new round of suicide behavior without any sign of stopping.Over time, everyone's love has been wiped out, and no one is willing to worry about him all day long.

Some ninjas at the same level as us have already started to perform c-level missions, pulling weeds and picking up rubbish every day, which caused the teammate Asai and Mito to complain, and Nanami-sensei also hinted that his savings were running low...they are all in Wait and see my attitude, I hope I can indulge their wishes a little bit, because my waywardness has dragged them down.

Tasks like rescuing homeless people in D-level tasks are really new, so Asai and Mito squeezed another team member who wanted to take over this task away from Hokage-sama, and snatched this other team member. Unique task.

Mr. Nanami sincerely apologized to the Jōnin who led the other team. The Jōnin waved his hand to indicate that it was a trivial matter, and then asked: "Mitsu, I remember that your team was receiving D-level missions a long time ago, you should try it. A C-level mission, right? Besides, there is a Uchiha in your team."

His eyes swept over the few of us, and finally fell on me: "This is that Uchiha."

Teacher Qihai took the initiative to hide the truth for me: "Don't worry, I want to wait for them to hone their skills."

"Teacher, you don't know, Xiyin is a dumb ghost, and it's very difficult to lead her to do tasks!" A little ghost from the other team was very angry with me. He was robbed of the task, and he was not in a good mood. The face immediately began to talk.

"You are the talkative!" Asai waved his fist at him, "Kazuya, I think you are jealous of Xiyin-chan in our team! You were jealous of me and Futa when we were divided into classes before!"

The one named Kazuya immediately jumped out to deny Asai's evaluation of him: "Xi Yin is a dumb ghost! Since she started school, the whole class only heard her say a few words, and the teacher asked questions during class. !"

"Kazuya!" His leader Jonin stopped him, "How can you say that about your companion?"

"Teacher, what Kazuya said is good," Kazuya's teammate helped him speak: "Xiyin's performance in school is also very poor, and she can't perform C-level tasks."

"That's not true! Xi Yin is very powerful, even Teacher Nanami said she has the level of Chunin!" Asai continued to help me find justice, he turned around and said to me: "Xi Yin, tell them that you are very strong, right?"

I don't know why, after Asai said this, everyone in the room focused their attention on me. Originally, I didn't want to participate in this kind of quarrel, but now I seem to have to speak.

But I don’t really want to talk. In my previous life, I was too housebound and had almost no friends. In this life, I rarely communicate with others. The more crowded the place, the more I hate it, so I seldom talk to people I don’t know.Now they suddenly looked at me together, and I felt a little nausea in my chest.

I still remember one time when I was selected to give a speech in front of the teachers and students of the school, and it only took a few minutes for my untrained throat to itch because of discomfort, and I was ridiculed for a long time.

"I'm weak." I said, shyly avoiding their gaze, unwilling to meet their gaze.

The one who reacted the most was Mr. Qihai. He looked at me as if he had found the answer to a certain question.

The other team was victorious, bumping each other's shoulders excitedly.Asai returned to the team in disappointment, he hummed at me unhappily, and Mito whispered to him a few words before he calmed down a bit.

After leaving Hokage Tower, we followed the instructions in the task book to the target town. The homeless man was crying bitterly on the bridge. The residents guarding him were already exhausted. They ran away immediately after leaving the homeless man’s life in our hands. up.

Several of us discussed it and decided to send someone to persuade the tramp.

Teacher Qihai seemed to have thought of something, and asked me to persuade me by name.

"Teacher," Mito said in embarrassment, "Why don't you change the agent, he is the best at talking."

Oh, I feel the same way.I silently raised my hand and pointed to Asai, "Yes."

Asai volunteered: "Teacher, let me go!"

But Mr. Qihai didn't agree with anything, and even scolded those two guys: "You two are so bad looking, what if you scare people into jumping into the river?"

"Ah ah teacher!" Asai put his sunny and handsome face in front of his eyes, "You are blind!"

The corner of Mito's mouth twitched, "My parents are both good looking."

"In short, let Xiyin go, maybe the other party will soften his heart when he sees that she is a beautiful little girl."

Teacher Qihai insisted on her decision, and I was forcibly pushed near the homeless man. Teacher Qihai and my teammates squatted far away on the other side of the bridge, clenching their fists and cheering for me.

After getting closer, an unpleasant smell got into my nose.I tried not to lose my temper, and took a few steps closer.

When the tramp saw me, he muttered a few words, which I couldn't hear clearly, but his actions told me that if I got any closer, he would jump off.

——The water is quite shallow, and it will definitely not drown him, but it will break his leg.

"What's your name?" I asked.

His mouth refused to open again.

"Are you going to jump?" I asked again.

Before he could answer, I hurriedly said: "Then you dance."

...Ah, I made a mistake.

A stone hit my feet, and Teacher Qihai waved at me desperately.

His movements were so stupid that even the homeless man could see them. The homeless man groaned and loosened his fingers holding the pillar. I hurriedly said: "Wait! I, I have...something to show you! "

thing?thing?How can I show him something?I only have one ninja bag.

I fumbled in my ninja bag and pulled out a knife in haste.

The homeless man looked at me like he was seeing a ghost.

"..." It was so embarrassing, I really wanted to wipe my neck and forget it.

I pulled out the knife, and I handed it to him, "Before you die, can you please kill me first?"

"!" Even thick bangs couldn't stop the homeless man's surprised expression.

"I don't want to live anymore." I took another step closer, he didn't respond, but I stopped.

"I'm afraid of pain. I don't dare to commit suicide. I'm not as courageous as you. But since you're going to die, just help me. Anyway, you don't have to go to jail for killing someone."

I urged him, "Come on."

The tramp finally said a clearer sentence to me: "Why commit suicide?"

"My family is dead."

"Then you are like me."

"My relatives are dead too."

"Me too."

"My brother is the murderer."

"...That's still worse for you." The homeless man sympathized.

"Really?" I said, "I've had this knife for a long time. My mother bought it. She killed herself with this knife. She left it to me and said that one day I would use it too. I think it's today."

"..."

I didn't continue to walk over, but fell over the railing just like him.

"Although he still has a younger brother, he can live with or without me. So let's die together." I extended an invitation to him.

Who knew that the tramp would say: "Young man, how could you do this? Leave your young brother aside? I made up my mind to go down to accompany them after I died. You are different from me."

"What's the difference? My brother is going to kill his brother, and there's nothing I can do."

"If you have something to say, listen to me first, and return to your original position. Look, like me." The homeless man turned back to the other side of the bridge and reached out to me, "Come here, little girl."

I pretended to hesitate, but he shook his hands again, "Come on."

I "reluctantly" turned back slowly.

The tramp breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's right, you have to live well."

"You have to live well!" Teacher Qihai suddenly appeared, "Are you Rin?"

"Ah, Sanjin." The homeless man was surprised when he saw him. He was surprised, but also took a half step back in shame, his tone lowered.

"We all thought you were dead." Qihai said, "I didn't expect you to be alive."

"I didn't expect that I was still alive." Rin smiled wryly, hanging his arms weakly.

Teacher Qihai smiled and stretched out her hand: "Welcome back."

"I can't go back." Rin said, he suddenly lowered his head, squatted on the ground and began to cry, and he couldn't help venting when he met an acquaintance, "You know what? They're all dead!"

Mr. Qihai squatted down with him, and patted his back lightly, "We all know, Hokage-sama said, you are all heroes."

……

That's it for this mission.Rin is one year older than Teacher Nanami, considered a senior, and lost all his friends when he went to Raikage Village to do a mission.He was overwhelmed and tried to commit suicide, but he was saved every time.

"Looking back, I didn't really want to commit suicide, I just couldn't accept the reality." Rin said on the way back.

He also found out my identity.After knowing my surname, he sighed: "I see, even if I haven't returned to Konoha, I still know something."

He said to Teacher Qihai: "It seems that you still have to be a bosom sister."

Confidant sister?I don't need that kind of thing, what nonsense is the guy who was committing suicide before?Do you really think I'm telling the truth?

The point is that Qihai rubbed the top of my head again, laughing as disgustingly as the sign girl in the custom shop: "Xiyin is a good boy."