[Comprehensive] living to death

The distance was too far, Sasuke couldn't see her sister's expression, and couldn't guess whether she was angry, at a loss, or simply as surprised as he was?

Sasuke didn't respond when he first heard Itachi's words.Itachi's tone was as calm as ever, and it seemed calm and rational, like an old-fashioned statement spoken after careful consideration.It wasn't until Wanfeng was silent for a while that Sasuke came back and realized what Itachi had said.

please--

Sasuke almost wanted to laugh out loud, the kind of sigh he would see a child holding a candy in his hands and seriously bargaining with an adult.

Itachi wouldn't really think that if he said that, sister would break up, right?This is simply... that Itachi actually said it?incredible.

He repeated to himself: unbelievable.

Sure enough, my sister's voice came from the wind, also with a smile.From Sasuke's ears, that smile felt as helpless and funny as he himself. "Itachi, we are fine." My sister really smiled, "Really... Ibaraki may not be suitable to be a husband in an ordinary family, but it just so happens that what I need is not a 'husband' role." .I just need...love and companionship, and as it happens, so does he."

If possible, Sasuke would like to see Itachi's expression now.From the silent wind, he felt some kind of anxiety like sitting on pins and needles.

However, when Itachi spoke again, his tone was the same as before. "Even so..." Itachi paused, as if taking a cautious, inconspicuous deep breath, "Even so, I can't trust a man who can't help but go out to kill at night."

"The pursuit of power, if it is not for a specific goal, but only the pursuit of 'power' itself, is no different from advocating violence." He finally couldn't help showing some real worry, "The admiration of violence will Get a person used to solving problems with violence."

"Don't worry, he can't beat me. Even if it's domestic violence, I won't be the victim." My sister laughed loudly after finishing speaking, "I'm just kidding, there won't be such a thing, we are all reluctant... Cough, although Sounds like an empty promise, but don't worry Itachi, Ibaraki has always been restrained."

She smiled and lowered her voice so that Sasuke almost missed the words that were diffused in the moonlight.

"For me, Ibaraki has always been very restrained."

... so nasty, my sister really is.Sasuke was stunned for a long time before he managed to find such a sentence to express his disdain for that soft and sticky feeling.But even when he was reciting silently in his heart, he was aware of his lack of confidence.

Itachi still wanted to struggle. "However, it is precisely too strong emotions that can fool people's minds, even my sister..."

"I trust him." My sister's voice became more serious, "I also trust myself."

The forest was silent again.Maybe Itachi was still trying to figure out what words could move his sister, but for a moment, he was really speechless.

The brisk laughter swept away the silence that permeated the night. "Okay, little Itachi, don't worry. Come on, sister, give me a hug, don't be angry." My sister laughed, and she should have really hugged Itachi, maybe even slapped him on the head, just like they did when they were young . "I understand that you are good for me. It's just that you should also trust me. Trust my choice and judgment, and if something really happens in the future... you also have to trust that with my ability, I can clean up that guy It's a good post."

The voices of the brothers and sisters lowered and were no longer so clear, and Sasuke was also distracted to think about other things, and no longer listened to the wind's message with all his attention.There was a sudden discovery, Sasuke thought, did his steady, wise, always right older brother really object for the reasons he just said?Or, in fact, it was just an excuse, he was simply making trouble for no reason, acting like a baby with his sister, expressing his dissatisfaction and grievance at her sister's choice of a lover?

When Sasuke thought of this, All of a sudden, Itachi became friendly, just like when he was a child.He is no longer a genius pressing in front of him like a mountain, but a person who once walked one step ahead of him and could reach the corner of his clothes with his hand.

That's weird, Sasuke thought a little dissatisfied, shouldn't he be inspired by discovering Itachi's weakness?Or anger would work too - anger him as a target, but less grandiose, so when Sasuke finally defeats him, there's a lot less sense of accomplishment to be had.

but……

Brother became brother again.

"Sasuke."

Sasuke, who was thinking wildly, stiffened his back, looked under the tree, and sure enough, he met his brother's eyes.The older brother, who had been on the other side of the waterfall before, had come silently to his hiding place.

"...It's a good thing you found out." Sasuke jumped off the tree resentfully, "Where's sister?"

"gone back."

"Oh," Sasuke gloated, "Brother, you have been left behind."

"Sasuke..." Brother shook his head helplessly, "I'm here to find you."

So, brother has already found him?Sasuke was a little annoyed.

The moonlight is like water, softly illuminating the surroundings.Sasuke looked at his brother, trying to tell what his expression was, and after a moment he realized that his brother was also looking at him.Maybe it's because of Tai Ning Xin tonight, maybe it's just a psychological effect, but at this moment, the elder brother looks a little angry, even the usually dark eyes show a little childish clarity.

Sasuke sighed involuntarily, "It turns out that my brother also has such a childish side."

"'Childish'?" Itachi seemed puzzled, and seemed to understand a little bit, but he was still resisting, "If you insist on thinking so. But Sasuke, don't you think that the kind of people who take pleasure in violence Guys don't deserve..."

He paused, genuine annoyance showing in his expression.Instead, Sasuke smiled smugly.He completely understood what his brother was thinking. "'Those who are weak in heart will find ways to seek approval from others', brother, you said that yourself." He sighed and shook his head like an adult, "That's why you say, brother is really naive."

It is so unbelievable to link the two words "Uchiha Itachi" and "childish", but the person concerned is completely unable to refute.

After being bored for a few seconds, my brother suddenly asked, "Sasuke, do you trust that man?"

Sasuke straightened his back and tried his best to appear reliable and mature, a man who could talk to his brother on an equal footing.At the same time, we must also pay attention to the tone of voice. Only when the cloud is light and the wind is light, and understatement, is it trustworthy. "Rather than trusting the white hair, I believe in my sister." He said, "A person like my sister must be able to arrange her own life. Besides, no one can completely arrange other people's lives. The life I arrange must be better than the life I choose? Even if it's my brother, it won't work."

He wished his brother would be more astonished, or at least thoughtful.But the older brother just looked away.He said, "Do you think so..."

The wind blew, and the forest swayed several times.A few dry leaves rolled past their feet, making a few tiny crisp sounds when they touched the ground.

"Go back, Sasuke." Brother said, "It's time to rest."

The next day, Sasuke woke up early.It was only daylight when he went out.He planned to go to the mountains for morning exercises and think about some things by the way, so he walked upstream of the river and went deeper into the forest.Unexpectedly, the white-haired man who had disappeared overnight was squatting by the river.

The bright red color spread with the water flow, already dyed the river surface in front of him red, and at the same time Sasuke also smelled a fresh smell of blood.He stood on the high ground and saw that the man was indeed washing the blood off his body.

"Hey, did you really kill someone last night?" Sasuke asked bluntly, "Is this someone else's blood, or yours?"

The white-haired man glanced back at him, but didn't get up. "Oh, Mingyue's younger brother." He grinned like a smile, "It's the younger one."

After a distance, the man's golden eyes could still reflect the light, two points cold, like a ferocious beast crawling by the river to drink water, looking up when disturbed by someone.Laughing is not friendly either, closer to a cold threat.Is this intentional, or is it instinctive?Sasuke unconsciously grasped the handle of the knife, tightened his grip and then let go.When he was by his sister's side before, he had no chance to touch him alone, but now that he faced her directly, he felt the coldness and fierceness emanating from the man.

Very strong, and unknown, almost like a tailed beast.No wonder my brother was worried.

"Is this blood? It's just to get rid of a few young people with malicious intentions." The man said casually, stopped looking at Sasuke, and turned back to continue cleaning.He washed it very seriously, carefully and meticulously, as if he was afraid that the blood would remain on his body. "Hey kid, your murderous intent was obvious just now. Why, did the scene in front of you scare you?" He laughed rudely, "It's exactly the same reaction as the big kid yesterday. Mingyue's younger brother is nothing more than that."

Contempt in words can easily irritate a young man.But in this regard, Sasuke was "trained" by his father since he was a child, so it is not easy to get really angry.Although he felt uncomfortable, he could still observe the man with calm eyes, trying to analyze where he went last night and the general situation of the battle from the clues.These are the basic skills of ninja.

The river flowed "squeaky", and the smell of blood still permeated the air.

Suddenly, the man turned his head, and there seemed to be a hint of hesitation on his face. "That kid!" He said loudly, his tone was still so rude, but he was a little more careless, "What I said just now, you wouldn't complain to Mingyue, would you?"

Sasuke was taken aback.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the man seemed to become more nervous. "Hey... Only the weak will do this kind of thing!" He said threateningly, "Mingyue's younger brother, you look pretty good, you shouldn't do such boring things, right?"

It was just "just so", now it's "looks good".Sasuke was speechless, the fierce white hair in his eyes suddenly became the same stupid big man as yesterday.He had a strange feeling, but he couldn't express it.

"Who wants to be so boring? Huh, forget it." He had an idea, "Hey, tell me, how about a game?"

Since brother can do it, he should give it a try.This sudden thought made Sasuke excited.Unfortunately, his excitement was immediately interrupted.

"No, Mingyue will be unhappy." The man was decisive, and added, "I accidentally hit the older one yesterday, which almost made her unhappy. I don't want her to be really angry with me."

The strange feeling in Sasuke's heart became more obvious.He looked carefully at the man by the river again. It was hard to believe that such a beast-like existence would really say that, that... weak words?Not hiding or hiding, speaking with confidence, and worrying with confidence.Sasuke had never seen anything like it in his father. "So," Sasuke asked tentatively, "You won't do anything that makes your sister unhappy?"

"Of course." The man asked strangely, "Why should I make her unhappy?"

The blood red on the river gradually faded, and the smell of blood in the air also faded.Sasuke looked at the ever-spreading light red, and snorted in a complicated mood. "I don't think my sister will be happy with you killing people." He said, "Even if you are a criminal with evil intentions, killing people rashly will not make her happy."

This is a key question.No matter how beautiful a man's words are, if he always takes his own desire/desire more seriously, he is still an object of doubt.

"That's right, she is indeed such a person! She has character, has determination, and never relents at critical moments!" The man smiled instead of anger, and even became complacent, like a nouveau riche showing off his hidden treasures.

Sasuke asked an inappropriate question: "Never give up at critical moments"... What did your sister do to you to lead to this conclusion?

At this time, the man had already washed off the blood on his body, and threw the blood-stained clothes aside together, and changed into a set of clean clothes. "That's why I didn't kill any of the humans," he said, "none of them. It's difficult, but it's another challenge."

However, this amount of blood...

"How many people did you challenge?"

"Dozens? Hundreds? I can't remember clearly, and I don't bother to count." The man became impatient, "Brother Mingyue, I will go back after you finish asking. I told her yesterday that I will appear before her."

When they passed each other, the man took another look at him.During the short look at each other, the man suddenly smiled—a smile that tried his best to restrain but still exuded a faint murderous intent. "I'm not letting go," he said. "No matter what you think, she's mine."

"Hey!" Sasuke looked at the man's back, "Why do you have to wash outside? My sister is not so delicate that she can't see blood."

"Of course she's not delicate," the man said, "I just hate her smelling of blood."

When he disappeared into the forest, the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the forest.Fragments of golden light flickered on the water surface, making the already faint red even more unclear.

Sasuke suddenly said: "That man is really difficult to make people feel at ease."

He looked at the shade not far away.From the shadow of the tree, the figure of my brother appeared.My brother is looking at the river over there.

The river water is as clear as yesterday.

The elder brother sighed, no longer trying to hide his emotions. "If it's my sister's choice, then so be it." He said, "I understand a little bit. Maybe it's because of this that my sister chose him."

One morning the light faded away.In the next few days, they would visit their elder sister from time to time, and sometimes her elder sister would return home to accompany her mother to do housework and laugh with her father as in the past.The older brother spends as much time with them as possible.As Sasuke gazes at the three lights holding fireworks in the night, he senses that, while many things do change over time, some emotional bonds remain, no matter how far apart time and space are.Maybe until the emotion disappears, this bond will still exist; what has existed will always exist in memory.

Summer is the birthday season for their family.Not only the three of them, but even their parents' birthdays are in August and June respectively.This summer has been extraordinarily party-heavy, and time flies by with countless beers, streamers, and cheers.In August, I had a serious birthday for my unsmiling father. After listening to his self-confident speech as the head of the family, but no one wanted to hear it, but everyone still nodded their heads in a very flattering manner, they started The first family trip, went to a city far away.After seeing the fireworks of the last festival, my sister left a promise of "come back next year" and disappeared without a trace.

One day in September, when Sasuke came home, he saw his mother sitting on the porch sorting out the photos.It is said to be "sorting out", but in fact it is nothing more than finding an excuse to look carefully at the memories of the past, smile at the happy times we had, and feel a little bit of sadness because of the happiness that is too dreamy.

"Sasuke, come and see how cute you were when you were young." The mother stroked the edge of the photo album, "However, although there are three beautiful children in the family, Mingyue is the one who gets the most praise."

"Mother... sister is a girl. I don't want to be praised for my appearance."

Mother smiled, neither approving nor disapproving. "Next time, we must take a new family portrait." The mother held up a photo, with a determined look, as if she was about to go to the battlefield, "Let Ibaraki come along. It would be best when Itachi gets married too, so lively .”

How could it be so fast, my brother doesn't even have a girlfriend.My brother is a workaholic, and Sasuke even wonders if he has ever thought about falling in love.

"Speaking of which, mother, haven't you and father worried?" Sasuke remembered Xia Tian's question, "My brother and I both think that man named Ibaraki is not a good person."

Unexpectedly, my mother was not surprised, and even quite agreed. "Well, he is indeed not a good person. Even by ninja standards, that aura is too cold." She continued flipping through the photos, gently stroking the immature faces of the children in the old days, "However, he loves Mingyue very much. , love to the point where it can be seen at a glance. And he has the ability to accompany her to go on. Whether it is for Mingyue or for us, this is the most important thing."

The problem that Sasuke and his brother had struggled with for a long time became so clear on the mother's calm face.She gave the answer easily: "If that's the way Mingyue is happy, mom doesn't think it's wrong."

My mother loves my sister very much, very much.Even though he never said it out loud, Sasuke always felt that, among the three children, his mother preferred his elder sister the most.He once worried that his mother would cry because of his sister's departure.However, in the magnificent autumn sunset, my mother looked at the photos one by one, smiling softly all the time.

He thought, he probably understood something.

One day not long after, Sasuke and Naruto's partner went to the field to do a mission.On the way back to Konoha, Naruto suddenly said that he knew that Sakura liked Sasuke, and he had confessed his love to Sasuke.

"Sasuke, if you really treat me as a friend...don't worry about me!" Naruto said very seriously.I believe he would have looked more reliable if he hadn't been crying so much. "Friends, friends are the most important thing! If you also like Sakura... we will compete fairly!" He said tearfully, "Even if we lose, I... I won't complain! Sasuke, we are going to be Friends for life!"

"Naruto, you really..."

"Hey, Sasuke, don't be too moved, this is what I should do as a friend!"

"No, I just want to say, Naruto, are you really not an idiot?"

Sasuke raised his forehead.

"what?"

"I said, I really didn't reject Sakura because of you. I don't have anyone I like now, and I'm not interested in dating. If you really treat me as a friend..." Sasuke thought for a moment, showing a somewhat malicious look Smiling, "The next time you fight against a Jonin, you just admit defeat. Anyway, you can't beat me."

"Wow - who can beat you! Come on, besides, if I really give up directly, Sasuke, you will be angry!" After Naruto was mad, he blinked and hesitated, "You...you It's really not because of me..."

"I don't have time to think about such boring things. It's better to focus on cultivation. Naruto, I will definitely win the next battle."

"Cut, stop being self-righteous..."

Being in love—or in other words, the feeling of "love" does not necessarily bring about separation.Even if you end up choosing to be with someone in particular, or go somewhere far away, or have to watch time go by and never return, even so, separation is not inevitable.As long as someone is still caring about, as long as you really want to cherish the fate with others, people will still be together.Even if the world is far away, the mood of wanting the other party to be well still exists.

It is the human heart that decides the way, and the person who dominates the soul should be the person himself.As long as we care about each other, parting will not come.

"Sasuke!"

"what?"

"You really... really don't like Sakura?"

"It's so annoying, how many times do I have to say it!!"

"Hey hey hey..."

He will cherish all these truly important people and all these precious fates.