[Comprehensive] living to death

Yuko watched her.There always seems to be a smile on her face, deep or shallow, lingering with lingering mystery; then she lowers her dark red eyes slightly, with a smile that is not a smile, and maybe there is also a trace of helplessness after reading the world.

"Are you sure?" she asked, "this is different from 'incurable disease' - there is an undetectable incubation period, during which the patient is still safe; without 'health', people will die in a short time." Weakened...until death."

"Is it okay to be afraid of watching your own life go by?"

He was healthy at first—clear eyes and ears, and agile; then suddenly fell ill—every minute was weaker than the last minute, and in the end he couldn't even walk independently, and finally died in an extremely weak posture.

"Yeah, it's quite scary." Mingyue said very calmly, but the corners of her lips curled up in an inexplicable arc. "But it's a coincidence," she shrugged, and said casually, "I've been living in a 'fear' that is far greater than this. As a result, the thing I'm least afraid of..."

She stroked her neck lightly with the palm of her hand.

"...It's something like 'fear'."

Mingyue's voice was full of laughter, but also faintly revealing a blade-like awe.

"Ah, just a small request."

Suddenly, her expression changed, from the "deep" and "awe-inspiring" just now to a hippie smile.

"Then what, Miss Yuko~" Mingyue smiled and blinked at Yuko, "Let's have a discussion, can I pay the price in installments?" She patted her chest and vowed, "Three times...no, just two times! Don't worry, I'm quite reliable, and I will never renege on my debts!"

The three-day moon on the sidelines: "..."

Wait, this style of painting has changed too fast, he is not used to it?Isn't it appropriate to laugh at this time?

However, "The Witch of the Dimension" did not encounter the slightest obstacle, and it was very smoothly docked with Mingyue's turning point.

"Of course." She smiled happily, leaned her elbows on her face, and tapped Mingyue's chest with her fingertips, "But you have to use that as the 'price'!"

This girl, who was still in the demeanor of a royal sister just now, smiled brightly and innocently like a girl in a blink of an eye.

"Wh, what?!" Mingyue was shocked, and reflexively covered her chest, accusing Yuko sadly, "I'm already an innocent girl with only B, why do you want me to become a 'Pingchuan' ?!"

Sanriyue almost spit out a sip of tea.

The black-haired red-eyed witch smiled and shook her finger.

"It didn't mean 'chest'." She replied casually without changing her expression, "It's the one you're wearing."

Mingyue's fingers tightened around the skirt.After a while, she sighed.

"Although I'm very reluctant, but there's nothing I can do about it." Reluctantly, she took off the necklace she was wearing around her neck and handed it to Yuko.

"My brother gave me a necklace, bought with the money he earned for the first time. Seal the little flower with transparent resin; the aesthetic is super straight, right?" Mingyue still didn't give up and bargained, "Yuko, why don't we change it?" Sample?"

"No, I want a necklace." Yuko smiled, "I said, you can't take more or less of what is given; otherwise it will cause 'damage'." She put away the necklace and said with satisfaction, "Brother That's just right."

Mingyue watched helplessly as her necklace disappeared into Yuko's hands, and gave a pitiful "oh".

"Then, the transaction will be completed in the manner you wish."

Yuko's expression once again returned to the depth and mystery that a witch should have.

"It's rare for a customer to be so unhesitating." She lightly tapped the slender tobacco rod in her hand, her lazy voice was as blurred as smoke, "Then, I will accept your 'health'... ..."

"Master Mingyue!"

Sanriyue has never been so rude to interrupt someone else's words, but at this time, she didn't care about etiquette, and hurriedly interrupted the conversation between the two women.

The witch didn't look annoyed, but the smile on her lips deepened for no reason.

"Yeah, you know, the 'connection' with you in this world..." She said to Mingyue, her dark red eyes were calm, "It will be sad."

"Then all I can say is 'sorry'." Mingyue blinked and said calmly, "If a person knows what he is doing, why, and what price he has to pay, then he can do it."

She looked at the crescent moon.The young man with dark blue short hair frowned tightly, his eyes like the dawn sky were full of complicated emotions.In the end, he smiled wryly, silently swallowing all the words he wanted to object.

"You are still like this..." He said to himself in a voice as thin as a mosquito, "It hasn't changed at all."

Yuko tapped the cigarette stick in her hand lightly again.

"This is for you." She took out something and put it on the table, next to the small box.

Those were two light blue spar pendants, which had been worn on leather ropes respectively; they looked like two identical necklaces, and the workmanship was ordinary, even rough.

"You wear one, and my younger brother wears one. In this way, the disease on my younger brother will be reduced by half, and correspondingly..." The witch's eyes are as dark as an ominous blood moon, "I will also receive half of your 'health'."

"When you think it's okay," she pointed at the pendant with her slender fingers, "crush these two pendants."

Mingyue nodded and stood up.

"At that time, our transaction..." The witch sat in her seat, her posture remained calm and lazy, "it will be considered final."

******

"Master Mingyue."

"..."

"Master Mingyue!"

This time Sanriyue emphasized her tone.Only then did Mingyue lazily respond, "Huh?"

They have walked out of that house.Once out of the garden, the scenery in front of me instantly turned into a thick green forest.When Mingyue looked back, she only saw the same tall trees and low shrubs shaking their branches and leaves from time to time; a squirrel quickly passed through the branches above her head.

The witch's house is gone.

Independent of all dimensions - that's why Yuko is called the "Witch of Dimensions".

The figure of Sanriyue also quietly disappeared, only the voice sounded stubbornly.

"I think," there was a hidden sigh in his voice, "Itachi-kun will not be happy for you to make such a choice. Besides, if Itachi-kun knows that his most important sister died because of him, he will be very sad Bar?"

"Then don't let the weasel know." The corners of Mingyue's lips rose slightly, "You know me, God knows it, it's perfect."

"Master Mingyue!"

Mingyue began to hum.She sang so-so and didn't remember many songs, but it was enough to express her happy mood at the moment.

"It's okay, Sanriyue, this is not a 'sacrifice'." She said, "I was destined to die. Before I die, I can use waste. Don't you think it is very environmentally friendly?"

After finishing speaking, she herself thought the statement was quite amusing, so she laughed.

"Please don't think of yourself that way!"

No matter how casually she usually behaves, Sanriyue is soaked in the demeanor of ancient nobles in her bones, and she cannot accept such an evaluation that almost belittles herself—especially the person who said this is Mingyue.

"Hey, Sanriyue doesn't know?" Mingyue paused, thoughtfully, "So that's...that's fine."

She spoke vaguely, but before her own knife questioned her, she let out a long sigh.

"Oh, I can't be called the 'most important' person of Little Itachi." Mingyue covered her heart, pretending to complain, "The most important person for that child is Xiao Sasuke."

San Riyue was startled, blinked her eyes lightly, and subconsciously shook her head; but Mingyue couldn't see his movements.

"I think you misunderstood." He paused, feeling a little gloomy, and did not extend the topic just now, "Death of illness... I really don't want such an ending to happen to you."

"Who said I was going to die of illness?" Mingyue wondered, "Do I seem to be someone who will die of illness? Although when I was in the second year of middle school, I also yearned for a sick beauty. I just vomited a mouthful of blood on the bed, and then died miserably. The kind where the person who loves me is crying bitterly by the bedside... But I have been cured for many years from the second illness. So thank you, we will not make an appointment."

Sanriyue: "..."

The heavy mood he had just brewed... seems to have disappeared quite a bit suddenly.The elegant Sanriyue also sighed silently; when staying with this adult, he was always speechless a lot.

When Mingyue and the others stayed at Yuko's place, there had been a heavy rain in the forest.The rainwater gathers and rolls in the wide leaves, and then falls straight down, just hitting the feet of the bright moon.

She jumped over a small puddle of water lightly.

It is already dusk, and there is a desolate tranquility in the forest, but if you can appreciate the sound of grass leaves, birds, animals and even reptiles, you will feel that the world is lively no matter where you are; after all, life can take root everywhere , Sprout and grow.

Looks like we're going to sleep in the woods tonight.

"I just happened to have a mission recently, which was about the 'Xiao' organization."

Although Mingyue is not a sentient ninja, Sankaiyue is very sensitive to the surrounding atmosphere - during the "Obito Incident" that year, he noticed a change in the ground, which was later proved to be monitored by a thing called "Baijue" - so Mingyue can speak with confidence now.

She wasn't even wearing a mask.

Sanriyue didn't make a sound, just listened to her.

"Since eight years ago, Mr. Jiraiya has been traveling outside the village. While following Orochimaru, he also inquired about the whereabouts of 'Akatsuki'. You also know about this, Mikazuki."

"The strange thing is that the teacher can get some news about Dashemaru, who has a secret track, but for 'Akatsuki', we basically have nothing except knowing that they have absorbed Renren as a member. Although Jilai is also what the teacher is best at Not tracking, but in the experience of two wars, the crop failure is puzzling."

"We Anbu did an analysis—hey, I'm not very good at this, but I can do it, okay—trying to deduce the action plan of 'Akatsuki'. Think about it, what is the purpose of 'Akatsuki'?"

"Tailed beast. According to Obito, Madara's plan is to let him gather all the tailed beasts, summon the ten tails, let Nagato revive Madara with his reincarnation eyes, and thus start 'Infinite Tsukiyomi'-don't say, such a middle school The old ancestors of ours really have the demeanor of Uchiha—so, the target of 'Akatsuki' should also be the tailed beast that was sealed in each ninja village."

Mingyue has already picked out an open space, and is bending over to pick up some branches, planning to start a fire.

"According to the records, the original Hokage's idea was that each of the five major countries would own a tailed beast, so as to balance the power of each country, fear each other, and prevent a war from happening." She threw away a wet sprig of wood and casually talked about history, "However, now, several ninja villages have at least two tailed beasts."

There are nine tailed beasts in total, the strongest being Nine Tails, and the strength of the remaining eight is hard to distinguish.In the beginning, Tailed Beasts were scattered all over the world; more than 50 years ago, Senjujuma, the first generation of Naruto, held the first Five Kage Conference to distribute different Tailed Beasts to the other four major ninja villages in order to balance the forces of all parties.However, human beings' pursuit of power is endless; stimulated by fear and ambition, at some point, all the tailed beasts fell into the hands of Ninja Village...

"Mr. Jiraiya didn't track down the trace of 'Xiao'. We thought they were keeping a low profile and holding back. After all, we haven't heard of the death of any village's Renzhuli so far." Mingyue gathered the selected branches into a pile , A fireball technique easily blows out a handful of bonfires, "However, what if we change our mind?"

The light of the sky gradually faded, and the darkness in the forest began to rise.Only the bonfire is bright, and the flames are constantly beating, flickering in the dark eyes of the moon.

"What if it's not that 'Xiao' didn't act, but that they have already acted, and even managed to capture some of the tailed beasts? Then," she narrowed her eyes and smiled, stretching out her hand to make a zipper movement on her lips, "shh -"

"No village will publicize the loss of its Renzhuli." She spread her hands, her tone was very flat, "because everyone is afraid that their own strength will become someone else's meal. The village that lost Renzhuli will do everything possible to hide it. things, even..."

The knife at his waist moved slightly, rubbing her hand comfortingly.

"Even, these villages will find ways to capture other tailed beasts." Sanriyue took up her words, her voice was still elegant and pleasant, but with a little more emotion, "Is this what war and human nature are?"

"Yes, and we suspect that 'Akatsuki' has reached a cooperation with some Ninja villages." Mingyue curled her lips, "It's really a thief calling for a thief."

"Really..." San Riyue pondered for a while, "Are they eyeing Konoha?"

"It should be like this. Anyway, Konoha soft persimmons and Xueji Jijie were beaten to the house and robbed, so I just dare to shrink my head."

Mingyue's tone shows that she is still quite disdainful of what happened to Hinata five years ago.

"But it's just right," she smiled slightly, "it's convenient for us to plan."