[Comprehensive] living to death

It has been less than ten years since the end of the last ninja war, there are still many orphans in Konoha, especially in the Uchiha clan.As the strongest family in Konoha, they must be at the forefront when fighting.

Obito's parents also died in World War II, leaving him to live alone with his grandmother.According to the rules, Konoha is responsible for the life of the warrior orphans, but Uchiha is a big family, so of course it is obligatory to take care of his own clansmen.

This is also a family rule handed down from the Warring States Period.

So even if they are all orphans, Uchiha's orphans live better than the orphans outside.

"Ah, it's the patriarch, and Mingyue..."

The door was opened by a benevolent old woman, Mingyue used to call her "Punzi mother-in-law".

"Good evening, mother-in-law. I'm here to apologize for what happened last time." Mingyue said, "I'm so sorry... Is Obito here? I want to apologize to him too."

"What 'Obito' ah 'him'!" Fu Yue reprimanded dissatisfied, "You should call him 'Obito Senior'!"

"Yes, Obito-senpai." Mingyue changed her words without any pressure, and looked up at Junko, looking really cute.

"It's just a child's slapstick, patriarch, you are too serious." Junko smiled and shook her head, her wrinkled face stretched out because of that smile, "But Obito hasn't come back yet... Ah, it seems came back."

"Grandma! I...!"

The boy's voice stopped abruptly.

When Mingyue turned her head, she saw a boy of the same race running along the street.He was wearing orange goggles, and his short black hair was sticking up, like a delinquent boy trying to be cool, but in this world, this hairstyle is really normal.

At this moment, the little boy with soil was standing at the door of his house in a daze.

"Hey, Obito!" Mingyue waved at him, "I'm here to apologize to you... Ouch!"

Fu Yue pressed her head, but took care to avoid the wound.

"I told you to call 'Senior Obito'!" He said angrily, and then waved to Obito, "Obito is back. I'm really sorry about what happened last time. My daughter has caused you trouble."

"Huh? Is that so." Obito grabbed his own hedgehog head and walked over embarrassedly, "It's nothing..."

Facing the patriarch, the boy with soil was still a little cautious.He glanced at Mingyue, then looked away, and muttered something.

Mingyue's ears were sharp, and she heard the sentence "I won't care about little girls".

She smiled.

"Mother-in-law, it's a little thought." She raised the cloth bag in her hand and looked at Junko, "It's fruit and tea, I bought it with my pocket money in advance, please be sure to accept it."

Junko looked at her, then at Fuyue standing beside her, the smile on her face deepened.

"This must be Fuyue's idea?" She didn't refuse, but just took it with a smile, "Then I won't delay the patriarch's teaching, mother-in-law, but if I want to say it, Mingyue will definitely become a Uchi who will make the patriarch proud in the future wave."

"You are really overrated." On the one hand, Fuyue is being polite, but on the other hand, he is really disapproving. "I am lucky that this guy can successfully graduate from the ninja school. From now on, she will mostly rely on her younger brother to take care of her."

Junko didn't look at him, but at Mingyue, her somewhat cloudy eyes gave a clear feeling.

Mingyue kept smiling.

"Then Fuyue, you really missed your point." Junko handed the things in her hand to Obito, bent down and patted Mingyue's head, "Your daughter has very good eyes."

"Really, what are you talking about..."

Fu Yue wondered if Junko had lost his mind.

As a result, the girl next to his leg has already nodded.

"Of course, mother-in-law, you really have a good eye!" Mingyue felt that she had found a soulmate, she raised her head and said, "I am the woman who is destined to stand on the top of the world!"

Fuyue: "..."

Obito: "..."

"Ah, that mother-in-law is really looking forward to that day!"

Only Junko replied with such enthusiasm.

******

The next morning.

"I'm a woman destined to stand on top of the world."

Mingyue repeated calmly.

She was standing under a certain big tree in the forest, the shade of the tree filtered out the harsh summer sun, and cast a cool shadow lazily on her body.

A boy with soft curly hair stood in front of her, smiled and listened to her talk about yesterday, then took out something from the bag and spread it in front of Mingyue.

"What is this?" Mingyue asked.

"Your medicine." Zhishui pointed to his head, and replied gently and sincerely, "You forgot to take your medicine, Aunt Meiqin asked me to bring it to you."

"Oh, yes, I forgot." Mingyue took it without any hindrance, and swallowed the water in the water bottle in one gulp, "Thanks, Zhishui"

The wound on Mingyue's head is not fully healed yet, and she needs to take medicine.It is said that when a ninja is strong enough, he will automatically get a buff that "his limbs are broken, he vomits three liters of blood, and his internal organs are ruptured, but he can recover quickly and have no sequelae at all".Mingyue expressed doubts about this, but if there was such a buff, she would very much like to bless one.

"...Mingyue, you answered without any pressure."

Seeing that she was still smiling, Zhishui showed a bit of resentment, and even grabbed his curly hair.

Generally speaking, Zhishui has a stable and cheerful personality, and occasionally has the idea of ​​​​pranking.He was also the only one in the past who would tease Mingyue without making her really unhappy.

Anyway, he is a good boy!

Mingyue smiled.

"Well, anyway, that's how it is."

"...I don't understand what you're talking about."

"I mean," Mingyue screwed up the kettle, placed it next to the tree roots, and stretched, "Let's start practicing."

"Huh?" Zhishui widened his eyes exaggeratedly, looking at Mingyue in shock.

"What's wrong?" Mingyue asked.

"Ah, it's nothing," Zhishui sighed, "I'm just a little surprised. Because before, Mingyue never took the initiative to say that she wanted to practice, didn't she?"

It would be more appropriate to say that you can hide when you can.

The two children were about the same age. They were only four years old, and they were not old enough to go to school. They made an appointment to practice in the forest.The forest is in the northwest of Konoha, and there is a small lake nearby. It is said that the ancestors used ninjutsu to dig it out. It is suitable for ninjas to practice fire escape ninjutsu.

"That's why I said I was too young and ignorant before." Mingyue said earnestly, "Then start with running to warm up, who will be the first to finish ten laps along the lake in the competition, and get ready—"

She has jumped out.

"……start!"

The curly-haired little boy looked at Mingyue's back, blinked, and then ran over unhurriedly.Soon, he caught up with his friend who ran away first.

"Mingyue, even if you run first, you still can't outrun me." Zhishui maintained the speed of running side by side with Mingyue, and said sincerely, "Why don't you take the initiative to admit defeat? I don't want to bully girls."

"It makes sense, I shouldn't be able to outrun you." Mingyue pondered for a few seconds, then said decisively, "But I have another suggestion! Since you don't want to bully girls, why don't you do it more thoroughly? For example, if I run around Count you two laps, and when I finish five laps, you haven't finished ten laps, so you lose?"

"..."

Shisui twitched the corner of his mouth.

"To develop your style, you must carry it to the end!" Mingyue said seriously, "Promise, Zhishui, I won't refuse!"

"Haha..." Zhishui laughed dryly, "Forget it."

The surface of the lake is shining with waves, and the wind is very comfortable on the body.Mingyue stopped talking and concentrated on running.

Maintain a breathing rhythm, switch between the three modes of running speed, and add short rest periods.

Adjust the force of the muscles to find the way that saves the most effort.

"Huh, huh..."

Changing your pace constantly is a very tiring form of running.The human body has the instinct to adapt to the environment as soon as possible in the long evolution.Jogging at a constant speed will make the body lazy, and even reduce the body's muscle content over time; high-speed running can detect your limit, but it is difficult to maintain for a long time. If you want to improve your physical fitness, this is not a good choice.

If you want to improve, you must constantly change; it is difficult to get what you want if you are greedy for ease.

This is the consciousness of an adult.

Akizuki Uchiha's physical fitness is very good - or "amazing" is more appropriate.Suddenly increasing the intensity of training is actually dangerous, but Mingyue didn't feel any other discomfort except for slight muscle weakness and temporarily uncontrollable panting.

The brain even keeps getting excited during exercise.

It's like the body has been craving this intensity of training for a long time and can't wait to grow.

Zhishui, who has completed ten warm-up laps, is waiting for her at the finish line.

"Mingyue...?"

"Huh... I'll run around again."

The average speed has dropped compared to the beginning, but the shifting can still be done.Mingyue could feel the faint pain in her lungs, but there seemed to be another kind of energy in her body, which was circulating and growing silently.

Long drought and rain.The seeds break the ground.Spring seedlings grow wildly.Flowers spit stamens.Rebirth.

Mingyue stopped in her tracks and let out a long breath.

"Is it done?" Seeing her stop, Zhishui walked to her from the shade of a tree not far away, and handed over her water bottle, "Here, your water."

The young Zhishui was already a very considerate person.

"Do you want to take a walk?" He asked with concern, "Do you feel uncomfortable after running so many laps at once?"

"Let's walk around." Mingyue waved her hand, "It's okay... cough cough! cough cough cough..."

She accidentally choked on the water and coughed earth-shatteringly.

"... Slow down." Zhishui shook his head, and his curly hair shook helplessly in the wind.

"Ahahaha...cough cough cough...".

The sun shines on the lake unscrupulously. It would be better if there are fish jumping out of the water, but unfortunately there is not.Mingyue walked along the lake, Zhishui circulated the chakra under her feet, and walked on the water step by step, but she was not very stable, and she had to step into the water from time to time.

Treading yourself on water with chakra is a traditional way of training the fine control of chakra.Most ninjas learn it when they are eleven or twelve years old, but Shisui is already practicing now, and it seems that he will be able to master it soon.

"I feel that Mingyue suddenly becomes very hard. Is it not my illusion? Why?"

Zhishui looked down at the water surface, while carefully controlling the chakra on the soles of his feet, he asked distractedly.He is about the same height as Mingyue, but the water surface is lower than the shore of the lake, so Mingyue can see the top of his hairy head and his immature but serious side face from the side.

What an effort.

"Didn't I just say that, I want to stand at the top of the world." Mingyue said while turning Kunai.

"Say this kind of joke again." Zhishui glanced at her, jumped ashore and walked beside her, "Is Mingyue worried?"

He even reached out to touch the top of Mingyue's head like an older brother, and said in a comforting tone: "Okay, okay, just tell me what's going on, isn't it hard to be alone in your heart?"

Mingyue touched her head with him, and she only looked at the kunai in her hand.The black metal reflected awe-inspiring light in the sunlight, and the rhombus-shaped edge was thin and sharp.If you don't pay more attention, the sharp blade will bite the user back.

She let out a breath, and stuffed Kunai back into the ninja bag at her waist.

"How should I put it... It's okay, it's not really a 'concern'." She scratched her cheek, "I was just thinking... Shishui, what exactly do you mean by 'reaching the pinnacle of life'?"

The requirement of the program group is to "die brilliantly", and the premise is to "reach the pinnacle of life".But this is a very vague and subjective description.What is the "peak of life"?

A thousand people may have a thousand answers.

"'Apex'?" Shisui thought for a while, then said uncertainly, "Become the 'Guardian Ninja Twelve', or even better, become Hokage, and then protect the village and everyone... Is that the way it should be?"

After finishing speaking, he nodded himself and said affirmatively: "Well, for me, I want to protect the family and the village well. If I can do this, I believe I have reached the 'peak'."

The so-called "Twelve Guardian Ninjas" are the twelve elite ninjas who guard the daimyo of the Land of Fire.For most ninjas, that is a supreme honor.

As for Hokage who leads Konoha, it is the object of all ninjas' longing, and he is also a figure who can dominate one side in the world.

"Is that so?"

Mingyue stopped in her tracks, thoughtful.

"Okay, then it's decided." She clapped her hands and said casually, "The temporary goal is to 'become Hokage. Whether it's for the princes, or for the Central Plains to be further unified, let's make a long-term plan after I become Hokage!"

She is indeed a woman who is destined to stand on the top of the world!

"..."

Shisui felt that her tone was no different from talking about "I want ice cream for dessert today".

The young Uchiha with natural curls finally couldn't help showing a stunned expression.

"Ming, Mingyue..." He even stammered, "You can't be serious, are you?"

"Huh, you understand?" Mingyue was also quite surprised, patted Zhishui on the shoulder, and praised him happily, "It's really amazing! Zhishui, let you be my prime minister in the future! Don't waste your talent." Well."

"Am I serious?"

She pressed Zhishui's shoulder, her smile suddenly subsided, and her expression became serious, "Of course I..."

Zhishui looked at his playmate, and unconsciously became nervous.

"...Of course I'm joking!" Mingyue laughed out loud.

When she smiled, she was in high spirits, without the slightest bit of awkwardness or haze, completely different from before.Zhishui was stunned for a moment, and couldn't get angry at the laughing Mingyue, so he had to scratch his curly hair again.

"Actually, I guess it doesn't matter if the top is not the top."

Mingyue had had enough of laughing, and casually walked to the side, kicking the water once and for all.

"There is probably only one standard..."

She bent down and picked up a smooth stone, and threw it towards the center of the lake; the stone bounced five or six times on the surface of the water, and finally sank reluctantly.

Mingyue took a light step forward.

"...It's enough to live a wonderful life."

She turned her head, waved to Zhishui, and said with a smile: "It's a waste of water, do you want to play?"

The young Uchiha, known as the "genius", looked at her in surprise, his eyes hesitated several times between the lake and her face.

"Mingyue," Zhishui asked in surprise, "When did you learn this?"

By the sparkling lake, the little girl was stepping steadily on the water; the lake at her feet was only surging layer by layer with the wind, but there were no ripples of chakra flow.

The clear blue sky extends to the back of the distant mountains, and the dark green forest surges in all directions. Only the lake behind her is shining with golden light, like the most dazzling gem in the world.

Her eyes are also very bright.

"Just now." Mingyue said briskly, throwing stones up and down, "So, Zhishui, you have to be careful..."

She turned around and threw the stone hard.After a while, a small white wave bloomed in the middle of the lake.

"...Don't be overtaken by me too quickly."