[Hokage] Summer Festival

--I'm not.

Although I really want to answer this way, the consequences may be worse than fighting to the end and dying in the mission.

Not to mention that I, a person from another world, still can't adapt to the rules of the ninja world. In terms of the strength they value most, this body really doesn't have the strength to be called "johnin".

Xiaochun once said that Xia Zi could complete every task excellently in the past.But she wasn't a jonin then.

Being able to handle Chunin missions with ease, does it mean that you have the strength to successfully execute Chunin missions?

The answer given in the book is no.

Now it is no longer just talking on paper, and the actual battle with the three Chunin in Yunyin Village is the best proof.

If Hinata Osamu hadn't come over, I would probably have guessed the outcome of this battle.

——There is no doubt that you will lose.

The movement of the body has slowed down significantly just now, and the power of the ninjutsu used is not as good as at the beginning, and there is probably not much chakra left.

It cannot be said that the practice during the recovery period was ineffective, but many things cannot be obtained in a short period of time, such as the power that this world admires.

No matter how determined you are and how hard you work, it is impossible to completely change your body and improve your strength by leaps and bounds in just a few months.

Maybe a genius is okay, but as far as I know, Natsuko is not a genius like Orochimaru Hatake Sakumo.

This time, fortunately, I had my companions to support me in time. If I have to face all the dangers alone in the future, I wonder if the loving Lord will bless me again and again to save me from danger.

"There are about five people guarding the warehouse. I will lure them away, and you will take the opportunity to burn the supplies."

When he was still in the woods, Hinata Osamu said so.

The most important thing right now is to complete the task, and he doesn't ask me why I can't even solve the three Chunin.But I didn't feel relieved. It wasn't that I was worried that he would settle accounts after the autumn and go back to make a small report. It was just that I knew well that if I was inferior to others, I was inferior to others, and I would question it one day.

It is the most stupid behavior to want to confuse in front of these people who have come from the flames of war and bloodshed.

It doesn't seem to work in this world.

After briefly bandaging the wound on my arm, I watched Hinata Osamu lead the ninja guarding the warehouse away before jumping to the warehouse door and forming a seal.

Si-Wei-Shen-Hai-Noon-Yin

Art fire escape ho fireball.

The fire ball went away along the wind, and there was a loud "boom--", the house in front of it was suddenly spread by the flames, and it burst into flames, and the flames shot into the sky.

Murder and set fire.

Now I am trying to do the former, but I have already done the latter.

In the previous life, he thought it was such a heinous thing, but now he did it without any hesitation, and the movements of Jie Yin's hands were flexible and natural, without any hesitation at all.

Different from just now, this imprint was formed by myself, not an automatic reaction of the body.

At this moment, I know what I am doing.

There was a strong murderous aura coming from behind, and with a sharp shout, the long knife narrowly brushed against my ears.

If the dodge is slow for half a second, maybe my ears are only half left.

The man on the opposite side looked ferocious, as if he was so angry that he wanted to skin and tear me apart. He was holding a long knife in both hands, and the veins on the back of his hands were protruding.

Also, anyone who meets an intruder in their homeland will definitely not look good.

Hinata Ou fell next to me, the ninja vest was stained with a large amount of bright red blood, his face was normal, except for a thin layer of sweat after exercising.

Apparently it wasn't his blood anymore.

"The last one, get rid of it as soon as possible and meet up with Orochimaru-san."

After finishing speaking, he rushed forward and entangled with the opponent in a flash.

This man's strength is obviously not at the same level as those Chunin just now, and his moves are ruthless and neat without delay.The airflow brought up by swinging the long knife whistled and made a piercing sound, and the trunk of the tree broke where the blade touched.

If touched by this knife, even the bones will be broken.

Even if we play two-on-one, it is difficult to gain an advantage.

The warehouse is still burning with raging fire, and the sky is full of red light.

Such a big movement should have attracted the attention of others. If we can't make a quick decision, we won't be able to escape when their support arrives.

I don't know if Orochimaru is already waiting at the entrance of the village.

In the stalemate, suddenly a child ran out from the nearby woods and shouted:

"Father!"

At the age of ten, he also wears the ninja forehead protector of Yunyin Village on his forehead, and he is panting rapidly due to vigorous running.

The man who was fighting froze, turned his head and yelled at him with wide eyes:

"Go away, idiot!"

"There's actually a child nearby... the dead corner of the white eyes."

Hinata Xiu murmured in a low voice, but he didn't let go of this opportunity, and sent the slightly distracted man flying towards the warehouse.

It can be seen that the punch was made with twelve points of strength, and the indigo chakra was still glowing around the fist. The man and his long knife were swallowed by the sea of ​​flames, leaving only the reverberation of his last scream in midair reverberate.

"Father!!!"

The heart-piercing cry of the child overwhelmed all the surrounding sounds at that moment. Witnessing his father's death with his own eyes, probably anger has replaced reason.He bit his lower lip and rushed over with red eyes.

I was the one who was closer to him.

The body acted naturally, stepped back to the side, and concentrated the chakra on the palm.As long as he slashed his neck with a hand knife, everything should be over.

But all of a sudden I met his staring eyes at me.

Anger, fear, despair, hatred.

These emotions, which are too heavy and suffocating for a child, are clearly intertwined in his eyes, and the burst of light is so dazzling that it is unbearable to look directly at.

It shouldn't be like this.

Once these things take root in a child's heart, they will completely destroy him in the future.

But what's the use of thinking about it now, I'm also one of the enemies who killed his father, so what qualifications do I have to sympathize with and pity the child whose father's life was taken by us.

Stop pretending.

The concepts and practices that have been deeply rooted in the past do not adapt to the survival rules of this world.

Does it make sense to keep going?

Throw it away.

Let go of everything in the past.

I closed my eyes, and when I opened them again, I gritted my teeth and raised the palm wrapped by Chakra, and dropped it.

Fear, despair, resentment.

The face of the child who died on the road appeared in front of my eyes again, overlapping with the child in front of me, with exactly the same eyes.

Just looking at it makes me feel very worried.

It wasn't until I felt a pain coming from my abdomen that I realized that my palm had stopped by the child's neck at some point and did not fall down.

Still hesitated at the last minute.

I looked down and saw a kunai sticking out of my abdomen, and my clothes were instantly dyed red.

The child was still holding Kunai in his hand, looked up at me tremblingly, then pulled out Kunai with a step back, and fell to the ground, his little face was full of shock and his lips were trembling.

He must have felt that he was going to die here too.Even if he stabbed me, he would have no time to escape.

"What the hell are you doing!"

What brought my sanity back to reality was Hinata Xiu's furious reprimand.

I clutched the wound, but still couldn't stop the blood flowing from between my fingers, and I almost didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Noisy voices came from far and near. It sounded like there were a lot of people, approaching our position.

"The ninja they support is here!"

As he spoke, he held my shoulders and rushed towards the entrance of the village.

Normally, too much bleeding would make the mind go dizzy.But my mind is very clear at the moment, and I even have the mood to laugh at myself wryly - Hinata Osamu who was performing the mission with me is really unlucky.

I don't know if he will also think in his heart, it is really unlucky to be this guy's companion.

——Sorry for causing you so much trouble.

***

When we arrived at the entrance of the village, Orochimaru was already there.

Turning his head and glanced over lightly, he put down his arms and said:

"You are too slow."

"Let's go."

Then the calm gaze stayed on my wound for a second, then fell on my face, and said:

"Can you last until you get back to Konoha?"

I nodded, the blood from the wound had already stopped in the haste, although the pain was clearly felt when walking, but it was still tolerable.At most, I will lie down in the hospital for ten days and half a month after I go back.

In fact, speaking of it, the most stable and relaxing period of time I lived after I came to this world was the period of recuperating in the hospital.

There is no need to face up to the contradiction between the laws of the previous life and the laws of the present world nakedly, no need to make a difficult choice at the cost of abandoning one side, and no need to truly recognize the cowardly self who is powerless in an unfamiliar environment .

Being taken care of like this, the days when you can deceive yourself to the point of ignoring the war outside will no longer exist.

On the next mission, it would be too bad if I dragged down the fellow travelers because of myself.

In any case it is unforgivable.

If Xia Zi found out, she would rather the corpse rot than let me implicate her companions and the village.

On the way back, Hinata Xiu didn't say a word all the way, but he would help me when I was tired and unsteady.

Even if you feel displeasure and blame, you can't abandon your companions.

During this mission, he may have noticed the abnormal behavior of my body that does not belong to a ninja. Of course, I don't expect him to pretend that nothing happened and never mention the abnormality of "Kato Natsuko".

What I have observed in the past six months, whether it is Shinichi, Ah Duan, or Ah Liang and Hui, as ninjas, they are not only loyal to their village, but also have endless love.

Hinata Osamu is probably the same.

Because of this, any factors that may be detrimental to the village's mission, even if it is only a small one, will never be turned a blind eye.

Being questioned and reprimanded, I was also mentally prepared.

I was talking to Orochimaru, I don’t know what I was talking about, his eyes passed over more than one wound on my body, and said:

"The humble and weak, even if they die, they are not worth mentioning."

"Only the strong can stand forever in the world."

forever...?

Whether it was the previous world or this world, among those who were once strong enough to stand above the clouds, who can still survive after thousands of years?

If you want to say forever... there is only one point, and that is—human beings will never be able to defeat natural aging and death.

Any living individual starts to die from the moment of birth.

I looked at him with a smile and said:

"No one can live forever, Orochimaru-senpai."

"No matter how powerful a person is, there will always be a day when all the lamps burn out."

"yes."

He laughed lowly, noncommittal.

But the disapproval could still be heard in his tone.

After a while, he suddenly said:

"The most commendable thing in this world is that nothing is absolute."

I watched his shadow in front of him being stretched very long by the afterglow of the setting sun, and for a long time I didn't understand what he really wanted to express.

Could it be that he thinks that there are really people who are strong enough to live forever?