[Hokage] Summer Festival

Let this strange old woman hold her hands tightly, unable to move her footsteps, and unable to speak a word.If there is a mirror in front of you, the appearance in the reflection must be dumbstruck.

She was still talking vaguely, and the earnest expression made her feel very sour.

"Do you know him?" he asked softly.

The eyes she stared at just kept repeating the words just now:

"Why don't you go home? Why don't you go home?"

She suddenly exerted force on her fingers, and her nails were almost digging into the flesh. The pain was so great that she couldn't help "hissing" and gasped.But she didn't seem to realize it, she held her hand without letting go, and tears flowed down her wrinkled face like this:

"Mom has been waiting for a long time, why hasn't she come back?"

I was stunned for a while, staring at her blankly, and then thought of another possibility—maybe she didn't know her, but admitted her mistake.

His mother passed away several years ago.

"So you're here, Obasan!"

A clear female voice suddenly sounded at the gate of the courtyard. Turning her head to look over, she saw the slightly older maid beside the princess whom she had met a few days ago trotting over in a hurry, not even wiping the sweat off her forehead. , held the arm of the old woman in front of him and said:

"Obasan, why did you run out by yourself?"

The old woman finally let go of her hand, and instead kept calling "Qiu Hui" to the maid.The maid seemed to be used to it, and coaxed her softly and said:

"Yes, we are going home now."

The maid bowed slightly apologetically, and helped the old woman walk slowly towards the other end of the veranda.He was supposed to go back to the Japanese room to discuss with Hatake Sakumo and the others about tomorrow's guard arrangement, but somehow he followed and said to the maid:

"Walk with us, shall we?"

She was about half a head short. Hearing this, she raised her head and looked in surprise, then gave a slight bow, nodded and said:

"Yes."

It took less than ten minutes to walk from this courtyard to another courtyard where the old woman lived. During this time, the maid Juanzi (I learned her name was Juanzi during the conversation) talked with her about some things about the old woman.

It turns out that her hometown is the princess' nanny, and her only biological daughter was lost in a summer festival more than ten years ago. Although many helpers searched for it for a long time, they have not been able to find the little girl.Later, I became obsessed with remembering my daughter in my hometown, and my mind gradually became blurred. Whenever I met a young girl, I would stop and say "Qiu Hui".

Coincidentally, her long-lost daughter has the same name as Qiuhui.

"How much older is Qiue than Ninja-san?" Juanzi said.

After thinking about it, Xia Zi's body is only 17 years old this year.If they lived in the world before, they would have been in the second year of high school, and Ajuan and Hatake Sakumo were also at the age of studying in university and had not yet left the ivory tower.

I have always been unable to resist comparing this world with the original world, and comparing what I know in this world with what I know in the original world. I don’t have to draw any conclusions, but I just unconsciously Think of a piece.

Delayed for a while, when I returned to the Japanese room, I saw Sakumo Hatake sitting at the low table wiping his short knife. The maple leaves outside the window were reflected on the bright white knife, and the blurred reflection of those few leaves could be seen from the angle of .

He looked up, but stopped, and said:

"What happened? Xia Zi's face is so ugly."

Touching her cheek, she still couldn't shake off the shock of being called by her real name suddenly. Even though she knew it was just a misunderstanding, she still couldn't stop thinking about herself before she became Natsuko Kato.

Those fragments of the past that flashed through his mind like movie shots were even more blurred than the reflection of the maple leaf on his knife.

"what happened?"

Seeing that there was no response from the dull expression, he asked again with great concern.

Shaking his head, he changed the topic:

"Why is there only Senior Sakumo, and Shinya and Haruna?"

He narrowed his eyes, didn't ask any more questions, and replied while putting the knife into its sheath:

"They have something to go out."

go out?

Out of Daimyofu?

Tomorrow is the banquet.

"It's about this time..." He hesitated.

He got up and walked over, bowed his head in front of him and said in a low voice:

"I just received a new piece of information..."

He paused for a while and didn't say any specific information, but suddenly his voice returned to normal, and he continued as if he didn't care:

"Forget it, it's probably a prank, just ignore it."

For a moment, I saw a shadow flashing past the window, and the branches of the maple tree swayed against the wind.

Hatake Sakumo exchanged glances with him, and walked out of the Japanese room first.About one meter behind him, I took one last look at the window sill before closing the door. There was nothing but mottled shadows of trees and silence.

Since ancient times, there have been many grievances and grievances between the powerful and powerful, and the deep water of the Daming Mansion may not be taken lightly.

In the evening, he is responsible for keeping watch in the middle of the night. Standing on the roof, he can have a panoramic view of most of the Daming Mansion.The current luxury mansion is much less noisy than during the day, but you can still feel a busy atmosphere.The kitchen area was brightly lit, and everyone who came in and out was in a hurry.

It has to be said that if the full score is taken as the standard, the meals of Daming Mansion can be scored at least 9.5 points.Especially after eating so many Tianbingliang pills, even the light porridge and green vegetables are delicious for the couple.

Shinya and Haruna came back earlier, the dignified expressions on their faces, coupled with the words of Hatake Sakumo earlier, made a heavy stone hang in their hearts.Listening to them tell the whole story, I feel more and more that this banquet may not end happily.

The war with other countries has not yet subsided, and the intrigue between domestic superiors is like a battle without gunpowder.

The world of ninjas can't always let An Sheng, I don't know what Hatake Sakumo and the others think, for this outsider, he just feels tired like a tidal wave.

Like the kitchen, there is a courtyard in the northwest that is lit by candlelight. If I remember correctly, the old woman named "Qiu Hui" lives there during the day.There was no going in or out, and the slightly pale candlelight under the night looked more like a cluster of will-o'-the-wisps that could not return to the underworld.

Probably the hometown is still chanting her daughter's name, I don't know if the girl can grow up to be a good girl in peace.

There are stars all over my head, and I remember that I was about fifteen or sixteen years old when I first watched the stars and the moon full of leisure. I was walking on the playground with my first love boy. At that time, I was young and shy, and I didn’t even dare to hold hands.

Later, they separated because of their studies, and the relationship ended without a problem.When I saw him again was the year before last, on a small island in the South Pacific, he took a vacation trip with his wife and a pair of three-year-old twin daughters.

To be honest, I really envy the happy and happy family of four.

"Anything to be happy about?"

When Hatake Sakumo's voice sounded beside him, he was really shocked. The phrase "scared to death" is especially effective in the empty night.After calming down for half a minute, I turned around and asked him:

"When did senior Shuo Mao come? It's not time to change shifts yet."

He laughed:

"It's been a while since I've been here. It's not okay to be so lax. Although this place is not as dangerous as the battlefield, it is impossible for a ninja to be careless at any time."

I don't know if he could see something from his expression, but before he could speak, he said in a rather helpless tone:

"Xia Zi must be complaining in his heart that this long-winded senior is preaching again."

Smiled, although he called himself "long-winded", in fact, he was very concise and concise in many cases.

"That's not the case, Senior Shuo Mao is overthinking." Said.

He looked around the Daming Mansion bathed in the vast night, then sat down on the roof, patted the place next to him and said:

"Sit down, it's easier to attract attention standing up."

There was a moment of silence, and a patrol of guards passed by below, and the candles in the lanterns they carried flickered on and off.

Sakumo Hatake called "Natsuko" beside him, turned his head to look at him, and saw his eyes meeting each other seriously, and said earnestly:

"If there is anything, you might as well talk to this senior. It may not be reliable, but it's always good to discuss it together."

Ok?

Hearing these words inexplicably, he stared at him suspiciously.

He suddenly stretched out his hand to scratch the back of his head, his silver hair was messed up, and a few strands of hair on the sideburns fell from the forehead.

After a while, he said with some difficulty in his tone:

"You look so ugly in the afternoon, but you stand on the roof by yourself and laugh so happily at night. Is it really all right?"

For a while I didn't know how to answer.There are so many things on my body that I can't tell other things. Although I try my best not to show strange emotions on weekdays, there are always times when I don't even realize it.

The "can't help it" thing is really distressing at times.

Even if Hatake Sakumo in front of him is such a considerate and generous one, he can't tell him that in the afternoon, he met someone who called out his real name by mistake, and thus fell into the memory of his former self.Thinking of the boy I fell in love with and his wife and children at night, I couldn't help but smile because I envied them.

From the moment she became Natsuko Kato, she was doomed to keep many things in her heart.

"Senior Shuo Mao."

"Ah."

He responded, and the look in his eyes added a bit of seriousness.

"It's time for a shift change."

"..."

He looked at the sky, and couldn't hear any special emotion in his voice, and said lightly as usual:

"Well, go down and rest."

In this way, he avoided the problem without even making excuses, relying on the fact that "Sakumo Hatake is a very considerate and generous man".

The author has something to say: Girls, happy summer vacation~~><[Actually, I haven’t had summer vacation yet 嘤嘤嘤o(>﹏<)o