[Hokage] Summer Festival

In May, Shenya and Haruna got married, and they were invited to drink the wedding wine. When they saw the bride and groom smiling like flowers, they were so happy.

Ask yourself, how can you not envy such a warm and happy scene.There is a sincere love that holds hands and says to take care of and love for a lifetime, even if a house of gold and jade can't be exchanged.Just watching from the perspective of a bystander, I can't help but be moved and happy.

Sitting next to him, Ah Duan suddenly turned around and said:

"When I see Xia Zi get married and start a family with my own eyes, this elder brother can really feel at ease."

Ah Duan is an impeccable good brother.

He smiled rather guiltyly, and said:

"Is there any reason why the younger sister is in a hurry to get married when the older brother doesn't have a family? You should seriously consider your life's major events."

As he said that, he looked away, but unexpectedly, he happened to meet Uchiha Makoto's gaze at the next table, and couldn't help feeling more guilty, and hurriedly lowered his head and pretended to drink tea.

If Natsuko returns, maybe she and Uchiha Shin will also have a happy marriage.

Unfortunately, it is too late to say anything now.Believe it or not, there is really a will in this world to make this happen.

Suddenly there was a commotion, looking up, it turned out that a group of young ninjas were booing and toasting the groom in turn, and Shenya and Haruna seemed a bit overwhelmed.Hatake Sakumo probably didn't want to embarrass his best friend, so he stood up to help him stop the drink very generously, but the crowd immediately shifted their targets, and the expression was clearly celebrating "the opportunity is never to be missed, and the time will never come again".The super genius didn't seem to know how to refuse, and was a little embarrassed to be poured one cup after another.

No matter how you look at it, he usually doesn't seem to be addicted to alcohol.

On the other hand, the bride Haruna looked anxiously, looked around for a while, and finally stopped her eyes, and gave her a wink to help.Seeing that the commotion over there was in full swing, he pretended not to see it and turned his head away to talk to Ah Duan.You don't need to look to know that she is staring angrily at the moment.

I'm really sorry, but it's not as honest and righteous as Hatake Sakumo.Moreover, there is no justified position to help him out.

After the banquet was over, he said goodbye to Xiang Shenya and the others behind Ah Duan and went home. Hatake Sakumo was still standing next to Duan Xin, exchanged greetings with Ah Duan, and then nodded his head as farewell.He probably drank a lot during the tumult just now, his body smelled faintly of alcohol, his face was covered by a mask, it was impossible to tell if he was drunk, but those dark eyes were still clear and clear.

When he walked to the door, he suddenly wanted to turn his head for no reason—and then he did so. The man didn't look back. Seeing his turn, he seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then nodded again.

I saw a soft smile in his eyes.

***

For more than two months, he has not been out of Muye Village, and spent most of the time with those three students.

When they met for the first time, Lizi raised her head and stared curiously at her face for a long time, her long eyelashes flickering and she said:

"Teacher, I look a lot like my friend Kato Dansan."

Laughing:

"A Duan is the elder brother."

Immediately, she showed a look of sudden realization, pretty like the cartoon doll SpongeBob SquarePants, and she couldn't help feeling amused.

One of the boys, Asi, reacted in embarrassment, and the boy exclaimed in surprise:

"Ah, isn't the teacher just Bai Fang's girlfriend!"

Why do even children say that?

He was also very surprised, deliberately said with a straight face:

"It's nothing, children, don't talk nonsense."

He stuck out his tongue, and smiled "hee hee" without remorse:

"It's not talking nonsense. My mother and neighbor Obasan often talk about our affairs."

Only then did I know that it turned out that Konoha's housewives were also lucky enough to talk after dinner.

Wherever there are women, there will be gossip.This is true.

The other boy was much weaker than these two, but he was wearing a pair of old-fashioned sunglasses at a young age, and his collar was turned up high. The boy's face was a little unclear, only his slender figure cut thin.

He only said one sentence:

"Teacher, it's Younv Zhiwei."

In the past, the famous family of oily women, the family of insect envoys who made a contract with insects since birth, learned about some of them when looking up the history of Konoha.

The three children have a good foundation, and it seems that they have put in a lot of effort in ninja school.Especially Zhiwei, who is said to be a genius in the generation of oily girls, who is only in his teens, always calm and calm, with an appearance of not changing his face when a mountain collapses in front of him.

I have to say that Konoha is really a genius everywhere.

It's a pity that the only regret is that I have never seen the child show a smile, not even a shallow smile.At first, I thought that he had some kind of unknown tragic experience, but then once Lizi asked directly:

"Zhiwei-jun, why don't you always smile?"

Afraid of reminding him of his sad past, he was about to speak out, but he looked up and faced them, with the corners of his mouth slightly curled up at a very slow speed, showing a horrifying expression if you want to call it a smile, saying :

"is that so."

Immediately, I felt goosebumps all over my body.Turning his head to look at Lizi and Asi, their reactions were even worse, as if they were horrified when they saw a ghost.

Even Asi, who has always been the most eloquent, was frightened and stuttered:

"Don't laugh anymore..."

It turns out that some people are really not suitable for the "laughing" expression.

Softly comforted:

"Zhiwei-jun is still more handsome when he's not smiling."

Lizi and Asi next to each other nodded their heads and echoed:

"Yes, yes, the teacher is right!"

Zhiwei's sunglasses seemed to reflect a white light. The young man put his hands in the pockets of his coat, and after a long silence, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Teacher, Lizi, and Asi, their comforting expressions are too obvious."

The three of them looked at each other.

In their spare time, they like to ask about the war, especially Lizi and Asi, who always sit peacefully by their side and listen with their eyes wide open, their eyes shining like stars.About the war, they seemed to have endless questions, endless curiosity, anger, and excitement.

The children of Muye Village, to be precise, the children who are about to become ninjas or have just started to become ninjas, always have a terrifying longing for stepping into the battlefield.Of course, this kind of longing looks terrible, but those native ninjas who want to protect the village seem gratifying.

Ninjas shouldn't be war-weary.

But loathing war is like Orochimaru loathing aging and death, and Hatake Sakumo loathing sacrifice in front of his companions.

War will turn into a devil - this has already been deeply experienced on the battlefield of the Land of Thunder.

After all, he was pampered and raised in the peaceful age, and this alone is enough to make it impossible to fully integrate into the world of ninjas.

Ask the children why they want to go to war.Asi couldn't wait to answer:

"Because you can kill many enemies on the battlefield!"

Is the purpose of the ninja to kill the enemy, or to protect the village?

Lizi looked at it with very strange eyes:

"Teacher, isn't protecting the village just to kill all the enemies that endanger the village?"

Zhiwei didn't say anything, but from his expression, it was clear that there was nothing else but approval.

Knowing that this is the most orthodox and unquestionable concept in this world, it cannot be said that there is anything wrong with these children's ideas.

However, if there is a child, I hope that if he becomes a ninja in the future, he will at least not let killing occupy most of his mind.

During the chat, I once asked Hatake Sakumo why there was no precedent for lenient treatment of captives in various ninja villages.

In fact, some, although they are enemies of their own masters, don't necessarily have to be killed until they die.

He almost didn't even think about it, shook his head and smiled:

"I've never heard such a saying. Why would Natsuko ask such a question? All captured ninjas will try to kill themselves, and there is no question of whether they will be lenient or not."

Both expected and shocked, he immediately shut his mouth and became silent.

Until now, I still firmly remember the last words he said to me that day:

"Xiazi, let's forget about treating prisoners leniently, and never mention it to others in the future."

Never seen him speak in such a serious tone.

***

Two months later, the frontline fighting broke out again in the northwest of the village, and a large number of ninjas were sent to support, including three students under him.The way they are gearing up makes their hearts ache—they have always said that they want to teach them as their own children, but they would not be willing to let their children step into the battlefield at a young age and be accompanied by killing.

But they regard it as the highest honor to go to war.

On the day of departure, Lizi held her hand and suddenly raised her head and called:

"Teacher, are you afraid?"

Startled, then asked back:

"what's wrong?"

The palm of her hand:

"The teacher's palms are full of sweat."

Asi made fun of her and said:

"Stupid! It's strange that you don't sweat if you still hold the teacher's hand in this midsummer weather!"

"And how could the teacher be afraid? I heard that Teacher Xia Zi killed many enemies on the battlefield!"

The pure admiration of children flickered in his eyes, as if as long as he looked at them like this, he would lead them to do very powerful things, such as go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

But in fact, if it wasn't for the orders of their superiors, they would not be willing to let them be in that kind of Shura field at their age.Everything on the battlefield is unpredictable, and you don't even know if you will be alive in the next second, let alone want to protect them.

Lizi was right, it was fear.Because I know that as long as I step on the battlefield, I can't protect these children.

Also, I don't want to be mentioned at all about how much I have killed.

"When fighting, you can't take it lightly for a moment, let alone the enemy."

Remind them repeatedly.

Among the ninjas who went to the front together were Orochimaru and his student Nawaki.Orochimaru's dark golden eyes are beautiful, but the "waiting for death" gaze makes him very uncomfortable, and the feeling of being remembered about a dead body is not at all pleasant.

Half-jokingly, he introduced to the students:

"This is Nawaki-kun who will become Hokage in the future."

Sheng Shu suddenly blushed, while Lizi and Asi shouted "Senior Sheng Shu" happily.

Then he devoted himself to the war, watching his comrades and enemies get injured, died, injured, and died every day. At the same time, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he was still alive and that the three students he led had no casualties.

Until one day, Konoha's ninja team was ambushed by the enemy and almost wiped out.The corpses brought back were so bloody and bloody that even close relatives couldn't recognize their original appearance.

Among them was the corpse of a ten-year-old child. I saw Orochimaru come forward and say something to the ninja who was carrying the corpse, and then took off a necklace-like thing from the neck of the charred and blackened corpse.

When they passed by, they saw that the child's face was already indistinguishable from the facial features, so after thinking about it, they asked softly:

"Whose child is this?"

There is an answer:

"It's a rope tree, a thousand-handed rope tree."

I couldn't speak for a long time.

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