[Hokage] Summer Festival

That day when I was walking with Sakumo Hatake and passed the third practice field, I heard the voice of the student Asi shouting from outside the fence: "Hahaha, Zhuludie... your group name is so funny!!"

Stopped to wait and see, only to find that there were six children standing in the practice field, divided into two rows facing each other.With their backs to them are Zhiwei, Lizi, and Assan, while the one facing them seems to be the newly promoted ninja who just graduated this year.They were flushed and angry, as if they were arguing about something.

"What do you mean by those mocking eyes! Hey! It's too much!!"

The fatter child in the Zhuludie group shouted angrily.

The boy next to him with a short ponytail persuaded him out of trouble:

"Ding Zuo, forget it, ignore them."

Zhiwei also said that Ah Si:

"It's too rude, Asi. This is not good, the teacher will teach me a lesson when she finds out."

Behind them couldn't help laughing, Hatake Sakumo glanced at him with a smile, and made a silent gesture to him.

Asi waved his hand disapprovingly:

"Ann, no teacher! He Lizi just don't report to the teacher!"

Then he pointed at the three teenagers opposite with one hand on his hips:

"Gentlemen! I'm going to call you seniors, seniors!!"

In exchange for a disdain on the other side:

"Tch, I don't recognize rude seniors like you!"

Zhiwei's sunglasses reflected a white light:

"The only one who is rude is Asi, please don't classify He Lizi with him, Mr. Ding Zuo."

Before his words fell, Lizi asked curiously:

"Hey, is it the pig in the pig deer butterfly?"

Zhiwei: "..." The look of "can it be regarded as not knowing these two" on his face is obvious.

The young man named Ding Zuo seemed to be greatly stimulated, and he opened his teeth and claws in anger:

"You actually said it was a pig?!"

The boy with the short ponytail hurriedly shouted:

"Hai Yi, hold Ding Zuo quickly!"

The two teenagers held down the shoulders of the Dingzuo boy who seemed to be about to run away. In this situation, Haiyi was able to distract Lizi and replied:

"He is the butterfly among the pig-deer butterflies!"

Lizi and Asi's eyes widened in disbelief:

"No way?! Light butterfly! Ding Zuo-kun?!"

Ding Zuo finally broke away from the obstruction of his two companions:

"Qiu Daoliu, the art of doubling!"

With a "boom", it turned into a big round meat ball.

Asi responded without hesitation:

"Tu Dun, Tu Lu is back!"

For a while, the sound of incantations came and went in the practice field.

"Ninja method, the art of turning the heart!"

"Lei Dun, Thunder clone!"

"Yin Dun, Shadow Binding Technique!"

"Secret technique, parasites!"

The dust was flying, and several children scuffled into a ball.

The kid in the rebellious period of youth is always prone to impulsiveness and war, frowning:

"It's not good to be really hurt."

As he said that, he was about to step forward to stop him.

Unexpectedly, he was pressed on the shoulder by the man beside him, and he said like an old god:

"Don't meddle in children's affairs, maybe there will be unexpected gains after a fight."

She looked at him suspiciously.

He glanced at the scuffle in the practice field and said with a smile:

"Even depriving you of the right to fight with your peers, this adulthood is too harsh."

Said angrily:

"What if I accidentally get seriously injured? Responsible?"

He nodded calmly with a smile:

"Yes, yes."

He lowered his head slightly and said softly:

"Don't worry, just believe it."

A pair of black eyes are as gentle as water, he must not know how easily his gaze at this moment can make ripples in his heart.

Never believed in him without distraction.

They didn't disturb the children, and walked quietly past the practice field, as if they had never been here before.

For the teaching of young ninjas, Hatake Sakumo is obviously much better than line.

***

The next day, I made an appointment with three students to practice.When they came to the appointed place, they unexpectedly saw that they had already started practicing ninjutsu by themselves.

There were varying numbers of minor injuries on his forehead, cheeks, and arms, but San's expression was more energetic and focused than usual.

When they saw them, they didn't gather around to ask questions and chat about family affairs as usual, but still focused on their own practice.

Is this considered an unexpected gain?

"Did something happen? I always feel that you are working hard today."

Asked pretending to know nothing.

Asi looked unwilling, and answered irrelevant questions:

"Hmph, next time we must beat those three brats to pieces!"

Lizi was also full of dissatisfaction, pouted:

"Teacher, teach us more powerful ninjutsu. We will never lose next time!"

It's a bit of a surprise:

"We lost?"

It seems that there are quite a few new ninjas in this session who are not ordinary people.

Zhiwei, who had been silent all this time, spoke now:

"Teacher, I didn't lose."

Asi and Lizi blushed.

They didn't seem to care much about not asking the question "Who did they lose to?", or they might have ignored it out of anger.But don't worry, they are not angry with their opponents for defeating them, but angry with themselves who are not strong enough yet.

They are exactly the same as before.

Turning setbacks into motivation and dissatisfaction into hard work is the fundamental way to continuously become stronger.

This is exactly what Hatake Sakumo thinks they should understand.

As a teacher, of course I feel relieved and happy.

Talking about this with Hatake Sakumo later, he curled his lips and said:

"I believe you are right."

That confident look seemed to predict the result early in the morning.

Later, I heard from other ninjas in the village that Haiyi, Lujiu and Dingzuo of Zhuludie are all highly anticipated geniuses in their respective families.

Konoha has always been talented.

Speaking of which, I met Kei who I hadn't seen for a while a few days ago.Now her name is no longer Kawamoto Megumi, but Mai Tehui.She and Ah Liang, the happy friends, finally got married, which is really enviable.

"Xia Zi, Xia Zi, ask a question that is very popular in the village recently, and make a quick turn in your brain."

She pulled and said, smiling very maliciously.

"Who is the most powerful male and female ninja in our generation?"

The most powerful male and female ninjas in this generation...Of course they know who they are, and everyone in Konoha Village knows who they are. ——Except for Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade.

But she said it was a brain teaser, and she had to think carefully.After a while, under her urging, she gave up struggling and replied honestly:

"I can't think of anyone other than Sakumo-senpai and Tsunade-senpai."

She showed an extremely bright smile, and her white teeth, which looked like husband and wife with Ah Liang, were shining brightly.Suddenly there was a bad feeling.

"It's the Kato brothers and sisters," she said.

Immediately surprised: "And Ah Duan?"

"Indeed, in terms of strength, it's not as good as Sakumo-san and Tsunade-san. But—"

She analyzed it with style, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

"Heduan-sang captured the hearts of those two who are so powerful, so you are the most powerful ninja in the village!"

I couldn't help but give her a blank look.When I turned to walk away, I heard her laughing "hahaha" behind me.

***

In May, the gardenias bloomed, and they took three students out of the village to perform tasks. All the way they saw these small white flowers inlaid with green branches and green leaves.It is as white as a cloud, fragrant and elegant, and even remembers its flower language - eternal love and lifelong waiting.

It's a pity that we didn't come out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, enjoy the flowers and sing the wind.

Chunin exams in June, and before that, it is a good thing to be able to go out to perform missions and practice.

As for the long-awaited Chunin Exam, Asi was already eager to try it. He didn't even hurry on the way to the mission, so he came to him excitedly and said:

"Teacher, we will be Chunin next month, and we will be able to lead the team to perform tasks by ourselves in the future!"

Lizi chuckled at him:

"Are you sure you can pass the Chunin exam? You know how to talk big. Maybe you can only become Konoha's ten thousand year ninja."

"What, look down on me! Even the teacher said that he has made great progress recently!"

He made a face at Lizi, then turned his head to look at her and said with a smile:

"Maybe this is the last time our Xia subclass performs missions together."

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and said sadly:

"Although I dream of being promoted to Chunin as soon as possible, but I don't know why I always feel a little bit reluctant."

Can't help but burst out laughing:

"It's not too late to think about these things after successfully completing the task, Si Jun. It's also time to learn from Zhiwei's composure, and Zhiwei-jun is not distracted by the upcoming Chunin exam at all."

"That guy is boring, teacher!"

Lizi covered her mouth and snickered.

Zhiwei probably has long been used to making fun of these two.This young man from the Younv's family usually seems to be reticent, but once he gets wordy, he will be as noisy as a summer cicada.Fortunately, most of the time he will keep a precious silence.

In fact, after thinking about it, Asi's words were not all jokes.

After they become Zhongnin, they are no longer students.Thinking of it this way, a touch of sadness really welled up in my heart.

You know, they have the strength to become Chunin.Especially Zhiwei.

This time the battlefield is on the border of the Land of Fire, the scale of the battle is not large, and the opponent is just a little-known ninja village, who wants to take advantage of Konoha's previous major battles before his vitality has recovered.Of course, their strength is far inferior to Konoha ninjas, but Sheng is cunning and cunning, and has hired many wandering ninjas, so they cannot be taken lightly.

After assigning tasks with the three students, they dispersed.

An hour later, after finishing dealing with the Renin on my side, I waited for them on the agreed hillside.But after a long time, there was still no sign of the three of them, and I felt faintly uneasy, and my heart became more and more disturbed.No matter how you say it, no matter how much you believe in their abilities, this is war after all.

There are too many accidents that can happen in war.

Until the suffocating waiting could no longer be endured, Zhiwei's figure finally appeared in sight.The boy's hair was disheveled, his clothes were torn by Kunai, and there were several bloodstains on his face, his figure was in a state of embarrassment.But rest assured - being able to come back safely is more important than anything else.

"Teacher! Teacher Xia Zi!"

A familiar voice came from behind, and looking back from a distance, he saw Asi supporting the injured Lizi, walking slowly, step by step.The situation of the two of them is not much better than that of Zhiwei, and the white bandage roughly wrapped on Lizi's leg can still be seen from such a long distance.But there seemed to be a sun blooming on the boy's face, and that dazzling smile might even illuminate the entire night, and he raised his arms high and high, waving to him.

At that moment, there was a strange feeling - even if they were no longer students in the future, they would still be proud of them.

Very provocative.

Also very warm.

That moment, just that moment, is so fast that you hardly know how it happened.

With a "bang", as if the earth collapsed and the mountains collapsed, around Asi and Lizi, a large number of huge rocks fell from midair to the ground like raindrops.Dust is flying all over the sky, the world seems to be in chaos, and the eyes are full of yellow sand and rocks.

Being in it, even time becomes meaningless.

I don't know how long it took, maybe 1 minute, maybe 10 minutes.After the field of vision gradually cleared up, the boy who was shouting and laughing at just now and the girl who was smiling were no longer able to see, and they could not see anything.

All you see is rocks, rocks, rocks.

And the bright red blood flowing in the crevices of the stones.

I didn't even fully react, I just felt an uncontrollable icy cold liquid slipping past my eye sockets

The author has something to say: Merry Christmas~