[Hokage] It's not a crow's mouth

What is death?

I've been thinking about this question since I came back from the Country of Grass.

The last figure of Ayako Hino often appears in my mind. I don't seem to understand it, but I seem to understand it subtly.

Death may not be as utterly terrifying as I thought it would be.

I sat on the Hokage Rock and looked at the bustling Muye Village with my legs curled up. The golden sun shone on the ground, and the red glazed tiles on the top of the Hokage Tower reflected the dazzling light. The air seemed to be full of clarity.

"Ah, you are here." There was a voice behind me that I would never admit was wrong.

I turned around, and as expected, I saw Namikaze Minato's dazzling golden hair.

I haven't seen him for many days, he seems to have grown taller again, his face is stained with some traces of wind and frost, but his azure blue eyes are as clear and clear as ever, and there is no trace of haze in his smile.

I blinked and didn't speak.

"Shikajiu came to me and said that you have been unhappy since you came back from the quest in the Country of Grass. Did something happen during the quest?" Namakaze Minato squatted down, and sat down beside me with his hands.

I looked at him for a while, then turned my gaze to look down at Muye Village, with one leg dangling in the air, "It's all right, just a little bit unmotivated."

Namikaze Minato looked at me with his chin propped up, and I couldn't hold it any longer, "...what do you think I'm doing?"

"You seem to have grown a lot taller, little Ruri." Namikaze Minato straightened his upper body and compared me, "You really have grown up."

As he spoke, he laughed, making my little heart thump.

I turned my head away in embarrassment, and muttered softly, "Children will grow up."

"Well, but growing up is always accompanied by all kinds of troubles." I felt his hand land on the top of my head, with a warm but gentle temperature.

I couldn't help squinting my eyes, and when he withdrew his hand, I suppressed my nostalgia, and didn't do anything inappropriate.

"Come on, I have a surprise for you." Namikaze Minato stood up, patted the dirt on his body, bent slightly and smiled and opened his arms towards me.

I froze for a moment, thinking of Kushina Uzumaki for a moment, and couldn't help hesitating.

Namikaze Minato blinked, as if he didn't understand what I was hesitating, he clapped his hands, "What's the matter, little Ruri? Don't you want me to hug you when you grow up?"

Sure enough, he still treated me like a child.

I was vaguely disappointed, but seemed relieved again, stood up and threw myself into his arms.Warm, generous, like the embrace of the sun.

As if he was thrown by me and couldn't stand still, Namikaze Minato hugged me and fell off the Hokage Rock. I closed my eyes in fright, but I heard his voice ringing in my ears with joy, "Don't be afraid, Little Liuli."

The rapid fall brought the oppression of the wind, I grabbed his clothes with all my might, and entangled him with my eyes closed.Namikaze Minato seemed to be laughing so hard that his entire chest was trembling.He hugged me tightly in his arms, and then my eyes went dark for a moment, the sound of the wind stopped instantly, and I landed lightly.

"How do you feel?" I heard Minakame ask with a smile.

After a while, I realized that I was clinging to him like an octopus without any image. I jumped away like an electric shock, and felt my legs go limp, and he grabbed my arm instantly.

Namikaze Minato laughed and burst into tears, holding me with one hand and covering my stomach with the other, "Hold me, I'm sorry, Mr. Jiraiya said that free falling from a high place can help release stress."

Feeling ashamed, I lowered my head and rubbed my legs without saying a word, then broke away from his hand, took two steps back and stood still.

"Uh," Namikaze Minato seemed to feel that his joke was a little too much, and said with some embarrassment, "Yes, I'm sorry, little Liuli... Well, I'm used to joking with my teammates..."

I whispered something, but he didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What did you say?"

I cleared my throat slightly, looked up at him and smiled, "Do it again?"

Namikaze Minato was stunned, and laughed loudly, "Xiao Liuli, you are really different from others!"

Namikaze Minato jumped down from the Hokage Rock three times with me in his arms. After the world was spinning, I supported the rock with a disheveled face and vomited wildly. I just felt that I was simply sick.

When he was sent to the barbecue restaurant he often went to, Minato Namikaze half-kneeled in front of me, and said with a smile, "Happy birthday, little Ruri."

I was silent for a moment, "...so, that was a birthday present?"

Namikaze Minato coughed in embarrassment, "...I'll make it up for you next time."

I nodded and motioned towards the store, "Aren't you coming in?"

"No need." Namikaze Minato patted my head with a smile, "Your classmates are all here, let's celebrate with them."

I couldn't think of a reason to keep him, so I had to answer after a while, "Yeah."

He patted my head again, and disappeared after a gust of wind blew by.

I stood at the door for a while, and then I heard a voice behind me saying, "Come in quickly, everyone is waiting for you."

I turned my head and silently followed Kakashi Hatake who was poking his head out of the window, and asked blankly, "...Why are you here?"

"..." Kakashi Hatake looked at me for a moment, then closed the window with a "snap".

A kid is a kid, childish.I shrugged and walked into the store.

"Happy birthday!"

With a "bang", I was sprayed all over my face by fireworks. After a moment of silence, I sneezed big.

Saji, Shiitake, Shota, Mito Takumi, Mochizuki Midsummer, and the three from the Minato class, and other students in the class all came, crowded together and stood on half of the store, with happy smiles on their faces .

Seeing this, I silently took a step back, "Let's say it first, it's not me who pays today, right?"

Zuoji was a little speechless, grabbed my neck and dragged me in, "You can eat with confidence today, you don't need to pay the bill."

Hearing this, I slapped the table proudly, "Boss! Serve three dozen sakes first! We won't go home until we're drunk!"

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