[Hokage] Thank you for loving me

After the two made an appointment to continue shopping for gifts, they didn't stay longer at the same spot, and immediately checked out and left the coffee shop.

Walking silently side by side with Yumen on the main road of the shopping street for a while, Sakura felt that this situation was too familiar: the atmosphere when "Ita" sent her home two days ago seemed to be so dull.Fortunately, she doesn't really want to talk now, so it's good to be silent: on the one hand, because they don't know each other very well, on the other hand, she is still a little bit immersed in being inexplicably interrupted from dating Xiao Xing In the blow, my heart was more or less lost.

So, walking aimlessly like this, Sakura and Yumen didn't say a word.

"A gift for Kyonosuke...do you have any good suggestions?" In the awkward stalemate, Mimon clenched his slightly sweaty fists and spoke to Sakura.

"I'm not very good at picking gifts to give to others." After thinking about it for a while, Sakura pouted in distress, "What kind of gifts did Yumen give him on his birthday in previous years? Maybe it can be used as a reference. "

"Before... I always invited him to dinner before."

"Ah? Then why do you want to buy something for him this year?"

"..." Yumen's face became hot, he didn't know how to fulfill Xiaoxing's lie.

Looking at the other party's embarrassed expression, Sakura mistakenly thought that she was taking a bit of blame, so she continued to ask softly: "Then do you know what Kyonosuke likes? Is there anything he particularly wants?"

Yumen shook his head, and replied guiltily: "I don't know. Before he received psychological counseling, he was always... a child who didn't like to talk very much... So I didn't ask him about his preferences on his birthday before."

"That's right, Kyonosuke was more than a year ago, always put on a cold and defensive expression, no matter how much he talked to him, he would bite his lips tightly and never reply." Sakura followed Yumen's words and recalled Author: "When the Children's Psychological Clinic was first established, because Kyonosuke was one of the first children to receive treatment, so far, I still have a deep impression of him at that time."

She raised her head sideways, and looked at Yumen with a gratified smile, "However, now Kyonosuke has completely recovered into a normal boy and an excellent ninja. In this, I think not only the efforts of Dr. Iwasaki, but also the accomplishments." The earnest concern of the teacher's Mimon."

"No." Yumen looked back at her, with a soft light in his eyes, "I don't know how to care for people...Compared with Dr. Iwasaki's care and treatment is the most important..."

Sakura laughed, "You just didn't realize it. In fact, I think, Yumen, you are already very good at taking care of people. That's why Xiaoxing and Kyonosuke are so carefree every day now." .”

Thinking of Kyonosuke's appearance every day, Sakura suddenly had an idea in her mind, she hurriedly raised her head excitedly and suggested to Yumen: "Kyonosuke is always practicing seriously, otherwise, let's give him a new weapon or protective gear As a gift?"

Yumen nodded in agreement, "It's very helpful to practice, he should like it."

The initial embarrassment gradually dissipated as the chat unfolded, and the atmosphere of getting along with each other also unknowingly became harmonious.Just like this, in the busy shopping street, chatting casually and walking towards the ninja shop, the two met Ino and Sai head-on.

"Hi, Ino, are you on a date?" It was the first time for Sakura to see the scene of the two dating on the road since the two dated, and there was a little excitement in the tone of greeting.

"That's right." Ino, who was walking across the street, was wearing a white dress, with long golden ponytail flying, and responded generously to Sakura's question from a distance.Then, she glanced at the imperial gate on the side, and after being slightly stunned, curiosity and joy immediately appeared on her face, she quickly ran to Xiao Ying, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Ying, who is this next to you?"

Without waiting for Sakura's introduction, Sai stepped forward, leaned over to greet Yumen, and said, "Senior Yumen, long time no see." Yumen nodded, as a response to Sai's greeting.

"Ino, this is my former senior in Anbe, Shingo Mido."

"Hey, are you Yumen? It's a pleasure to meet you." Ino raised his voice, pointed at Sakura and said, "Although it's the first time I've seen you, I often hear Sakura mentioning you."

Yumen was stunned, with a little embarrassment in his eyes.

Sakura frowned and shouted, "Hey, don't talk nonsense, Ino!"

But Ino ignored his friend's warning, and muttered to himself, "Isn't this handsome? The real person is much more handsome than what I imagined according to Sai's description before. As expected of Sakura, look at people It's still that high." As she spoke, she poked Sakura's shoulder with her elbow, with a smile on her face.

Sakura curled her lips and grabbed Ino's restless elbow, "We're not in that kind of relationship, we just dropped in..."

Ino was too lazy to listen to her clarification, so he interrupted with a wave of his hand and asked, "By the way, where are you two going now?"

"Shopping." Fearing that Ino would continue to misunderstand, Sakura quickly explained: "Originally, Yumen and I went out with Xiaoxing to choose gifts today, but he was dragged away by other little girls in the class just now. I have practiced, so I will leave the two of us to continue the rest of the journey."

The corners of Sai's eyes were slightly curved, and he joked: "Someone would ask Sakura to help choose a gift? Your proposal is either to give a weapon or a protective gear?"

Xiao Ying lowered her face, gritted her teeth, and said with a teasing smile: "I'm really sorry that you are right, but the tone of your words really makes my fists itch."

Sai stepped sideways behind Ino, and replied with a smile: "Sakura, if you throw your fist in the street like this, you will scare Yumon-senpai."

Yumen responded lightly, "It's okay, she's fine like this."

The meaning of this protection is too obvious! ?Sai put his head on his girlfriend's shoulder, leaned close to her ear, and lowered his voice, "There were rumors among ninjas at the same level that Sakura didn't like Sasuke anymore. So is she planning to date Mimon-senpai now... ...?"

Ino sighed secretly: Sakura, who had expected to lose her memory, would definitely reveal her flaws little by little, which would attract everyone's attention; but now she has not received a reply from Sister Shizune, and she has not figured out the truth of Sakura's choice of amnesia Intention, before the amnesia is completely exposed, it is better to help her hide it.

Rolling his eyes, Ino murmured, "...I don't know."

"What are you two muttering about?" Xiao Sakura moved to the other side of her friend's shoulder and asked with a straight face.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Ino took Sai's hand, and smiled at Sakura: "We still have to go on a date, so I won't bother you to buy things. Let's go first." After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Sai to say more Talking, pulling him away affectionately.

"Are you familiar with... Sai?" After a brief encounter, Yumen asked as if he was chatting as he continued to walk on the street.

"Oh, we are in the same class. At that time... because Sasuke-kun had some problems, Sai was assigned to me and Naruto in the same class. Afterwards, we experienced a lot of things together. The relationship between our class The relationship is not bad, and now I will act together occasionally."

"It feels...compared to when he was in Anbu, he has changed a lot."

"Really?" Sakura tilted her head to recall, and explained with a smile: "Maybe it's because of the relationship? After all, Ino's personality is very outgoing and lively, and it will definitely affect Sai's personality."

"...Maybe." Mikado replied vaguely, and looked meaningfully at Sakura next to him.

Was it the power of love that affected Sai?Or is it that the existence of Haruno and Uzumaki Naruto as companions is the real reason for Sai's change?Haruno Sakura herself next to her seems completely unaware that in her character, there are both delicate gentleness and hard-working strength. Just like that Uzumaki Naruto, she exudes a dazzling light that can shine and infect others. The light quietly affected people around her like Sai, Kyonosuke, and Yuki.Even himself, certain emotions and traits... seem to have quietly changed because of her existence...

Yumen was obsessed with thinking about Sakura, and strode forward. When she came back to her senses, she realized that Sakura had already stopped, and was more than ten meters behind her.

He turned and walked back, came to Xiao Sakura's side, and found that she was looking fascinatedly at the window of a jewelry store across the street.Following the fiery gaze, Yumen saw that in the glass window of the store facing the street, there were two rows of exquisite and lovely headgear neatly placed, including hairpins, hair bands, hairpins and head flowers, etc. The styles are different and colorful.

"Are you looking... are you looking at the accessories from the store opposite?" Yumen couldn't help asking after watching quietly with her for a while.

It was only then that Sakura realized that Yumen had come back to accompany her again, and replied apologetically, "I'm sorry, I suddenly found out that there was a hairpin in that store that looked pretty good, so I accidentally stopped to look at it." Touching the bangs in front of her forehead, she muttered: "I don't know when the previous card was lost, and I wanted to buy a new one later, but I didn't have time to take a good look around, so I had to keep the bangs like this." So loose."

"..." Facing this kind of girl-style chat content, Yumen didn't know how to answer the conversation at all, he was slightly startled, so he could only answer with the simplest compliment, "This hairstyle...is pretty pretty too. ..."

"Thank you." Accepting the other party's kindness with a smile, Sakura spread her hands in embarrassment: "But there is no card issued. When you lower your head to write the case book and report, the scattered bangs are quite in the way."

Yumen looked at the broken hair falling on Sakura's forehead, and felt that she was a little more cute like this; however, since she likes it, let's respond according to her words.

"How about I accompany you into that store for a stroll?"

"Eh? No need." A cute jewelry store and a tall and strong Yumen?It's weird no matter how you think about it... I'd better buy it when I'm free and go shopping with my friends.Xiao Sakura waved her hands again and again, and declined: "I'll just stand around and take a look, and I don't necessarily have to pick and buy right now. Let's go and choose gifts for Kyonosuke first, after all, this is the purpose of today's itinerary."

Yumen's heart felt hot, and she said in a hoarse voice, "If you want to buy..."

Suddenly, a small brown ninja dog barking "Wow", interrupted his next words from a distance.The puppy came galloping from the other side of the shopping street, and in an instant, it came in front of him and Sakura, and finally stopped between their positions.

"Parker?" Sakura took a step back for Ninja Dog, calling its name affectionately.

The Ninja Dog named "Parker" raised his head, stared at Sakura with big watery black eyes, and greeted Sakura in a tone that was completely different from the cute image, "Long time no see, Sakura." Then, He glanced at Yumen who was at the side, with a mocking smile in his eyes, "Am I interrupting your date?"

Sakura was not angry either, she shook her head and smiled helplessly, "Your tone and style of speaking are becoming more and more like Mr. Kakashi." Kneeling down, she rubbed its head, "What can I do for you? ?”

"Kakashi asked me to inform you, now hurry back to Konoha Hospital."

Sakura became nervous, "Did something happen in the hospital?"

"Zanzhu Xiaochun fell ill, and said that she needs you to go to treat her."

"Me?" Sakura looked at Parker's black eyes full of doubts.Her medical qualifications are still shallow. As an important person above Hokage, Xiaochun-sama has never been in charge of treatment before, so why was she suddenly appointed today? "Are you sure Mr. Kakashi asked you to come to me?"

"Stop procrastinating." Parker yelled, urging: "Of course Kakashi appointed you! How can you doubt my sensitive ears! Hurry up and go back to the hospital to report to Kakashi Let's go." Then, he looked up at Yumen again, showing helplessness, "Or, are you reluctant to interrupt the date?"

The other party was Hokage-sama's summoned beast, and it was just a puppy. It was inconvenient for Yumen to shake his face at it, so he could only turn his head and coughed twice, pretending not to hear it.

"Hehe, Parker..." Sakura's face darkened, and she put on a threatening smile, "Speaking of which, I haven't loved you little guy for a long time." She hugged Parker tightly, and slapped her face hard Rubbing back and forth on top of its head.

"Hmm...breathing... so difficult!" Parker yelled with a wrinkled face, "I'm a ninja dog, not a pet dog! Don't do this to me! Don't do this to me!"

Unable to bear Sakura's strange hug full of love, it barked twice and left a sentence "I have brought the words, you should go back to the hospital!" Then it turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared in Sakura's eyes. in the arms.

Xiao Xing left, and she was called back to the hospital urgently, Sakura stood up, feeling a little sorry for Yumen being left alone on the street.

"I'm sorry, Yumen, it seems that I can't continue to choose gifts with you..." She lowered her eyes and her tone was full of guilt.

"Don't worry about it." Yumen, who has always adhered to the principle of "task first", without any reluctance or regret in his eyes, calmly replied: "The task arranged by Hokage-sama is important, you don't have to worry about me and the gift."

Saying more polite words is just a waste of time.Xiao Sakura nodded at Yumen, turned around and jumped onto the roof beside the road. After a few ups and downs, she went away among the dense buildings.

Rushing back to the hospital, Sakura followed Kakashi's chakra breath and came to the exclusive nursing ward at the end of the corridor on the fourth floor.In the corridor of the large and empty double-door doorway, there stood two Anbu guards exclusively for Xiaochun, who was going to sleep. They saw Xiaoying approaching step by step from a distance, and tacitly pushed her away from the ward a few steps away. the gate.

Xiao Sakura stepped into the ward nervously, and she saw Xiaochun, who was reclining on the hospital bed in the center of the room, and Kakashi, who was standing beside the bed, chatting with her; and in the supporting nursing room on the other side, There was a nurse standing by, on call.

"Hello, Mr. Haru, and Mr. Kakashi." Sakura quickly walked to the hospital bed, and bowed down respectfully.

Turning to bed, Xiaochun squinted at Sakura, but didn't reply, but Kakashi stopped talking, turned to Sakura, and said affectionately: "Sakura, you came so fast."

"As soon as Parker found me, I rushed over." Xiao Ying got up, leaned in front of Xiaochun who turned to bed, and carefully checked her face. She looked a little tired and tired, but she didn't feel like she was seriously ill. , and asked curiously: "What's wrong with Master Xiaochun's body?"

"In the morning, Master Xiaochun and I were having a meeting in the Hokage office building. Suddenly, she appeared a little uncomfortable, and then, half a minute later, she fainted on the seat." Kakashi patiently Explaining the situation for Sakura, "There were no medical ninjas present, so I and her two guards rushed her to the hospital. Once we arrived at the hospital, two medical ninjas on duty gave her emergency treatment. After the emergency measures, Master Xiaochun woke up not long after, and his spirit and complexion gradually recovered, but..."

Kakashi paused for a moment, then glanced worriedly at Xiaochun who turned to sleep, and the latter nodded to him, allowing him to continue, and then added unhurriedly: "But this symptom seems to be caused by Xiaoharu. My lord has an old problem. Every time she got sick before, Tsunade-sama or Shizune would help her with emergency treatment and dispense medicine for her. Now that the two have traveled far away, the emergency treatment can be done by other medical ninjas ; but it seems that the job of dispensing medicine can only be done by you."

"Prescribing medicine?" Xiaoying looked confused, Senior Sister Jingyin and the others didn't leave her any prescriptions before they left...

"Yes, prepare the antidote." The old man on the hospital bed finally spoke in person, with a heavy and weak voice, and explained to Sakura: "When I was young, I was once in a mission by Wuyin Village. Injured by a long knife and stitches. At that time, the knife was poisoned with a rare poison, and the medical ninjas in the village worked together to treat me, and barely saved my life. But the toxin left in the body had already penetrated deep into the bone marrow and meridian , can never be eradicated.”

"Later when Tsunade returned to the village, she also tried to use chakra to help me take out the remaining poison, but unfortunately, it was also in vain. In the end, she extracted my blood, and prepared an energy-saving formula according to the composition and ratio of toxins in my body. The antidote that suppresses the onset of toxicity. Thanks to her antidote, although my body can't return to normal, it can stably maintain normal operation for about half a year."

Turning to sleep, Xiaoharu turned to look at Sakura, and said in a calm tone with a somewhat commanding tone, "Now, it's time for the medicine to take effect again, but Tsunade and Shizune are not in the village. According to the number of ways Tsunade dispenses, other It is impossible for a medical ninja to replace her, so the task of dispensing medicine can only be given to you, the only remaining direct disciple. This is why I asked Kakashi to find you."

Without a prescription, can you only prepare an antidote based on the residual poison in the blood?Xiao Ying thought about it, so far, it seems that the poison that Master can detox has never stumped her; taking this task, there is still a [-]% certainty that she can successfully complete it.

"Please, Sakura." Kakashi saw that she lowered her head in deep thought and did not respond, and she didn't know whether it was embarrassment or hesitation, so she broke the silence, "If there is no antidote, Haru-sama will get sick again soon, At that time, I can only trouble Tsunade-sama and Shizune to return to the village urgently."

Xiao Ying raised her hand and stopped, "There's no need to call Master and the others back to the village, I can help Master Xiaochun dispense the medicine right now, just leave it to me."

After finishing speaking, she motioned to the nurse at the side to draw a tube of blood for Xiaochun, and sent it to the research room; she herself went to the reference room, took the case book left by Tsunade, which was exclusive to Konoha's senior management, and checked it carefully After that, he put on a white coat, got into the research room, and officially started preparing the antidote.

"I've been waiting for a long time, Master Xiaochun."

With the notes left by Tsunade and his own thorough research on various drugs, Sakura completed the preparation of the antidote in just one hour, and verified the effect of the drug on the effective suppression of toxins in the blood effect.

She came to the ward with the test tube containing the antidote, and found that Kakashi hadn't left yet, staying in the ward, chatting with Zhuan Xiaochun about work.

Hearing Sakura's voice, Kakashi turned around and praised: "As expected of Sakura, she works really fast and reliable."

Sakura raised her eyebrows at the teacher with a smile, accepting his compliment.Then he came to the hospital bed, handed the test tube into Xiaochun's hand, and said cautiously: "Master Xiaochun, this is the antidote I prepared. It may have different ingredients from Master's, but the effect of the medicine should be similar." She pondered. After a while, he continued regretfully: "Because part of the residual poison in your body has already infiltrated into the meridians and blood, no matter what kind of medicine, it can only suppress the toxicity for half a year at most... So, please forgive me for being helpless. You concocted a more effective antidote..."

Xiaochun laughed dryly, and looked at Xiaoying with a little more appreciation: "Not bad, not bad, the second half of your sentence is almost exactly the same as what Tsunade said back then, and you are indeed her direct disciple."

She stretched out her hand, and while motioning for Sakura to hand her the medicine, she murmured reminiscently, "Back then, Tsunade only took an hour to prepare the medicine. Just because of the similarities between the two of you , I can also look forward to the effect of the medicine you have prepared."

Xiao Ying looked slightly embarrassed: It turns out that although Master Xiaochun asked her to help detoxify, it seems that at the beginning... he didn't expect her to really replace Master Tsunade and prepare an equally effective antidote...

Turning to sleep, Xiaochun drank the potion in the test tube, only feeling that there was no difference in taste from the antidote he had taken before.She nodded slightly to Sakura, which was regarded as her approval of her dispensing.

"Thank you, Xiaochun-sama, for your trust." As a medical ninja with little experience, Sakura also knows how much affirmation it is for the most authoritative consultant in Konoha Village to drink the medicine she prepared.Picking up the chakra, and visiting the patient around, and diagnosing that everything is normal, Sakura finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The antidote seems to have begun to take effect. After 5 minutes, I will check again for Mrs. Xiaochun to ensure that the residual toxicity in the body has been successfully suppressed."

"5 minutes?" Kakashi glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "Sakura, you have worked hard, please sit down and rest for a while."

"No. Xiaochun-sama is still relatively weak. I will treat her briefly and inject some chakra to replenish her energy."

"Then... please." Knowing that she is such a character who loves to worry about others, Kakashi lovingly touched Sakura's head, then moved to the other side of the hospital bed, leaving a room for her. Convenient standing position.

"What you said at the meeting just now, you need to think about it again." Accepting Sakura's injection of chakra for herself, and turning to bed, Xiaochun lay on the bed, squinted at Kakashi, and ordered with a cold face: "This This kind of thing needs to be cautious, and you can't rush to make a decision."

Sakura guessed that this was a continuation of the chat topic about work before she entered the room, and it was not her turn to intervene in the matter of Konoha's upper floor; she just buried her head and continued to treat the patient in front of her without listening.

"The daimyo-sama also expressed his support before." Kakashi seemed unable to accept Zhuanzhu Xiaochun's words, so Echo made an excuse.

"That lord, doesn't know too much about our Konoha's internal affairs. To make a real decision, we still need to reach a consensus among our Konoha's senior management."

After a brief silence, Kakashi tugged on his mask and sighed: "If you and Kado-sama can agree to restore the Konoha Police Department, Sasuke may be willing to stay in the village with peace of mind."

Sasuke?Hearing this name, Sakura's hand trembled involuntarily.I have heard that he is going back to the village. Are Mr. Kakashi and Koharu-sama discussing this issue?

Turning to bed Xiaochun sneered, "Kakashi, I have told you many times, don't bring so much of your personal feelings into making important decisions about the village."

Kakashi explained helplessly: "It's not that I deliberately favor Sasuke, but the daimyo-sama, he also tends to invite Sasuke to come back, stay in the village, and preside over the revival of the police department."

"Really? How did I hear that the lord asked you to call Sasuke back to the village and put him under house arrest?"

Sakura's heart trembled, and she involuntarily looked at Kakashi, only to find that he seemed to be glancing in her direction as well.

Then, his originally lazy voice seemed to be wound up, and he replied nervously: "It's not under house arrest, it's just asking Sasuke to go back to Konoha and stay in the village for a while to show his sincerity." .”

"Then did you do it? Did you call Uchiha Sasuke back?"

Of course he did, Sasuke returned to the village long ago!However, now that Sakura is standing beside her, in order to keep her promise to Sasuke, she can only... temporarily hide the truth.

Kakashi smiled bitterly, "Not yet, I haven't contacted him yet."

"Didn't get in touch with him? Or, he refused to cooperate at all and came back to Muye Village?" Turning to bed Xiaochun's eyes were gloomy, and there was a bit of biting chill in his old voice: "Like a person who has committed a lot of crimes." , should be put under house arrest, what qualifications do you have to ask us? I also want to rebuild the Konoha Police Department, anyway, I will never pass this proposal. Kakashi, save your energy and put your mind on it As for Konoha's other affairs, don't spend too much time lobbying me on this matter."

"But..." In front of the disciple, he was scolded mercilessly in this way, but considering that the other party is currently feeling unwell, Kakashi's throat stagnates, wondering if he should continue arguing with the elders on the hospital bed .

Haru waved his hand, signaling Kakashi to take back what he said, and continued sharply: "I told you and Tsunade before that Sasuke cannot be allowed to go on a trip. Fortunately, he has caused so many troubles outside, but he still refuses to let him travel. Willing to return to the village. Such a person who does not obey the rules, who poses a potential threat to the village and even the ninja world, must not let his temperament go. You know, even if he told you that he wanted to atone for his sins, what he has in his body is always The blood of the Uchiha clan..." She paused, frowning and gnashing her teeth, "It is the most arrogant, dark and evil blood in the world."

Kakashi sighed heavily, unable to bear it anymore, and planned to open his mouth to refute.But saw Xiao Ying on the opposite side of the bed suddenly withdrew the hand that was placed on Zhuan Xing Xiao Chun.She lowered her waist, bowed deeply to the old man on the bed, and said calmly but respectfully: "Master Xiaochun, the treatment has been completed. I have also checked, and the antidote has successfully taken effect."

"Oh, thank you for your hard work." Turning to bed Xiaochun, who hadn't completely calmed down from her anger, didn't have the slightest joy in her tone, and only responded to Xiaoying lightly.

The latter did not respond to this kind of thank you, she stood up with a straight face, stared at the person on the hospital bed with her green eyes, and suddenly said loudly: "Lord Xiaochun, please forgive me for presumptuousness! I think Just to remind you, what you said about Sasuke-kun just now is completely wrong!" The voice was firm and loud, and strong anger and dissatisfaction were reflected in the clear eyes.

Oops, this is troublesome!Kakashi laughed dumbfounded, he was still very clear about Sakura's stubborn temper and how serious she was about Sasuke.So, he hurriedly persuaded: "Hey... Xiaoying, don't get excited!"

"No, please let me finish!" Sakura raised her hand to stop Kakashi who was striding towards her, and calmly looked back at the indifferent and disdainful eyes of Wanshui Xiaochun, her voice was steady and her tone was calm.

"You said Sasuke-kun caused a lot of trouble outside, but as far as I know, even though he travels around, he is still trying to help the village complete various tasks. You said he refused to return to the village, I think it is because There are prejudices like yours in the village, which makes him tired of facing all the unfriendly things in the village. Also, you said that the blood of the Uchiha clan is evil, which is even more wrong. If this is really the most evil in the world Why did the Sage of the Six Paths distribute power to Sasuke-kun? Even if the Uchiha clan bears the original sin, is it true that Sasuke-kun will not have a chance to be forgiven no matter how much he has done for the village and how much effort he has put in in the future? "

Quietly letting Xiaoying finish speaking, Xiaochun turned to bed and looked at the girl with a soft figure and a firm expression in front of the bed expressionlessly, her eyes wandered up and down on her body, and she didn't say anything.

silence.

There was a stalemate in the room.

The corners of Kakashi's mouth under the mask twitched, wanting to say something to smooth things over, but he didn't know where to start.

"Are you finished?" After an unknown amount of time, the elderly man on the bed finally spoke to Xiao Ying, his voice was like ice, but his eyes were like torches.

Facing the reproachful gaze, Sakura nodded indifferently.

With a ruthless sneer at the corner of his mouth, Xiaochun asked unexpectedly, "I heard that when he defected to the village, how many times did he kill you?"

"This..." Xiao Ying didn't expect that she would suddenly bring up this matter, and hurriedly defended: "It's not important, as the person involved, I have already forgiven him."

"Too naive!" As if the wrinkles on his face had become deeper and sharper, the old man warned, "A person who can abandon even his closest classmates at any time may betray anyone again at any time." people."

"No." Sakura couldn't help leaning forward, and clarified eagerly: "Sasuke-kun has worked hard to make a change, and he won't do such a thing again!"

"Change? What change? What compensation has he made for all the crimes you have committed?"

Feeling pain and loss in her heart, Sakura replied without confidence: "He apologized..."

"Apologize?" Xiaochun's voice became colder and more sneering, "If you say 'I'm sorry', you will forgive him? Have you ever thought about the Five Kages he hurt before, and the ninjas from all over the world? Are you all the same, willing to forgive him with a single 'I'm sorry'?"

"...No..." The sharp interrogation from Konoha's most authoritative high-level made Sakura, who was still inexperienced in the world, choke for a moment, and for a moment, she didn't know how to answer.

From the very beginning, when I heard the hostile and slightly prejudiced words that Koharu made to Sasuke, Sakura knew that as Sasuke's former companion, the most correct response attitude was to act like Kakashi-sensei , Let the elderly who have just recovered from a serious illness vent their education.But those words drifted into his ears, his body trembled instinctively and angrily, his mouth opened involuntarily, and then the words of rebuttal blurted out.

Unfortunately, soon, she was questioned sharply by the old man and froze in place, leaving her heart full of soreness and pain.

Sakura tightly clutched the skirt of her chest, she knew very well that she was not regretting that she had offended Xiaochun who had just spoken out, nor was she frustrated because she failed to protect Sasuke; she was feeling sad for Sasuke's current situation—— How he exiles himself, what efforts he makes to protect Konoha and the Ninja World in a remote place, there will always be people who refuse to acknowledge his dedication, and there will always be people who have a grudge against him because of his blood; Not the only one with such an attitude, even, she may represent... the majority of Konoha Minyi...

Sad emotions came and went, and in the memory, the figure of Uchiha Sasuke was mixed with disturbing thoughts, and gradually became clear.The temples throbbed, Sakura stretched out her hand, pressed on it and rubbed it lightly a few times, but it didn't work.Some familiar images suddenly flashed in my mind, each of which was a close-up of Sasuke's handsome face, gentle but stern, wise but cruel.From the bottom of Sakura's heart, along with the freeze frame of those pictures, strange emotions surged up one after another, sweetness, disappointment, sorrow, sadness, mixed emotions surged up and down like tides, and in an instant, it seemed that she was about to wipe out her heart. Heart, all submerged.

Eye sockets suddenly became hot, Sakura stretched out her hands to touch the corners of her eyes, and was surprised to find that her eyes were moist because of Sasuke Uchiha! ?

Seeing that something was wrong with Sakura's appearance, Kakashi hurriedly stepped to her side, lightly held her shoulders, and helped her out: "Just now you healed Xiaoharu-sama and consumed a lot of chakra. If you feel tired Now, go back and rest."

Sakura's eyes were red, she looked up at Kakashi who was behind her with a concerned face, bit her lower lip, turned her head, and leaned over to the old man on the hospital bed, "I'm sorry, Mrs Haru, since your body has started I'm getting better, so I'll take my leave first." After she finished speaking, she took a deep breath, barely restrained the emotions reflected on her face, got up, turned her back and strode out of the ward.

On the roof of Konoha Hospital, Sasuke was standing on the highest point of the guardrail, leaning over and looking at the all-too-familiar scenery in front of him.

The cool summer wind blows his black silk-like hair scattered on his temples, his upright and handsome figure stands motionless on the railing that is no more than two fingers wide, as if he is drawn into the painting of the blue sky behind him and the stretching mountains. distant mountains.

Ten years ago, when he was hospitalized due to a serious injury, Sasuke liked to go up to the rooftop in the evening to watch the sunset of Konoha, to breathe and relax.At that time, his mind was full of revenge and becoming stronger. As long as he lay motionless on the hospital bed and looked at the face of Xiao Ying who was taking care of him, dark thoughts would soon cover his heart, making him Feeling unspeakably manic.Therefore, every day in the hospital, once Sakura left, he would rush to the rooftop to take a breath and clear his mind.

Now, standing in the same place again, looking at the