[Hokage] Thank you for loving me

Sasuke Uchiha has returned to the village!This incident has become the most recent news in Muye Village, and he himself has become the subject of heated discussions among the villagers after dinner.

Counting from the last time the seventh team went on a mission together, in the past more than a week, although Sakura has not seen Sasuke again, she can hear his name no matter where she goes; Even in a quiet place, discussions about him can be heard from time to time, especially among young nurses and female patients.

"Although he was the rebellious ninja of Konoha Village, he is also the hero who saved the ninja world. This kind of setting where justice and evil converge is simply fascinating!"

When visiting the ward, she heard a female patient in the hospital comment on Sasuke.Another patient in the same ward by the window hurriedly added: "Master Uchiha is still the only remaining descendant of Sharingan, if you can marry him, you will be able to give birth to the only and strongest heir to pupil art in the world." .”

"Yes, whether it's an item sold in the store or a real person, as long as you add the words "limited edition", the attractiveness to women will increase several times in an instant." The patient who spoke at the beginning was excited. Agreed, "Also, as a hero who saved the world, Sasuke-sama is much more handsome than Naruto-kun."

"Hey, hey, you can praise Master Uchiha, but please don't belittle Naruto-kun! Naruto-kun's clear and energetic eyes are also very charming!"

"I'm just telling the truth. Naruto-kun is indeed worthy of respect and has an attractive personality, but compared to Sasuke-sama, his facial features and skin color are relatively ordinary."

"How is it possible! Naruto-kun is taller and stronger, these are all bonus points."

"Huh? Don't talk nonsense, okay? Have you compared the figures of the two of them up close?"

"No, no. Although I really want to..." The speaker probably felt that Xiao Sakura had been standing by and listened to the conversation for so long, but she still didn't answer, so he turned to Xiao Sakura and asked, "Doctor Haruno, Who do you think is better between the two?"

"Ah? What is better? Body...?" Haruno Sakura was listening to the cute argument between the two patients with relish, but was suddenly asked a question, and didn't know how to answer it for a while, so she smoothed things over with a smile : "Maybe Mr. Sixth Generation's is better?"

"Hey, I didn't expect Dr. Haruno to fall in love with an older one."

"Aging? Mr. Six Daime will be hurt when he hears young women commenting on him like that." Xiao Sakura turned around with a light smile and walked out of the ward; before going out, she did not forget to add a sentence to the nurse who stayed behind : "Looking at how energetic they are, they will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow without any problem."

"Doctor Haruno hasn't been in love all this time, maybe it's because he has a crush on Hokage-sama." In the corridor, the voices of the two patients chatting could still be clearly heard.

"Very likely, as an uncle, Hokage-sama is quite handsome. I heard that when he was young, all ninja who saw his true face fell in love with him without exception."

"There have always been rumors that Dr. Haruno has a crush on someone for ten years." The nurse on duty couldn't hold back any longer, and joined the patient's discussion, gossiping about Sakura's relationship problems with great interest, " That person can't be Kakashi-sama, right? After all, they are a teacher-student relationship, and they will definitely not be allowed by Konoha's high-level officials to be together."

"Ah, Doctor Haruno is Hokage-sama's disciple? Isn't she a teammate who grew up with Naruto-kun?"

"Wait, then she is also Sasuke-sama's childhood sweetheart?"

"Oh, you don't even know this. Although Dr. Haruno seldom mentions about Hokage-sama's class, the staff of our Konoha Hospital know about it." He didn't mind the gossip topic of teacher-student relationship being distracted Open, the tone of the nurse when she said this, she was so proud that she was the one who was related to the two legendary heroes.

"I'm so envious!"

"Doctor Haruno is simply a winner in life!"

"Yes." The little nurse's voice was full of longing and emotion, "If I could grow up with three such high-quality handsome men, I would never look down on other men..."

After inspecting the ward, it was already past three in the afternoon.

Sakura went back to the office and had nothing to do. While drinking barley tea, she flipped through the newspaper and found that even today's Konoha Daily had specially made two pages of special reports to introduce Sharingan.However, it may be that Konoha’s high-level confidentiality instructions were received in advance. After this report described the outstanding members of the Uchiha clan in detail, Sasuke’s name did not appear until the end, and there was no comment on him. Do not make any comments; but in order to catch up with the wave of Sasuke's return to the village, the author of the article couldn't help adding a sentence at the end, "It is reported that the last descendants of the Uchiha clan have returned to the village a few days ago , Will he continue the excellence of his people or be paranoid, what position will he stand on to serve Muye Village, and what kind of disturbance will he cause? Please let us wait and see."

Make a splash?The appearance of Sasuke when he approached that night couldn't help appearing in his mind—beautiful and monstrous, like a haunting ghost under the moonlight, making her numb and unable to move.She didn't know if there would be a disturbance in the village or something, but that night, her heart was stirred up by Sasuke.

"Ahhh, it's so annoying! Why do you care so much about Sasuke-kun's sleepwalking, forget about it now!" Once Sasuke's handsome face at close range appears in his mind, it is difficult to erase; moreover, the more I want to teach that picture to disappear, the more it freezes clearly.

Sakura grabbed her hair irritably, but the touch of her fingertips passing through the hair reminded her of Sasuke's touch.Thinking is such a torture. When you force yourself not to think about something, it becomes easier to think about it.When she regained her senses, Sakura had almost recalled all the interactions with Sasuke when she was performing the task that day, until she finally escaped from those strange and embarrassing memories when there was a sudden knock on the door .

"Come in," she said forcefully.

The door opened in response to the sound, and those who entered the room one after the other were the second prince of the Rainbow Kingdom, Fukuyama Xinliu, and the guards appointed by Konoha Village, Yumen.The former is still dressed in a dignified and gorgeous style. Compared with the low-key and uniform black ninja uniform of the person behind him, the dry casual clothes with brocade and red cherry blossom embroidery on a white background are like paper and ink, each showing its role but complementing each other. .

"Hey, Sakura, I brought a gift to see you again." As soon as Xin Liu stepped into the door, she rushed forward eagerly to shake her hand, and then Yumen grabbed her collar and pulled her back as usual. to the side.

"This time I gave you your favorite red bean dumpling. But I didn't buy it. I specially asked the most famous pastry chef in your country of fire to make it for you." As soon as Xin Liu's voice fell, the people behind him Yumen walked forward with a blank expression, and put a beautifully packaged snack box on the table in front of Sakura.

Xiao Sakura glanced at the gift box, and when she looked up, she found Yumen's gaze was on her body. After looking at each other briefly, she gave him a friendly smile, and then said to Xinliu:

"Xin Liu-jun, in fact, you don't have to deliberately cater to my preferences at all."

"Deliberately? Why do you say that? It is every man's natural obligation and honor to give a beautiful and outstanding woman a gift that makes her happy."

"That's not what I meant." Xiao Sakura was concerned about Yumen beside him, and wondered whether it was appropriate to directly mention the matter of being stationed in front of him, so she said tactfully: "Even if you don't do this, I will agree to help Between you and Master Fukuyama..."

"Oh? You already know about the stationing?" Fukuyama Xinliu didn't shy away from it at all, and his expression was not surprised.Xiaoying nodded, only to hear Xinliu continue to ask: "From what you said just now, have you already agreed?"

"Yes." Sakura smiled, "So you don't have to give me gifts like this anymore."

"What a headache, do you think I'm flattering you for business?" Fukuyama Xinliu sighed exaggeratedly, "I gave you a gift just out of a way of expressing my love for women. As for the station The matter of sending the rainbow country, whether you agree or not, will not affect the relationship between you and me."

Uh, is there a deep relationship between us?Xiao Ying shivered secretly, and replied: "It seems that I made a mistake in guessing your intention of giving the gift, and I apologize."

"No need to apologize." Xin Liu took out the folding fan from the skirt and shook it lightly, "I didn't expect Konoha's senior management to tell you in advance. In fact, I don't want to use authority or orders to suppress your wishes. I What I want is to find another suitable time to ask you specifically to show your sincerity to you. If your original intention is not to leave Konoha, it is still too late to refuse, I can understand."

"You have visited me so many times, and I already feel your sincerity." Sakura said with a friendly smile: "Besides, it is my duty as a Konoha ninja to help the allies of Fire; and Fukuyama-sama and Mrs. They're nice people and it's nice to be able to contribute to the country they love; why do you think I want to say no?"

"Because..." Xin Liu opened the folding fan, covered half of his face, lowered his voice, and asked tentatively: "Uchiha Sasuke has returned to Konoha, hasn't he?"

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura frowned: Why is this question again!Anyone I know has to clarify the relationship with Sasuke when they ask, and I'm tired of answering and answering!Perhaps only by writing a "I am not in love with Sasuke Uchiha" sign on the chest can this problem be completely solved.

"It has nothing to do with whether he is in Konoha or not. We are good companions, but we are not close enough to interfere with each other's whereabouts."

The folding fan covered most of Fukuyama Shinryu's face, but his surprise could still be read from the exposed brown eyes; when he put down the fan, he changed into a smile all over his face, "That's good, as expected of the two generations of Hokage Disciple, everything can be done with the overall interests of the country in mind.” He snapped his folding fan, and he added: “Tomorrow I will go back to the Fire City, and the Fire Country daimyo called the allies for a routine meeting, about half a month later We won’t be back until the daimyo approves the list of stationed personnel, and we can start preparing for departure. If you have any work that needs to be explained in advance, Sakura, you might as well start dealing with it now.”

"Oh, okay." Responding to the words, Sakura's mind has already begun to search for what work needs to be handed over.

"Then, I'll take my leave first." Xin Liu flicked her fan in satisfaction and left the room, but the imperial gate next to her didn't move and stayed where she was.

"What's the matter, Yumen, is there anything else you can do?" Sakura asked.

"This..." After confirming that Fukuyama Shinryu had left, Yumen strode over to Sakura's side, perhaps because he was nervous, his voice sounded more depressed than usual, "For you."

He handed his tightly clenched right hand in front of Sakura, and after opening it, a hairpin in the shape of a branch of cherry blossoms and made of silver rhinestone petals lay on the palm, shining pearly water under the light.Sakura took a closer look, only to find that there was a thin layer of sweat dripping from Mimon's palm, and even the hairpin was stained.

"Sorry, it seems... a little dirty." Yumen probably also noticed that the gift was a little weirdly wet, and a faint blush appeared on his dark skin.

—Has this gift been held in his hand for a long time?Couldn't he have been holding it tightly like this since he entered the door?

Aside from being funny, Sakura felt joy mixed with warmth, she shook her head: "It's not dirty, it's Yumen, you are too particular." Picking up the hairpin, she looked at it carefully in the sunlight outside the window. After a while, the fine hand-carved patterns shine brightly under the light, which is unique and moving, just like the hard work of the gift giver.

"It's so beautiful." Xiao Sakura pinned it in front of her forehead, and it was like a bright new flower blooming in the pink cherry blossoms.

"How is it, does it look good?"

"...beautiful." Yumen replied, but shyly moved his eyes away, not looking directly at Sakura.

"I just want to buy a card like this recently, thank you."

"No. This is a thank you gift from the last time you accompanied me to help Kyonosuke choose a gift... At that time, I passed by the jewelry store, and you said I wanted to buy it, so I went back and picked one, I don't know if it suits you... "

"Very agreeable. No, it should be said, I like it very much." Xiao Sakura approached him in a mischievous manner, forcibly appearing in his field of vision, with a bright smile on her face: "Because Yumen, you also said that it looks good."

"Wh, what do you mean?" From Yumen's face, you can't see a big change, but from a closer look, the edges of his ears are already unbearably red, and his voice is dry and trembling.

"Hey, Yumen—why don't you follow?" Xin Liu's urging voice sounded in the corridor, and a complex expression flashed across Yumen's face, like disappointment and relief, and then Then he returned to his usual calmness, and hurriedly said goodbye: "Haruno, go ahead, I'll be leaving first."

"Why did it take so long to come out?" The two walked towards the gate of the hospital. Xin Liu's words sounded like he was complaining, but his tone was full of ridicule.

"There's something to take care of."

"Oh, you didn't do anything bad to Sakura, did you?"

Yumen gave him a look of "I'm not you", and replied coldly: "It has nothing to do with you. If there is no other arrangement, I will send you back to your residence. You have to travel far tomorrow, so you should go back." Pack your luggage and go to bed early."

"You..." As soon as Xinliu heard what Yumen said, he put on a dull expression, curled his lips and said, "It's boring and worrying. Except for knowing ninjutsu, the rest are the same as those who sit every day. What is the difference between the old lady who is muttering in my yard."

Yumen stared at Xinliu, too lazy to refute.But it is true that as Shinryu said, since the end of the Fourth Ninja War and he became the teacher of the three orphans including Sugishita Kyonosuke, he has taken on the responsibility of taking care of them.In the process of growing up with the children, he is no longer a simple teacher, but has become a father and mother; at the same time, he has become better at taking care of people than other task-oriented ninjas.It is also because of this that Konoha's high-level officials are quite relieved to arrange various important escort tasks for him.

Thinking of this, Yumen let out a self-deprecating chuckle in his nasal cavity, Xinliu frowned strangely, and asked instead: "By the way, how did you think about the matter I mentioned to you last time? You just now I also heard Sakura's reply, she is willing to go to the Rainbow Country. If you agree to go, you will have the opportunity to monopolize her in a remote place like the Rainbow Country."

Yumen's pupils were flickering, but his mouth replied "I follow Konoha's arrangement".

"You are really not frank. You were moved when you heard that Sakura agreed to go, but now you are still pretending to be business-like. I don't want to raise high-level officials to force you, let alone force you to go with me. Rainbow Country, what I hope is that you can personally say that you are willing to go." Xin Liu poked the tall imperial gate with a folding fan, and persuaded in a softer voice: "If you have been unable to make up your mind, it is because of Shanxia. Brother, then I can let them go to the Rainbow Country. In that kind of peaceful country, there are not so many dangerous tasks, and there is no prejudice and discrimination against orphans. They may live a happier life." Finally, Xin Liu He emphasized: "If the two brothers go to the Rainbow Country, Sakura will be very happy."

"...I'll think about it again."

"While I'm going to the City of Fire to participate in the meeting, you should stay in Konoha and think about it carefully." Xin Liujian still couldn't persuade Yumen, and put the folding fan back into his lapel in frustration, "In the resident list, I There will always be a space for you."

Yumen followed Fukuyama Shinryu's right back with a solemn expression, and the two walked out of the hospital with their own concerns.At this time, the sun had already begun to slant westward, and it was a clear blue sky outside. Occasionally, a few white clouds floated in the direction of the shadow rock under the blowing of the wind, but quickly disappeared at the other end of the mountain. The shadow rock mountain and the huge statue with a serious expression stand under the blue sky, silently blocking the distant scenery.

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It's a transitional chapter...~It's so hard to write...