[Naruto] Stunning

Kakashi wants to take Rika back, whether it is upright or disappearing.According to Lixiang's temperament, she naturally didn't want to sneak around like a shameless thief, she just wanted to leave Dew Street with her head held high and her chest swaggering.

Rika brought Kakashi to Kano, and said proudly, "I'm leaving, old woman. This time, none of you can stop me."

The thugs of the Flower Drunken House stood nervously at the side, waiting for the battle, and the prostitutes who watched the excitement only dared to watch from afar.

Rika raised her chin slightly domineeringly, with an arrogant expression of "None of you can do anything to me". —With Kakashi around, she is not afraid of these people.

Kakashi stood behind her, with his hands in his trouser pockets, his lifeless dead fish eyes casually glanced at the people around him.

——They’re all ordinary people who don’t use ninjutsu.If possible, Kakashi didn't want to fight them either.After all, when ninjas fight against ordinary people, it is as easy as cheating to win.

Kano still had that unhurried face, smoking a cigarette and looking at the silver-haired ninja, who even said "Hello" to her politely, but Rika turned her head and gave her a hard look.

Huazuiwu's mother Sang, whose expression was so indifferent that one couldn't tell what she was thinking, said, "Well, let's go."

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment.

...and actually said "Let's go" so calmly.

Li Xiang originally thought that she would be fussy and clamoring about "how much money was spent to buy you back", "I have to compensate you for the expenses of feeding, living, and clothing these few months" and so on.

But she didn't mention any of these.

Moreover, even though she knew that Kakashi was a ninja, she didn't please him like she did to those ninjas who came as prostitutes.

So unexpected.

What kind of person is Kano? Rika is getting more and more confused.

Not being stopped by anything, Lixiang turned and walked towards the door as if she didn't want to stay here for a moment.Kano looked at her back, after she walked a certain distance, she seemed to suddenly remembered something, and stopped her: "Ling Lan."

Rika hesitated for a moment, but finally stopped and turned around.Let's hear what you have to say for the last time - it was evident in her expression.

Kano smiled: "Don't come back again, you are not welcome here."

The words were harsh, but her smile was genuinely sincere.

Li Xiang snorted and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely never come to this kind of place again." After finishing speaking, she stepped out of the door of Huazui House without hesitation, only to feel that the sky outside is much brighter than usual .

"This street, should it be better to burn it?" The girl seemed to be talking to herself, but also seemed to be asking the young man beside her.

Before the silver-haired ninja could answer, a timid and weeping voice said one step ahead of him: "Linglan, if you burn this place, we won't even have a place to stay."

It turned out that Juzi ran out after him.The girl pursed her mouth, with a sad look on her face, and even pleading in her tone.

Unlike Lixiang, whose family members are eagerly waiting for her to return home, the women in Dew Street are either homeless or poor people who cannot return home.

Whether they want it or not, this street is where they live.

If one day Dew Street ceases to exist, they will be displaced like wild cats and dogs with nowhere to go.

Rika stared at Chrysanthemum with a straight face, and after a long time let out a "huh" breath: "... Forget it." Then she took steps towards the street corner, and Kakashi followed her.

"Ling Lan!" Juzi's voice shouted from behind, and she shouted at her back as if she was going all out: "There is one thing you may not know, Mama Sang's biological daughter is called Ling Lan!"

I don't know if Lixiang heard it, but she didn't stop.

The figures of Rika and Kakashi gradually faded out of Dew Street.

On the balcony on the second floor of the Flower Drunk House, Kano leaned against the railing and smoked a cigarette, staying outside with her in spite of the cold wind blowing towards her face were Kikyo and Lily.

"After spending so much time training and training, Lily Lan has not yet accepted the guest as an oiran. Letting people go away like this is a big loss this time, Mama-san." Yuriko sighed.

Kikyo agreed with a smile: "That ninja doesn't look like an ordinary person, Mom should at least ask him for the ransom money."

Kano looked up at the sky slightly, as if thinking about something seriously, and ignored them immediately.

After a while, she changed her standing posture, holding the cigarette pole in one hand and resting it casually on the railing with the other. She sighed and smiled and said, "If someone comes to pick you up, I won't charge you a ransom fee. Have it?"

——Do you have anyone who is looking forward to your return home?

Kikyo and Yuriko looked at each other, and there was a wry smile on the corner of their lips: "...No."

"The Flower Drunk House where Mama-san took us in is our only "home". "

Jia Nai waved her hand disapprovingly: "Don't say whether you will be taken in or not. I paid you to come back. You help me make money. We don't owe anyone. If you have the opportunity to leave Lushui Street in the future, go as far as you can. Ok."

While she was saying these words, she let her eyes look towards the direction of the Iron Country—except for the white snow on the mountain peaks far, far away, she could see nothing.

—If you have the chance to leave Dew Street, never come back.

The girl named Lixiang has a pair of bright, big eyes shining with stubborn light, which always reminds her of her daughter Lily of the Valley who died of illness many years ago.If Linglan was still alive, she would definitely have such a slim and good girl as Chengcheng.

Thinking of this, Kano couldn't help showing an invisible smile on his face.

——After all, it was just her wishful thinking.The real lily of the valley, she passed away a long time ago.

The man with whom she made a lifelong promise is far away, and her favorite daughter has long been separated from her, and the best memories of these two people are all inseparable from the place called Lushui Street. ——All Kano can do is to keep this memory and count the days, ah, let's also guard those poor girls who have the same disease as her when she was young.

***

If Kakashi was alone, it would only take four or five days to return to the capital from Kitano Castle, but with Rika, it would roughly take more than a month.

Kakashi used psychic skills to summon Ninja Dog, and brought the news of finding the princess to Konoha, Daimyofu, and the other three members of the team.

"Now everyone can relax." The silver-haired ninja said with his eyes bent.

"I'm really sorry for making everyone worry... Do you think I would say that!" Rika glanced at him and snorted, "Speaking of which, how did you find it there?"

When Kakashi was mentioned, his dead fish eyes drooped again, and he gritted his teeth and said, "That Tangnin village ninja named Nakamura said..."

Rika knew what Nakamura said without finishing her words, she showed a smile that couldn't help, and suddenly she was in a good mood.

At this time, I knew that I was gloating, what a vicious little ghost—— Kakashi glanced at her smiling face from the corner of his eye, and said half-truthfully with a bit of resentment: "Thanks to you, I probably won't be able to find you in the future." It's my wife."

——"Exchange Kitano Castle for Konoha for a Hatake Kakashi" Forget it, once the rumor of the pig's nose spreads like wildfire, how much luck will he lose! ——But Kakashi doesn't really care about peach blossoms or not.

Li Xiang laughed happily. Hearing what he said, she blurted out without thinking about it: "Then I will marry you!"

——Then he would rather not find a wife!

Kakashi smiled dryly: "...you forget it."

Rika looked up at him angrily.But suddenly a sentence popped up in her mind like an indestructible bubble - "I would rather marry a prostitute than a princess", Li Xiang's good mood disappeared all of a sudden, she pursed her lips sullenly and remained silent .

Seeing that she reacted differently, Kakashi lowered his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

"...It's okay." The resentful expression doesn't look like it's okay.

"Isn't it because I said I won't marry you that I'm lost like this?"

"Hmph, don't put gold on your face. I said marry you instead of marrying you. You should be grateful to Dade for this alone."

"..." The first technician didn't know what happened to her on Dew Street, but compared to before, it was obvious that her mouth was more than a little bit poisonous.

After leaving Kitano Castle, if you want to go to the capital, you must first cross the Songyang River.On the last day of December, the boat that Rika and Kakashi were on was sailing smoothly on the calm river. Many people on the deck were watching the sunset, and the magnificent sky was too beautiful.

"Although there have been frequent accidents on the Songyang River recently, we seem to have encountered good weather. How lucky, Captain Sang." The young crew member made a gesture of looking into the distance and said with a smile.

For some reason, the experienced captain always felt uneasy. Such a fine weather was like the calm before the storm.It is said that there was no warning in advance when several ships had accidents.That's what makes the moody Songyang River particularly disturbing.

"Don't be careless at any time. We bear the lives of dozens of passengers on our backs."

"Yes Yes."

All was impeccably quiet that night, and the crew on watch began to doze off.

On the dark surface of the river, the wind blew up.