[Hokage] Flower Time

"This is……"

The two clansmen looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward to pick up the note, and whispered, "Are you all right? What time? Are you feeling unwell?"

But she didn't pay attention to others, just kept looking at the scene outside the window, holding Zhishui's forehead tightly in her hands.

Without a time-consuming answer, the tribe could only turn their attention to the note.A quick glance in the dim light was enough to startle him, and he also understood why the flowers in front of him looked so strange.

"Go and ask Master Fuyue to come here!"

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"This is Zhishui's handwriting, that's right."

Like a stone being thrown into the originally calm water, the dark night was instantly shattered.The footsteps of the clansmen who rushed over echoed in the night, and also stepped on her heart that was silent as death for a moment.

"Zhishui..." Fu Yue had just stepped into the courtyard, and when he glanced at the flowers standing in front of the window from the corner of his eye, he immediately withdrew the rest of his words.The clansmen standing in the room were also silent, and just silently handed the note to Fuyue.

Fu Yue unfolded the crumpled paper, his eyes enlarged slightly in surprise.

"How could it be..." He, who always looked serious, couldn't help showing a surprised expression at this moment.

The rest of the clansmen were also full of doubts, but they were afraid to spend time on the scene, so they could only communicate with each other with eyes, confirming the doubts in each other's hearts.There was only silence in the night, and occasionally a frightened crow flapped its wings and flew up.

The person who finally breaks the silence is Hua Shi.

After a long period of blankness, she finally recovered.Although her hands and feet were cold, her heart also calmed down at the same time.

"Brother probably wouldn't do that." She said clearly and her tone was firm: "Absolutely not."

"Flower time..." Even Fu Yue couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

"When he left this afternoon, his expression was normal. He just told me that he was going out to perform a task and would come back to participate in the clan assembly as soon as possible." Hua Shi stared at the paper in Fu Yue's hand without blinking: "And, he Everyone is very clear about his personality. He will die fighting for the mission, but he will definitely not die in this way of suicide."

Fu Yue folded the papers, nodded, and said, "Hua Shi is right. This matter still needs to be investigated carefully."

He handed the piece of paper to his vice-captain, and said, "I'll leave it to you for the time being, at least we must investigate Shisui's whereabouts. He is a rare genius in our Uchiha clan, and he must not be ignored."

The vice-captain took the paper, raised it towards Hua Shi, and said, "Sorry, I will keep this note as evidence for the time being. I hope Hua Shi can understand."

"Okay." Huashi nodded and said, "After participating in the rally, I'm a little tired, please forgive me for not being able to see you off."

The few clansmen didn't say anything, just shook their heads and accompanied each other towards the door.

The last sound of footsteps disappeared on the street in the middle of the night, Hua Shicai seemed to have suddenly lost his support, and fell to the ground.The forehead protector belonging to Zhishui in her hand also fell to the ground with a thud.The unworldly Hanamaru stood at her feet, jumping and jumping, as if taking the opportunity to attract the owner's attention.

She stared blankly at the black crow, not knowing what to do for a moment.There was only one thought in her heart - she didn't believe it.

She absolutely did not believe that her brother would commit suicide because he was tired of the task and could not see the future as said on the blank paper.

This afternoon, she said goodbye to her brother.Zhishui's tall back was reflected in her eyes, and she walked towards the other side full of light without making a sound.At that time, she didn't even call out to stop him, but watched him go away silently.

How could he leave without saying goodbye to her properly?

She absolutely didn't believe it.

Hua Shi stood up again and stabilized his body.She raised her head and walked out of the house, her steps were fast.The summer night wind came up from the street and stirred a branch of the tree.All the leaves were chattering and meeting each other in the darkness, forming a vague shadow.

Familiar streets, villages at night, roads without pedestrians, trees crouching in the night.

She didn't deliberately follow the direction of Bianlu, but unknowingly, she ran through the entire village in a random manner, hurried through the deserted streets and dimly lit paths, until she entered the empty hero's cemetery.

The summer night wind blows the trees beside the cemetery, and the branches and leaves lie silently in the darkness.All the scenery is shrouded in night, and the edges are also blurred by darkness.Those white tombstones and turquoise grass blades are all attributed to the monotonous darkness.Only the tall Hokage tombstone still showed its figure in the darkness, with a hint of the color of flames faintly showing.

"Your Excellency Four Generations..."

Huashi walked to the tombstone of Hokage, opened his mouth but stopped.

In the past, she disturbed Your Excellency the Fourth because of the graduation exam and the Chunin Exam, and now she disturbs His Excellency the Fourth because of her brother's whereabouts. Your Excellency the Fourth must be very troubled.

She would also be very annoyed if she was woken up at night while she was sleeping.If it was Tai Hoshino or Yoto Mizukawa who woke her up, she would be even angrier and beat him up straight away.

"Although I'm sorry... But, I still want to disturb you again." Huashi lowered his head and said, "Brother, he should... be fine. If possible, please let brother come back safely."

No one answered her, only a gust of wind blew past her ears.

She took a step back and added: "If... If my brother really committed suicide according to what he said, he didn't want to live anymore. Please give me a freesia. I give so many to Your Excellency every year ...Your Excellency should receive it, right?"

After she finished saying this, the heart that had been hanging high suddenly let go.

She recalled the smiles of the four generations of Your Excellency in her memory, and she felt that her anxious heart was silently soothed.

When flowering, I glanced at the surrounding scenery - summer night, with a slightly hot wind, lush trees, high hanging stars, no temperature at the turn of winter and spring, and no shop will sell winter flowers.

This time, she didn't get lost in thought, nor did she walk indiscriminately. She quietly followed the route of sweeping the grave and returning home in the past, and returned straight to her home.

Just like when Zhishui was still at home, she took a bath and went to bed according to the old habit, and then stood in front of Zhishui's dark, dark room and said good night in a low voice.

"Brother, I'm going to sleep. Good night."

No one answered.

She shuffled, suppressing the disappointment in her heart, and walked towards her room.She lay in her bed and closed her eyes quietly.

When I open my eyes tomorrow, I can see my brother sitting at home again, telling her not to stay in bed, get up quickly, finish breakfast, and report to Teacher Guolinan in time.

Just close your eyes and everything will return to normal.

What a tiring day.

×

A night without dreams.

Huashi was awakened by the harsh morning light that spilled into the house, she opened her eyes in a daze, and found that the curtains on the window were not closed last night.She sat up and silently blamed herself for her carelessness for a while.

The sound of something falling to the ground came from outside the room, with a puff, it was very ear-piercing, and Hua Shi became sober in an instant.

--elder brother!It's my brother who's back.

She rolled over and got out of bed, before she had time to put on her clothes, barefoot and wearing last night's pajamas, she stumbled and ran out of the room.The scene in the field of vision fluctuates violently, from the wooden floor of the corridor to the low cabinet next to the window with a corner exposed, the water-proof forehead that has fallen to the ground and has not been tidied up, and is pecked and dropped by crows. A piece of clothing on the ground.

Hua Shi's pace slowed down and finally stopped.

There was no one in the living room, and there was no figure of Shishui she was expecting.

The sound just now should have been made when the clothes fell to the ground.

Huashi took a deep breath and picked up the piece of clothing that belonged to Zhishui - a black short-sleeved top with a round fan pattern on the back. Like all her clothes, it didn't have any bright colors that belonged to teenagers.

She held Zhishui's top tightly, pressed it in her arms, bent down, trying to find a familiar smell in it.Finally, she picked up Zhishui's forehead protector and walked to the mirror.

Comb the black hair, put it behind the shoulders, and put on the water-stopping clothes—his clothes are still too loose for her, and the length of the cuffs has already exceeded the lower arm.Next is Zhishui's forehead... She is very used to the action of fastening the forehead, and the foreheads of both of them are similar.

She looked at herself in the mirror and made sure that there was nothing missing. She looked just like usual, without any tired or haggard look.If she showed a fragile expression, then my brother would definitely be unhappy if he saw it when he came back.

If she guessed correctly, there will be many people coming today.

She definitely doesn't want others to see her restless appearance.

×

Hua Shi guessed right, the first people to visit were her uncle and aunt.

The two pushed and shoved each other, neither of them would speak first. Finally, when they looked at the flowers at the same time, they both sighed.

"Why are you sighing?" Hua Shi sat upright on the spot and said, "Brother is only out for a while, and he will definitely come back."

Just like Zhishui once told her, she will definitely see the fourth generation of His Excellency again.

She and Zhishui will definitely meet again.It could be tomorrow, or this afternoon.Just like when he left yesterday, he walked towards the courtyard step by step against the afternoon light.

The aunt's eyes were red, and she couldn't help pressing Huashi's head and hugged her tightly, and said in a low voice: "My poor child."

I want to struggle when I spend time, but I can't do it.