[Hokage] Flower Time

"I want to know too." The person wearing the mask turned his head sideways, his long, slightly curly black hair hanging down from the orange mask: "What kind of thoughts supported you to survive, and opened the kaleidoscope to write Wheel eyes, and struggled to walk so far? You should, you don’t want to die, do you?”

These words seemed to bring her back to that bloody night, and the scenes flashed before her eyes one by one like black and white silent films.She gradually recalled the remaining wishes at that time—she didn't want to die, she wanted to know the secret behind everything—where Shisui went, why Danzo wanted to get rid of her, and why Itachi wanted to kill her.

"Where's Uchiha Itachi?" She half-opened her eyes, looking at the rock pattern entrenched on the zenith, her words no longer had the blankness just now: "Where is he? I have something to ask him."

"...Who knows." The masked man spread his hands and said, "After killing all his compatriots, he disappeared. The only person I rescued was you. I don't know where he went."

Such an answer is not unexpected.

"However, I know the reason why that man did this." The masked man still leaned against the wall and said, "If you want to know, I can tell you. However, if you want to know the truth, you have to pay a certain price. If you miss my chance, you may only be blinded for life."

"...the price?" She asked suspiciously, and her heart suddenly became vigilant.She leaned on the wall with one hand, sat up slowly, stared at the masked man leaning against the wall, and said, "How do I know if the 'truth' you said is true? Maybe even what you just said It's all lies, too."

"Now I..." She frowned, thinking of Uchiha Itachi who stabbed the blade into her chest, and Danzo who wanted to drive her to death, a trace of scarlet appeared in her eyes: "I don't trust anyone. You Whether it's Uchiha Itachi or Uchiha, I don't believe it."

"That's a good thing." The masked man took a step closer to her, his black clothes and orange mask were illuminated by the flickering firelight, and he said, "I don't want you to be someone who casually entrusts trust to you." people. But you have no choice but to trust me."

Huashi fell into a long silence.

Her thoughts struggled and rotated repeatedly, and finally forced her to make a choice: "What is the price?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." The masked man said, "Let's talk about it later."

His words made Hua Shi's heart struggle even more.

An illusory price, which imposed too many constraints on her.He can make any request at any time, and maybe the price will be to let her kill him.

but……

"All this is not in a hurry for me." The masked man was not in a hurry to let her make her own choice, and his words became lighter: "You can have a long time to think. But in the end, you will definitely promise me request. As I said, you have no choice but to trust me."

His words were so confident that he didn't seem to see the suspicion and warning in Hua Shi's eyes at all.

After a brief and terrifying exchange, he left without hesitation.The sound of slow footsteps echoed in the deep cave, and finally disappeared into the dark depths along with his figure.At this moment, in this dim cave, Huashi was the only one left who was looking at the ceiling with his eyes open.

She looked at the cave in front of her—the place was dimly lit and lifeless, and the damp water rushed up from her toes, as if it was about to soak her whole body.The sound of water droplets falling on the rocks came from nowhere, and there was a deep and long "click".The rock on which it was leaning against was cold and hard, without any temperature, and there was no breath of anyone other than her.

It seemed that the masked man would not be coming back for the time being.

She took a long breath, endured the pain in her body, curled up her knees, and hugged herself, as if she could escape from the endless cold and darkness here.

When there was only one person left, she could finally let go of the vigilance she had been holding up just now, and show all her exhaustion and sadness to her heart's content.She thought of the hazy dream before she woke up, the beautiful summer, the season when everyone existed, the brightly colored scenery, the energetic companions, and the gentle brother.Everything in that dream... Will she still have a chance to meet it?

Can she really go back?

Even she herself couldn't give a definite answer.

She still wants to go back.

The village where I have lived since I was a child, the admiring gazes of everyone, the three-generation lord who can be seen every day and who is in charge of issuing tasks, the noisy and annoying boys, the deer who can't get rid of behind him, the gentle Itachi With the awkward little dinosaur, the stupid Yang Dou who makes people want to be beaten, and the teacher Guolinan who is always on the road of blind dates.

It was everything she was used to, and it was everything she couldn't let go of.

The pain in her chest made her feel unbearable, maybe it was too painful, and the tip of her nose couldn't help but start to pantothenic.It seemed that something hot was pouring out of her eye sockets, and she didn't have the heart to tell what the liquid was.

There should be... there will be a day to go back, right?Even if it was her naive idea... Maybe there is a day when she can go back?Maybe at that time, my brother has come back?If my brother knew how embarrassed she was now, he would definitely blame himself...

These broken thoughts seemed to drain her strength, causing her to fall back down and close her eyes.

In any case, let her sleep well first.

She is so tired.

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This time, she dreamed of Zhishui again.

Zhishui's hair was still half-length but not short, which made her very dissatisfied.She hung on Shishui's body like she was when she was a child, reaching out to curl his black hair.

"My brother's hair is always like this...it doesn't look good." She complained, causing the other party to laugh helplessly.

"Things like hair are out of my control. It's like someone giving Huashi a little dinosaur as a birthday present, and Huashi can't control it."

"Don't mention the little dinosaur!"

"Hua Shi likes little dinosaurs the most, doesn't he? Otherwise, why do people give you little dinosaurs every year?"

"I said it all, don't mention little dinosaurs to me!"

The words of argument faded away, and she regained consciousness.

The deep sound of water droplets falling on the ground reached her ears.At the same time, there was the sound of other people's clothes rubbing against each other.Her first reaction was that the still water in her dream had really come.In the next moment, she realized that the voice should belong to the mysterious masked man.

"You should be able to move." The other party pointed to her body and said, "If you can move, get up and go with me to a place."

She felt that she was still very tired, and very hungry and thirsty.However, she didn't say all of this.She is wary of the food and water here, and she is even more afraid of other people's demands.

"Where are you going?" she asked in a weak voice.

"go outside."

--go outside?

That means, she has a chance to escape from here.

Thinking of this, she forced herself to roll out of bed, put on the black cloak given to her by the other party, and followed the masked man through the deep cave with slow and weak steps, step by step towards the place with light go.

"here it is……"

The dazzling light shone into her eyes, causing her to squint her eyes after not seeing the light for a long time.She lowered her head, stared at the bustling town under the hillside, and said slowly, "A small town outside Muye Village?"

The familiar roads and signs at the entrance of the town told her that she was still in the surrounding area of ​​Muye Village.That night, she thought she had walked a long distance with her body supported, but in the end she was still near Muye Village.

"That's right." The masked man answered briefly, and led her down the cliff.

He walked through the messy alleys and streets familiarly along the gap between the woods and the houses.Hua Shi didn't forget that he wanted to wait for the opportunity to leave, and secretly looked left and right, trying to find a possible way to escape.Finally, the footsteps of the masked man stopped beside a storefront.The hood of the cloak covered the top of his head, and those around him could only see a corner of his back.

As if they had already calculated, several Konoha ninjas who were walking towards them stopped at this intersection and began to talk to each other.They are not far away from Huashi, and Huashi can faintly hear their conversation.

"Is what you said true? That famous Uchiha clan, just like this overnight..."

"So, two new names have been added to the wanted list this time. They are the main targets of the search this time out of the village."

"Three days have passed since the incident, and the two of them may have already crossed the border of other countries."

Low voices of discussion reached her ears.The Konoha ninjas became more and more angry as they spoke, and they couldn't help raising their voices, which attracted many passers-by to watch.Fortunately, this is the only way for Konoha Ninja to leave the village. Passers-by knew about it more or less, and did not cast strange glances.

Huashi, who was hiding in the shadow of the street, stiffened her body and lowered her head.

It was all true, not a nightmare, nor someone else's lie.

The dream she had had was shattered in an instant.

"The whole world believes that you and Uchiha Itachi killed the tribe that night." The masked man whispered this sentence in her ear: "No one believes you, except me.... Therefore, You can only trust me. You have no choice but to."

A gust of wind blew, raising the hem of her cloak and her long, unkempt black hair.She held her hand tightly, and lowered her eyes in pain and struggle.

"I heard that except for a child over seven years old, no one was left behind."

"He actually killed all his compatriots. Such a vicious person really wants to kill them with his own hands."

A few more words drifted into her ears.

Her head lowered even more, her arms trembling uncontrollably.Finally, she struggled to utter a sentence from her throat: "Please tell me, the so-called 'truth'."