[Hokage] Flower Time

Uchiha Madara took her to a city.

Compared with the abandonment and dilapidation of other cities, the situation of this city is obviously much better, even though it is also flooded with rainwater everywhere, and the vigorous and turbulent stagnant water is surging around the city.The towers are covered with rusty pipes, the weak light illuminates the advertising signs that have been washed and faded by the rain, and the walls are peeled off and become mottled due to the rain.

Walking into a tall black tower head-on, the closed thick gate keeps the rainwater out.The surroundings became silent for a while, and the sudden sound of footsteps seemed particularly ear-piercing.

"This child..."

The voice that slowly sounded belonged to a strange man who had never seen it before.The light gradually turned on as he stepped in, and it was bright enough for people to see the outline of his face.Under the dim light, his short hair has a golden orange color, and the straightness of his facial features is destroyed by the short black sticks inserted on both sides of his nose and lips.A black robe is painted with red cloud pattern, the dim pattern cannot be seen clearly under the dim light.

"She will be your partner in the future." Madara lowered her head slightly, and said, "But... between this child and that Uchiha Itachi, there are still some things that I need to deal with."

Once the name "Uchiha Itachi" came to his ears, there was a wave of waves in Huashi's heart.

——The current him, having joined the organization named "Akatsuki", has completely become an S-rank wanted criminal.No one knows his past and his story, except her.

"Itachi." The other party repeated: "So, this child is also a descendant of the Uchiha clan?"

"……Um."

"I don't need innocent children, and I don't need useless people." The man with short orange hair said, "You should understand."

"Of course." Uchiha Madara replied: "So she can't be handed over to you now.... In the future, in the near future, she will become your new help."

"..." The man with short orange hair was silent for a long time before saying, "Come here."

Madara turned her body sideways, and moved her gaze to Huashi's direction: "...you stay here."

After saying this, he turned back and followed the man with short orange hair towards the depths of the darkness.Huashi watched his back gradually disappearing into the darkness, feeling a little lost for some reason.

why do you feel...

Before he left, should he reach out and touch the top of her head?

Where did this strange delusion... come from?

Suddenly there was a sound at her feet, a pitcher plant protruded from the ground, shook off its leaves, and greeted energetically: "Hello——Xiao Hua, you forgot to take you away!" little dinosaur."

Hua Shi looked indifferent, ignored the little dinosaur in Bai Jue's hand, and asked coldly, "Why did you follow? I remember that you are responsible for guarding the base, right?"

"It's because I'm just a clone in the base." Bai Jue wanted to point fingers with Hei Absolute, but Hei Absolutely refused to accept, and refused to extend his finger to express grievance with Bai Jue.

"However, speaking of it..." Bai Jue looked forward: "Ban is really good to you. He has always been cruel and unreasonable, and he will have a day to educate the younger generation by himself."

"To shut up."

"You are so fierce, and your expression is so scary."

"……To shut up."

"Why so fierce? It looks so indifferent."

"..."

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She didn't know the name of the man with short orange hair, nor did she know the secrets and conspiracies hidden in that tower.It is always raining in the Land of Rain, and the seasons cannot be distinguished.I don't know how many bridges and roads were washed away by the soaring river, and I don't know how many freshly bloomed flowers were driven down by the wind and rain.

When we left the country of rain, it was already hot summer.

Uchiha Madara did not take her back to the base, but went around a small country near the country of rain.As if to prove what he said was true, wherever they went, what they witnessed was indeed war and killing.

At the beginning, when she saw the corpses that suddenly appeared all over the mountains and plains, she would still feel horrified by it, and would be shocked by the glaring dark red and cold bodies, until finally, she also gradually became numb, and she felt that these human beings The purgatory-like spectacle was indifferent.

This is a real world without protection.

The pungent smell of blood and the scattered corpses tore apart all her previous knowledge of the world, and re-smeared it into pitch black.After losing the deliberate protection and avoidance of others, she gradually understood that under the so-called "peace" appearance, there were killings and disputes everywhere due to greed and profit.

This is also the "truth" in Uchiha Madara's mouth.

but……

Why would he let himself watch this kind of stuff?

When she was in Konoha Ninja Village, she didn't have many opportunities to step out of the village.Now, instead, she has the opportunity to travel around.But what she saw and heard was far from what she knew before.

Accompanied by it is the desire to "be stronger".

Become a strong man and ensure that your destiny is not manipulated by others.Maybe she won't be enough to stop the war or save the world, but at least she can keep her life until the moment she finds Shisui again.

"What's the matter, don't you do it?"

Uchiha Madara's voice brought her voice back to reality.

Dim light shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and falls on the ground covered with fallen leaves and dead branches.Unknown reptiles quickly passed through the gaps in the fallen leaves, and there were inexplicable noises in the bushes.The sound of dripping water from nowhere echoed in my ears long and far away.

On the rough tree surface, there were scratches of kunai and a row of crooked shurikens, and half of the branches were cut off, indicating that a battle had just taken place here.

Her high-hanging hand trembled slightly, and the kunai in her hand seemed to be soaked in cold sweat from unknown reasons.And the ninja who was restrained by her with one hand looked at her with a terrified expression, and there was unstoppable fear in his eyes.He wanted to escape, but he couldn't break free at all. He wanted to beg for mercy, but the other party's expression was too cold.

Everything is locked on her Kunai, waiting for her final choice.

"Can't you do it..." Uchiha Madara, who was leaning on the branch, looked at her hesitant and unwilling to do it, and said in a low voice: "This guy just tried to attack you just because you seemed to carry Food and water. No worries that you might just be a weak woman or child..."

Following his words, the restrained man also began to struggle and beg for mercy: "Please let me go... I just want to live! If I knew it was someone like you, I would definitely not do it... "

His voice was full of pleading, which was completely different from when he first attacked Hua Shi.Like a cunning chameleon, in order to survive the war, it changed its appearance arbitrarily to adapt to the living environment.

"In order to survive, I disregard other people's lives and show no mercy. Humans like this..." Uchiha Madara's voice became deeper and deeper: "Why do you have to be merciless?"

Why show mercy?

Why be kind to the merciless?

This question fell on her heart, and those scenes about the war flashed across her mind instantly.Those corpses, blood, displaced children, young children killed by the war early...

Uchiha Madara's words were intertwined with the man's frightened begging for mercy, echoing repeatedly.It seems that two people are playing a ruthless game with each other at the apex of their hearts, pulling the fragile ropes towards their own direction.Until finally, the balance finally tilted violently in one direction.

She suddenly opened her eyes, and the three hooked jade slowly emerged and rotated, and her raised arm also stabbed downward in an instant.With the sound of a sharp knife piercing his body, the man fell silent.Warm blood splashed upward and landed on her cheek.The viscous blood slowly trickled down the arc of the cheek, and finally dripped on the ground, dyeing the leaves and the ground a dark color.

She pulled out her kunai and wiped it clean on the lapel of the corpse.While doing this, she maintains a soundless silence and an expression of indifference and indifference.The scarlet Sharingan gradually faded and turned into the original pure black color.

"...You are still too kind." Uchiha Madara straightened his body and put down his arms that had been holding him sideways.His eyes moved slightly, and he looked directly at Hua's eyes that had recovered to their original shape: "At the last moment... use illusion to make the other party not feel the pain of death... It seems that you didn't make the decision to go Erase the existence of this person, but more like fulfilling my order."

Huashi didn't speak, she stuffed Kunai into her ninja bag, and rearranged her cloak.Her eyes touched the blood on the cloak, and her brow furrowed imperceptibly.Immediately, she untied the cloak and dropped it on the ground casually.

"Forget it." Uchiha Madara took a step forward, and stretched out his right hand wearing a black glove to her: "...One day, you will understand. Be kind to these malicious people, as long as You will leave yourself with endless disasters."

As he spoke, he used his thumb to wipe away the blood on her cheeks little by little, until finally no color of blood could be seen, and her skin returned to its original purity.

Through the gloves, she couldn't feel the heat of those hands.Is cold or warm, is kind or cruel.She can only see the mask that hides everything - maybe she will never have the chance to learn the secret behind that.

When she saw his scarlet eyes that were always exposed, she subconsciously wanted to open her own eyes, as if when the two eyes looked at each other, she could see through everything.

Unfortunately, she still couldn't see anything.