[Hokage] Flower Time

In the dark cave, the light is dim.Broken stones were piled up scatteredly on the ground, and occasionally a ray of skylight leaked through the top of the cave, casting a bright color on the uneven surface.Drops of water dripped from the cavern, echoing deeply as they hit the surface.The cold tide rushed from the depths of the cave.

Hua Shi's footsteps stepped on the ground with fine sand and gravel, and walked in front of the beam of light.Her eyes swept across the flying dust in the beam of light, and then she slowly raised her head, looking towards the crack of the rock top where the light from the sky was leaking—from the tiny hole, one could see A small circular patch of sky.

A drop of water fell on the ground with a soft thud.Then, there was a strange sound of cloth rubbing against each other in the depths of the cave.Someone slowly approached her, the sound was not like ordinary footsteps, but more like a large animal walking.

The sound of approaching made her vigilant, her eyes moved slightly, and her eyes flicked to the side, while she secretly clenched her kunai in her sleeve.Just when the atmosphere in the air gradually became tense, there was a soft buzzing sound beside her, and then a phantom appeared beside her.

The man's face was blurred by this illusory image, but Hua Shi could recognize his identity from his facial features.She had seen this man many years ago when she followed Uchiha Madara to the Land of Rain.At that time, Uchiha Madara once said that she would become this person's future companion.

Thinking of this, her hands could not help but tighten.

The guy seemed to have figured everything out years ago and just waited for these things to happen in order.

She remembered that night, she wandered helplessly on the edge of the forest.And Uchiha Madara stretched out his hand to her, and said: "Now you have grown to the point where I can be recognized. Then...in order to become my true follower, follow me again."

She didn't give him her hand, and she didn't say anything about promise and follow, but simply said: "I don't believe you."

She can't trust Uchiha Madara, and she can't let him judge her life.

"I said, I don't need your trust." Uchiha Madara was not surprised by her rejection: "This is your own choice...whether to recreate a new world with Shisui. I just You just pointed out an easier and easier way."

This is her own choice.

No one else hindered her, and no one forced her to make a choice.

Her thoughts returned to the cave she was in from that night, and she scanned the image standing in front of her with her peripheral vision.She remembered that his name was Payne, and he was the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

Turning her eyes away from Payne, she looked at the person who slowly walked out from the depths of the cave.His body is different from that of ordinary people, he looks like a hunched old man who is dying of old age, the veil on his face blocks most of his face, only revealing a pair of fierce eyes.The red cloud robe with a black background was draped over his body, which looked extremely ill-fitting.

As soon as her eyes met his, she frowned.The atmosphere seemed to gradually condense, both of them remained silent, and neither of them spoke first.

"This little girl...is my partner?"

Finally, he spoke.His voice was also very hoarse and fierce, sounding like an inexplicable threat.He seemed very dissatisfied with the partner standing in front of him, and said in a mocking tone: "From the perspective of age, he should die very early."

Hua Shi stared at his face with only one pair of eyes exposed, and replied blankly: "Really?"

Her eyes moved slightly, and the black gradually turned into a scarlet, and then changed from a three-pointed jade to a kaleidoscope.She stared at him coldly with her own eyes, without any change in the expression on her face.

"Judging from these eyes." He said, "This brat is a survivor of the unlucky Uchiha clan. It should be more appropriate to form a team with Itachi, right?"

"She will be your future partner." Payne interrupted his proposal with blunt words.

She didn't answer, and her scarlet pupils swept lazily in another direction, as if she didn't care about the tense atmosphere in front of her at all.While looking at the beam of light flying dust beside her, she said coldly, "My name is Uchiha Hanatoki."

"Scorpion." Scorpion's answer was also very simple.

"Then, Mr. Xie." She didn't turn her gaze, she still looked at the beam of light, and said, "Please give me more advice in the future."

"It seems like a well-educated child, but..." Scorpion's hoarse voice came to her ears, and at the same time, there was the creaking sound of metal rubbing against each other: "It seems, really Looks like the type to die early."

Before he finished speaking, several silver needles shot out from the metal tail protruding from the hem of his clothes, and struck in the direction of Huashi.Her eyes glanced in the direction of the scorpion, and the kunai that had been held in her hand slipped out in an instant, and flew across the air.There was a sound of impact, and the tracks of those silver needles were changed by Kunai, passed through the beam of light, and fell to the ground not far away.

"Scorpion!" Payne said displeasedly: "Companions, you'd better restrain yourself."

"It's just a little welcome." Regarding the attack just now, Xie explained reluctantly: "Compared to the feast when I joined the organization, this is nothing."

"I don't want to see any of your corpses suddenly appear at this time." Payne closed his eyes slightly, and said, "Take care of each other." After saying these last words, Payne's image quickly distorted and shrunk, and then disappear.

In the cave, only the new pair Huashi and Xie remained.

She stretched out her hand from her sleeve, spread her five fingers, and looked at the ring with the word "green" on her right index finger.The cold metal was printed on the skin of the fingers, leaving an uncomfortable and strange touch.

"How long do you plan to stay there in a daze?" Scorpion's tail moved slowly, and he said, "I'm not a person who waits patiently for others to speak."

Hua Shi lowered his arms and turned in his direction.The raised high collar concealed her face, and Xie could only hear her unwavering and indifferent words: "...There is nothing to say."

"It seems to be exactly what you said." Scorpion said: "There is nothing to say. But... there is one thing I want to tell you. I don't like others to veto my opinions, and I don't like to always wait for others. If I If you lose your patience, it might end up with you too."

"..." Hua Shi's eyes closed slightly, and the scarlet color faded from them."Me too," she said.

"Then, let's go." After finishing speaking, Scorpion slowly moved towards the entrance of the cave.His body was bowed and prostrate on the ground, looking like a strange beetle: "The task given to us by the leader is to collect information... although I don't think it is difficult to obtain that information."

"Is it the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beast?" She asked in a low voice as she walked.

"Maybe it's because of your eyes that our group is responsible for collecting information." Scorpion slowly walked to the place with light, his lowered head became more ferocious because of the sudden light.For a moment, Hua Shi even felt that he should not be a human being.

She thought, she must be very strange in the eyes of the other party.

"Only one tail, nine tails, three tails and four tails have clear information... The mighty Ninja Village always has no scruples about such things." Scorpion said, letting out a deep laugh: "Where did you come from?" How about getting started?"

"It doesn't matter."

"So, Erwei?" Not allowing her to give an affirmative answer, Xie had already made a decision: "According to the order, Erwei's information is indeed more important."

"I remember... Kyuubi, is it owned by Muye Village?" She raised her head and looked at the blue sky outside the cave.

The scorpion's neck moved, making a stiff rubbing sound.He seemed to have seen the Konoha Ninja Village forehead protector on her forehead, and said: "Yes....It seems to be just an ordinary kid, who is only twelve or thirteen years old this year. Speaking of which, you are just an ordinary Brat."

Scorpion's contemptuous words didn't annoy her or retort, she just frowned calmly, thinking about the identity of the "nine-tailed Jinchuriki kid" he said.

If I remember correctly... Sasuke is probably the same age this year.Maybe they've become buddies?

That night had such a profound impact on her, let alone the younger Sasuke.I'm afraid he should hate her and Uchiha Itachi now.

However, she didn't care what Sasuke thought.Now she has nothing, no nostalgia or dependence on this world.

The only wish is to see Shishui again.

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"Master Yuki...is admired by everyone. She, like Mr. Kirabi...is a very powerful ninja."

After the ninja wearing the forehead protector of Youyun Yin Village said this, his face turned pale, and then he slowly fell backwards, and finally fell on his back on the ground.With a movement of Huashi's eyes, the black three-gou jade slowly rotates, disappearing with the red.

She smoothed her long hair by her sideburns with her hands, and turned her gaze to the cliff beside her.A misty white cloud floats at the feet, and tall buildings are looming in it.Those slowly drifting clouds and mist changed their shape little by little, blocking part of her sight from time to time.

"You went a little too far."

Xie who was following her said: "When this guy wakes up, he will definitely yell to let everyone in Yunyin Village know that someone has come to spy on the Tailed Beast."

"Mr. Scorpion's actions are more extreme." She said, turning her gaze to the other side - there were five or six ninjas lying in a mess, all of them curled up unconscious, surrounded by poisoned long needle.

"In this way, the information on Erwei and Eight Wei is almost collected." She said, took out a scroll from her sleeve and slowly unfolded it, she looked at the black writing on it, and said: "Hurry up Let's go to the next place."