[Hokage] Naruko Haze

somewhere underground.

As the bandages wrapped around the eyes were untied, the light gradually came in, Sasuke got used to it for a while, and slowly opened his eyes.

Bai Jue, who was watching him from the opposite side, leaned against the wall and asked with a smile, "How do you feel?"

"Very good." Sasuke rolled his eyes, intoxicated by the new power.Bai Jue suddenly met his gaze, although Bai Jue was no longer a complete living person, he also felt chills behind his back, immediately became vigilant, and asked with a smile: "What do you want to do?"

Sasuke smiled, and his blood-red eyes seemed to be shining: "Then you don't need to ask, of course you should try Sharingan, and ask for information by the way."

Soon, there were several screams in the darkness, and it took a while to calm down.

Sasuke walked out of the underground cave slowly, the scenery outside was just right.He jumped a few steps to the nearby rocks, looked up to the northeast, and there was interest in his eyes.

"Is it on the battlefield...you can go and have a look."

In a small town in Tang Country, it was daytime, but the streets were empty.The sparrows gathered in the middle of the road were pecking at the fragments of rice stuck in the mud. The heavy rain of the previous day had filled the chaotic ruts with sewage, reflecting the sky where the dark clouds had not cleared.

All of a sudden, the birds were fluttering and scattered, and a figure was walking along the road, the shape of a sword could be vaguely seen under the black cloak.The man was wearing a hood, his face could not be seen clearly, and he walked very fast. It seemed that this deserted town was not his target.

An old cough came from somewhere in the town, and the man stopped immediately when he heard it, and walked there as if he was a little suspicious.It was a low house with no windows, only a half-open broken door, and it was from here that the coughing sound came.

The man opened the door and went in. The smell in the room forced him to take a few steps back.

"Who is it?" the old voice asked.

"I just want to ask you, what are you doing here? Soon this place will be affected by the flames of war."

The person who came lifted the hood, revealing a young and upright face with frowned long black eyebrows, it was Sasuke Uchiha.Hearing what he said, something dark in the room moved slightly. Through the light from the hole in the roof, it was barely visible that it was still a person.

"Young man, I'm old, I'm worthless, and I'm blind and lame. It's better not to drag others down." The old man replied calmly, without any resentment in his tone.

After a long silence, just when the old man thought he was gone, Sasuke asked deeply, "Do you know where those people took refuge?"

"Well, that's a town called Gao Sen in the northern part of the Land of Fire, do you want to go there?"

"No, it's not me, it's you."

The old man smiled: "Child, do you want to take me there? Thank you for your kindness, but even if you get to Gao Sen, I don't know if you can give someone like me a bed. It's better to stay here and feel comfortable." The old man fumbled and raised his upper body from the bed, and groped in the cracks of the wall for a while. After a while of scuffling, a faint fire light lit up and swayed in an oil lamp, illuminating the old man's vicissitudes but not showing resentment. .

"It's not very convenient for me to entertain guests here. Is there enough light? There is a low stool opposite. If you are tired, you can rest."

Sasuke looked around the entire hut with the dim light.Although there is some peculiar smell here due to the ventilation and sickness, the items are neatly arranged and wiped clean.There was a pair of crutches beside the bed, and the armrests were polished to a shiny finish. It was obvious that they had been used for a long time. The old man reached for the crutches and "stand up" with a push.

"You are a passing traveler, are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat. Don't worry, it's clean. It was left to me by kind people in the town."

"No, you keep it for yourself." Sasuke hurriedly supported the old man's shoulder, which was hard and full of bones. "I'm leaving soon, since you don't want to leave, then forget it." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

"Son, are you a ninja?"

The sudden question made Sasuke stop in his tracks, he glanced at the old man, his tone a little impatient: "What?"

"Hehe, don't be nervous, I'm just a disabled old man who is dying. When I approached just now, I seemed to see a hot flame burning under the cold breath, emitting a purple light that was chasing hope in confusion." The old man sat slowly. On the low stool, he said with a little nostalgia: "Reminds me of my past life..."

Now Sasuke became interested, and he asked incredulously, "You... used to be a ninja? How could a ninja fall to your level?"

"Yeah, I thought the same way when I was young. The country of Tang advocates stability, and after joining the country of fire, it will not be reduced to a battlefield. The village is becoming more and more peaceful. The ninjas have almost nothing to do and neglect their training, so they are drilled. Fei Duan——” Speaking of the name, the old man’s voice finally got a little excited, “This crooked ninja almost killed all the ninjas in Ninja Village, and even affected several innocent civilians! I was almost killed by him too Fortunately, I experienced some experience on the battlefield when I was young. I detonated the rock to avoid his magic, but because of this, my legs were crippled and my eyes were blind. Since then, the daimyo who hates war has decided to greatly reduce the scale of Ninja Village .As a result, useless ninjas like me can only receive a certain pension and fend for themselves..."

The old man's voice dropped to a sigh.Sasuke looked at him quietly for a few seconds, and asked, "Then what do you think of this ninja war?"

"As a person from Tang Country, I also hate wars, but this time is different. This time, it is to eliminate the Akatsuki organization that Hidan belongs to, not because of fighting for territory or satisfying personal desires. Therefore, even people from Tang Country I can bear to have to leave my home to take refuge, and leave my old age behind."

"Endure? Don't you hate it? The country used up its youth and risked its life to defend Ninja Village, but once it lost its use value, it was abandoned, nestled in this kind of place and waited to die!"

The old man raised his head and "looked" in the direction of Sasuke. There seemed to be some kind of light in those dry eyes, which made the excited Sasuke gradually calm down.

"My child, hatred is too heavy. I'm already blind and crippled. I can no longer bear this kind of emotion. It's better to let go and face everything calmly." As he spoke, the old man remembered something and struggled to stand up again, leaning on his hands. Turn, slowly walk out the door.

"Come here, boy, and I'll show you something."

Sasuke silently followed behind the old man and walked around to the back of the house.The scene in front of him surprised Sasuke: "You planted this?"

It was a small vegetable field, and the crooked cabbage was half green and not yellow, but it could be seen that a lot of thought was spent, every small stone was carefully picked out, and the soil was rubbed until it was very soft.

"Yes." The old man squatted down with difficulty, groping to reach a cabbage, stroking the vegetable leaves gently, and wiping off the mud spots on it with his thumb. "They are so good, they look so good, I am reluctant to eat them every time."

Sasuke was speechless again, the old man's thin back seemed to be more powerful than any ninjutsu.He bowed slightly to greet the old man, then put his hood back on and strode away.

After the war, when Sasuke wanted to find the old ninja, he found that the whole town had disappeared.A tailed beast jade fell here, and the old man and his vegetable field were instantly reduced to ashes.

Of course, that's a story later.

At this time, Sasuke was getting closer and closer to the battlefield with strange and surging emotions.Countless reasons circling in his mind, this 16-year-old boy was thinking, confused, and never stopped.

Sasuke untied the obstructing cloak with one hand, threw it away, and quickly moved forward in the dense forest.On the way here, he eliminated several Bai Jue who were chasing him. At this time, another figure flashed in front of him. Is it an enemy?

However, the moment he saw the opponent's face clearly, Sasuke almost stopped breathing.

Uchiha Itachi.

The dead Uchiha Itachi actually appeared!

Sasuke immediately turned around and chased after him: "Stop! You, aren't you dead? Why are you here!"

Itachi glanced at him, but didn't stop: "Sasuke? I'm a reincarnated person, and I have something urgent to do now."

Sasuke chased after him and shouted: "I have already learned the truth from Madara! Why didn't you tell me! Why did you keep it from me and bear it alone!"

"Don't be so brave, Sasuke, you didn't understand anything at the time, you were just a child." Itachi still didn't turn his head.

"Then I'm not a child anymore, stop and face me! Why didn't you kill me back then, why did you make me hate you, why did you let me kill you, tell me!"

The angry light was stained with blood, and the purple chakra arms screamed and grabbed Itachi. Itachi dodged sideways, and the thick trunk fell to the ground.

"It seems that you have replaced my eyes and learned new abilities." There was a hint of relief in Itachi's tone. "Sasuke, I didn't kill you back then because I wanted you to judge me as Uchiha. I, after all, committed the crime of extermination and must accept the punishment. So I chose you. But I didn't expect that you actually You will abandon the village, become a traitor, and say you want to destroy Konoha... This is not the path I wanted you to take at the beginning. I wanted to use violence and lies as a sign to let you walk on a straight road with no forks... ..."

Sasuke gritted his teeth: "I have no interest in this kind of road! No matter how you set up the signboard, I can still see traces of alteration!"

"That's right, you really should decide your future path by yourself."

Itachi didn't insist on it, and admitted it frankly. However, he thought of something, smiled slightly, and said, "It's not just my sign that can show you the way, there are many more..."

Sasuke was stunned, and immediately understood Itachi's words, and didn't refute for a while.

Why do you want to go to the battlefield?

Because that person was on the battlefield, I also became interested in the significance of this unique war.

Why would you want to help that old man?

Just for a moment, a figure squatting in the mud in the heavy rain and desperately digging appeared in his mind.

"However, you, Itachi, have the greatest influence on me!"

Sasuke yelled at the figure that he had admired and yearned for since he was a child, but also hated and loathed: "So, don't perfuse me again! Even if you stop me, I will definitely catch up with you!"