Deep in the woods, in a hut.

"The children of your Uchiha family have always been very stubborn." The old man moved into the wheelchair extremely slowly, and Sasuke was sure that he heard not only heavy panting, but also a crisp sound of "crackling" in his joints.

After Sakura waited for Sasuke to help the old man into his seat, he carefully covered him with a blanket. "Sorry, senior, we interrupted your rest."

"Thank you, thank you." He looked like he wanted to smile heartily, but he held his chest and withdrew his laughter. "I still welcome sensible young people like you to come here often."

Sasuke and Sakura exchanged glances.The wrinkled skin, hunched back and muscles that have gradually lost their vitality have greatly changed the appearance of a person, making it difficult for them to guess what he looked like when he was young, but it is clear that the people who can live here are by no means ordinary people .

"You are also dissatisfied with the recuperation policy proposed by Masaru." After hearing Sakura's explanation of the cause and effect of the dispute just now, the old man stared into Sasuke's eyes and made a straightforward conclusion.

"I..." If what he said was not true, Sasuke could still refute.

"Nine out of ten young people I have met in recent years hold similar views with you, with only one exception." The old man noticed the boy's gloomy gaze for a moment, and shook his head slightly, "It seems that we have the same views as you in the Land of Thunder. The disputes in the country have affected the domestic trend of thought, perhaps someone is leading..."

His voice lowered, and he could only recognize words such as "the situation is tense" and "military dictatorship" from the shape of his mouth.Sakura was full of doubts. She looked at the two people who were lost in thought, at a loss.

A knock on the door saved her.

"Please—please come in."

"Excuse me, uh, Chu—" the golden head poked in.

"I've been retired for decades, let's call him Grandpa, the boy from the Bofeng family."

Naruto was unusually cramped, sitting next to Sasuke, with his hands neatly placed on his knees.

The wind shuttles between the branches, and the tall pines and cypresses standing outside the window do not sway, standing firmly between the sky and the earth.The old man turned his gaze back from the trees and landed on a tiger-striped paperweight.

"Children nowadays think that war is like an online game. As long as you send out a well-equipped army and an excellent commander, good news will come one by one."

"But the results of the war are not just simple numbers like 'our army captured a certain area, how many enemies were wiped out, how many prisoners were taken, and how many people were killed in battle'."

While speaking intermittently, he drove the wheelchair to the yard and pointed to some trees for the three of them to see.

"If you don't think I'm nagging, I'll tell you some stories about them."

them?Under the tree...is there something buried!

"In the year of reunification, we were the only country on the mainland...with this kind of ideology, except for the country of the earth, the other three countries did not want their people to follow the same path as ours, and the surrounding small countries did not Not as friendly as it is today, so the international pressure is very high."

Someone beside him tugged at his sleeve, Sasuke turned his head slightly, and met a pair of serious ice blue eyes.

"At that time, our detonating symbols were drawn manually, and the efficiency was very low. But after one person's innovation, the current detonating symbols are all printed, which looks no different from printed books. The detonating symbol factory has no army at all. The front of the factory."

Sakura smiled cooperatively: "Who is that senior?"

"There was no body left after an accident. We only know that he was an apprentice in a small factory in Ashigami, and with the help of the Konoha government, he got rid of the usury of the local gang."

The smile disappeared.

"When we managed the Ninja Clan before, even though we had a difficult life, we were able to guarantee that we would not starve to death. However, the farmers who accounted for the largest proportion of the country's population, their poorest families did not even have a complete set of winter clothes, bark, grass Leaves and even soil are taken by them to satisfy their hunger. The culprit of all this is not only the exploiting class, but also the years of wars brought by them-the people have just lived a good life for a few days, and let the war destroy their hard-won hope ……Too cruel."

Sasuke lowered his head.

"Economy can easily be brought down by war, even though we are the largest economy...so we chose to fight economic war with our strengths against our weaknesses." The old man weakly pointed to another cypress tree, "After the shipbuilding industry developed , The role of sea transportation is becoming more and more important. During the time when the goods were dumped into the country of the vortex, many fishermen rushed to join the team of escorting the goods. The country of water once sent ninjas to destroy the fleet, but they did not expect that an ordinary person The fishermen desperately sent a signal to the fleet when the squad was completely wiped out."

"He was 14 years old, and his family's ancestors were fishermen who could not read or write. He got the name 'bream' from his primary school teacher. He stayed in that bay forever."

A little bird with a branch and leaf in its mouth landed under the tree, tilting its head and looking at the three people with heavy faces.

"Our comprehensive understanding of other countries really started when Konoha was established. In the past, the intelligence brought by commercial exchanges was not enough. It was not until Konoha's five years that we obtained a complete defense map of the country of Thunder, and had the ability to The ability to update within a day. In that case, we would never dare to go to war rashly. Once we are held back by a certain country, our land of the Four World Wars will fall into a crisis of being unable to protect ourselves."

The three young men held their breath.

"To quickly transport troops and supplies, to ensure that each team can receive instructions, and to promote economic development, we have built a large number of roads, railways, and signal towers. Not only in cities, but also in mountains, on snow fields, in In the desert... there was a soldier who unfortunately fell into the congealing concrete of the bridge pier while working in a mountain stream... We failed to rescue him..."

He closed his eyes, and the third tree was echoing with a "rustle".

"You have never been on the battlefield, I hope you will never have the opportunity to experience the feeling of blurred flesh and blood everywhere, booby traps and ambushes everywhere, the ground upturned and buried an entire squadron alive, lightning left charcoal on the ground, and the fire roasted The aroma of human flesh...that is hell..."

"Sandstorms, cliffs, wastelands, high mountains, and seas... have all left behind the fighting figures of our people. Many people never returned to their hometowns, and those who came back also buried the pain caused by the flames of war in their hearts. The people have fought hard for nearly a thousand years, and when the country is peaceful, it is time for them to rest."

"do you understand."

Under the clear eyes of the old man, Sasuke pursed his lips and nodded emphatically.

"Grandpa?" The plump woman with blond hair and the elegant man carrying a large bag stood by the woods in surprise.

"Tsunade and Duan, wait a moment, wait a moment." The old man waved his hands at the two of them.

"It's the director and deputy director of surgery at Konoha Daiichi Hospital." Naruto secretly told Sasuke and Sakura, and the pink-haired girl's eyes lit up.

Several people nodded to each other.Watching the two adults enter the house, the old man turned his head and gave a childish smile: "No one has been here for a long time—although I like cleanliness, I still miss the noisy atmosphere of a group of people once in a while."

He led the three of them to continue walking in the woods, babbling vaguely along the way, probably worried about the lack of rain this year, the severe pest and disease situation, the plants needed his care, and his energy was not as strong as in previous years.The teenagers have experience in field training, but they can only remember the direction in the boundless sea of ​​trees, but the old man seems to be able to remember the growth status and even the name of each tree.

When Sasuke stopped in a daze, he found that the old man was smiling brightly at several trees.

"I think they'll miss it too."

The sunlight as thin as a spider's thread leaks from the green leaves, and the twigs weave an exquisite picture frame, enclosing the endless sky.Thick branches protruded from both sides of the wheelchair, gently pushing the pebbles back into place.

The old man counted down several towering trees one by one. "Tobima! You messed up the names I put up again! Can't you imitate Quanna? Madara! You too! You see that Zhengchun is more considerate of me! Mito...you say that your sons are naughty every day, don't you It’s also quite a bargain!”

There was a breeze flowing from the forest, as if someone was whispering.

The old man lowered his face so that people could not see his expression clearly.

"Young man, it's getting late, let's go. Be careful on the road." After a long time, he said without any emotional ups and downs.

Sasuke frowned tightly, bowed deeply to his back, turned around and grabbed Naruto who was about to say something and Sakura who was about to cry.

The three walked silently.When the Consolation Monument was in sight, a louder voice than before came from across the sky.For a time, the sea of ​​trees leaped with thunder, and the peaks and ridges gathered waves.

"Since Konoha was founded, it has been 67 years. In 67 years, the river is clean and the sea is clean, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe."

Sasuke's heart was shocked, and his complicated thoughts were instantly cleared, and the vision ahead became clear.He saw a faint line of writing on the back of the comfort monument that he had never noticed before.

"'Your name is never known, and your deeds endure forever.'"

The author has something to say: *details

1. There is only one exception - the wise man Shikamaru

2. Minato is still alive, the Uzumaki clan has already integrated into the Konoha society, and Naruto's surname is now Nami

3. Tiger pattern paperweight - a gift from Madara

4. Online games...Suddenly thought of Paradox

5. Soldiers poured into the cement - when the Nujiang Bridge on the Sichuan-Tibet Line was being built in 1953, he accidentally fell into the poured pier. Because he could not save the heroic sacrifice, he had to be built into the pier. An unknown martyr who will live forever with the bridge, According to a descendant of the Eighteenth Army, his name may be Liu Jichun. (transferred from the Internet)

6. The last word, from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Red Square, Moscow

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