nyslfriends Chapter 148 I'm Waiting (For Subscription)
Chapter 148 I'm Waiting (For Subscription)
Chapter 148 I'm Waiting (for Subscription)
It's like some kind of setting.
A sad atmosphere always goes well with rainy days, and it will appear when people are extremely depressed.
The sound of pattering rain dispelled the heat of this summer, but it also cast a gray layer on Konoha Village.
With a handful of black umbrellas, villagers in black robes walked out of the house and came to the street. They held a bunch of white flowers in their hands and walked in the direction of the memorial tablet in an orderly manner.
Regardless of identity or status, the entire Konoha is immersed in a quiet and solemn atmosphere.
Food court, convenience store...
Except for necessary public institutions such as hospitals, the entire structure of Konoha is temporarily paralyzed.
No matter where they are in the village, everyone's voice is unconsciously lowered, for fear of disturbing the rest of the dead.
Even Hyuga Hiashi, who has always been jealous of Sarutobi Hiruzen, took the Hyuga clan to the streets.
Regardless of Sarutobi Hiruzen's past, regardless of whether his past decisions were right or wrong.
But since he served in Third Hokage for such a long time, he has led Konoha out of the haze of being killed in the Second Generation, and also led people into the Kingdom of Thunder for revenge, bringing brief peace to the village.
Until the end, he was fighting for the next generation of fresh blood.
Sarutobi Hiruzen has spent his whole life implementing what he considers the will of fire and the spirit passed on to him by the Second Generation project, which is worthy of admiration.
In front of the Memorial Monument.
One by one, the villagers with serious faces put down the bouquets in their hands, bowed, and left.
As family members, Sarutobi Asuma, Sarutobi Konohamaru and others bowed and thanked each other beside the tombstone.
This is the highest level of farewell funeral, attended by the whole village.
The death of the shadow of a village, although Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted some mistakes during his reign in the last stage of his life, he was always the leader respected by most people in the village.
In contrast, Shimura Danzō, who disappeared in the village, was ignored.
Several days of searching were fruitless, except for the traces of the battle outside the village, there was no trace of it.
The senior officials of the village wondered whether Sarutobi Hiruzen had arranged some secret orders before his death to take Shimura Danzō with him.
After all, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he loudly warned many people not to let Shimura Danzō get close to Naruto, which is enough to show his vigilance against Danzo in his heart.
But after all, there is no tangible evidence, so this matter has not been made public.
But it makes no difference whether it is made public or not.
Only a few people know the past of Shimura Danzō, and only a few people can remember who this person is when he mentions his name.
It's the difference between standing in the sun and trying to shine in the shade.
"……It's him."
"..."
"..."
"He actually came too..."
In the cemetery, there was a little commotion among the originally quiet crowd.
But soon, the commotion disappeared completely, and they didn't discuss anything in a tacit understanding.
The scene fell into a dead silence.
And as most of them showed strange colors on their faces, and when they made a way out with complex expressions, a young man in the same black robe as them appeared.
Uzumaki Naruto…
Almost everyone knew this young man, and his appearance was no different from what they remembered. He still seemed so silent, withdrawn, and out of gregarious.
In particular, the long and narrow beards on his face were a sharp weapon they once hated.
In the past, they always thought that this person was the incarnation of the Nine Tails demon fox, so there was such a demonic smell about him, as long as they got close to him and were contaminated by this smell, life would become unlucky.
But now, Naruto doesn't have that disgusting aura on him, instead... it makes them dare not look directly at him.
Silently averting their eyes, the crowd all "obediently" moved out of the way.
It was different from when everyone stared at Naruto with hatred and rejection.
This time, almost no one present dared to put their eyes on him, and they all avoided their eyes, as if they felt that as long as they avoided their eyes, they could avoid the things they had done in the past.
Facing such a "familiar" scene, Uzumaki Naruto stepped forward with a calm face, walked through the path made by the crowd, and slowly came to the tombstone of the Third Generation.
Like the others, he is also holding a bouquet of white flowers.
Standing in front of the tombstone, he first nodded politely to Asuma and the others who were family members, then slowly placed the white flowers in the pile of flowers that had already piled up, and finally bowed deeply.
He didn't shed tears, let alone showed any sad emotions, he just bent over quietly to express his respect.
At this time, the atmosphere of silence continued.
Naruto maintained this movement very calmly for a long time, no one knew what he was thinking in his heart at the moment.
But a lot of people are guessing what he was thinking, after all... he suffered a lot because of Third Hokage.
But he didn't move, and neither did everyone present.
After a long time, Naruto straightened his back again, and nodded to several family members again.
Then he turned around silently and left from the way he came.
During the whole process, he didn't say a single word.
And no matter when they came or left, no one in the crowd spoke.
It wasn't until Naruto's figure left this area that other colors began to appear in front of the memorial monument.
But there is still no sound of relevant discussions, and everyone tacitly avoids this topic and this person.
For Uzumaki Naruto, they are afraid to face...
Leaving the scope of the comfort monument.
A person was walking silently on the road, Naruto raised his head and looked straight ahead.
And for the people he met along the way, no one has released any malice towards him.
Back then, the life he was used to and accepted had long since disappeared on that night three days ago.
Living this kind of life that a "normal person" should have in a trance, he is not used to it, without that kind of malice, and this village makes him feel strange.
This is an extremely ironic point.
This strangeness made Naruto try to stay away from the crowd again. He left the long line in confusion, the pile of people waiting for the festival to send flowers, left the street, and left the center of the village.
Before he knew it, he was in the wild again and climbed to the familiar Hokage Rock.
Holding an umbrella, Uzumaki Naruto looked at the Konoha Village below in a trance.
Once... His first meeting with Third Hokage was here.
The bits and pieces of memories echoed in my mind. Of course, it is impossible to say that I am not sad about the death of Sarutobi Hiruzen. After all, he was an old man who grew up with him for so many years.
And many of his ninja skills were taught by Third Generation, and Sarutobi Hiruzen can be regarded as half of his teacher.
Although... there is no formal master-student relationship.
"I knew you would come."
A familiar voice sounded from behind, making Naruto's bewildered gaze fluctuate a bit.
Turning around, he forced a smile, "Thank you for helping me that night, Ryosuke."
The person waiting for him on the Hokage Rock is, of course, Ryosuke.
Jumping down from the branch, although it was drizzling, there was no umbrella, and there was no trace of wetness on Ryosuke's body, "It seems that you are in a good situation, don't they doubt you because of your strength?" ?"
He could feel that Naruto's side was no longer monitored by those people.
With his control, Naruto's power has grown by leaps and bounds and it's hard to explain.
What Ryosuke could think of at the beginning was that after Sarutobi Hiruzen disclosed Naruto's identity, although Naruto could not explain this issue clearly, the security issue must be guaranteed.
But what he didn't expect was that there was no surveillance in the end.
As for Ryosuke's doubts, Naruto shook his head and explained with a complicated expression, "I put... I attributed all this to my father, and I told them that I didn't know what happened at the time, but before I fell into a coma, I saw his figure."
"When I woke up, I was already beside the Third Generation."
"It seems that because of the re-strengthened seal on my body, they believed my explanation, or... because my identity was made public."
"They asked me not to go on missions for the time being, and wait until...my father's master returns to the village with the Fifth Hokage, and then make arrangements."
During the recent period, it can be said that because of his identity, his life has been enjoyable.
"It doesn't cost money to buy things, and the bosses all smile kindly."
"And every day when it's meal time, someone will silently knock on the door, and as soon as I open the door, there are all kinds of hot lunch boxes piled up outside."
"Those people didn't dare to see me, so they chose to "compensate" me in this way..."
After briefly explaining Konoha's high-level arrangements, Naruto casually chatted about recent life events
He seemed to have suddenly changed from a vigorous young man to a mature and stable middle-aged man, "The world is so hot and cold, but although I feel unfamiliar with these things, I don't care that much."
"What I really care about is what Third Generation said to me before he died."
"What words?"
Ryosuke asked curiously. He was in a hurry to get rid of Shimura Danzō before he returned to his lair, so he didn't finish listening.
"Just some inspirational words."
Naruto looked at the village below again, a little confused, but also a little emotional, "The will of fire... Heh, I can't understand what they sacrificed themselves one after another for the sake of this village."
"Third Generation is like this, and my father is also like this. I heard that there are many people like this in the village. Maybe they are crazy?"
There was no mocking smile, but he didn't understand the idea at all.
"Perhaps the weight and size of love are different."
With his pockets in his pockets, Ryosuke stood with him on the Hokage Rock overlooking the village below, "Like me, my love is very small and can only accommodate the people around me."
In his heart, he still feels the change of Naruto.
Stimulation again and again made him grow rapidly again and again, both in strength and in thought.
That is to say, Naruto's psychological endurance and adaptability are relatively high. If it is replaced by Uchiha Obito, perhaps after experiencing these things, he has already ignored Infinite Tsukuyomi, Moon Eye and the like, and directly drives Susanoo to prepare to destroy the world. up.
"Then my love should be small too."
Holding an umbrella, Naruto also agrees with Ryosuke's statement, "And my love may be smaller than you, and it may only accommodate you now."
"...but I have Hinata."
Silently walked away from him a little distance, no wonder Ryosuke wanted to be wrong, it is really that the ambiguity of this sentence is too deep.
And after Naruto said it, he realized what he just said, and turned his head to look at him with a dumbfounded smile, "I didn't mean that."
"I know."
Having said that, Ryosuke was a little further away.
The heavy atmosphere between the two also eased a little with this little joke.
After laughing, Naruto was not as deep as before, and shook his head helplessly, "I'm serious, I really don't know who to trust in the current village, except you."
While talking, he scratched his head, "Perhaps it is true as you said, I still lack certain judgment, but because I have experienced too many things, I also unconsciously think too much in my mind."
"Like this time, if you think about it better, maybe he really made my identity public for my own good, and wants me to inherit his seat."
"But thinking about it badly, it's possible that he wanted to bind me with his life, that's why he gave the last so-called... the will of fire's last speech. He wanted me to become like him, for this The village is working hard."
Naruto's statement made Ryosuke feel a little interesting, and asked with a smile: "Then do you want to choose the good side or the bad side?"
While speaking, he put his eyes on Naruto.
"Good and bad, right and wrong are not so absolute, isn't that what you told me?"
And Naruto easily saw through his temptation, and also laughed Kaidō: "Look, since my current decisiveness is not enough, let time make up for it."
"I can always find the right option, and there's no need to choose between the two."
"But for now, I don't have the slightest idea of Hokage or guarding the village. Compared to these, I want to leave the village and go out to see the outside world."
"With Nine Tails on you, it's not going to be easy to get out."
Ryosuke shook his head, "Unless... there is a relatively reliable person leading you, someone who can reassure Konoha in terms of identity and strength."
"Are you trying to say...my father's teacher?"
Naruto was smart enough to guess who Ryosuke was talking about.
But after pondering for a moment, he said with some distrust, "Although Konoha's senior management will entrust him with such an important task as finding the Fifth Generation project, I think he may not be so friendly to me."
"How can this be explained?"
Ryosuke asked again.
"It should be easy to see, right?"
Regarding his question, Naruto was a little puzzled, "As my father's teacher, that is, my... master, since I was born, he seems to have never come to see me, let alone cared about me at all."
"I don't believe he doesn't know my identity, and I heard that he is listed as one of the Konoha Sannin like Orochimaru."
"It's hard for me to imagine what kind of person my guild will be if I can get along with a guy like Orochimaru."
And following Naruto's words, an extremely stereotyped image appeared in Ryosuke's mind.
But soon, this image was replaced by a relatively wretched person.
Indeed, because of the cognitive premise, Ryosuke's first thought when he thought of Jiraiya was that he would be nice to Naruto.
But if you don’t understand this person’s character and past in advance, and simply consider Naruto’s growth process, then he is indeed a very irresponsible and unfriendly teacher.
"Forget it, let's talk about it when we meet someone, I'll go first..."
Compared to relying on Ryosuke in the past, Naruto actually offered to leave first this time, "Compared to watching the sadness of this village, I want to fight with Uchiha Sasuke to be discouraged."
"And I advise you not to be too complacent, lest I catch up with you sometimes. After being controlled by you this time, I have found a lot of my own shortcomings."
"I believe that in the future, my strength will improve very quickly."
Turning around with a chuckle, Ryosuke looked at his back nonchalantly, "I'll wait."
(end of this chapter)