The King of Shadows

Chapter 100 The Afterglow of the Sunset

Konoha, the edge of the cliff on Hokage Rock.

The old man dressed in Hokage slowly took off the cloak on his head, revealing his face full of age spots. Although he looked old, his smile from the heart was very contagious.

Xue Shenyue turned her head silently, put her hands on both sides of her thighs, and said softly: "The leaves under the setting sun... are very beautiful..."

The third generation also looked at the village peacefully, just like he always did, muttering in his mouth: "Yes, Konoha is so beautiful..."

Hearing this, Xue Shenyue frowned slightly.

What I said just now was that the scenery under the sunset is beautiful, but the three-generation grandfather didn't seem to mean that. What he said was...the village is beautiful.

Konoha, the village he loves so much and has given everything for, is the most beautiful existence in the eyes of the three generations.

"The leaves under the setting sun are like a layer of fire, even if we know that the night is coming, it will make us believe that the light will not disappear, and the flame will eventually lead to the arrival of dawn."

The third generation looked at Xueshenyue gently and said: "And I, the setting sun that is about to fall, burned out the last flame, guarding this village and preventing it from falling into darkness."

The young man couldn't help but think back to the help that the Three Hokages had provided him in secret all these years. Seeing his old face now, he suddenly felt a little sad.

He pursed his lips and said softly: "Didn't you say that the sun is setting and the dawn is coming? Then the morning sun will also rise, so that is not the last flame."

"Hahaha…"

The third generation let out a burst of hearty laughter, with gentle eyes: "It is not me who re-lights the village, but you new suns."

Although the old man's voice was a little lacking in energy, it was still majestic.

Just like his eyes, although cloudy but hard to hide kindness, he really loves this village very much.

Xue Shenyue turned her head away and looked at the sky again.

The gorgeous sunset pierces the sky, like a ribbon, all over the sky, as if the last fireworks are blooming to see off the sunset.

The third generation's laughter died down, and then he coughed slightly, stretched his right hand into his sleeve, and took out his big pipe.

He lit it casually, and was about to take two mouthfuls to satisfy his hunger, but was blocked by a slender hand at the next moment.

Xue Shenyue took the old man's big pipe, and persuaded: "Master Hokage, if you are not in good health, you should smoke less."

Unexpectedly, the old man of the third generation looked at him silently, and then he snatched the pipe directly, and stuffed it into his mouth without saying a word: "This old man only has this hobby."

Xue Shenyue looked at Master Hokage who was showing the appearance of an old child, and her face was also full of helplessness.

"Don't worry, my old man hasn't died so easily."

The third generation seemed to know what he was thinking, exhaled a puff of thick smoke, and said lightly: "I will guard Konoha for another five years. During this period, whoever wants to invade must step on the old man's corpse .”

Although his tone was flat and unwavering, Xue Shenyue felt his determination and will to never return from death.

This old man is like a piece of dead wood, trying his best to burn his remnant body, bringing the last light and warmth to the village.

The third generation suddenly turned his head, stretched out his old right hand to touch the young man's head, and said gently: "So, you still have five years to grow up, and I won't be able to hold on any longer."

Xue Shenyue frowned upon hearing this, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean I still have five years to grow?"

"Yes, five years later, I want to ask you..."

The third generation smiled slightly, handed out the Hokage cloak in his hand, and said in a shocking voice: "...Dare you take this seat!"

The word fire on the cloak caught the young man's eyes, like a cluster of blazing flames.

However, completely unexpected by the third generation, Xue Shenyue was only slightly taken aback, then shook his head and said: "Being Hokage has too many things to carry, I guess I will feel tired..."

Even with the state of mind of the Third Hokage, when he heard the boy's answer like this, his face twitched fiercely.

"Besides, people who play politics are too dark... I still want to be a good person." Xue Shenyue glanced at Hokage-sama's expression and shrugged.

"Ha ha…"

The three-generation old man smiled, took back the Hokage cloak in his hand, and put it on his legs again: "It's not so easy to distinguish what is a good person and what is a bad person."

He looked at Xue Shenyue and said slowly: "For example, some people killed many enemies in order to protect their own country. He is the hero of his own people but the executioner of the enemy country."

"Some people brutally kill their parents and relatives. He is a heinous traitor to his own people, but his purpose is for the peace of the village."

Xue Shenyue's eyes moved, the latter sentence should be Uchiha Itachi...

The eyes of the third generation are gentle and kind: "You said that people who play politics have dark hearts. I can't deny this... But kindness cannot protect the light, and peace comes from the bloody past."

"Some people use all means, maybe just for their own desires, while some people do everything, even if they are soaked in darkness, to protect those who believe in him... This is the difference between a politician and a statesman."

After the three-generation grandfather finished speaking, as if to give the boy time to think, he turned his head again and looked affectionately at the village that had devoted his whole life to it.

Xue Shenyue slowly raised her head, and the soft afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on her face, casting a faint brilliance: "All this time, I have worked so hard just to break the shackles on my body, to meet someone ..."

The big pipe next to Sandai's mouth suddenly stopped shaking, and his eyes showed a complex look: "Danzo... is also for Konoha..."

"Master Hokage..."

Xue Shenyue turned her head to look at the old man, and interrupted softly: "There has never been absolute good or bad in this world, and when we judge a person as an enemy, it is often not because of how many evil things he has done..."

The boy's eyes were bright and deep, not at all immature as a child of this age should have.

This kind of temperament made the third generation a little stunned. He suddenly felt that what he was facing was not a teenager, but a mature soul.

Xue Shenyue didn't stop, and continued: "We define a person as an enemy because he blocks our way and stands on the opposite side. If we don't get rid of him, we will hurt ourselves... Then, no matter whether he is a good person or not, he is Isn't there a unique reason to hinder us, or even...does he also have an extremely painful past..."

There was no wave in the boy's voice, as if he was explaining a fact: "...he is still our enemy, and we still have to do our best to eradicate him."

The third generation suddenly felt that the eloquent young man in front of him had a better understanding than himself.

He knew that on the way to pursue his dream, he would inevitably encounter many enemies who would embarrass him and even sympathize with him, and this young man had already made up his mind to cut everything off.

Unlike myself, I have long been aware of Danzo's ambitions, but I have always been worried and bound by the past friendship.

The last step until now has become Konoha's biggest hidden danger...

Xue Shenyue didn't know what the third generation was thinking, he thought for a while, and then said: "I have my own answer to what you said five years later..."
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I think that goals and ideals are achieved step by step, and down-to-earth is the kingly way...——Xue Shenyue——
(End of this chapter)