[Naruto] Once in ten years (Orochimaru)

ninety six,

Chinohan put the washed dishes away one by one, took the stacked bowls from Orochimaru, and put them upside down on the rack to dry.

"You actually know how to wash dishes at my house. It's really scary." Qian Yehan smiled: "You see, my brother was so scared that he was still sitting there staring at you."

Orochimaru curled his lips slightly.

She pointed to the door: "Going out in the afternoon?"

"Okay." Orochimaru handed the chopsticks to Qianye Han: "I'll take you somewhere."

"There won't be any danger." She glanced out the window intentionally, which was where the ANBU was.

If there is danger, she can make more preparations before going out.

Orochimaru smiled and replied: "No, unless those ANBU suddenly couldn't think about it. We went to normal places."

Qian Yehan took out a paper towel and handed it to Orochimaru, asking him to wipe off the water stains on his hands. Then they walked out of the kitchen together, and then said to his brother outside: "Brother, it's okay, you go and have a rest. By the way, we will have an afternoon If you go out, you probably won’t have dinner at home at night.”

Chino Yu didn't reply directly. He crossed his legs and slowly raised his eyes to stare at Orochimaru. His eyes were sharp and he said in a deep voice: "You can't do anything dangerous with Xiaohan, and you are not allowed to go to places you are not supposed to go. .”

Orochimaru put his arm around Chinohan's shoulders and smiled slightly: "I just want to recall the past so that she can understand Konoha a little more. It's not a dangerous thing."

After saying this, without waiting for Qianye Yu's reply, he picked up Qian Yehan and turned around and walked towards the door.

Qianye Yu stared at the two people leaving without saying a word. After a few seconds, the door closed, and then silence quickly returned to everything.

He closed his eyes, slowly stood up from the sofa, turned around and returned to the room.

Qian Yehan followed Orochimaru walking on the streets. She tilted her head and looked at the unfamiliar face next to her: "Why don't you wear a mask this time?"

"There are people coming and going during the day, and it's not yet the festival time. It would be too weird to use a mask." Orochimaru smiled: "It's like ANBU wearing a mask, lest others not recognize them as ANBU."

"Uh……"

Qian Yehan looked around awkwardly and felt chakra fluctuations in several places. For the first time, she clearly felt that there were indeed ANBU around her.

Turning around, she quickly changed the topic, but at the same time this was what she had always wanted to ask: "What did you say to my family when I went to bed this morning? They suddenly became so weird at noon."

"Nothing, I just said something about you." Orochimaru's answer was similar to what her family told her.

This answer did not satisfy her:

"Why did they accept you so quickly and suddenly? You were still in a stalemate yesterday."

Orochimaru lightly shrugged: "Maybe as they get to know me better, they can gradually believe that I will treat you well in the future."

Qian Yehan obviously didn't believe Orochimaru's words. She said coldly: "You... threaten them?"

"Does it look similar to you?" Orochimaru chuckled and did not argue.

Qian Yehan naturally felt that it was not the case. From her understanding, if someone like her brother was threatened, he would explode long ago, and it would be impossible for her parents to calmly eat at the same table with him.

But she really didn't understand.

What happened to make the family members who had old and new hatred towards Orochimaru suddenly have such a big change in their view of him?

She looked at the other person for a long time, and saw that he was still smiling lightly and had no intention of continuing to speak. She raised her eyebrows and said, "You don't want to tell me."

Orochimaru smiled and said nothing.

Knowing that she guessed it correctly, she was even more puzzled: "Why can't you tell me?"

"You will know in the future. However, what I can tell you is that it is a good thing for you and your family."

good thing?

Qian Yehan was silent all the way. After a while, he wanted to continue asking. Just when he opened his mouth, he was suddenly interrupted by a voice next to him.

"What do you two want to eat?"

She turned around and found that the two of them had stopped in front of Gan Ligan's stall.

"A pound of roasted chestnuts with sugar, two cups of chestnut milk tea, and a plate of melon seeds."

After Orochimaru finished speaking, he paid the money and pulled Qian Yehan to sit on the bench next to him.

"I have been to this shop." Qian Yehan said while drinking milk tea: "Brother said this is an old shop. I heard that it existed when Konoha Village was first built. I have to say that the chestnuts taste really good."

"Ah."

Orochimaru peeled off a golden chestnut kernel and handed it to Qian Yehan. Then he raised his hand and pointed to the other side of the street. There was a row of two-story houses there. They looked a bit old and the walls of the houses were already covered with ivy. .

"What's wrong?" Qian Yehan threw the chestnut into his mouth.

"The sixth building from the right is my home."

She stared in that direction for a while: "Your home before you left Konoha?"

Orochimaru shook his head: "This is the home of me and my parents."

Qian Yehan sipped the milk tea and cast her gaze back. She didn't speak for a long time. She knew that Orochimaru didn't want any answer. Sure enough, she heard him continue:

"My mother likes chestnuts very much. As long as I can remember, she would drag me here to buy a bag every time she came back from a mission."

"It was still wartime, and materials were scarce and supplies were unstable. The store was often unable to open. She said that when there was no war, she would grow chestnuts by herself and supply goods to Gan Ligan's Honda uncle. She even said I have to open a branch myself.”

Qian Yehan looked back and saw a very faint smile on the corner of his lips.

She didn't know what to say for a moment, whether to comfort or say something else that could distract her attention.

Sighing, she also took out a chestnut, peeled it open, and handed it to Orochimaru: "You... want to see them?"

Orochimaru's smile suddenly became a little lighter. He took the chestnut and did not answer, but asked: "Do you want it?"

Qian Yehan retracted her hand and raised the corners of her lips imperceptibly. She pretended to be casual and said, "How dare I instruct you to do things, but... you have already met my parents."

"Yeah, that's right." Orochimaru agreed quite a bit and nodded slightly. He slowly looked away, and the smile on his lips faded: "I haven't seen him in more than ten years, so it's a good idea to go there. "

Qian Yehan knew that due to various reasons, he had not been able to resurrect his parents. Maybe this time... would it be an opportunity?

After sitting for a while, the two drank up the milk tea and packed up the leftover chestnuts and melon seeds. After thanking the shopkeeper, she looked back at Orochimaru: "Shall we buy a bouquet of flowers before we go?"

"No need." Orochimaru responded: "They don't care about that."

She thought for a while: "Well... I'd better buy a bunch. After all, it's the first time we meet."

Orochimaru stood up, took the bag from Qian Yehan's hand, and said without insisting: "It's up to you."

After walking on the busy street for a long time, Orochimaru rarely said a word on the road. Qian Yehan knew that he must have a more complicated mood at the moment, so she did not speak or disturb him. .

Because she had been to Konoha before, she knew the location of the flower shop and found it easily.

"Does it look good?" she asked, holding a small bouquet of white calla lilies.

"Yeah." A few seconds later, Orochimaru suddenly spoke again: "Let's buy another bunch."

"Oh, okay." She took another small handful, knowing that this was not the place to talk. She didn't ask him why he suddenly wanted to buy an extra bunch.

After leaving the flower shop with two bouquets of flowers, the two continued to walk forward. As time went by, she found that the number of pedestrians around her became less and less, and the buildings became increasingly sparse.

She even looked back inadvertently and saw Anbu running from one roof to the other...

After a few more minutes, her vision suddenly widened, and she saw many neatly placed white tombstones, dotted and stretching endlessly.

"Here are basically the ninjas who died in the Ninja World War." Orochimaru said calmly: "This is the area of ​​the Third Ninja War." He pointed to the nearby area, and then pointed into the distance: "Then It’s the second time.”

Qian Yehan nodded: "Then where shall we go?" She knew that Orochimaru's parents died in World War II.

"Go this way first." Orochimaru pointed to the road that was completely different from the two directions.

"This is...?"

Orochimaru didn't answer and walked forward. Qian Yehan hurriedly trotted to keep up.

The road is not long, and after only three small turns, it reaches the end.

Qian Yehan saw several tombstones that were different from those outside. She followed Orochimaru's footsteps and stopped in front of a tombstone——

The Tomb of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen

Orochimaru stood there, silent for a long time, without saying a word.

Chino Han suddenly remembered that during the last attack on Konoha Village, Orochimaru killed the Third Hokage, and the Third Hokage turned out to be the Sarutobi teacher Orochimaru said.

She looked sideways at Orochimaru and saw his face without a trace of a smile. She was slightly surprised. She had never seen Orochimaru like this before.

"Put the flowers over." After a long time, Orochimaru spoke slowly in a low tone.

She did as she was told.

It turned out that the extra bouquet of flowers he bought was for the Third Hokage...

He is such a complicated person. Holding the remaining bouquet of flowers, she stood next to Orochimaru and looked at him thoughtfully.

Even though he was killed by his own hands, he still came to the grave to send flowers.

"Do you regret it..." she asked softly subconsciously.

"No regrets." Orochimaru answered without hesitation: "Peace is only suitable for ordinary people. It is not suitable for ninjas. It was Sarutobi-sensei who was wrong."

Qian Yehan didn't understand the past between their teachers and students, so he didn't nod or shake his head, and could only listen quietly.

"Let's go." A few minutes later, Orochimaru took a step back, turned around and left without any hesitation, and walked into the path he came from without looking back.

Ever since she stepped into the cemetery, Qian Yehan noticed that Orochimaru was a little different than usual. She turned back and looked at the tombstone of the Third Hokage and the white flowers placed on it, and sighed softly.

Killing the people closest to him, even if he was as cold-blooded as him, would not make him feel so good after all.

The two walked out of the path one after another, and after a while, they returned to the intersection where they first came in.

Orochimaru stopped, turned around, and slowly stretched out his hand to her.

She raised her hand and put it into Orochimaru's palm, and the distance between them gradually became closer.

There seems to be a touch of warmth in this stretched out hand...

It was almost autumn, and a few leaves on the trees had turned red. Walking on the grass that was no longer so sparse, Qian Yehan followed Orochimaru's footsteps and walked slowly.

It seemed that after walking for more than ten minutes, the grass became slightly lusher. After walking for more than ten steps, Orochimaru stopped.

Following his gaze, she saw a white tombstone in the grass, no different from the rest. The area around the tombstone was overgrown with weeds, and it was obvious that few people visited it.

Orochimaru stood next to the monument, and the air seemed to be stagnant. He didn't say a word for a long time.

Qian Yehan stood quietly aside. After a while, she walked forward slowly, squatted down slowly, brushed away the dust on the surface of the tombstone, and gently placed the bouquet of white flowers in her hand on it.

"Do you need me to leave for a moment?" She stood up and looked back at Orochimaru who still didn't change a single movement.

Orochimaru shook his head slightly, and then he slowly squatted in front of the white tombstone just like Chinohan did before. His hands moved through the surrounding weeds inch by inch. After cleaning them, he hovered in front of the stone monument. It seemed that a moment had passed. He hesitated, but finally landed on the surface of the tombstone, covering the two names on it with his palms.

Qian Yehan stood a few steps away and watched, seeing the hand gently caressing the two names that were engraved on the smooth horizontal surface after a brief pause.

These words seemed to have been painted with color, but after years of erosion and being covered by the dust of fallen leaves for many years, most of the color has been lost and has become slightly black.

She didn't look again, took a few steps back, then turned around and walked away, further away, sitting on the grass aside and waiting. She felt that after he recovered, Orochimaru might not want her to see him like this.

A bit melancholy, a bit sad, and a bit unable to hide my thoughts and longings.

Sitting on the ground, she looked aimlessly at the surrounding scenery, counting a few clouds in the sky. In her peripheral vision, she saw Orochimaru muttering softly in front of the tomb.

She looked away, pretending not to see anything, and turned her gaze further away.

Time seemed to have passed for a long time. She felt the fluctuation of chakra there. She turned her eyes back and saw Orochimaru walking over.

"I told them about you." Orochimaru's voice was still low.

"I hope you didn't say anything bad about me." Qian Yehan shrugged, pretending to be relaxed.

Orochimaru suddenly knelt down in front of her, put one hand around her waist, and reached under his knees with one hand, hugging her sideways.

"I said all good things." Orochimaru whispered in her ear: "I also said something about our child."

"If you think about it carefully, my parents have only been with me for six years, and you..." He paused: "If you count from when you first came to the base, it has been twelve years." After saying this, he paused. He raised the corners of his lips slowly.

"Don't say that." Qian Yehan hurriedly answered: "During this period, for a full ten years, you and I are completely unrelated strangers."

"Oh, why bother so much." Qian Yehan heard Orochimaru's voice gradually become relaxed.

"You think, should I resurrect my parents?"

"Huh? You ask me?" Qian Yehan was frightened by this question and retorted directly: "Those are your parents, you have to make the decision yourself."

"If they are still alive, they will soon be your parents." Orochimaru smiled a little thicker: "You can make some suggestions appropriately. As for whether to adopt them or not, that is my business. You don't have to feel burdened."

"Oh." Qian Yehan nodded: "My opinion is, come on then. After you are resurrected, you have to let them scold you."

"I knew you would say that." Orochimaru chuckled, hugged Qian Yehan, and walked towards the exit of the cemetery.

The figures of the two became farther and farther away until they disappeared, and the entire cemetery returned to silence.

The sun pierced the clouds and happened to shine on the tombstone with a bouquet of white flowers on it.

No one noticed that among the weeds that had been cleared around, there was a small piece of new soil lying there quietly. When illuminated by the sun, it shone with a secret and detailed light.

Then... come on.