Early the next morning, at dawn, Benzhen, who was still asleep, was woken up by his mother Lianhua.

The six-year-old child rubbed his eyes in confusion, expressing confusion, "Mom, what's wrong? Is a ninja coming?"

Looking at her son's scared face, Lianhua reluctantly took the clothes folded aside and helped him put them on. She shook her head and comforted him softly.

"No, but Benzhen, because it's too dangerous here now, so quickly get dressed and leave with mom."

While raising his arms obediently, little Ben Zhen was a little puzzled, "Mom, where are we going to go after leaving here?"

The hand that smoothed the wrinkles on the clothes paused, and Lianhua tried his best to appear relaxed, "Go to... Konoha, let's go to Konoha."

Konoha, this is a place that I occasionally heard from my mother. My mother said that she had never been to Konoha, but the people who were important to her were there.

Benzhen has always been sensible. Since his mother said this, it means that this is the safest choice at present. At such a young age, he only needs to follow his mother's arrangements.

The breakfast that day was quite hasty, and the whole family was silent. Only my father looked very happy, smiling all the time. He peeled the eggs and handed them to Benzhen, urging him to eat them.

Benzhen was slightly surprised when he took the peeled eggs. His father had never peeled eggs for him since he was two or three years old. He always said that he should do his own thing, but today he broke this rule himself.

Breakfast ended suddenly when the sound of weapons clashing in the distance was heard.

Shen Ci took two or three bundles from the corner and stuffed them into Lianhua's hands, reluctantly urging them to leave quickly.

Lian Hua silently took it and carried it on her back, staring at Shen Ci's face for a long time. Shen Ci looked back at her. After he was reluctant to let go, his eyes were firmly transmitted to Lian Hua through the lenses. He patted Lian Hua gently. Hua's forearm, "I leave my truth to you."

Ben Zhen, who had just swallowed the egg in his mouth and drank some water, noticed something was wrong. He looked up at Shenji and asked him, "What do you mean, father? Won't father leave with us?"

Shinji pursed his lips tightly and looked at his childish-looking son. The child looked very similar to his when he was a child, and even his short-sightedness was inherited.

How much he wanted to watch him grow up. When he grew up, he and Lianhua would teach him the medical skills they had learned all their lives. Then this child would also become a respected doctor, right?

Reaching out and touching his son's little head, Shenji smiled and shook his head, "Father still has patients to take care of. You and mother leave first. When there is no need here, I will go to Konoha to find you." , this war may...maybe it will end soon, and then our family can be reunited again."

"really?"

"real."

"Then...we've agreed."

"……it is good."

As the sound of the explosion got closer, Shinji pushed his wife and son toward the back door without hesitation.

There is a hillside outside the back door. After walking for a while, the road will become flat. After climbing the hillside, you can go around to the main road out of the village and walk all the way to the northeast. If everything goes well, you can reach Konoha in a few days.

"When the war here is over, send me a letter. I will come back with my true self. This is our home."

Wherever you are, that's our home.

Shinji nodded with a smile and couldn't help but touch Lianhua's cheek one last time, "Ah, I will."

Parting is too sad, and obviously, now is not the time to be sad.

He pushed Lianhua's back with his hand and urged her urgently, "Let's go quickly."

I followed the trail up the hillside behind my house, where I met some villagers who were still able to escape. We walked together so that we could have someone to look after us on the way.

While everyone was speeding up their pace, they were talking to each other to relieve their inner depression.

"Where are you going?"

"Oh, I don't have a goal yet. It doesn't matter where I go. Staying any longer will definitely lead to a dead end."

Lianhua was very sad to hear this, and felt uncomfortable in her heart.

Benzhen, who was being held by his mother, quietly raised his head to look, and saw his mother's frowning face. She must be worried about her father.

"Mom?" He called out uneasily.

Hearing her son's voice calling her, Lianhua seemed to wake up suddenly. After a moment of confusion, she immediately put on a smiling face.

"Don't be afraid, mom will protect you."

Benzhen pursed his thin lips. He wanted to tell his mother that he was not afraid. He was just as worried about his father as she was.

They reached the top of the hillside and looked towards the village below. There were sounds of fighting, explosions of detonators and thick smoke. The young Ben Zhen had long been unable to tell which house was his home, just like him I don’t know if my father is okay now.

Benzhen lowered his head, tears welling up in his eyes. He was not a child who loved to cry, but for some reason, he just wanted to cry now.

"The road is getting better. Let's walk faster and try to bypass the places where ninjas fight and get outside the village in the afternoon."

I don't know who shouted such a loud voice in front of me. The thought of leaving this war-torn place quickly made the group of people feel excited instantly.

Everyone stopped talking and quickened their pace again.

There was a relatively gentle downhill road all the way over the top of the slope. It was much wider and easier to walk. Just when everyone felt happy that they would reach the foot of the mountain and escape from the village soon, there began to be loud explosions. rang out around them.

The detonating talismans were tied to kunai or shurikens and thrown over one by one. They exploded the moment they landed on the ground. Sand and gravel flew everywhere, and a group of civilians suddenly ran away like frightened rabbits.

Lianhua kept her true nature in her arms and looked around. Sure enough, there were ninjas escaping here. If someone ran away, someone would naturally chase them. It made sense to fight here.

Holding her son tightly in her arms, Renhua looked around vigilantly. There were ninjas from Iwagakure and Kumogakure fighting in the distance. For the time being, they did not see them continuing to throw detonating talismans.

As long as he hid obediently on this side of the boulder and waited for them to leave, he should be able to save his life.

Her heart was pounding. Many years ago, she had followed Natsuki through the battlefield. At that time, she was not as scared as she is now. Maybe it was because she had her teacher Natsuki by her side at that time, which gave her a sense of security, or maybe it was because she was with Natsuki at that time. I am very young, and young people don't know what it is to be afraid.

But in fact, the reason why she is afraid now is probably because she has a weakness. The trembling son in her arms makes her afraid of death.

She died, what should he do?

Lianhua protected her son's head in a panic, fearing that the flying shuriken would accidentally hit his little head. She even thought that she should put a helmet on him before going out, so that he would not be afraid of the wind and the sun. Even in the sun, he is not afraid of falling rocks or shurikens without eyes.

Just when Lianhua was thinking wildly, a figure standing motionless in the distance broke into her sight.

It was a young man. He was wrapped in a black hooded cloak. He was not too tall and had the figure of a teenager. He was thin but tall. An overly pale face was hidden under the hood. He stood motionless. On the gentle slope with no cover, there is no fear.

He also saw Lianhua hiding on the side of the boulder, and their eyes collided. Two minutes later, a playful smile appeared on the boy's lips.

He walked step by step towards the place where Lianhua was hiding.

Lianhua looked at the increasingly clear face, and her pupils suddenly dilated. She had almost forgotten this face, but she didn't recognize it after seeing it again after so many years.

The hand holding her son subconsciously tightened, and what echoed in her mind was what Kagura said to her six years ago.

The limbs become stiff, and the blood around the body flows back from the limbs to protect the heart.

The young man stood still in front of Lianhua and looked at her condescendingly. A smile gradually bloomed on his lips as he looked at her.

"Lianhua, long time no see, you made it easy for me to find you..."

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