Naruto: Immortal Spirit

The streets of Konoha were as lively as usual, with many small vendors holding big umbrellas selling in the open spaces on both sides of the streets.

Walking slowly on the bluestone pavement, the afterglow of the evening sun paints the eaves of the pavilions with dreamy colors.

Kato Ou stood silently, the Hokage Rock, which symbolized Konoha's highest honor, facing him from a distance on the lofty mountains. The blood-colored halo passed by his waist, shining brightly in his eyes.

"The human world is wonderful..."

"But Konoha... isn't worth it..."

Under the Hokage Rock, the bright red Hokage Building seems to blend in with the blood on the horizon.

Kato Ou's eyes were fixed on the stone statue of the Third Hokage, known as the strongest Hokage. He didn't know how the man sitting in the highest power center of Konoha would feel when he saw the stone statue of himself above his head every day.

Compared to them, who were so aloof, their destiny seemed to have come to an end the moment they, civilian ninjas, were born.

"It's almost time..."

Putting away his thoughts, Kato Oo slowly walked towards the center of power in Konoha.

Perhaps because of his belief in the strength of the Hokage, Kato Ou was brought to the door of the Hokage's office by a young chuunin without much questioning.

"Please come in..."

Kato Ou didn't expect that the Third Hokage, who was known as the strongest, seemed to be a little kind, like an old man next door.

"Genin Kato O, I have met Lord Hokage!"

"sit……"

The Sandaime's voice came from the stacks of books, and then there was no follow-up, leaving only the rustling sound of writing.

Kato Ou half-knelt on the ground quietly without making any movement.

The sky gradually dimmed a little, and when the morning star in the sky was clearly visible, Kato Ou felt a gaze on him.

"You are Kato Dan's nephew, right..."

"I didn't expect Duan's nephew to be so old..."

The Sandaime stood up, lit his pipe, and the curls of green smoke slowly rose.

"It must have been hard on the roots these years..."

"Let me tell you, Hokage-sama, Kato Oo has never felt hard."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff of his pipe and stared at Kato Oo silently before speaking slowly again.

"Your teacher, Orochimaru, is my disciple. In other words, I am also your master. There is no need to be too cautious."

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

"Orochimaru wants you to join Minato's team. He doesn't have much time to teach you some basic things. You should already know it..."

"The main reason I called you here today is to meet you..."

Kato Oo felt a little surprised. He thought about the task Danzo had given him - to join the Namikaze Minato team as a genin and gain their trust. He roughly understood the cause and effect of the matter.

"Sir Hokage, Master Orochimaru has told me that if there is a vacancy in Minato Jōnin's team, Kato Oo is willing to join Minato Jōnin's team."

"Kato Ou, you are a very polite child..."

"Go ahead, someone will notify Minato Jounin of your transfer..."

"Yes! Hokage-sama!"

Kato O's figure slowly disappeared into the Sandaime's office. Sarutobi Hiruzen narrowed his eyes, looked out the window, and smoked silently, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Danzo...Orochimaru..."

The office seemed to be filled with a sea of ​​clouds, and thick smoke filled every space.

After leaving the Hokage Building, Kato Ou felt relieved.

If Danzo is the hardest toilet stone in Konoha Village, then the Sandaime is Konoha's top politician.

With more than 30 years of Hokage career, the Sandaime seems to have a pair of eyes that can see all the fog clearly.Being around the Sandaime, Kato Oo felt uncomfortable all over, as if every word he said needed to be carefully considered.

"Namikaze Minato... Minato... I seem to have heard of this name..."

"Is it that man?"

Kato Ou remembered the blond-haired Jonin he had seen in the cemetery. If it was him, he didn't seem to be a person who could be easily fooled.

The lights in Konoha are still bright at night, but it gradually becomes bleak in the middle of the night. Except for some places that are not closed all night, other places have also fallen into darkness.

The training ground of the Kato family is not close to the center of Konoha. Not far away is the training ground of Konoha. It is a slightly eerie forest training ground. On weekdays, there are no small traders coming here. It seemed a bit quieter in the middle of the night.

Kato Ou slowly walked into this place that he had been away from for six years. The memories hidden in the depths slowly awakened, and a sense of strangeness and familiarity filled his heart.

"Has anyone been here..."

There is not much dust in the small bamboo building at the training ground. It seems that someone has cleaned it recently.

"Is she cousin Shizune..."

Kato Oo really couldn't think of anyone who would remember to clean this place except this cousin whom he only met once when he was a child.

The sunny doll hanging on the eaves is floating in the wind just like before.

I didn't notice it at all at the time, but when I looked at it now, I realized the difference. A blue light flashed from Kato O's eyes, and his eyes seemed to be filled with light blue mist.

He saw something invisible to the naked eye - little fluorescent lights on the swaying Sunny Doll.

Kato Ou gently took it off the table and rubbed it gently with his palm. The fluorescence slowly floated from it and entered his spiritual table.

"This is Uncle Duan..."

He could feel that it contained a deep unwillingness and worry, and even a touch of lovesickness, the unwillingness to die before becoming Hokage after the middle road collapsed, the lovesickness and worry for his lover...

Kato Oo slowly walked up to the bamboo building. In Kato Yuan's room, a sunny doll with a smiling face appeared in a place that was not in his memory.

"Is this Uncle Yuan..."

With a light touch of his fingers, fluorescent light flew up. Kato Oo was silent, with tears in his eyes.

"Uncle Yuan... he was thinking about me at the end of his life..."

Unlike other living things that contain soul fragments, Kato Yuan suddenly had a clear picture in his mind, which kept flashing in his mind. It seemed that Kato Yuan wanted to see the picture more than anything else. Tell Kato Ou the information.

"This is...the small attic..."

As if something had occurred to him, Kato Oo clutched the two sunny dolls, moved a little faster, and rushed to the top attic...

When Kato Oo's hand gently rested on the handle of the attic, a strange suction force seemed to appear out of thin air, making Kato Oo's consciousness begin to drift.

A faint shadow began to emerge from Kato Oo's body.

It is an attraction acting on the soul.

"No... I can't resist..."

Kato Ou felt that his vision went dark and his soul left his body...

As if he had completely lost weight and control of his spirit body, Kato Oo's soul traveled through the pages of the book, and it seemed like a time and space tunnel. A scene that he could not describe in words kept coming from his mind. Flashed by.

"It was dark, full of blue, maybe pink..., with elephants, spiders, and horses!"

Countless fluorescent lights began to emerge from all directions. When every bit of fluorescent light touched his body, his soul felt as refreshed as if he had an orgasm.

"Spiritual power is constantly improving, and there seems to be some kind of change in the soul..."

He couldn't make any movements. His entire spirit body seemed to be imprisoned by something. He could only watch his spirit body undergo some changes that he didn't understand bit by bit.

Beyond the attic he couldn't sense.

Kato Oo's body began to float slowly.

His eyes were closed tightly, his heartbeat was getting slower and slower, and his whole body began to emit a dense divine light. Wisps of mist began to emerge from the edges of his body. The edges of his body outline seemed to have been extracted from color and began to become... Blurred.

The fluorescence in the spirit's perception became less and less, and his spirit slowly hovered in the endless dark space.

Until the last ray of fluorescence entered his soul, he seemed to have completely lost his five senses and was enveloped in absolute darkness.

He didn't know how long it took before he felt the existence of the spirit body. The connection between the body and the soul had never been so weak. He followed the weak connection and dragged the heavy spirit body - he didn't know why his spirit body became Very bloated and returned to the body, but I couldn't open my eyes.

"What's wrong with me……"