Naruto: Immortal Spirit

"Anko, can you contact Orochimaru-sensei?"

There are not too many pedestrians in the lane. Today there are too many people gathering everywhere, and even more people are immersed in sadness.

Kato Ou raised his eyes and looked at Anko. Anko, who had just graduated from the ninja school and had not participated in the war, still looked a bit childish.

"Hey, what do you want to call me? I want to call you Sister Hongdou!"

Kato Oo just looked at Anko quietly without speaking.

The atmosphere seemed a bit deserted, maybe it was just that the winter had not passed yet, and the remaining chill made Anko silently tighten her clothes, looked at Kato Oo, snorted softly, and sighed helplessly.

"It's still the same, not as cute as before..."

"I understand, come with me..."

As they walked further into the alley, there were almost no pedestrians. After silently looking around and confirming that no one else was there, Hong Dou bit her fingers, formed a seal with her hands, and summoned a small snake.

"Kato Oo, if you have anything to bring to Mr. Orochimaru, you can give it to it...forget it, just talk to it..."

Anko stood not far away, leaning against the wall. She took out a bunch of meatballs from somewhere and tasted them carefully, but her eyes still stayed on Kato Oo.

"Bring this scroll to Orochimaru-sensei..."

White Snake's eyes flashed with a trace of humanity, and he raised his head and nodded slowly, biting the scroll thrown by Kato Oo.

Hong Dou's eyes moved slightly. The special seal scroll was something she had never seen before. She rolled her eyes thoughtfully, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

From the first day she became a disciple of Orochimaru and met Kato Ou, her teacher Orochimaru had been secretly studying something with the not-so-cute guy in front of her, but he never took her with him.

She wanted to ask, but she was always met with silence by Kato Oo, and the curiosity in her heart became stronger...

"Curiosity can kill a person..."

Kato Oo saw the white snake swallowing the scroll and turning it into smoke. He turned around, glanced at Anko slightly, and then jumped onto the high platform.

Anko suddenly looked at Kato Oo on the high platform with some dissatisfaction.

During those days in Orochimaru's laboratory, she was so excited that she prepared sumptuous meals for her new little brother almost every day. However, she hardly saw him after that, and gradually lost contact with him.

Unexpectedly, during this meeting, he only used her as a tool to contact Mr. Orochimaru, and he was so cold, as if he was just a stranger to her...

The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became. She couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, and shouted loudly towards Kato Oo on the high platform: "Hey! Kato Oo! Don't you bastard have anything to say to me?!"

However, without waiting for any response from Kato Oo, the person on the high platform had disappeared.

"Asshole! Asshole!"

"I'm furious!!!"

Anko's face flushed with anger, and she couldn't help but punch the wall, as if she wanted to vent all her dissatisfaction.

"Hmph, find your scroll when you get back, throw it into the river, and see how you contact Orochimaru-sensei!"

Anko, who returned to the meatball shop, was still very unhappy, and turned all her anger into appetite. She ate strings of meatballs, leaving Kurenai and Asuma dumbfounded. Although they knew Anko liked eating meatballs, they had never seen them before. But she was like this, as if she regarded Wanzi as an enemy and tore it to pieces with her teeth.

"Um, Anko...is Kato Ou also a disciple of Lord Orochimaru?"

Tall plates were stacked on one side of Anko and Kurenai, and they silently counted the number of plates. Kurenai couldn't help but speak, trying to divert Anko's attention.

If they continue to eat like this, she is afraid that the three of them will have their wallets depleted, and they may even have to work here to pay off their debts.

"Don't mention that bastard! Next time I see him, I will beat him to pieces!"

Anko finished two more bunches of meatballs before she stopped with satisfaction. She drank a bowl of warm red bean soup and her mood seemed to calm down. Looking at Hong and Asuma who hadn't eaten much, they felt a little bit nervous. Awkward.

"Kato Ou is indeed a disciple of Orochimaru-sensei, but... he has been studying something with Orochimaru-sensei, I..."

After thinking about it, Anko suddenly realized that she really couldn't think of anything special about Kato Oo, as if he was a transparent person.

He doesn't talk much and likes to remain silent. It seems that the hooded cloak hides his body and completely hides him in the darkness.

"I don't know him very well..."

At this moment, Hongdou suddenly felt that her anger seemed completely meaningless, as if it was just her own wishful thinking from beginning to end.

"Forget it...it's no big deal..."

Gently picking up the last bunch of meatballs, Hongdou looked out the window, which was getting dark. There was no one there, only the cold wind and the snow on the broken branches.

She seemed slightly absent-minded.

The brightly colored sweet and greasy meatballs, I once thought that I would never lose my love for them, but at this moment, it seems that there is no attraction at all, and I just feel that they are so boring.

Hong looked at Hongdou worriedly. She had never seen such complicated emotions on Hongdou's face. Hongdou, who had always been careless, seemed to have a delicate heart. Disguised under the careless character, he had a deep love for friendship. Longing and fear of loneliness.

Patting Hong Dou's shoulder gently, an inexplicable feeling of sympathy emerged in Hong's heart. Since her mother passed away, she suddenly felt a little colder at home, even though she still had her father around.

She could probably understand the loneliness after losing her parents - they would become extremely precious to any relationship.

"Hongdou, next time I see that person, I will work with you to beat him into a pig's head!"

"How about? Add me as well?"

Asuma shrugged. He didn't quite understand why a cheerful dinner suddenly became so sad.

As a rebellious teenager, what he worries about now is always how to go against his parents and ask them not to interfere in anything he does.

"Humph, this is our girls' business!"

Kurenai and Anko said in unison, which made Asuma instantly darken his face and feel a little embarrassed. Looking at the plates piled high on the table, he suddenly had an idea and seemed to have thought of a way to make the two of them happy again.

"Boss, here are twenty more meatballs!"

But his actions seemed to have the opposite effect, and the loud shouting made everyone in the store focus on them.

"These two girls are really good at eating..."

"I really can't tell... This is the first time I've seen a girl who can eat like this..."

Although the whispers around them were low, Anko and Kurenai, as ninjas, could hear them clearly, and a blush instantly appeared on their faces.

Although they are ninjas and have a higher status than ordinary people in Konoha Village, they are still only over ten years old. Such 'praise' to a girl makes them feel ashamed, as if they are saying that they are useless. .

"Asuma, you bastard!"

Hong and Anko were so angry that they hurriedly left their seats with red faces and went to pay the bill. They just wanted to leave this place immediately to avoid the reputation of being a loser...

"I'm sorry, you two ninja masters, your account has been settled. One ninja master directly deposited 10 taels. As long as this customer comes, he can deduct the full amount..."

The little girl checking out looked at Hongdou with a bit of respect. For a small shop like theirs, 10 taels is already a lot of income.

"Me? Someone deposited 10 taels for me?"

Hongdou was stunned. She thought she was about to live a humble and frugal life, but she didn't expect such a surprise.

"Did he leave a name? What did he look like?"

A little surprised, Kurenai looked at Anko curiously, with some speculation in her heart. Following Anko's inquiry, her eyes also focused on the clerk.

"Hmm... he looked about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a hood. By the way, he also left a note, but no name..."

When Anko heard that he was wearing a hood, she had already guessed that it was Kato O. She was a little disbelieving. She took the note handed over by the clerk and opened it gently, but there was only one sentence on it.

"Next time we meet, remember to call me Senior Brother."

Hong Dou's eyes suddenly became very bright, and the smile on the corner of her mouth could not be concealed. All her emotions were completely surrounded by surprise, but she pursed her lips slightly but kept mumbling.

"This bastard..."

But even Hong could hear it. There was no trace of anger in Hong Dou's words, only full of joy.

"It seems that your senior brother is not bad... at least much better than some people..."

Kurenai's eyes also glowed slightly, and her impression of Kato Oo was instantly reversed.

"Of course...how could it be possible that the younger brother I took in was not good..."

Anko put one hand on her waist and burst out laughing, slapping Hong on the shoulder. Hong looked at Anko who had transformed again, and she also pursed her lips and smiled.

Asuma nodded thoughtfully, looking at Hong who seemed to have a bit of envy in his eyes. He was going to compromise with the old man first and get 10 taels before talking...