Naruto: I didn't say this is the real Hokage.

"Who gave you the fox inside you?"

"……you."

"Then is there anything wrong with me taking back what belongs to me?!"

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Naruto: (ー ー゛)…

"……No."

"Why don't you get out of here?!"

"Okay~"

It turns out that people are creatures who love new things and get bored with old things. Ever since I had a daughter-in-law and grandchildren, I have become less and less important in my mother's heart.

Naruto: o(╥﹏╥)o …

……

On the calm sea, a huge ship was sailing against the wind and waves, closely following another slightly smaller merchant ship.

"Speed ​​up, speed up!

Be sure to catch that merchant ship in front for this deputy captain before lunch, hahahaha~"

On the observation deck, Kimimaro put one hand on his waist and the other pointing forward, smiling arrogantly.

Behind Kimimaro, Mei Terumi stood there quietly, with a pool of spring water in her eyes.

"...Kimaro."

"what?"

"Do you know what it means that among the three thousand diseases of life and old age, only lovesickness cannot be cured?"

"what?!"

Kimimaro: ⊙_⊙? ? ?

Mei Terumi: (ー ー゛)…

Well, it seems that this fool doesn't understand, but...

Mei Terumi seems to be unable to hold back and wants to grab this little man in front of her and eat him up completely~

Gaara, who was flying in the sky on the sand because of seasickness: ?_?……

Gaara still hasn't figured out what the Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi saw in Kimimaro.

And with my fifth brother’s stupid head… can he really end up together with Mei Terumi? !

"Gaara, what are you still standing there for? Help me!"

Gaara was startled by Kimimaro's voice, and the lid of the gourd on his back opened. Yellow sand flew all over the sky, instantly blocking the path of the merchant ship ahead.

“Wahahahaha~

Run, you guys run again?!"

Kimimaro leaped onto the deck of the merchant ship, and his laughter became more wild.

"My eldest brother finally assigned me a mission. Do you think you can get away with it?!"

Kimimaro's fingers tapped heavily on the chest of the leading Kumogakure ninja.

"Now, immediately, right now!

Turn back and tell Ai that guy - the waterway is blocked, if you dare to come over again... I will throw you all into the sea to feed the fish!"

……

[Xiao Di is in charge of the Land Country, so Ai would never dare to bring people to cause trouble.]

[The Wind Country has Laosha blocking the way, and with Scorpion and Xiaoxue already rushing over... they should still be safe.]

[Kimaro and Gaara are blocking the way on the sea, so they definitely can't get through.]

……

Naruto looked at the map of the Ninja World hanging on the wall thoughtfully, and finally fixed his eyes on the location of the "Iron Country".

"Now the only way for Ai to go is to lead his men to seize the Iron Kingdom, right?"

Everything was developing just as Naruto had expected.

The Land of Iron was the gathering place for the future "anti-Akatsuki" organization chosen by Naruto himself.

As for the residents who now live in the Iron Country...

At that time, Naruto will send the strong men of Akatsuki to rescue them.

Naruto could already foresee the grand occasion where a large number of outstanding blacksmiths and samurai from the Land of Iron would voluntarily join the Akatsuki organization.

But who should be sent to rescue... To be honest, Naruto hasn't figured it out yet.

Because the people who go to rescue this time must be able to grasp the opportunity of rescue;

Too early or too late, it will not achieve the effect Naruto expected...

……

"Huh~Finally done..."

When the last trace of Uchiha blood was successfully condensed into his eyes, Itachi finally exhaled a breath of relief.

"Did you make it?"

Izumi's voice sounded slowly, causing Itachi to open his eyes involuntarily and look at Izumi with an inexplicable complex gaze.

The silly woman in front of him seemed calm and still smiled at him gently as usual;

But her hands holding the teacup were shaking slightly unconsciously, which showed from the side that her mood at the moment was indeed not as calm as she appeared.

"Yes... Quan, I should go now."

Just a few words seemed to have exhausted Itachi's life's energy.

Looking back on his short life,

Sorry parents,

Sorry bro,

Sorry family...

He seemed to have abandoned the entire world that loved him, and was therefore abandoned by this world.

Itachi thought that this was the end of his life, but he didn't expect that in the end he would have to let down his wife and the unborn child in her belly...

Perhaps when Quan quietly slipped into the room late that night, lifted the quilt and slowly lay in his arms and he did not refuse immediately, this tragic ending was already doomed...

"okay."

Quan tried his best to suppress the trembling in his words, and silently picked up a teacup and poured Itachi a cup of hot tea.

"Let's drink before we go."

"……it is good."

Itachi picked up the teacup, sipped the hot tea in it, and thought...do I regret it?

Does he regret exterminating his own family?

Does he regret choosing to sacrifice himself for Erzhuzi?

Before he died, did he regret leaving an unrepayable debt of love in this world? !

……

At this moment, Itachi asked himself countless times, and finally got the same answer - he did not regret it!

Just... a little guilty.

Especially to the woman in front of him - Uchiha Izumi.

He and she were clearly married, and she already had their child, but he still...

But he couldn't even give her a promise, let alone a wedding that every woman longs for.

[So Quan... many years later, will you regret... regret choosing me as your man...]

Itachi didn't ask this question, and there was no need to ask it.

Because his eyes had penetrated the darkness and he saw the exact answer in Uchiha Izumi's eyes.

She has no regrets!

Haha~ Otherwise why do you say she is a silly woman?

A silly woman who, once she falls in love with someone, is willing to rush towards him without hesitation, like a moth to a flame, and has no regrets even if she is burned to death by the scorching candle flame...

“After I leave, you can move back to the Uchiha station.

Father and mother will be very happy to see you."

Itachi drank the tea in one gulp, turned the cup upside down on the table and stood up.

It was time to go. He was afraid that if he didn't leave now, he would really be reluctant to leave...

"Live well, Quan.

Raise our child well, and... don't let our child know that he (she) has a father like me."

Itachi's figure suddenly exploded and turned into a group of crows flying out the door, leaving only his last words for Uchiha Izumi.

"Forgive me, Quan, this is the last time..."

Tick-tick~tick-tick…

In the darkness, the sound of tears falling to the ground was so clear.

"Don't treat me like that Sasuke kid, you idiot..."