Naruto: The hardworking model who realizes his dream is actually the white moonlight of the ninja wo

Qiaotou Village is also called Qiaotou Village.

It still occupies its original location.

The old village chief died in the plague, and the current village chief is his granddaughter.

The tall and thin girl is a sight to behold wherever she stands.

"I have been waiting for a long time, Lady Tsunade."

The village chief stood next to the sign that read "Things will work out when you reach the bridge" and waved to Tsunade.

Nora is not a person who is settled in this world. Whether it is the beginning or the end, he can only come here as an escort.

He cannot be welcomed.

Just because he is a nora.

But Neji didn't mind that, his attention was focused elsewhere.

Tobirama seemed to have anticipated that he would invite Tsunade to go along, and had already arranged everything early.

The road here has been renovated - the new battlefield is tens of thousands of miles away from Qiaotou Village, and no matter how far the influence spreads, it cannot reach the small village far in the north.

In a sense, remoteness might be a good thing.

The villagers still maintain the living style of that time, but the buildings are all brand new and shining on both sides of the road.

"The house here was built with donations from the Second Hokage, Tobirama-sama."

The village chief looks like a little tour guide.

She was wearing a pink dress and her brown ponytail was swinging back and forth at the back of her head.

"When Qiaotou Village encountered the plague, it was Lord Tobirama who came in person to help our village overcome the difficulties."

"The heroic figures of that adult and his companions are still remembered by the villagers."

Neji felt embarrassed by what he said.

After all, he was the main culprit in treating Qiaotou Village as a dog park, and Tobirama was the accomplice.

"Please look over here."

Neji clearly heard the sound of Tsunade hitting his forehead.

The village chief made room for the open space in the center of Qiaotou Village, which has now been transformed into a park.

And in the center of the park is a statue.

The stone statues are extremely rough, but they clearly express the characteristics of each person.

This is a statue with many flaws. Even the number of fingers on the four main figures is not consistent.

The areas that are easy to carve are marked with ten fingers, while the areas that are difficult to carve are just passed over with one stroke.

"This is a statue that was placed after consultation between Master Tobirama and the villagers."

"The characters in the statue are the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and his assistant, Danzo Shimura."

"And Tobirama-sama's friend, the nameless wandering merchant."

Tsunade's head quietly came up to the young village chief when he was introducing the sculpture.

"Earlier, Grandpa Tobirama suddenly said he wanted to learn sculpture, and he tinkered with it for a long time..."

"I was wondering why the final product disappeared, it turns out it was placed here..."

As if in response to what Tsunade said, the young village chief continued speaking.

"As for the sculptor of the statue, all we know now is that it was someone Tobirama himself who found the sculptor."

The three of them were standing on the lawn, facing the sculpture in the center of the square.

The four people's eyebrows and eyes were blurry, but Neji could tell who they were at a glance.

Danzo's iconic scar, Sarutobi Hiruzen's mustache, and the paint under Tobirama's eyes.

It seems like I was here yesterday, worrying about the plague with the villagers.

Their time was paused. No matter when, what month, or what year, as long as Ningji could come to Qiaotou Village and Qiaotou Village still preserved this sculpture, he could press the start button to relive his past memories.

Memories flooded into Neji's mind like running water, but the other person in his memory could never stand by Neji's side again.

At least, not now.

"Then he... should be quite talented."

Tsunade heard Neji's comment and her face was full of question marks.

In Tsunade's opinion, this sculpture was just a trial piece made by Grandpa Tobirama to practice.

There are neither details nor tricky craftsmanship - but I seem to like it quite a bit.

If Tsunade didn't know who was carved on it, she would probably not be able to figure it out even if she squatted here and looked at it for a hundred years.

Where is the talent? Hyuga Neji didn't know that Grandpa Tobirama had spent a whole year studying outside to carve this thing.

After coming back, I spent another whole year carving.

For two years, this was a sculpture that had nothing. Even Senju Tobirama himself would sometimes shake his head when he saw it.

But Tsunade felt that Neji was right.

Although Grandpa Tobirama kept shaking his head at first.

But from one day on, there was light in those red eyes.

Her grandfather seemed to be able to see his own past through this statue.

What did he and the other three people do, and what traces did they leave in Qiaotou Village?

In the sculpture, there is an unidentified object under the feet of Tobirama and Neji.

It is rectangular, with rounded edges on all sides and a small pointed corner at the top.

Tsunade pointed at the unknown object and asked Neji:

"Do you know what this is?"

When Tsunade was still a little girl, she asked the same question while carving at Tobirama.

"Grandpa Tobirama! What is this weird thing?"

The content of Tobirama's answer at that time had nothing to do with this unidentified object.

Tsunade was impressed.

Tobirama answered:

"This..."

Tsunade saw Neji opening his mouth to answer with an inexplicable smile.

It was not to laugh at Tobirama's craftsmanship, but to think about what had happened in the past.

"This is a sapling. It will grow into a very large sapling."

Hyuga Neji gave exactly the same answer as Senju Tobirama.

"you're right."

Tsunade also smiled.

The sunlight hits the back of the Tobirama statue and reflects on the tip of the "sapling".

"Grandpa Tobirama is indeed talented in carving."

What does the sculpture look like?

Who are the sculptures for?

Only the sculptor himself would know these.

Everyone has a different definition of a good work, but Tsunade firmly believes that Tobirama must have been proud and satisfied when he placed the sculpture here.

He could surely imagine the day, more than a decade later, when the person on the sculpture would come back here and reopen the Pandora's box of memory.

It doesn’t matter if outsiders don’t understand.

Isn't it enough for Tobirama to understand as long as those who want to understand can understand?

The young village chief was still walking forward - rather than forward, it would be more accurate to say that he was walking parallel to the sign.

As they walked along, they felt the light gradually dimming and their heads were covered by lush greenery.

The scorching sun was hidden, replaced by a cool breeze, mixed with the smell of leaves and soil, making it easy to identify the source of the wind.

"What we are seeing now is the tree that Lord Tobirama planted with his friends before leaving Hashito Village."

"It is rumored that Lord Tobirama added the chakra or cells of his elder brother, the first Hokage, Lord Senju Hashirama, into the sapling."

“It took less than 15 years for this tree to grow into a sizable forest.”

Neji and Tsunade looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

The last time Ningji came to Qiaotou Village, there was indeed a small piece of wasteland here.

Those were the remains of the golden bamboo, and there was no doubt a small forest around them.

The woods at the foot of a mountain are not usually dense, and that was not the case here.

It's not very lively, just a sparse circle at the foot of the mountain.

A mixture of boulders, streams, and yellow land - it can be considered half-barren.

But now?

Neji raised his head and could only see the afterimage of the sun through the gap.

A few dozen steps further ahead is the place where the saplings are planted, so this place can only be barely called the periphery.

"Going further ahead is just the trunk of the tree. According to the data measured the last time Tobirama-sama came here, the radius of the trunk of this tree is more than two meters."

"It is worth mentioning that the tree has not expanded much since ten years ago. It has just maintained its current size and has grown no more than two centimeters."

The young village chief pulled out a scroll from his sleeve like a magician.

The scroll unfolded and Neji could tell at a glance that it was Tobirama's handwriting.

Since the tree was planted, twice a year, dense measurement data has been recorded by Tobirama on this scroll.

"He said the tree is growing well now."

Neji watched all this and turned to Tsunade.

If this level can be described as "good looking".

Well, it does look good.

Lush and verdant.

It’s just a sapling, can it really grow to this size?

Neji doesn’t know, and Tsunade probably doesn’t know either.

"He definitely, definitely put something incredible in there."

Tsunade still remembered that during the days when they came to Qiaotou Village, Tobirama was studying Hashirama's cells.

Everything related to Hashirama's cells was kept in Tobirama's laboratory.

If there is any special product, it is normal for Tobirama to take it out secretly.

"maybe..."

Tobirama planted a brother here.

Planted a tree with Hashirama's cells.

"None of the Hashirama cells that are being cultivated now can survive for more than a year."

Except, not in a lab dish, but on a living human.

"Orochimaru has previously proposed the idea of ​​transplanting Hashirama's cells into living people, but it was rejected by Grandpa Tobirama."

Neji knew that even though he was rejected now, Orochimaru would not give up in the future.

His underground experiment was successful, thousands of test subjects were sacrificed, leaving only the lonely Yamato.

Just one Yamato supported the lives of thousands of children.

What should Neji say now?

Orochimaru won't give up?

Or was Tobirama's choice the right one?

Neji didn't know, so he chose to remain silent.

If there was no Yamato, what would have happened to the subsequent Nine-Tails Rebellion?

Uzumaki Naruto will come to Konoha and move forward with the goal of becoming Hokage.

But the Nine-Tailed Fox on Uzumaki Naruto's body does not belong to him alone.

Yamato is essential.

Orochimaru is also indispensable.

Neji would not be so self-deprecating as to think that he cannot even move a single gear.

But what happens next? Fate is always linked to fate. Neji despises fate, but he has no way of betting on the fate of others.

"Maybe it's because of Wood Release."

Neji replied.

He walked to the tree trunk and pressed his palm against the outer layer of the trunk.

There seemed to be warm chakra flowing inside.

Among the Thousand Hands of the Forest, Hashirama Senju is not the only one who possesses special chakra.