Naruto: Ancient Era

Thunder roared.

Bolts of lightning flashed across the dark cloudy sky.

The light rain fell silently, and the streets of Konoha were deserted.

At the gate of Konoha, two ninjas on duty were joking with each other.

Along with lightning and thunder, a person came outside Konoha Village. He was short in stature and wore a forehead protector, letting the rain soak him.

His eyes became scarlet as the sky became dark, and darkened as the sky became bright. He looked at the sky and said slowly: "It's really bad weather."

He slowly walked into Konoha. The two ninjas on duty at the gate looked at each other and one of them said: "Proof of leaving the village."

Kimura Kuno heard this and threw something to the other party. The scroll fell in the air in front of the ninja on duty.

Generally speaking, they just record the time when the ninja leaves the village and returns to the village.

Kimura Kuno glanced at the Hokage Building and walked in its direction.

For an "S" level mission, Kimura Kuno needs to report the situation to the Third Hokage.

Shortly after he left, a ninja pigeon flew out from where the ninjas were on duty, one step ahead of Kimura Kuno, and flew into the office of the Third Hokage.

Rumble!

The thunder roared loudly, and the raindrops suddenly became larger, splashing water bubbles on the ground one by one.

His vision was blurred, Kimura Kuno whispered: "The art of instantaneous body" and the figure disappeared from the place in an instant.

In the Hokage building, the third Hokage frowned.

And at the moment he wrinkled, the door to the room suddenly opened.

Kimura Kuno looked at the Third Hokage with calm eyes, walked unhurriedly, and said: "The S-level mission is completed."

"Yes!" The Third Hokage frowned, took out the commission belonging to Kimura Kuno from the drawer, put it on the desk and said, "This belongs to you."

Kimura Kuno put away his commission, looked at the Third Hokage and said: "Qixia Village is the headquarters of the Yagyu clan. I will destroy it."

The Third Hokage looked at Kimura Kuno very seriously, his voice was majestic. "Do you know how many people died in Qixia Village? How many famous businessmen are there!"

Kimura Kuno said unmoved: "This is all done by the Yagyu clan and has nothing to do with me."

The third Hokage's mouth twitched and said: "Someone needs to be responsible for this matter."

"So, the Yagyu clan is responsible." Kimura Kuno said matter-of-factly.

"..."

Seeing the silence of the Third Hokage, Kimura Kuno waved his hand and said casually: "I'm leaving first, Hokage-sama."

"Wait." The Third Hokage said. He said at a slow speed: "Not long after you left the village, your father died while performing his mission."

Kimura Kuno looked back at the Third Hokage and asked, "I remember that my father cannot leave the village without your order, right?"

His eyes were calm, not at all like the sad expression that should have been lost on a loved one.

"Where is my mother?" Kimura Kuno asked again.

"Your mother couldn't bear the blow and committed suicide!" The Third Hokage stated the determined facts.

"I know!" Kimura Kuno replied calmly. Get out of the office.

He walked steadily towards Konoha's graveyard step by step. The rain is still falling in the sky, and the wind keeps blowing.

The whistling sound was endless, Kimura Kuno walked into the cemetery, his eyes flashed when he looked at the neat tombstones. All ninjas who died for the benefit of Konoha will be buried here after their death. Become a member of the public graveyard.

Skipping numerous tombstones, Kimura Kuno stopped at a newly erected grave. Looking at the two photos on the tombstone and looking at the man and woman, Kimura Kuno said: "Buried together!"

The color of heaven appeared in Kimura Kuno's eyes. In its eyes, there was no sadness for its loved ones, nor any emotion. Only indifference is its only glory.

Kimura Kuno, who possesses the magic eye, has many understandings of "death". And with understanding, the ability of the magic eye becomes stronger and stronger.

Kimura Kuno will not cry, because in his eyes, his parents just return to the embrace of "nothing". This is the terrifying thing about the magic eye, which affects Kimura Kuno's thinking all the time.

Looking at the tombstone and looking at the photos. Kimura Kuno said something repeated. "What is nothing?" Death is nothing. The origin is nothing. The end of all things is also "nothing". Kimura Kuno's eyes became even deeper. The color of the sky lingers even more.

He would never cry even if his parents died in front of him.

What do I understand by "death"? He kept asking himself, asking for the answers in his heart.

The lightning and thunder in the sky highlighted the indifference in Kimura Kuno's eyes, and the color of the sky seemed to be turning into reality.

In my mind, the physical continent was disappearing, as if it had never appeared again. The Blood River disappeared with the disappearance of the continent.

As Kimura Kuno thought, his mind went blank. "Nothing" in the true sense means nothing, nothing exists, there is no concept of space, and there is also no flow of time.

"Nothing" cannot be expressed in words, but Kimura Kuno's heart understands "nothing" and knows what nothing is. But the moment he knew what "nothing" was, his body slowly disappeared.

It is existence itself, disappearing. To understand nothingness is to disappear with it. This is the horror of "nothing".

The legs gradually became numb, and the numbness was like fire, spreading all over Kimura Kuno's body from bottom to top. It looked like Kimura Kuno was being eaten bit by bit by something invisible.

Seeing this, Kimura Kuno was very calm. He knew that he could not stop "nothing", because if he wanted to truly become "nothing", he had to go through this step.

Understanding and becoming are two concepts. It's like knowing that a person's life, old age, illness and death are due to the passage of time, and the body changes accordingly. This is understanding.

But if you want to stop the passage of time, it must be an existence of the same level. Such as time and time. Therefore, what Kimura Kuno is doing now is to "become" nothing.

But the end of this step is already doomed, Kimura Kuno will disappear. This is not physical death. You can take advantage of the ability to accumulate life.

If Kimura Kuno becomes nothing, then all his current abilities will be nothing. In the same way, accumulating life is no exception.

When the blood spread to his neck, Kimura Kuno remained expressionless. The bridge of the nose...the eyes...the forehead, after Kimura Kuno disappeared, the wind was still blowing and the rain was still falling as always.

Just when Kimura Kuno disappeared completely, figures suddenly appeared at the tombstone. They glanced at each other, and both noticed the confusion in their eyes.

The disappearance of existence also means that the memory does not exist. They have forgotten what they are doing now and why they are here.

The next moment, they left one after another. They are jounin of Konoha and don't have so much free time to waste here.

Konoha Building.

The Third Hokage's hand that was sorting documents suddenly stopped. He first looked around in confusion, and then looked at the documents on the table with shock in his eyes.

He has a habit of smoking whenever he is dealing with important documents. Because of smoking, the surface of the documents will turn yellow, just like yellow lines printed on white paper.

Because of this bad habit, he had changed it not long after he became Hokage. And this little secret is only known to him.

However, life inevitably faces choices. Just like dealing with the Uchiha clan, he once picked up the cigarette again while dealing with documents. In other words, when making extremely important decisions, he would smoke and yellow the documents while processing them.

What shocked him was that there were yellow smoke marks on the white paper of the document in front of him.

How could this not surprise him!

What he didn't know was that he, who had not lost his memory, regarded the matter of "losing his memory" as extremely important. Because he was afraid that he would lose his memory unknowingly, leading to decisions that would harm Konoha's interests.

Therefore, he plotted against himself who had lost his memory. Because he knows that he will pay attention to all smoked documents.

Just as he thought, the current Third Hokage looked at the document carefully and read its contents.

As he read, he murmured: "Lost memory. A big mistake made by the Yagyu clan. A sudden appearance of wood escape, a secret technique of unknown origin?"

When he sorted out the order and understood what he should do, he picked up a photo from the table.

In the photo, a small child stands with a calm face. It seemed that everything was expected by him, and nothing could surprise him.

The Third Hokage looked at this photo for a long time. He felt that the little boy was strange, but the documents on the table were real.

This was enough for him to pay attention to.

It doesn't matter if he feels strange in his heart. It's true that he is Hokage, but one thing is the same. He is a ninja.

Since he is a ninja, he will not judge the truth based on his own subjective meaning. Everything is centered on the task. Even if the task itself is wrong, he will resolutely complete it.

"Kimura Kuno?" he said softly. He was very sure in his heart that Kimura Kuno existed.

At the same time, Yamanaka Haiichi also looked at the photos. Say the same thing as the Third Hokage. It sounds funny to calculate oneself, but in fact it is in line with the consistent style of ninjas.

Akimichi Choza…Nara Shikaku…. Everyone related to Kimura Kuno reminds themselves in their own way.

Konoha torture chamber.

Amemura Ino looked around in confusion. After struggling twice, he found that he was tied to the prison. He glanced at the ANBU beside him. He almost cried.

Who can tell him why he is in this place. His only impression was that he was hungry and ordering food.

after...? Nothing more.

Uchiha station.

Uchiha Nanako is reading her diary. She looked at the diary and wrote how she wanted revenge, how she liked Kimura Kuno... and so on.

It's like an outsider looking at a storybook, just for the fun of the plot.

For a long time, her eyes showed complexity, which was a kind of helplessness.

No one can stop the disappearance of memory. Uchiha Nanako was unable to know about the disappearance of her memory because she was not at a high level.

But Uchiha Nanako has a habit of writing diaries.