【Ming Zuo】Walking Alone in Darkness

"Is it really okay? Do you want me to hug you?"

"Of course it's okay—you're annoying, the one at the end of the crane!"

"How did I hear that after the first time, I have to lie in bed for a few days and can't get off the ground..."

"What kind of book are you reading! Ziraiya stopped writing romance and switched careers to support homosexual literature??—Take back your disappointed expression, or I will roast you now!"

"Hey, I was wrong." Naruto immediately raised his hand in compromise, "Isn't this just an excuse to hug Sasuke again..."

"Haven't had enough hugs last night, idiot."

Naruto smiled, holding Sasuke's hand tightly in his palm.

Sasuke's ears are red, so cute, I said.

Moreover, Sasuke's current appearance of arguing with himself and blowing hair... is more realistic than the unconditionally gentle him before.

Naruto couldn't say exactly how he felt, but he was very happy.The more capricious Sasuke was in front of him, the happier he was.

"Ah, Naruto, Sasuke-kun! This way!"

"Oh!"

Both the tenth and third classes were there, and a traitor from the seventh class was mixed into the tenth class.

"What's the matter Shikamaru, is there anything we can do to help?" Naruto asked curiously, putting his arms behind his head.

"Well...it's not a big deal, I just need some information from you. Let me tell you about the situation first." Shikamaru rubbed his chin.

Strange battle traces were recently discovered near the Temple of Fire, which belongs to the same flag as Konoha. Two disappearances occurred, and there was still a lot of blood at the scene. Although no body was found, this blood loss is probably auspicious.The Temple of Fire and Konoha have always had a close relationship, so they sent a request for assistance, and Konoha is going to send five teams to assist in the investigation.

"Are Classes Three and Class Ten on the dispatch list?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, but it was taken apart." Shikamaru said, "Class Ten seldom acts together now. This time I was in Asma Class, with Izumo-san and Kotetsu-san. Ino and Choji were in the Another group. Kaiban is not dismantled."

"Then how can we help?" Naruto asked.

"The case at the Fire Temple also happened on the border of the Tang Dynasty. It should be near the place where Naruto and Jiraiya-sama practiced last month." Shikamaru said, "Jiraiya-sama can't find it for a while. Arrived, so I want to ask you, was there anything unusual before?"

Sasuke said: "There is no abnormality, but although there is no ninja village in that place, because it is an important place for transportation, the residents are very used to doing business with ninjas. It is not a new thing for ninjas to appear there, and the criminals may hide in the places where they come and go. Among the ninjas."

After he finished speaking, he found that other people were looking at him inexplicably.

Sasuke was surprised: "What's wrong?"

"I don't even have the desire to complain about you." Shikamaru raised his forehead.

"I still want to complain." Tian Tian couldn't help it anymore, "Why is Naruto's practice place so familiar to Sasuke! Are you conjoined, so the two of you have been practicing together for the past few years!?"

"No." Naruto said, "But Sasuke and I often run to find each other."

"Are you guys really practicing hard..." Tian Tianhei line.

"As expected of Naruto-kun's youth!" Li clenched his fists enthusiastically, "Sure enough, eternal opponents should always make progress together! Neji, we also—"

"I reject."

"I haven't said yet..."

"I reject."

Shikamaru is used to ignoring the offline of people around him.After thinking for a while, he designed a few tracing routes first, and then said: "If there is anything strange, please let me know when you think of it——but then again, Sasuke, you have been back for a few days, why are you seventh? The class hasn't been dismantled yet, you should be leading the team with your strength."

"I'm Genin." Sasuke spread his hands.

"Hurry up and go to the exam." Shikamaru disgusted, "Junin's strength bears the title of Genin. Excuse me, you are not like Naruto's theory class."

Sasuke looked at Naruto who was hit, and smiled: "It's hard to say, after all, I am Uchiha's crane tail, and I didn't even open Sharingan, so it's normal to fail the test."

Everyone looked sideways.

Just like you, how dare you say that you are the tail of the crane?

For what, do you hang out with the guy next to you?

But then again...

"Are you really not using Sharingan?" Shikamaru leaned over and asked in a low voice.

"After all, I'm the tail of the crane." Sasuke said without blushing or beating heart.

"Okay..." Shikamaru didn't bother to take care of these troublesome things, "Then let's do this first, we are going to clean up and prepare today, Sasuke, come and tell us if you remember anything."

"it is good."

"Bye bye~ Ah, come here, Sakura! Help me pack the medicine bag!"

"It's almost time for you to learn to clean up by yourself! ——I'll come right away."

Sasuke looked at Sakura, raised his eyebrows suddenly, called Sakura to stop, turned his head and yanked Naruto: "I have a few words with Sakura, and I have to go home later, you go back first."

"Eh--"

"I just ran out from home yesterday, and maybe there will be missions or something later. I have time today, so I'll go home and spend time with my family."

This request was so reasonable that Naruto had nothing to say, he was a little bit reluctant, but he blinked his eyes quickly, leaned over and kissed the corner of Sasuke's mouth vigorously: "Okay! Then I'll go first!"

Sakura pouted in extreme disgust.

Sasuke tilted his head and glanced at Sakura.

"What's the matter Sasuke-kun?"

"Did you say anything to Naruto yesterday?"

"Ahaha...Say, what did you say?"

really.Sasuke thought, no wonder Naruto kept complaining to himself that he didn't tell him anything, that he couldn't think of it himself.It seems that he really didn't expect it, but Sakura found out and reminded him.

"Forget it. But, thank you." It can be regarded as doing him a favor.

"Hmm...do you want to cook red bean rice for you, Sasuke-kun?"

"I take back the thanks just now."

Sakura laughed: "Just kidding! I'm really jealous of the idiot Naruto, Sasuke-kun is so cute."

Sasuke raised his forehead, one or two... He's about to run five, and it doesn't feel right to be called cute.

However, he does have other things that Sakura needs to help with.

"The day after tomorrow is Itachi's routine inspection day, I want you to do me a favor."

"Don't worry, I watched Itachi-san's inspection every time with my own eyes, and there must be nothing wrong."

Sasuke shook his head: "No, I have to go with me this time too. You can do something for me, don't let me really check, for example, turn off the machine or something, and then help me prepare a normal test result. .”

Sakura was stunned for a moment: "Why?"

"Just help me," Sasuke said.

Sakura looked at Sasuke, and suddenly stretched out her hand to grab Sasuke's wrist. The green chakra ignited, and Sasuke struggled but failed to break free. Sakura's hand strength is really not something ordinary ninjas can bear...

"Sasuke-kun, you—"

"Help me, please," Sasuke said.

"...I see." Sakura looked at him and pursed her lips.

With such a hasty inspection, she couldn't find anything more detailed, but some things were too obvious - Sasuke's disordered chakra was weak and scattered, but the amount of chakra was very large, it was just a hasty detection, little Sakura found that even his internal organs were affected, the heart and liver hadn’t had time to take a closer look, but the stomach and spleen were obviously severely oppressed, no wonder Naruto often complained to her that Sasuke’s appetite was too small and getting smaller—he All the chakra and physical strength are used to maintain the stability of the chakra force, which consumes too much, and there is no extra strength to repair the internal organs by itself, so the body becomes thinner and weaker.What the hell happened to him?

She can help with the false report, but she must carefully examine Sasuke-kun's body.

"Thank you." Sasuke gently broke away from her hand, nodded to her, turned and left.

It was still early, and my father and elder brother should still be working and not coming home at this time.Sasuke thought about it, but when he saw a pair of familiar shoes in front of the porch, he immediately went black.Walking in, I heard a familiar voice as I approached the kitchen.

"Oh, do you want to flip like this?"

"Yes, turn it over when the edges are slightly burnt."

"Sasuke likes to eat well-cooked fried eggs. I said, can this be cooked?"

"Pfft... Sure enough, Naruto-chan knows Sasuke quite well. Don't worry, he can be well-cooked this way. He has a different taste from Itachi. Itachi likes candied ones, but he likes fully-cooked ones. I've been used to it for so many years." La."

"Hey, I'm sorry...thank you, Auntie!"

Sasuke stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at the two people who were cooking with Lele inside, feeling very embarrassed for some reason.

It was Naruto who sensed the line of sight first, and turned his head to look super happy: "Sasuke! You're back, let me tell you!"

"Hey, Sasuke is back?" Mikoto smiled and handed a bowl of small tomatoes to Naruto, "There are very fresh tomatoes today, you and Naruto-chan go eat first."

Naruto took the tomato to Sasuke, and ran back: "I won't eat it! I'll help my auntie cook, so can auntie tell me how to order Sasuke's favorite dishes? - Sasuke, eat first! Good meal I'll call you and I'll tell you!"

So what is this strange feeling that seems to be harmonious with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!

Sasuke rubbed his forehead, ground his teeth for a while, and decided to go back to eat his tomato, pretending he didn't see anything.

The two in the kitchen are still harmonious.Naruto is a practical type, and he is actually good at cooking, which relies on body memory. Mikoto also cooks Sasuke's favorite dishes today, so of course he puts more effort into it.

"Naruto-chan."

"Ah! Auntie!" Naruto responded immediately.Since childhood, Mikoto has always called him by the intimate title of "Naruto-chan", but that day she had no brains and confessed in front of her parents. Mikoto changed it to "Naruto-kun", which made Naruto very nervous Fortunately, after she came to see her today, Miqin's attitude remained the same as before.Naruto is trying to win over the hearts of Uchiha's family, and he is walking on thin ice if he is careful.

"Sasuke... Although he is not very good at talking, he is actually a very gentle child." Mikoto smiled, "This is actually more like his father... Ah, even though I said it like this, Naruto-chan is actually better than him. Let's know him better. After all, since childhood, this child is closer to you than your family. "

When I was young, I was ignorant, but I just didn't want to lose the only Sasuke I got. At that time, Naruto didn't think so much.But when I think about it when I grow up, Naruto is actually very ashamed.Even though he was a child of the same age, Sasuke would definitely want to spend more time with his family, but he wasted a lot of time for himself.Naruto hugged the jar of pickled vegetables he just took out, lowered his eyes and whispered, "I'm sorry, Auntie, I've been too willful since I was a child..."

"Yeah~ It's nothing. And originally..." Meiqin swallowed halfway through her speech, "I really didn't expect...it really made that guy's wish come true..."

"'That guy' means...?"

"It's nothing." Mikoto shook her head with a smile, and looked at Naruto carefully. Although she had the obvious hair color and eye color of the fourth generation, the shape of her face and eyes...was very similar to her best friend.Now that he has grown up, he is more heroic, and he was more like Kushina when he was a child.Mikoto treats him well, apart from Sasuke's relationship, she is also thinking about her old friend.She didn't know why Sandai kept concealing his identity, but anyway, it was inappropriate for Uchiha's patriarch's wife to tell her about it, so she didn't say much: "Give me the pickles~ this kind of pickles are my favorite!" The taste is sweet and sour, if you want to make it, please put less sugar, Sasuke doesn’t like sweet food~”

"Oh, yes! I also feel that the salty one tastes better!"

Sasuke sat cross-legged on the porch, with his back leaning against the porch pillar, holding the leaves of the little tomato and looking at the sky. When the little hawk suddenly appeared, Sasuke was stunned for a moment, and quickly stretched out his hand.

The little eagle was still young, only half the length of Sasuke's arm, and it landed on Sasuke's arm, but it didn't bring any letter. It screamed twice and disappeared with a snap.

Sasuke's expression changed instantly.

Something happened to Zhishui.

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