deep clouds and thick fog

The place with the best view of Konoha is Hokage Rock, but it is a pity that it is a statue of Hokage in the past, so you should not approach it casually.But Rin likes it very much, and when he has nothing to do, he often sits there and blows the wind to relieve his mood.

He has been in Konoha for six years.

It has been 23 years since I stayed in Konoha in 28 years.

Two years ago, the leader of Anbu died in a mission. As the strongest White Fang, he was considered a public figure who could not take over, so Rin was in charge of Anbu.

Rin wasn't happy about the appointment at all - it was like a backup, but Rin accepted anyway because he was really interested in the department.

And it was handed over to him by three generations.The man smiled and said that Anbu would leave it to you, which made Rin, who had been taken care of by him for many years, unable to refuse.

Tsk, just treat it as a favor.

"leader."

A man wearing a tanuki mask appeared, saluted Rin and offered a scroll with both hands.Rin didn't even look at it, just refused.

"Don't go."

The wayward Anbu leader said so, looking into the distance as motionless as a mountain.The raccoon masked man was silent in his heart. Of course, he also understood Rin--today is when Mitarai Saki and Rie return from their missions, and it is normal for the leader to want to wait for them.

——Actually, Rin just simply doesn’t want to go. The tasks that are his turn to do now are basically troublesome and not fun, so he doesn’t want to do them.

"But this is a task approved by the three generations of adults." After much deliberation, the only way to move out the name of the third generation, the tanuki masked man seemed to be thinking about the other party and hurriedly added a fire, "Saki and Rie's return time will be postponed, It won't be back until about five days, so you'll definitely be there in time."

... What are you doing in time?Beat Mitarai Saki?

Rin looked at his subordinates strangely, but still took over the task for the sake of the third generation, and asked by the way.

"Tell the third generation, remember to give me a salary increase after this task is over, otherwise I will resign."

The raccoon mask man wanted to cry.

Hey, Mr. Leader, why are you obsessed with money? !

This year, you have raised your salary three times for three generations. How can you make our low-wage class feel embarrassed? Enough is enough! !

Find the mission target near Sand Hidden Village, a wandering ninja who stole Konoha's secrets.Rin dealt with him neatly, and then hurried back slowly.

As a result, I saw an acquaintance halfway.

Hatake Sakumo.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Rin and Sakumo Hatake is not bad. Although Rin lost to each other back then, Rin and Sakumo Hatake are considered mentors. Rin respects this powerful man very much, and the two will fight each other when they have nothing to do. A practice session.

But now, Hatake Sakumo was on a mission, and Rin didn't intend to disturb him, so he nodded his head and was about to leave.

——There is no idea of ​​​​"a village's good or bad helper" at all.

But he has no intention to intervene, and others don't think so. A nod of the head is enough for the enemy to classify him and Hatake Sakumo (although they are originally a group).The sand and gravel formed a windstorm and hit, Lin curled his lips, and the bone knife slashed horizontally, and it was smashed just like that.

Then he bullied himself, smashing all obstacles.The man manipulating the puppet took a deep breath, with silver hair and blue eyes, a white bone knife, and a tanuki mask—he thought he knew who it was.

Good at the three attributes of feng shui and fire, the leader of Konoha Anbu, "Zi Xiao", can be called almighty.

And there are Konoha's white fangs here... He doesn't want to get out of his body, he just wants to go back alive.

Go back to his son...

Thinking of his one-year-old son, his expression became softer, and his eyes became more determined.Immediately, sand puppets rushed from all directions.Rin clicked his tongue and formed a seal, but what was released was purple flames—it was his achievement over the years, he had no chakra, so he could only use flames instead.The so-called three attributes of chakra are just the three attributes of his own fire, wind corresponds to the decomposing haze, water corresponds to the fog that is constructed, and fire corresponds to the cloud that proliferates.

Hatake Sakumo couldn't help secretly praising the fire, which was almost continuous. Of course he didn't know that Rin didn't have chakra. He only thought that this person had a special system, not only that the chakra was concealed and had a large amount-in fact, it was just the multiplication attribute of the cloud. .

The sand puppet was strangled by the chains formed by the flames. The puppet master was about to manipulate the pieces to form new puppets, but found that he couldn't do it.And Rin was about to end the battle with a single blow, when Sha's arrow hit, Rin dodged to dodge.

"So there's another one."

A young woman stood in the distance, she stepped on a huge puppet and looked at Rin with cold eyes.Almost provocatively, she continued to direct the puppet to shoot arrows, and Rin knocked them out one by one, not understanding her actions.

... Are you leading him over?

He glanced at the puppet master who was fighting with Hatake Sakumo, and he understood it in a flash.This woman is probably the puppet master's reinforcements, and she doesn't want Rin and Hatake Sakumo to train against the puppet master.But it's also just right, Rin doesn't want to steal other people's opponents.

And it seemed that this woman was even more difficult to deal with.

The knocked-out arrow split into two and flew past Rin's arm. Rin looked at the torn cuff and smiled.

With all his strength, he chased after the woman.

This is what Rin likes, a hearty battle.

The woman flexibly manipulated the puppet with her ten fingers, and the sand avatar she created was constantly broken and condensed by Rin.And Rin had to avoid her traps and shurikens—but Rin still won.

The three-body technique created by the mist attribute, Yunshou, who used to dislike using illusions in battle, finally developed a habit. With this, he came behind the woman, and the bone knife pierced deeply, deeply into the woman's heart.

Rin saw the dilated pupils of the woman, and finally looked in the direction of Hatake Sakumo.He knew she was looking at the puppeteer.

According to Anbu's information, that puppet master is the son of Elder Sha Nin Chiyo, and this woman... probably is his wife.

Rin looked at the woman's sad eyes, and pulled out the knife expressionlessly.

"You are strong."

He said to the woman, with a little respect, he has a good impression of a strong woman, even an enemy.

A black shadow looms from afar, Hatake Sakumo, who killed the puppet master, stood still in front of Rin, and the two rushed towards Konoha without much communication.

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Back in Konoha, Saki and Rie hadn't come back yet, Rin asked Kagebu|to hand over the task to the third generation, and then sat alone under the eaves, stretching.

The daylight was just right, and he was not in the mood to find someone to fight, so he simply lay on the floor, rarely letting his mind go.

Unknowingly fell asleep.

Then Rin had a dream - or was it a flashback?

It was many, many years ago, he was knocked out by that bastard You Zi and carried him to Gabrielone, and the first thing he saw after waking up was the blond woman.

The smile is gentle, the slender hands touching the head reveals the human temperature, and the kiss falls on the face.

[You Zi is really, too rough. 】

She complained, and then passed over a side of milk.He clearly knew that he shouldn't drink what a stranger handed him, but he still took it by mistake and took a small sip.

It's warm and a little sweet, and when you drink it in one sip, you can feel the warmth from your throat to your stomach.

It seemed that the coldness that had lingered on my body for so long melted and disappeared under this glass of milk.

That is a woman who can be called a mother.

Warm, soft, will smile at him, will praise him.

Andrea...

In the ambiguous light and shadow, the blonde woman's lines were blurred, and he stood quietly at the other side, watching the woman wave at him.

I can even imagine what kind of smile will appear on that face, it must be soft, with the corners of the eyes and brows raised.

He took a step as if bewitched, but the light and shadow were shattered, and the scene had already changed.

A little baby in a purple cloak is floating around on the test bench, with a purple pacifier hanging on his body, and a very familiar inverted triangle mark on his face, Rin couldn't help but think of his arrogant lover with a poisonous tongue—really similar , but one is as mysterious as his attributes, while the other is how happy the baby looks... The pacifier on the baby is shining, and the triangular mouth full of slots has a lower arc, and a chain is pulled out Tie up the pacifier.

Everything in front of Rin's eyes became distorted.

As if a cord had been cut between the two, he snapped his eyes open, and the sunlight in them made him uncomfortable.

He wanted to get up, but found that he had turned back into a baby again—the illusion had been dispelled.

He didn't want to remove it, so there is something wrong with the pacifier...

He picked up the pacifier, although there was no change, but it couldn't be driven at all, and when he looked carefully, there were faint traces of being bound by chains.

It's the same as the one that the little baby took out in the dream.

...Maybe it wasn't a dream at all.

The cloak, the inverted triangle mark, and the fog attribute pacifier, Rin remembered that he was cursed that year, and he seemed to be with Viper.

The curse was shared between the two of them—but he hadn't realized it until now.

The little baby pursed his lips, a little annoyed, annoyed at his slowness.If Viper also accepts the curse, then he also becomes a baby, right?

Then, the dream is not a dream, or in other words, it is the connection between the fog pacifiers that are divided into two.

He looked at the marks on the pacifier, did Viper find a way to block the power of the pacifier?So he is also affected here, unable to use...

How bad, this baby body, how to fight?

He opened his hand, and the bone pierced out from the petite palm, the use of the bone vein is still smooth, and others need to be practiced.

Hope it won't have much impact.

After completing the task and returning home, Rie hummed a song and prepared dinner. Saki handed in the task and went to find someone to drink, so she was the only one left at home.

... Is she really the only one left?

The [-]-centimeter baby sat under the eaves, and when he saw Rie, he just cast a glance and then continued to stare into the sky in a daze.

Lie squatted down next to the little baby, looked at it carefully, and then suddenly realized, and said seriously:

"I never thought that Rin, who looks like an ascetic at first glance, would have an illegitimate child..."

"Snapped!"

The little baby slapped her on the head, his face was expressionless, but the veins on his forehead were clearly bursting, and he said, "You have the guts to play stupid."

Rie has no guts.

"Rin, are you hungry?"

So Lie can only change the subject seriously, but fortunately, this kind of pretending to be cute has a lore effect on Rin in a sense.The little baby thought for a while, and directed Lie: "Bring me a bottle of milk."

"Hi!"

Rie obeyed the order obediently.

In fact, Lie's heart is not as calm as his appearance.

Her heart is obviously already a grass mud horse running [-] miles. The river crab has long been trampled to death. As a Mao author, why don't you write it down carefully?

The author said sorry that the river crab you trampled to death was not from JJ's family, so you understand.

Rie didn't understand at all.

She doesn't understand that those are just ordinary complaints, so the author's saying that it will be blocked is simply nonsense, just like she doesn't understand why there are creatures like babies appearing.......

She was talking about an adult soul like Rin, but a creature like pure baby skin.

Although she had learned from Saki that Rin's real body was a baby, she only took it as a joke—she had never seen it anyway.

Well I saw it today.

Then it's no joke.

...What a super species.

Rie returned to Rin with the milk, seeing the little baby holding a milk box that was half his height was a joy...

No, this is not the time to complain.

"Rin, why are you...uh, what you look like now?"

Rie felt the need to understand.

Rin's expression remained unchanged, but Rie felt that he must be gnashing his teeth without doubt.

"It's just a curse, guarding one thing in the form of an eternal baby."

What a curse, turning into a baby... Shit, how can such a creature with less than five fighting powers guard things? Hey!

Maybe they don't even have teeth. No teeth.

After careful observation, Lie seriously corrected the above words.

So is it biting with your teeth?

"Take back your mind."

"Hi."

Rie patted the inside of her head that was slapped and answered.

According to Rin, for some reason, he can't use the illusion to return to the adult form, so please [this is automatically added by Rie] Rie to find the third generation to ask for leave, Rie nodded, as for the reason for the leave... Rin has an illegitimate child How about taking care of it?

——Sister, don't be so bold, you will definitely be killed by Rin.

And Rin, with his eyes closed, tried to use illusion to construct an adult body. He has not been a fool all these years. He has even thought about the direction of the power of the bone veins. Although illusion is not his specialty, but if you work hard, you can OK.

Within three days, this small problem can definitely be solved without the help of a pacifier.