[Hokage] My Bamboo Horse is always doing things

Since that day, Naye hasn't seen Itachi for several days.Although this is a common thing, itachi's appearance that day made her feel more and more uneasy the more she thought about it.

He hesitated whether to go to his house to find him, but Itachi told her not to step into Uchiha recently.

Naye understood his intentions, Uchiha's attitude in the village became more and more tense, and because of Shisui's death, he entered a white-hot stage, and even had many fights with the villagers.

The bright full moon is accompanied by the chirping of cicadas in early summer, and the wind chimes jingle as the wind chimes swing.

If it weren't for the dangerous aura that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, it would have been a peaceful and comfortable night.

Nanoha immediately put on a guarded posture, took out a kumai from the ninja bag and threw it at the person, a kunai wiped the hair of the person who came, and fell into the endless night outside the window.

"Don't be so nervous, I just came to inform you of one thing."

A mellow and sexy male voice sounded, and by the moonlight, I saw him sitting casually on the windowsill, wearing an orange and black-striped mask, poking the hanging sunny doll with one hand, looking quite leisurely.

"What?" Even if he said that, Naye didn't dare to relax her vigilance at all, she could feel the opponent's too strong strength.

"...Forget it, you can go and see for yourself, Uchiha Itachi." His words rose at the end, as if he was in a very happy mood.

"It's still too late to go now." Then, centering on the only Sharingan that he leaked, a vortex formed and gradually disappeared.

The anxiety became more and more magnified, Naye's heart was beating wildly, and sure enough...something happened.

From the apartment to the Uchiha residence, for the first time, she felt that this was really a short distance.

On the flying and jumping roof, under the reflection of the red full moon, the atmosphere gradually became weird.

The bright red that catches the eye can be seen everywhere on the wall, on the ground, on the blue door curtain that is blowing in the wind, and on the family emblem that is no longer visible.

Dilapidated houses, fallen corpses...

The mother-in-law who sells tomatoes, the uncle who runs a small shop, the once-neighbor’s child Jitai, the aunt who spread gossip about her being the illegitimate daughter of the patriarch...

From the moment she stepped into Uchiha, she stopped thinking.

Her brain froze, she knew that all of this must have something to do with Itachi.

Until she stopped in front of the familiar door, her hand touching the wooden door frame was trembling.

Itachi finally came out. After releasing the illusion to Sasuke, he walked slowly towards this side, as if he didn't see her, step by step, and finally passed her by.

"Why did you do this?" An inexplicable sadness rose from the bottom of her heart, knowing that there must be something inside that she didn't understand, but Naye knew that for Itachi, this would be a road of no return.

He stopped, but his shoulders, which were not broad enough, happened to block Naye's sight.

The usual gentle aura was completely gone, and the Itachi at this moment only had bloodthirsty and indifference that made people frightened.

It seemed that after a long time, he finally spoke, and his emotionless tone even made Naye wonder, is this really Itachi Uchiha?

"Nanoye feels that the so-called life has no meaning."

It was a question he had started to think about many years ago when he witnessed the war for the first time.

Until then, that Orochimaru who defected from the village back then had answered him when he was only four years old.

"Life has no meaning."

Naye's slightly trembling shoulders and choked voice all hinted that she was trying to suppress her sadness.

"How do I know such a question!" she growled at Itachi.

"I only know that this place has never belonged to me, whether Uchiha or Konoha. I never thought about trying to become stronger in order to protect something. Maybe this is why I have never been able to be like you and Zhiye. For the same reason as water."

Because I can't get close, I feel that I am always just a bystander.

"Until later..." Until later I met my teammates, teachers, and Itachi who saved her from fire and water again and again.

"My meaning is what I have been looking for. The first time I told Zhishui, I finally found the person I want to protect, which is you, Zhishui, and my teammates."

Naye finally couldn't help it, and stepped forward to hug Itachi's back, wrapping his arms around his thin waist, and his intermittent words changed from roaring and roaring at the beginning, to finally crying.

"Now that you are all leaving me one by one, what kind of attitude should I live in in the days to come?"

"Look for that kind of thing by yourself." He left without looking back.

"Peer, teacher, friend. I'm just a betrayer." No need to hold back because of me.

Itachi finally left, as if without the slightest hesitation.

Naye didn't know why it was only a few days, and Itachi's attitude towards her was almost completely different. In the metasequoia forest that day, the smell of washing powder on his clothes was still fresh in his memory.

The wind blew past and brought a rust-like smell, the door curtain painted with round fans was still floating there, and the blood-stained family emblem turned crimson.

The shape of the tree showed different mottled traces by the moonlight, and finally the wind stopped, and they could only fade to their original appearance, except for the solidified, dark brown bloodstains.

I don't know how to walk, and when Naye came back to his senses, he found himself standing in Yu Zhishui's secret training ground.

It's just that things have changed for a long time, and the traces left by those training sessions are still clear. When I brush my fingers, I can't help but miss the shuriken I practiced with Shishui and Itachi in those years.

"Want to know why Itachi did this?" A magnetic and mellow voice came from behind her, accompanied by a strange and dangerous breath.

"Who the hell are you?" Naiye stared at his only Sharingan vigilantly, speculating silently in her heart.

"It doesn't matter who I am, don't you want to know? Itachi's purpose for doing this." His methodical tone determined the truth that Naye wanted to explore.

"What?" Sure enough, his words aroused Naye's interest in exploring the origin.

"Speaking of it, this is really a long and sad story."

The strange masked man riding on the tree swayed his legs, and by the way, let it pass.

After that, everything from Uchiha's attempted coup d'etat to Shisui's eyes gouged out by a sneak attack, to Itachi's forced extermination, everything was so cruel and helpless.

[Ninjas are ninjas because they are often forced to make cruel choices. ]

Naye remembered that Itachi seemed to have said this to her. At that time, she didn't understand what kind of suffering Itachi was enduring in her heart when she said this.

"In order to protect the glory of Uchiha, not to be accused of rebellion. It is also to protect the only younger brother, and to protect the peace of the village, preventing other countries from taking advantage of it..." The masked man's words are like a pendulum, sentence by sentence Hitting Naye's heart, these are all darkness that she doesn't know.

"Why should I believe you, a coward who doesn't even dare to reveal his identity!" I couldn't believe the truth, Naye was on the verge of collapse, she lowered her head and clenched her fists to suppress the restlessness in her heart, but her uncontrollable emotions made her Her body trembled slightly.

"Everything I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can ask your third Hokage." He spread his hands, his tone full of jokes, "This is a decision Konoha executives forced Itachi to make."

"Well..." Seeing that Naye was silent, he fell from the tree and said slowly: "I will come to you again after you believe what I said."

Then he disappeared in the same way before the dark dawn.