[Hokage] Long Night Shimmer

After the Chunin exam, the three members of the eighth class, no matter whether they were high-scoring flyers or low-scoring alternates, were successfully promoted to Chunin. Next, after the holiday after the exam, the eighth class can do those things that are more difficult. task.

Facts have proved that Uchiha Mao is not a temperament that can live at home. He got up and went to Kakashi to learn martial arts without resting for two days.She was obviously a girl, but she was relentless in the fight, and both sides refused to give up until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.

But under the heartbroken warning of his sister-in-law brother, Mao decided to protect his face, at least... not to be too obvious.

It's a pity that Kakashi was still slapped in the face mercilessly by someone, but luckily he couldn't see some bruises because he was wearing a mask.

The two had their own scruples, so they spent a short vacation.

Recently, Hatake Sakumo came back from a mission. It seems that for some reason, the villagers mentioned Sakumo with a look of disgust. Even among the Uchiha clan who have always been self-closing, Mao has heard of it.

Even when she met Kakashi by chance, she could hear the voices of the roadside villagers and ninjas pointing at Kakashi.

However, the person who was being discussed didn't have much reaction, and Mao was a little afraid to ask the specific situation.

As far as she knows, the situation is probably that Kakashi's father chose the former between saving his companions and completing the mission during the mission, which caused Konoha to cause huge losses, so he has been criticized since he returned to the village.

And Mao has been very busy recently, and her study with Hatake Sakumo has long since ended, she has no time to pay attention to Kakashi at all, and at the same time thinks that this is just a trivial matter.

But what she didn't expect was that when she completed the mission again and returned to the village, she got the news that Hatake Sakumo committed suicide at home.

This all surprised her.

But after thinking about it, the rules of the ninja world are like this. In some people's eyes, reputation is even more important than life.

What kind of mood did Sakumo have in committing suicide?

Mao saw Kaka several times walking alone on the street, exuding an aura of keeping strangers away.

After thinking for a moment, she stepped forward and said hello to this person: "Kakashi, long time no see."

Kakashi, whose name was called, stopped, and the rushing person nodded, and said indifferently, "Long time no see."

After speaking, the two fell into a wordless silence, as if the topic had just been stuck.

Realizing that he is not the type to chat well, after racking his brains, he just dryly pointed to the meatball shop a few meters away and suggested, "Shall we have something to eat together? I'll treat you."

Hearing this, Kakashi fixed a glance at her, and compromised for a long time: "Okay."

After getting a response, the two walked side by side towards the store and ordered a few skewers of meatballs.

"How are you doing recently?"

Mao took a bite of the meatball and spoke a little slurred. She thoughtfully didn't mention Sakumo Hatake, but turned around to ask about his recent situation.

"Fortunately, I just live alone."

"........."

Please figure it out, you are only six years old, how can you live alone?

Mao was a little speechless, she had always choked on Kakashi, but now he was choked by the other party.

"Alright, if you need help with anything, just ask me."

Although her self-care ability is so-so.

"Will do."

Kakashi doesn't seem to be very keen on reminiscing about the old days with her, and the two people's small gathering eventually broke up unhappy.

Mao bid farewell to Kakashi and walked aimlessly, but when he came back to his senses, he found that he had actually walked to the cemetery.She looked at the names of the rows of tombstones, and finally saw a familiar name in a very remote and inconspicuous place.

No one would have thought that Konoha Baiya, who could turn the enemy's face on the battlefield, would be buried in such a random place. He had made so many contributions to the village, but in the end it ended up like this. Hero graves are not allowed to enter.

But in this case, for such a situation, whichever party is responsible is not absolutely at fault.

Hatake Sakumo's rescue of his teammate was right in itself, but the bad thing was that it delayed the mission and damaged Konoha's reputation.And Konoha is a ninja village that earns fame and fortune by dispatching tasks, and it is not wrong to accuse Sakumo of his behavior.

Such a specious process pushed the incident to such an ending.

It's just too ridiculous.

Suddenly, she noticed a bunch of lilies beside the tombstone. The flowers were fresh and vigorous, and there were still some drops of water hanging on the petals. It seemed that they had just been placed today.

No need to think about it, Mao knew whose masterpiece it was, and there would be no one else except Kakashi.

Thinking of the man who said nothing before, the corners of her lips curled up.

What a silly little brat.

After another mission, Mao ran to the Valley of the End again, climbed all the way to the top of one of the stone statues, and stood on it overlooking the scenery below.

The turbulent water flow turned sharply down, merged into the main road of Nanan Hechuan, and then crossed Muye Village along the tributaries, distributed in various places in the village.

Konoha was built according to the water of Nanga River. Before that, Senju was on the other side of the river, and Uchiha was on the other side of the river. Do not violate the river water.

But that's all too far back in history.

Mao's gaze shifted to the face of the stone statue in the Senju Pillar opposite, and his thoughts began to fly wild again.

Hatake Sakumo's death touched her a lot. Even such a hero finally gave his life to Konoha, and she couldn't help thinking about how many people had the same ending as him before.

Is such a Konoha really what the first Hokage wanted?

Now that Konoha has entered a state of preparation for war, seeing that the war will start again soon, is this endless war really the original intention of the first Hokage to build the village?

The war still has not stopped, and the peace is only fleeting.

Perhaps compared to the war-torn Warring States period, this situation is much, much better.

She thought of another village builder, Uchiha Madara. The history books only said that Uchiha Madara betrayed Konoha, but did not say the reason for rebelling against the village. The reason for this is also arousing people's imagination.

Mao wanted to make a bold guess, but after thinking about it, she gave up. Why would she, a living person, guess what the dead were thinking.Everyone died under the hands of the first generation. The reason why Uchiha Madara rebelled against the village is no longer important. If you have this skill, you might as well think about what you plan to do in the future.

She shook her head, shaking off the complicated thoughts in her head, and just as soon as she calmed down, she heard calls from her teammates under the stone statue.

Takuya clapped his hands around his mouth to make a trumpet shape, and shouted loudly: "Hey——Mao Uchiha, go back! Have you played enough!"

Mao looked at him and then at Kota who was at the side, rolled his eyes and replied loudly: "No! You have the ability to come up—"

"Hey... you!" Takuya rolled up his sleeves and was about to climb up and drag him down, but was grabbed by another friend.

"Calm down, let me do it." Kota pressed his shoulders to persuade the teammate who was about to explode at one point, and he raised his head and shouted at the female teammate: "Mao, come down quickly! We are going back to return to life. The teacher is already waiting there, I will treat you to dinner when I return to the village, okay?"

"Okay!"

Mao rolled his eyes and answered decisively, then jumped off the top of the stone statue two or three times, and even posed a handsome pose when he landed.

"........."

Mingtai deeply felt that he was cheated out of the food expenses by the other party, so he couldn't help but clutch his wallet tightly.

The fact is exactly as he thought, Maou just wanted to tease Takuya, not because he really wanted to leave, but who knew he could still get a meal.She wasn't worried that Mrs. Guang would break her word, after all, she couldn't see her when she looked up and she didn't see her when she looked down, and it didn't matter if it was just teammates inviting each other to dinner.

She patted the dust on the corner of her clothes, gave him a meaningful look, and suddenly showed a faint smile. Although it was only as short-lived as a flash in the pan, the two boys were obviously stunned by this smile.

They have to admit one thing, although the female teammate usually has a bad personality, but they are good-looking!With this face, even if she did something wrong, people can't help but choose to forgive her.

Hmm... If the female teammate smiles more, it will be worth it even if my wallet is emptied by her.

Kota couldn't help blushing because of the sudden thought in his head, and when Mao looked over suspiciously, he quickly turned his gaze away, and instead collided with Takuya's wandering eyes.

"........."

The two boys looked at each other, and they both read the same thoughts as themselves from the other's eyes. They were very tacit and silent, pretending that nothing happened and turning their eyes away.

Well, some things are better kept in mind.

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So Mao stepped on the top of the stone statue of Mr. Madara.