[Hokage] Flower Time

"The truth..."

The erratic sound blows away along the track of the wind.A dark green leaf was plucked from the rough-textured branch by the cool wind, and drifted away with that sentence.It flipped up and down aimlessly, sinking, and finally fell quietly on the roof.

The ninjas who come and go are in a hurry, and the townspeople who have long been accustomed to the ninjas take care of their own lives.Carefree children are playing and running through the messy and narrow alleys, and the cat lying on the wall lazily pushes its paws forward.Two whispering women are sharing the joy of the arrival of the newborn, and the father on the side of the road walks forward with the child sitting on his shoulders.

All this has nothing to do with her.

She has been excluded from this world belonging to ordinary people, and can only hide in the corner of the shadows, holding her breath in the darkness and listening to the truth she doesn't want to know.

"In order to stifle the rebellion of the Uchiha clan and prevent a war that may break out at any time, Uchiha Itachi accepted the order of the village's high-level."

The masked man's words were very concise, and he didn't try to explain too much to her.And the hidden meaning behind those sentences was enough for her to understand.

—rebellion?

--war?

These distant and vague words converged in her ears, causing her to become dazed.

...rebellion?Are the Uchiha clan planning a rebellion?

Yes.

She knew about it and was involved in it.Although she was drowsy every time she gathered, she still faintly knew the will of those people hidden under the words full of incitement.Not only that, she even made an oath to fight for the Uchiha clan until the last moment under unclear circumstances.

"The Uchiha clan must fight for their own rights, which is imminent."

"Fight to the end for the Uchiha clan, there is no other choice."

"Itachi! Try to betray our Uchiha clan, we won't let you go."

Those distant words in the past, full of ambiguity and hidden meanings, are like a string of broken pearls, which are finally reconnected after being combed by countless fingers.But what it brings is not the shining luster of treasures, but the depression of war and rebellion.

From an early age, she knew that the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the village was not harmonious.Even a young child can directly feel the whispers and dissatisfaction that are always suppressed under the welcoming face.

"Order..." Hua Shi lowered his eyes, and there was no need for him to explain more: "It is an order to execute the whole clan."

"In order to protect the village from the invasion of war, he chose to kill his own people, his father and mother, and even failed your brother's entrustment by killing you too."

As if something flashed in her mind, she quickly grasped one of the things: "You...know my brother? His entrustment? Why...why did you entrust it?"

Faced with her suddenly anxious question, the masked man's words were unhurried, and he returned to his original indifferent appearance: "Who knows."

——How could he not know!It is clear from his words that he knows something...

Still, she wanted to be sure again.

"Really, nothing exists?"

Her people, the place where she lived and grew up, and everything in the past.

"Yes, everything is gone."

The slow words once again confirmed the reality of her existence.

"Itachi, he..." she said in a low voice, aware that the wound on her chest was still aching, and suppressed all the words in her throat deep in her body.

"That's right." The gloved hand of the masked man brushed up her long black hair that was blown by the wind.His eyes under the mask scanned her body one by one—the clean and tidy clothes, the wound that had been bandaged, and the color of a bandage peeking out from the depth of the neckline.

The masked man said: "On that night, Uchiha Itachi abandoned you and himself, and wiped the family from the world with his own hands, thus preventing the outbreak of war. He is a man who loves the village deeply and yearns for peace. The man, as a double agent between the Uchiha clan and the Konoha high-level, he is responsible for the darkness that you don’t know and can’t imagine. For the village, but also for the beloved Uchiha clan, in order not to leave the stain of rebellion Name, he made that decision."

spy?

...It turned out that he, who always smiled softly, had already shouldered this responsibility when she was still troubled by the summer sun and the noise of the boys.At that time, he was always so busy, unable to see people all day long because of Anbu's tasks, even Sasuke often complained about his busyness and missed appointments.

He is a man who deeply loves the village and yearns for peace.

... a man?He's just a young man.People of the same age as him in the village are only at the level of middle and lower ninja.Like Shirao and Haruto, teenagers who live under the protection of their families.

At that time, when he stared at her and said that he wanted to see her more, he had already made up his mind to obliterate and bury her along with the history of the family, right?

As if someone caught her off guard and awakened her from a sweet dream, Uchiha Itachi personally showed her another road that she had never seen before.The road that used to belong to her was full of light and joy. She was carefree and accompanied by her brother along the way.Now she has been pushed to another path, and what is displayed in front of her is nothing but endless darkness and confusion and haste.

Where should she go?

Where can she go after losing her family and ninja village?

Is brother still alive?Will there really be a day when we meet again?

Confusion and shock surged up from the bottom of her heart like sea water, obliterating her in an instant.She couldn't control her thoughts, and finally just asked an extremely irrelevant question: "...that child, the only one who survived, the seven-year-old child, who is it?"

"Sasuke Uchiha."

"Knew it……"

She gave a low laugh, and her arms dropped limply.

The person who killed his compatriots for the so-called peace of the village really couldn't do anything to his beloved younger brother.

"Nevertheless..." She lowered her head and clenched her fists.The pain in her chest became vivid in an instant, as if it wanted to wear away all her willpower.She said: "Although... I can understand that this is a task given by the village, which is out of consideration for peace, but... can't be forgiven, can't be forgiven."

"Please forgive me too... I'm just an ordinary person who can't attack my own people." She said with her eyes tightly closed.

She was just an ordinary person who was raised in the hands of her elder brother without setbacks. She had never experienced war or thought of rebellion, but she had to pay the price of her life for it.After losing the most cherished elder brother, other relatives were also killed.Even if she tried hard to convince herself to understand this desperate justice, she couldn't break through the barrier of instinct in the end.

She didn't want to care about war and peace, justice and evil, nor did she want to participate in the rebellion, and she didn't want to sort out the concerns of the village and the family.Forgive me, forgive her for being just a weakling in her own world.She wants nothing more than to have her own family.

On one side is an excellent and trustworthy partner who grew up together, and on the other side is a relative who took care of him growing up.There is no way to weigh the balance of emotions, and complicated thoughts are in a mess in my heart.

What kind of mood did Uchiha Itachi feel when he made that decision?

I'm afraid it is more complex and profound than what she feels now.

"Killing relatives for the sake of peace..." She shook her head and said, "I still can't forgive it."

"It's not surprising that you have such thoughts." The masked man let go of the hand that had been holding her ear, allowing her long hair to fall again: "You have never experienced war, and he is most tired of war. This is his great righteousness, but it is the upper echelon of Muye Village who gave him this pain and task."

The words of the masked man made Huashi work hard to break free from the sadness and confusion. She regained her vigilance and said, "If you try to incite my hatred for Konoha Ninja Village, then I'm sorry. Although I don't know Your goal, I have no interest in being your tool."

"...Don't get me wrong." The masked man spread his hands: "The you now have no value as a 'tool'. Even if there is, it will take a long time to polish."

Hua Shi was taken aback.

It seems so.

She is just an ordinary Chunin, and there is no reason for the other party to pay too much attention to it.

"In this case, why do you..." She frowned and asked.

"Before that, let's make it clear first." The masked man said: "Konoha Village issued an order to kill the Uchiha clan, and made Uchiha Itachi a traitor. This is a fact. Konoha, including the third Hokage The higher-ups are the culprits who killed your people."

"That kind of thing, how could it be...they...are..." She subconsciously wanted to argue, but she choked up halfway through her words.

What is it?

Is it a misunderstanding?

Even she herself couldn't believe such ridiculous words.It has risen to the point where it must be "erased", so how can it be a misunderstanding that can be solved?She has long seen the long-term friction and collision, mutual dissatisfaction and discrimination.

"The previous you said that you don't trust anyone." There was sarcasm in the masked man's tone: "However, the current you subconsciously wants to refute the decayed high-level Konoha. It should be said that you Is it too naive, or should I say that your fragile admiration for the fourth Namikaze Minato is too strong?"