[Hokage] A rose in mourning for the summer moon

Xia Yue is alive.

The crows are his "eyes".Through Qinniao's sight, he looked at Shang Xiayue.

The deep blue eyes—once peaceful, warm, smiling, sparkling when lively, crystal clear in the sun—are now hollow, numb, and tired.

What has she encountered in the past few months?Thinking of this question made him a little timid.How despicable, he was the one who gave up her, and he was the one who killed her; no one knew better than him how the knife tip pierced that heart.He killed her, no doubt about it.

But she survived.Despite becoming weak and exhausted, she struggled to survive.

Using the crow's eyes, he couldn't help staring at her.

What will happen, how will Konoha treat her?Sasuke will take refuge in his promise to Hokage, but she's the one who wasn't expected to survive, so what happens to her?

This question made him feel extremely tormented.

Why can you abandon her?How did you succeed?

she lives.She is still alive.Great, she's still alive.

How despicable.The murderer screams for himself in his heart, as if he can whitewash himself as a victim through mourning and joy mixed with ecstasy.

Will you hate him?Must hate.What a terrible thing he has done.

Whenever he thinks of her hatred, he feels the pain like burning blood.You don't have the right to—he told himself, you don't have the right to feel pain.

However, even if reason repeatedly admonishes, despises, and laughs at himself, thinking of her hatred, he is still so painful that he almost curls up and whimpers.

--I did not do it on purpose……

Hypocritical, shameless justification.

Konoha is getting farther and farther away from him, and Sasuke also hates him intensely under his guidance.He trudges in the darkness, behind everything he loves, and what awaits him in the distance is the ultimate destruction.On such a long road, only the starting point and the ending point have meaning; when caught in the middle of the long road, he should close all emotions, otherwise he will have no way to move forward.

It should be like this.

Why is that screaming in my heart... I think over and over again, she is still alive; I think over and over again, she hates him.

That winter was extremely cold.The hotter the hoarse summer, the more bitter the cold winter will be.Wrapped in "Xiao"'s robe, he stepped over the dead human body, listened to the noise of his partner who despised life, and looked up to see a snowfall.He closed his eyes, thinking of the indissoluble greenness of leaves all over the mountains and valleys, even in the bleak winter, there is vitality.

A crow landed on the balcony.She turned her head, her dark blue eyes reflected the appearance of a bird.

Just one more look.he warned himself.This kind of secret, hypocritical, bitter attention is just one more glance.

She stood there quietly.It was just a crow, but she suddenly smiled.

The tired, empty blue eyes were completely lit by that smile.The setting sun caressed her cheeks, and for a moment it was as if the old days reappeared. She smiled, bringing warmth and peace that could calm the whole world down.

She said: "It's winter, and the weather is very cold. Remember to take care of yourself."

Yin Yin exhorts, who are you talking to?

Is the beating heart the crow that flew away without a sound, or the real himself?

When he opened his eyes, the sky was still full of snowflakes.Hallucination?Illusion?Is it an illusion that even Sharingan can't see through?

—Itachi, what are you looking at?Are you missing your homeland?

"Let's pack up and go, there are other fugitives." On the surface, he was always very calm, "We have to clean up before the snow falls."

—Hey, too.It's really cruel to be so anxious.

What did she see?have no idea.Don't ask, don't dare to ask, don't ask.

I hope she can live a good life and be happy--I don't even have the qualifications to say such things.It's just that, knowing that she is no longer qualified, she still secretly hopes that she can get rid of the shadow brought by her and live a life of her own.

But this is just wishful thinking.He shattered her peace and expectation, deprived her of the life she should have had, and now he expects her to be happy—this kind of false expectation is of no use other than comforting himself?

She has indeed changed.There are more smiles, but the smiles fade away, the blue in the eyes is deeper and colder; no longer being lazy, and no longer joking with others livelyly, soft talking has become a customary way of socializing, and treating disgusted people is also good. All smiles.Only when you are with children can you have a real smile, when you hug Sasuke, you are gentle, and when you treat other children, you have heartfelt pity.

She seems to be working towards a certain goal.what is that?

If it is to kill him...

By the way, it should be like this.She cares about Sasuke very much, and she definitely doesn't want Sasuke to be overwhelmed by hatred.If she completes the revenge, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.

He will wait for that day to come.

My heart should have been calmed by this guess, but I felt more painful and sad for no reason.As the years passed, she became more beautiful when she smiled and attracted more eyes, and he also felt a burning pain; it seemed to be pierced in the deepest part of his heart, stretching a little bit, but burning all the time.

- The essence of love is possessiveness.

Knowing that she is despicable, knowing that she is not qualified, but still unable to restrain the pain of hopelessness.She might even think, does she really hate him, has she actually forgotten him?She has such a strong heart, if she can really forget him, that's fine.

Not good, not good at all.He would rather she hated him, hated him deeply, hated him deeply, engraved his name in her heart with the venom of hatred, and did not forget him.

Even without the crow, you can picture her in your mind.Her shoulder-length black hair is fluffy and slightly curly; her eyebrows and eyes are colorful, but her lips are a little pale. She looks a little cold when she doesn't smile, but warm when she smiles.In the first two years, people would be mistaken for a boy, but recently it only makes people daze when they look back.

—he would rather she hated him than look away.

What a mean thing.

His first partner in "Akatsuki" died, and his new partner was the Renren of Wunin Village, whose name was Kisame Kisame.He had seen this person before when he first joined, and seeing him now, he could tell something was wrong at a glance.The illusion in Guixier's body is still a profound illusion.He untied it.

"Damn it, it was put together. That guy... is Mr. Itachi's family, right? I saw her Sharingan." Kisame was not really angry, but was in high spirits, "However, that is a very interesting Woman. I remembered, that guy was still complaining about why he should wear colored contact lenses, otherwise it would be easy to be seen through. Mr. Itachi, is there such an interesting guy in the Uchiha clan?"

He stood on the cliff and saw the deep blue water below the rocks.It's the color of her eyes.

"No more. The Uchiha clan has been destroyed by me." He said, "The remaining one or two are just fish that slipped through the net."

Being able to mention her to others, even in such a disguised way, can bring a little joy.The despicableness of human nature is deeply rooted to such an extent.

He said he was a new partner, but he was actually here to monitor him. "Xiao" never really felt at ease with him.Therefore, when Kisame asked to go to Huajie, he didn't object too much.Renegades are all slutty people who never restrain their desires.He watched with cold eyes, each time rediscovering the looseness and indulgence of human beings.

He thought that time was no exception.In Yoshiwara, the country of samurai, the shamisen flutters in the glitz, and a girl walks on the stone road soaked in the sunset. When she looked up, she had a pair of blue eyes, which caught him off guard.

Guixier found out and urged him to take the girl away.He is familiar with these emotions.Since childhood, people have been keen to persuade him to be social. Once they find out that he can be hungry, thirsty, sick, and have basic human needs, they are astonished as if they have discovered a great miracle, and they can't wait to share it with others.

He usually doesn't let others make fun of him.But that time, maybe because of the quiet blue eyes in the sunset, maybe because of the faint sweetness of osmanthus in her hand, he let her approach in silence.

That, he told himself, was different.Her eyes are deep blue, like the surface of the deepest sea, not the clear blue like the sky.It's a different person.

However, even if it is an illusion, if there is only this brief moment... He finally understands why so many people indulge themselves in desire/desire. It turns out that as long as there is enough temptation, even if they know it is false, they can't help it linger.

She pours him a drink.He didn't drink, but watched her pour the flagon, his thin white wrist trembling in shrinking.She imitated Kisame and called him "Mr. Itachi", showing eyes that had been deliberately trained, but she couldn't hide the jerky.

There are some strange girls, where is it strange? This flashing thought was infinitely magnified when he smelled the sweetness of osmanthus again, and finally broke the peace of mind.

It's like watching her learn to float in the water when she was young, and she moved a big stone and threw it into the lake with all her strength—boom.

He heard his next heartbeat: boom.

The three-color dumplings poured with sweet-scented osmanthus honey are placed on a black glazed ceramic plate. Who would pour sweet-scented osmanthus honey on a dessert that is already sweet enough?

He can't look at the ghost shark, and can't disrupt his breathing.He had to look away smoothly, meet those blue eyes in enough silence.

It is a different blue.

But there is the same smile.

The stone she threw into the lake passed through time, through memories, through dreams, and slammed into the present.

——Boom.

When Kisame asked him to take her away, he didn't refuse.At that time, he had already foreseen how the night would be spent.

Those burning pains—long-hidden anxiety, self-deceiving fantasies, base hopes—burned in the heart, spread into the blood, and burst open silently.

No, you're not entitled—but he thought.

He had been—had always been, very fond of her.Even when taking her life.Even when away from her.

Always liked her very much.

——It is human beings who have desires/desires.

—— Desire is what cannot be restrained.

He had harbored a base, secret expectation that she would rather hate him than forget him.

The underlying realization behind this thought was that if she didn't hate him, she must have forgotten him.

He never thought that there was a third possibility.

She was showing him that she already knew the truth.I guessed a part, verified a part, and now ask him to confirm the last part.

He was surprised, and a little bewildered.The truth is so bizarre that it may not be believed if it is directly stated, let alone guessing?Shouldn't humans just believe in the "facts" they see?

But if she wants to know...

According to her heart, he told her.The driving force behind the genocide, "Xiao"'s goal, his real mission; what she asked, he said.

There is a calm voice in my heart analyzing: what she said is very reasonable, she is also leading someone to track down "Xiao", since he has been tracked down and such a good opportunity for communication has been created, if he still keeps silent If I mention it, Konoha's ninja will sacrifice in vain...

All excuses.

The task he received from the Third Hokage was "top secret", and unless Hokage personally ordered it, he must not open his mouth.Even if his companion died in front of his eyes, even if he was asked to kill Konoha's ninja himself, he must not reveal every bit of the mission.

Admit it, he was just scared.He was terrified that the ninja she was talking about dying for nothing because she knew nothing...was herself.

He gave up on her.He killed her.Smashed her life and left her.

This kind of thing is only needed once.Just once, all courage and willpower have been exhausted.

He could no longer go against her wish.Within the scope of her ability, give her whatever she wants, as long as she can still smile, and the brilliance of life can still be reflected in her eyes.

He seems to have had a long nightmare, maybe he is still in the nightmare at this moment, but when she leaned over and whispered with a smile, the heaviness and darkness brought by the nightmare seemed to loosen a corner, revealing a whitish The light of the sky representing hope.

"Itachi, you should know that some scenes cannot be disguised, right?"

"From now on, we are accomplices."

accomplice.

He once thought that he alone was enough to bear all the darkness and reach the end alone.

He had thought that there was only one possibility left in life.

but……

—Itachi, I already know your goal, and I will accomplish it with you.

--I love you.

She always seems to be so frank, telling what she likes and wants in his ear.

Really...

I really like her.I like it very much.very, very much like...

The man he loved so much.

If in the future they share a goal.If there is a person in the world who has participated in his past, he also deeply understands his future.

So, so be it.

A tacit understanding reached in silence, a covenant exchanged silently; from now on, even if they are not together, they are looking at the same future.

An accomplice and an ally.

Joy filled the chest, like a shooting star passing through the dark night.

Kisame should have noticed something.He looks rough and bold, but his mind is completely opposite delicate.Not long after they left Yoshihara, Kisame suddenly asked him if he wanted to go to the Iron Country and go to Yoshihara to find that girl again after a certain murder.

"I remember her name is Xuechun, right? She is such a beautiful woman, Mr. Itachi." Guisame smiled like this, but her eyes were closely observing his reaction.

He glanced at Ghost Shark from the corner of his eye.The person that "Xiao"'s partner sees and thinks of is completely different from what he himself sees and thinks of.The appearance of the things seen is different, the cognition is also different, and the judgment will be even more wrong.This is human beings.

He replied: "Sorry, Kisame, I have forgotten the appearance of that woman."

"Tsk tsk, will Mr. Itachi forget something?"

"There is no need to remember things that are not important."

While they were talking, the sun leaped over the horizon.The moment the sun shone, he closed his eyes slightly; the warm light fell on his cheeks, reminding him of Xia Yue's kiss.

Kisame was dumb for a moment, "What a cold answer, Mr. Itachi. She is indeed a beautiful and docile woman."

He has long been used to the evaluation of "cold".This is what people give when they don't get what they say or do from him.Judging others is originally a way for human beings to protect their fragile thoughts.He doesn't mind.

However, Kisame went on to say, "Itachi-san is really a lonely person. Don't you feel lonely, Itachi-san?"

Lonely?If "loneliness" is defined as the opposite of "group", then he chooses to stay away from the group, and loneliness is just a normal state.If "loneliness" is described as a helpless state of mind, then...

"I don't feel lonely, Kisame. As long as you know what you're doing, you won't feel lonely."

He never felt alone.In the eyes of some people, he is alone and lacks communication with human beings, so they judge him as "lonely", but they can't understand that the necessary communication for them-greetings, chatting, mutual flattery- To him it was all cumbersomeness, a burden, a useless waste of time.

It's not that he doesn't need to maintain a connection with his own kind, but that he needs far less connection than ordinary people.In his life, there used to be family members, Zhishui, and a few companions who recognized each other, and these people were enough to fill all his "communication" needs.

As for now...

He has Xia Yue.In the past, present, and future, he has Xia Yue.She always exists in his life, no matter the distance.He once judged her according to ordinary people's standards, thinking that illusion, blood and death would cut off the bond between them, but she pushed aside the illusion with her own hands, came to him in person, and embraced him again.

She has always existed in his life.She is always in his heart.

As long as this person exists, he will not feel lonely.

Obviously to him, she is such an important existence.

I liked her a lot before, and I like her even more now.Layers of likes overlap and accumulate, forming deep love.

I love her very much.

In matters related to her, he behaved like a schoolboy.I wrote her name one stroke at a time in my heart, bought a delicate golden bell and carried it with me, telling others that it is convenient for the illusion to be performed, but in fact, I think of her when I hear the bell.Occasionally, I look at Konoha with the help of the crow's eyes, and I still feel uncomfortable when I hear someone making fun of her and Mr. Kakashi.

What should I do if I can't let her go.His reason silently reprimanded his meanness in his heart.He knew that he was doomed to die.Not only is it atonement for what happened back then, but more importantly, this body is terminally ill.

Knowing that she has no qualifications, knowing that she can't promise anything, can't give her anything, even this life has been planned for my brother to take it...

Why can't I restrain myself.I can't help liking, loving, and wanting to see her.

The quest to capture Nine-Tails gave him an excuse to go back.He desperately wanted to set foot on his homeland in person, even if he just took a look at her with these increasingly blurred eyes to confirm that she was well.He heard about Danzo, and he always felt that she was too eager, which made him a little uneasy.

There seems to be nothing unusual about Xia Yue.Her skills are very beautiful, and she doesn't hesitate to attack, but her eyes are not in good condition. Kaleidoscope Sharingan is too heavy a burden for her.He was a little happy, but more worried.I really wanted to hug her and tell her to try not to use Sharingan anymore, but I could only stab her blankly.

He secretly managed the level of the attack, making sure it didn't raise suspicion or leave her in serious harm.A voice from the bottom of my heart scolded him bitterly, look, this is the result of not being able to restrain myself.If you can't restrain it, it will hurt her.

Similar to the expected situation, that action did not really take Nine Tails Jinchuriki away, nor did it cause substantial damage to Konoha.The only surprise was that Sasuke ran away, and it turned out to be Orochimaru who took refuge.It was a dangerous ninja, and he had to worry about it.

What made him even more surprised was Xia Yue.She didn't go after Sasuke, but went to the country of water alone.

He always felt that the situation was different from what he expected, but he was limited by his status and couldn't take too much action.He could only silently analyze the situation, estimate the strength of all parties over and over again, and after confirming that Orochimaru could not really hurt Sasuke, and Xia Yue was not facing any real threat for the time being, he was a little relieved, followed rational advice, and asked himself not to go again. interfere with her life.

In other words, he already had a hunch at that time, but he couldn't distinguish between sex, emotion and intuitive judgment.

Crows used to wander in the leaves instead of him.It flew over Sasuke's apartment and caught a glimpse of two photos on the table: one was a group photo of Class [-], and the other was a group photo with Natsuki.They smiled at the camera, surrounded by bright sunshine.

That should be their life.

He believed that after everything was over, Natsuki would bring Sasuke back to that life.He believed in Xia Yue, her eternally warm and optimistic smile, and her ability to do so.Is to believe, but also to look forward to.

As far back as he can remember, he's never made a real mistake or suffered a real failure.Although there are many regrets and pains, rationality can make him declare that everything he has done has been the best choice in reality.He has suffered and suffered, but he has never experienced real regret.

He rarely miscalculated.His plans always come true as expected.

The same goes for the battle with Sasuke.This was the last thing in his life, the ending he had planned for himself nine years ago.Although the poor physical condition made this day come earlier, this possibility has already been calculated in advance, which is not beyond his expectation.

When the rain poured down, he could feel life flowing away with the rain.A weak body is like a collapsed dam, unable to stop the rapid flow of life.He was finally able to let the memories come to him, missing his hometown, old people, and Xia Yue.

He suddenly remembered that when he was a child in the hospital, he and Xia Yue were in the same ward, Xia Yue was staring out the window in a daze, pretending to read a book, but he wondered whether this person had really forgotten himself.It was raining when they were discharged from the hospital, and my mother was there too. He opened an umbrella, and Xia Yue walked beside him.Suddenly, she thought of the peaceful forest by the lake again. She did push-ups with a bitter face, coquettishly told him how tired she was, and finally "snapped" on the ground, refusing to get up, like a fish wagging its tail from time to time .Suddenly, when they had just become lovers, he practiced illusion with Xia Yue and told her that as long as she could break the illusion he set up, she would be successful; she frowned and thought for a while, then went straight to him, and unexpectedly kissed him on the cheek .He was stunned, and when she caught the opening and easily succeeded, she said with a smile that this was a psychological tactic, but her face turned red.

Thinking of being in Yoshiwara at the age of 16, he thought he would just watch the torrent of desire/desire with a cold eye, but was suddenly awakened by a pair of blue eyes amidst the lights and green wine.It was only when I hugged her that I realized that I also had uncontrollable throbbing and longing. She would not know how important that night was to him... Three years of wind and frost, vigilance and coldness all the time, I thought I was used to it, but Feel the warmth of life again in her embrace.He was almost on the point of weeping on her neck.

There are more, more... He remembers a lot, Sasuke, Shisui, parents, and companions.The dead and the living came and went in his life, sometimes they left him, sometimes he left them.

Only Xia Yue is always there, only Xia Yue.

He misses her so much.

At the last moment, I remembered a photo.A photo I saw through the eyes of the crow showed Natsuki and Sasuke smiling in the sun.

That photo was the future he envisioned.I am so looking forward to it, looking forward to it too much, I cherish it so much that I don't even dare to hope that I can join it.

I hope they live in the sunshine, I hope they walk upright on the streets of Konoha, I hope they can proudly wear the medal of honor.

All his planning, all his patience... is just for this.

Xia Yue will definitely take care of the next thing, right?

...that's what I expected.

Her voice woke him up.He vaguely remembered how the shadow of death fell, bringing about a long darkness, but when the lights of reality came on, the memory of the undead evaporated quickly.

He heard Xia Yue's voice and saw her raise her eyes, eyes like the dark blue night sky in the twilight.

There was a dry and warm bed under him, surrounded by soft light, and sitting beside the bed was someone he liked.She reached out to touch his forehead, the warm touch of human skin.

"This is for you." She spread out her hand, which was an old wooden leaf forehead guard.The luster of the metal has long been rusted; a deep and long scar runs across it, and the cross section has long been covered with weather.

It is a symbol of rebellion, a stamp on him, and a final conclusion for the rest of his life.

But before he took it, she suddenly withdrew her hand and glared at him for some reason, a little angry, but it immediately turned into a smile.

"I took it wrong, this is the right one." She took out another forehead protector from her pocket, with her temperature on it, as if she had been preparing for this moment for a long time.

Brand new forehead guard, Konoha's mark.Clean, without any scars.

"Itachi, do you want to go back to Konoha?" she said, "Go back to Konoha dignifiedly."

——Not in the name of "betrayal and forbearance", not as a hostile identity, without all disguises and misunderstandings, and return to Konoha in an upright manner.

He didn't believe in "fate" or "luck" in the past, and even though he had seen the so-called "oracle" with his own eyes, he never really believed in gods.However, if there is destiny, if he also has such a thing as "luck"...

The greatest luck in this life is to meet Xia Yue.

she is so nice.

so good.

——I know Orochimaru uses Sasuke, but I still choose to cooperate with him, Itachi, will you blame me?

"No matter what you do, I won't blame you."

Her very existence was already a miracle.

The severe illness was completely eliminated, and the eyes that were close to blindness also recovered; the body stretched freely as if it had never been injured.He couldn't believe it, but she was full of joy.He stared at her, only to find that he hadn't been able to see her every frown and smile so clearly for a long time.

No one knows better than him how bad his physical condition is, so how on earth can she do it, and how is it possible? After all, "Feng Yunye" is just a kind of kaleidoscope Sharingan. The last time I saw her, she was already unable to bear it. Why is it so easy to say it now?

Too smooth, too inexplicable, causing instinctive anxiety; he looked at her description, trying to find out the reason for the abnormality, but instead glimpsed the hardships and sorrows that were covered up with understatements.

He finally couldn't bear to ask carefully.She looked so happy and excited, her eyes sparkling; he had a feeling that if he insisted on asking, it would only ruin the joy.

As a child, he had promised her "protection".She doesn't have to get into a fight, doesn't have to bother killing and being killed, doesn't even have to be a ninja - preferably not a ninja - because he can protect her.He thought he had that ability, so he made a promise hastily, and finally crushed the promise himself.Now, many years later, when she carefully presented her expectations for the future in front of him, how could he have the heart to let her down again?

No matter what she actually did, if she wanted him to keep silent, he kept silent.

As long as it is her wish.As long as she is happy.

He even prepared himself mentally, thinking that she used a forbidden technique and sacrificed other people's lives.Maybe from Orochimaru?It is possible.But he didn't want to ask any more.He secretly made up his mind that if there is any crime in this world that should be attributed to her, he should bear it.

It turns out that's just another opinionated idea.She doesn't need him to bear it, because she has already done it herself.

He had been hoodwinked by false appearances.In the short time after Xia Yue awakened him, when he really thought that life could start again, he was once deceived by the virtual image.

She said it was all over.She held his hand with a smile, frowned and worried about Sasuke, and complained to him on the battlefield that Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito were really annoying.

Nothing seems wrong.Her eyes are clear, her smile is vivid, and her every move belongs to Xia Yue.

It belonged to Xia Yue in his memory.

Only on a rainy evening, she looked at the dark sky, lost her mind for a while, and then turned around and asked him if it was also a rainy day when he and Sasuke dueled.He told her that it was the rain cloud inspired by Sasuke's "Kirin".

She listened, and lost her mind for a while.

"When I got there, you were all gone. Only the rain kept falling." She said slowly, as if recalling, "I couldn't find you, only the place where you fell, so I tried it myself try..."

"Try what?" he asked.For some reason, he felt that this question was very important.

"Lying in the rain," she replied quite simply, "I want to know what it's like to lie there. To be where you were, to watch the rain keep pouring down... death is a How it feels, I want to know."

Inexplicable restlessness and palpitations.He was suddenly very repulsed to continue discussing this matter.So when Night Breeze lifted her clothes again, he put on a coat for her, chose to end the topic, and only said, "Xia Yue, be careful not to catch a cold."

She smiled and said no more, just stared at him with gentle eyes.

Too tender.

"It's good to be alive." In the end, she just said softly, "It's good to be alive."

Human beings will be confused by the appearance of things and deceived by false appearances; they will indulge in their own imaginations and firmly believe that what they see is the truth.That's being human -- whenever he makes such a judgment, it's someone else.Although he never said it, subconsciously, he placed himself in a higher position, thinking that he was freed from the shackles and the shackles of falsehood, and could see the truth.

He thought that what his eyes saw was real, but he forgot that he was only a part of human beings.

What is Xia Yue like?

Peaceful.stable.Warm.optimistic.It is the permutation and combination of all beautiful words.

He thinks so.Always think so.

Although he noticed her daze and depression from time to time, as well as her resistance to physical contact, he attributed it to "the helplessness of growing up" and "not wanting to accept him".He only cared about worry, only cared about bitterness and loss secretly, never thought deeply about how the experience of these years would affect Xia Yue, and whether these effects were enough to drive an originally peaceful and optimistic person into the abyss of despair.

When did you realize the truth?When did the slowly building doubts really shatter the illusion?

The last battle, when she summoned "Susanou".

That kind of endless chakra, that kind of unscrupulous way of using the eyes, that kind of indifference to injury... are all possessed by the reincarnated people.

Once the truth is discovered, more details come pouring in; each fragment bears witness to its existence, with no room for denial or self-deception.

—What is it like to die, I want to know.

——It’s good to be alive.

As she herself said, she pulled him back from the abyss of death, but she never mentioned that it was at the cost of her own life.

She let him return to the light of the mortal world, but she herself fell into the undead.

Why do you want to do this... All he hopes is that she can live in peace.He has already completed his mission, life and death don't have to be forced, let alone sacrificing her?

What to do - what to do?He must be able to figure out a way.For all the obstacles in his life, he wanted to find a way, at most it was just a price.

...unexpected.

What has happened cannot be undone.He already understood this.

Xia Yue was right in front of him, carefully bandaging him, and gently blowing away the dust from the wound.Every frown and smile is close at hand.He looked at her, suddenly very confused.

He asked himself: How could this man be dead?Isn't she still talking, isn't she still smiling?Isn't the temperature of the fingers still on his skin?He wanted to restart the kaleidoscope Sharingan and penetrate the disguise of "Toyo Yunno", but he felt instinctive fear, so he couldn't move.

How could this person be dead?He asked himself over and over again, where is it like?

The first generation of Hokage came to her side, his dusty body was full of the breath of the undead, but his condescending expression was full of intolerance and compassion.

It only takes one glance to let the truth fall completely, breaking his childish delusion and self-deception.The loud noise of auditory hallucinations shook his ears.

He is not afraid of death.I am not afraid of my own death or the death of others.

He had killed her.He had experienced her death long ago.

Although painful, but not afraid.

However, those deaths all happened for a reason.They are all for a certain purpose, and they are all to be written into a predetermined ending.

Now, what is it for?

"Xia Yue, why?"

——You never chose me.

——I have always understood your choice.

—How can you decide to die alone?

--forget it.

Forget it...?

However, this is clearly not the case.Xia Yue, that's not the case.

"I've always liked you very much."

I've always liked you very, very, very much.

"Never forget you."

How could you forget?It is the memory that I want to hold on to in the most painful time, and it is the secret expectation that I can't give up no matter how much I spurn myself.

"I've always loved you."