"Sakura-chan, you should have come from the exam venue, right? Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Phew—it's a long story......," I said, leaning against a telephone pole, "Anyway, there's already a fight going on over there, and Orochimaru is fighting with the three generations, and there's an enchantment around it, so we can't get in." There are a lot of enemies over there, mainly Otoshinobi, but Kakashi-sensei and Akai-sensei are here!"

"En......" Jiraiya pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Then why did you fly in that direction?"

"Uh...... At first, I fought them at the stadium, but Kakashi-sensei said that I didn't have much energy, so he sent me to chase Sasuke with Naruto and Shikamaru. Then we were chased, and I stayed behind to break the back, and then Asma-sensei also came to pick up Shikamaru, so I came back first. ”

"That's right......" Jiraiya clasped his hands on his chest and looked down at me from high.

"Wow wow! Uncle Jiraiya, what are you doing!"

The toad summoned by Jiraiya suddenly stuck out its tongue and wrapped me tightly around me, then threw me on its head!

"You've fought four times, including the exams! You don't have any stamina, and you still have to fight! Kakashi is right, you just like to be strong. Then, before you recover, follow me!"

"Tsk!" I sat on the toad's head and pouted my displeasure, although it felt nice to be cared for, "Then don't pull me like that!

After finishing the rest of the giant snakes, he turned around and headed towards the examination room. However, when we arrived, it was already too late, the Miyome Hokage had already died, and Orochimaru had fled.

The battle is coming to an end.

Orochimaru's escape took away the nearby sound ninja, and the remaining remnants and the unsupportable sand ninja could no longer make any waves, and were wiped out, killed, or captured one by one. And the arrival of Jiraiya also suppressed the last storm near the examination room.

After the battle, we gathered next to the remains of the three generations. This former generation of ninja heroes, known as the professor of ninjutsu, stood on the top of the world, and after his death, he only left an old and thin torso. I stood in the middle of the crowd and felt more lost than sad in my heart.

I'm not familiar with the three generations of Hokage, and the most I know about it is from the manga. Thirteen years later, the closest I had with Miyome was when he instructed me to develop ninjutsu at the ninja school, and after that, although I felt the attention of Miyome Hokage, we never had the opportunity to talk alone. Most of the time, the distance between the three generations of Hokage and us ordinary shinobi is still too far.

There was a faint smile on the face of the three generations. Perhaps, for this old man, dying on the battlefield in battle is more a thing to be proud of than dying in bed, right? Seeking benevolence and benevolence is the best portrayal of the three generations at this moment...... Although he didn't kill Orochimaru, he dragged the enemy's strongest at the cost of his life and scattered most of the guards around the village to defend the village, and the three generations of Hokage did indeed sacrifice their lives and die generously.

"Old man......"

Jiraiya leaned down and closed the eyes of the three generations, and whispered to himself. There was not much sadness on his face, but I seemed to sense his deep sadness.

The death of the third generation of purpose means that Konoha is about to enter the era of the fifth generation of purpose, and Konoha has not many choices, either Jilai or Tsunade will come back to preside over the overall situation. And if Jiraiya can come back to Tsunade, he will definitely not sit in the position of Hokage. In other words, the general direction of the development of this world is still consistent with the "plot". It's just that this kind of consistency has gradually become less meaningful to me, and after Shippuden, I basically haven't read much manga, and even if I rack my brains to recall my roommate's biased comments, it doesn't contain much useful information.

For Konoha and for me, the next thing I have to face is an unknowable future......

Two days after the end of Operation Konoha Collapse.

In the early morning, the leaves are drizzling, and the weather is as oppressive as the mood in this village.

Yamanaka flower shop.

Two days after the Konoha Collapse, the untouched shops in the village began to open, but most of them were covered with white or black cloths to mourn the people who died in the battle. The flower shop was originally a place where flowers bloomed and were colorful, and white cloth was also hung, making it look plain white and depressed.

"Sakura-......?" Ino was a little surprised to see me coming, "It's so rare to see you come to buy flowers too!Is it dedicated to Hokage-sama at the funeral?"

"Well...... One for the Hokage, one for my dad to his teammates, and he's still in the hospital before he is discharged......" I replied lightly.

"Your dad...... Is he alright?"

"It's okay...... There is no permanent damage, as long as you are hospitalized for two weeks, you can't get out of bed for the time being......" I smiled slightly, their team and a team of Otoshinobi Shangnin encountered, and as a result, one of their team died, and the rest of the team was seriously injured and unconscious, if I hadn't given him some ultrapure water...... There is no such plot in the original book, but fortunately, I was more cautious and did not carelessly think that everything would develop according to the "plot"!

I chose two white white chrysanthemums.

White chrysanthemums represent mourning and nostalgia. Remembering our fallen comrades and Hokage-sama......

"This invasion of Sand Shinobi and Otoshinobi has killed a lot of people, even such a strong Hokage-sama has died, and one of my cousins has also been sacrificed......" Ino said in a low voice, "Sakura, why did people die?"

"When a man dies, everything disappears, his past, present, and future disappears...... These dead people, each of them had their own dreams and their own cherished things, but they died so easily...... My cousin has always had a good relationship with me, but she was killed by a little kunai...... Leaving her lovers, relatives and friends behind and dying!"

"I never knew that death was so close to me...... I'm so scared, so sad......"

Two lines of tears quietly cut down Ino's face.

I took Ino into my arms, hugged her and gently wiped away her tears with my fingers, and couldn't say anything for a while.

"People always die, Ino. "Death, for me, who has already died once, is not the most terrible thing. "For those who sacrificed their lives, the most terrible thing was not death, but the end of their lives in inaction. For the sake of important people, family, friends, partners, for the sake of the village, for their beliefs, they put their lives on the line, because it is something they deserve to defend with their lives, and even if they die for it, they have no regrets......"

"Poof!" Ino laughed first, "You always have so many big reasons!"

"Don't you also like to fall on me and cry as much as you used to?" I also laughed, contrary to the relationship between me and Ino in the original book, I was mentally older than 20 years old and treated Ino like her sister or even her mother, and I naturally got the dependence of a little girl when I was mature.

"Okay, you're not a child anymore," I kissed Ino, who has left the Lori stage and entered the girlhood stage, has a soft feel on her body, which is different from the white that has been opened, and has a youthful beauty. Then I nudged her gently: "Don't be tired of being in my arms like a child!"

"Don't ......!" Ino hugged tightly and refused to let go, "I rarely see you after graduation, and you don't usually play with me!"

"Ha--I'm usually busy, cultivation, assignments, or something......" I smiled a little awkwardly.

"That's why you've always been so strong? You've always been the best one since you entered the ninja school, and since then I've felt that the gap between me and you is so big that I can't keep up with you no matter how hard I try...... After becoming a ninja, especially in this exam, when you easily defeated Ninji and Naruto, I found that the distance between us was getting bigger and bigger! Why, you and Sasuke can become so strong?"

"Am I strong...... I think Naruto is stronger than me!" I thought Ino was in the hair.

"By the way," Ino said with a sudden hesitation, "that ......"

"Huh?"

Ino asked in a thin voice, "...... Are you boyfriend and girlfriend with Sasuke? You're usually so close!"

"Of course not!" I was a little speechless, "How could Sasuke and I have that kind of relationship, why do you think so!"

For some reason, I found Ino secretly relieved. No, after thinking about it for a while, I understood Ino's thoughts, a girl of this age, the mind is still very easy to guess.

"Isn't it......" Ino muttered slightly, "because you're always together!

"That's because we're teammates! And I'm with Naruto every day! Compared to Sasuke's cold man, I get along with Naruto more!"

"Huh?!Sakura and Naruto are a couple??!!"

"That's even more impossible!"

……

Oh my God, why do women gossip so much! I still don't understand this question after all this transformation!

The species of women is really incomprehensible!

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The rain gradually became heavier in the morning.

Memorial Monument.

I was dressed in black and gently laid down a bouquet of white chrysanthemums under the monument. On the tall memorial monument, a long list was engraved yesterday.

"Dancing in Winter. “

Gently stroking the newly engraved name, he was my dad's teammate, a kind uncle, whom I had once seen at home.

The dead will lose everything, and everything tangible will decay and disappear, leaving only the memories in the mind and the names written on the stone tablets.

The rain fell disturbingly, hitting the water shield and becoming part of the water shield. I didn't have an umbrella, but I still didn't get a drop of water. Beside him, Kakashi, who also did not have an umbrella, was standing, and the rain hit him without any shelter, wetting his hair and clothes.

I got up and prepared to leave.

"Kakashi-sensei, Hokage-sama's funeral is about to begin, won't you come over?" I said as I turned my back to Kakashi.

"You go first...... Sakura. “

"Kakashi-sensei, every time you're late, is it because you're still here?

"......" Kakashi was silent.

I waited for a while, but finally I couldn't wait for an answer.

"I'll go first......"

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The funeral of the three generations is simple. There are many people who come, and simple ceremonies are carried out in batches, and after the flowers are offered, there is silent mourning.

The funeral was over, but people still stood there for a long time and did not want to leave.

"Why do people ...... Can you risk your life for someone else?" Naruto asked suddenly.

Maybe not asking, but talking to yourself.

"You can't live alone. If you live as a human being, you will have relatives, friends, and partners, and you will trust and support each other with these important people, and this is the bond. "I didn't open the water shield, I let the rain hit my body, soaked my hair on my face, and wet my clothes to outline the lines of my body, while slowly saying, "Village, family, partners, these cherished bonds are the treasures that Hokage-sama and the sacrificed people did not hesitate to sacrifice......"

"Miyome Hokage didn't die in vain," Kakashi interjected, "he left us something important......"

“…… Something important?"

"It's okay if you don't understand it now, one day...... You'll get the idea. ”

"I still don't understand," Naruto said suddenly, looking down in deep thought, "but I seem to understand a little!"

Naruto's face, a low expression disappeared and was replaced by a smile full of hope!

Looking at his smile, I suddenly understood why the original book featured him as the protagonist, Naruto, who is always optimistic and positive, is indeed constantly infecting others and making people feel motivated!

"Kakashi-sensei, Sakura-chan, Sasuke, let's go!"

Life goes on, and we move on with the hope of those who have passed away.

On the table, the black and white posthumous photos showed the serious expressions of the three generations of Hokage, and it seemed that there was also a hint of a smile^

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Noon the next day.

Dessert shop.

Sakura...... Are you just going to have this for lunch?" Kakashi sat across from me, looking helplessly at the food in front of me, which was filled with all kinds of meatballs, sugar water, and ginger milk.

"There's no way, Mom has to stay in the hospital to take care of Dad, and I'm too lazy to cook for myself, so I have to come out to eat! Besides, Kakashi-sensei has a rare treat, and Naruto, the Big Stomach King, is not here, and no one is robbing me!

"The sweets in this house are very good, don't Kakashi-sensei eat them?"

The ginger skin milk and meatballs at this dessert shop are very good, and it is a blessing to be able to eat similar desserts here as in the previous life!

"Forget it, I don't like sweets......"

Squeak -

The old deadbolt made all sorts of noises when I pushed it, and two more guests came in and sat behind me. It was just a simple scene, but I felt a palpitation!

I felt two surging chakras, one of which was almost the size of a tailed beast! Although it was well hidden, to me, everything hidden at this distance was as bright as a lamp in my perception!

Definitely Uchiha Itachi and dried persimmon oni shark!

Was that today, or had they been wandering around Konoha for the past two days, looking for Naruto?

I tried to resist the urge to turn around and give Kakashi a look, but Kakashi just shook his head slightly, suggesting that I should act as usual and not act rashly.

Squeak -

Two more people walked in.

"What a coincidence, two!" Kakashi greeted like a nobody, "It's in and out again!"

"Teacher Asma, Teacher Hong, hello!"

"Stupid! it's Hongdou asking me to buy balls for her!" Red explained busily.

"Aren't you a lover of sweets?

"I'm just waiting for Sasuke with Sakura......"

After a brief small talk, Itachi and Oni suddenly stood up, threw down the money on the table and left.

When I walked out of the door, there were people coming and going on the street outside the door, but the eye-catching cloak with red clouds on a black background was gone!

"Sakura-chan, you wait here for Sasuke! we're going to track them down!" Kakashi hurriedly left with Red and Asma.

Damn, I want to keep up with the shadow-level battle, I'm already a little qualified to meddle, right?