Chapter 3 Manju Sawa
"What's going on?"
After the First World War, the senior of the Light Division became a spy for another country. Sasuke is missing. The country of the wind, which was originally an enemy, has become an ally of Konoha again. Hinata's sister was also kidnapped by unknown persons.
"I don't understand!"
Halfway through, Naruto grabbed his hair in annoyance.
"Sasuke, where the hell are you?"
"Hey, Naruto. Naruto, who was walking on the road, heard a familiar voice. He turned his head to see Jiraiya, dressed in a loose kimono, sitting at a yakiniku restaurant, grinning.
He beckoned his hand and motioned for Naruto to come in.
"Lustful immortals. Naruto even became listless when he said hello.
Jilai also sandwiched a piece of barbecue and put it on the meat rack, and the barbecue immediately made a sizzling sound.
"What's the matter, Naruto. listless. ”
"Ah, because Sasuke is missing. ”
"You mean that handsome little guy from the Uchiha clan?" Jiraiya dipped the barbecue in the sauce and sandwiched it into Naruto's bowl. "I kind of know where he went. ”
"What? fairy, stop kidding. ”
"Didn't you say that after you and Sasuke defeated my Airo, Sasuke followed a man named Yagami Ki. Jiraiya grinned, "Presumably he took Sasuke away." ”
"Alas~, Brother Yagami? Although I thought so too, it can't be. Naruto poked the roast in front of him with his chopsticks.
"Naruto, how much do you know about Yagami?"
Jiraiya flipped the barbecue, but his eyes looked straight at Naruto.
"A very gentle man. The first time I met him was at Ichiraku Ramen Restaurant, when I was very hungry and he invited me to a special bowl of noodles. It's the knife-cut noodles that are selling well in Konoha right now!" Naruto said, "Big Brother Yagami...... It seems to be a traveler from another village. ”
Naruto vaguely felt that he had caught something.
"The big brother Yagami in your mouth is the son of Orochimaru. Jiraiya put down his chopsticks, and his eyes were full of complicated looks.
"What!" Naruto exclaimed in shock. But calm down and think about it, although the temperament is completely different, the appearance of Big Brother Yagami and Orochimaru is indeed similar.
"Then this time Konoha was attacked by Orochimaru, and he ....... ”
"He was not involved in the Konoha collapse plan. In fact, he revealed a lot of information about Konoha Collapse Plan to me, so that Shinobi Village was well prepared. ”
"Sure enough, big brother Yagami ......"
"No, too optimistic, Naruto. Jiraiya's face was gloomy. "Did you know that Yagami is Yamanaka Koji. ”
"What!" Naruto shouted again. He was surprised at first, but when he thought about it carefully, Senior Koji's temperament was indeed very similar to Yagami's.
"Do you know how he got the look of Mitsuji Yamanaka?" "When the barbecue was cooked, Jiraiya put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully.
Naruto looked at Jiraiya's squirming lips and became inexplicably terrified.
Jiraiya swallowed the barbecue and took another sip of sake.
"He killed the original Yamanaka Koji, stripped off his face, and obtained that appearance with a face-erasing technique. ”
Naruto looked at Jiraiya in front of him in a daze.
"So, Naruto, you have to throw away the original impression of him, Yagami is not an ordinary person. Gentleness, kindness, just what he wants you to see, his false side. ”
"How could it be...... That's it!" Naruto lowered his head slightly, which made it impossible for Jirai to see Naruto's expression clearly.
"I'm not going to just listen to the lustful fairy side, though. Naruto, who raised his head, said with a serious expression.
I was stunned.
"Big Brother Yagami, what kind of person is it? I will see with my eyes, feel with my heart, and think with my brain. I don't think even a lustful fairy can see him clearly. ”
"Ha, that's true!" said Jiraiya laughed. On the one hand, he was glad that Naruto had such an enlightenment, but on the other hand, he was worried about the bond between Yagami and Naruto.
"Don't talk about that, you haven't even eaten a piece of barbecue. With a grin, Jiraiya sandwiched another slice of yakiniku into Naruto's plate.
"Hmm!" Naruto agreed, concentrating on enjoying the roast in front of him.
Because Jiraiya had already eaten enough, he had been drinking a sip of sake once in a while, and helping Naruto barbecue meat, watching Naruto eat. Naruto's blonde hair reminded him of his proud disciple, the fourth Hokage.
Maybe it's old, but I've been a little sentimental lately.
When the barbecue was all in Naruto's stomach, he burped and smiled contentedly.
Jiraiya took the last sip of sake and decided to tell the story.
"Naruto, come here, I have something to tell you. Jiraiya's expression was very mysterious.
"What's the matter, fairy. Just say no?" Naruto said, holding a toothpick.
"That's a secret that can't be said casually. ”
Hearing Jiraiya's words, Naruto approached Jiraiya curiously.
"Konoha will wage war against the Sound Ninja Village, and your next shinobi will be included in the sequence of war. And the current leader of Otoshinobi Village is none other than Yagamiki. ”
Naruto was stunned by the news, and Jiraiya stood up with a serious face.
"Prepare yourself as soon as possible, Naruto. ”
"Boss checkout!"
After Jiraiya left, Naruto remained where he was. He thought about it for a while and decided to tell Sakura the news.
Because Sasuke may be in Otoshinobi Village, Sakura will probably be very concerned about this news.
Naruto ran all the way to Sakura's house, and he knocked on Sakura's door. Sakura opened the door and saw Naruto gasping violently in front of the house.
"Little ...... Sakura. I kind of know where Sasuke is!"
"Naruto?"
"Tone ...... Otoshinobi Village. Sasuke was probably there, along with Hikariji-senpai. ”
"Otoshinobi Village, Senior Hikari Division?"
"Come in first, Naruto. We can speak slowly. Sakura's expression was full of complexity.
After Naruto said all he knew, Sakura said that she would tell Ino about it.
So, Sakura and Naruto rush to the flower shop of the Ino family.
At that time, Ino was tending to the flowers, and his long golden hair was no longer tied into a ponytail but a shawl was lowered.
While Sakura and Naruto were talking about Yagami's disappearance one after another, she was still tending to the flowers, her expression calm.
When Naruto and Sakura finished speaking, she smiled again and thanked them for telling her.
"Thank you, Sakura-chan, Naruto. ”
She said with a shallow smile.
That expression is so normal that it's weird.
After Naruto and Sakura left, Ino was busy until late.
She walked into the flower room of her family's greenhouse and cooked a bouquet of flowers with scissors.
The color of the flowers was as red as blood, and the petals shimmered in the light. Ino's shimmering scissors cut off some of its branches and leaves.
Manju Sahua!
Legend has it that the flower of the underworld blooms on the banks of the Three Rivers.
Yagamiki, who goes by the pseudonym Koji Yamanaka, once said that this was his favorite flower.
Ino asked him why, but he couldn't give a reason.
Ino's eyes sparkled, and he hummed the words that described Manju Sawa in an ethereal tone.
"Flowers blooming on the banks of the Three Rivers
Open for a thousand years
A thousand years down,
Flowers and leaves never meet.
Love is not cause and effect, fate is destined for life and death,
Forever know each other, but you can't fall in love.
On the other side of this life,
Unload all your memories,
The flower is the Yellow Spring. ”
At the end of the song, the petals fall.