"Little ghost, you've graduated from me. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Tsukikankai handed Naruto a piece of paper, which clearly recorded Naruto's income and debts.

"Oh oh, pay off the debt, great!"

Naruto happily lifted the bill, and after a year of hard work, he had finally paid off his debts.

"Then we'll be cleared, and you won't need to come to my store in the future."

"Can't you come, boss, I still want to keep doing it."

Naruto was a little lost, he was used to this kind of life, and the most important thing was to be able to eat ramen with his own hands, which was a great feeling.

"If you want to continue to do it, you have to accept the assessment, I will go out of the village to collect medicinal herbs in the middle of the night today, if you have the courage, come to the gate of the village."

"No problem, I'll definitely come!"

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"It's my first time out of the village, so what's going to happen outside."

In the middle of the night, Naruto came to the gate of the village with his schoolbag on his back, looking at the world outside the gate expectantly, and Tsukikankai was already waiting at the door, and the two gatekeepers had already received orders not to stop Naruto, so that he and Tsukikankai walked out together.

"Boss, you're very handsome, just like a ninja."

Naruto saw that Tsukikankai's clothes had changed, wearing a black short-sleeved battle suit, and the metal on the clothes shone ominously and strangely in the moonlight.

"yes, today is the last time I'll wear it."

"Eh, don't you like it?"

"Almost."

The two of them chatted with each other, and gradually walked deep into the woods, and the outer edge of Konoha was a dense forest that stretched to the border of the Fire Country, and at this time Naruto was completely lost, and only knew to follow the Tsukikankai.

'Whoop'

Suddenly, four men in black wearing animal masks appeared at the front of the road, all of them carrying short knives on their backs, and when they saw Naruto, they immediately drew them and put themselves in a posture ready to attack.

"Hey, did we run into thieves? Three generations of grandfathers are too lax. ”

Naruto exclaimed in surprise, he had only vaguely heard that there was a group of thieves outside the village, but he didn't expect it to be so close to the village, and he couldn't help but worry about the security of the village.

"Kid, hide behind me."

Tsukikankai pulled Naruto behind him, blocking him with his burly body.

"Moon view of the sea, this is not the same as what was said."

The man's voice that seemed to be the captain was very gloomy, and he looked at Yue Guanhai's gaze as if he wanted to tear him apart.

"It's no different, I'm just protecting my employees as a boss."

"You're betraying 'roots'!"

The captain didn't seem to want to talk nonsense with Yueguanhai, and pulled out a short knife and slashed at his head.

"Hahaha, you're really good at laughing, I'm not a 'root' person for a long time."

Yue Guanhai laughed, gathered Chakra on his arm, and easily blocked the knife.

"Yueguanhai betrayed and executed Plan B."

The captain did not take the enemy lightly and went to fight with Yue Guanhai alone, and called three of his subordinates to go up together, and for a while, the woods were filled with the sound of swords intersecting.

"It's worthy of being a murderer, why do you have to protect a monster with such strength, you should understand what Tuanzang-sama means."

"Monster, I don't think so, he's just a fool in my eyes."

Yueguanhai blocked the slash that could cut off the house, and with only the strength of his flesh and the four dark parts, he didn't fall behind, and he even had time to chat.

"When you have something to protect, you become weak."

If the captain pointed out, Yueguanhai realized that there was a shadow clone, and the main body had already gone towards Naruto, and his short knife and Naruto's head were still two meters away, so he immediately gave up and entangled with the captain and jumped in Naruto's direction.

"You're so naïve to leave your back to the enemy!"

The captain immediately attached his chakra to the short knife to increase its sharpness, and stabbed it towards Yue Guanhai's back, penetrating his skin and stabbing straight into the back of his heart, for a person of their level, they could stab the vital point with their eyes closed.

"Hmm."

Yueguanhai snorted, and at the same time, three more short knives stabbed into his body, and the dark part that had just feinted against Naruto also turned around and attacked him, and four short swords stabbed into his body, blood splattered all over the ground.

"It's naïve to you, if you don't fight with the determination to die, you will only be killed."

Yueguanhai let out an angry roar, Chakra covered his whole body at a speed visible to the naked eye, and used his muscles to cut off all four short knives in his body, and the huge bonus obtained by burning life made his strength increase again, and with one punch, he shattered a dark mask and head together, and flew into the distance with his body.

"You guy is crazy!"

Facing the kick from Yueguanhai, the captain found that he couldn't dodge no matter how he dodged, and was accurately hit in the abdomen, kicked and shattered with his internal organs, and slowly fell to the ground.

The remaining two shadows are not Yueguanhai's opponents, they are easily cleaned up, and the moonlight after the battle reflects the blood on the ground, and the red eyes that exude from Yueguanhai really give people the illusion of a murderer.

"Boss, boss, don't worry, I'll take you back to the village..."

Naruto hurriedly helped Tsukikankai up, but he pushed him away hard, dragging his tired body against a tree.

"Imp, do you know what they want to do?"

"I don't know, I don't understand."

Naruto shook his head, desperately trying to help Tsukikankai stop the bleeding, but the gauze he brought couldn't stop.

"The original plan was for me to bring you here and then attack you with them until you can't afford to use the power of the Nine-Tails."

"Why, does it make any sense to do this?"

"They want you to lose all your feelings and become a tool of Konoha after being betrayed by someone close to you, but they didn't expect that my relationship with you was not as close as they thought, it is better to say that I have been bullying you."

"But am I worth it?"

"It's not worth it, I have to die here today, and so do they, this is the world."

Tsukikankai sighed and said that even if he came according to the plan, he would be killed by the mad Naruto, and if he was obsessed with protecting Naruto like this, he would be disposed of by the 'root', so that he would die here is the best destination, so that Danzou would not be sending someone to approach Naruto who knew the truth.

"This damn ninja world is hell, a hopeless hell, I've been living in hell, there is no hope, one day I saw a little light, that is you, the original plan was that when you were bullied to the critical point by the people in the village, I suddenly appeared, helped you get rid of those people, and then took care of you to grow up, became the pillar of your heart, and betrayed you in the end, but I was wrong, you actually relied on your own strength to make the people in the village slowly identify with you, although it was still very naïve, but you really arrived."

"I've been thinking about what forces you to do those things, the world is full of hatred, children should be more love-hate-hate, but you don't have the meaning of hating the village at all, it's just like a flower blooming in hell, you're too naïve."

"Even if I beat and scold you every day, the next day you will work as hard as if nothing happened, I really have never met someone like you, even I have become abnormal."

"I've long been mentally prepared to die, and I have no meaning to live when my wife dies during the Third Ninja World War, but since I'm going to die, I still want to make a bet with my life, and I see another possibility in you, the possibility of changing the world, I want to help you keep this possibility, but I think even if you go according to the original plan, you won't lose your feelings and make a weapon, because you're stupid."

"Why can I be so sure, I can't do it."

Naruto shook his head, he didn't understand what Tsukikankai was talking about, he only knew that this man was dying, and the boss who was a little rough but took care of him was about to leave him.

"Little ghost, I haven't even called your name, what's your name?"

Yue Guanhai raised his head and looked at the sky, and his tone gradually became weak.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, just call me Naruto..."

"Naruto, what a good name, Naruto, remember, no matter what happens, live with a smile, your smile is the most contagious."

After Yue Guanhai finished speaking, he closed his eyes peacefully, without hatred or resentment, and left calmly.

“...”

Naruto didn't cry, he just returned to the village along the fluorescent powder sprinkled by the Tsukikan Sea, wanting to go to Orochimaru to see if he could still save it, but when he came to Orochimaru's underground laboratory, he found that it was already empty, and all the equipment had been smashed, and it was a mess.

"Naruto, my research was discovered, and I had to leave Konoha, it's better to keep your relationship with me secret, and you've learned everything you should have learned, so let me see how far you can grow alone, I hope that the next time we meet, I won't be reincarnated with filthy soil to see you, hehehe."

The warlock on the wall felt Naruto's chakra, and a small black snake gradually appeared, opened its mouth and told Naruto a little information before turning into black smoke and disappearing.

"Uncle Snake is also gone..."

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It's been three days since Tsukikankai died, and no one knows where the grocery store owner went, and Naruto didn't come out of the house, just staring out the window, eating instant noodles when he was hungry, sleeping when he was sleepy, and spending three meaningless days.

"Naruto-kun, Naruto-kun..."

Suddenly feeling someone shaking his shoulder, Naruto came back to his senses and saw a pair of white eyes and a worried little face.

"Hinata, why are you here?"

"It's been a long time since you've been here, I'm worried about you, I'm here because, that you didn't lock the door, I'm sorry!"

The shy little girl was still ashamed of herself for breaking into the boy's room, bending over and apologizing repeatedly.

"Hinata, will you stay with me all the time?"

Naruto suddenly realized that he still had Hinata and Sasuke, and although it seemed that the people around him were gone, it was completely different from a year ago.

"Eh, that, this, I, if Dad agrees, I'll always be with Naruto-kun..."

Hinata's face was red, this is the so-called marriage proposal, the index finger unconsciously touched together and then released, and replied shyly.

"Woo, woo, ah, hinata, hinata!!"

Naruto finally couldn't help but hug Hinata and cry, crying heartbreakingly, exuding all the dullness of the past few days.

"Although I don't know what's going on, Naruto-kun, I'll be with you, don't be afraid."

After the initial shyness, Hinata also sensed Naruto's pain and gently touched his head to comfort him.

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