"Who are you?"

"My name is Itachi."

"Hello, my name is ...... The flower moon courtyard shines on the maple red. ”

"yes, I know."

The fourteen-year-old girl half-squatted in the small fragrant bamboo bushes, and repeatedly played with the green leaves with her index finger. Occasionally, she would glance back at the man sitting under the eaves. He was twenty-one years old, with black hair and red eyes, and a face as beautiful as the man in a painting.

"Well, somehow." The little red-haired girl sat down in the courtyard with her shoulders on her shoulders: "I think I've seen you." ”

"Hmm." Itachi said, "...... We've seen it. Seen in your future. ”

Sasuke, who was drinking from his teacup, almost squirted a mouthful of water at the wall.

Why does he think that his brother has been getting closer and closer to the great philosopher lately? This topic of the past and the future comes at your fingertips effortlessly......

Itachi placed his palm on the top of Zhao Fenghong's head, rubbing the top of her soft hair. After a long time, he whispered, "I'll wait for you to grow up." It's like the time that has been waited before. ”

Sasuke almost choked again.

If I'm not mistaken, this Zhaofenghong's psychological age is only eight years old, is this really good......

Sasuke turned his head coldly and saw that the fourteen-year-old girl was staring at his brother with starry eyes, and then spread his hands and pounced on him very innocently, asking for a bear hug.

Sasuke: ......

He's thinking too much, Koko.

Itachi thought a lot.

Now he has a lot of leisure to think about the words that have been left in time, the words that his father has said, what his mother has said, and what his younger brother has said when he is awkward, and what Zhao Fenghong has said.

"Itachi-kun, you're going to fall in love with me in the future. So, for my sake, don't give up everything you have now. ”

"I will always believe in you at all times. No matter where you go, I'll find a way to get back everything that was lost, about me, about yours, about me and yours...... This is a dead knot that cannot be untied between us, which is determined in advance by fate. ”

"What do you do...... It's a dead knot that I knotted. If you give up on yourself, I'll go back and forth until I'm exhausted. Zhao Fenghong continued: "...... Do you understand? What the future of you means to me. ”

Itachi thought that it was not an accident that he could return to the human world in the face of death, nor was it Sasuke's temporary mercy.

"Sasuke." Itachi stood up. He lowered his eyelids, his eyelashes casting a shadow on his cheeks. He walked towards Sasuke and asked, "Aren't you going to go back to Konoha Ninja Village?" I remember Kakashi and Naruto ......"

"Not intended." Sasuke interrupted Itachi coldly, "Since you don't go back, then I won't go back either." ”

"......" Itachi was quiet for a moment and said, "I can't go back." ”

"Then I can't go back." Sasuke was a little stubborn.

In Sasuke's mind, Itachi is his greatest bond. If the Itachi is still alive, he will definitely follow the Itachi.

After a long time, Itachi sighed and said, "Okay. You take care of Zhao Fenghong, I want to ...... Take a trip. ”

Suddenly receiving this trust, Sasuke was a little overwhelmed. Although he always has the cold and hard face of a young man and seems to be mature enough to do anything, his brother asked him to take care of a little girl who was only eight years old...... This is the first time. He...... Don't know what to do.

Looking at Kaede's appearance, his mind was full of the bear that Naruto had caused trouble when he was twelve.

Itachi left the mansion and opened the sea of time. The golden butterfly that greeted the new owner flew slowly and landed on his shoulders and wrists. The weasel followed the trail of the stars and walked to a ray of light. In the golden light, the primitive appearance of the land was gradually revealed—the verdant green was overwhelming, there were no people or any buildings, only verdant and lovely green.

Itachi walked into the light and landed all the way to the earth. He looked up at the tallest tree in the forest with those dark red eyes, and walked straight to the bottom of it. The overlapping branches intertwined with each other, and the sunlight was sifted through the outlines of the leaves, casting fragments onto the ground. The tall canopy of trees obscures the sky from the sun, enough to obscure the sky's tracks.

The Uchiha Itachi put his hand on the trunk of the tree, stroking the rough lines little by little. The wind blows from afar, rustling the hanging leaves. He looked at the huge tree and asked in a low voice:

"Would you like to be time?"

No one answered.

"As long as time exists, you will always exist."

Still no one answered.

There was silence all around, except for the sound of the rubbing of the leaves. The tall trees stretched towards the sky, swaying their branches slightly. The thick green leaves overlapped each other, and no one looked down to answer his question.

Itachi bent down and picked up a blade that had fallen between several and held it in the palm of his hand. The leaf was a verdant green color, with clear veins and delicate textures, and there seemed to be some light dancing on it in the sunlight.

"That's the price you pay." Itachi said, turning the blade with his fingers.

The tall trees were silent in the wind, seemingly unaware of their future fate. Countless years later, he will become a sacred tree that people worship and worship, bearing a fruit of infinite hope and strength. Hungry for victory, a princess greedily devoured the fruit of the sacred tree, becoming the first to possess chakra's power, and her name was Kaguya.

After completing the rituals of all alternations, Itachi returned to the Sea of Time. He wanted to leave directly and go back to see his brother and future lover, but a voice rang in his ears.

"Hello, heir of my heir." A golden butterfly flew in front of him: "I am your father's father, you can call me grandpa, of course, ordinary people are not happy to shout like this, such as Zhaofeng Hong." Or, call me His Highness Sharo – 'time' is fine. ”

"'Time'?" Itachi frowned, staring at the golden butterfly.

"That's right, stinky boy, I am time, future and past." Sharo's tone was a little annoyed: "You actually exchanged your divine power for a tree!" It's something I've never seen before! I'm upset! My father was upset too! My Father's Father ......"

"Your grandfather." Itachi said lightly.

"Ahem!" Sharo coughed with the butterfly's body: "I don't care, it's my father's father, and he's not happy too." It's terrible for us to be unhappy, for example, when we're unhappy, we will let Zhao Fenghong run around, meet ourselves, and let the four Zhao Fenghong sit together and play mahjong...... We, the old guys who have become time, are going to watch you put your power into a tree......"

"A tree is better suited to be a god than a human." Itachi looked at him and said slowly: "It will not change, it will have a normal heart, it will not give birth to greed and undesirable thoughts, it will only watch the world forever in the same place." ”

Sha Luo choked, and after a long time, he said, "You guy is more powerful than Feng Hong." ”

At the mention of the maple red, Itachi smiled slightly.

"The trees paid the price." The weasel turned the blade in his hand: "It has given me the best gift." ”

"......" Sharo was silent for a long time, and said, "Yes, this is very philosophical, I can't talk about you." ”

The weasel pinched the blade and returned to its own plane. This was the last time he arrived in the Sea of Time, and he will never return. His family appeared in his sight—Sasuke and fourteen-year-old Terukaede were sitting under the eaves, talking to each other. The small fragrant bamboo leaves rustle and shake, and the green is dazzling.

Sixteen-year-old Sasuke had a nonchalant expression, but occasionally answered a few questions. His side is very similar to that of a juvenile ferrez. And the fourteen-year-old girl was babbling some things, and she talked a lot and thought quickly. Despite all the words he had said, there was no sign of thirst at all.

"I'm back." Itachi walked up behind them.

Sasuke and Terukaede turned their heads at the same time, staring at Itachi from the bottom up.

"This is for you." Itachi handed an emerald green leaf to Zhao Fenghong: "Gift." ”

The green leaves are dancing with the rays of the sun, and the thin petioles still carry the temperature of the ferret's hands. Although it is a meager gift that can be seen everywhere, Zhao Fenghong likes it very much. She held the leaf in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully, and finally said, "Thank you, Itachi-kun. ”

Sasuke was unimpressed, and he stood up with his arms crossed and walked out through the courtyard, giving up the space to the two men.

Itachi looked at Zhao Fenghong's side face and said to her, "Today I will take you to the summer festival in the town. ”

Zhao Fenghong was still observing the leaves in her hand, and she asked softly, "Is there anything fun?" ”

Itachi nodded, and it sounded again, and he couldn't see his movements from Fenghong's angle, so he said, "Well, there are a lot of them." You'll love it. …… There was no chance before, but now there is time. ”

In the past, the summer festival was in a hurry and hectic, and could only be seen in a hurry at the end. He had his way to go, and she had her reasons to leave. There are no fireworks, no bustling crowds, no lovers holding hands, and no eyes looking at each other and understanding.

And now, he finally had the opportunity to go with her to the celebration that he didn't have time to make, and the time was still long.

Although it can't compare to the long loneliness and time she has experienced.

He would remember her every word, every movement, until the end of time.

When time is finally crossed, when eternity is finally reached, when the world finally becomes the final destination, he finally finds what was lost.

The teacher's wish was to be an ordinary human being.

Now, she has finally become an ordinary human.

Return to the world: End.