"Tsurai! When are you going to go? ”

The owner of the vegetable stall in the distance saw the man standing there and raised his arm to shout to him.

"Ah...... Yet, I haven't decided yet......"

He squeezed a smile very reluctantly at the vegetable stall uncle, and looked left and right in confusion, trying to find the small cart that Yuwa had been with him for a long time.

But no.

He didn't even know where they had gone.

"Speaking of which, the trolley I just put here looks like the one you put here, but there's a kid on it, and I thought it was someone you knew, but just a few minutes ago, a guy pushed the kid and the cart and left-"

"Where did that guy go?"

When he heard this, he immediately came back to his senses, and ran to the side of the vegetable stall uncle in a little anxious.

"Uh, from that north corner—"

The uncle leaned back, scratched his head and pointed him in the right direction. As soon as the words fell, he had already run over there.

…… Hopefully he'll be fine.

I was very remorseful.

Even if Yu's thinking is very mature, 'he' is really just a child.

Let such a small child be left alone in one place and wait for someone...... It's not that safe after all.

What's more, Yu is still on the kind of tool that can be pushed away by any person.

It's like walking with a battery car that hasn't been unplugged, and any passer-by who grabs the handlebar can ride the car away in front of you, and you can't catch up.

…… If you just lock the trolley aside, at least no one else can take everything and people away without alarming the other people.

-

"Brother ——!!"

After running across the corner for less than half a minute, he heard Yu's voice.

After turning his gaze to the direction of the sound source, he was greeted by a stranger lying on his side on the ground curled up and wailing at the same time as Yu.

Yu was afraid that the cart would be taken away again, so he dragged this one in the direction of the tower with great difficulty.

But she couldn't pull the thing at all, and after trying for a while, she didn't even move half a step.

"Are you alright?" Yu's heartbeat was still beating rapidly, and he first ran over to carefully check whether Yu's appearance was injured, and then looked at the person on the ground, "This...... Uh......"

The posture of that person made him suddenly feel the same pain.

"This person has been looking at me for a long time over there, walking around several times, I thought he was going around around his crush's house because he was embarrassed to confess to someone, but I didn't expect the target to be me, a child."

Yu was very upset and kicked the person with his back to this side again.

As it turned out, she really thought too much.

Even dog food is not available anytime and anywhere.

The person who eats it often can only mean that the person's life is a bit miserable.

"I was also a little confused when he was pushed away with the cart, and I didn't greet people in time, so I thought about finding an opportunity later, and he was not so nervous after he got here, and he pushed a little slower, so I aimed at him...... jumped over, then stepped on it a few more times as he fell to the ground...... Brother, it's not me who is wrong, right? ”

Yu suddenly showed a frightened look, hugged his thighs, raised his face and chirped, and said in a very aggrieved voice.

"Well, you're right...... "Tsuki patted her on the shoulder, "it's fine." ”

"Actually, I'm still worried, do you think I've run away with all this stuff of yours?"

Yu grinned, innocent.

“…… How is it possible, you see you can't even push this little cart. ”

He pressed her shoulders and turned her around, then lifted her arm and put her back in the cart.

To be honest, he really thought that for a moment.

When I met Yu before, Yu carried a lot of baggage, but most of it was relatively light food, and it looked very heavy overall, but in fact, it was only half a box of Hongbaolai, and the things he carried were dozens of times heavier than those.

…… He was embarrassed that he had doubted Yu.

"This person won't be able to get up for a while, and there are already well-meaning people looking for patrols, so let's hurry up——...... Elder brother. ”

Yu can probably know what Hiki thinks.

If I swapped my position with my own, I would definitely think the same way.

After all, the two of them didn't know each other well.

Although they took him in for more than half a day, although the other party left with him, they are not familiar with each other, and their relationship has not yet reached the level where they can entrust their family property to each other.

“…… Well. ”

Hirai was ashamed of his suspicion of a child, and when he heard Yu call him brother as before, he was even more ashamed, and he pushed the cart carrying Yu into the distance as if he was running away.

-

Hirai knows which direction the Fire Nation is.

Kawanokuni is not big, and having lived here for more than ten years, he has long remembered all the surrounding places and corresponding directions.

-

"Well, brother, are you hungry?"

From the time Yu was found to now, he has been pushed and walked for about half a day.

The person pushing the cart behind didn't even mean to chat and liven up the atmosphere, so he hurried in silence.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

For real children, this is the kind of oppressive feeling that can make them feel uncomfortable and nervous to the point of crying.

"—I'm fine, are you hungry? Then let's have something to eat. ”

He parked the cart in front of him, rummaging through his packed luggage.

"I'm not hungry either, just ask......"

Yu's hands were gesturing together, and he didn't know what to do, but finally he raised it and scratched his hair.

"Is that so...... But it's almost time to eat, right? There's still a lot of food here, so you don't have to save too much - you wear a little less of it, and if you put this thin quilt on it later, it's not good to catch a cold......"

Hiraku seems to be the type that likes to take care of people, but he may not show this attribute to others because he usually lives there alone, and there are no people around him who can be taken care of.

When Yu listened to the whispers of the people around him during the inspection, everyone exchanged goodbyes to the Tsuki and said goodbye to the Tsuki, and the evaluation of the Tsuru was a well-behaved, sensible, independent, and self-reliant child.

At this time, I finally caught a role that could be taken care of, and slowly, I became more and more like a nagging parent.

Yu also has a little regret.

What kind of family is her ideal family...... Well...... The kind of person who usually doesn't talk a lot, is more serious, but can really feel that the other party cares about him.

Someone who is too gentle and easy to show care for easily will only make her feel stupid.

…… Not very adaptable.

-

They used to say that they could get there in about a day and a half, but now they are carrying so many things, and they are still only one person on foot, and they can't walk that fast.

Yu slept in the cart this night.

When she woke up naturally, the sky gradually began to lighten.

But it seems that the surroundings are no longer within the area of Kawanokuni.

"I slept...... How long? ”

She yawned heavily, then rubbed her eyes vigorously in confusion, and when she opened them again, the place was still here, unchanged.

"It's less than half a day, right? It's not easy to calculate time...... If you are sleepy, you can continue to sleep, and you will be able to get there in about a day or two...... Where you want to go. ”

The tone of the second half of the sentence is like, 'Your life is coming to an end'.

Like a soul reaper.

He couldn't help but yawn when he saw her yawn, but he didn't play so much, but covered it with his sleeve a little.

More ladylike than Yudu.

But maybe it's more appropriate to be polite?

In fact, less than a quarter of the way was walked.

"Brother, didn't you sleep at night?"

Yu is now calling his brother more and more smoothly.

She really couldn't call the same person a second time with a word like 'brother', in contrast, she preferred to call the other person big brother or big brother.

…… Why is that? She didn't know much either.

"It's not very safe to spend the night outside and everyone sleeps, and besides, it's okay if people don't sleep for a day or two, and it's not too late to rest well when you get to Konoha."

With a smile, he let go of the grip of the trolley, parked the cart in front of him, leaned forward and rummaged through the luggage he had packed again, found food and water, and stuffed it into Yu's arms.

Yu didn't really care about him very much, so she didn't say anything, but if she was going to die when she was in a hurry, she thought she would stop him at that time and let him have a good rest.

After eating, Yu jumped out of the cart, ran behind a large tree to solve his daily problems, and walked to the nearby river with Kazumi, who had come around to meet five minutes later, intending to take a quick wash.

…… Well, as long as it's not on the verge of death, it doesn't matter.

The water was clear, the shallowest of the water was about the height of a child's arm, and the stones at the bottom of the river were crowded together, and the smooth surface washed and smoothed by the living water showed humans the shape of their feet, as if inviting them to enter the water.

Yu saw a few small fish swimming in the distance, and suddenly wanted to eat grilled fish.

"Brother, do you want to eat fish? Let's grill fish and eat it, shall we? Even though we had just eaten, these fish were not big, and they wouldn't last until we ate two or three......"

She crouched on the edge of the river like a little fly, rubbing her little hands with each other.

“……”

He glanced at the pitiful little river fish over there, and didn't know what to say.

At that size, you won't be full even if you eat 10 sticks......

However, the larger fish are very sensitive to the movement of the river, and only such small fish will appear in the human eye...... And it seems like it's still playing there, chasing and playing.

"Well, I think it will take us more time to find firewood and make a fire...... "Farewell" to her, euphemistically.

The trees around are not small, and it is not autumn now, although it is not so cold, but strictly speaking, it is already winter.

Even if it may snow a few times a year or even no snow in the winter, it won't be like that in winter – the branches and leaves scattered all over the ground.

He didn't have an axe or anything like that, so he couldn't cut down trees.

“……”

Yu stopped the small movements circulating in his hand, sighed, and thumped his right hand to his left palm.

[I knew that I had eaten well all these years, why am I so weak now!] ]

Why thrash your hands? Because everyone's own hand is a place where you can beat hard without feeling pain.

Even if you are dissatisfied with yourself, it is not right to hurt yourself.

[If the body is stronger, extracting chakra is not a problem at all, just a mere tree, a mere firewood ......!] How can you stump yourself! ]

…… But in that case, there is no need for a tool man to disguise himself.