Konoha six years, spring.

Uzumaki graveyard.

Masahiko sighed, patted Hitomi I, who was crying quietly, on the shoulder, and turned to leave.

A few days ago, after receiving the news that the former second elder of the Uzumaki clan, Uzumaki Zhenghong, was critically ill, Masahiko and Jing Hitomi rushed back to the Uzumaki clan, but they were still one step too late.

Just after paying homage to Masahiro Uzumaki in the cemetery, Masahiko's mood was inevitably a little low.

Although before the age of 48, he had a bad relationship with Uzumaki Masahiro, and even some hostility, but after the Kaguya War, especially after Hitomi Suai became a disciple, he had long regarded Uzumaki Masako as an old friend.

This time I returned to the Uzumaki clan to know that in the past few years in Konoha Village, the original Great Elder and the Third Elder of the Uzumaki Clan had passed away one after another a few years ago, and the death of Uzumaki Zhenghong meant that he was the only one left in Masahiko's generation.

"A remnant of the times?"

Masahiko muttered to himself, some of the children in the clan can call him grandpa, this is the gap of five generations.

Returning to the patriarch's hall, which had been expanded again and again, Masahiko looked at his eldest nephew who was looking old and smiled helplessly, and said, "Eldest nephew, don't you abdicate yet?" I remember that you are 59 years old this year, and you have been in power for almost 30 years, and the patriarch has not done enough? ”

The patriarch raised his head and nodded, "Second uncle, I'm going to retire, and I'll retire next year." ”

Masahiko was stunned for a moment, he originally thought that his eldest nephew really wanted the patriarch to die, but he didn't expect to be ready to abdicate.

"Who will be the next patriarch?"

Masahiko has been away from the Uzumaki Clan for more than five years, and he really doesn't know much about the Uzumaki Clan's recent situation.

The patriarch's nephew shook his head helplessly, "Originally, I belonged to Jing Hitomi, but second uncle, you called him away." Now, only Gensuke can be the patriarch. ”

Masahiko rolled his eyes, he was really not very confident about the selection of this eldest nephew, and the first choice would be Jing Hitomi......

"Gensuke......" Masahiko was silent for a while before remembering, "Nanako's husband?" ”

The patriarch's nephew smiled and nodded, "Although Gensuke's ninja talent is not as good as Hitomi Ino, he does things in a decent manner, and he also has Nanako by his side to assist......"

"Wait, wait...... "Masahiko interrupted, "I saw a little boy who was very ambitious when Gensuke was a child, and he tried his best to win the first place in the first push-up test...... And Nanako assists, she ......"

The patriarch smiled and shook his head, "You may not know much about their current situation, especially Nanako, who is now a complete copy of Mito, and now she is a teacher of the children in the clan and is loved by the children. ”

Masahiko scratched his head and sighed. Masahiko really hasn't cared much about his two female disciples over the years, "What about Yizi?" ”

"It's the same with Yizi, I've been a teacher for the children before, I got married two years ago, and this year I seem to be pregnant ......and go home to recuperate," the patriarch replied slowly.

Masahiko nodded, muttering in his heart, "I have my own home." "Over the years in Konoha, I really haven't cared much about these two apprentices.

"If you retire next year, you will go to Konoha. I'll give you the position of elder, and you will retire in Konoha...... The affairs of the Vortex Clan have been busy all their lives, and it is time to enjoy them. ”

The patriarch's nephew nodded and agreed.

Bidding farewell to the patriarch's nephew, Masahiko went to see the two disciples.

Nanako is no longer the appearance of a spicy little girl at all, when Masahiko saw her, she was holding a six or seven-year-old boy, the corners of her mouth were full of gentle smiles, familiar and unfamiliar smiles, which made Masahiko have a sense of unreal dislocation.

Yizi is not the little girl who loves to cry anymore, she has a stomach, and the surging chakra in her body makes Masahiko slightly stunned, this is probably half of his chakra, plus he is proficient in the three attributes of earth, wind and fire, I am afraid that he will be rated as an S-level ninja in Konoha...... A young man is busy in front of her, and the young man is just an ordinary ninja, but he looks honest and responsible, and Yizi also looks happy and peaceful, and Masahiko is not willing to bother.

Leaving the home of the two disciples, Masahiko was in a rare mood, until he returned to the cemetery, watched Jing Hitomi jumping up and down and swore that he would definitely work harder to cultivate in the future, so that there would be light under Zhenghong Spring.

"Sure enough, I'm not the only one who is alone, and I'm probably a single dog in my life......" Obviously Masahiko taught him like this, but at this time he was still a little gloating, and he was happy.

"Hitomi Ii, let's go back......"

"Oh! Teacher! ”

The 6th year of Konoha is also an important year for Konoha Village.

Most of the families have been replaced by the old and the new, such as the Hyuga family, such as the oil girl family, as well as the Inuzuka family, the pig deer butterfly, and the Qimu family, all of which have been replaced by the old and the new, and the younger generation has stepped onto the stage of history, and the group of people that Masahiko is familiar with have all gone behind the scenes, and some people are also in retirement.

So, in the next few elder meetings, Masahiko faced all these young generations of his grandchildren, although with his face, he didn't feel anything to bully the juniors, but there were many times, and there would always be people talking behind his back, and he was very embarrassed to rely on the old and sell the old.

"Damn the right to control the eldest nephew, I am a year late in abdicating, this makes me so embarrassed......" Masahiko scolded in his heart.

When the eldest nephew really abdicated in the seventh year of Konoha and came to take over Masahiko's position as elder, he felt even more uncomfortable.

Except for the occasional teasing of the pillars and the door or their six disciples, or to visit Mito and Kenji, walking on the streets of Konoha, Masahiko found that he had no acquaintances left.

"I'm now, I'm completely a remnant of an era, even the ninjas of my grandchildren are middle-aged, I'm afraid I'll be ...... in a few years."

Masahiko was thinking about his thoughts, and the chatting of two villagers on the street woke him up.

"Have you heard, our Homineo Daimyo of the Land of Fire is going to marry his youngest daughter to the son of Hokage-sama."

"Really?"

"I didn't lie to you, now the whole of Konoha has spread all over the place."

"That's great......"

Masahiko was slightly stunned, and then smiled happily.

"Why be so low, a group of acquaintances has stepped off the stage of history, and another group of acquaintances is about to be born......"

During this time, Masahiko watched the ninjas of his generation and even the ninjas of his next generation withdraw from the stage of history one after another, and he inevitably felt a little depressed, feeling as if he was the only one left in the entire ninja world.

But just now the conversation between the two villagers woke him up, and he suddenly realized that it had been seven years of Konoha, and in another two or three years, the Konoha Sanninja he had been expecting to see would be born one after another, and in another ten years, the fathers of the characters in the plot should also be born......

"There's no need to be low, I'm a man who aspires to live to the end of the play!"