The next morning, Yasuo woke up after turning off the alarm clock four or five times as usual.

Then within five minutes, he washed his face and brushed his teeth, grabbed bread and milk, and rushed out of the house under Keiko's smiling gaze.

……

"Hachiki Yasuo."

"To—"

At the last moment of Yuichi's name, Yasuo rushed into the classroom with a leap.

"It's the tail of the crane again!"

"I thought he was going to be late!"

"This waste will be repeated, right?"

"Don't you, so I'm not in the bottom ten?"

……

Ignoring a few warm and friendly classmates, Yasuo sat down in his place with a smile.

It's not Yasuo's bragging, during those years of fighting in the Summoner's Canyon, the little mouths of his teammates were much sweeter than these bear children now, he was experienced in a hundred battles!

So much so that now Yasuo's heart has no fluctuations, and he even wants to show the sign.

"Jiraiya."

"Here!"

"Orochimaru."

“……”

"Orochimaru!"

"Orochimaru?"

“……”

In the midst of a surprised discussion, Yasuo found that Orochimaru's seat was empty.

After two years, Yasuo is still the same Yasuo, and Orochimaru is not the same Orochimaru as before.

Today, Orochimaru has completely become the head student in the class.

And Uchiha Ishihara and the others can only rely on the old book inherited by the family, and they are equal to Orochimaru in individual subjects.

With his gloomy temperament and soft and fair face, Orochimaru has also become the object of many girls' cits.

And compared to Hinata and Uchiha, Orochimaru, who came from an ordinary background, is more like an existence that can be seen and touched, and the kind that can be married.

Therefore, the number of girls in the grade who confessed to Orochimaru-kun was second only to the number of girls who confessed to Hachiki Shuomao in the next class.

Let's put it this way, Yasuo has gained weight in the past six months, and he has never spent money on snacks such as chocolate!

Orochimaru's excellent results are not all because of talent, his hard work and seriousness are also recognized by everyone.

So the chief student in the class was absent for no reason, and even Yuichi was confused, and after thinking about it, he wrote the word sick leave on the roster.

This is the privilege of the honor student, and no one can envy it.

After the roll call, Mr. Yuichi took out a mannequin, and the first class was an explanation of the acupuncture points of the human body.

However, before he could start, Yasuo raised his hand high:

"Report to the teacher, I'm going to!"

Before Shimura could react, Yasuo made a mistake and rushed out of the classroom from him.

"Princess Tsunade, I'll just say that Chrysanthemum Monster guy is a rude person!"

"You must stay away from her, or Mito-sama will be very troubled!"

Smiled and nodded in accord with the red rope, Tsunade had a pair of big eyes, but his gaze fell on Yasuo's distant figure.

Yuichi Shimura was slightly shocked on his face, rubbed his old waist with some pain, and picked up the scattered handouts.

It was the fluctuation of the wind element chakra just now, right?

Although the attack power is weak, the speed is ...... That's amazing......

I didn't expect Yasuo to master such a clever technique!

……

Yasuo walked out of the school, with a smile on his face, and it was so cool to step forward, and after passing Yuichi Shimura, Yasuo also became happy.

The damage of stepping forward is very low, and with Yasuo's current strength, it won't do any harm to Yuichi Shimura, but he does show his hand.

After all, I've been skipping classes a lot lately, so it's not fun to get repeated.

Showing a little strength appropriately can make your final score so high.

The skills derived from the system, if deliberately disguised, are just ordinary ninjutsu, and they will not cause any trouble.

Yasuo returned home and told Mr. Keiko that Mr. Yuichi Keiko had taken a leave of absence due to food poisoning and that his class was closed today.

After confirming that Orochimaru had gone out early in the morning, Yasuo probably guessed where he went.

……

The spring sun is warm and warm, and the mountains on the outskirts of Konoha are exceptionally green.

If it weren't for the dense tombstones, it would be a good place to go out.

Orochimaru knelt quietly in front of an inconspicuous tombstone, like a lifeless puppet.

There was no crying, no sadness, just kneeling quietly and motionless.

I don't know how long it took, those stagnant eyes suddenly moved, and Orochimaru raised his head in surprise.

With his back to the sun, Yasuo leaned down and placed a bouquet of daisies next to the tombstone, where there was already a bouquet of wildflowers.

Yasuo smiled and said, "Get up, I don't think my uncle and aunt will want to see you like this." ”

"Yasuo-kun ......"

Orochimaru was gently pulled up by Yasuo and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

Yasuo nodded, and said naturally, "Ah, you're my best friend, how could I not remember." ”

Orochimaru nodded, "Today is the day of my parents' sacrifice, Yasuo-kun...... Can I tell you a story? ”

Yasuo nodded, and Orochimaru muttered:

"Once upon a time there was a child whose parents were ninjas, civilian ninjas without surnames......"

"That child always complains about the busyness of his father and mother, always complains that they don't have time to spend with him, always complains about this, always complains about that ......"

"On that day, it was the child's birthday again, and again, as usual, he was alone, and he complained again about his father and mother for not preparing gifts for him, like other people's parents......"

"A few days later, a shinobi came to the child's house and brought his parents' relics with him......

"At the height of the ninja war, there was a ninja couple who risked exposure and went to buy birthday gifts for their children......"

"Look, Yasuo-kun, they're really unqualified ninjas...... No wonder you can only become a shinobi......"

"To make such a low-level mistake in a brutal war...... It's stupid...... They didn't even leave a body......"

"When the kid buried his parents' relics, which were the only birthday present in his life, in this cemetery, he decided not to cry anymore and to become a good ninja......"

Listening to Orochimaru's thoughts, Yasuo smiled and stretched out his hand and put his arms around his neck:

"What a unique gift, really!"

As he spoke, Yasuo took out a long box from behind him: "Although it's the day of my uncle and aunt, today is also your birthday!" Orochimaru, Happy Birthday to you! ”

Orochimaru was stunned, and Yasuo shoved the gift into his hand.

A crystal tear fell on the gift box, and Orochimaru said softly: "Thank you......"

……

Behind the grass in the far reaches of the cemetery, a little yellow-haired girl sat on the shoulders of a little white-haired boy, watched it all, and murmured:

"I really can't see it, Yasuo is quite careful!"

The white-haired boy under him said with a flat face: "Damn violent girl, come down quickly, let's hurry over!" ”

Bang!

The yellow-haired girl hammered the white-haired boy on the head:

"It's all your fault for being a big idiot, you can't even remember your best friend's birthday, hurry up and buy gifts, stupid!"

With that, the two children ran towards Konoha's shopping street.

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