"Staring—"

After being deprived of two question permissions by Naruto's life routine, Shisui once again refreshed Naruto's bad heart and how low his lower limit could become. So much so that in the midst of Naruto's teasing, he stared at Naruto fiercely with angry eyes and gritted teeth, for fear that he would say something wrong, causing his last remaining permission to answer questions to be consumed in vain on inconsequential small issues, and he kept his mouth shut.

It's not that Shisui didn't want to refute Naruto's strong rhetoric...... It was only after seeing Naruto's shamelessness that compared to the slim hope of looking for a needle in a haystack, Shisui would rather firmly protect the last permission to ask questions that he had worked so hard as a porter all day. Then look for opportunities to consult with your best friends so that you can make the most of this hard-won and precious opportunity to the greatest extent possible.

Well...... Of course, if you let Shisui know, after he had worked hard for most of the day, now he had racked his brains and thought about what questions he should ask Naruto. Itachi, who has always been trusted by him and seems to know nothing about Naruto's details, has actually already wiped out Naruto's old roots. As a result, he was the only one of the three who was kept in the dark by Naruto like an outsider...... I wonder if the water stop will be stimulated to directly advance to the kaleidoscope writing wheel eye because of this significant gap in the face of this world-wide difference?

Because of this, after facing the deflated water, he didn't say a word from beginning to end, revealing a particularly pitiful, helpless but very angry and super-capable appearance on the verge of going out of control. For the sake of his own personal safety, Naruto, who knows how to reason when he sees a good situation, will naturally not stimulate himself too much. Then he stuck out his tongue and tried to get through by relying on his own cuteness. While turning his head a little sideways, he looked at the side and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so that he tried to hold back his laughter and trembled, and his originally beautiful and handsome face was distorted together, becoming extremely funny and ridiculous.

"Uh...... Well...... Ahem! Babble, I'm sorry, Yakshamaru-kun, happy times are always very short, haha......"

After a pause, from the gaze projected by Yakshamaru, he noticed that in addition to pity and sympathy intertwined in one place, there was also a little extra schadenfreude mixed with a little bit of self-seeking smile that belonged to the level of friends, and he knew that the other party was clearly not going to share the "hatred value" for himself. couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth slightly, while reining in the aggrieved look that deliberately appeared on his face, for the sake of safety, while rushing to Yashamaru haha, he held the incense in his arms steadily, and secretly moved his steps backwards, planning the escape route after that...... Uh, no, it's the route home.

"Well, this little girl has been shopping for a day, and now she should be sweating profusely and being slimy and uncomfortable...... It just so happens that it's not too early this day, so I won't bother you and go back to rest first. ”

Naruto's changeable personality, although it makes it difficult for Yashamaru to figure out Naruto's true thoughts. But on closer inspection, vaguely, Yakshamaru's keen intuition gave him a positive answer.

That's when Naruto confronts his approved friends, although he will occasionally play pranks. But after the other party showed signs that he was about to get angry, he would ignore the difference in strength between himself and the other party, and immediately admit it obediently...... In other words, when dealing with outsiders, Naruto may indeed be scheming. But when dealing with peers, he always quietly pays attention to the emotional changes of the other party, and everything he does is based on the point to the end.

Other than that, I don't know if it's my own delusion...... The longer he spent with Naruto, the warmth and relaxation that Yashamaru felt from Naruto would gradually deepen like a silent drizzle. So much so that Yakshamaru, who was deeply wary of Naruto not long ago, was already able to smile sincerely between the playful banter between Naruto and Shisui at this moment.

"In front of his friends, he doesn't have the slightest aura that a strong person should have, but he is like a child who is full of playfulness and will never grow up...... Perhaps, he is not as dangerous and scary as I thought? ”

Yakshamaru muttered to himself in his heart, but as time passed, without even realizing it, he unknowingly dissolved his vigilance and estrangement against Naruto. made the smile in Yashamaru's eyes even stronger, and he was no longer as restrained and nervous as before, but returned to his usual gentle and caring appearance. Immediately, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he teased and joked almost purely out of instinct.

"Oh? Leaving so soon? Don't you want to play more? Do you need me to call my Lord Ara-sama over and say goodbye to you? ”

“…… No, you saw it too...... In this situation, where is the time? Wait until tomorrow when you're ready to leave, and get together with that little one. ”

Hearing and perceiving the words blurted out by Yashamaru, the tone of the two of them changed before and after, which made Naruto slightly stunned, and then responded with a smile and pretending to be helpless. Then the words paused slightly, and while looking thoughtfully at Yakshamaru's figure, he paused slightly to retreat and escape. Blinking his eyes, he continued mysteriously.

"Besides, I didn't say that after I left tomorrow, I would never see that little guy again."

"Oh? What 'prophecy' do you plan to leave behind this time? ”

After letting go of the estrangement in his heart, Yakshamaru and Naruto got along and talked, and gradually lost the suffix title that was so rigid and stiff as before. So much so that after hearing Naruto's words, Yakshamaru took Naruto's words with a natural face as if it were a matter of course, and continued with a teasing and joking face.

"I like to whet people's appetite every time...... You're really funny, Naruto. ”

"Hehe, if there is no suspense, can it still be considered a surprise?"

From the dramatically changing tone of the Yakshamaru, Naruto confirmed the change in his own position in the hearts of the other party. And the smile in his eyes was even stronger, while he gathered his arms a little, hugged the restless writhing in his arms, and reached out to gently pull the incense burn of his hair. While tilting her head slightly, Xiang Lian can touch her hair more easily, and at the same time, she makes a righteous and arrogant appearance with an innocent face.

"Well, if nothing else...... At the latest, we'll see each other again when I'm older enough to take the shinobi exam. ”

After hearing Naruto's words, Yashamaru was slightly stunned, and remembered that in secret, it had long been regarded as a stage for the major ninja villages to show their strength, so that it was mixed with the middle ninja exam with the meaning of an arms race in disguise. And in the process of secretly calculating in my heart, I found that when my Airo's age was enough to participate in the middle ninja exam under normal circumstances, it seemed that it was the turn of the Konoha Ninja Village to be the organizer and hold a new round of the middle ninja exam. I understood the reason for the re-meeting that Naruto was referring to.

"Is the middle ninja exam...... I see, it looks like when that day comes, the two of you will meet again as examiners and candidates, right? ”

Thinking of this, coupled with the mysterious and powerful strength displayed by the person in front of him, and the appearance of a mature and stable youth. Naturally, the first impression of Naruto was that Naruto was an adult Yashamaru imagined the identity played by Naruto when he reunited with My Airo as one of the main examiners in the Chunin exam. So much so that under this misunderstanding, he smiled and teased Naruto.

"At that point, you'll have to be merciful, don't be too my Airo-sama, Naruto."

"Examiner? What are we...... Well, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. After all, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed~"

The unexpected answer he received from Yashamaru's rightful words made Naruto stunned for a moment. And then recalled that the posture he is using now belongs to the "wave wind face numb" that has become an adult, not the "Naruto Uzumaki" who has never stepped into the threshold of five years old and seems to be waiting to be fed. Immediately, a strange smile appeared in his eyes, and before Yakshamaru became suspicious, he shook his head like a magic stick. After a pause, he continued with a pretentious gesture.

"And what's going to happen in the future...... Who can be 100% sure before they see it with their own eyes? ”

However, this is not pure foolishness......

After all, in the Hokage world, even the toad immortal who predicted the dream of a hundred attempts would probably not be able to imagine that the child of prophecy it had dreamed of had already been occupied by a soul from another world at this moment. And then replace Naruto's entire life with the rest of his life.

And while even the Toad Immortal may have failed in his prediction, Naruto has greatly deflected the course of future history and rewritten it a lot...... In this case, not to mention the Yakshamaru who is completely ignorant of what will happen to the original fate. Even Naruto, who is a traverser, has gradually lost confidence in whether he will follow the original main line in the future after he tampered with his fate in advance......

In other words, Naruto, who seems to be confident and ready to do now, can actually do only to choose every choice he faces in the future as carefully as possible, so as not to feel chagrin and regret in the future.

……

After saying goodbye to Yashamaru, Naruto couldn't spare his extra hands because his body was hugging Kaori. But under the threat of the dangerous gaze of Zhishui's silent glaring, he also wittily divided into four shadow clones to help Zhishui carry an incredible number of shopping bags. It's just that in order to avoid attracting too much attention from others because there are five people with the same face at the same time. When Naruto created these four shadow clones, he also deliberately disguised them with a transformation technique. The whole staff has changed into ordinary people's faces that are difficult to remember if they just look at it.

And this is obviously not an overkill...... Although in terms of numbers, because there were four more shadow clones walking side by side, when Naruto and his party stepped on the road back to the hotel, they looked quite imposing. But in the end, they were only driven by curiosity, and after two more glances, they lost interest and continued to bury their heads in what they were doing. It allows Naruto to keep his sense of existence suppressed to a minimum, in addition to avoiding the embarrassing scene of hanging a large bag and a small bag on his body, but also to avoid the risk of completely angering the already unhappy Shisui because he is too relaxed, and having a real PK on the street.

At the moment, though, Naruto clearly didn't feel the slightest bit complacent about his clever decision. On the contrary, he frowned and was distracted, and fell into a state of contemplation.

Fooling around before...... No, the words that had appeased Yashamaru earlier, though they were just Naruto's casual remarks. But after thinking about it at this moment, Naruto had to face up to the fact that the development of the future destiny of this world had long since gradually fallen out of his control. So much so that at this moment, Naruto's heart felt sincerely relieved and satisfied that his tragic childhood had been effectively alleviated. However, because of the changes made in the early redemption and rewriting of the fate of Iro, to a certain extent, it has been equated with another uncertain factor buried in the major events of the future, and it is full of mixed emotions.

Not to mention anything else, in the original book, from the hands of the rampant and uncontrollable Iara, the person who saved the lives of those children was Yashamaru, not Naruto...... But what about now? Not only did Naruto take the place of Yashamaru, but it wasn't until he completely calmed down Iara's out-of-control emotions and allowed him to play with his peers that Yakshamaru was too late!

If it weren't for Naruto's chance, who happened to arrive in time under the accurate guidance of the Nine Lamas...... Perhaps, those children who are powerless to resist will really die tragically at the hands of my Airo!

This is no longer as simple as a coincidence, but it is enough to prove that the wheel of history is changing bit by bit under the intervention of Naruto's choices, and gradually and completely out of the original track.

Of course, from the time he saved the fate of the Uchiha clan from being wiped out, Naruto had already guessed that this would happen...... It's just that when he personally determined it and found out that the change came so quickly, it still made Naruto feel a headache.

"Hmph, what's the point of being so entangled now? If I had known that this would happen, wouldn't I have come to find the stinky civet cat in the first place? ”

"I did know that for a long time...... Although I know that if I do this, it will bring more variables. But I just can't bear to look at that little guy and endure the same childhood as me...... Tsk, ahhh——! It's annoying! Think about it here, and think about it there...... I'm a human being, not a god! Where can you take it all into account? ”

On the surface, he held Xiangru forward casually, but inside, Naruto scratched his ears and cheeks, and rolled over and over in the open space in front of the nine lamas like a child with a tantrum. While under the helpless gaze of the Nine Lamas, which was vaguely mixed with a little pampering, he muttered to himself as if no one was around.

"Uh......h It would be nice if there was a blue fat man from the crew next door to help...... Then I don't have to have a headache at all, I just do what I want. Anyway, if you make a mistake, you can use the time machine to go back in time and repair the ......."

"Huh? Wait...... Time Machine ...... Back in time?! ”

"! Am I stupid X! Obviously, before I came here, I was watching the theatrical version...... Why did you forget now that there is such a remedy?! ”

(End of chapter)