"That's all you know, right, Winter Night?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama, that's all."

The question-and-answer situation was quickly over, and after the battle with the Kaminobu of Iwa Ninja Village, Winter Night, who was on the verge of death, fled back to the village, and this was everything Winter Night knew, and it was all he told to Sarutobi Hinata Slash.

"Is there any detail that you can recall?"

"There shouldn't be any, Hokage-sama, you must find them, please!"

I didn't realize that the three generations deliberately narrowed their eyes, and the questions he continued to ask in a different way of expression. Winter Night simply begged the most powerful and greatest person in the Konoha Village in front of him, and begged him not to give up on his companions.

"Well, leave the rest to us, you have been recuperating from your injuries recently, and if there is any news, I will let someone tell you."

He stood up and took the Hokage's hat, his condescending body bowing his head slightly, his gentle and old-fashioned gaze staring at each other in the winter night.

"Don't worry too much, maybe they've escaped Iwa Shinobi's pursuit, but they haven't returned to the village yet."

"Well, I hope that's the case too, no, it should be like this."

I don't know who I'm angry about, obviously my body is weak, but my fists are clenched very tightly, and those eyes seem to be flashing with a scarlet fierce light.

"Then that's all for today, it's time for me to leave."

"Thank you, Hokage-sama, goodbye."

As he spoke, he had already skirted the hospital bed, and under the watchful eye of the winter night, the figure stood at the door of the room, pausing slightly.

"Goodbye."

He turned his head and smiled, the second smile he had since entering the room.

But!

It's hypocritical!

After staring at that smile, the winter night led to the realization of the window without leaving a trace, and said this sluggishly with those amorous eyes.

Hypocrisy is terrible!

~~~~~~

After the trip to visit Rukawa Winter Night, Sarutobi Hichi, who was directly planning to return to the Hokage's office, was standing at the door at the moment.

After hesitating for a moment, he pushed the door open the next moment, and then found the expected figure in his field of vision.

"How did you have time to come to me today?"

After unhurriedly putting the Hokage hat away, Sarutobi walked around the sofa and sat on the sofa drinking tea with one hand.

"I heard that Rukawa woke up on a winter night?"

Because he was sitting on the sofa, the gap in height widened, and the moment he picked up the corner of his eye, it was filled with a sharper feeling, like a slash on his neck from the bottom up.

"Did you find out so quickly this time? The news is really well-informed. ”

"Have you already made tea? I'm really flattered. ”

Full of emotion, I sat down in front of the sofa opposite to him, and there was a little bit of hot tea floating with white steam on the table in front of me, and the position seemed to be specially prepared for myself, so I accepted it unceremoniously.

"That's right, he's awakened, and I've been to see him just now."

"At the same time, I also learned from him again about the specific situation of their mission this time."

Even if it's a lie, it will be exposed, and it's not something that needs to be lied, so it's okay to tell it all.

"The result?"

"You're really in a hurry."

The ape who drinks tea unhurriedly seems to want to make his old friend understand patience.

"I'm just curious how a ninja returning from a serious injury can excuse the failure of the mission."

"You're so cold."

"If a ninja can't give their lives to ensure the success of their mission, then it's all meaningless."

"You're the same."

That's it for a long time!

A natural look of distress appeared on his face, as if he was caught in nostalgia for the past again, and his tough words were hidden, and he really said words that seemed to fit his character very well.

However, even this is not enough to completely eliminate the confusion that Sarutobi has reserved in his heart.

"Well, it always feels like he's not lying, that kid shouldn't know anything."

"You're saying he wouldn't know! Knowing that the entire caravan had been wiped out, and no one survived, but the goods were left at the scene, and it could not have been the work of the bandits, so far there was no clue who the murderer was. ”

"In this case, the simple failure of the mission is nothing, what is more important is the bad impact of this matter, you must know how negative this will have on Konoha Village?!"

What came out of the mouth of the treasure was an unacceptable truth, the caravan that broke away from the ninja team, and the result of all of them was death.

"He was pursued by the upper shinobi of Iwa Ninja Village, and after the fierce battle, he was seriously injured, so he couldn't take care of the task at that time."

"I only think about running for my life, so I don't even care about the mission, can such a guy really be called a ninja of Konoha?"

The excuse of wanting to alleviate the anger of the emperor was unilaterally misinterpreted as a proof of greed for life and fear of death, and this development made Ape Fei Ri even smile bitterly.

"But he didn't lie about this, we did find the body of the killed Iwa Shinobi Murakami Shinobu nearby."

"But that's all there is to it. You should understand, Sarutobi, no, Miyome Hokage-sama. ”

"If we assume that he didn't lie, it would not be a shame for him to be able to kill the upper shinobi of Iwa Ninja Village, but it should be said to be an honor, and he himself might be the hero of Konoha Village."

"But that's the case when he didn't lie."

The pointless argument ended with a voluntary retreat, and his abrupt change of tone seemed a little playful.

"Because, we all know it."

"In fact, he was just lying, and this is the truth that does not need to be recognized."

Regarding the sudden change of topic in the possession, Ape Fei Ri Slash was only one-sided silence, but his lack of denial was enough to explain the problem.

"When the root arrived, it was only Hinata Yuki who was being pursued by Iwa Shinobi who was found alone."

The name that suddenly appeared during the conversation was Hinata Yuki, who was still missing and told the winter night.

"According to the truth she said, it was Mitarai and Winter Night who took the initiative to act together, and led most of the Iwa Shinobi troops away."

"Isn't it gentlemanly? For the sake of a girl, the two little ghosts deliberately made the decision to abandon their lives. What kind of mood did they have at that time, Ape Fei? ”

The smile that I don't know when I was hanging on was full of sarcasm, and this expression continued to deepen, accompanied by the gradually revealed [truth]!

"But now, of the two imps, only one dragged his seriously injured body back to the village, and the other one is still missing."

"In such a situation, the guy who survived categorically said that he defeated a shinobi by himself?!"

Ridicule can no longer satisfy the speculation of hidden malice, the sense of disgust, the disgust that is clearly aimed at a certain person, and the eyes that rarely laugh are also filled with murderous aura.

"Neto did find several bodies of ninjas from Iwa Ninja Village nearby, including one Kamishinobi, but again, they didn't find any of the bodies belonging to Rukawa Winter Night and Mitarai at that time."

"Where's the other imp? It's obviously Liuchuan Winter Night himself who is acting with him, why is he lying? ”

Those eyes were like wolves that smelled blood, and it was because of this that he could continue to peek sharply into the truth.

"Another imp, Mitarai is dead! He knew that, or rather, he could have been the one responsible for this death. ”

"If no one knows the truth, then it doesn't matter if the truth is a lie! He should, no, he must have thought so, he was reinventing the truth, that's the truth. ”

It seems that he has brought in some kind of dark thoughts, and the fast and accurate logic leads to the truth little by little.

"Hinata Xue is dead, and he immediately confirmed this, how complicated it will be, but after the complicated emotions, he is ecstatic!"

"No one knows, no one knows the truth, and I still need to think of other reasons to explain Mitarai's death, but now I don't need to, because no one knows."

"When did he come up with a lie? How did he cleverly deceive Hokage-sama who came to visit him? ”

He's lying, he's been lying, everything is a lie!

Those eyes didn't seem to retract from seeing the scene farther away until this moment, and they were staring at the ape flying in front of him, who couldn't see what he was thinking, and the three generations of Hokage of Konoha Village.

"It's just your guess!"

He said so.

"That's the truth! And it may also be the only truth. ”

He replied.

~~~~~~

"I'll go first."

As he said this, he had already stood up and shook his body to leave, and his resolute personality made it too late to say the words of farewell.

Even though he had been gone for a long time, even though the remaining half of the hot tea had turned cold, even so, Ape Fei Ri Slash still sat on the sofa for a long time.

I suddenly wanted to smoke.

He may have thought so suddenly.

The fog was also white and began to rise, spitting smoke and squinting his eyes.

"The only truth?"

"I know, I'm hiding, that's the truth."

He smiled, was it because of the long-lost enjoyment of smoking? Or rather.

The smile reflected in the frosty window was more false than ever.

~~~~~~

Why laugh? Because of the smile?

Why are there smiles? Because you want to laugh?

The cycle of contradictions, but it seems to be the only answer!