Chapter 12: One Side
"Wherever there are leaves, there will be a fire burning, and the shadow of the fire will shine on the village, and then new leaves will sprout again."
Looking at the teachers with a slightly wry smile, it seems that this is a very old-fashioned beginning, but should it be said to be fascinating?
For senior students, I think it's been a lot of times since I go through this speech every time I take a final exam. And the content has barely changed, so it's more of a cliché to them.
On the contrary, for the first-year freshmen, who are still dreaming of becoming powerful ninjas and becoming Hokage, such a speech undoubtedly makes them look forward to it, isn't it? Fan unauthorized expectations, unauthorized disappointments or something, will always go through such a process, right? After all, this world is not so simple that you can live with dreams.
But in fact, there are some surprises in the winter night, whether it is the children in the upper grades or the children in the lower grades, for whatever reason, they are listening very carefully at the moment, as perfect listeners, no one will make a sound without interest to disturb the atmosphere.
Perhaps, just maybe, their sense of identity with the so-called Will of Fire is too high!
"And only if you want to protect the people you cherish the most... The true power of a ninja will be revealed..."
The man's words continued, but Winter Night didn't have the idea of continuing to listen, if the most cherished person was dead, what am I? What am I doing now? What does the true power of the so-called ninja have to do with me?
Sacrifice and dedication? As for the Will of Fire, no matter what the people around them say, at least Winter Night thinks so, and this is the most appropriate answer.
In this world, in any world, as long as there are "people", then there must be such an idea.
The so-called "people" means that people support each other, but isn't one side on top of the other? The so-called concept of "man" is nothing more than a more tolerant part of the sacrifice, which is "man".
Although it is clear that the so-called Will of Fire is more like a kind of brainwashing of thoughts, even if such thoughts are either the previous winter nights or the new winter nights, they may have their own understanding, and even have the idea of resisting.
But on this special occasion, Winter Night will not deliberately show it, because in this way he will be a heretic, not only a heretic among the children, but also a heretic in Konoha Village, and the only result of a heretic before he has a strong strength is destruction!
No matter what he thinks in his heart, Winter Night doesn't intend to show his thoughts outwardly, but rather his face has the longing of a child, and the deep part of his eyes is condensed with an emotion called "shame".
Maybe he should think, sure enough, a guy like himself, a rebellious son, it would be better if he died, maybe this is true, maybe this is also false, but who really knows?
The speech lasted for a long time, specifically, for an hour! It took about an hour for the three generations of speeches to finally end.
Maybe I'm really used to this kind of speech, and I feel that the whole process is completely continuous and out of control.
Just sitting in the chair and listening is already a painful thing for children who want to have fun, so it's not hard to imagine the pain of those who stand and listen to the speech.
At the end of the three generations of Hokage's speech, both the students and teachers on the playground burst into warm applause, and even not a small range of cases, as far as the winter night was concerned, most of the children had already cried inexplicably.
Although it was clear that it was not a tear of pain, but more like tears of excitement and excitement, the winter night was still incomprehensible.
"Finally liberated?" This would not have been the case, because the other children and teachers were still standing in place, their eyes still focused on the podium.
A succession of middle-aged men and women gave speeches to their satisfaction, and the only change was the appearance of a young face at the end.
With a narrow nose and a pair of penetrating pupils, combined with a soft temperament like a snake, this man is undoubtedly impressive.
Although it was only a one-sided relationship, Winter Night still instantly realized that he had contact with that man, after all, that unhealthy pale face was really rare.
Standing on the podium, the silent atmosphere was extremely uncomfortable, he just quietly swept the audience with a pair of extremely threatening eyes, but for a moment, everyone staggered and looked at him, he didn't say a word from beginning to end, but that's it, he also has such a staggering power.
Even more terrifying in the smack-smacking power was a death aura close to the skin, and the possibility that Winter Night could probably guess was the man on the podium in front of him, who had just stepped down from the battlefield.
"Alive." It's like a deflated balloon, inflated to a limit, and then suddenly exploded, he seems to have been talking for a long time, but it seems to have only said two words, when the winter night woke up from the shock he brought him, he was already gone, three minutes, this is the time it took him, so the end result, should the man be said to be bad at words? Or is it deliberately such a character?
No one knew, and no one wanted to explore, but sure enough, his short three-minute speech felt extremely short and powerless compared to anyone before him.
Not too many people present realized that the so-called word "alive" at the moment was already a luxury for them forever in the future.
That's what everyone else thinks, though.
For Winter Night, that man, perhaps a very interesting guy, even had such a thought in a flash, as if he had inexplicably produced a sense of identity.
However, at this moment, the winter night may only think that such a sense of identity is only after one side of the relationship, and it is another side of the relationship.
I always feel that there is some anticlimactic form to end the speech, but compared to the dissatisfaction of adults, children who have endured to the limit are undoubtedly happy.
It wasn't until the Miyome Hokage left that the teachers began to organize and disband, and the school was not shameful enough to ask the first-year imps to carry the seats, so the privileged winter night was simply let go home.
Walking out of the ninja school, Winter Night looked up at the sky slightly, and while determining the time, the pace of leaving under his feet was not the first time to walk towards his home, he decided, it was not a temporary decision, he was going, to a place with special significance, for this village, always a place of sorrow and admiration.