Chapter 39: A Chance Encounter
"Kushina······ Moon viewing! ”
In the quiet room, Mito sat on the edge of his bed, stroking the paper in his hand, a thick stack of materials that he had read over and over several times in three days.
She is already old, and the battles she fought again and again when she were young have exhausted her vitality, if it weren't for the strong vitality of the Vortex Clan, she might have left this world early, but even if she survived, it came to an end, she could feel that life was slowly passing, and she couldn't last long.
"Rope tree, come with me for a walk outside."
Mito beckoned.
"Huh? Grandma, the doctor said you had better stay at home and recuperate. You... It's better for you to stay at home, there are too many people outside and the air is bad, which is not good for your health. The rope tree was in a hurry, his face turned red, and he opened his hands like an old hen and blocked the door.
"Haha!"
The eighty-year-old woman was amused by her grandson's anxious look.
"It's okay, Rope Tree, I know my own body best, just go and take a few steps, I ······ It's been a long time since I've left this house, and I want to see for myself what Konoha looks like now. ”
"My time is running out, but there's one more important thing that I'm having trouble making a decision about, I'm hesitant and I want to go outside."
Rope Tree was stunned, slowly put down his outstretched hands, and stood at the door in silence for a moment before resolutely saying, "I'll go and prepare." ”
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"Is this what Konoha is now? What a difference······ It's much more lively than before. Mito wore a straw hat on his head and a gray-white civilian dress, and he stopped after walking two steps, staring intently at the grass and trees around him, and the passers-by.
"If it weren't for the fact that there was still a war going on in the Land of Rain, the village would have been even more lively." Rope tree muttered.
Mito and Nawaki walked down the street and looked like their grandchildren who had come out for a walk.
Although he is over eighty years old, the strength of the Vortex clan is not false, the old man's pace is not fast, but every step is very steady, and the ordinary trembling old man is not at all like it.
"Grandma, we're tired of walking, let's find a place to rest." Rope tree asked worriedly.
Mito squinted and didn't speak, standing in the shade of a tree, looking at the two girls across the street and laughing.
"Sister Jiu Sinai, how is this hairpin?" Uchiha Otome picked up the pink hairpin from the stall and gestured it to Kushina.
"Well, that's a great style!"
It's not as fast as the turtle crawling when escorting supplies, and when it returns, it's really vigorous, even those wounded people grit their teeth and insist, all of them are like arrows, but it's just a day's work, and they rush back to the village, this is the efficiency of ninjas.
For ninjas, the so-called war is just a mission, killing a handful of people, wandering the rain country for two months, and then returning to the village to rest and wait for the next round of transfers.
Otome, who couldn't go to the front line together, found the door, pestered Kushina to ask questions, as for the brother at home, that kind of 'cockroach'-like creature has no need to talk at all, anyway, looking for Kushina can know what she wants to know, so the two of them went out shopping together today.
As for Guanyue, he was practicing hard behind closed doors, and his sister didn't mix with a yellow-haired guy anyway, and he was wondering if he should find someone to be unlucky, so he was a little busy all in all.
Kushina and Otome had been wandering the streets for a long time, and she looked around, thinking about whether to go home to cook or settle lunch with Otome outside, when she suddenly saw a kind old woman standing under the leafy old tree on the side of the street.
"Aunt Mito, why did you come out? It's hot today. Kushina pulled Otome and ran over.
Otome followed the salute in ignorance, and then looked at the old man in front of her with big black eyes, no matter how smart she was, she was still young after all, but she simply thought that this old man was the elder of Kushina.
"You little girls go and play, you don't have to follow my old wife, there is a rope tree to follow." Mito patted Kushina's head lightly.
"It's okay, otome and I can come out to play at any time, you finally went out for a trip, and we will accompany you around, rope tree······ Rope tree: He's a boy, but he's not as careful as us. Jiu Sinai's mouth shook, for this boy who was not more than two years older than himself, he really couldn't call his uncle.
Otome nodded straight on the side, and said in her mouth, "I've been playing with Sister Kushina all morning." ”
Mito didn't care about any of this, and Rope Tree was even more relieved, he was called uncle by a girl who was only a year or two younger than him, and he was grateful for this kind of thing.
"You little ones."
Mito shook his head, but did not refuse the kindness of the little ones.
The team of four people continued to wander aimlessly, Mito pointed in the direction, and the small group walked over, they were very happy to wander around like this, but they were worried about the dark parts who were secretly guarding, and a large number of dark parts followed the group closely, because of the aimless route of travel, so that several leaders had to draw more men to deploy along the way.
Even Ape Fei, who was sitting in the Hokage Building, began to monitor the whole process, and four figures of one old, three young and four figures appeared on the crystal ball.
Kushina looked around twice as if he was aware of it, and subconsciously wanted to seal the seal to find out the snooper, but the hands that had just been put together were grabbed by Mito.
"It's okay, they don't have malicious intent." With a kind smile on his face, Mito stopped Kushina's actions before squinting and asking, "Kushina, have you mastered Kagura's heart?" ”
"Well, I learned it a few months ago, but until now I can only sense a target of about one kilometer, and I can't go beyond that." Kushina lowered her head a little frustratedly.
Mito was silent, and suddenly pointed to a small park above, "Let's go sit there." ”
The green ancient trees that need to be hugged by several people, the lush green branches and leaves cast a large shade, dispelling the summer heat, and the log-colored benches are also hidden in the shade, and the hands are still a little cold to the touch, and there are bursts of noisy cicadas from the trees.
It is said that the broken ground of the Land of Rain is really four seasons, and it is constantly stormy, cold and damp all year round, until Jiu Sinai and they return to the Land of Fire to suddenly find that it is already summer.
She was a little distracted, she returned to the village for the past two days, she would always wander from time to time, and before she knew it, the bits and pieces of the country of rain would come to mind, the overly humid air, the greasy tables and chairs that she hated, and the bloody corpses······
"What are you thinking?"
The gentle voice sounded in his ears, and Kushina blinked, and there was a bright eye outside the shade of the tree, and the noisy cicada chirping echoed in his ears, and he suddenly became ashamed and distracted again, and this time in front of the elders.