Late at night.

In a forest, it was pitch black all around, and the temperature had cooled, except for a pile of flames burning, flickering with firelight, illuminating a small area of the surrounding area.

It also brings warmth.

"Ha ......"

I breathed hot air on my hands, and then rubbed it to keep warm, and suddenly I realized that winter seemed to be coming, and it was going to get very cold.

Let's not talk about that.

"Kakashi-sensei."

“？”

"You haven't answered my question yet, is our mission this time really just to bring the shopkeeper and fireworks back? Nothing else? ”

Sakura Haruno expressed confusion.

To be honest, many people want to do this kind of thing like kidnapping the eldest lady of the Hyuga clan, but the last time they did it, the corpse was already cold.

Cooler than Kobayashi-kun.

Well......

It's not right, don't say it's cold, it's a question whether that guy's body still exists, compared to it, Kobayashi-kun is at least alive, and it's a little warm.

It's useless though.

Task ......

Kakashi was still thinking about it, because even he didn't quite understand it, and this time things were a little weird, and people always felt uneasy.

Maybe there is a conspiracy?

Well......

If there is a conspiracy, whose conspiracy will it be?

Clear and bright?

Shimura Danzo?

Or the fifth Hokage Tsunade-sama?

It's hard to say.

"Kakashi-sensei?"

"Huh?"

"What are you thinking? Is there really anything difficult about this mission? Something to do with the owner? Do you want to punish the shopkeeper? ”

Sakura Haruno expressed concern about this.

Punish......

It's not impossible, maybe Qingming will be locked up in a small black room, and then find a lot of sumo wrestlers to surround Qingming in the middle or something.

Sakura Haruno can fully imagine the despair of Qingqing.

But let's not talk about that yet.

"Punishment...... Probably not. ”

Kakashi shook his head.

Punish?

Inexistent.

Judging from the current situation, it is estimated that the most likely thing is that Hinata Hinata killed Qingming with one palm, yes, just like Hinata Hinata did when he was a child.

However, if Qingming is really "that boy", then don't talk about Hinata Hinata Hinata Hinata , even if you add him and Tsunade, you still can't make Qingming what it is.

But will Qingming be that teenager?

That's a problem.

A long, long time ago, this question has plagued the three generations of Hokage and his Hachiki Kakashi, and after changing the five generations of Hokage, he still hasn't been able to know the answer to the question.

"Alas......"

Sigh to yourself.

Seeing that Sakura Haruno seemed to want to ask, he quickly opened his mouth to change the topic without wanting to dwell too much on this.

"Sakura-chan."

“？”

"You care about Qingmingjun very much, speaking of which, what do you think of him?"

"How?"

Sakura Haruno seemed stunned, then lowered her head and looked at the flames that were gently swaying in the breeze, lost in thought.

Care?

She didn't feel that she was caring about Qingming, because Qingming didn't need her care, no matter what kind of things she faced, Qingming was very calm.

To be honest, she thinks that Qingming is much more powerful than her, although on the surface, she is a ninja who is more powerful than Qingming, an "ordinary person".

But she was inexplicably a little afraid of Qingming.

Why?

This, even she herself doesn't know, vaguely remembers, seems to have been like this since the first meeting, maybe it's an intuition that Qingming is dangerous?

But what's so dangerous about Qingming?

It doesn't seem to be.

So this feeling is very unreasonable, maybe it's really just an illusion, but why there is such an illusion is also very doubtful.

"He's a good guy...... bar. ”

She gives the answer.

After all, Qingming was very good to several little girls, including her, and gave them medicines to regulate their bodies, including drugs that could increase the amount of chakra.

In this way, he is indeed a good person.

But......

So why is Qingming so good to them?

"Good guys?"

Kakashi frowned slightly.

The answer to this ......

It can't be said that it's incorrect, after all, Qingming hasn't done anything bad, so it can't be said to be a bad person, either a bad person or a good person, and there's nothing wrong with thinking like this.

But except for a few little girls, Qingming doesn't seem to have done anything good, and in light of this, Qingming doesn't seem to be a good person.

Not a bad guy and not a good guy......

So?

The question once again comes back to square one: who is Qingming? What kind of person is it?

Headache.

Kakashi felt that this problem was too difficult, it felt like he had entered a circle, and he would go around and around in it, and eventually he would return to the origin of the problem.

What a hassle.

"Alright."

This time, Kakashi was really too lazy to think about it so much, anyway, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and the answer to the question will appear sooner or later.

"You go and rest first, and I'll keep watch later."

"Yes."

……

The night dew is heavier.

At this time, it is already late autumn, the temperature drops, and many people sleep with thick quilts at night.

However, Qingming doesn't need to be like this, because holding a little girl in his arms makes him feel warmer and more comfortable, and he likes to hold a little girl like this.

But he couldn't sleep.

"Alas......"

Sighing to himself, in the darkness, he opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling above, although he could not see anything, there was no light coming in from outside.

Everybody's resting.

The little girl in her arms also slept very soundly and sweetly, curled up like a kitten, and her little head would rub on Qingming's body a few times from time to time.

It was lovely.

After falling asleep, her little face is not so stiff, unlike during the day, when her face is always tense, so that people can know at a glance that it is the child of the Hyuga family.

Reach out.

In the dark, he touched the little girl's face very accurately, and pinched her face with a little baby fat, which felt very good, and made him a little reluctant to let go.

But in the end, it was loosened.

"Alas......"

He sighed to himself.

The little girl is just a little girl after all.

Or else?

A little girl doesn't suddenly become a big girl, and Qingming doesn't want her to become a big girl, because a big girl is not as fun as a little girl.

The innocent little girl with a good personality is what he likes.

But so what?

Sometimes, it's useless to just like it, and you like others, others don't necessarily like you, and there is an insurmountable gap between fantasy and reality.

"Aha......"

Yawn.

He shook his head slightly, hugged the little girl directly with both hands, then closed his eyes, no longer thinking about so many things, and decided to sleep well.

……

Morning.

Hinata Hanabi, who had a good night's sleep, woke up from her dream.

Rubbing his eyes.

With the other hand, he supported his body and got up, and when he looked closely, he found that Qingming who was lying next to him didn't seem to be awake yet, and he didn't move with his eyes closed anyway.

I was stunned for a while.

Then, as if she was finally sober, she reached out and pushed Qingming's shoulder, trying to wake him up, otherwise she wouldn't know what to do next.

"Brother Qingming."

“……”

"Brother Qingming, it's already dawn, hurry up."

“……”

"Brother Qingming?"

"Hmm...... Let me sleep for another hundred years, and in a hundred years I will be up. ”

“……”

To be honest, if you really want to sleep for a hundred years, you don't need to get up, just bury it, and ensure that you can let him sleep longer, and no one will disturb him.

But let's not talk about that yet.

"Brother Qingming, hurry up, didn't you say you had to leave early today?"

She pushed on Qingming again.

However......

"One year, if you don't let me sleep for a hundred years, that year is okay."

“……”

"Or else...... Otherwise, kiss me, and when you do, I'll get up. ”

“……”