Night.

On top of the Hokage Rock, Qingming stood here, overlooking the entire Konoha Village, as if he had trampled the Hokage and the entire Konoha Ninja Village under his feet.

Although it is only an illusion.

But......

"Illusions are illusions, but it's really not challenging to step on the whole Konoha under your feet!"

Yes.

That is really not challenging for Qingming, with his ability, it is easy to do, even if the Hokage of the past generations is resurrected, it will not be able to stop him.

But he wouldn't do such a thing.

Cause?

This is something that is very simple and easy to do, and there will not be much interest, so he will do nothing and care about nothing.

But that being said, as long as people are alive, they can't do nothing, and as long as they are people, they will have things they want to do and have wishes to achieve them.

So the question is: what exactly does Qingming want?

Well......

Well, this is a question that has been said many times and still has not yet been answered, what would it be like if Qingming could have a goal?

"Hmmm......"

Raise your head and look up at the bright galaxy, tomorrow may be a good weather, but unfortunately, Qingming doesn't like that kind of sunny day.

Yes.

Compared to those sunny days with clear skies, Qingming prefers rainy weather, or in other words, as long as he can't see the sun, he likes it.

"Brother Qingming."

Behind.

Accompanied by the voice, it was the figure of Hinata Hanabi, who came out of the darkness, expressionless, and slowly walked over and stood there with him.

Qingming looked at the bright galaxy above, and she looked at Qingming, because she had always been curious about Qingming.

Yes.

If I'm not mistaken, since the first time we met, I was curious about the strange existence of Qingming and wanted to know about this strange person.

"Why don't you go back and rest?"

He asked.

In this regard, the little girl replied nonchalantly: "Didn't Brother Qingming go back to rest either?" ”

“……”

He turned his head to look at the little girl beside him.

Long.

He smiled helplessly, and then continued to look up at the starry sky, at the cosmic space that never seemed to change, but in fact changed all the time.

"Fireworks."

“？”

"Can you fly?"

“……”

The little girl did not answer.

Fly?

Of course she wouldn't, and if she did, maybe she'd flown away, like those little birds, flying and living freely.

People want to be free.

Including Qingming.

However, what kind of thing "freedom" is, sometimes Qingqing is not clear, and he does not know whether this kind of thing exists.

didn't get an answer, Qingming didn't care, just looked at the sky and was silent, silent......

Long.

"I can fly." He spoke, then looked at Hinata Hanabi again, "Now, come up with me and see how high we can fly." ”

“？”

The little girl was a little puzzled, today's Qingming seemed to be a little different from usual, but she didn't think much about it.

"Okay."

directly agreed, because as long as it is Qingming, then no matter what you want her to do, there is no problem, she has always believed in Qingming.

It always has been.

"Let's go."

Qingming stretched out his hand towards her, Hinata Hanabi didn't hesitate, grabbed his outstretched hand, and didn't feel anything, he found that he had already taken off into the air.

Keep your head down.

I found that the ground was getting farther and farther away from me, and the black lights were blinding, and I soon became unable to see clearly, and I could only see the lights of Konoha Village that were only lit up at night.

Even so, the lights became farther and farther away from him, and he became smaller and smaller, and gradually, he couldn't tell whether it was Konoha Village or another starry sky under his feet.

The wind in the sky was very strong and cold, and gradually, even breathing became difficult, which made people feel very uncomfortable, and Hinata Hanaba didn't like it very much.

"Cloud."

Her attention was quickly drawn to something else, and in the moonlight, she could faintly see the clouds around her, and she could touch them as long as she stretched out her hand.

But when I really stretched out my hand, I couldn't touch it, I just slipped between my fingers.

“……”

Hinata Hanabi was not very happy and was about to say something, but he noticed that the fog around him was getting thicker and thicker, and he felt colder and harder to breathe.

It's very uncomfortable.

Suddenly, it became clear that flying too high is not necessarily a good thing!

Scold.

It's ironic.

“？”

Suddenly, a strange energy came from the hand she was holding, entering her body, swimming in the meridians in her body, dissipating the discomfort in her body.

"Whew."

Relieved, he looked at Qingming, who had been staring at the starry sky, as if he wanted to go to the highest place, or perhaps to the depths of the darkness.

Clear and bright......

At this moment, what is in his eyes is the boundless darkness, or the faint but always present light in the darkness?

Through the clouds.

Then, in front of them, the moonlight appeared brighter, the starry sky that could be seen more clearly, and the cosmic space that could not be seen at a glance.

"It's huge!"

Qingming and Hyuga Hanabi sighed at the same time, the so-called "ascending and looking far", the higher you stand and the farther you see, the more you can feel the vastness of heaven and earth.

Compared with it, human beings are so small, and the planet under their feet is also so small, as small as ants, as small as dust, and daunting.

"Take a look below."

“？”

Hinata Hanabi was a little confused, but she still lowered her head obediently and looked at the ground where she had been living all along, but she couldn't see clearly because of the clouds.

Faintly, you can see some bright lights, and you can also see some villages and towns in the distance, so you may really see another starry sky.

"Don't you think it's meaningless for everything so small?"

“？”

Qingming spoke again, but Hinata Hanabi still didn't quite understand, and his eyes shifted to him, looking at the elder brother who seemed to ignore everything.

He's always been like that.

But......

"How could it not be meaningful?"

She doesn't understand.

It was precisely because she didn't understand that she couldn't help but open her mouth to refute, of course, in her opinion, she was just saying her thoughts, not refutation.

I didn't want Qingming to accept his point of view.

"Although it is small, no matter how small all this is, as long as it exists, there will always be a meaning of existence, don't you think so, Brother Qingming?"

“……”

Qingming looked at her, then fell silent.

Long.

Suddenly he laughed again, different from his usual smile, this time, he seemed to be really smiling, and there was nothing else in this smile.

"Maybe."

He said.

Then, looking up again, looking higher and farther away, he wondered how high the sky was, how big the universe really was.

I want to know the origin of all things, and I want to know the end of all things; I want to know the beginning of time, but I also want to know the end of time.

But it's impossible.

"Whew."

sighed lightly, but it was impossible to just give up.

"Fireworks."

"Huh?"

"Let's go ahead and see how high we can fly!"

"Okay."

The little girl nodded her head without hesitation, which surprised Qingming.

"Really?"

"Hmm."

"It's dangerous, don't think about it?"

"Don't be afraid."

Maybe it's because of ignorance, or maybe it's because of early enlightenment, anyway, for Hinata Hanabi, there is nothing wrong with following Qingming, absolutely right.

"As long as Brother Qingming wants to go, I can accompany you there."

“……”

Qingming looked at her, smiled, and grabbed the little girl's hand tightly.

"Hold on."

"Yes!"

She answered.

Then, without saying much to each other, they just flew towards a higher place, maybe they would soon reach their limit, or perhaps, if they went, they would not come back.