"I don't know what's wrong with Ying now."

Standing alone in the empty courtyard, looking at the white moon in the moonlight, he couldn't help but think so.

Although it was already the middle of the night, because Mao Yue Xiyan had a task to be executed by the dark department, Su Zeying left with Firefly again, and suddenly the big courtyard was empty.

Not so long ago, there was loud laughter and drifting smoke, and now there was only one person left.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and in such a quiet night, because the home suddenly became quiet, the result was that the moonlight blast found that he couldn't say it inexplicably.

So he put on his ninja costume and held a long knife, and came to the courtyard where he was the only one.

"Kakashi-senpai has never disappointed, and with him, Ying should be fine now."

Moonlight Blast exhaled, reassuring himself.

Suddenly, he looked around and laughed inexplicably.

The moonlight, the small courtyard, and the self with a long knife.

Feel ...... It's like going back in time for more than a decade.

At that time, I was only accompanied by a long knife.

It was a relic left by his father, and he kept it close to him every night, practicing Konoha Stream swordsmanship every day, and every time he swung his long knife, he felt as if someone was guarding him.

But it was only later that he met the man......

The generous and gentle middle-aged man is like a man like a father in his imagination.

Although the man who was like a teacher and father died eight years ago, he left behind a baby, the child who has moved him again and again for eight years.

In my memory, it seems that this courtyard has never been quiet for more than ten years.

But now it seems to have returned to more than ten years ago, when only I felt my own existence, and there was only a long knife.

Moonlight Wind waved a long knife, one knife at a time, all of which were extremely basic exercises, just like the clumsy self of more than ten years ago.

"But ......"

As soon as the sword light turned, it suddenly became incomparably magnificent, as if it was poured into an incomparably heavy and gentle feeling, and there was a kind of courage that seemed to be able to cut off the moonlight, or a kind of beauty that could be integrated into the moonlight.

“…… Compared with myself who was alone more than ten years ago, I am still different now......"

The sword light that spread out gently like the moonlight pouring down drowned everything, but it was very carefully restrained around him, like a sculpture carved out of a fruit shell—

“…… Because, now I have a reason to use this knife to guard! ”

……

More than ten days later, the land of fire, Tsujino Castle.

It is a town hundreds of miles away from Konoha Village, and although it is just an ordinary town, it is also a prosperous place with a population of nearly 100,000.

And because Tsujino Castle is located on a major transportation route, extending in all directions, and is located in a wide plain area, and there is a river that can flow down the river, it has naturally become an important town in the Fire Country, and has become an important population base in the Fire Country.

Although it is far less prosperous than Konoha Village, compared to ordinary towns, Tsujino Castle is also a wonderful place.

In fact, although it is only a town within the Fire Country, there are many ninjas who come and go in Tsujino Castle, and many ninjas who are on missions will stop again to rest when they return.

In addition, the national nature of the ninja world has weakened, and nationalism is not very widespread, but the village communism with the major ninja villages as the core is the trend of the current era, so under the calm and peaceful surface of Tsujino Castle, there are many undercurrents stirred up by the ninjas of the major ninja villages from time to time.

- Although it is a town in the Land of Fire, to be honest, in most cases, Konoha only cares about the one-third of an acre in his village, and the daimyo of the major powers under the ninja system is more of a symbolic existence, and it is beyond the reach of the daimyo to reach out of the daimyo's mansion.

As a result, Tsujino Castle was more like an independent city-state, with its own rules, and the lord was solely responsible for the rest of the day, except for the obligation to pay taxes to the daimyo.

Moreover, this is the case not only in the country of fire, but also in the others, whether it is the country of wind, the country of water, or the country of thunder and earth. On the contrary, those small countries with small borders, due to the lower difficulty of governance, are more likely to form a centralized system, forming a three-in-one system of "integration of the village and the state", "the great name is the shadow", the military, political supreme leader and the spiritual supreme leader.

INTERVIEWER To be honest, this situation really looks like the social system of Western Europe in the Middle Ages, with the fiefdom system as the core.

In this way, Tsujino Castle, which is almost politically independent of the existence of the daimyo, is holding a grand festival here today.

The so-called festival celebration is mostly a day that is specially endowed with special meaning based on ancient legends that are far-fetched and attached to political reality.

Its essence is no different, but there is a reason for its existence.

The people who came and went from Tsujino Castle were dressed in costumes, smiling and laughing. The whole town was plunged into a sea of joy.

But in this crowd, there are two figures with hats, dressed in black, so that people can't see their faces and figures walking silently.

The black indifferent figure, walking among the pedestrians, looks young.

Through the black veil like a layer of mist, the two figures looked like two children of eight or nine years old from the outside.

However, for some reason, the man who walked in front and guarded the man behind him tightly seemed to have a sense of calm and calm.

Although the figure under the two hats is in front of and behind the scene, although it is in the crowded crowd, it is like a flat boat between the waves, breaking through the water, and unconsciously passing through the crowd and walking out of the street. And from the outside world, they take every step easily and casually, and they are free and natural.

After walking through this street, the next road became secluded.

Two figures with black hats stood at the intersection. The figure at the back looked at the scene of the people behind him, and the crystal-like eyes under the hat were like rain, and at the same time there was a faint sigh:

"Ying, there are a lot of people here......"

"yes."

The figure walking in front turned his head and casually responded, and a nostalgic smile appeared on the face of the delicate and peaceful child under the hat.

The festive atmosphere almost made him think he was back in a small town in his former home.

"Konoha doesn't seem to have a festival like this......"

The girl behind her sighed softly.

"Compared with the military government and the common people's government, the former is naturally much stricter. Despite the great force, the nature of ordinary people is easily suppressed. This kind of commercial town extending in all directions is also a place to broaden their horizons, and the people regard themselves as the masters of the place, so they naturally have a greater sense of participation, and the more enthusiastic they are about the festival. ”

Su Zeying walked forward without stopping, and at the same time analyzed casually.

The girl followed him with a somewhat weak step.

"Reflection ......"

"What's wrong?"

"You're saying things I don't understand again."

"Haha, it's right if you don't understand, if you understand my complaint, then I'm afraid I'm going to doubt life......"

Su Zeying smiled and walked forward by taking the girl's hand.

"Let's go, let's see what good places to stay around here!"