Even if more than ten years have passed, the familiar voice in his memory sounded behind him, which made Tsunade's eyes widen.

Her shoulders trembled violently, her body froze in place, and she whispered:

"Broken, is that you?"

"Well, it's me.

Thanks to Orochimaru's technique, I can still see you one last time. ”

Tsunade seemed to feel those familiar hands gently hugging her from behind, and the next second, she came to her own consciousness space.

A pair of hands folded around her waist, and the person behind her propped his head on Tsunade's shoulders, greedily embroidering one of her blonde hair.

"It's been a long time, and I really, miss you, Tsunade."

Tears slipped down Tsunade's face, and she nodded in relief and said with a smile:

"That guy from Orochimaru, sure enough, is still the best at playing with people's hearts......"

Behind her back, she shook her head and said:

"No, don't misinterpret your companion's kindness."

———————— Memories Kill——————————————

More than ten years ago, in the rain, Kato lay on the ground when he was dying.

In front of him, Tsunade was still frantically consuming Chakra and performing the Palm Immortal Technique, and Konoha's companions had already surrounded him.

"I really am! It's true...... Don't want to be like that...... Dead ......"

There was a helpless but sad look in his eyes, and he was speechless.

He looked at the crazy and desperate Tsunade in front of him, and the next second, he raised his head to look at Orochimaru and Jiraiya behind her.

Both of them clearly saw the pleading in his eyes, and nodded slowly.

I can't continue to guard you, Tsunade......

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"A lot has happened in the last ten years, Tsunade.

How are you doing? ”

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Tsunade's mouth, but he said stubbornly:

"Not bad!

After that war ended, I took the silence away from the life of a ninja.

I can let myself see the scenery around me as I please.

You can also gamble and drink, and I don't have you to control me......"

The severed hand caressed Tsunade's face, wiping her tearful cheeks.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry that you've been immersed in sorrow for more than ten years......

Forget about me and start a new life.

Tsunade I know, although he often can't help but go to the casino to squander his quest pay, he occasionally gets drunk.

But you can't just dwell on the past......"

"How can it be so easy? Forget about you......"

Tsunade turned around and cupped his broken face in both hands.

"Look at me, look at me again!"

With the blessing of the Yin Seal, her crying face was still in her twenties.

"I'm just afraid that time will dilute your memories in my head......

I'm still the same as I was a decade ago, the same as when you left!

So that when I look in the mirror once in a while, the person in the mirror reminds me of the time we spent together, of you......"

This man who appeared in his life when he was at his most vulnerable......

A man who was pulled to the casino by himself after dating, and lost all the tasks of the two of them, and the man who was still smiling......

Obviously, if you can't drink enough, you will accompany yourself to an izakaya and watch your drunk man.

"You said it! When the war is over, we'll get married!

I...... I had already contacted my uncle at the time, and he wrote back to tell me that he had prepared a grand wedding for me......

These pasts of ours, you made me forget?

How can I forget, broken?! ”

—————————— Memories Kill——————————————

More than a year ago, on the eve of Watergate and Kushina's wedding.

A simplified version of the bridal bachelor's night, just Kushina and Shizune chatting in the Senju house, watching Tsunade get drunk.

Tsunade looked at Kushina, who had a happy and nervous face, and although he still had a smile on his face, the sourness in his heart was beyond words.

That pure white bridal dress, I also have one......

used to be himself, when these celebration clothes were delivered to him by his uncle, he was also in the same mood as Jiu Xinnai.

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Tsunade in the consciousness space has changed into a pure white kimono, and she pulls the broken hand with a smile on her face.

"Is it pretty? Over the years, whenever I miss you to the point where I can't help myself, I will change into this dress......

We were supposed to have a happier wedding than the two imps of Kushina and Watergate.

We ......"

"But we're not the same after all, aren't we?

You're alive, and I'm gone. ”

"Nope! Broken, since Orochimaru can already perform this technique.

We can ask him to let you ...... every once in a while."

Tsunade took the broken hands and said with a look of fanaticism.

"That's not what the Tsunade I know would say.

Don't say it, I won't agree. ”

"Why? Don't you want to see me again? ”

Broken wry smiled and shook his head, then stared into Tsunade's eyes, and slowly spoke:

"How so? I also longed for the end of the war and the life we would live after we got married.

I'm working hard in the village, and you go to the hospital to do research according to your interests.

If you're tired from work, travel around and relax.

In a few years, we will have a child...... No, we will have many children.

The first boy we named him Rope Tree, and the first girl we named her Dai......

I really can't think of any other possibilities than happiness. ”

"Then why are you still ......?"

Broken looked at Tsunade, a resolute smile on his face.

"Because, what men pursue should not be happiness.

Just like when you gambled, you lost more and won less.

In a man's life, setbacks and failures take up most of our time, even if they try harder.

And happiness, like the ecstasy you occasionally feel when you win a bet, is only a short-term happiness that God has given us.

But even so, we will not deal with life negatively, no matter how much pain and failure there is on the road, the struggle along the way is helpless and futile......"

Breaking touched Tsunade's cheek and said with a smile:

"We're going to go on strong, too!"

These words are...... That idiot from Jiraiya? ”

He nodded and said:

"Tsunade, remember when I confessed to you, right?"

Tsunade's eyes widened and he nodded subconsciously.

It was the first official date between the two, and it was the night of a summer festival.

Whether it's grilled chicken and sake for dinner, or a pastime for a trip to the casino after a meal.

This man unexpectedly made her feel intimate, and all the arrangements were his favorite.

The good feeling that originally sprouted in her heart naturally made her accept the confession of the break.

A smile appeared on his face, remembering Tsunade's words at the end of the date.

In the bustling street market of the Konoha Village Summer Festival, Tsunade in a light-colored kimono had a slightly drunken ruddy face, and his amber eyes were bold and playful and said to himself:

"I said, cut off the seniors. You don't want to confess to me, do you? ”

Facing this girl who didn't play according to the routine, he touched his head a little at a loss, and asked with a wry smile:

"Huh? Isn't this the kind of thing I should have said first? ”

"Don't care about this kind of detail, then, I agree!"

Princess Tsunade, who was high in her eyes before, completed the reverse confession without pretentiousness and became her girlfriend, without a trace of the shyness of an ordinary girl.

That guy's words are really right......

"Number one, don't call her gentle, because she's not that kind of girl at all."

———————— Kato's memories to kill——————————————

One day before his first date with Tsunade, Jiraiya found Kato Tsuna.

Originally, I thought that this guy, who is also a suitor of Tsunade, would make such an unreasonable and naïve request as a duel.

However, the two sat in an izakaya half an hour later.

Jiraiya looked at Kato with a complicated face, and said slowly:

"You're really, pursuing her because you like Tsunade.

Isn't it because of her family background that you want to take advantage of her? ”

"You guy! Don't think people are so dirty!

I want to become the Hokage, but my Hokage path is to rely on myself step by step, and I definitely won't rely on anything else! ”

Jiraiya looked at the angry Kato Tsuru, there seemed to be nothing to talk about between rivals, and the tense atmosphere made the izakaya extremely quiet at this moment.

Suddenly, Jiraiya nodded with a wry smile, picked up the wine glass towards the broken end, drank it dry, and then said to himself:

"If you want to pursue her, be sure to bring her happiness......

Here's a piece of advice from me as a teammate.

First, don't try to call her gentle, because she's not that kind of girl at all. ”

"Jiraiya! You stand for me, bastard pervert! ”

"Second, don't let her drink more than one bottle of sake, otherwise she will be beaten when she meets someone."

The young Sanshinobi went to drink for the first time as an adult, and it became the scene of an accident in which Tsunade Hime made trouble at an izaka.

"Third, she likes to eat chicken, especially tender chicken; The nasty food is sweets. ”

Every time he goes out on a mission, if he encounters a camping in the wild, he will try his best to hunt a bird and game as food for the three of them.

"Fourth, if she hits you, you must stand obediently and let her hit; If it doesn't hurt, you have to pretend that it hurts, and it's best to learn to fly far away with the force of her fist......

Forget it, I feel like you don't need to learn this, she doesn't seem to have the intention of hitting you. ”

The idiot rubbed his head, smiled and poured himself a drink.

"Fifth, if you accompany her to the casino, even if you know that you will lose if you follow her, you have to lose money with her.

In this way, she will have a person to blame after losing all to show that her gambling skills are not so bad. ”

Speaking of this, Jiraiya smiled and pointed to the finger cut off and continued:

"Sixth, try to save as much savings as possible to pay off her gambling debts, otherwise, you must be prepared to escape debts with her."

Finally, there will be another fool to accompany you to hide from the debt, murderous woman......

Jiraiya staggered to his feet, turned and walked to the door of the izakaya.

As if suddenly he had thought of something, he stopped, and added:

"The last one, the rope tree, she was very, very sad.

Find a way to comfort her and let her come out of this shadow......"

With a wave of his hand, he refused to get up and say goodbye, and staggered out of the izakaya with a slightly comical twist.

——————————————————————————

"Tsunade, all along, there has been a fool silently guarding you by your side."

Tsunade gently stroked Tsunade's cheek, looked at her wide eyes and continued:

"At that time, I just regarded Jiraiya as a well-intentioned loser.

But it wasn't until today, when I saw you again, that I understood his state of mind at that time.

Your own happiness is not what a man should pursue.

Making the beloved happy, silently watching her and guarding her, is what we should pursue. ”

Jiraiya has always been aware of his feelings, how could Tsunade not know at all.

She hesitantly lowered her head and whispered:

"But I don't want to forget about you like this, break ......"

The gentle touch between his foreheads made Tsunade lift his head.

Break a light kiss on her smooth forehead, and then look at her with love:

"It's because I still love you deeply that I don't want to see you fall into painful memories and can't get out.

Our fond memories, you can still keep them in your heart.

It's just that you need a new relationship to fill your heart.

It's like when you lost the rope tree, you accepted me to make up for the sadness in your heart......"

The sky outside the window had turned pale, and at the end of the horizon, the light of the morning sun had dyed the morning glow red.

Broken seemed to sense something, smiled at Tsunade and said:

"It seems that it is time to say goodbye......"

In Tanokuni's Futaba Kindergarten, Orochimaru looked up at the sky and sighed softly.

This time the reincarnation of the filthy earth was a familiar recipe with a familiar taste, and it didn't add his whims.

His hands quickly sealed:

"Filthy Earth Reincarnation. Untie! ”

In Tsunade's consciousness space, the broken body gradually became transparent.

"I believe that although I am not by your side, this is not a parting......"

"Broken?! Don't, even if you stay a little longer......"

The two broke away from Tsunade's consciousness space, and Tsunade raised his head helplessly and shouted.

There was a slight tactile sensation on her face, and a voice that grew smaller and smaller:

"I'll always bless you, Tsunade.

Cheer yourself up and live happily......"

Tsunade stood blankly in front of the window, staring up at the sky blankly.

In Tanokuni's Futaba Kindergarten, Jiraiya and Orochimaru silently watched as the body reincarnated from the broken soil in front of them became shattered little by little and turned into dust.

Orochimaru glanced up at Jiraiya and said:

"Satisfied? Is that your answer to all of our assists? ”

Jiraiya yawned nonchalantly, turned around and waved to his room.

"So sleepy, sleepy! Hangover and staying up late, people have to know how to maintain when they reach middle age! ”

Yakushi Nonoyu walked up to Orochimaru's side, took his hand, and pointed to Jiraiya's back with some concern.

Orochimaru smiled playfully and said softly:

"Doesn't his back look like a dog?"