Chapter 19: Leaves and Roots
Now he no longer has the idea of killing Shi Ming, he originally wanted to kill Shi Ming to get his body, but this idea now seems so ridiculous.
Although his strength has improved a lot in the past three years, Shi Ming has not stood still, his strength has grown faster than him, and the most important thing is that Shi Ming has actually learned flying ninjutsu, which Tuan Zang did not expect.
Otherwise, he would have been attacking Shi Ming from the commanding heights, as long as he was not greedy for merit, then his life would not be in danger. Otherwise, he wouldn't have deliberately lingered and waited for Shi Ming to come over.
It's a pity that stealing chickens doesn't make rice, and his idea is not only in vain, but now he will pay the price of his life.
Tuan Zang staggered up, most of the muscles in his body were on the verge of cracking, and his speed was not as fast as one percent of the previous one.
And at this moment, he heard a rumbling sound coming from behind, the sound became louder and louder, and then there was a sudden force behind him, and the whole person was thrown into the distance like a tattered puppet.
On the shattered earth, although Tuanzang's body was still intact, the bones inside it were already fragmented.
"Ahem......"
He coughed twice and tried to stand up, but his legs were like two logs, and he finally had to give up and lie on the ground and resign himself to fate.
Shi Ming finally got up from the ground, slapped the outward-turned flesh on his chest into his body with difficulty, and then tied his chest with the bandage tied on his trouser leg to prevent the injury from worsening.
Originally, he was seriously injured, but in order not to let Tuan Zang have a little hope, he forced himself to use the meat bullet chariot, although the injury to his body was aggravated, but finally Tuan Zang remained.
Shi Ming looked at the starfish kitchen knife that had fallen next to Tuan Zang, who had snatched it away when Tuan Zang attacked him before, and now it had fallen out of his clothes.
Shi Ming staggered towards Tuan Zang, and finally stopped beside Tuan Zang.
"I didn't expect that I was defeated in the hands of you, a little ghost, which is really unpleasant."
Tuan Zang lay on the ground and looked down at Shi Ming, who was looking down at him, and said vaguely. After all, his mouth was hit by Shi Ming's strong blow, and being able to speak already showed that he was in good health.
"Winning is winning, losing is defeat, it has nothing to do with age, if the older the person is, the stronger he is, then what do you need the word genius for."
Shi Ming didn't stand, squatted down, and spit out a piece of blackened blood from his mouth, the blood also contained a small piece of organ tissue, and the forced use of the meat bullet chariot before made Shi Ming's internal organs more and more damaged, and the function of some organs has even begun to decrease, or it will stop completely in a short time.
However, Shi Ming did not panic, because he heard a rush of footsteps.
When Sarufei and Tsunade and his party came here, they were all full of disbelief, how much destructive power it would have to be to make this place look like this. Not only was the earth shattered and shattered, but there were potholes and scorched earth all around, and large areas of trees were constantly burning.
"Hurry up and put out the fire, don't let the flames spread!"
Ape Fei shouted, in this early spring, there is not much rain, if the flames are spread, in the future, Konoha Village will only see bare scorched earth.
The Fire Nation has the most abundant materials and the most trees, so it is very afraid of Fire Escape Ninjutsu, and it is extremely easy to cause a large-scale fire after a battle, which is also a small side effect of abundance.
Tsunade walked up to Shi Ming and didn't say anything, immediately helping Shi Ming heal his body and stabilize his injuries.
"Danzou, can you tell me why?"
Ape Fei's mood was very low at this time, his old friend had been doing something immoral in the village, and now he actually betrayed the village, which really made him unacceptable.
Tuan Zang turned his face sideways, looked at the sad Sun Slash, and actually laughed uncharacteristically.
"To you, what the hell am I? What do you think of me? ”
Ri was stunned and said, "You are you, my partner, my comrade-in-arms, I have always regarded you as my best friend, but you have done such a betrayal of the village!" ”
Tuanzang shook his head, disagreeing with Sarutobi's statement, and a mouthful of blood spilled out of his mouth. His body was already dying, and he was afraid that he would not live for more than ten minutes.
He looked at Hizap, and it was clearly the Hokage robe on Ape Fei's body, and there was extreme longing in his eyes.
He shook his head and said, "No, what you said is not right. You are the Hokage, you are Konoha bathed in light, and I am in the dark... of the roots. You think of me as a friend, but I've always seen you as a competitor. I've always wanted your approval, I've always wanted to know what you think of me, I've been comparing myself with you, I've been chasing you, but in the end, I've been ......"
He let out a long sigh, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he had reached the stage of returning to the light.
"But in the end, I found that I still can't surpass you. Now I'm relieved that we're all part of defending Konoha. You are the trunk of the tree above the ground, I am the root of the tree crawling under the land, in order to protect the peaceful land of Konoha, in order to protect the precious jade of Konoha, we can all dedicate our lives! It's a pity that now I have betrayed my own village and committed an act that endangers the village, which is the greatest insult to me, and I am not sorry to die. Hizai, now I finally understand why the teacher passed on the Hokage position to you, because your heart is not as narrow as mine. ”
Finally, when Tuan Zang finished saying what was in his heart, he immediately swallowed his last breath, and the breath on his body slowly disappeared.
The sullen breath in the chest of the sun could not be swallowed for a long time, and finally turned into a sigh.
"I'm not a qualified Hokage, the second generation of adults passed on the position of Hokage to me, but unfortunately I only inherited half of the second generation, and the other half is borne by you. You're right, I'm the trunk of a tree in the sun, and you're the root in the dark, and you're doing everything I can't do, and you're doing it well. ”
If a village wants to run, the leader must have both gentleness and sternness, whether it is visible or unseemly, it must be borne by one hand.
It's a pity that Hiza is too gentle, otherwise he wouldn't let go of the defected Orochimaru in the future. He couldn't do those dirty things, and after seeing it, Tuan Zang was helping him do it, helping him deal with all the darkness.
He is the root that wanders in the dark, and silently dedicates his life to the growth of the trunk in the sun.