Chapter Twenty-Three: Forced Laughter
The three who heard Kakashi's voice followed the sound and looked at it, only to see Kakashi carrying the unconscious trio in both hands and nodding towards Sakuraku and Ai Ye, and then said to Azuki, "You go to the Central Tower to report the situation here, I'll tell the two of them about Orochimaru." ”
"But ......"
"Your subordinates have already reported the information to Hokage-sama."
Kakashi interrupted Azuki's words, then put the trio on the ground and said, "Compared to Orochimaru's matter now, what happened here is the most worthy of your report. ”
Hearing this, Akka swallowed his saliva and didn't choose to continue reasoning with Kakashi, but rushed directly in the direction of the central tower.
After Azuki left, Kakashi glanced at Sakuraku who was holding Aino's hand, they should have known about the fact that he had been following the two of them, but he didn't stand up when Aino was in danger.
"Sorry......"
Kakashi took a deep breath and apologized to Sakuraku after preparing to die in the line of duty.
And Sakuraku, who was really going to cut Kakashi, looked at his somewhat self-reproachful eyes, and could only sigh helplessly, he was not qualified to judge him right or wrong, because if he replaced Aino with Kakashi and the trio with Aino, he might not care about Kakashi's life or death.
"The object of your apology is not me, but Ai Ye."
Kakashi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, raised his head slightly, and looked at Sakuraku with a little reproach, but more of a look of understanding, and smiled bitterly, "It seems that this time, it's my villain." ’
Thinking of this, Kakashi immediately bowed deeply to Ai Ye, who was pale, "I'm sorry. ”
"Hey! No need for such a serious dead fish-eye teacher! ”
Ai Ye was taken aback by Kakashi who suddenly made this big gift, and hurriedly ran over and said, "No need to do this, I understand your behavior, if it were me, I would make the same choice as you." ”
After speaking, he also patted the princess dress where he had a hole opened, "Look, I'm fine now, don't blame yourself so much, if you really want to compensate me, when the middle ninja exam is over, just invite me to a barbecue." ”
Kakashi straightened his waist, looked at Ai Ye, who was smiling and comforting him, and shook his head slightly, the bow he had just now not only represented his own apology, but also Konoha's apology to the two.
Of course, the two of them are not fools, they have always been silent about Konoha's surveillance of them, and seeing Kakashi's shaking of his head, Sakuraku and Aino naturally understood Kakashi's position, and also understood the attitude of the Hokage as the head of a country.
In fact, from the perspective of the two of them, this behavior was undoubtedly caused by Ai Ye's arrogance, but Kakashi didn't know, Hokage didn't know, in their opinion, Ai Ye encountered such a dangerous situation, and Konoha was responsible for a large part of the responsibility.
'To be able to bend and stretch is for a great country. ’
Sakuraku smiled at Kakashi's attitude and decided not to continue dwelling on this matter, because there was another more troublesome matter waiting for her and Konoha.
"How much do you know about that Orochimaru?"
Kakashi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then looked at Sakuraku's somewhat solemn face and asked with a frown, "I don't know much about it, what's wrong?" ”
"That's right, Sakuraku-san."
Ai Ye turned his head to Sakura and asked curiously, "Hasn't he already been slaughtered by you, and why are you asking so much?" ”
"...... about this"
After Sakuraku shook his head slightly, he sighed helplessly and said, "It's a pity that I didn't succeed in killing him." ”
"What?!"
Ai Ye and Kakashi blew up at the same time when they heard this, Kakashi blew up because Orochimaru didn't die, and Aino blew up because of ......
"How did that guy get away?"
Ai Ye's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, "You can't even dodge the bones with that knife, just rely on ...... Just a human being? Can he run away? ”
"Don't talk about yourself as if you're not human."
Sakuraku patted Ai Ye, who was too excited, and signaled her to pay attention to her words and deeds, and then said to Kakashi, "That guy should have used a technique similar to spiritism, although my knife is fast enough, but if it can beat Ai Ye like that...... It's not surprising that you can run away. ”
Kakashi's brows furrowed when he heard this, and Sakuraku smiled when he saw Kakashi's expression so cautious, "Don't worry so much, although that guy is fast enough, my knife should be faster, he can't slip away from me without anything, I can guarantee that." ”
Hearing Sakuraku say this, Kakashi looked up at the sunny Forest of Death around him, knowing that this hellish place doesn't get sunlight all year round.
"I know, but I'll have to report this to Hokage-sama, Orochimaru...... It's too dangerous. ”
"I understand this."
Sakuraku glanced at Aino, who was idle and ran to heal the trio, narrowed his eyes slightly, and whispered to Kakashi, "If you find the whereabouts of that Orochimaru, please notify me." ”
“…… Do you want to settle accounts with him? ”
"Of course."
After Sakuraku interrupted Kakashi's desire to continue talking, he clasped his hands on his chest and said, "He almost made me lose Aino, I don't record this account on his head, do you want me to record it on Konoha's head?" ”
Hearing Sakuraku say this, Kakashi thought about the danger of Orochimaru, and then looked at the chilling knife mark behind Sakuraku, and a cold sweat ran down his forehead, "I know." ”
"Oh, yes."
Sakuraku, who saw Kakashi's agreement, smiled slightly, and then, as if remembering something, said to Kakashi, who just wanted to leave here and report to the Central Tower, "Let Hokage-sama pay attention to the Sand Ninja Village." ”
Sakuraku said as she pointed to her left forehead and said, "That kid is not simple. ”
Kakashi frowned when she heard this, although she didn't quite understand what Sakuraru was talking about, but she shouldn't frame herself with false information, then nodded to show that she understood, and rushed directly towards the central tower.
It should be about the same for you. ’
Sakuraku looked in the direction Kakashi had left and thought to herself, "As long as the Hokage isn't stupid, he should be able to understand what he wants to say." ’
Thinking of this, Sakuraku turned her head back and said to Ai Ye, who was sitting next to the trio, "You go back to the central tower to rest, I'll watch the trio here." ”
"No, Sakuraku-san."
Ai Ye waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm fine!" Don't worry about me! ”
Sakura looked at Ai Ye's still a little pale little face, how could she not understand what this little girl was thinking, she walked directly forward and hugged Ai Ye.
Sakura...... Sister Sakuraku? ”
"Don't worry, no one will blame you."
Sakuraku gently patted Ai Ye's back and said, "If a person is not a sage, who can do nothing, even the Lord of God will make mistakes, let alone us?" ”
Speaking of this, Sakura Luo let go of Ai Ye, looking at the youngest and most favored sister in Jiuling, biting her lip and not knowing what to say, she smiled and stretched out her hand to scratch her little nose, "You usually have a lot of troubles, have you ever disliked you?" ”
"But...... This time it's different......"
"What's the difference?"
"I ...... Because of my arrogance, I almost delayed the mission, and I am afraid that the Lord God will ......."
Without waiting for Ai Ye to finish speaking, Sakura gently patted Ai Ye's head and said, "Even if the Lord God is angry, he will only be angry because of your arrogance, do you usually suffer less of this kind of scolding, or are you afraid that the Lord God will drive you away?" ”
Ai Ye looked up at Sakura, then nodded aggrievedly, grabbed his princess dress with both hands and said, "I've made too many mistakes, and this time it's even more ...... I almost put myself in it, and I was afraid that the Lord would drive me away and not let me continue to carry out the mission with you. ”
"Don't worry~~"
Sakuraku stretched out her hand and rubbed Ai Ye's little face, and said with a smile: "If they want to drive you away, those guys will definitely be the first to disagree, don't you know how much they usually like you?" ”
"Know ......"
Ai Ye nodded resignedly, and still asked Sakuraku with some worry, "...... Won't the Lord really drive me away? ”
"Really, I promise!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
"Really, really?"
"Really ......"
"Really ...... true"
Syllable!
"It's endless!"
Ai Ye, who was patted on the head by Sakura, said with a smile: "Hehe, I know, then I'll go back and rest first, Sister Sakuraluo, you should come back early!" ”
After that, Ai Ye, who was cheered up, jumped in the direction of the central tower, and Sakura, who saw Ai Ye go away, saw that she had returned to her usual leather appearance, and breathed a sigh of relief, she was really worried about Ai Ye's psychological shadow because of this incident.
When the time came to night, Sasuke, who had been in a coma for almost a whole day, was the first to open his eyes, only to see him sit up from the ground suddenly, and subconsciously opened his writing wheel eyes to look at the figure on the other side of the bonfire.
"I thought it would be Naruto who would wake up first, but I didn't expect it to be you."
Sakuraku looked at Sasuke's puzzled gaze and handed him the grilled fish as she said, "Curious why I'm here?" ”
"Hmmm......"
Sasuke, who learned that the person sitting opposite him was Sakuraku, closed his writing wheel, took the grilled fish, and took a hard bite, he hadn't eaten for more than a day, and he was really hungry.
"Eat slowly, I've made a lot."
Sakuraku smiled and looked at Sasuke, who was gobbling up, lowered his head and said while rummaging the grilled fish, "Hit?" ”
Hearing Sakuraku's words, Sasuke's action of eating grilled fish suddenly stopped, only to see his face constantly changing, and finally stopped at the expression of weakness, "Sister Sakuraro, am I really weak?" ”
"You're not weak."
Sakuraku's overly decisive answer made Sasuke slightly stunned, he raised his head, just in time to meet Sakuraku's sight, he looked at Sakuraku sitting across the campfire, as if he saw the amiable man again.
But at the same time, what the man had done to him, as well as the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, also resurfaced in front of him.