It was a sunny afternoon, and in the yard, an old man was lying under his jujube tree to enjoy the shade. The rocking chair made of pear wood swayed one after the other, and the "squeak" sound seemed to tell the glorious years of his life.

Accompanying the old man was his grandson, Tomohiko Oda. The little one, who was only six years old this year, was staring at a pair of big eyes at this time, and asked his grandfather incredulously:

"Grandpa, grandpa, what happened later? What happened later? Since Uncle Naruto and the others didn't grab the bell, shouldn't they all go back to the ninja school to repeat it?"

"Later, ah......"

Grandpa shook his fan and said slowly: "Later, the child of the Qimu family still accepted them." ”

"Ahh

"Okay, Hokage-sama, okay. Grandpa smiled, corrected his name for Kakashi Hachiki, and continued, "Since it's Hokage-sama, how can you lie to them. ”

In fact, the purpose of this task is not to test their ability, but to test whether they know how to cooperate. ”

"Together, together?" the little guy was a little confused, obviously, at his age, it was still very difficult to grasp the meaning of the word.

"yes, cooperation. When manpower is exhausted, although we ninjas will also perform tasks alone, more often than not, in the face of more difficult tasks, cooperation is the only way to successfully complete the mission. ”

Speaking of this, grandpa seemed to think of something, he no longer shook the fan back and forth, but sat up, looked at Peng Yan and said, "Peng Yan, do you still remember what is our family's family motto?"

Hearing his grandfather's question, Peng Yan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied respectfully: "Take completing the task as the first priority, never give up, not arrogant, not impatient, not angry, not discouraged, and be a qualified ninja!"

Peng Yan's words were said smoothly without pause. It's not that he understands these words very deeply, but the lesson of blood and tears has made him deeply understand a truth: grandpa really dotes on himself, and it's nothing to play around. But the family motto is his reverse scale, don't say that he can't memorize it, that is, he pauses when he recites, and even if his attitude is not good enough, he will be punished.

It is precisely because of this that Peng Yan has hated these words since he was sensible, and he has reached the point of hatred to the point that he can't even forget them.

Seeing that his grandson had a good attitude and spoke clearly, the grandfather was very happy and was about to say something to encourage his grandson, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps from the house.

After a while, the gate was opened, and a middle-aged man led a little boy to the grandfather and grandson.

The man was dressed in a ninja suit, and there were several wounds on his body, although he had been bandaged, he was still oozing blood, apparently just returning from a mission.

Seeing the visitor, the grandfather smiled and said, "It's the child of the Watanabe family, Xiaonan's girl, doesn't she like to eat my family's dates the most, why didn't she come with you." What's this next to you?"

The middle-aged man's name is Watanabe Kito, and Tomohiko's father, Oda Yuma, are classmates at the ninja school, and they are also comrades-in-arms who later formed the ninja squad together.

Six years ago, in the year of Tomohiko's birth, Tomohiko, who was supposed to take care of his wife at home due to lack of manpower, and eight other shinobi who were on vacation, were given an S-class mission.

As a member of the Oda family, whose motto is to "become a qualified ninja", Oda Hama resolutely accepted this order and secretly went to the country of craftsmen to carry out a mission.

However, in the end, the mission failed, and only three people, including Watanabe Kito, managed to escape back to Konoha. Oda Hama was on the way to retreat and died protecting Watanabe Kito.

At that time, Tomohiko's mother had just given birth to him and was very weak, but she happened to hear the news of her husband's death, and she was haggard for a while, so she followed Oda Yuma, leaving Tomohiko to be taken care of by his grandfather.

Since then, Watanabe has taken on the responsibility of taking care of Tomohiko and his grandfather, and often comes here to walk around, if it weren't for Tomohiko's grandfather's strong request to stay in the old house, he would have taken the two to live in his own home.

Hearing Grandpa Tomohiko's question, Watanabe helped his somewhat loose forehead guard and replied, "I just came back from outside, and I haven't gone back yet." I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he didn't introduce the children around him to his grandparents and grandchildren.

Tomohiko looked at the boy's silver hair and shouted to his grandfather, "Grandpa grandpa, look at him, his hair is the same color as Hokage-sama's!"

Grandpa didn't pay attention to Tomohiko, but said to Watanabe: "You, how many times have I said it, there is no need for this, and we didn't treat you as an outsider." You didn't even come home this time, so you came to us, let Xiaonan's girl know that she should complain about my no. Last time, she blackmailed me into stealing two books. ”

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Watanabe was amused, but he didn't expect the little girl to be quiet in front of him, but he didn't expect to be such a character outside.

"Okay, then I'll go back and talk to her. Although Watanabe didn't take this seriously, he still said that he would explain to Xiao Nan when he went back that he always went to Oda's house.

"Well, that's not necessary. It's not me talking about you, you, as a father, don't care about the child at all, and I don't know her yet. That girl, that is, she said it with her mouth, but she didn't take it to heart at all, so she didn't need to tell her. ”

"Well, that's done. Speaking of this, Watanabe smiled, turned to Tomohiko and said, "Little guy, how are you doing, the kunai I taught you last time, how are you practicing." ”

"Uncle Kito, I'm doing a great job! Do you want to check it!" As soon as he saw Watanabe talking to him, Tomohiko, who was bored just now, immediately became energetic.

No way, it's like this in their family, although grandpa is usually very talkative, but as a Oda person who abides by the family motto, the concept of class has been deeply integrated into his bone marrow. This is reflected in ordinary life, that is, he attaches great importance to the respect and inferiority of the elders and the young, and when the adults speak, the children are not qualified to interject.

It is precisely because he is familiar with the character of the old man of the Oda family that Watanabe will talk to the old man after the conversation with the old man has ended, just like he had just discovered Tomohiko.

Of course, Peng Yan, who is a grandson, also understands this, and if he hadn't been surprised by the boy's hair color just now, he wouldn't have spoken anyway.

They are the best ninjas, and that's what Watanabe came to after getting to know the family in depth.