"Bring the wallet, it's all good to say." Ishida Shunya said.

Rin Uchiha turned his head away and snorted coldly.

Kushina honestly took out his wallet and gave it to him.

At last

Facing the expectant eyes of the two beautiful girls, Ishida Jun had no choice but to throw down a sentence: "Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you." ”

Seeing Ishida Shunya go to buy ice cream, Kushina smiled and high-fived Rin Uchiha.

Yes!

Ishida Jun also bought an ice cream to relieve the heat, and Rin Uchiha next to him asked, "Where will I go when I wait for me?" ”

"It's good to stay here, it's too hot outside."

Ishida Jun definitely doesn't want to go shopping, preferring to stay here and eat ice cream.

Uchiha Rin didn't want to deal with her, so he turned his head and asked Kushina: "Kushina, let's go shopping in the afternoon, I've known you for so long, and I haven't given you a gift yet." ”

"Okay."

As soon as he heard about shopping, Kushina raised his hands in approval.

In this way, the vote was 2 to 1, and Ishida Jun also had to continue his career as a playmate, holding more and more bags in his hands, and getting bigger and bigger, and the two women not only bought all kinds of shirts to buy in the summer, but also bought the long-sleeved shirts in the autumn and the padded jackets in the winter.

After buying it, Ishida Jun also felt that shopping was more tiring than cultivating, but the two women were still very full of physical strength.

It's really incomprehensible.

It wasn't until near evening that Kushina realized that it was a little late and had to leave.

"So early? Not playing a little longer? Rin Uchiha asked.

"Haha, there is still something to do at night, I have to go back first."

Jiu Sinai touched his head and said with a wry smile.

"Okay, then be careful on your way."

"Hmm."

Kushina waved and trotted away.

After confirming that his figure had completely disappeared from the sight of the two, Jiu Sinai said in a deep voice to the darkness around him:

"Come out, I'm going back."

"Hmm."

The shadows that were hidden in the darkness made a sound, but they continued to hide in the darkness.

Seeing that the shadows didn't come out, Jiu Sinai bit her lip, not knowing what to say.

She has been in Konoha for so long, and she has always been under the protection of the shadows, and she rarely has her own real independent time.

Kushina often heard Grandma Mito say that she was a Konoha ninja.

But she didn't feel it.

She did feel the protection of Konoha from the dark side, but she never felt any warmth from the big family of Konoha to her.

At first, she thought it was her own problem, and the feeling of being under the fence made her embarrassed to accept the warmth and kindness given by others, so she really tried to change herself. She said in front of everyone and her classmates that she wanted to be the Hokage, and she tried to get along with others and practice hard... However, no one liked her.

Just as her red hair is different from others, Kushina feels that she is also different from Konoha.

afterward

Kushina finally found the reason.

Because she was never from Konoha, she was from the country of the Vortex of the Dead Country, and Konoha did adopt her, but this is really not her home.

But none of that matters anymore.

Because Kushina found what she wanted to connect with.

"I want to be friends with them for life, I don't want to be like the middle ninja exam anymore, I want to protect them..."

This time in the ninja exam,

Let Jiu Sinai see the strength of other geniuses, and his own insignificance.

Yun Ren's faint conspiracy and Ai's strength made her feel inexplicably scared at the moment. She wasn't afraid of what these enemies in the shadows would do to her, it didn't matter to someone like herself who was in the extreme.

But she didn't want to affect Rin and Shunya because of her weakness.

Kushina didn't go back to the safe house that the shadows had prepared for herself,

Instead, she temporarily asked the dark department to meet the three generations of Hokage, and as soon as she met with the three generations of old men, she said to her face:

"Old man, I want to be strong!"

....

After Kushina left,

Ishida Shunya continued to go shopping with Rin Uchiha, perhaps because he was really tired of playing in the morning, and Rin Uchiha pulled him to sit down on a bench in the park by the road.

It just so happens that tonight seems to be a fireworks display, and all kinds of fireworks are blooming in the sky overhead, which is very beautiful.

"Shunya...," Rin Uchiha said suddenly.

"What's wrong?"

"You know what?" Rin Uchiha's tone suddenly deepened, "I've become a shinobi." ”

Ishida Shunya asked, "Is it the news I received yesterday?" ”

"Well, Lord Sandai personally gave me the vest of the middle ninja, and he talked to me a lot, to be honest, people will become very verbose when they get older."

Rin Uchiha said in an unhappy tone.

"Well, that's good, congratulations." Ishida Shunya said.

"What's there to congratulate on this kind of thing...."Uchiha Rin sniffled and snorted coldly, "I lost the final, lost to Bo Feng Shuimen, or lost the championship, so that I can become a middle ninja, and I don't know what the three generations of old people are thinking!" ”

Rin Uchiha's voice gradually raised.

Ishida Shunya smiled: "You can become a middle ninja, which means that the three generations of Hokage have recognized your strength, and it has nothing to do with the outcome of the game." ”

"So what!" Rin Uchiha raised his voice and sneered, "Even if the three generations of old men recognize my strength, what if they do! I lost, Junya! I lost! Totally lost... Clearly... It's just me who lost... And let me become a middle ninja... That old man... There should be a limit to disgusting people! ”

"I shouldn't have lost....

"If only I could have been a little more cautious at first...."

"It's a little better..."

"I can definitely win..."

"Definitely going to win..."

The more Rin Uchiha spoke, the original tone full of sarcasm blurted out with the sentence "I can win", and the suppressed heart finally couldn't hold back at a certain moment, and tears flowed down like a tap that had been turned on. Rin sniffled, and the choked cry was the fiercest Ishida Toshiya had seen in ten years.

As a friend for many years, Ishida Shunya also somewhat understands Rin's feelings.

She has never failed, and she is experiencing her first defeat in life at the moment, and it is the kind of defeat in front of everyone.

Rin has always demanded herself with invincibility, although she doesn't like others to describe herself as "Konoha is the strongest shinobi", but behind her back, she always uses such standards to remind herself and spur herself.

As she said, the purpose of her participation in the middle ninja exam was never to become a middle ninja, but just to fight with all the masters who came.

Just to prove that she's the strongest.

But now,

Such a wish was shattered by Bo Feng Shui Men in front of him.

Although Rin was able to suppress her emotions instantly, when the news of her becoming a middle ninja was officially delivered, the tight string in her heart finally couldn't be tightened.

It's inevitable that I can't help crying now.

It's okay to fail, just refuel next time... Ishida Shunya wanted to persuade Rin like this, but if you think about it carefully, such a statement is tantamount to rubbing salt on the wound for the always arrogant Rin in front of him.

Ishida Shunya pondered for a moment, then pondered his words and said, "Rin, are you afraid of failure?" ”

Uchiha Rin cried for a while, and suddenly heard such a question from Ishida Shunya, she was instantly stunned, her tears stopped a little, she looked up at him and said, "How is it possible." ”

"Then are you afraid of your weakness?" Ishida Jun also asked.

"I've never if!" Rin Uchiha spoke in a tough tone.

"Are you afraid that you haven't fulfilled your heart's desires?" Ishida Jun also asked.

"What do you mean?" Rin Uchiha was puzzled.

Ishida Shunya says:

"If you're afraid of failure, just get stronger!"

"If you're afraid of being weak, just swear to be strong!"

"Even if you're afraid that you won't be able to fulfill your heart's desire,"

"Just keep your chest up and shout like that!"

"Because in my heart,"

"You're such a strong man!"

After speaking,

There was a sudden silence in the park,

The roar of fireworks in the distance resounded in the air and began to reverberate.

After being silent for a long time, Uchiha Rin wiped away her tears and scolded:

"It's verbose! A sucker! ”

"It's good if you're happy."

Seeing her so energetic, Ishida Jun also smiled.

And then

Rin Uchiha rested his head on his shoulder, his eyes red, and muttered:

"Let's keep you energized for a while today.... Thanks, stupid..."

"Thank you, and please stay away from me?"

“...？”

Ishida Jun also pushed twice, and found that it didn't work, so forget it.

....

At night, Rin Uchiha fell asleep leaning on Shunya Ishida's shoulder. He had no choice but to send Rin home first, and he was stared at by the Uchiha for a long time in the middle.

By the time Ishida Shunya returned home, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

But before he could enter the house, his eyes widened suddenly, and he suddenly felt that the shadow clone he had placed in the basement had suddenly disappeared....