Why do you always come home in the evening?

On the way back, Scorpion kept thinking about this strange question.

Or why do you think of returning home in the evening?

Is it because it's dinner time?

She suddenly remembered a long, long time ago, that the children who were playing together in the sand did not seem to make much difference, but when evening came, the situation was different.

Young mothers, elderly grandmothers, or simply couples would appear on the edge of the sand, calling out different names one after another.

But no matter what the name is, it is followed by the same sentence:

"It's time to go home for dinner."

It was like a mantra. As long as it is pronounced, the scorpion's side will soon become empty.

Until the last person is gone. She crouched in the sand and watched the sun go down, the moon rise, and the stars shining brightly.

Parents have never been seen since a certain day.

Grandma was busy and always away from home.

Although she asked someone else to take care of the scorpion, she had an eccentric temper, and she had been silent since the death of her parents, and she would just cook meals at home every day and leave after cleaning.

has almost no intersection with her life.

The scorpion still remembers the feeling of squatting motionless, as if slowly, slowly, the whole person would sink into the sand.

Your feet will feel numb at first, but then you will lose sensation.

The scorpion likes that feeling, as if it has turned into sand itself.

Because sand, stones, and trees do not feel pain because they don't have their parents to take them home for dinner.

They have no parents and live alone.

So never lost.

The scorpion remembers the day she stared at the entrance of the park, as if solidified into a sculpture, as if she could wait until her parents returned.

Or......

I can wait until my grandmother comes back.

"Where did you go! Didn't come home so late! Worry about the dead! ”

She would rush over and pick her up angrily and angrily.

- It was a conversation that the scorpion heard when he saw a pair of grandchildren.

The grandson seems to have overplayed outside, forgetting to tell the family where he had gone, and not returning on time. His grandmother was sweating profusely, and when she finally found him, she scolded him angrily, grabbed his hand, and pulled him home.

The little kid was crying so loudly that it sounded very sad.

But the scorpion's gaze did not blink at the grandmother—she held him tightly, as if he would disappear as soon as he let go. The other hand hurriedly brushed the red and moist eyes because of the urgency and anger.

The scorpion had never seen his grandmother cry.

Her grandmother was a strong person, and she didn't cry the day her parents disappeared. Just looked at the scorpion in silence and told her in a low voice: "Scorpion, your parents, will not come back." ”

The scorpion didn't know what it was called at the time and wouldn't come back. But she could sensitively sense something bad from Chiyo's tone.

"Why didn't you come back?" she asked. ”

"Because they died on the battlefield." Chiyo doesn't comfort people, she was born and raised in a more harsh and brutal environment, so she firmly believes in the ninja tradition that there is no emotion outside of combat.

She may have wanted to be softer, but she never learned something that she didn't know how to do.

She looked at her granddaughter in front of her, her young and immature facial features were so similar to her mother's, her red hair, and the subtleties between her eyebrows and eyes, which allowed her to see the shadow of her son.

From her answer, the scorpion dimly realized the meaning of death, that is, never to come back.

She persistently asked, "Why did they die?" ”

This is a question she asked not only Chiyo, but everyone she knows.

"Because you're not strong enough, you're going to die."

"Because you're human, you're going to die."

As long as it's human...... will eventually die.

When they die, they will never be able to return to the people who want them back.

"So......" thought the scorpion, "it's okay not to be human, right?" ”

Perhaps it was then that she was determined to turn herself into a puppet.

More powerful than humans - they don't starve, they die of thirst, they don't go invulnerable, they don't fear toxins, and as long as they don't get pierced in their chests, even if their heads are cut off, it doesn't matter.

If that's the case — if it turns out to be like this......

Well, as long as someone is waiting for her to go back, she will definitely ...... It is possible to go back to that person.

However, as the young girl grew up, she gradually forgot about this childish idea.

There are many reasons to appear more mature, deeper, and more high-sounding in the adult world.

The so-called art is the so-called eternity.

Maybe it's also because the scorpion hasn't found a place where someone is waiting for her to go back.

So she slowly forgot what her desire to transform herself was at the beginning.

It's not for eternity......

Rather, it is for the sake of being able to "go back".

……

"We're back!" Dida had already said this very skillfully, and the kite just came out of the kitchen with a plate of dishes, and nodded naturally at her when she heard the words: "Welcome back." ”

When facing people other than Zona, Kite's expression rarely changed, and she looked rather cold, but Dida was obviously used to it.

She excitedly ran into the living room and asked, "What are you eating today?" What to eat today? ”

"Hot pot." The Uchiha kite pointed to the pot on the table.

"Wow! It's oden! My favorite oden! ”

"Although I don't quite understand the difference," said the kite, "but Itachi said it was hot pot." ”

"Okay, okay, hot pot is hot pot. Where is he? ”

"I'm going to pick up Chiyo-sama."

After "reforming the evil and returning to the right", the Uchiha kite gave full play to her good upbringing and used the honorific title.

"Who?" The scorpion, who stepped into the living room after Dida, heard a familiar name and couldn't help but be stunned.

Dida replied, "Well, they say it's your grandmother, Sister Scorpion." ”

The scorpion frowned, revealing a sense of rejection: "What to do with her?" ”

Kite-kite replied calmly, "Itachi said, it's rare to be in Konoha, and it would be better if you were to be there with your family when you came back." ”

"I don't think so-" The scorpion was about to say, the other party was an elder of Shayin Village, how could he still treat her, an S-class traitor, as a family member?

As soon as they met, they fought directly, just thinking about arresting her back to Shayin Village and executing her.

Celebrate her mission home?

How can it be?

"Ah, Scorpion, you're there?" At this moment, the voice of Uchiha Itachi came from the door.

The scorpion turned his head to look at the man who was as cold as the Uchiha Kite, and looked at her with a gentle smile. "Welcome back."

And beside him, there stood a thin old man. Wrapped in the characteristic robe of Shayin Village, her face was full of wrinkles, and when she looked at her, she seemed to frown habitually, and her expression looked very heavy. “…… Scorpion. ”

Seeing that she didn't hit her directly, the scorpion tilted her head, and responded with some interest: "Old woman...... You're a lot older than I remember. ”