Chapter Ninety-Seven: True Immortality

…… Since I grew up as an ordinary man, I really can't guess what crazy artists like Scorpion thinks, so I can only continue to keep silent.

Fortunately, the scorpion is very tolerant - as long as she feels that I am another self, most people are tolerant of "self".

She smiled with that extremely rare, unburdened lightheartedness, "Do you want to see Chiyo? Why? ”

I withdrew my hand, grabbed her hand against my chest, and put it down, and then I felt a little more comfortable and replied, "Even if you are me from another world...... I don't think it's an equal sign. Everyone is unique. ”

Seeing that the scorpion didn't show any suspicion that I was a fake, I paused and continued: "So I don't think there's any need to appear in front of you. Tell you that I'm you in another world, and then what? I don't have much to want to accomplish, so there's no reason to show up so often. ”

The scorpion was a little dissatisfied: "Don't you have anything to say to me?" Uchiha Itachi is always around his family, but you don't even want to see me? ”

…… Well? Do you care about that?

I keenly grasped the key word of her complaint, "family", then thought about it and replied, "So...... I'll tell you my story firstβ€”the story of how I died. ”

Death.

This word is a dignified topic at any time.

The smile on the scorpion's face couldn't help but retract a little, "...... Good. ”

"At that time, the Xiao organization issued an order, and Deidara and I were ordered to go to Shayin Village to capture Ichisu, who was the fifth generation of Kazekage. We got the job done. And when Ichio is pulled away, Sand Hide and Konoha join forces to go to the rescue. Of course, they arrived a little late. Deidara took the corpse of my Airo and led away Naruto Uzumaki and Kakashi Hachiki, and I fought against the remaining Konoha ninja Sakura Haruno, and the elders of Sand Hidden Village...... Chiyo. ”

"Chiyo?" The scorpion frowned: "I don't think her strength can kill me...... So that Haruno Sakura, is it Konoha's elite shinobi? ”

I glanced at her, "Sakura Haruno was a shinobi at that time, and her teammate Naruto Uzumaki was a shinobi. ”

Hearing this, the scorpion suddenly showed an indescribable expression: "...... Don't tell me that you died at the hands of one of Konoha's shinobi. ”

That situation was said like this, somehow, it turned out to be a little funny - after all, Konoha has the strongest combat power in Shinobi.

As we all know, the lower ninja fights, the sky falls apart, the upper ninja fights, pots and pans.

I couldn't help but laugh when I thought about it.

This doesn't fit the Scorpion's personality, but the Scorpion doesn't feel like there's anything wrong with "he" smiling at him.

Sensing her tolerance towards me, I relaxed a little and said, "Sakura Haruno is a disciple of Konoha Sanninja Senju Tsunade, and it can't be regarded as an ordinary middle ninja. Naruto Uzumaki too, he is a disciple of Konoha Sannin Jiraiya, but because he followed Jiraiya to practice outside, he didn't take the middle ninja exam, so he has always been a lower ninja. I didn't die at the hands of Sakura Haruno, I died at the hands of Chiyo. ”

"Impossible." Scorpion objected, "Chiyo can't kill youβ€”if you're as strong as me." ”

"Hmm. I did it on purpose. I agreed with her guess: "In the end I saw through her trap, but I didn't dodge." ”

The scorpion frowned, puzzled, "Why? ”

"I don't know."

"Don't know?"

"Chiyo uses 'father' and 'mother'."

Hearing this, the scorpion was slightly stunned.

"Ah......h Did she put it away? ”

I didn't answer her emotion, I raised my hand to cover the word "scorpion" on my chest, and continued: "'Father' and 'Mother' pierced my heart with a knife. What does that look like...... It's a lot like when I was a kid, I manipulated them and hugged me. So ......"

I slyly kicked the ball back to the scorpion, and replied with a rhetorical question: "If you were me, it should be understandable, at that time, why didn't I dodge?" ”

"......" the scorpion did not answer.

She stared at a point in the void and was silent for a long time before whispering, "I understand." ”

"If it were me, I would probably ...... You may suddenly feel that it is not interesting and you don't want to continue. The scorpion's long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and he turned his head to look behind him at the place where we came out, "But I really didn't expect it...... In the future, I will die at her hands. ”

"You're different." I said, "You've taken a different path. ”

To borrow the words of a god, it is - "Your fate, your fate, has not yet been decided." ”

"The so-called fate...... It's like groping your way out of the dark jungle. We are in another world, and we have already walked another path. And you will know what is at the end of that path, and you will choose the other way. ”

The scorpion whispered: "This is the obsession of you 'people from other worlds' who came to this world? ”

"Maybe."

"So, you want me to see Chiyo because you want to change my fate?"

"I just think that at this point in time, there are still a lot of variables."

"But you released the water, but Chiyo didn't hesitate to kill you! Or use 'Father' and 'Mother'! The scorpion said coldly, "I can't forgive this!" ”

But when she said this, I couldn't help but laugh again.

She frowned and said, "What? Am I not right? ”

"It's nothing, I just think that only living people can lose their temper and make awkward things. I don't hate her, Scorpion, and I know you don't hate her either. Maybe it's resentment, maybe it's dissatisfaction, maybe it's ...... Angry with her. However, if you don't treat her as a relative, if you don't have a place for her in your heart...... Maybe she doesn't even bother to say the title of a vengeful old woman. I haven't come to see you before, because I know that even if it's the same self, I think differently at different times. ”

The scorpion really asked, "What's the difference?" ”

"Soon after I died, I was summoned by my own subordinates using forbidden arts, and I regained my body, but I was manipulated by him. Then my opponent is Kankuro, the puppeteer of Sand Hidden Village. He used my modified body as his puppet and defeated me. ”

"He said that although I regained my flesh and blood, I was manipulated by others and degenerated into a real puppet, and he controlled the real 'scorpion' in his hands, so he would never lose to me. It is not the body that is truly immortal, but the will that has been passed down from generation to generation – and the soul that is enshrined in a puppet...... In short, that's probably what it means. I was persuaded by him, so I identified him as my successor, and entrusted him with my body, as well as my father and mother, in the hope that in the future, he would be able to pass it on to the next successor. My mood at that time - you now...... Can you understand? ”

The scorpion said directly: "No." ”

"So, that's why I haven't come to see you. Even if it's yourself – sometimes you can't understand yourself. ”

"So did you give up? Our eternal and immortal art? ”

"Nope. Just having experienced death and resurrection, I have figured out that the eternal and immortal art that we are attached to should not be limited to the body. Tangible objects will eventually decay, even if they are transformed into golems, even if they are trees, boulders, metal...... Eventually, it will disappear. But I've found true immortality. ”

Looking at me, the scorpion showed a confused look: "...... So, can I find it too? True immortality? ”

Before I could speak, Dida's voice came from behind me: "Sister Scorpionβ€”are you alright?" You've been talking for a long time! I still want to play one more round!! I'm sure I'll find the killer this time! ”

However, when Dida, who walked towards us, saw me, her eyes widened: "Ahhhh Uchiha Itachi has become a male version of the scorpion sister!! And both of them are disheveled! What did you just do! ”