Time flies, and the time of the year seems fleeting.

For the ninja world, the time of year doesn't change much. After all, compared to the Konoha collapse incident that happened in Konoha two years ago, as well as the subsequent attack and tailed beast incident, these two years can be said to be peaceful.

It's as if the whole world is also deliberately accumulating some kind of power, quietly waiting for time to keep walking. And in the course of this year, in addition to the continuous growth of the children, the emergence of certain organizations is also constantly fermenting and growing, and it seems that some things have been changed, and nothing seems to have changed.

The organization named Akatsuki is now on the danger list by the major ninja villages, and these rebel ninjas chasing tailed beasts seem to have started to stir up recently. And after the bridge has been opened to the country of waves, it has become the same as before, and there doesn't seem to be any huge change. In other ninja villages, the original children quickly grew into the backbone. These ninjas who have gone through the middle ninja exam often become upper ninja and become the most solid members of the village.

These children, who were once known as all kinds of geniuses and all kinds of powerhouses, seem to have gradually separated their talents in the past two years since the Battle of Konoha and have gradually separated their talents.

I've been a Kazekage for two years, and it doesn't seem like there's any big problem in Sand Ninja Village. And among the geniuses of the other ninja villages, those who are the most famous have become the upper ninja level, and those who are not famous have gradually become middle ninjas.

There is still no news of the sound ninja village, and it seems that there is a last descendant of Uchiha in the ninja world who is in action, but it is just a rumor. However, Konoha seems to have had various changes in the past year, and many people think that Konoha seems to have a trend of decadence. The most fundamental reason is that there are fewer and fewer people going out to do tasks recently, and their actions are becoming more and more sluggish.

It seems that after experiencing Konoha's collapse plan and defection, Konoha's backbone began to fall apart. Many of the little ninjas who were already not famous seem to have become decayed for various reasons, and the entire Konoha seems to have become extremely weak.

But the major countries did not do anything, because the blood had not yet been shed, and this broken beast was the most dangerous, as long as anyone who had hunted knew it. At this time, you have to wait patiently.

The prosperity of a country and a village can be seen in the ninja system. A healthy system is the basis for the existence of this world.

Although it may only be a year or a few years apart, in essence, they have gradually fallen behind in their actions. It may be because of the lack of talent, or it may be because of the lack of environment, people who used to be able to go hand in hand, and the people who were not obvious began to gradually divide into three, six, nine and so on.

Under the gap brought by time, the small gap between people's talents is constantly magnified, and people are constantly aware of how huge the gap between those so-called successful people and ordinary people is. Even when I was a child, it seemed that I could barely catch up, but when the research began to go deeper, it seemed that I finally came to a real conclusion.

People are different from each other, and the world naturally has all kinds of disparities and inequalities. It wasn't shown before because everyone was very gentle, but the gap was not too obvious, which gave people the illusion of chasing.

It's just such a world.

The more you grow, the more you are able to appreciate your own powerlessness.

The more you realize your powerlessness, the more painful it becomes. Then in the pain, he gradually became numb, sluggish, and finally distorted into an appearance that no one knew and no one wanted to see.

Eventually, some people will understand their own powerlessness and become nourishment and nourishment for others, while others will find another path in obsession. It's just that most people are the former, and only a very small number of people can get to the latter position.

"What the hell is Granny Tsunade, I've heard about it many times on the way to practice."

Walking on the road to Konoha, the yellow-haired young man with a few beards said to the white-haired man in straw sandals behind him with some dissatisfaction:

"It's no longer possible to say that Konoha Village is no longer good, there are no ninjas to take over the mission, and the whole village is already ruined, or something. Really, if Tsunade's mother-in-law doesn't do a good job, what will happen to Konoha's future? ”

"Don't be in a hurry, Naruto. Tsunade must have her own reasons for doing this, and I believe she is. ”

"When I go back to the village this time, if Tsunade can't say anything, I won't give up. If she says something inexplicable like she used to, I'm going to wake her up. She's the Hokage of Konoha, how can the Hokage stop doing it first. ”

Naruto walked on the road and flapped his palms angrily, as if in his fantasy he punched the decadent Tsunade, directly waking up the Hokage who didn't know what he was doing this year.

And Jiraiya, who was following behind, also looked at Naruto's back with a warm smile, but his heart fell into deep thought.

In the more than two years that they have been out to practice, they have traveled all over the ninja world, constantly improving their abilities and knowledge.

However, the evaluation of Konoha on the road has improved from a year ago, and it seems to have slipped rapidly in the space of a year. The Konoha buildings are constantly falling into decay, the population is disappearing one after another, and even some families have disappeared directly into the ninja world.

There are even many terrible rumors that have been revealed within Konoha Village, the most typical of which is that Tsunade lost most of Konoha's assets due to gambling, and finally offset a considerable part of Konoha to an unknown person. Hearing this rumor, the two were indignant at first, but then they were a little weak-hearted.

Although I know that Tsunade is not the one who does this, and I also know that Tsunade should be able to distinguish the priorities of things, but it is the Tsunade who is addicted to gambling. Each of them has a little bit of a bad habit, if Jiraiya is tireless in the pursuit of yellow, and Orochimaru is obsessed with the poison of eternal life, then Tsunade can be said to have some kind of obsession with gambling.

Thinking of this, the two of them hurried a little faster, wanting to see with their own eyes what Konoha had become.

Then they walked near the gate of Konoha and looked at the dilapidated scenery, and the two of them felt a chill in their hearts.

Originally, I had the impression that it was not a busy traffic, but outside the gate of Konoha Hidden Village, which needed a few ninjas to take care of it, the inside of the gazebo that took care of the ninjas had begun to crawl with cobwebs. All kinds of dust are constantly scattered.

And it should be a very sturdy and tall Konoha gate, one of the pages even disappeared directly, and some of the beams and pillars also collapsed directly and fell to the side. However, there was a figure standing at the top of the Konoha Gate, and when he saw the two figures coming over, he greeted him.

"Yo, Naruto. Long time no see. ”

Who?

Looking at the figure with his hands on his chest jumping straight down from the somewhat dilapidated Konoha gate, listening to the slightly familiar, but completely different timbre in temperament, Naruto opened his eyes wide and looked at the figure slowly walking in the smoke.

Unlike the cherry blossom girl in my impression, under Naruto's stunned gaze, standing at the gate of Konoha Village was a cherry blossom-haired girl wearing a tattered white coat and looking rather grotesque. Dozens of white coats of different colors were lined up on both sides of the white coat, and a series of crisp sounds came out along with the amplitude brought by walking.

Standing in front of Naruto, who had been completely ossified, this girl, whose style was completely different from the past, looked at the boy in front of her and showed a bright smile.

"It's so slow, everyone has been waiting in the hall for a long time, and now it's up to you."

“…… Sakura?? ”

"Ah, it's me. Is it a little bit different from before? ”

"Ah......h

It's not just big, it's just that people don't know where to look.

Looking at the skin and the color of his underwear on the inside of Sakura's tattered coat in front of him, Naruto wanted to look aside, but he couldn't.

Through the gap in the tattered white coat, you can faintly see the girl's slender figure, as well as the pale pink wrap chest and pure black hot pants that seem to be very raunchy. It seems that everything has been dressed up with the goal of maximizing freedom.

Although I still don't use powder, my face is exquisite, but how to say it, I feel that the atmosphere is different. Those ninja leggings, forehead guards, headbands, vests and other things dissipated from the girl Naruto's crush on, and all that was left was a ponytail with his hair hastily tied behind his head, and the pale green eyes under the cherry hair seemed to have inexplicable ambition.

"Is it big? Well, I think it's okay. Maybe it's just because I want to open it, so I reveal my true character. ”

"True character?"

"Well, that's who I am. I'm not hiding it at all. I'm not a quiet good schoolgirl, but rather my personality is quite violent. ”

"This, that's it."

"Hey, where the hell are you looking? Look at me. ”

The moment she saw Naruto turn her gaze, she didn't even know what means she used, and suddenly appeared next to Naruto in the blink of an eye, reaching out and hooking his shoulder with Naruto's red face, the smile on her face looked sincere and full of an indescribable madness. It seemed as if the line between men and women had become so thin that it was almost non-existent for her, and the soft touch of that chest even made Naruto's heart start to pound.

What's going on? What's the situation? This, isn't this okay? Do you have to have such good luck when you return to the village? Could it be that I'm dreaming?

Naruto felt the softness of the body of the person around him and the texture of a girl, and stood a little shyly. But Sakura didn't seem to feel anything, just hooked Naruto's shoulders and walked towards the village.

"We're a team of three, right? Sasuke, that guy, left me here for so long, and he didn't even have much news. I've been studying in the village for a long, long, long time before you come back. You've been practicing for too long, aren't you? If I don't come in another month, I won't be able to hold myself back. ”

"Little, Sakura-chan! Why are you so ...... all of a sudden?"

"Huh? So what the hell is wrong with you...... Oh, it's just physical contact, it's okay, it's okay. ”

Her emerald eyes moved slightly, watching Naruto's face flush as she watched her arms and chest meet his shoulders and arms, and Sakura Haruno laughed out loud and patted Naruto's shoulder.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you, but I'm just happy. Wouldn't it be nice if you just accepted it happily if you gave a little benefit? Don't be so shy, it looks weird and funny. It's a three-person team between us.,I've experienced all the embarrassment when I really go out on a mission.,Why are you so shy at this time.,Really.。 You don't look like I'm an uncle. ”

"Huh? Eh??? ”

Did Sakura turn out to be such a character? Am I going to turn in?

Looking at Sakura Haruno, who had come up in front of him and smiled brightly, like a tomboy, Naruto felt as if he had fallen into some soft and beautiful world.

But just as the two were laughing at each other, Jiraiya, who had been silent behind Naruto, suddenly sighed. As if hating iron and not steel, the man, who was known for his lust, did not observe Sakura's figure, but said directly to Naruto:

"Be careful, Naruto. This Sakura is not herself. ”

“…… Huh? ”

"Hahaha, of course, this is a chakra meat clone I made myself, after all, people are very busy. And in the final analysis, there is no difference between the doppelganger and the subject, it all depends on where the signal source exists. ”

Sakura, who was directly called out of identity, didn't have any change in her face, but laughed and patted Naruto's shoulder, her jade pupils turned, and she looked at Jiraiya who followed behind with some curiosity.

"But how do you see it? I don't think there should be any big loopholes in this ninjutsu, whether it's the meridians of the human body, or the touch of flesh and blood, it's all modulated by myself, why can I see it at a glance? Uncle, do you have any tricks up your sleeve over there? ”

"Uncle or something...... Didn't your doppelganger Chakra not move at all? The fluctuation of the chakra of the instantaneous technique has not changed at all, and there is no movement of the chakra when acting, what explanation is there other than the doppelganger technique? ”

"Huh? But this doesn't need chakra in the first place, right? ”

"Huh?"

"It's like breathing, how can breathing use chakra?"

“……？”

"It's just a very simple theory, it's simpler than an instant, isn't it?"

Looking at the old and the young in front of her, Haruno Sakura hugged her chest with both hands, and the pale pink wrap chest even clearly revealed the color from the tattered white coat, but the girl didn't mean to be shy at all, and said with a natural face:

"After all, if the human body itself is regarded as a part of the chakra module, as long as the relative chakra resonance is used, the chakra in the air is regarded as a jumping unit, and then the chakra fluctuation is adjusted for the convergence and connection reaction, then you can send your own body to the place you want to go without any large-scale chakra fluctuations. However, the surrounding environment should not change too drastically, and in the end it is a way to rush. Haven't you heard of subhole technology? It's been almost four months since the journal was published, huh? ”

"I don't understand it at all."

"Huh? Don't you understand this? ”

"Well, Sakura-chan, aren't you a little too excited to see Naruto for so long......"

What is this man talking about?

Jiraiya looked at Sakura, who was dressed differently in front of her, and felt that there was something wrong with her mental state.

That's an instantaneous technique, and it's an extremely high level. The action burst of any instantaneous body technique requires an extremely powerful chakra fluctuation, and the ordinary doppelganger technique is completely unaffordable, and even if it can be undertaken, it must be decided by the main body to initiate, and it is difficult for itself to have a change in chakra fluctuation.

But it seems that the common sense of this ninjutsu has been broken, looking at the bewildered Jiraiya behind him, Haruno Sakura patted his head with some distress.

"Ah...... I see, so it is, so it is. I kind of know, after all, you two have been out there all the time, and you don't know what has become of Konoha lately, right? Then come with me, let's talk as we go. ”

“……”

"What's there to be shy about, come on, let's go. And I have a lot of things I want to tell Naruto. ”

"Oh, oh!"

“……”

This kid......

Looking at Naruto, who showed a very happy expression and followed Sakura as soon as he said hello, Jiraiya wanted to put on a senior shelf, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything, followed Sakura, and walked to Konoha inside.

It's not that one of the three ninjas, Jirai, also behaves so peacefully and generously, and looks like an earnest elder. It's because, he can feel that this Sakura-chan, who looks like a doppelganger, speaks a little upside down, like someone who hasn't been talked to for a long time, and she has a rich chakra that is almost close to his own.

If this level of chakra is just a clone, then what kind of changes have Sakura made in the past two years? Why did Konoha become like this? Perhaps, it's really the same as the legend, Konoha has been secretly mastered by an unknown person.

Whether it's Sakura-chan or the rumored Tsunade, their changes are too huge, and they don't seem to be huge changes that can happen in just over two years. I've never heard of any tragic events happening in Konoha, so why is there such a change?

Following Sakura's figure, Jiraiya looked at the village that once raised him with the greatest vigilance, hoping to get the truth about the decline of Konoha from it.

(End of chapter)