The sky was hazy, and the raindrops were dripping, and in a few moments, they turned into snow.

The villagers of Whirlpool Village knew that it was their shadow that replaced their tears with snow.

As a shadow, he can't really cry in front of outsiders no matter what, even if his heart is already extremely painful.

In the former Uzumaki clan cemetery, now in the public cemetery of Vortex Village, all the villagers spontaneously came to see them off.

On the largest tombstone to date, it is clearly engraved -

The founder of the country of the vortex, the great patriarch of the Uzumaki clan, and the legend of the Warring States period-

Uzumaki Ashina.

Xue Hui stood in front of the tombstone, quietly staring at the name engraved on the tombstone, letting the rain and snow fall on him.

Behind him, the high-level people of the Vortex Village lined up, and behind him were all kinds of Uzumaki people, as well as the Thousand Hands and Uchiha scattered among them.

Except for the sound of the rain, there was no other sound, and even the children and babies held by the adults tacitly did not make trouble.

After a long time, Xue Hui took a deep breath, stepped forward, gently placed the bouquet in his hand on the ground in front of the tombstone, and then stepped aside.

Starting from the high-level leaders, the villagers lined up in an orderly manner, bidding farewell to the exhausted old patriarch one by one, and the sound of sobbing could be vaguely heard from the crowd.

The Uchiha looked at the sad Yukiki and patted the other party's back with empathy.

The entire funeral took an afternoon, and only after it was all over did Xue Hui turn around and look at these familiar high-ranking officials of the Vortex Country.

Uzumaki Qingzheng carefully held the newborn Jiu Sinai, the newborn child, and Xue Hui could only vaguely see a little bit of what the future would look like.

"Then again, this is the first time I've seen your child, Uncle Tie."

Xue Hui looked at the little guy who was standing quietly beside Uzumaki Iron, and squatted down to look at him face to face.

And the little guy didn't dodge or dodge, two big eyes looked at Xue Hui's eyes.

"Hey, Xinfan, it's rude to stare at the vortex like this, you have to say hello!"

Uzumaki Iron was a little embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly pressed the little guy's head.

"You know I don't care about that, Uzumaki Shinshi, good eyes, I like this little guy very much!"

Xue Hui's melancholy face today showed a rare smile.

"Yes! This kid is average in everything, but his talent in physical skills may be even better than mine. ”

Uzumaki Iron also introduced proudly at this time.

"If that's the case, when I have time to go to the ninja school to teach, I can give this kid extra guidance!"

Xue Hui promised.

Uzumaki Shinshi still blinked his big eyes and looked up at Xue Hui, which made people feel a little flustered.

"Xinfan, thank you Vortex Shadow yet, really, don't look like a wooden man outside, it's really worrying me."

Vortex Iron was still proud just now, but now it has become a look of hating iron but not steel.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Xue Hui waved his hand indifferently, said hello to the others, and walked out of the cemetery by himself.

The others, the two elders were already old, and they were afraid that they would be too emotional, so they let them go back to rest early.

The Uchiha Kagami came to a corner of the cemetery, and took a look at the tombstone of the Uchiha Fire Feather, just like when he was alive, the tombstone was so low-key and inconspicuous.

Senju Momokana also began to show a little old face, looking at the tombstone of Uzumaki Ashina, worried about the Uzumaki Mito in the distance.

"Between the pillars and the doors, even Ashina-sama is now...... Looks like I'm going to leave before you. ”

"It's really lonely, and before you know it, the people of the old times have come to an end?"

Thousand-armed Momoka looked up at the clouds and rain that were gradually dispersing.

Kaguya Chizuru quietly watched the huge farewell party in the cemetery throughout the whole process.

"Will such a memorial ceremony be held in the former clan?"

Kaguya Chizuru asked herself, but shook her head in disappointment.

"This is the place I yearn for, and the people I yearn for."

Kaguya Chizuru looked at the back of the distant Yukiki and thought firmly.

And Xue Hui, who walked out of the cemetery at this moment, wanted to go back to his home directly to sort out his emotions, but was interested by a child crying alone under the banyan tree.

Xue Hui stepped forward, looked at the other party's appearance of being about six or seven years old, and touched his red hair.

The sobbing child realized that someone was approaching, raised his head, and after finding out that it was Xuehui, his mouth opened wide in surprise, and he forgot to cry for a while.

"Little one, why are you here alone, your family and friends?"

Xue Hui rubbed his red hair, although he wanted to cry in his heart now, he still showed a comforting expression and said softly.

"I, I don't have a companion, he, they all say I'm too cowardly, I want to run away when something happens, and no one wants to be with me."

The little guy replied twitchingly.

"Hmm." Xue Hui didn't expect that there would be such a thing, looking at the whirlpool little guy in front of him, he was indeed an outlier among a group of clansmen with outgoing personalities.

"It seems to be a delicate type, but it is somewhat similar to me, but some of his temperament needs to be changed."

Xue Hui wants to enlighten him in line with the concept of treating the clansmen equally.

"Can you tell me my name?"

"I—My name is Uzumaki Hamibei, Uzumaki-sama."

"Half-guard." Xue Hui muttered the name, "Wipe away your tears, I'll take you somewhere." ”

When the little guy heard Vortex-sama speak, he felt that his tears had stopped, and he followed Xue Hui step by step.

One big and one young came to the periphery of the Vortex Village, and Xue Hui sat on the bank of the moat, looking at the raging whirlpool in the river, and beckoned to the whirlpool half-guard.

"Come, come and sit down next to me."

But the Uzumaki half-guard hesitated for a long time, and several times wanted to step forward, but immediately retreated.

Xue Hui saw it all in his eyes.

"Are you scared?"

Xue Hui asked.

The Uzumaki half-guard nodded repeatedly.

"Why?"

Xue Hui asked, and the half-guard hurriedly pointed to the violent vortex below, which in his eyes was like a giant mouth of an abyss, which could easily swallow him.

"What if I ordered you to jump as a vortex?"

Xue Hui asked under pressure.

The Uzumaki half-guard immediately showed a panicked look, and sat on the ground with a squat, still crawling backwards.

"Don't be afraid, just kidding."

Seeing this, Xue Hui hurriedly said.

"Tell me why you're afraid of the whirlpool."

"Because, because it's going to die."

"So, you're just instinctively trying to avoid things that threaten you, right?"

Xue Hui broke through the other party's situation with one word.

"If you were really timid, then you wouldn't be able to have a normal conversation when you see me."

Xue Hui pinched his chin and analyzed.