The third day after the Night of the Nine-Tails.

Early morning.

The weather was cloudy.

In the early morning of autumn, the wind blowing on people's faces not only carries a hint of mist, but also a hint of coolness.

Asuka walked out of the house in black clothes, feeling the faint coolness outside, and looked up at the street ahead.

After the destruction of the Nine-Tails, the clan land no longer has its original appearance.

The large trees on both sides of the street are crooked and cut off at the waist, and they are still lying on the side of the street because of the lack of personnel to deal with them. The leaves of these fallen trees turn yellow faster than the surrounding large trees.

Da! Da! Da!

There was a chaotic, heavy sound of footsteps around him, and after Asuka lowered his head and was silent for a moment, he turned around and walked in the direction of Nanga Shrine.

Madara Uchiha's identity, after being made up by the Great Elder, Elder Ryoichi and others, became an old man who survived the Warring States period of the family, and because he couldn't get used to seeing the family and the Thousand Hands uniting, he ran away from home in a fit of anger.

He had been wandering in the ninja world in the past, and only the Great Elder knew that he was still alive, but in the past half a year, he returned here because he felt that his life had expired.

"There is really no loophole in this reason!"

There are so many old people in the ninja world, an old man who hasn't made a move for decades and just lives in seclusion alone, no matter how much outsiders look for him, they can't find any trace of his existence.

suddenly

Asuka felt an itch in his ears.

"Fatty, have you noticed that you've been behaving strangely lately?"

The orange cat that had just finished licking its ears moved, staring at the wet water marks on the bird's ears, and then secretly glanced at the Uchiha people dressed in black around it, its eyes narrowed, and it whispered in a soft and cute voice.

"Do you believe that Ben Meow is helping you Uchiha, or do you believe that this is Ben Meow licking casually."

Seeing the fat cat's serious nonsense, Asuka reached out and rubbed its head vigorously, not having a good airway.

"Every time you talk nonsense, your beard will always subconsciously shake a few times."

Have it?

Sticking out his tongue and licking his beard, the orange cat pouted, and his consciousness sank into it again, looking for Jiu Sinai to cultivate his feelings.

When he arrived at Nanga Shrine, there were already many people dressed in black.

Glancing at the Uchiha clan emblem behind them, Asuka went straight to the old man Ryoichi who was standing at the front of the team, looked at the old man with a sad expression, and then his eyes fell on the red box in the other party's hand.

Madara Uchiha's body, they didn't find it, but there were some clothes that they wore every day.

This memorial service is just to stuff the clothes he wears every day into a box and bury them inside Nanga Shrine.

"Is Izumi buried here too?"

Hearing the sound of the birds beside him, the Great Elder who knew everything couldn't help but look up at the gloomy sky and said slowly.

"No one knows where Izuna's grave and body are."

As time passed, more and more people came around and gradually occupied the entire square of Nanga Shrine, and they looked at Nanga Shrine sitting on the ground in front of them, and slowly lowered their heads.

They don't know the person's name, they don't know the person's identity, and they don't know the person's deeds.

Just know.

When the family was about to be destroyed, the man stood up like a hero and dragged them back from the brink of despair.

Under the filter of this life-saving grace, they have automatically beautified the image of that in their hearts.

No fault can be worth this life-saving grace.

A sense of sadness instantly permeated the sky above Nanga Shrine

The people around him looked up at the same time, looking at Nanhe Shrine with sad eyes, and Asuka seemed to feel something, and he also looked up at Nanga Shrine in front of him.

Watching Ryoichi walk towards the shrine with the box in his arms, he couldn't help but feel a little complicated when he thought of Madara Uchiha's life.

[The patriarch who didn't want to protect the family guarded the family, and the thoughts in his heart never changed. 】

[The clansmen who once abandoned their patriarch are now holding a memorial service for their heroes, silently reciting blessings, hoping that their heroes can rest in peace in the Pure Land and bless the future of the Uchiha.] 】

It's ironic!!

"Izuna."

Asuka looked up at the sky above Nanga Shrine and muttered to himself.

"Your brother is fulfilling your last wish until the moment he dies."

After the memorial service, Asuka and the others did not have time to change their clothes, and hurried towards the cemetery at the other end of the village.

There is more than one memorial service today, and there is also a stormy one.

Call~

An autumn wind blew, and the trees in the cemetery were blown and rustled.

The orange cat squatting at the feet of the bird also lowered its head at this time, the expression on his face was more sad than the people around him, and the uninformed people next to him saw this scene, and a touch of gloom flashed in their eyes.

They are not even as good as a cat.

"Lord Kushina, don't cry, don't cry."

At this time, in the space of consciousness.

The orange cat patted Kushina's head and comforted him.

"You know, people can still live after death, didn't you see the picture in the laboratory yesterday?"

Thinking of Madara Uchiha sitting cross-legged on a chair, constantly instilling chicken soup for the soul into another person, and looking angry, Kushina's eyes couldn't help but dim.

[People who have died do not want their souls to be disturbed.

Now that they have left the world of the living, they have completed their mission in this life, they have been liberated and comforted, and no longer need any kind of interruption.

The living, should respect the dead, respect their privacy and space.

You who are alive, do not speak for the sake of the dead. 】

This was all said by Madara Uchiha himself yesterday.

With a dead man already present, she is pessimistic about whether Watergate is willing to be resurrected in the future.

The thoughts of people after death may be a little different from those of living people.

Madara Uchiha, who once dominated the ninja world, is so resistant to resurrection.

Watergate

Thinking of the water gate where his soul was sealed into the god of death, Kushina's eyes dimmed again.

Moreover, the place where the soul of Watergate and his own soul go is not the same place.

After a long silence, when Kushina raised her head again, the picture in front of her had changed.

"Conference room?"

At this time.

I saw that the conference room was already full of ninjas.

There is a long table due north, on which sit four old people, and opposite the four old people, are all the upper ninjas of Konoha.

These people couldn't take their eyes off it, staring at the ape flying on the top with serious expressions, turning to sleep Koharu, Mito Menyan, and the four old men of Shimura Danzo, and probably had some guesses about the content of this meeting in their hearts.

There is no "shadow" in Konoha anymore.

At this time, a light cough came from above, and Shimura Danzou took the lead in standing up, looking at the upper ninjas below, and said in a low voice.

"The four generations of Hokage, at the end of his life, kept the Nine-Tails and sealed them away."

Hearing these words, these serious shinobi couldn't help but sigh in their hearts when they thought of the four generations of Hokage.

This is the best news they have heard in a while.

Tuan Zang took in the expressions of the group below, and then he glanced at the old guy next to him before continuing.

"[Jiraiya] has rejected the Hokage's appointment, and the village has already sent someone to contact Tsunade, so what we can do now is to take care of the village for the new Hokage until he takes the throne."

Speaking of this, Danzang's tone paused, and the idea of taking over the village that had been taken care of from everyone suddenly appeared in his mind, and then wearing the Hokage hat on his head, standing on the roof of the Hokage Building, looking down at the villagers of Konoha below.

With his knowledge of Tsunade, it was absolutely impossible for that person to return to the village to serve as Hokage, and without even his own invitation, the other party might not even return to the village.

Who is the position of this Hokage?

Then, he secretly glanced at the somewhat trance-like Sun Slash, and couldn't help but shake his head in his heart.

"Since Mizuto became the fourth generation of Hokage, the mentality of Hichisha has completely changed from the identity of Hokage, and now that he has experienced this kind of thing suddenly, there is such a big hole in himself, and he can't sit in the position of Hokage."

After glancing at Asuka from the corner of his eye, thinking of the brain circuits of the Uchiha clan that were different from ordinary people, and thinking of the brain circuits of Asuka that were different from those of the Uchiha, Danzo shook his head even more.

"The younger generation of the Uchiha family has people who can resist Ding, but he has a problem with his brain, and no one in the entire Konoha Village can rest assured, including his clansmen."

When his gaze fell on Uchiha Fugaku, his eyes froze.

As the patriarch of a clan, there have been a series of things in the clan that are beyond the control of the patriarch, and Tuan Zang does not believe it.

This guy must know something.

Thinking of the appearance of the Wooden Escape Buddha on the night of the Nine-Tails and the disappearance of his right-hand man [A], his gaze constantly wandered back and forth between the three generations and Fugaku.

The compensation given to the Uchiha can be appropriately delayed, but after taking the position, there is something that cannot be delayed.

Uchiha Fugaku, he's going to do it.

"The old man has to stand in the Hokage's position and think about it!!"

Danzang's eyes inadvertently glanced at Asuka, the entire Uchiha family, this person has a very bad relationship with the patriarch's family.

Uchiha Asuka, who is strong in his own right, has a bad relationship with the patriarch's family, and has his back on Ryoichi Uchiha.

It would be a shame if such a guy didn't take advantage of it.

Advocating for divorce?

(End of chapter)