The Land of Waves.

Factory.

The chimney that towered high in the air continued to emit black smoke, making the already dark night even darker, and there was no light around except for the light that the factory originally emitted.

At the entrance of each factory, there are uniformed guards, holding iron rods in their hands, smiling on their faces, and their bodies are straight.

At the front of the factory, there is a row of buildings connected into one, and the light is faint inside.

At the top of the building, there are four big characters clearly written, "Free Canteen".

"It turns out that the inhabitants of their own country are eating here?"

Asuka looks through the glass window of the cafeteria at the neatly arranged long tables and chairs, and its clean dining environment is comparable to that of a hand-made ramen shop.

There were several white figures in the kitchen, their hands dancing like afterimages, as if they were preparing breakfast.

It's just that the pungent smell emitted by the factory is mixed with the aroma of the food in the cafeteria, and it makes people feel sick.

"Suzu~"

The next moment, a bell rang from inside the factory.

The rumbling sound of the factory seemed to be pressed to stop, and from inside the factory, countless citizens of Ha no Kuni dressed in coarse linen clothes and emaciated faces walked out.

These people who came out of the factory had happy smiles on their faces, like the students who rushed out of the school gate when school was over.

"I used to think that they were smiling like this when they saw that the days were rushing, but now."

Sunset Red looked at this group of thin, but smiling guys, and couldn't help but feel a sense of tightness.

"Mommy, Dad."

At this time, the little boy aimed at two of the crowd and rushed straight over.

A thin man and a woman in the crowd saw the coming, and the man reached out and touched the little boy's head.

"Yuichi, are you happy today?

What did you learn when you went to the school run by the eight adults?

When I think that you don't have to go through the hard times we went through, I have a lot more motivation to work. ”

"Me"

Hearing his father's series of questions, the little boy opened his mouth, looking at the happy expression on his face, and he didn't know what to say.

But as soon as he thought that his parents could eat the food he brought, it would greatly alleviate his hunger, so he took out the paper cylinder hidden behind him, and then lifted the lid, and showed the contents in front of the two of them, urging.

"Father and mother, eat some quickly, this was given to me by a ninja-sama."

Seeing the golden fried chicken in the stab, the smile on the man's face was a little colder, and after he raised his palm and stayed in the air for a long time, he gently landed on the little boy's head, and said.

"How many times have you told you that you don't need to approach the ninja easily. Our lives, in their eyes, really. It's cheap. ”

"Got it, got it."

As he spoke, the little boy took the initiative to take out a chicken wing from the bucket and handed it to his father, urging again.

"Eat fast, eat fast."

The big dirty hand held the golden chicken wing, and a strong sense of disobedience appeared in the man's heart.

this thing.

When he saw his son's anxious look, he smiled again and took a bite.

Click!

A crisp voice sounded, and the smile on the man's face suddenly stiffened as he chewed on the strange food.

Bitter, smelly, nausea-regurgitating.

All kinds of negative flavors permeate the taste buds.

He looked down at the little boy again and sighed.

"Yuichi, those ninjas. It's really not good. Stay away from them next time. ”

？？？

Before the little boy could figure out what was going on, he saw his father spit out the chicken in his mouth, throw the chicken wings in his hand far away, and wave at him.

"Yuichi, throw that away, remember to go home early after eating."

Then, I saw the man follow the army into the free canteen, and took three buns and some vegetarian dishes from the bright window, and began to eat them in a big gulp.

Seeing that his father's appetite seemed to be getting smaller again, the little boy's body trembled a little, and he subconsciously took out a chicken nugget from the bucket and put it to his mouth and bit it gently.

Sweet, fragrant and delicious.

"Wake up, !!"

The next moment.

Hot tears rolled down the corners of his eyes into the fried chicken, and the little boy wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and yelled at everyone's backs.

"Please be sober, the things out there really don't stink, they can really be eaten, didn't you know before?"

Those people looked at the little boy with the eyes of a silly boy, and they did not understand why the state had already provided free and filling food, so why they had to eat outside.

And lately the food outside tastes very strange, far less delicious than the food in the free canteen.

The thought of being able to eat for free made the smiles on these people's faces even brighter.

Bang.

With the little boy shouting, a man in the crowd fell.

"I'm tired again, how do I feel that the work arranged by the eight adults is not heavy at all?"

"Maybe it's just physical weakness."

"Hold him aside, let him rest first, and when he comes back from eating, find a few people to take him to the hospital, and let the doctors there treat him."

The people around helped the man to the side of the big tree and let him rest against the tree, and then they continued to walk towards the free cafeteria in front of them.

"I'm fainting from hunger~"

After a while, a sigh sounded from the tree, and the bird slowly emerged from the shadow of the tree.

This hungry guy just looked like a normal person, and he didn't have any hungry people at all.

If it weren't for the examination just now, it's hard to imagine that this person was starving, but rather a little overworked. Tired and faint.

Seeing the accustomed appearance of the crowd around him, Asuka only felt a trace of coolness from the bottom of his heart.

In a country where you can eat for free, its citizens are starving.

It's really the biggest joke in the ninja world.

"It's . What's going on? ”

Sunset Red suddenly appeared behind Asuka Bird, she looked down at the middle-aged man leaning against the tree, her brows furrowed slightly.

She thought that this person was tired and faint as the person around her had just said.

But.

Looking at the captain's somewhat gloomy face, Sunset Red denied the idea in her heart again.

After a moment of silence, Asuka stood up and came up behind the little boy, and before he could speak, the little boy suddenly grabbed a fool from the ground and threw it at him.

"Fuck off, Konoha ninja." Yuichi wiped away his tears and roared, "You are not trustworthy like those nobles, you can give up your bottom line for the sake of task reward, and you will do whatever those nobles tell you to do."

At this time.

Sunset Red walked over and squatted in front of the boy, looking at the crying child, then secretly put his hand behind his back and hooked his finger at the bird.

When she noticed that something was placed on her palm, she looked at the extra candy on her palm and said secretly in her heart.

"It's not bad."

Seeing this unusually sad child crying, Xi Rihong thought of the weird appearance of his parents just now, and couldn't help but sigh lightly.

this country

Then, she tore open the outer package, and the scent of fruit gummies wafted down the air to Yuichi.

"Eat a piece of candy, we'll report this to the village."

It's fragrant

Very fragrant.

Hearing what the kind big sister said, Yuichi shrugged his nose and swallowed hard.

"Na"

Sunset Red handed some more candy forward and rubbed it against his mouth.

Yuichi couldn't help but take a light lick, and with this mouthful, the sweetness instantly bloomed on his taste buds, and the bitter mood seemed to have become a little lighter under the impact of the candy.

"Is this sugar?"

The first time he ate the so-called candy, Yuichi couldn't help but lick it again, and then he found that the candy was stuffed into his mouth by the red-eyed lady.

"Some more fruit, or you'll get tired of eating so much greasy food just now."

At this time, Sunset Red took out another fruit from behind him and handed it to Yuichi.

This time, Yuichi did not refuse. He gripped the apple tightly with both hands, his nose aching.

Feeling the sweetness in his mouth, he suddenly burst into tears.

The little boy sat there like that, and Asuka and the others stood in front of him, and saw that his dirty little face was full of tears, but the crowd walking around just gave them a strange look, and then walked towards the free cafeteria again.

"Help, help me."

Yuichi opened his already red and swollen eyes, grabbed the hand of Sunset Red on the side, as if it was a last straw, and said hoarsely.

"Please, help me, help me.

Aren't you ninjas? I can get paid. ”

As he spoke, he took out many things from his arms and showed them in front of the three of them.

When he handed the reward to the good-looking big sister, Yuichi looked at the embarrassed look on the other party's face, and his eyes darkened a little.

Then, he handed the reward to the ninja who "fanned his nose", and when he saw him shake his head and refuse, Yuichi's eyes dimmed again.

When he showed the reward to Asuka, seeing him standing there expressionless, just looking at himself, Yuichi couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and then hung down his hands holding the reward in disappointment.

"No, you can't take the task privately, or I'm not paid enough. But I don't."

"I... I..."

After groping around with his body a few more times, he took out the tattered book pinned to his waist and placed it on top of the "reward".

Looking down at these things in his hands, he couldn't shed tears.

Tears seemed to freeze.

On the seashore in October, the temperature has dropped.

Looking at the comic book at the top, whose cover had long since disappeared, Asuka thought that on the night of the Nine-Tails, Madara Uchiha also had this comic book pinned to his waist.

"A man who has been guarding what he wants to protect from beginning to end is indeed handsome, old man."

"A child with light in his eyes"

He exhaled softly, and when the white haze was about to dissipate into the air, his figure appeared in front of the child, his arms folded on his chest, and he looked down at the "so-called reward" in the other person's hand.

Shells picked up on the beach, stones picked up on the ground, broken books found in trash cans, a handful of wooden kunai made of tree branches.

"That's a great pay."

Picking up the broken book from his hand, Asuka looked at the two people next to him in shock, and gently pressed his right hand on the Uchiha's family crest, his expression suddenly became serious.

"Your client is the -—— Uchiha clan, the fifth captain of the police department, the Konoha Hidden Village Combat Type Shinobi, and the Uchiha Asuka."

Let's start with two chapters, and the next one will be later.

(End of chapter)