dog in ninja world

Two days later.

Location: Fire Country, Konoha Village.

Time: 10 am.

Weather: rain.

The weather has been bad these past few days. Gray clouds covered the sky like a piece of linen, and it was gloomy, just like people's mood.

It had been raining lightly since yesterday evening, and raindrops the size of millet fell in a steady trickle, like a dense curtain, clanking on the eaves, causing a few tiny splashes of water.

Along with the rhythmic sound of raindrops, the entire village was enveloped in a hazy mist.

This day was Thursday, which was supposed to be a school day, but many people did not go to school or work. They walked out of their homes and did not go to work or school. Instead, they gathered in another place invariably.

There is a small forest in the south of Konoha Village. The center of the forest is a small open space. A clear river passes through it, dividing the open space in half and turning it into two irregular semicircles.

The seventh training ground of Konoha Village is located here.

There are three wooden piles of about one height placed on the edge of the training ground. They are stained with marks and are very conspicuous. I heard that these wooden piles have existed since the establishment of Konoha Village. They have almost witnessed the history of Konoha Village.

At this moment, there was a dense crowd of people standing in front of the wooden pile.

Yukimura was wearing black clothes. Together with his father and sister, he stood among a group of villagers who were also wearing black mourning clothes. They stood solemnly and looked ahead quietly.

About ten meters in front of them there was a white stone tablet about half a person tall. The stone tablet was square in shape and placed on an equally square base. It was densely covered with words, all neatly written from left to right.

’s name.

This is Konoha's commemorative monument. All the records on it are the warriors who sacrificed their lives for Konoha. The purpose of Yukimura and others' arrival today is to attend a funeral.

A funeral with which he had a very close relationship.

Yuuo Nakahara, Tomoko Okuda, Sanyo Genma, Hitoshi Murai, Daichi Ishihara, Kazu Yoneda, Yusho Asada...

Looking around, there are more than a dozen names on the surface of the memorial monument. These are new names that have just been engraved on them. Due to time, they have not been oxidized by the air, so they look different in color from the old names.

They are not the same, so the contrast seems very obvious.

Yukimura's eyes swept over it one by one. Every time he saw a name, he would stop, then silently recite that name in his heart several times, and then look at the next one.

Those names seemed to have great magic power. Even though he had read them dozens of times, he still couldn't turn his eyes away from them.

Yes, although he has never met or spoken to them, these names have extraordinary meaning to him.

Because, these are the names of ANBU ninjas who were killed by Danzo's men to protect him.

They had been ordered to protect Yukimura a month ago. Although the two parties had never met each other and never spoken a word, Yukimura had known about their existence for a long time, and it was precisely because of their existence that Yukimura

I can live in Konoha Village with peace of mind.

Until two days ago, on that dark night, the night when Danzo chose to attack Yukimura, these people had a death mentality and started a duel with roots twice their size. In the end, all fifteen people died in the battle, until

In the end, no one left the battlefield.

In other words, these people were all ninjas who sacrificed their lives to protect Yukimura.

Regarding what happened that night, the official information given by Konoha Village is that Danzo, who left the prison, met Yukimura who was returning home from school on his way to escape. He coveted the Uchiha bloodline and sent his men to kidnap Yukimura.

They happened to run into Yusei Nakahara and others who were on patrol, and the two sides started a fierce battle. During the battle, fifteen people died unfortunately.

Although the official statement was that it was an accident, Yukimura himself knew very well that it was not an accident. Danzo's target was himself, and the reason why these sacrificed ninjas died was also because of himself.

The light rain was pouring down, and the raindrops kept beating on people's clothes and hair, gradually soaking their clothes.

However, even so, no one moved, and no one tried to wipe the rainwater sliding from their cheeks. Everyone stood quietly and solemnly, looking at the monument in front of them and the new ones on it.

The name was engraved in silence.

A lot of people came today. Except for the friends and relatives of the deceased and representatives of several official forces in Konoha, almost most of the Uchiha clan came.

Because these people died in the battle to protect Uchiha, although at least Yukimura is alone, Yukimura's surname can represent Uchiha as a whole. Therefore, early that morning, Uchiha Fugaku brought most of his clan members to attend this event.

funeral.

This is to express gratitude for the sacrifice of the deceased, and to express the wish of Uchiha and Konoha to share the same hatred.

Therefore, Uchiha Fugaku and his family all arrived. Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Sasuke lined up in a row, standing at the far left of the line. The Yukimura family stood behind them, holding hands.

Holding a bouquet of flowers to express gratitude and respect to the heroes.

The family members of the deceased stood in the middle of the team. Yukimura looked at them. They were old and young, men and women, some were gray-haired old men and women, some were mature and steady middle-aged people, some were young men and women.

There were children about the same age as him, and there were also babies who were still in their infancy.

They sobbed and cried, supporting each other, and the turbid water droplets dripped down their cheeks, but they could no longer tell whether they were tears or rain.

The children did not understand the meaning. They stretched out their tender little hands and gently grabbed the ends of their mother's hair. They did not know that in just a few days, a relative who once loved them had already

Gone forever from myself.

Yukimura lowered his eyes and looked at the old and young who were immersed in grief. He felt a bitterness in his throat. For a moment, it seemed that there were thousands of words stuck in his throat, but he could not express them out.

Fifteen people, fifteen different families behind their fifteen names. They are burdened with the responsibilities of being children, brothers and sisters, husbands, wives, fathers and mothers, but they are still in their prime.

When you are young, you give up and die.

Everything is just to protect Yukimura, who has no connection with them.

This kind of kindness was so heavy, just like the weather today, so heavy that it made him unable to breathe.

"Yukimura, you must remember their names forever, do you understand?"

Uchiha Chisei patted his shoulder gently and spoke slowly and solemnly.

"Um."

Yukimura nodded slowly.

Fifteen people, fifteen names, fifteen lives, and the fifteen families behind them... Even if his father didn't say that, how could he forget it.

In this life, this is the first time someone has sacrificed their life for him.

Why can people risk their lives for others?

At this moment, Yukimura couldn't help but ask himself this.

He didn't know what the mood of these fifteen people was when they faced death, but he knew that if any one of them had chosen another path, the result would not be like this.

Because they are not ordinary ninjas. No one who can enter the ANBU directly under the Hokage is ordinary. Outside, they are all top-notch masters. Facing more than twice the number of enemies, the hope of victory can be said to be very high.

Miao Miao. At this time, if any of them chooses to give up the mission in order to protect themselves, then with their abilities, even if they cannot win, they should still be able to escape.

However, none of them chose to escape this way. Facing the sudden enemy, even if there was no chance of victory, the fifteen people still resolutely carried out the orders given by Sarutobi Hiruzen and fought until the last moment.

Even if it means sacrificing his own life...

Yukimura thinks that he is a selfish person. He has no spirit of selfless dedication and does not understand the principle of sacrificing himself for others. He has always believed that if one day he faces a desperate situation, in order to ensure that he lives, he feels that he can do something

Anything comes.

However, facing these fifteen silent names, he fell silent.

They can obviously survive...

It is clear that they can return home alive, they can see their families again, and they can be with the people they love.

If they choose another path.

However, they all left themselves here forever. Even to the last moment of their lives, no one chose the life path that was once within reach.

Is this the ninja of Konoha Village?

Yukimura raised his head and looked around, looking at the silent crowd around him, all of them with sentimental, sorrowful and nostalgic faces, trying to find the reasons for people to sacrifice everything for them.

However, after searching and searching, I finally got only one answer.

That is, the strong will of fire that wants to protect the things he cherishes most.

Think about it carefully, Senju Tobirama's sacrifice, Matt Dai's sacrifice, Nohara Rin's sacrifice, Namikaze Minato's sacrifice, Sarutobi Hiruzen's sacrifice (original timeline), Jiraiya's sacrifice (original timeline

), the sacrifice of Watergate, and the thousands of unknown heroes who died in the war, aren't their actions all based on this simple reason?

Where the leaves are flying, the fire will continue to grow. The fire will continue to illuminate the village and make the new leaves sprout...

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Hiruzen Sarutobi once said in the original work: The person I cherish the most is my grandson Konohamaru, and everyone in this village...

Because he has the will to burn, are all the people living in this village family?

Thinking of this, his heart skipped a beat, a warm current surged through him, and he felt that something had touched the softest part of his heart.

After traveling for more than a month, Yukimura felt that familiar warmth for the second time.

He raised his head and looked at the sky, letting the drizzle wet his face little by little, but in his mind he recalled what he had seen and what Iruka said.

When a person dies alone, everything will disappear. The past or present life, as well as the future, will disappear together. Many people die in wars or missions, and none of them are earth-shattering, they just die simply.

Among these dead people, some still have dreams, but everyone has the same things they cherish: parents, brothers, friends or lovers...the most important people to them, mutual trust and mutual help,

From the moment you are born, you have been tied to the people you cherish, and as time passes, you become stronger! This is not a big deal. As long as people are tied together by this thread, they will be like this, because they are the most cherished ones.

people!

I see……

Are all the people in this village the people you cherish the most?

Yukimura sighed silently, feeling that he suddenly understood something.

He turned his head, his eyes focused on the white monument for a long time, and again and again, he engraved those names deep in his heart forever, forever, forever...

Yuuo Nakahara, Tomoko Okuda, Hitoshi Murai, Daichi Ishihara, Kazu Yoneda, Yusho Asada, Sanyo Genma...

Yukimura recited these names over and over again in his heart, facing them, facing himself, and seemed to be facing this world that felt familiar yet strange to him.

In this world, I don't have a home, and maybe... I won't have one for a long time in the future.

But, I have a lot of family!