Konoha Winter Night

On a cold morning, after extinguishing the fire, everything began to repeat itself, as if nothing had happened.

In fact, maybe something happened, but nothing really happened.

There was no exchange of words, but between two people, that was not a situation that needed to be worrying.

In order to ensure the successful completion of the mission, Dong Ye will still care about the [friendship] between the other two teammates. However, as a bystander, he will not interfere under normal circumstances.

What we knew from the beginning was that due to the different division of labor between the two, it was very rare for the two of them to have contact and dialogue throughout the day.

At this moment, this is also the best situation. After all, as long as there is no need for deliberate communication, they will not exist for the time being. The thought of being embarrassed because of a certain memory at night is, for two people with actually very awkward personalities, having such a A period of [blank] time is like a necessary and perfect lubricant.

However, lubricants also have a shelf life, and the validity period of the product is limited. After all, time always determines the direction of moving forward.

and so.

It's dusk again, and someone is stepping forward in the twilight.

The row of trees that I passed by occasionally had no name. At this time, the leaves had fallen off, and only the brown branches were left, stretching beautifully into the gray-blue sky, with a hint of stubbornness in the desolation.

Following the road, turning at the intersection, we walked onto another road. This was a row of camphor trees as lush as spring. Their green leaves clung to the branches tightly, letting the wind blow them without making any move.

I caught it in my ears, although I only heard it because of the rich green in front of me. The tinkling sound that matched it very well was the sound of running water. At this time of year, the gurgling water was always a rare sight.

The stream not far away receded very low, with light ripples. The stranded mud on both sides of the stream looked a little desolate and even more silent in the dusk.

Looking around, the mountains are shrouded in a pale mist, and the cold air spreads everywhere, not sparing every crevice and every corner.

Beautiful, very beautiful, quiet, very quiet. Compared to the hurried caravans, only winter nights can be nonchalant and look at this winter dusk with blurred eyes.

Yes, he is looking at winter, and the winter night is looking at this dusk in winter. It's too cold this winter. Walking in such a desolate twilight, most people will particularly miss the green spring of the willows and the fluttering clothes of summer.

Winter is the "night" of the four seasons, but dusk is just the "late autumn" of the day. In fact, as long as it is not a real winter night, there is still hope.

Not everyone has nothing to do on a winter night.

More people have less appreciation for beauty.

My hands are always looking for dry wooden sticks that can be lit to make torches.

Then, it gets dark and the torches light up the night again.

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The mission was boring. If the current situation was true, Hinata Yuki and Mitarai would probably have this impression.

It's simple and easy.

It seems that only yesterday's bandits are their first and final results so far.

The pressure that the other party can put on them is obviously very pitiful, and is not even more difficult than crushing a bunch of ants.

At this time, something strange will happen.

The so-called rebellious thoughts based on the character of the young ninja.

It is inevitable to think about the past B-level missions and the current B-level missions in comparison.

It is obviously similar task content and the same task rating, but it obviously reflects the huge difference in difficulty.

So what will be done?

The requirements of the curse, looking forward to the road ahead, will there be powerful hardships waiting for you, hindering you?

Will you ask for a bigger storm to make yourself precarious?

This is self-flagellation, which some people cannot understand, but it is actually possible, at least this is the thought.

Is this stupidity, or can it be explained that this is a pre-crisis awareness?

Although it is not clear what kind of results the curse can confer? Will the same thing really happen in the future? Will Murphy's Theorem come true again?

But sure enough.

In fact, most ninjas should just assume that the mission will end peacefully.

This is a real world, and everyone is a real life! When Dongye realized this, it was not when he killed the first person, but when he truly felt death approaching him.

Yes.

Only then will people realize that they don’t want to die.

and so.

You will not easily forget that ninja is a profession with a high mortality rate.

then.

As is common in all ninja villages, the scope of ninja missions is limited.

Based on the existence of ninja levels, in order not to waste the ninja's vitality, the acceptable range of tasks is generally limited.

The missions generally accepted by ordinary chunin are B-level and C-level, and this takes into account the overall strength of the entire team.

But even so, every year in Konoha, many ninja teams have a high chance of dying due to B-level missions.

Any decision made by any member of the team may lead to the death of a companion.

Even if there is a dark "selfishness" in the heart, in most cases, one will pray for true "calm" rather than the quiet before the storm.

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The first night watchman tonight was Mitarai. There was no normal conversation between the two tonight. The girl had already fallen asleep on her side in her sleeping bag early.

He was boringly stirring the fire with a wooden stick when he suddenly heard it.

The sound broke through the sky.

What came first was a crisp and single sound, and then what came into view was a black light that was not much slower than the sound.

It flashed past the fire, and the only impact it caused was that the cold wave suppressed the flames, and then the charcoal fire stars jumped through the space, blooming like fireworks in the air before their eyes, and finally disappeared.

The one who reacted fastest was Mitarai, who was still awake, and the one who almost straightened her upper body was Hinata Yuki, who was still [asleep] just now.

They looked at each other with similar frowns, and within a few meters of each other, their bodies had already reacted similarly.

One step.

The distance between them was less than a few meters, and after they took a step towards each other, they were immediately shortened to more than ten centimeters.

The flying seals on Yushou's hand continued to speed up, all of which had been prepared before he took a step.

Bah! ······

Compared to the previous fast and refined bass, what came next and was captured by keen hearing in an instant was obviously not the same type of sound.

It was a noisy series of sounds.

The sound came first, and then what the naked eye could barely see from the darkness were the stars scattered all over the sky.

"Escape - Earth Prison!"

The time was just right, and the seal formation that was rushed slowly was finally completed at the final, most critical moment.

Then, a wall of earth quickly rose up like crazy vines, sealing everything into a dungeon, wrapping Mitarai and Hinata Yuki together.