Shadow Stream of Leaf

When Hanyu, who was seriously injured and dying, woke up again, the feeling of breathing freely made him reconfirm a very simple truth, and it is a very beautiful thing to be alive.

If you think about it this way, the battle between the ninja villages to beat each other's dog's brains out is not such an unacceptable thing. Everyone wants to live, but the road is narrow, so I have to live, even if I kill you.

What kind of changes have taken place in the village and even the world during this period of time, Hanyu does not want to know for the time being, the only thing he needs to do now is to restore his physical condition as much as possible... at least restore simple mobility, instead of being sick all the time bed.

Therefore, since he woke up, he has been eating as much as he can, sleeping as much as he can, and fully obeying the doctor's orders.

He even has a special nutritional meal for patients, which is completely tonic. Those foods were brought to him by Tsunade every time, and this child would stay with Hanyu for quite a long time every day, and he even somewhat felt like a full-time doctor.

And for Hanyu, regardless of whether Tsunade intends to use him as a test subject or not, these nutritious meals are indeed very nutritious, and he can feel that his physical condition is constantly improving, and more importantly, these foods taste good .

As we all know, Hanyu's sense of taste is sometimes a little problematic, but since he thinks it's good... let's take it really good.

Five days after he regained consciousness for the first time, Hanyu was stuffing a nutritious meal into his mouth spoon by spoon, while Tsunade was sitting on a chair next to the hospital bed, supervising him... Eh, nutrition The meal is obviously delicious, but why do you need to monitor it?

At this time, someone knocked on the door of the ward from the outside, and after getting permission, people from outside walked in.

It's Chichiwa.

After confirming that Hanyu had regained consciousness and that there was nothing wrong with his brain, he was finally allowed to visit and give condolences. Before that, he had been receiving closed treatment in the hospital and had no contact with the outside world.

"Hayu, you... I heard that you have recovered, but... are you really okay?" When Qianqianhe entered the ward, she was holding a long box in her hand, and when she looked at the energetic At the time of Hanyu, before he could smile, he was already shocked.

Hanyu seems to have no major problems, but his whole body has shrunk several times, which is the biggest problem.

Except for the witnesses and doctors, the sudden shrinkage of a person is a very mysterious thing to others.

"It's okay, it's just a second chance to develop, and it should be a blessing to start life again..." Hanyu said, this is considered joy in hardship, but there is no need to tell others about the difficulties he has experienced. tell.

"If that's the case, then... just fine."

What Hanyu went through, people other than him can only guess, but Qianqianhe understands that since his current attitude is like this, at least what he has endured is still above his limit.

Qianqianhe put the box next to Hanyu's hospital bed, and then sat on the chair on this side. She seemed to want to say something, but she couldn't speak, so there was a strange silence in the ward for a while. .

Tsunade was holding a medical book that no one else could understand, but only she knew that her eyes hidden behind the book were floating around.

If you have melons, eat melons, if you don't have melons... there will always be melons.

In the end, Chichiwa still spoke, "Hanyu, you asked me why I became a ninja before."

"Well, there is such a thing."

It was just a hundred chapters ago, of course Hanyu still remembered it.

"Hanyu, do you have anything you like or dislike?" Chichiwa said again.

The topic was a little out of touch. It could be seen that Qianqianhe was a little nervous, even collapsed. Her tone was apologetic, so she didn't speak very well.

"Like...the definition of this word is a bit ambiguous, so I'm not easy to say, but if you hate it...you can even say hate, there are a few things that I hate deeply."

I don't know what she wants to say, but all Hanyu can do now is to continue talking about Chichiwa's topic.

"Hate? Hate what?"

"One hates Baidu, the second hates trolls, and the third hates wisdom teeth."

"..."

The topic is even more out of touch.

After thinking for a while, Qianqianhe continued, "The reason why I became a ninja is because I don't trust everything around me. I think that a person must protect himself after all. As a ninja, I have no love, no tears, no hatred, and I am completely muddled."

This kind of thought and experience is really too common.

"I understand." That's why Hanyu said.

"But now, suddenly, I don't need to do that.

I have seen the most tragic battlefield and the most decisive battle. Blood and snow are equally dazzling, but after all, only the former is more passionate. I... understand that the ninja who is most like a ninja can only be a hero ninja.

On such a battlefield, I am powerless, so I finally realized that I cannot protect myself, but this is not a bad thing, because someone can protect me.

I consider myself a lucky man.

Hanyu, I don't think I'll ever meet a stronger ninja than you that day.

Just one person can separate crime and punishment, and preserve life and beauty. I seem to understand something.

I... have no reason to fight.

Hanyu, I have no reason to continue being a ninja. "

Chichiwa's words were fragmentary, and she praised Hanyu a bit too much, but Hanyu finally understood the parts of her heart that could only be understood but could not be expressed in words.

The battle that day was miserable, but Qianqianhe was a person who dared to kill herself resolutely in order not to drag her teammates back, so it can't be said that she was afraid of something, but she still understood what she wanted.

Not a battlefield.

Probably it can only be said that this is a kind of open-mindedness and choice after the sea was once difficult.

The reason why she didn't express herself very well was because she was afraid that Hanyu would think she was running away, but... although Hanyu had so many problems, he was never a narrow-minded person.

"Qianqianhe, breaking up the past is also a kind of courage, and it is also a kind of courage to take a new direction, so you don't need to bow your head, this is a good thing... Your decision is a good thing." Hanyu was silent for a while , said so.

Ninjas kill all the time, but ninja killing is a pointless thing, and it's certainly a good thing to get out of it. Qianqianwa is not Hanyu, she is not the kind of person who "I have to live, even if I kill you".

The only thing this girl didn't understand was that if she hadn't stayed by Hanyu's side, she certainly wouldn't have experienced so many bad things.

What Hanyu said now was especially important to Chien Chiwa, she kept her head down, silently and tried hard to calm down her emotions, and then she finally raised her head.

She lifted the sword case, and opened it, revealing the two long swords inside.

This is the "trophy" that Hanyu captured, but now the decoration of the two swords has completely changed. The black lacquered scabbard and the replaced hardwood hilt make these two sharp blades look very low-key. This is... what Hanyu likes that style.

"It's a small thing I can do, it's just a small thought, Hanyu, you can give them new names... You like doing things like this, don't you?"

Hanyu thought for a while and said, "This is the weapon that Yunyin recast with the fragments of the Seven Star Sword, so... let's just use 'Xingguan' and 'Xingyue'."

Qianqianhe put the sword case aside, she stood up, and even hugged Hanyu lightly, "I like these two names... Among all your names, these two are my favorite."

This was a disguised criticism, but Hanyu didn't catch it.

"Then I have a last piece of advice, Qianqianhe, even when I am parting from this kind of injury, I still have another feeling now, which is called... quite soft, so you have to pay attention, in this world, at least half of the Humans are not good things.”

Hanyu has always been sensitive to deeds but slow to words, but he is an honest man.

Qianqianhe finally laughed, and it was the best smile Hanyu had ever seen.

Is this because get has reached Hanyu's point of laughter?

It shouldn't be, it's a bit difficult, too difficult.

…………

After Qianqianhe left, the ward became quiet again.

I don't know how long it took, but Tsunade finally put down the book in her hand, and she whispered, "I thought there would be a confession, Hanyu...have you been dumped?"

Hanyu looked at the long sword in his hand, and said, "Isn't this a confession, Tsunade, you are a little narrow-minded."

A gray person finally found her own color, and then became very lively, isn't it her best confession to her life?

Tsunade pouted, but still couldn't hold back and said, "Xing Mian, I can understand Xing Mian, but what's the matter with Xing Otome."

Her eyes, following Hanyu's line of sight, fixed on the two swords.

"This is to commemorate, you are a child, so it doesn't matter if you don't understand."

Hoshiotome, the girl under the starry sky, who is this commemorating.

Tsunade said there was something I didn't understand.

"By the way... can ninjas retire early?" After a while, Hanyu suddenly remembered this.

"Hanyu, the war is over, and...even Hokage, there is no way to prevent a person who has lost his fighting spirit from leaving the battlefield."

"……Right."

In the past, until now, Tsunade should have left Hanyu, but today she decided to stay here with him for a while longer.

Otherwise, a lonely old man would look even more pitiful.