[Hokage] Sasuke-kun's Melancholy

Inside the huge waterfall is a damp cave, and the uneven ground is a bit slippery. Hitomi followed carefully, and then stopped with them at a densely packed circular pool. Qidou pointed to one of the pools and said: "Go down from here."

Sasuke frowned and looked at him suspiciously, but he didn't take any action. Instead, he raised his chin to signal him to go first, Kaito spread his hands helplessly, and jumped into the water.

Just as Sasuke was about to jump down, Hitomi pulled his sleeves and said aggrievedly, "Hitomi can't water..."

Silently glanced at Kaito who emerged from the water, Sasuke asked, "How long will you stay underwater?"

"This..." Qi Dou stroked his chin and thought for a while, "About a minute, it doesn't matter if the little girl can't swim, she can get there even if she holds her breath."

Hitomi twisted the corners of her clothes uncomfortably, her expression was very tangled, she neither wanted to enter the water nor leave Sasuke, after struggling in the dilemma for a long time in her mind, Hitomi finally came to the conclusion of "Sasuke > enter the water", with a full face With an expression of seeing death as home, he took a deep breath, both cheeks puffed up, and jumped down without hesitation.

Facts have proved that landlubbers are landlubbers, and they cannot swim across with one breath. Hitomi who jumped into the pool sank quickly, and then there was no sound. Sasuke waited by the pool for a while, and soon realized that something was wrong. Before he could react, he immediately jumped into the water, found Hitomi who had sunk to the bottom in the somewhat muddy water, and then swam up with his arms around her waist.

Kaito, who was swimming down, pointed to the front, and then swam forward with his legs shaking quickly. Sasuke was stunned, and immediately turned to catch up with Kaito, probably because he was holding a heavy object, and his speed was slower than that of Kaito. A lot, but it didn't take long for them to get out of the water.

No time to be amazed that these pools seem to be connected to another world, Sasuke swam to the water's edge and pushed Hitomi ashore, and turned himself onto the shore, trying to squeeze her chest to make her spit out the water, but was stopped by Kaito :"Let me do it."

"Many people in our ninja village will accidentally drown, so everyone knows this ninjutsu." Qidou put his hand on her abdomen, and the light blue chakra began to gather in her hand, and then went all the way up the abdomen until When the throat fell, his palm turned violently, Hitomi gulped out a big mouthful of water, and then opened his eyes.

Slowly getting up from the ground, Hitomi patted his stomach aggrievedly, then stretched out a hand to grab the corner of Sasuke's clothes: "Hitomi can't float..."

"..." Sasuke patted her wet hair lightly, turned around and said to Kaidou, "Lead the way."

Takinobu Village, which is hidden by the waterfall, is far inferior to the prosperity of Konoha Village, and even inferior to other small countries around it. The village is deserted, and no one can be seen.

There were a few sparse people farming in the field in the distance. When they noticed Sasuke and his party passing by, their eyes were full of defense, and no one showed a friendly expression to them.

In a small building that was relatively spacious, Sasuke met Shiki, the current leader of Takinobu Village, who was shorter than the tall Kaito, and looked thin and frail, with a kind of helplessness Feeling so strong, he didn’t even dare to look directly into Sasuke’s eyes, his eyes kept wandering around: “Well, I didn’t bring the scroll here, I’ll go get it right away…”

"Master Shiki should wait here," Shiki who had just stood up was held down by Kaito's shoulder, and forced him back on the chair, "Go down and get it for you."

"Huh?" Shiki looked at him in surprise, "The place I put it..."

"I know, Lord Shibuki and Sasuke-kun please wait here with peace of mind." It sounded like a request, but what Kaito said didn't seem like a request at all, but more like an order.

After Qidou left, Sheki sighed with a sad face, his eyes fell on Hitomi behind Sasuke, and he immediately showed a smiling expression: "Little sister, what's your name?"

Hitomi tightly grasped the corner of Sasuke's clothes, looked at Shibuki curiously, and then raised a big smile: "I'm Tomato!"

Shibuki nodded gently: "Tomato, what a lovely name."

Sasuke: "..."

Suddenly I regretted telling her that I like tomatoes.

Seeing nothing wrong, Shibuki continued to ask, "How old is the tomato this year?"

Tong was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his fingers and started counting. After counting for a long time, he said, "It's fifteen this year."

"……what?!"

Sasuke and Shiki made a rhetorical question at the same time, the two silently looked at each other and then staggered, Sasuke couldn't help but bent his index finger and tapped her on the head: "Don't talk nonsense."

"That's right, how could Tomato be fifteen?" Shiki compared her height to Sasuke's chest, and said with a smile, "No matter how you look at it, it looks like it's only ten years old."

"I didn't count wrong!" Tong suddenly pouted, and turned his face to the other side angrily.

Sasuke was stunned for a while, and vaguely remembered that when he saw Hitomi for the first time two years ago, she seemed to be about the same age as she is now, but she has grown so much taller, but she has hardly changed, maybe she said Fifteen is...

Before some complicated thoughts could be sorted out, there was a knock on the door: "Master Shemu, I am Qidou."

Hearing Qidou's voice, the smile on Shemu's face disappeared quickly, and his voice was much weaker than before: "Come in, come in."

Comparing the huge difference in his reactions before and after, Sasuke couldn't help but look at him twice more, but he just stood by the pillar with his arms folded, silent and didn't speak.

Qi Dou who entered the door took out the scroll from his clothes, and gave Sheki a look: "Master Sheki, this is the right one."

Shiki squinted to see the pattern on the periphery of the scroll, then nodded: "That's right."

"Then, before we show the scroll to Sasuke-kun," Kaito raised his lips, "Can I ask Sasuke-kun to show you the scroll you brought? After all, if your sincerity in exchanging information is not enough, we will It's very disturbing."

Sasuke pursed his lips in silence for a few seconds, took out the scroll from his body, waved it around in front of their eyes, and then slowly took it back: "Enough."

Qidou nodded, and handed the scroll in front of him: "Then, please check carefully."

He emphasized the word carefully, and then looked at Sasuke leisurely, with a deep smile on his face, his fingers curled slightly, and tapped the side of his leg one after another.

Sasuke took the scroll in his hand, and when he lowered his head and was about to uncover the scroll, there was a loud sneezing sound from behind him. Sasuke stopped his hand and looked back at Hitomi who was rubbing his nose: "Have a cold?"

"What is a cold?" Hitomi's voice became a little muffled, and after she finished speaking, she sniffed her nose vigorously again.

"..." Sasuke glanced at her half-dried clothes, and lowered his hand holding the scroll, asking Shibuki who was sitting beside him, "Do you have any dry clothes?"

Shiki nodded and stood up: "Yes, come with me."

"Wait," Kaito stretched out a hand sideways to stop Shibuki's movement, although his face was smiling, the look in his eyes was cold, "Sasuke-kun, hurry up and exchange information before going to this Let's change your clothes, little girl, it's been too long and everyone has long nights and dreams, doesn't it?"

"..." Sasuke threw the scroll in his arms casually, then pulled Hitomi's wrist and said to Shiki, "Let's go."

"Ah er..." Shiki glanced cautiously at Kaito who had an ugly face, his expression became hesitant, and he didn't move for a long time, "That, that, Sasuke-kun, why don't you just listen to Kaito, you put the The scroll has been changed..."

"Hey," Sasuke stared at him with heavy eyes, the dark pupils were filled with an invisible sense of oppression, "Lead the way."

Shibuki couldn't help trembling a bit, and just about to take a step forward, he heard a harsh sound of metal rubbing, Kaito had already pulled out the dagger from his back waist, pointing the tip at Sasuke's back, Looking at him with a sullen expression: "This is because you, Yinnin Village, are unwilling to conclude a peaceful relationship."

Sasuke stood there silently, without turning his head or moving, but the black pupils in his eyes had turned scarlet.

The sword in Qidou's hand shone with a sharp cold light, and then slowly moved up, touching the round fan family emblem on Sasuke's back, with a mocking smile on his face.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and the sword in his hand retreated an inch as if encountering a strong resistance. Qi Dou was stunned, and found that his sword was pinched by two fingers Stopped, his eyes slowly moved to the side, and landed on the thin and small pupil.

Hitomi blinked his big dark eyes, exerted a little force with his fingers, Qi Dou couldn't withstand the force from the sword, his arms had gradually bent back, he looked at the little girl in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"It can't be like this," Hitomi showed a troubled expression, and his clear voice still had a childish feeling, "Uncle doing this will hurt Sasuke."

After speaking, she sniffled and sneezed loudly.

Qidou: "..."

He tried to pull the sword back, but Hitomi looked thin and small, but his strength was much higher than him. Even if he gritted his teeth and pulled back hard, Qi Dou couldn't move the sword in his hand a little.

His self-confident expression finally changed, he exhaled slowly, and Qi Dou asked coldly, "Who are you?"

"Me?" Hitomi tilted her head, "I'm Tomato."

Sasuke: "..."

How long will this meme be playing, he will almost not be able to look directly at Tomato!