Chapter 384 Unfinished Journey
Chapter 384 Unfinished Journey
Uchiha Obito appeared so unexpectedly that Chaolu was stunned and saw him holding Rin's hand and walking out from behind Itachi.
His and Lin's eyes naturally fell on her, feeling unfamiliar, but also a little curious.
Then he moved away and looked at Naruto and Sasuke.
When he saw Orochimaru, he and Lin greeted him together, "Lord Orochimaru."
Orochimaru smiled, "Don't mind me. I'm just showing my guests around the village."
The dark-haired jonin's eyes were intact, and his face wasn't half distorted by the scars.
His facial features are handsome and handsome. Even though he is already a jonin, his eyes do not show much cold murderous intent. When he smiles, he looks warm. "Is he actually the guest accompanied by Lord Orochimaru himself?"
Itachi said, "It's a guest from the moon."
"That's a rare and distinguished guest! No wonder." Obito's eyes lit up: "In recent years, everyone has been discussing the moon. I heard that the goddess of Tatsuya is enshrined on the moon. Kakashi said that the goddess of Tatsuya is very gentle and powerful, and said that she will help us pray for the safety of the child."
child……
Chaolu looked at Lin's belly and there was no doubt that she was pregnant.
"You are pregnant..."
"Yeah." Lin smiled and placed her hand on her belly, "The baby is due in about a month. She's going to be born soon."
Chaolu couldn't help but walk closer to her and stare at the bulging belly.
Lin suddenly asked, "Do you want to touch it?"
"Eh?" Chaolu was surprised: "Can I?"
Lin's eyes flowed gently over her body: "It's okay."
do not know why……
Lin thought that although she had never seen the girl in front of her before, she had an inexplicable sense of familiarity with her.
Itachi and Obito are both here, so Lin is not worried about being hurt. Even if they are not here, Lin feels that she will not hurt herself.
Chaolu reached out her hand carefully and placed it on Lin's belly somewhat helplessly.
Compared to the soft abdomen, the pregnant woman's belly is warm, perhaps because the skin and flesh are stretched, so it appears tighter and stronger.
But other than that, Chaolu couldn't feel anything.
New life was gradually sprouting under her palms. This should have been a magical thing, but she felt that her senses had become numb and dull, and she had no feelings at all.
They are going to have a baby.
A real child.
Zhaolu took her hand back, knowing that according to etiquette, she should smile and congratulate at this time, so she smiled and said, "Congratulations!"
Rin and Obito both accepted her blessing with a smile. Before her, many relatives and friends must have blessed them in this way, so their reactions seemed very familiar.
Naruto gently stood beside Chaolu, with the back of his hand pressed against hers, his warm body temperature coming continuously.
Sasuke asked, "Have you ever thought about whether it's a boy or a girl?"
Rin and Obito looked at each other, "I haven't thought about it. Boys and girls are fine."
"So... have you chosen a name?"
"Yes!" Lin said with curved eyes, "Whether it's a boy or a girl, they're all called Shu."
"Uchiha Tree?" Sasuke asked, "Why?"
"Well... because trees can live for a very long time." Obito laughed and said, "This name was thought up by Lin. No matter whether it's a boy or a girl, she hopes that he can be as healthy and strong as a tree, taking root in the soil and stretching towards the sky... Oh, that's the feeling. However, some friends said that it's okay for a boy, but a girl might dislike the name... Well, I've been thinking about changing it recently."
"I think..." Chaolu said, "It's pretty good."
"Really?" Among the people present, besides Lin, there was only one female, Chaolu, so Obito asked as a matter of course: "If the guest's parents named you 'Tree', is it okay?"
Naruto subconsciously wanted to stop him from saying that, but he just let out an "Ah" and didn't know what to do.
Zhaolu smiled and said, "I think it's great. It contains the love and wishes of parents...longevity, health, down-to-earth, and looking up to the sky...it's a very good name."
Obito breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I feel relieved."
"By the way," Lin said, "I don't know what to call you, guests?"
"My name is... Chaolu."
Naruto said "uh" and was thinking about the pseudonym when Sasuke answered for him, "We are just the guards of Lord Asaroya. You don't need to know our names."
Naruto: "Ah...yes!"
“I see…” Lin looked at Zhaolu: “Zhaolu, that’s also a good name!”
Chaolu glanced back at Orochimaru who was not far behind her: "Really?"
"Yes," Lin replied, "Morning dew only appears in the early morning. It is the beginning of the day and represents hope and infinite possibilities. Moreover, although it may seem insignificant, dewdrops nourish all things... Perhaps it is because of the nourishment of dew that trees can break through the soil from seeds?"
"But the dew's existence is very short-lived." Chaolu said, "It is far inferior to the tree."
"Compared to a tree, dew is of course short-lived, but compared to a planet, a human's life is just as short as floating. It is precious precisely because it is short-lived... Thinking from this perspective, perhaps the shorter the life span, the more precious it is."
"I think the person who named me probably didn't think so much about it. You are such a gentle person."
Orochimaru coughed dryly.
Lin said: "Don't you like your name? I like it very much! If there were no morning dew in the world, I'm afraid every day would be much darker."
Zhaolu looked at her gently: "Thank you."
At this time, Obito looked at their profiles and suddenly said, "Eh!" "I was wondering where it was subtle...! Lin, you two look a bit alike!"
"Really?" Lin's eyes widened slightly. "Lord Chaolu is a celestial being from the moon. I am so honored."
“No, no, no…” Chaolu waved her hands in panic, “It’s not like that! It’s my honor!”
"Eh?" Obito hesitated, "Did I say something wrong?"
Although Itachi didn't know why, he felt that it would be better for Obito to speak less.
After giving the "tree" their blessing, Obito, Rin, and Itachi waved goodbye to them.
Asaka opened her Byakugan and found Shisui, and Sasuke summoned the Ninja Hawk to inform him that they had met Obito and were ready to leave.
"How blunt." Chaolu read the note he wrote, "Shisui is so dedicated, I need to express my gratitude properly."
After Chaolu had modified it, she tied the note to the talons of the ninja hawk and watched it flap its wings and fly away.
"Now, there are no regrets, right?" Orochimaru said, "I have met everyone I should have met, and I have said almost everything I should have said."
"Yeah." After a moment of silence, Chaolu smiled and said, "I am very satisfied with this now."
After returning to the Hyuga branch and resting for a night, Chaolu brought Naruto and Sasuke back to their world and informed the Hokage Kakashi of the news of the convening of the Three Realms and Five Kage Conference.
After so much coordination among all parties, people from different worlds finally gathered together for the first time.
When Chaolu proposed her request for an alliance, the Mizukage "Uchiha Madara" was the first to express his support without hesitation;
The Tsuchikage has not yet been replaced, but most of the affairs of the Iwagakure Village have basically been handed over to Deidara, who quickly voted in agreement;
Naturally, the Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had no objection;
Kakashi, the Hokage of another world, followed in the footsteps of his master;
The Kazekage Gaara also cast a vote of approval.
Although other shadows still had some doubts, in the face of absolute strength, the final result was that they reached an alliance very smoothly.
Then--
After the meeting, Hokage Kakashi and Hokage Namikaze Minato began to reminisce about the past, Kazekage Rasa looked at Kazekage Gaara curiously, Mizukage Terumi Mei looked at Mizukage Uchiha Madara with doubt, and Tsuchikage Libra pulled his other self with a hot temper, asking why Deidara, the brat, was here...
Naruto stood beside Asaka, gazing at Kushina from a distance but not moving forward.
In addition to Kushina, another candidate for Minato Namikaze's guard is Nara Shikaku.
He looked at Shikamaru, who had gray hair at the temples in another world, frowned, not knowing what to say.
On the contrary, Shikamaru laughed quite freely.
Chaolu went to talk to "Uchiha Madara", Kakashi and Deidara who knew her identity. Hokage Kakashi took the opportunity to ask Naruto and Sasuke: "So what are your plans? Are you going to come back? Or stay with Chaolu?"
She has expressed her plans to continue exploring more worlds, and in addition to attending the regularly held Three Realms and Five Shadows meetings and regularly inspecting various worlds, she may be on an unknown journey.
Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other.
Originally, Sasuke was the first one to ask to be Chaolu's travel companion. Her reply at that time, even now when he recalled it, still made Sasuke feel a sour joy -
"If you want to be my travel companion, of course you can! Because among all the people I know, you are the most suitable. But... maybe I am being too sentimental. I want to confirm whether you just want to be my companion or want my promise?"
Asaro looked at him, "The love of a companion is different from the love that Sakura and Karin have for the tyrant... Sasuke, which kind of love do you expect?"
"Give me whichever one you can give me."
Therefore, the original plan was for Naruto to stay in the original world, while Sasuke would leave with Asaka.
but……
That night when they stayed overnight at the Hyuga branch family, Chaolu told Hyuga Neji about this matter without hiding anything.
Thinking of this, Sasuke closed his eyes in annoyance: "I will take turns on duty with Naruto."
Hokage Kakashi: "Huh?"
Naruto said, "Ningji made a schedule."
He scratched his head and said, "Everyone can travel with Zhaolu for a period of time. Each person's time is one week. However, Zhaolu can extend it, but the longest time cannot exceed one month."
Hokage Kakashi: "...Huh?"
"Bring... I mean Uchiha Madara, he is very troubled by this matter. Because as the Mizukage, it is difficult for him to leave for too long." Naruto said: "I heard that as soon as he arrived in Konoha, he grabbed Shisui and said, I trust you very much, do you plan to come to the Hidden Mist Village to be the Mizukage?"
Hokage Kakashi: "Shisui must be very confused..."
"Yes, of course Shisui refused." Naruto laughed, "He considered taking Toneri as his apprentice and letting Toneri help him manage the Hidden Mist Village. After all, Toneri doesn't have to travel with Asaka."
"In that case, isn't Deidara the same?" Hokage Kakashi said: "Judging from the situation, he should be the next Tsuchikage."
"Deidara will probably just ask the outgoing Tsuchikage to come back and help." Naruto said, "I feel like he's even more reckless than Uchiha Madara."
"Uchiha Madara" cannot give up the Hidden Mist Village so easily, probably because the Hidden Mist Village also has special significance to Asaka.
"But at the beginning of the journey," Sasuke said, "I accompanied her."
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