Chapter 316: The Person and the Thing Entrusted
Chapter 316: The Person and the Thing Entrusted
connection.
I suddenly remembered that Sasuke had taken a lock of my hair before.
If the eagle feather that landed in my coat pocket before allowed him to see my memories, then this time, my hair could also bring him into my consciousness.
Is that why he wants my hair?
But... this is fine.
Because this time, I want to tell Naruto everything - including my true origins.
I wonder how he would react if he knew the truth.
If he knew that I had other intentions in approaching him from the beginning; if he knew that for a long time, he had always regarded me as a friend and family, but my feelings for him had never been so pure...
I thought back to the thought that I had that night - "I love you" and "I need you" are so similar in expression, what would happen if Naruto felt... I just need him, not really love him?
If Sasuke could really see it, what would he think?
Family, friends…
He should hate being deceived the most. What would he think of me?
——Their reactions will serve as an important reference.
I want to use this to decide whether I should tell the truth to Naruto and Sasuke after I return, or continue to hide it.
I took Naruto's hand and jumped into the water with him.
Soon, we saw familiar bubbles, and different images began to appear in those bubbles - some were Naruto's memories, and some were my memories.
As a white light lit up, Naruto, who was originally beside me, disappeared. I knew that I had entered his memory world. Naruto was probably wandering alone in my memory at this moment.
I was now in a forest, and Naruto in Sage Mode was with a dark-skinned, muscular man I didn't recognize.
Judging from the forehead protector, his new companion is a ninja from the Hidden Cloud Village.
A man in a black robe with a huge gourd-shaped fan on his back stood opposite them.
The masked man said: "Hehe... You can call me by my old name, A Fei. Anyway, the war has already started, so it doesn't matter what you call me... Madara, A Fei, whatever you want to call me."
Naruto was confused and asked: "Who... are you?!"
"I am no one, and I don't want to be anyone... All I want... is for the Moon Eye Project to be realized. This world filled with despair is worthless. After you, the human Chuuriki, were sealed into the tailed beasts, weren't you trapped in despair and unable to extricate yourself? Compared to others, you should feel it more deeply..."]
hooligan……?
I was startled to hear this name mentioned in such an unexpected place.
Ah Fei, is that Ban?
While I was stunned, the masked man was still standing opposite me, but the voice of Kakashi, who was not there just now, came from behind me.
He asked sharply, "Where did you get that eye?"
"Where... humph... If I must name it, it was the battle of Kannabi Bridge during the last Ninja World War..." Madara taunted, "That's the battle where you were hailed as the Sharingan hero."
"!!"
Eye……?
What happened to Madara's eyes? The battle at Kannabi Bridge...wasn't that when Obito died?
Madara took away Obito's eyes? ?
But wasn't Obito crushed by a rock, leaving only one eye, which was given to Kakashi?
[“I told you! Don’t speak nonsense!” Madara said: “You should understand after seeing the ups and downs of life… In this world, wishes cannot be fulfilled, so we have to lead people to the dream of infinite moon reading and create a world where people don’t have to lament in vain for the departure of heroes in front of the grave.”]
"Wishes are impossible to come true"...
Hearing this assertion, I couldn't help but feel a little heavy.
A world where there is no need to lament in vain at the graves of heroes gone...
In fact, I already had a vague premonition in my heart - Obito's death might be related to Madara.
however……
however……
Compared to Obito, who only exists in my imagination, I spend more time with the real Madara...
What if I'm supposed to hate him but I can't?
"Are you complaining again?" Naruto retorted loudly, "I've already said it before! Stick to your dream of becoming Hokage! I've been entrusted with many things!"
"Hmph... entrusted... Naruto... if you despise what Jiraiya and the Fourth Hokage entrusted you with... what will happen to them? If you fail to complete what was entrusted to you... what will happen to you?"
Madara's tone was mocking with contempt and Naruto glared at him.
"Put this aside for now. The word hope is vague to begin with... all that is waiting is a hollow reality. Whether it is the one who entrusts or the one who is entrusted... it is actually empty."】
The deep resentment and indifference hidden in his tone made my heart tighten uncontrollably.
Madara, why do you say that...?
Have you ever been entrusted with anything?
Have you... entrusted anything?
[The next second, Naruto's Rasengan hit Madara's face hard - his mask shattered, revealing a face that was actually very young.
Only the right half of his face looked like it had been seriously injured, it was wrinkled and covered with scars.
Kakashi stood still, his pupils constricted: "You are... Obito?"
……
Naruto looked at his right hand, and the girl who was by his side just now, holding his hand tightly, was no longer there.
Right now, he should just be conscious...
But is this the memory of the morning dew?
So dark...
Suddenly, in the darkness, a familiar voice sounded hoarse and tired.
【"……How about it……?"
Another familiar hoarse voice replied, "It's almost done. Hopes are high this time... Are you eating boiled eggs again? Isn't that the most annoying thing?"
"This is very convenient. I have to go to another base later... Sasuke has been..."
stronghold?
Sasuke?
Ah, that hoarse voice, very distinctive!
Naruto remembered, it was Orochimaru's voice!!
The next second, with the sound of rushing water, the surroundings suddenly became bright.
Naruto also saw the surrounding environment clearly - it seemed to be in a dim underground.
But the excavated underground stone chamber was very spacious, and was filled with many strange but complex precision mechanical instruments.
He saw a little girl -
A little girl with black hair, all wet, was lying on the ground, like a mermaid who had just been washed ashore by the waves and stranded.
[“It worked.”
Two men were standing nearby, one of them was indeed Orochimaru.
"I still suggest placing a mental imprint on her to prevent her from escaping our control and not acting according to plan."
Another man objected: "We are rebelling against fate. If we try to decide someone else's fate, we will fail in the end. She has to make her own choice."
Naruto's eyes widened as he recognized it, it was Shikamaru.
Shikamaru? ?
How could it be Shikamaru?
How could he be with Orochimaru!?
[The girl instinctively struggled to stand up on the ground. Orochimaru watched coldly without saying a word. Shikamaru grabbed a towel from the side and walked towards her.
The girl raised her face, revealing an ignorant and childish face. 】
Naruto recognized it - it was undoubtedly Asaka, the young Asaka.
It looked like she was created by Orochimaru and was six years old when she was born.
But why is Shikamaru here?
What time is this?
[Shikamaru gently wiped the wet water droplets from her hair, then wrapped the towel around her body.
"Can you at least give her some clothes?"
Orochimaru said coldly: "If she can't stand up on her own, she's no different from trash."
Shikamaru sighed and turned his head back to meet her eyes.
His eyes were filled with fatigue and exhaustion, but he still softened his brows and smiled: "This world is already difficult enough, let's not create more difficulties artificially."
He bent down and picked up Chaolu, then supported her until she learned to stand.
"Don't be too gentle with her, Shikamaru," Orochimaru said, "If she fails, she will just be expendable."
"..."
Chaolu suddenly clenched his fingers.
The sound she made was like a baby speaking for the first time, her words were unclear, but she was trying very hard to express: "I will not fail."
Shikamaru was a little surprised, "If she succeeds, she'll be our hero. We have to give her a name."
Orochimaru immediately said, "Asaro."
Shikamaru frowned and said, "The meaning of this name..."
"Just want to remind her that if she fails to complete the task, then we will disappear as quickly as the morning dew."】
It is morning dew indeed!
Naruto watched as Shikamaru found Ino with the girl, whose legs were as clumsy as those of a newborn deer.
Shikamaru said to her, I'm sorry.
In Ino's ninjutsu, Chaolu saw the memories of many people, and the scenes she saw were also reflected in Naruto's eyes.
[“You are our last hope.”]
Shikamaru said.
[“Forgive us for allowing you to be born into such a terrible world without permission. We need your help.”]
"I try to get rid of this hatred..."
Seeing Chaolu being entrusted with such an important task, Naruto thought of his master and father.
At that time, Jiraiya used a silly smile to cover up his sadness: "But I don't know what to do... If you can't find the answer, I'll entrust it to you!"
Before the Nine-Tails was sealed, the Fourth Hokage said to him: "You have to find the answer yourself, because I don't know the answer either. If it's you, you will definitely find the answer. I believe in you."
Suddenly, the question Uchiha Obito had asked him popped into his mind again after a long absence -
"If you don't complete what you were entrusted with, what will happen to you?"
Morning dew...
Have you... always been walking alone, carrying the hope of the whole world on your shoulders?
At this moment, Naruto wanted to break away from her memory immediately, rush to her side - the real her, and hug her tightly.
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