Escape From Konoha

The New Year's celebration has just passed, but the city full of industry and green atmosphere still retains some aftertaste of the New Year's celebration.

At the top of the skyscrapers erected like towers, fine snow began to fall, pedestrians walking on the road, wearing thicker warm clothes, began their night life.

Occasionally, children can be seen running past in front of them, and there are also young teenagers and girls who stop in the square of the commercial street, as if they are waiting for someone, hold umbrellas, and look forward to a certain direction.

Although I have lived in this city for two years, I have completely lost the feeling of "distance produces beauty". After all, no matter how novel things are, after getting used to them, I feel that they are not so much. Sakura's current situation Feelings are these.

Although many things here are very convenient, it is very uncomfortable at first.

In general, convenience has the benefits of convenience, but it is also a very fulfilling thing to be able to do it yourself instead of relying on advanced tools to complete it all the time.

After all, as a ninja, one should not have too much enjoyment, and it is not advisable to degenerate in comfort, this is the education she has received since she was a child.

This way of thinking has been engraved in her bones, even if she changes places, this way of thinking cannot be changed even if she wants to.

\"Sakura, you really don't like shopping very much. It's a rare holiday. At this time, you should indulge your body and mind.\"

Hanami Haruka, who came out with Sakura to walk in the night commercial street, said.

\"Well, the main reason is that there is nothing I want to buy. After all, the cosmetics I bought back last time have not been used up, so it feels too wasteful to just replace them with new ones.\"

Sakura, who only had a shopping bag in her hand, pinched her cheeks with her fingers, and smiled at Hanami Haruka beside her.

He has long cherry-colored hair, and the overall clothing is mainly simple. On both sides of the tight shorts, there is always a ninja tool bag necessary for a ninja. In it, there are kunai\\shuriken and other combat ninja tools. In a ninja bag, there are auxiliary ninja tools, such as retractable medical kits, flares and flash bombs.

Even in holiday time, it is fully armed.

Not only Sakura, but also Hanami Haruka as a companion.

As a profession like a ninja, you may encounter battles anytime, anywhere. Even in the base camp of your own camp, you must not give up your weapons.

But compared to Sakura's flat figure, her figure, for a sixteen-year-old girl, should be said to be slightly beyond the passing line.

Therefore, when Sakura accidentally glanced over her chest, she would cast envious eyes.

\"I always feel that you, Sakura, will be very housekeeping in the future. Even though you get so many bonuses every year, you still save so much.\"

Hanami Haruka joked.

She and Sakura are both medical ninjas, and they still work in the same department. In addition, there is not much difference in age. As time goes by, it is natural to become friends.

And she is very aware of Sakura's strength in the medical field, so it's not an exaggeration to call it a talent. That smart brain, serious and dedicated to learning, can quickly put theoretical things into practice , can be said to be a \'genius\'.

Therefore, the extra bonuses received every year are not a small amount for ninjas at this stage.

\"This... well, maybe.\"

Sakura vaguely responded, looking at the flashing neon lights around her, the Chinese New Year atmosphere was completely different from that of Konoha Village.

Although in this place, I made friends again and gradually got used to the life here, but every time at this time, I still can't help but feel a little lonely.

The faces of Naruto, Ino and the others often popped up suddenly from the depths of her memory these days, which made her feel an unspeakable sense of depression, and her heart would tingle from time to time, making her heal Missing my past companions.

Even though she knew that such a thought was not advisable, it might be an emotion that even she couldn't control, and it was even more difficult to contain the sense of longing that erupted during a special time period.

\"Alas...\" The sigh disappeared in the frozen air.

Sakura walked endlessly on the flat road in the commercial street, and she heard the sound of pedestrians passing by and the siren of the bus from time to time.

Although there are people everywhere, the sense of belonging is really troublesome. Maybe it will take some time before she can really integrate into this place.

\"Ah, that is...\"

Hanami Haruka's exclamation suddenly came from beside her ear, as if she had discovered something terrible, Sakura woke up instantly, and followed Hanami Haruka's surprised gaze to look forward.

In front is a huge circular flower pond square.

Couples in twos and threes sat there for a tryst and communicated in a low voice.

However, among the many couples, there appeared a guy who didn't fit in with this atmosphere—the other guy had long white hair with a little bit of pale gold, and a slightly plain black lady's coat wrapped around his body. Wrap the whole body tightly without revealing a single gap.

Sitting on the edge of the flower pond, looking at the passers-by, like a lively hamster, with a little curiosity and confusion. For a while, like a homeless child, full of A miserable atmosphere.

\"Is that the young lady who got lost after coming out from which one?\" Xiao Sakura felt that the other party looked familiar.

Although the lady's coat on her body is not expensive in terms of material.

But the girl's exposed skin is not rough at all, especially the fingers, which are more delicate and smooth... Those are slender hands that can only be maintained without doing any rough work.

Sitting by the flower pond, the confusion and curiosity revealed inadvertently seemed to coincide with the setting of the young lady who is ignorant of the world.

\"Acquaintance?\" Sakura then asked.\"That's His Royal Highness Ziyuan.\"

Haruka took a deep breath.

Her face fluctuated slightly, as if she had encountered an unexpected event. After all, there was absolutely no such link in her detailed shopping. \"His Royal Highness Ziyuan?\"

Sakura was slightly taken aback.

\'Your Highness\' is not something that can be used casually to address people.

\"The maiden who is the main line, generally speaking, lives in the \'Divine Domain\' different from ours, and will not easily come to the \'mortal world\'!\"

Huajian Haruka said with a wry smile.

Although the country of ghosts has a developed industry, whether it is the main cities or the villages and towns built next to each main city, they have gradually begun to have an industrial foundation.

Ninja, science, gradually formed the mainstream culture.

But from the most primitive place, the kingdom of ghosts is a kingdom of theocracy with the supremacy of 'witches'.

It's just that the mainline''princess'' don't easily set foot in the mortal world, and only show up on important festivals to keep in touch with the 'mortal world'.

\"If you say that, it is indeed...\"

Sakura was also shocked, and suddenly remembered who this 'homeless' girl in front of her was.

She has already understood all kinds of situations in the ghost country.

The kingdom of ghosts was initially established based on "theocracy". Although it is hereditary like the great masters of various countries, the hereditary succession of witches is completely different from the hereditary succession of great masters.

Although in ancient times, the names of various countries were also called "God" and the like, they were God's agents in the "world"... But with the real "God" like "Witch" In comparison, there are still some differences.

Priestesses can practice special chakra, suppress all kinds of monsters wandering in the ninja world, and quell disasters. They are not ordinary people who don't know how to use chakra.

\"However, why is she in such a place?\" Sakura asked.

As the monarch of a country, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have any guards by his side, but he came from \'Divine Realm\' to \'Mortal World\' during the non-holiday period... This is a big problem no matter how you look at it?

\"Probably sneaked out.\" Hanami Haruka sighed.\"Sneaked?\"

\"Yeah, I heard that this kind of thing happens several times every year.\" Sighing, Hanami Haruka walked towards the flower pond. Sakura also followed.

\"Ah you are…\"

Seeing someone approaching her, Zi Yuan couldn't help raising her head, squinting her eyes to look at the other person.\"I'm Wu Zhi's friend, we met before, Your Highness Zi Yuan.\"

Hanami Haruka said respectfully.

\"Kiri branch? Ah, I remembered, four years ago, the branch priestess who used monsters to fight in the Chunin exam.\"

Zi Yuan suddenly realized that Hibiki Mist Branch was a battle priestess from a branch of the Oni Land.

Being able to control multiple monsters, in terms of talent, she is also an outstanding shrine maiden in the branches.

Huajian Haruka nodded, and then asked: \"Why is Your Highness here alone? Did you get separated from your entourage?\"

In fact, I knew that Ziyuan ran out secretly by herself, but in order to take care of the other party's emotions, I still kept my attitude and rhetoric a bit reserved.

\"No, I ran out alone, and the witches on the mountain were all bewildered by my witchcraft!\"

As if making such a rebellious act was very remarkable, Zi Yuan stopped for a while, it was not a fruitful fruit at all for her peers, making Sakura who kept quiet at the side couldn't help feeling sympathetic to each other.

\"Please don't act like this, Your Highness.\" Hanami Haruka smiled wryly again.

I knew it would be like this, and this is not something to be proud of. \"In this case, this is a rare opportunity.\" Zi Yuan stood up from the edge of the flower pond.

\"Rare opportunity?\"

\"Yes, it is a rare opportunity to serve me. Tonight, you two will be my servants.\"

The attitude of taking it for granted made Sakura, who was still feeling "sympathetic" towards Shion, immediately frowned in displeasure.

Although the other party has a noble status, but in terms of rhetoric, it is extremely uncomfortable. \"Okay, Your Highness, I am willing to serve you.\"

Hanami Haruka is used to this, knowing Ziyuan's willful and arrogant temperament, so there is no surprise.

At the time of contact, I have already made preparations for this.\"So, what about you? Wide forehead?\"\"Wide—\"

Before Sakura could say anything, Hanami Haruka quickly blocked her with her palm, bent down compulsively, and bowed.

\"She is also very happy, Your Highness.\" Hanami Haruka said instead of Sakura.

\"As expected of a ninja trained by my father, um, I feel extremely honored to be able to serve by my side.\"

Shion straightened her body, and was very satisfied with the obedient attitude of the two, which was completely different from the group of chatty priestesses at the shrine.

On Sakura's forehead forcefully squeezed out a "well" character.

To be honest, she really wanted to lightly touch the opponent's head.

\"Patience a little bit, Sakura. Think of it as playing house with a wayward child.\"

Hanami Haruka saw that Sakura was showing signs of getting angry, so she leaned over and said softly. \"You willful child... Uh, I didn't expect you to be quite poisonous.\"

Sakura's evaluation of Hanami Haruka is undeniable. She is indeed a willful child. That's right. Hanami Haruka smiled and didn't speak.

\"Hey, what are you two mumbling about?\"

Seeing that Hanami Haruka and Sakura were whispering, Ziyuan asked loudly. \"We are discussing where to take His Highness to play next time.\"

Huajian Haruka lied without blushing, as if the person who said the phrase "a wayward child" was not herself.

\"Don't be so troublesome, I'm hungry now, go there and buy me something to eat.\" Ziyuan pointed to the dessert shop on the opposite street, showing that she wanted to eat.

Huajian Haruka understood immediately, knowing that Ziyuan sneaked out, it must be because she forgot to bring money with her, so she sat here helplessly and waited.

Leaving a look at Sakura, Hanami Haruka walked towards the dessert shop on the opposite street, and went there to buy popular desserts for Shion.

\"It's so slow, shouldn't it be sneaking away.\"

After waiting for about a minute, Ziyuan began to kick the stones on the side of the road bored, as if dissatisfied that Haruka Hana did not come back for so long.

\"I'll be right back.\" Sakura responded perfunctorily.

Although the other party is a girl of the same age as himself, but this willful personality is almost the same as the children in the D-level missions that Konoha did in the past, and it is difficult to get along with.

Reminds me of the painful memories of taking care of bear children.

\"Then, girl with a wide forehead, go and buy me a drink, I need to heat it up, I'm thirsty.\" Shion licked her lips, and gave orders to Sakura. \"Sorry, I have to stay alone to watch looking at you.\"

Sakura refused in disguise.

And the girl with a wide forehead... Sakura really felt her hands itching.\"Are you resisting my order? I'm thirsty now!\" Shion stared over.

\"…\"

Sakura was a little speechless, thinking that the other party might roll around and act like a baby on the street in the next moment. It was an illusion.

\"Buy me something to drink! Otherwise, I will tell you the future when you die!\" Shion used this sentence to scare Sakura. As a witch, she can see the scene when people die.

Sakura also knew about such rumors.

And it is said that it is 100% effective, and there has been no mistake so far. Even Sakura can't help feeling nervous.

Even if she is a wayward child, this guy is still a wayward child with a terrible weapon in his hand, absolutely cannot look at her with the eyes of ordinary people.

Just when Sakura was at a loss, Hanami Haruka walked out of the dessert shop, came over with a bag of desserts, and brought a hot drink along with her, Ziyuan then withdrew her fierce eyes from looking at Sakura, and accepted Hanami with peace of mind. Remote free gift.

\"Sure enough, you are still obedient, unlike this rude, unfeminine woman with a wide forehead.\" Ziyuan commented. Hanami Haruka smiled awkwardly, completely unaware of what happened between the two of them.

Sakura glared at Shion with her eyes spewing flames, this person is really quite outspoken.

\"I'm sorry, Sakura, Your Highness is just a little willful, but there is no malice.\" Hanami Haruka came over and continued to hold Sakura.\"I know.\"

Sakura took a deep breath and calmed down.

Naturally, she could sense that there was no malice in Ziyuan, it was just that she lacked the common sense to get along with ordinary people, which made her appear arrogant and rude.

In the identity of the other party, he must have grown up in a state of luxury and prosperity, surrounded by countless servants who took care of him one after another, and the other party's "adopted father" is also the leader of the army of the kingdom of ghosts... even in name In fact, she is also the most honorable person in the kingdom of ghosts.

Even, Sakura can't even feel the basic kindness from her. It's like "nothingness" and "emptiness".

Is this the witch? Sakura looked at Shion who was happily drinking hot drinks and tasting desserts, and felt an indescribably weird feeling.

It seems that the girl in front of her, although wearing a human skin, really lacks the breath of a human being.

In her eyes, I am afraid that I am just a mass of "air" that can be seen everywhere.

\"Patience a little longer, I have sent a message just now, people from the shrine will come soon.\"

Hanami Haruka continued to speak softly.

It is not good for anyone to get too involved with this \'His Royal Highness\'.

Because being seen by the eyes of this \'His Royal Highness\', my future \'death status\' has been determined.

And no matter who it is, as long as it talks about such a heavy topic as death, it is impossible to stay by the other party's side without changing face.

Moreover, to be honest, Shion, who has seen countless deaths "tragedy", can still maintain such a willful and arrogant child side, in Hanami Haruka's view, it is the real horror.

I don't want to have anything to do with such a person.

\"Tonight is really a trouble for you, all the expenses of His Highness Ziyuan tonight will be returned in full later.\"

The old priestess spoke to Hanami Haruka and Sakura in a slightly apologetic tone. At the same time, she felt a headache for her own priestess.

Fortunately, he didn't leave Ziyuan City, otherwise, it would be a trouble to find it.

\"It's nothing, we spent a pleasant evening with His Highness.\" Hanami Haruka responded with a smile, as if she was really honored.

Sakura was very surprised, she didn't expect that the girl next to her, who could be regarded as a friend, had the ability to tell nonsense without changing her face.

Ziyuan over there snorted softly. Surrounded by many witches, there was obviously no way to escape.

However, she had known for a long time that her whereabouts would be leaked, so she was not surprised by such a scene.

I'm just thinking about how to escape from the guards of these witches next time. \"Then, see you later.\"

The old priestess greeted the priestess guarding Shion, and led her back to the shrine along the long way.

Looking at Shion's leaving figure, Sakura suddenly said with emotion: \"It seems that it is not very easy to be a witch.\"

It can be seen that Ziyuan doesn't particularly like being looked after.

\"Even if you like \'Human World\', as the main line of witches, you can't stay for a long time... Those accompanying witches are actually being lenient, and they haven't completely stopped this kind of sneaking behavior. However, this is the witches The things that should be managed have nothing to do with us ninjas.\"

Hua Jianyao said so.

\"But I remember that in the military, there are also witches joining.\" Sakura thought for a while and said.

\"They belong to the heterogeneous category of \'entering the world\' practice. This kind of witches will not decline in strength because they are contaminated with the breath of the mortal world. On the contrary, they are the mainline witches, who are used to govern the \'world\'. armed groups.\"

Hanami Haruka explained.\"Are there any characteristics?\"

\"The characteristic is that they will form a contract with monsters, and the more \'distractions\' they are contaminated with, the stronger they will become.\"

Thinking of this, Xu recalled something, and Hanami Haruka's fair face became rosy. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Sakura always felt that Hanami Haruka's legs began to tremble uneasily.

◎In the family restaurant, the window position.

The three of them sat down around a dining table, Asuka took off the monocle on his eyes, and said to the two at the dining table: "Speaking of which, it seems that the three of us haven't eaten together for a long time, today just happened This is a rare opportunity, let me, the elder brother, treat you.\"

\"No way, after all we all have our own things to do, and this is the only time we can come out and get together.\"

Cai, who was sitting opposite, nodded slightly, while looking at the menu, ordering.

\"So, Cai, how is the life on the frontier? Although I keep getting letters, I still want to listen to it myself.\"

Asuka asked with interest. He is already eighteen or nineteen years old, so it can be said that he is a complete adult.

The voice is thicker, and the appearance is more masculine, giving people a sense of calm and reliable adult.

\"That ah...\" Cai thought about it for a while, and said with a sigh: \"It is not a wonderful experience. Although there will be some conflicts with Yanyin ninjas on the eastern border from time to time, **** incidents still rarely happen .Most of the time is still the same as before, in the name of the squad leader, leading the team to patrol around and spend peacefully.\"

Cai is not a fanatic who is keen on war, this kind of daily life with a little challenge in peace is what he prefers.

If you are too peaceful, you will feel bored, but if you keep fighting, you will also feel bored.

In the past two years, his team has been staying at the eastern border, and will only return to the ghost country during festivals or Chinese New Year.

And this is also the most common state in the eastern border.\"Besides, I am studying and practicing.\" At the end, Cai added this sentence.

It is impossible to spend all the time on patrol, Cai will use his free time to study and practice, to improve himself as much as possible.

\"What about this year's goal?\"

\"Pass the Jnin test in April this year, preferably the one who passed it once!\" Cai responded decisively to Asuka with a resolute attitude.

\"Cai, you are really full of momentum.\" Startled by Cai's momentum, Asuka said in a daze.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Kazuhime who was playing with her hair on the other side. Compared with two years ago, she had a beauty between maturity and immaturity.

Just relying on her face, she is definitely the type to attract bees and butterflies, but that stern temperament that seems to be breathing out cold air has the four words \'Do not enter with strangers\' directly written on her face. Strange men who want to talk to her, It will definitely be frozen to death.

Let Asuka have the illusion of meeting her mother Liuli.\"Ichihime, how are you doing outside?\"

\"What else can I do? I'm often ordered around by the old man. Thanks to him, I now have to run tens of thousands of miles every year. It's rare for me to relax now. I don't know what will happen this year.\"

Yiji let go of her hair, raised her brows with a slight displeasure in her tone.

\"I deeply sympathize with what happened to you Yiji. Sometimes, Dad really likes to order people to do things.\"

Asuka wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his face, and nodded deeply.

Thinking back, I was often ordered by my father Shiraishi, and worked overtime for countless days and nights. During those days, I was so busy that the sky was dark, and my mind was full of the word "work".

\"I'm thinking about going to his study for a few days, and stealing the goji berries he put there, as well as those copies of "Massacre in Paradise".\"

Ichihime used a flat tone and said extremely terrifying words.

Judging from her overly serious attitude, she really intends to do this.

\"Those things are my father's precious things, so they cannot be easily discovered by others.\" Asuka didn't stop, but thought that the success rate of doing so would not be too high.

\"No, when the time comes, I'll know where it is by looking at it with my supercilious eyes.\" Cai interjected.

Asuka and Ichihime looked at each other, picked up the cup in their hands, and Cai also raised the cup. The cups touched in the air and made a crisp sound. \"Then, cheers to our next victory!\"