I, Naruko, don't want to be Hokage

courage?Are you kidding me? She doesn't have that kind of thing. If it wasn't because there was another bastard's prophecy that collided with Zi Yuan's prophecy in an extremely ridiculous way, she wouldn't have the confidence to go to the sprite.

As the result of a death that is entirely in the more distant future, the prophecy of destroying Shion may be reasonable in a sense.

If I really want to ask Naruko if he is afraid, Naruko can only say that it is thanks to this damn prophecy!

Otherwise, she might be cowardly, no, maybe she is cowardly.

Naruko had a helpless smile on his face, and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

After all, in the eyes of Ziyuan, who doesn't know the truth, he might be that kind of real 'brave'.

Shion's lavender eyes just stared at Naruko, waiting for the answer, but Naruko's eyes started to drift away.

She didn't know what kind of image she should maintain. Anyway, even if the sprites weren't killed, in Zi Yuan's eyes, she had indeed overturned her prophecy.

If you want to tell the truth, I'm afraid it will deal a certain blow to Zi Yuan?Disillusioned?

Seeing that Naruko did not answer for a long time, it seemed that Ziyuan was hesitating for something, and Ziyuan gradually withdrew her expectant gaze. She might also be expecting Naruko to answer a series of mouthpieces like "the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge". , because it will make her more confident and motivated.

Because no matter whether the sprites are dead or not, she is still a priestess of the kingdom of ghosts.

It's a pity that Ziyuan is not a fool in terms of emotional intelligence, even after a few days of contact, she can understand that Naruko is obviously not the kind of person who just cares about this goal and rushes forward.

Naruko loves convenience and quickness, her style can be considered decisive, and a little beyond common sense, her actions are not rigorous, but she can be considered careful.

Behind the seemingly unreasonable actions, it conforms to her own logic.

Perhaps Naruko will also say something like 'well, there will always be a way or something', but this will never appear when facing the overall situation.

From Shion's point of view, if Naruko's imagination is exaggerated, then... everything is within Naruko's expectations?

Perhaps she was lamenting her own stupidity, seeing Ziyuan silently looking away, Naruko also scratched her head helplessly.Just a few days of friendship is enough to make her hesitate to answer this kind of question. Obviously, as long as she answers with confidence and finds some reason to deal with it, everything will be fine, but she insists on not answering it.

Simply blurted out:

"Well, actually there is... um, there are some special reasons, I know I will never die here."

"Ah."

Ziyuan's hand that was about to hold the teacup paused for a moment, then recovered immediately.

She didn't feel any surprise either, on the contrary, after a long silence, she relaxed a lot after hearing Naruko's honest answer.

Ziyuan didn't want to ask Naruko why, but just raised her head and smiled at Naruko, expressing her gratitude for Naruko's sincere answer.

However, at this moment, Naruko watched her calmly, and continued to speak without thinking too much:

"Do you remember why I came here to find you before?"

"Huh? Isn't it to hunt down the sprites who are about to break the seal?"

Ziyuan didn't understand that Naruko's topic was jumping so suddenly, and she answered inexplicably under the suspicion that her brows were slightly approaching.

But such a reply made Naruko smile, obviously this is not the correct answer.

Maybe it's interesting to ask others to guess the riddles, Naruko lowered her eyes and reminded with a hint of playfulness:

"No, didn't I say that I had two purposes?"

"Ah, by the way, you want me to..." Following Naruko's suggestion, Ziyuan seemed to quickly recall the scene when the two met at the beginning, but as she was thinking about it, she felt something was wrong.

Didn't Naruko come here to predict the future?It's just that I gave up after understanding the nature of my prophecy..

Why does Naruko want to know her future?

Ziyuan blinked in confusion, with her snow-colored long hair and lavender eyes, she couldn't match her cuteness, she still had a quiet beauty, or the dignified posture of a lady.

But with Naruko's answer, reflecting the pair of beautiful eyes that gradually widened, this dignity was also broken.

"Because I will die, in the near future, so I am sure, I will not die here."

But under Ziyuan's suspicious eyes, Naruko seemed to relax, sat down freely, dragged her chin with one hand and looked away, then quickly turned back, with a hint of taunting to whom she said with a smile .

"..."

Perhaps thanks to Ziyuan's relatively silent personality, Ziyuan would not yell when she heard such an answer.

When Shion seemed to want to say something, Naruko put her index finger on her lips.

Seeing Ziyuan's sudden guilty expression, Naruko could probably guess what Ziyuan was going to say.Apologies and the like are omitted, and there is nothing to apologize for, after all, it is what she wants to say.

In other words, she who told the story was the one who was wrong.

Because this will inevitably make Shion feel guilty, and at the same time, as a member who knows the truth, he has to care about the death Naruko said.

"Ah, don't worry too much about it, it's my own business."

Saying that, Naruko also smiled at Shion with a hint of apology.

The smile was a bit forced, and in the end even lowered her head, it was she who should apologize.

"Feel sorry."

"Ah, no...it's okay."

Ziyuan stared blankly at Naruko who suddenly apologized solemnly, stretched out her hand for a while to do something, but stopped, Naruko herself was sitting in front of her, and there was no need to help her up.

Naruko let out a long sigh after hearing Shion's no-problem reassurance.

For a moment, he didn't seem to know what stupid thing he was doing.

With his own bad taste mixed in, he said it out of the way, but the moment he really said it, Naruko really felt a lot easier.

It is actually not a simple matter to share one's inner entanglements, or difficulties.

Whether it is the way of speaking or the choice of the target, these should actually be considered.

Even if Zilai knew the truth of the prophecy, but the gap in seniority is indeed a bit of a generation gap.

And Naruko is willing to speak out because she now regards Ziyuan as a friend, but she also knows that her friendship with Ziyuan has not reached the level of mutual trust and can be called a close friend of the soul.

Looking back, she only felt a little regretful.

She understands that this is her own selfishness, she just wants to vent...

But she knew that it was not appropriate to find anyone, and it was because Konoha's people trusted her that she didn't dare to tell, for fear that everyone would be implicated by her.

Not to mention Sasuke, he himself is one of the targets of the prophecy...

And Ziyuan is caught among irrelevant people and short-lived friends. Perhaps it is the trust that Ziyuan gave her when she told Bell the truth before that prompted her action, but this does not constitute a reason for her to spread her own pressure.

This is what Ziyuan wants to ask herself, heh, Naruko knows that this is not an excuse for her to vent.

He whispered again:

"Feel sorry."

Final chapter: Farewell between the two, Naruko is an idiot

It was supposed to be just a simple farewell, but Naruko didn't expect to say so much, she slowly closed the ancient sliding door behind her, leaned on it with some loss of strength, and sighed.

Just like what she thought, it was selfish to bring Ziyuan into it, and maybe she also hoped that at this time, someone could really help her share this distress and worry...

The crisp sound rippling along with the ups and downs of Naruko's arm, looking at the delicate little bell that returned to her hand again, Naruko smiled slightly, perhaps this was a tacit approval of Shion's apology to her.

But when Naruko was still immersed in a little gratitude, another voice broke the warmth.

"Is that true?"

"Eh!?"

The bell was subconsciously pinched into the palm of Naruko's hand, and at the same time, her body was vigilantly withdrawn from the door, taking small steps back.

After noticing that the source of the sound was the red-haired boy leaning against the wall not far away, he was inexplicably relieved.

"Huh, it's you... I thought you had already left."

Naruko shook her head with one hand on her forehead, put the bell in her pocket with the other hand to avoid losing it, then raised her head again and looked at Yuzhu who was already walking towards her.

In the past few days, she hadn't seen Yuzhu at all, and she thought that Yuzhu ran away first in order to avoid Kakashi and others.

"Well, let's say goodbye for now." Yuzhu smiled, his tone revealed a gentle tone, but the next second he immediately became serious, and the originally immersed and deep black eyes also became sharp in an instant, Mingming Yu Zhu still had this pretty face, but for a moment, Naruko felt that the coldness and the usual gentleness were totally different, even though she knew it was not hostility.

"So that's true?"

"What... what?" Naruko took a small step back again by the sudden change of Yutake's aura, as if she couldn't understand what Yutake wanted to ask him.

When she reacted from the simple question, her face darkened, revealing a slight panic and anger between her brows.

"You eavesdropped!!!"

"Eh."

Facing Naruko's sudden increase in decibels, Hatake didn't show any emotion, and nodded calmly, not intending to deny it.

But for his answer, what responded to him was Naruko's raised hand slap, but this slap did not fall on his face, on the contrary, he strangled Naruko's raised wrist.

Yuzhu raised his head in confusion, only then did he notice Naruko's angry expression, and the indifferent expression on his face relaxed.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I heard that you were coming to say goodbye to that witch, so I followed the trend."

Yuzhu let go of Naruko's wrist, stretched out the other hand and pinched the base of his nose, trying to calm himself down from the inexplicable emotion, and then explained with apology.

Naruko just stared at him, and after a long time, he squeezed his fist and turned his head away.

Now Naruko really felt that she was so stupid, it wasn't enough to bring Shion in, and now she brought in another one.

She dared to tell Ziyuan because at least Ziyuan was not her partner, and she was also a prophetic identity, so she would never spread this information.

"Don't tell me!"

Thinking, Naruko stared back again.

Yuzhu was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Naruko's first sentence to be this, but there was a little bit of doubt on his face, as if he had noticed something strange.

"why?"

"No why!"

Naruko's rebuttal seems a bit unreasonable, but it is undoubtedly the best way now.

But the more this happened, the more suspicion Hanatake would have.

Yuzhu restrained his expression again, he didn't appear indifferent, but he was definitely not polite, and asked back with his keen judgment:

"Don't those guys know?"

Naruko's eyebrows relaxed, but he squeezed back immediately, trying to lower his tone that was about to explode, and said in a deep voice:

"What does it have to do with you!.."

Naruko knew that what he said might hurt someone, but Yuzhu didn't care at all, or it just made him more convinced that he asked the right question.

At this time, Yuzhu was very fortunate that while Naruko was not good at lying, he was also not good at concealing things. Although Naruko was not exactly the kind of idiot who wrote his mood and thoughts on his face, fortunately, the subtle changes in Naruko's expression Always be able to bring him a little hint.

Naruko didn't want to get angry, she knew that this shit wasn't entirely Yuzhu's fault, but more importantly, she did it herself.

Yuzhu also sighed, and after asking such a question, he didn't ask any more questions. Even though Naruko had suppressed his anger now, he also understood that Naruko was still angry, and asking nonsense would only make the other party more irritable.

Because the answer he could think of was the most noble-sounding, most sincere, yet most cunning answer:

"Because we're friends, aren't we?"

Yuzhu smiled, still as friendly as usual, as if he didn't care about Naruko's temper earlier.

Naruko bit her lower lip, even if she knew that Yuzhu was using her 'friend' as a shield, she could do nothing but keep silent.

Naruko very much hoped that Yuzhu could leave quickly and let her be alone for a while, but her peripheral vision told her that the figure beside her had no intention of leaving at all.

Yuzhu just stood quietly at the side, didn't ask any questions, and didn't make any other movements, just silently waiting for Naruko's voice.

I don't know how long it was before Naruko suppressed all kinds of thoughts in his heart, raised his head to look directly at Yuzhu, and said again:

"Promise me, don't tell anyone this."

Looking into Naruko's sky-blue eyes, facing the intermingled begging, Hatake closed his eyes, and nodded with a helpless sigh.

Naruko is still unwilling to say, so he has no reason to ask.

However, this does not mean that he will give up.

"Okay, but you have to answer a few questions for me."

Naruko frowned, realizing that Yuzhu hadn't given up completely, she was a little dissatisfied, but there was nothing she could do.

If the other party chose to give in, she would naturally have to pay a little price.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I'll answer."