I, Naruko, don't want to be Hokage

"Hey, come on, you two."

"Yes, yes, you are the only one who is impatient? By the way, didn't you still shout about losing weight a few days ago?"

"Tsk! Me! My..."

"Ha ha.."

There is nothing special outside, just the same crowd passing by, and shops separated by rows, but the laughter from somewhere quickly attracted Naruko's attention, and a certain conspicuous crimson was the first to break in vision...

"Jiu Xinnai, how many nights will I come to that cake shop with my friends, it seems like a coincidence~"

Minato explained in a low voice...but at the moment Naruko didn't seem to hear his voice at all, and all her attention was focused on the figure of external vitality.

Simple casual clothes, but still wearing a ninja forehead protector, the current Kushina has not retreated to the back line~ A gorgeous crimson hair is tied into a high ponytail, touching the waist, amidst the noise of the girls and the passing crowd, Naruko can't see Kushina's face very clearly, but just looking at it like this is enough to make the wish that was originally a fantasy come true..

But when she was concentrating on admiring the figure of her own mother, the girls in the team on the other side also seemed to notice something strange.

"Hey, Kushina! Kushina! Don't you think that's Minato?"

"Huh!?" Hearing Minato's name, Kushina was naturally caught by the nose, until she was puzzled as to where Minato was going and took the package packed by the waiter, but her eyes had already turned away!

"Look! It's right there, isn't it? By the way, a super cute girl is sitting with him opposite him!"

"Clam!--"

Snapped! ——The package that had just been taken care of exploded into pieces in an instant under the girl's grip!Minato, who finally realized something, clearly felt the coolness behind his back. It didn't matter if Naruko had seen enough, he pulled Naruko's arm and disappeared into the shop...

At an unknown street corner, Minato was panting heavily, who knows how much pressure it took to make him show such a wonderful expression, but there is no doubt that Naruko smiled heartlessly~

"Puff~haha..."

"Haha..hahaha.."

Under the girl's snickering, Minato couldn't help scratching his head helplessly, pampering him for a while, and smiling accommodatingly for a while...

"Is this the last place?"

"....Um.."

Compared with the original joy, Naruko's tone lost some vitality for some reason. This place is still Konoha without a doubt, but compared to the streets in the center, as a slightly remote residential area, this site is much deserted .

However, this desertedness is only a relative feeling compared with the central street. In fact, the open shops and the flowing crowd are enough to count as the majority, at least it will not make people feel empty.

"Sure enough, forget it."

"Eh?"

Naruko turned around abnormally suddenly, Minato stared at the girl beside her, but finally got a slightly bitter smile.

Minato looked around in puzzlement, as if he wanted to find out the difference between this place and other areas, but this is of course if, just like what he said before, he couldn't find any difference except that the bustling level of the central street was not as good as that of the central street. sense of abnormality.

He couldn't understand why Naruko suddenly changed his mind, but he could actually guess the answer. If it wasn't for the regional relationship, then obviously it could only be the person Naruko wanted to meet...

"Let's go back.."

As if to get rid of the last distracting thoughts in her heart, Naruko put on the same smiling face as usual, but it turned out to be a difficult choice for Minato, who had already noticed something strange.

Naruko was hesitating, or maybe he was afraid. He didn't know why Naruko showed such emotions, but he couldn't give him good comfort.

"If you want to see someone, as expected..."

"Wow! - X2"

Minato, who was about to say something, was interrupted by two well-timed exclamations. Naruko staggered and was dragged back by Minato, but the source of the other voice fell to the ground...

"Stay..."

Judging from the appearance, he is about five or six years old, wearing a rather simple and simple kimono, with long black hair, one hand propped on the ground, and the toy that was originally held in the hand is still pressed under the palm, while the other hand On the other hand, she covered her head and half-closed one eye, which was extremely cute.

"Ah, sorry, are you okay?"

"Ah, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Naruko tried to reach out to help the little girl who fell to the ground, but after hearing Naruko's apology, the girl stood up as if remembering something, and abducted Naruko after repeatedly apologizing. behind.

Looking at this small back, quite lively, Naruko didn't care about the girl's disrespectful behavior, as if he noticed Naruko's gaze, the girl also turned her head and smiled cheerfully, but it wasn't Naruko who responded to the girl. Naruko's smile, but reprimand came from behind Naruko..

"Shut it up!!—Poppy! You're just right, don't run around!—"

"No! Sister Tumi! You are so slow!"

"Hey!." Qingfeng swept by her side, and Naruko knew it was because of something. She didn't know how long she had been in a daze, but she just watched a certain short-haired figure break into her field of vision, and everything seemed too late to think. Stretching out her hand, all her thoughts seemed to be just to remind her—to keep this figure..

"Sister Ruoye!—"

.......

The outstretched arms were strangled by the inexplicable temperature, and the lights in the field of vision suddenly lost their light, and were replaced by wireless grayness in a blink of an eye, let alone the girl's back. less than..

"Naruko! You do it! I will..."

The existence of Minato is the explanation for this result, but even if he wants to reprimand Naruko for his misbehavior, after seeing the tears falling from the girl's eyes, he forcibly suppressed his anger and dared not utter any more words. the sound of...

Instead, guilt and self-blame for my own ignorance...

I don't know the future, because he lives in the past, and the sad thing is that even in the future, he can't touch the girl's past. The current Minato is not a father, and maybe he can't understand the feeling of having a daughter for a while, but it's ridiculous. Even if Su Na is in the future, he in that future can't understand his daughter's feelings...

He didn't know what this fifteen-year-old kid had experienced in the time when he didn't exist...

Maybe he shouldn't be soft-hearted, and shouldn't be whimsical, trying to make up for the incompleteness of the future in this short time... After all, such an approach is the same as what he said, and it will only increase sadness...

Minato slowly pressed Naruko's outstretched arm. He didn't know how to comfort him, and he didn't feel that he had the right to wipe away the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes. He just hugged her quietly and waited until Naruko woke up from it. come over...

Chapter 24 'Selfish'

"Well, Your Highness Sara, although my position may not be qualified to say that, but this is what my teacher entrusted me to convey."

In the center of the ring, the scene here is very familiar to Sasuke. It is indeed the place where he was finally swallowed by purple light when he was chasing Centipede. Except for Naruko and Minato, all members of this mission passed the overhead bridge. They have already gathered in this not-so-spacious circle.

Kakashi stood in front of the red-haired girl, holding a handful of maple-leaf-shaped kunai in one hand, talking to Sara quite seriously:

"To be honest, the power of the dragon veins is indeed shut down now, but after a few days of judgment, the teacher wants me to tell you that the existence of the dragon veins is indeed too dangerous, so..."

Kakashi's tone obviously showed that he was not very good at communication, but the meaning he wanted to express was already very obvious. Sasuke ignored Sara's answer, and his eyes also fell on the central hemisphere. It is above the dragon veins.

Yes, the dragon vein has actually been closed, but judging from his perception, it can't be completely closed, and there is still a considerable concentration of energy around the hemisphere.There is no need to agree with Kakashi, or Minato's conjecture, just from his point of view, if the enemy he met this time was not a [-]-year-old Momozu, it might really be a catastrophe.

What's more, perhaps because of the energy still leaking from the dragon vein at this time, he stood aside for a long time, but there was no sign of returning to the original world at all.

"Is it a seal? I understand."

"Really... is it possible?" Kakashi confirmed, he could also understand the importance of dragon veins to Loulan, such an approach would be tantamount to ruining Loulan's future.

"Hey, after all, this power itself doesn't belong to us, does it? I think if it was the queen mother, she would think the same way."

Sara smiled at Kakashi. Although this smile contained many emotions, it could be seen that what Sara said was not a lie.

"What are you going to do?"

Kakashi got Sara's consent, and Sasuke on the side finally turned his perspective back. Seeing Kakashi walking towards the dragon's veins in the center, he couldn't help raising doubts.

"The teacher has attached the sealing technique to this kunai, it only needs to be inserted on the dragon vein, but..."

Speaking of which, Kakashi squatted down in front of the dragon veins, looked at the kunai in his hand, and then looked around, including everyone present at this time.

"That's what I said, but where did that Minato guy go? It's been too long, no matter what."

"Well, the child named Naruko is also..."

Dingza and Zhiwei quickly noticed the two missing figures at the scene, and what Kakashi cared about was no exception, and the person he could think of with Naruko Minato in the end was naturally only Sasuke.

"Sa, I'm probably dealing with Centipede's corpse..."

Maybe because he didn't want to hear the annoying inquiries, Sasuke just perfunctory, but looked at the endless night sky above...

......

"By the way, Sasuke-kun, can I ask you something?"

"??"

Sasuke, who thought the conversation should end here, frowned in confusion.

"Perhaps it may be too much in your opinion, but in order to maintain the relationship between our respective time and space, I hope you can help me erase everyone's memory together."

"Huh!? Why?"

"Didn't I say it, in order not to let our meeting disturb the order of our respective time and space."

Sasuke lowered his head, naturally quickly understood Minato's intentions, but soon realized another intention.

Without waiting for Sasuke to ask questions, Minato responded first:

"Yes, including Naruko, and yourself."

Sasuke was stunned, but with the previous lesson, he restrained his impulse.

"The memory here doesn't matter to me, but shouldn't it be clear to you, Naruko, she... no, or do you really think she would want this?"

"Ang, probably not."

"In this case..!"

"That's why I need your help, isn't it?" Sasuke seemed to want to refute, but Minato smiled, interrupted his voice, then touched the back of his head and said helplessly:

"I think Naruko wouldn't notice it if it was you. Maybe it's selfish to say it, but I probably don't want to do it myself...haha...sorry."

Minato smiled dryly, and let out another breath. He could naturally understand the reason for Sasuke's hesitation, thinking, perhaps a compromise should be made here:

"How about this, as something similar to remuneration, I will take the initiative to get along with Naruko and make up for my incompetent father's obligations in the future."

"But... if you forget it, it's meaningless..."

Sasuke didn't want to look at the blond young man in front of him. Now he can actually understand the rationality of the young man, and he can also understand that in a sense, Minato did not want Naruko to get hurt because of it, but only from an emotional point of view. Looking at the problem, it was somewhat difficult for him to accept such a result.

"No, I don't think so."

Minato's gaze stayed on the sideways young man behind him. Hearing Sasuke's answer, he relaxed a lot and denied:

"Maybe memories will be forgotten, but feelings will not be forgotten, I think so."

It may sound like a lame precept, but this is undoubtedly Minato's affirmation from the bottom of his heart. Sasuke couldn't understand the illusory speech at this time, but Minato felt that Sasuke had accepted his statement and put a The scroll was thrown at Sasuke.

"Spell, I have written it in the scroll, sorry..."

Staring blankly at the scroll in his hand, the smile on Minato's face actually explained a lot, the reason was complicated, but it didn't matter.

Sighing, looking at the blond man who had turned his back at this time, Sasuke also showed a wry smile unexpectedly, not laughing, but simply felt that Minato's character was too calm and gentle...

Yes, it's not selfish at all ..

Like the last little counterattack, he said:

"You don't need to apologize. In fact, it's superfluous for you to do this. I think you should be able to understand. Naruko...wouldn't mind, would she?"

.....

"Thank you...Mr. Minato." The girl sat on a gray hill with her knees crossed, only her eyes were exposed to look at the lights in the distance.

"Ang, are you feeling... better?" The young man sat beside the girl, not very good at comforting him, so he could only simply accompany her.

Looking at the already dark night, a little more hesitation appeared on his face, but he didn't know that even such a small change was noticed by the girl, and she smiled and took his hand holding the scroll. .

"It's okay, Minato-san, I already knew it, so it's okay...

——I am already very happy. "

The final chapter is with

The air is filled with the dryness of gravel, and the night sky is replaced by a swaying blue at some point, which is particularly far-reaching and ethereal among the flying fine particles...

There is only endless desolation in the gray and yellow. These flying particles hit the buried and failed buildings, and also landed on the two girls who seemed to be sleeping, quietly awakening the girls...

Under the brightened vision, the girl couldn't help shaking her head. She felt that she had slept for a long time, but now that she woke up, she didn't feel sleepy at all. She just looked around at the gray and yellow surroundings, and everything seemed extremely strange...

"Here is.. where?"

The desert, although she asked such a question, the girl had already seen the surroundings clearly, and the obvious geographical environment did not require her to use her brain to think too much.

It's just that she was still traveling outside, but she didn't remember that she had the memory of coming to the desert.

"Cough!—cough!—"

"Wow..!"