Chapter 241 Death is not the end (Ch 241)

“Stop crying, stop—”

Naraku propped himself up and sat up. Just as he opened his mouth to say something comforting, Shisui threw himself into his arms.

“Senior… I thought…”

–I thought you would abandon me like Obito-san.

Shisui was like a young swallow flying into the forest, sobbing and hugging Naraku’s waist tightly, refusing to let go.

Seeing him crying so sadly, Naraku hesitated briefly but still did not push away the two arms around his waist.

–Oh… hug me, hug me.

–Why can’t I escape the fate of taking care of children no matter where I am?

Naraku rubbed the little head resting on his chest helplessly, and looked down at the soft black hair with distinct strands passing through his fingers.

–Is this the reason for evolving into eternity? I feel like I can see it more clearly than before.

Naraku sighed to himself.

After absorbing the power of another pair of kaleidoscopes, his eyes were naturally upgraded into eternal kaleidoscopes.

Not only did he recover from the vision damage caused by excessive use of pupil techniques, but he also gained almost “infinite” pupil power.

From now on, you can release [Ame no Gyomei] and [Ame no Kaku] without restraint, without having to worry about revealing your flaws in front of the animator.

Even blood-related diseases can be gradually cured with this reason, returning this body to a completely healthy state.

Noticing that the strength on Shisui’s arm was gradually loosening, Naraku collected his scattered thoughts and patted the other’s shoulder.

“I’m sorry, Senior. I’m so rude.”

Shisui apologized with red eyes. When he thought about how he had just done the same thing as before and almost let out the news of Obito’s sacrifice, he wished he could bury his head in the ground and never lift it up again.

Naraku picked up the handkerchief on the bedside table, wiped the remaining tears on Shisui’s face, and spoke gently.

“It’s my fault for making you worry so much.”

He looked at the dazzling sunlight outside the window and moved the corners of his mouth slightly.

“The weather is really nice today, let’s go see the hibiscus flowers.”

…

“My dear little weasel, you can only eat one, or you’ll get cavities.”

Naraku took Itachi and sat on a clean big rock, and divided the string of three-colored meatballs in his hand into two portions, one with one and the other with two.

“Okay~” Itachi obediently took the bamboo stick with only one meatball on it, put it to his mouth and took a few bites hard.

Stuffing the remaining two meatballs into his mouth and chewing them, Naraku looked towards the stream not far away, where Shisui was practicing the technique of instant body movement and shuriken throwing.

I saw several shadows flashing among the trees, and dozens of shurikens spread out and swirled towards the target twenty meters away.

Perhaps he was a little tired from practicing for too long, and the trajectories of three or two of the shurikens thrown by Shisui deviated. If he continued like this, they would definitely miss the target.

Naraku swallowed the sweet meatball in his mouth and threw out the bamboo stick. The thin stick flew with a strong wind and hit one of them accurately.

The shuriken was hit and changed its angle a bit, and collided with other deflected shurikens, and finally drew a tricky arc and hit the bull’s eye.

“Wow!”

Itachi uttered an exclamation, and hurriedly picked up the remaining half of the meatball in his mouth, raised his little hands to his chest and clapped: “Gugu, so cool!!”

“Senior, good afternoon!”

Shisui, who was sweating profusely, saw Naraku looking at him not far away, so he quickly washed his face and hands with stream water, ran over happily to say hello, and then unexpectedly found a double-layer lunch box in his hand.

“Let’s practice after lunch. I’ll accompany you.”

“OK.”

Shisui sat down on the floor and opened the lunch box only to find that the dishes inside were not what his mother usually cooked.

Seeing that he was a little confused, Naraku explained softly: “I did it, and I don’t know if you like it or not.”

“Thank you, senior. I will eat it all.”

Shisui’s eyes lit up, and then he began to wolf down the food at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Naraku sat cross-legged on a rock holding Itachi, looking at the scenery and listening to him counting a few birds flying in the sky.

After a while, Shisui noticed that Naraku-senpai seemed a little silent today, so he stuffed his mouth full while looking up to see if there was anything unusual in the other person’s expression.

Ever since the senior woke up that day, he never mentioned to his face that Obito-kun had died, including the clan leader and his wife. It seemed that everyone was concealing this news intentionally or unintentionally.

–But the news spread so widely, how could it be possible that the senior really didn’t know anything about it?

–Perhaps, the senior has known about this for a long time, but he just didn’t want us to worry about him, so he pretended not to know.

Shisui was so absorbed in his thoughts that he choked on the last bite of his food because he swallowed it too hastily.

A cup of warm tea appeared in front of him in time. Without thinking too much, he subconsciously reached out to take it and drank it in one gulp, finally getting the food down his throat.

Just as I finished packing up the lunch box, a string of beautiful three-color meatballs appeared in my field of vision.

——It was a new flavor that Grandma Mei had researched and he hadn’t tasted it yet.

Naraku’s gentle voice floated gently into his ears.

“Eat some sweets and you’ll feel better.”

Shisui took the bamboo stick and stared at Naraku in a daze. The latter’s expression was as gentle as usual, but he understood everything from the gaze in those eyes.

Tears fell to the ground one by one. The more she wiped them with her sleeves, the more she couldn’t stop the tears from pouring out.

“Naraku-senpai, I’m sorry… Actually, Obito-san…”

“I know.”

Naraku sighed, his eyes drifting towards the stream not far away.

Many fallen leaves are floating away with the streams. Like the fallen leaves in countless other rivers, they will eventually converge into the sea.

“Death is not the end.”

Naraku said: “One day in the future, we will definitely meet him again.”

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The aftermath of the Battle of Kikyo Mountain and the Battle of Kannabi Bridge had not yet passed when a piece of good news swept across Konoha like a hurricane.

Because the logistical lines of the Iwagakure Village were severely damaged and they could not gain an advantage over Konoha, they actually mobilized 10,000 ninjas from all over the place to attack the Land of Lightning.

This time it was Yunyin’s turn to be forced to fight on two fronts.

The Raikage had to suspend the attack on Konoha and adjust part of the troops to resist Ōnoki’s sudden betrayal.

The pressure on Konoha suddenly decreased, and everyone was happy to see this. They wished that the fight between Iwagakure and Kumogakure would be more fierce, and it would be best if both sides suffered losses and no one gained the upper hand.

Naraku also witnessed this historical moment through animation.

In the animation, after Minato went to the Kumogakure front line to put out the fire and fought a draw with the AB combination, the following plot happened where the Iwagakure turned against them and the Kumogakure was caught off guard and suffered a great loss.

Although he knew that the two ninja villages would fight each other, he still couldn’t help laughing when he heard the Third Raikage’s angry roar in the animation.

You deserve it because you’ve been tricked by Ohnoki so many times but you still haven’t learned your lesson.

However, the Third Raikage was indeed a powerful man. In order to protect the Hidden Cloud Village, he single-handedly held back the 10,000-strong army of the Hidden Iwagakure. He fought for three days and three nights and finally died of exhaustion.

The village cannot be without a leader for a day, and the son of the Third Raikage inherited the name “Ai” and rushed back to the village from the front line to succeed the Fourth Raikage. He also confined his good brother, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer Bee, to Yunlei Gorge.