Chapter 320 Something Good Will Happen
Chapter 320 Something Good Will Happen
I haven’t found a better direction for the future yet.
Whether it is my own thinking or the exploration of other worlds, it is far from enough. Since I can't find a good way to transform the future, I can't act rashly. It's better to change the past first.
If I succeed, then I will have learned Uchiha Madara's... Uchiha Obito's ninjutsu that allows me to travel through different worlds. Then I will be able to travel to different worlds and look for more answers about the future.
Moreover, I can return to the world where I was born and fulfill the wish of Lord Shikamaru and the others - to defeat the tyrant Uchiha Sasuke.
...Ah, but in this case, the failed Uchiha Sasuke will probably have to "atone for his sins" again...
But for the things he did, can he still live to atone for his sins?
Will his only fate be the same as Obito's, to die and atone for his sins?
Naruto and I held hands and floated towards the exit.
When we surfaced, Shikamaru and the others seemed to have been waiting on the shore for quite a while.
Shikamaru said helplessly: "You guys, you've taken too long, haven't you?"
Naruto smirked and scratched his head, "Hahahaha, sorry, sorry!"
I looked around but didn't see Sasuke: "Where's Sasuke?"
Neji stood next to Toneri and said, "He came out earlier than you. He said he was going to check on the situation and left first."
"It's a little strange that Sasuke comes out so late." Sai said, "Maybe he also sees that he and his brother are living happily together and doesn't want to wake up."
Sakura said angrily, "Don't say that in front of him!"
I wondered if Sasuke had seen me born, too, and what he thought of it, but perhaps his early departure spoke volumes.
But when we walked to the cave entrance and saw the scenery on Earth again, Sasuke had not gone far away - he raised his wrist, and the ninja hawk flying back from a distance let out a long cry and landed steadily on his arm.
"Sasuke?" Shikamaru was stunned: "Are you waiting for us here?"
"There doesn't seem to be an ambush around."
Sai was puzzled and asked: "Ambush? Why is there an ambush?"
Shikamaru looked at me, as if he understood something: "If the person who can take you back... doesn't find this place, he may be waiting for you in Konoha."
I looked at Neji and Gaara, then exchanged glances with Naruto and smiled, "We really should go back."
I looked at Sasuke, but I don't know if he didn't notice or was deliberately avoiding me. He was looking down at the flapping wings of the ninja hawk on his arm, and didn't look at me.
...Can't Sasuke accept that I showed up with the intention of defeating him from the very beginning?
If that's the case, then Sasuke in my world... wouldn't it be difficult for him to accept this truth?
Sai released the ink bird, and everyone prepared to sit on the bird's back according to Shikamaru's previous arrangement, but Sasuke suddenly grabbed Naruto and said, "You escort Toneri."
Naruto was stunned: "Huh?"
"I'll take Asaro with me using Susanoo... I have something to say to her."
Naruto looked at me and then at Sasuke. If Uchiha Madara... Uchiha Obito is waiting for me in Konoha, then this is the last time we can spend together.
Silence fell between the three of us for a moment.
Sasuke looked at me and said, "You should have something to ask me, right?"
"Naruto," I gently pulled his hand and looked at him: "I will definitely learn his ninjutsu... I will definitely come back to see you."
Naruto tightened our clasped hands: "...You promise?"
"I promise."
"Pink?" He held out his finger. "It's a deal?"
Naruto's appearance suddenly reminded me of my childhood... When I first met Naruto, we made a pinky promise in a ramen restaurant.
What did we agree on at that time?
Want to be together forever?
Ah, it seems to mean that we should speak frankly as agreed.
I had hidden many things from him, and in order to achieve my goal, I learned to speak in a cunning and roundabout way...
But, when I decide to confess everything at this moment, am I back to the path we agreed on when we were children?
...But it's too bad. When Naruto was a child, he was punished by not being allowed to talk to me because he didn't keep his promise and didn't speak to me directly. What will be the punishment if I break the promise?
But! If the Naruto in this world and the Naruto in my world are the same rather than opposite, then Naruto did not fully abide by the agreement!
He didn't always speak his mind directly, but instead hid a lot of his unhappiness from me.
In this case, I wonder if we can be considered even?
I followed his example and stretched out my little finger to hook it with his.
"Hook."
"No change allowed for a hundred years!"
“It won’t change in a hundred years.”
Naruto finally smiled happily: "Well, I'll wait for you!"
He hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly let me go and watched Sasuke and I walk to the side.
I studied his expression and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
"Isn't it you who has something to ask me?"
"You have my hair on you."
"Ah."
"So did you just see my memory as well?"
"……Um."
"You saw how I was born. What... do you think?"
Sasuke silently summoned Susanoo, and I felt his chakra gently lifting me up, floating with him between the giant's brows.
"I am angry."
"...That's it..."
I stopped talking, but Sasuke frowned, looking even more unhappy.
I thought about it and asked tentatively, “I’m sorry?”
"You have no idea why I'm mad."
"Because I was born to defeat you?"
"After you were sent to the New World, you immediately approached Naruto. In other words, the mission that Shikamaru and the others gave you was to protect Naruto, not to kill me - at least they didn't ask you to kill me when I was young."
"Is such that……"
Sasuke's tone became harder: "If you want to save Naruto at all costs... then when I want to kill him, you will stand in front of him, just like Neji died for him, right?"
"Indeed... that was the plan at the beginning."
"..."
I was a little surprised: "Are you angry about this?"
"If you really die in 'his' hands..." Sasuke frowned, "...don't do that."
Although he didn't say who 'he' was, I knew he was referring to Sasuke from my world.
"Um……"
"He really treats you as an important family member. If he kills Itachi and then kills you..."
"No!" I interrupted him, "I won't let him kill Itachi, and I won't let him kill me."
Sasuke then turned to look at me and said, "Don't always think about dying."
I didn’t dare to look him in the eye and looked away: “… Yeah.”
"Although life may not be easy...but as long as you are alive, good things will always happen..." Sasuke's voice suddenly became so low that I could hardly hear it: "Just like when I met you."
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