When the three of them rushed back to the village, everything had settled.
Sunagakure's plan to collapse Konoha failed, and Orochimaru's conspiracy was exposed. The Third Hokage died and took away one of Orochimaru's hands with the Ghoul Seal.
As the faulty party, Sunagakure reached a settlement agreement with Konoha. It was agreed that Sunagakure would pay war compensation to Konoha in the form of placer gold, and Konoha formed a friendly alliance with Sunagakure based on the principle of mutual benefit.
At the cost of losing a pair of hands, Orochimaru killed the shadows of two villages and became the best MVP of the game.
Naruto and Sakura had just returned to the village with Sasuke, who was seriously injured, when they learned the news that the third generation had died in the battle.
Sakura was stunned for a moment, but Naruto didn't respond and quickly urged.
"Sakura, that guy Sasuke is almost out of breath."
"Ah!" Sakura suddenly came to her senses and quickly took Sasuke to Konoha Hospital.
...
Two days later.
The sky was slightly bright, and the sky above Konoha was filled with dark clouds.
Naruto sat up from the bed and stared at the wrapped white chrysanthemum bouquet on the table for a long time before he remembered that today was the third generation's funeral.
Withdrawing his gaze, he stared at the ceiling in a daze for a while, feeling not as happy as he expected.
"The dead Third Hokage is the good Hokage."
After a while, Naruto went into the bathroom to wash up wearing slippers. After coming out, I put on black mourning clothes, took a big black umbrella and white chrysanthemums, put on tactical boots and went out.
He didn't wear a forehead protector or leggings.
He slowly walked out of the door, wandered to Konoha Street and met up with Sakura.
The sky was gloomy, with huge clouds visible to the naked eye hovering overhead.
Until a flash of pink appeared at the entrance of the alley, Sakura was wearing a black dress with a sad face, and waved to Naruto the moment she saw him.
"Naruto."
"Well." Naruto stepped forward and walked side by side with Sakura, "How is Sasuke?"
Sakura shook her head and said emotionally.
"My body has been seriously damaged and I am still in a coma. I don't know when I will wake up."
"If you open the curse seal twice, the guy's life will be in danger even if he doesn't die." Naruto said, "It won't take long to be discharged from the hospital, so there's no need to worry too much."
"Thank you, Naruto."
Sakura, who was walking side by side, lowered her face and bit her lip.
"If you hadn't arrived in time..."
The two walked slowly, and the rustling footsteps sounded on the street. Naruto glanced at Sakura out of the corner of his eye.
"There is no need to thank you for this kind of thing, this is how companions should be."
"I know, I'm just a little..." Sakura seemed a little unable to control her emotions and said in a low voice, "Every time I can't be of much help, I can only watch you and Sasuke struggle."
"Every time...every time I feel so useless. Maybe I'm not suitable to be a ninja at all."
Snap, Naruto stopped.
"No one is more suitable to be a ninja than you, Sakura."
"What?" Sakura's face was filled with pear blossoms.
"Everyone's talent is different. Sooner or later, you just haven't found your own way of Ninja yet. There is no need to give up on yourself."
"But........"
"It's nothing, let's go, the funeral of the Third Hokage is about to begin." Naruto cast his gaze in one direction, and more and more people in black gathered on the streets of Konoha.
"Don't say such stupid things again."
After saying that, Naruto raised his feet and walked towards the crowded place.
Sakura stood there stunned for a while, then wiped away her tears and followed. The slender white legs under the black skirt swung rapidly, and after taking a few quick steps, Sakura joined the crowd.
The funeral was held in an open-air bleacher, and the expressions on everyone's faces showed sadness and sadness.
In the oppressive rainy day, everyone began to lay flowers.
Naruto was holding the bouquet of slightly withered white chrysanthemums that he had bought a few days in advance, and stood in the long queue to present flowers in the rain. When it was his turn, he placed the white chrysanthemums he had prepared in front of Sandai's flower stand and left silently.
The funeral was not a long one, and after it was over, the sun pierced the rain clouds and illuminated the entire village.
The crowds attending the funeral dispersed in droves. Sakura had told Naruto in advance that she had to go home first because she had something to do, and he had nothing to do.
I was caught in the rain and my clothes were sticky on my skin. I planned to go home and take a shower first.
"Naruto!" Ino put a hand on his shoulder, approached him and asked, "I heard that Sasuke was injured?"
"Yeah, he's still in a coma in the hospital." Naruto said as he walked, "What, you want to go see Sleeping Beauty?"
"No!" Ino bumped Naruto's shoulder and walked side by side with him and said, "There are not many opportunities like this, and that's Sasuke!"
"You can see Master Sasuke whenever you want?" Naruto rolled his eyes at Ino, "Kakashi-sensei said that the higher-ups issued a protection order, and the ward on Sasuke's floor has been protected by ANBU."
"Sakura from the medical class can't visit, so you'd better give up."
"What a cruel order." Ino said melancholy, "When I think of Sasuke lying quietly on the hospital bed, the snow-white walls, the dewy white roses in front of the window..."
"Hundan, your saliva is almost on my face, you idiot, please stop it!"
"Who are you calling a nympho! Looking for death!"
"It's you I'm talking about! You're a slut! Don't expose your sexual fetishes to outsiders casually, damn it!"
Naruto pushed Ino away with a look of disgust, and Ino angrily grabbed Naruto's collar.
Hinata in the back looked at Naruto and Ino fighting with each other, with a lonely look on her face and a slight frown at the corner of her mouth.
"Hinata!"
"Ya, Shino." Hinata turned around hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
"Teacher Hong called us over. It seems there is a new mission." Ya smiled and raised his fist, "I hope it is an A-level mission, otherwise it will be completely boring!"
"Ah? A level." Hinata was a little frightened.
"Don't listen to his nonsense." Shino, who was wearing black round sunglasses, said to the rescue, "Teacher Kurenai is sensible and will not take on tasks that are too dangerous. After all, we are all sentient ninjas, not monsters like Team 7. "
"Class 7...what happened?" Hinata asked curiously.
"The guiding jounin of Team 7 asked them to chase the one-tail jinchūriki team in Sunagakure Village." Shino said, "That was a mission that almost cost them their lives."
"It's Kakashi." Ya interjected, "I heard from my sister that he was the strongest newcomer in the village at that time, and he was already performing dangerous secret missions when he was about our age."
"so good!"
When Hinata heard this, she couldn't help but glanced at the crowd with some concern. Naruto and Ino had disappeared.
"I heard that Sasuke-kun was injured," Hinata whispered.
"Well, my life is in danger, what kind of forbidden technique should I use?" Shino said, "In that case, fighting a tailed beast would probably cost my life."
"I heard that the tailed beast team from Sunagakure Village had a more miserable fate. It was also because of this that it prompted Sunagakure Village to pay compensation to Konoha."
