With a click, the lock was opened by the key.
Then there was the sound of the door opening, and two people walked in from the outside.
The environment inside the house was not as dark as imagined, but extremely bright, with a long and narrow hallway at the end of which was a bathroom and the stairs leading to the second floor.
Of the two people who came in, one of them seemed to have discovered something and suddenly said to the person next to him:
"Shikamaru, it doesn't look like there is no one living here. Could it be that you are mistaken?"
"How could it be? Even if I am mistaken, the ANBU people will not be mistaken. This is where your parents once lived, and it is now your new home."
The two people who came in were Naruto and Shikamaru.
Faced with Naruto's question, Shikamaru gave a clear answer.
Because Naruto's identity as the son of the Fourth Hokage was confirmed by the senior management, the inheritance of the Fourth Hokage and his wife, which was originally controlled by the senior executives, had to be returned to Naruto, the Fourth Hokage, under the pressure of various public opinions. The only heir.
Under the leadership of Shikamaru, Naruto also came to the place where his parents once lived in Konoha to receive this rich inheritance.
However, when Naruto came in, he was keenly aware that there was no dust at all in this house that should have been uninhabited for more than ten years.
Even the slippers placed in the entrance hall are neatly placed.
Not only that, if it were a house that had not been occupied for more than ten years, it would definitely lack popularity, but in this house, that is not the case. Moreover, the windows are bright and clean, creating an atmosphere that someone lives here.
"Then what's going on here?"
Naruto pointed to the slippers at the entrance and the clean floor without a trace of dust.
"You are really stupid. Of course, a place like this will have specialized personnel come regularly to clean it. Moreover, this house has been repaired many times in the past ten years, so it will not become a failure."
Faced with Naruto's confusion, Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets and looked as if nothing had happened.
"Yeah?"
"Of course, in short, you can bring the gifts from the apartment and you can move in directly."
Shikamaru walked forward as if he was the owner of the room.
Naruto hurriedly followed, following Shikamaru down the corridor.
Then, his steps suddenly stopped.
I saw an eye-catching photo frame hanging on one wall of the corridor.
Inside the photo frame is a photo. There is a man and a woman in the photo. The man has yellow hair and a sunny smile on his face, giving people a cheerful, delicate and friendly feeling. The woman, with eye-catching long red hair, snuggled intimately with the yellow-haired man, with a happy and sweet smile on her face.
No matter from which angle you look at them, they are a perfect pair.
Looking at the photo on the wall, the expression on Naruto's face was slightly silent, and the look in his eyes became complicated.
Although no one gave him the answer, he knew that this loving young man and woman were the master and mistress of the house.
The fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his wife, Kushina Uzumaki.
They are also his biological parents.
Seeing Naruto staring at the photos on the wall, Shikamaru stood aside and waited quietly without disturbing the current Naruto.
Although what Naruto saw at this time was not a real person, there must be countless things in his heart that he wanted to say to his parents.
Shikamaru couldn't understand what it was like to be without a father or a mother since childhood, so he couldn't comfort Naruto at this time. This is Naruto's privacy, and only he can understand what it feels like to have no parents.
After a long time, Naruto came back to his senses and shifted his gaze from the photo.
"Come on, Shikamaru, take me to see the other rooms."
"Are you okay?"
"Of course, I am Uzumaki Naruto!"
Seeing the bright smile on Naruto's face, it seemed as if all the sadness and loss had been swept away from his heart, and the corners of Shikamaru's mouth couldn't help but raise.
Next, Shikamaru showed Naruto the rest of the rooms in the house.
Like the empty corridor, all the furniture in most rooms of this house has disappeared, like empty boxes placed inside the house.
Not only that, there is a basement under the house that is larger than the room above.
This huge basement has a large number of bookshelves neatly arranged, but all the books and scrolls on the bookshelves are missing.
Even on the workbench, there was only a lonely old desk lamp and a pen holder without a pen.
Naruto pressed the switch of the old desk lamp, and the light suddenly shone out, making the workbench even brighter.
In a daze, he seemed to see a man with yellow hair sitting in front of the workbench, turning on the desk lamp, and then taking a pen to write something on the paper.
Next to the man, there was a red-haired woman who came over with tea, smiling kindly and saying something to the yellow-haired man.
From the backs of the two of them, Naruto instantly felt a warm feeling of generosity and security that he had never experienced before.
"I heard from my dad that every time the fourth generation came home, he would work here, and his wife would often stay with him here until very late before going to rest."
"Well, I can feel it..."
"Feel?"
"No, it's nothing."
Naruto raised a soft smile on his lips, turned and left.
Looking at Naruto's leaving figure, Shikamaru tilted his head, showing confusion.
Finally, Naruto and Shikamaru arrived at the door of a room on the second floor.
Shikamaru took out the key, and before using the key to open the door of this room, he turned to Naruto and said, "This is your bedroom. It seems that when the Fourth Generation was alive, he was ready to leave this room to you."
Naruto nodded.
Immediately, Shikamaru opened the door to the room.
Unlike the other empty rooms, this room seemed unchanged from the beginning.
There is a variety of complete furniture, and you can also see pacifiers, strollers and other special props for babies.
Naruto's eyes scanned every corner of the room, and finally landed on a wall, his expression stunned.
I saw a large number of photos posted on that wall.
The same person appears in so many photos.
But they are not the same person at the same time.
The first photo was of a baby who had no ability to take care of himself.
Then there is the scene of the baby babbling and learning to walk.
Then there are photos of Ninja School and graduation from Ninja School.
In the last few photos, the grown-up baby is wearing a Konoha ninja forehead protector, and the record of the photos officially ends here——
Although there are only photos and no words, the photos on this wall write the story of a person's growth in the most vivid words.
"Why is this place..."
Naruto stared at the person in the photo with disbelief.
Because he is the person in the photo.
He had no idea how these photos ended up here.
"It was done by the Third Generation."
Shikamaru sighed.
"Grandpa Hokage?"
Naruto looked at Shikamaru in surprise.
"Three generations of adults will take time to come here several times every year, and record your growth process in the form of photos, and keep them here properly so that your parents can feel your presence..."
Shikamaru pointed to the desk against the wall. Under the glass was a photo of the Fourth Hokage and his wife that was exactly the same as the one in the corridor.
In addition, there is a stack of unread letters lying aside.
The letter writer is the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
The recipients were the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
Holding these letters, Naruto felt heavy.
Seemingly aware of Naruto's heavy heart, Shikamaru came over and patted Naruto on the shoulder, saying: "This is probably the Third Generation's way of atonement. Because he failed to use you as his wife as he agreed with the Fourth Generation. Protecting the son of a hero only made you spend an unhappy childhood. For him, this is the only thing he can do."
Even as Hokage, there are many things he cannot help himself with.
Shikamaru couldn't evaluate the actions of the Third Hokage, or there was no right or wrong answer to this kind of thing.
"Don't worry, I didn't blame Grandpa Hokage. It's because of this that I can recognize my true friends, isn't it?"
Facing the smile on Naruto's face, Shikamaru also smiled helplessly.
"Naruto... forget it, maybe you are this kind of person. But if you have any grievances, don't keep it in your heart. It's not good if you hold it in. In addition, what are you going to do about Sasuke? And Kaka Teacher Nishi seems to also... Although it is a bit inappropriate to say this now, Naruto, have you seriously considered the future?"
After joking, the expression on Shikamaru's face gradually became serious, and he asked Naruto about his next plan.
"I don't know... I don't understand why Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei left the village, and Kakashi-sensei did such a thing... Shikamaru, do you think I'm stupid? Whether it's Sasuke or Kakashi Teacher Xi, it seems that I have never known them. Are all the experiences of Class 7 in the past false? But I can clearly feel that their care for me is not false..."
Seeing Naruto's frustrated and distressed look, Shikamaru took a deep breath, looked at Naruto with serious eyes, and said to him:
"If you feel stupid, then enrich your heart and make yourself smarter. If you can't figure out something, then do everything you can to find the answer, no matter how difficult the road ahead is. The road to exploration is always tortuous and tortuous. Pain, because of this, we ninjas must continue to grow...Put your chest up, Naruto, in my impression, you are not the kind of person who accepts failure easily!"
"But……"
"Do you still want to experience this failure, Naruto? Anyway, I don't want to experience it. I solemnly tell you that I will try my best to study, enrich my abilities, and make myself better. Stronger. If you, Naruto, stop here, then it will not be me who abandons you in the end, but your own cowardice!"
As if being exaggerated by Shikamaru's words, the look in Naruto's eyes gradually became firmer, as if he had been reborn, full of vitality and vitality.
"You're right, it's not time to give up now! If they don't tell me, I will get the answer myself. One day, I will ask them for it!"
"Maybe I'll hit my head and bleed."
Shikamaru smiled, but behind the smile was endless helplessness.
"This is also the experience of a ninja. Isn't that what you said?"
"Teach me a lesson with my words? Well, I will join in reluctantly. But first, don't expect Kakashi and Sasuke to turn back easily. Even if they turn back, what awaits them will be watching. There is no end to the prison sentence. So, when necessary... we must fight with the determination to kill them!"
Unlike Naruto, Shikamaru was not naive.
It was even clear that it was impossible for Sasuke and Kakashi to return to Konoha.
Maybe this kind of thing was cruel, but Shikamaru still felt that he had to make it clear to Naruto.
Compared to doing it then, giving Naruto a vaccination now would make Naruto realize this cruel fact more clearly.
Naruto's expression was solemn, but his eyes were full of determination. He did not waver in his determination because of Shikamaru's words.
"In that case, then come with me to Mt. Miaomu now!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly broke in.
Jiraiya's figure appeared at the window. Apparently, he heard everything that Naruto and Shikamaru had just talked about.
"A lustful immortal?"
"Jiraiya-sama?"
Comes from the different names of Naruto and Shikamaru.
But the same thing is that they were all surprised by Jiraiya who suddenly appeared here.
"Shikaku's son? For a ninja, you are really quite good. Naruto is really lucky to have a friend like you."
Jiraiya looked at Shikamaru, his tone full of praise.
"Thank you, Jiraiya-sama. I just want to fulfill my duty as a friend, but to be honest, this idiot is really worrying."
Shikamaru smiled.
"Haha, leave the rest to me."
Jiraiya took Shikamaru's words.
"What are you doing? I've been looking for you to teach me how to practice these days since I came back, but I haven't been able to find you. Are you planning to default on your debt?"
Naruto pointed at Jiraiya in displeasure.
"Sorry, I have a lot of things to do these days. But now I have finally finished my busy work, so I will take you to Mt. Miaomu next."
Jiraiya came over and touched Naruto's head.
"Miaomu Mountain? What a familiar name..."
Naruto touched his chin and began to think about the place name Miaomu Mountain, as if he had heard of it somewhere.
"……Are you stupid?"
Jiraiya was speechless at this.
He can forget the purpose of the contract, what is in his brain?
"By the way, what are you going to do at Mt. Miaomu?"
Naruto asked confused.
Jiraiya replied: "Why do you ask so many questions? It won't do you any harm anyway."
Many people wanted to go to Mt. Myoboku but couldn't find a way. Naruto's nonchalant attitude and complete ignorance of how lucky he was gave Jiraiya a headache.
"Is it to learn magic?"
Shikamaru suddenly asked.
"Shikamaru boy, did you hear this from your father?"
Jiraiya was not surprised that Shikamaru could say the word senjutsu.
Although not many people knew about these things, Shikamaru's father Shikaku happened to be one of them.
"Yes, I heard some from my father occasionally before. In that case, I won't bother you. You have to practice well, Naruto."
After saying that, Shikamaru said goodbye to the two of them and left from the window.
"Senjutsu? Lustful immortal, what is senjutsu? Can you learn it by going to Miaomu Mountain?"
Naruto looked curious.
"You'll understand this kind of thing once you go there."
Jiraiya gave Naruto a vague answer, obviously intending to remain mysterious to the end.
Because he felt that even if he explained these long theoretical explanations to Naruto, the other party might not be able to understand them. When the time comes, we will demonstrate it in practice and the effect will be better.
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Standing in front of the huge waterfall, Sasuke closed his eyes tightly. The water of the waterfall hit the rocks, forming countless mist.
The dispersed water mist clung to Sasuke's skin, allowing Sasuke to clearly feel the changes in the waterfall's water flow.
As if to seize the inspiration that formed in his brain at that moment, Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and a large amount of chakra began to surge up.
For a moment, the chirping of birds directly drowned out the sound of water hitting the earth.
This was followed by a thunderous roar and the entire waterfall exploded from the bottom.
The water flowing upstream turned into a more turbulent torrent, causing the entire waterfall to begin to flow upward, creating a scene that violated the laws of nature.
This scene lasted for more than ten seconds before it ended.
The waterfall returned to its normal flow, and the previous reverse flow that violated the rules of nature seemed to have never existed.
Looking at the waterfall that had resumed flowing in front of him, Sasuke frowned. It was obvious that he was not very satisfied with the power of his Chidori.
However, just when he was feeling dissatisfied with the power of his Chidori, applause sounded like appreciation from behind:
"That's really impressive. Is that the brand new Chidori? I didn't expect it to be able to cut off such a huge waterfall."
Hearing this familiar yet unfamiliar voice, Sasuke turned around.
The moment he turned around, Sasuke's black and white pupils were immediately replaced by a flash of red.
He stared coldly at the visitor with his three magatama sharingan eyes.
"Who are you……"
"Long time no see, Sasuke-kun. It's been such a long time since we saw each other in the Chunin Exam finals."
The person touched his glasses, raised an unknown smile on his lips, and walked towards Sasuke.
"Kabuto Yakushi."
He said the name of the man with glasses.
Sasuke raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, and then sneered: "Are you from Orochimaru?"
During the Chunin Exam, he felt that the other party's behavior was a bit abnormal and that he was hiding some unknown secret.
I just didn't expect to see each other again in a place like Sound Ninja Village.
Then, the answer is obvious. The other party is Orochimaru's person, a spy planted by Orochimaru in Konoha.
Normally he might have been surprised.
But then thinking about what happened recently, it was not surprising that no matter who was a spy in Konoha.
"This is an obvious thing. Besides, don't say it so openly. It should be said that we are all Orochimaru-sama's people. In this regard, we are the same."
Kabuto continued to approach Sasuke in a flirtatious tone.
"Stay away from me, I hate people getting too close to me."
Sasuke ignored Kabuto's attempt at making excuses and responded with a cold attitude.
Feeling the cold breath released from Sasuke's Sharingan eyes, Kabuto stopped and said with a helpless smile: "You're still not as cute as before. Don't worry, you are Lord Orochimaru's darling, and I don't dare to go against you. Moreover. , after all, we were friends in the same village in the past, so you don’t have to be so wary of me."
"Who knows this kind of thing. What is the purpose of you coming to me? Did Orochimaru ask you to come? Where are the others?"
Sasuke asked bluntly, with a stern and compelling tone, as if he was interrogating a prisoner.
"You really have no respect for Lord Orochimaru at all, but since Lord Orochimaru has no objection to this, I won't say anything. But I still want to remind you, if you continue to lack respect for Lord Orochimaru here, Some people who show respect will be assassinated by those who worship too much."
Dou wanted to remind him with good intentions, but no one knew what he was thinking.
Sasuke said nothing, feeling that there was no need to pay attention to a question of this magnitude.
Because in the past few days, he had been attacked a total of thirty-one times.
Whether he was eating or sleeping, some ninjas in the Sound Ninja Village were constantly assassinating him.
And every time after the assassination failed, he would shout words like 'Lord Orochimaru' loudly, like a fanatical believer in religion, crazy and persistent.
Although more troublesome, these assassins are far from being difficult to deal with.
To deal with these guys, Sasuke rarely even used his Sharingan, and could defeat most of them with just his taijutsu.
Even though the abilities of some sound ninjas are more difficult, after opening the Sharingan, it is still another form of crushing battle.
"Okay, let's get down to business with you."
Kabuto could see that Sasuke was in a bad mood, and he also knew that the other person was not such a cold-tempered person. The reason why he did this was to add a protective color to his survival here.
Kindness here represents weakness and can be bullied. Only by defeating the ninjas here in a cruel way can they win their respect.
"This is the medicine Orochimaru-sama asked me to entrust you to use. I prepared it according to the formula given by Orochimaru-sama for a long time and failed many times. Don't waste it."
Kabuto took out a palm-sized glass bottle from his arms, which contained a mixture of black and white capsules, and placed it in front of Sasuke.
Sasuke reached out to take it and asked directly: "What kind of medicine is this?"
"A precious secret medicine used to enhance your physical fitness, mental strength, and chakra."
Kabuto said with a smile.
"What about the side effects?"
Sasuke was unmoved.
"Thirty years of life lost."
Kabuto answered with the same smile.
"..."
Sasuke glanced at Kabuto coldly, with a strong look of doubt in his eyes.
"Okay, I'm lying to you. In fact, the side effects are very small, and they are almost negligible to you. These secret medicines can make you grow faster than normal training. Master Orochimaru said that with normal training methods, Not to mention defeating Uchiha Itachi, you have no chance of touching his heel."
Kabuto told the cruelest truth in a calm tone.
"How to take it?"
Sasuke's tone was stiff, and he didn't know if he was stimulated by Kabuto's words.
"Just take one pill every forty-eight hours. This is the first-level secret medicine. After you take the first-level secret medicine, you will be given second-level and third-level secret medicine."
When Kabuto said this, the smile on his face became thicker.
"What is the use?"
"It will allow you to go further on the road of curse seal, and it may even allow you to open the door to another world..."
The smile on Kabuto's face was full of mystery.
"The door to another world?"
Sasuke murmured to himself, as if considering the implications.
Facing Sasuke's doubts, Kabuto also responded, with a look of yearning in his eyes:
"Yes, that is a powerful force called 'immortal magic'..."
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