Thirty years of Konoha.
In a high-rise house on the bank of the Yenkan River, two men with a long-standing grudge were engaged in a "protracted" fight.
"Jiraiya, you may not know what it means to occupy the entire center of the chessboard with two infantrymen. We can generally only use two words to describe such people: God of War.
I often say that when the first Hokage and his Uchiha minions were able to fight against the other four major ninja villages and subdue the ninja world with only two people, then I, Hanyu Yu, can use only two infantrymen to kill through the chessboard today and kill all of your pieces without leaving a single one. It's not a problem at all.
An ambush. You can't eat this Guima. You don't need to eat this Guima. You are dead.
Move my Dragon King with your backhand. Your horns can reach me, but don't be afraid. Do you dare to come up? If you come up, you will be defeated. You can't beat me.
Push forward, push horizontally, my chess board is very awesome. If my corner row can be upgraded to dragon horse now, I will be invincible. Unfortunately, I can't upgrade it.
What, you push the pawn?, just call for eating.
Control the middle and lower plate, you can attack or defend. I'll push the silver general, do you dare to take it? Hurry up, don't dawdle.
If I eat your golden general again, I'm wrong... I should eat the horn one, ugh...
But it doesn't matter. Can you kill me in one second? Can you kill me in one second? If you kill me in one second, I will eat this chessboard right now!
..."
Five minutes later, in short, Hanyu's chess character was questionable, and he did not eat the three-inch thick solid wooden chessboard.
Jiraiya has no achievements in shogi, he is just at the beginner's level. He is very bad at it, but coincidentally, there are people who are worse at it, so doesn't this mean he wins?
But what's the point of winning the chess game but losing in life? It's so boring.
Now, the red marks under Jiraiya's eyes are almost spreading to the level of the tip of his nose. He is better at chess than Hanyu, taller than Hanyu, and more muscular than Hanyu. Even his ninja rank has long surpassed Hanyu. Jiraiya, who is known as the "tail end", was promoted to jonin at the age of fourteen. He can be said to be the real tail end.
So the question is, there is a ninja named Hyuga who can be called a genius when he becomes a jonin at the age of fourteen, but why is Jiraiya the last one to be promoted to jonin at the age of fourteen?
Well, because Jiraiya's teammates are Tsunade and Orochimaru, and Hyuga's teammates are melon-skinned people with buns. There is no harm without comparison.
"Do you want to play another game?" Jiraiya asked Hanyu while holding the chess piece.
"Forget it," Hanyu shook his head. He wasn't a masochist, so why would he like to be tortured? "Actually, what I'm really good at are Gobang and Animal Chess, but let's stop here for today. I have something else to do later.
"The leisure time ends here, Jiraiya, during this period of time, pay attention to maintaining your condition as a ninja, do you understand what I mean?"
Jiraiya nodded, "The situation in the ninja world seems to be getting a little tense recently. Every ninja can feel this atmosphere."
He said this seriously, but Hanyu shook his head.
"Isn't that the case?"
"Not entirely. It's just that it's related to this incident. The Sand Village has been acting a bit too frequently recently, which has caused the Rock Village to be nervous as well. If this continues, the war might start one day, so you need to stay in good shape..."
However, Jiraiya didn't understand. Wasn't this what he just said?
Until Hanyu's next words came out.
"This is the only way to protect Tsunade. You are a team, but I may not act with you... A friendly reminder, if you can sell Orochimaru, then sell him. Anyway, he is not the kind of guy who will die so easily."
"…I'm leaving."
So sad.
Jiraiya just glanced at this guy again , then left without looking back.
Well, this conversation is a bit unpleasant. Damn it, Jiraiya will of course protect Tsunade when necessary, but why does Hanyu have to remind her of this?
How could he sell out his good friend Orochimaru so easily?
He should only be sold in the most urgent circumstances.
…
Hanyu looked at Jiraiya's departing back and thought to himself, did I say something wrong? How can a grown man be so delicate inside? Why don't you just be a girl?
As they get older, their tempers also get worse, so they are cuter when they are young. You can do whatever you want to them without any complaints... Hanyu has a nice idea, but the "Three Sanin" are not his toys.
Not long after Jiraiya left, Hanyu also followed him out.
After leaving home, he walked towards the quietest place in the entire Konoha, which was also a place he rarely went to... the cemetery of Konoha ninjas.
Facing his own feelings is not a difficult thing for Hanyu. Whether he likes it or not, there is nothing wrong with admitting it. There is no need to go against his own heart.
But the key point is, what if we continue along the line of "liking"...do we want to build our own family in such a world?
Words like family or clan are too far away for Hanyu.
People like him... Oh, it seems that I shouldn't say this, but Hanyu has been a SOLO person in both of his lives, and the ninja world is a world where human life is as precious as paper. Birth and death are common, life is easily broken, let alone feelings.
Hanyu walked slowly to Sansho's tombstone. It was obvious that this place had always been kept spotlessly clean. However, it was definitely not cleaned by Hanyu who came here occasionally.
"I'm fine, Mr. Sansho" - Hanyu would definitely not say such words. The dead are dead after all, and the cemetery is just a place for the living to express their grief. Paying tribute is just a "formalism" for the living to comfort themselves.
Therefore, although he won't say it out loud, Hanyu does want to show that he is doing well now.
"Doctor, to be honest, your death was quite funny, but… I don't think it's a problem.
Out of selfish thoughts, I am even somewhat relieved. After all... I am Sansho's disciple, not your disciple."
Hanyu bent down and whispered something disrespectful.
Sansho's tomb has now become a joint burial place for two people. What Hanyu laughed at was just the other person who had just moved in and died of depression.
Hanyu was just a person who considered issues from Sansho's perspective, but he didn't really think the same way as Sansho. Otherwise, she would definitely not think that it However, Hanyu was different... If someone had always been and was once missing Sansho so much, he felt that it was something to be happy about.
This shows that Sansho was a person who existed, and even after his death, he still left a strong trace of himself - the importance of life and death of different people in his heart was so distinct.
After staying in the cemetery for a while, Hanyu turned around and left. He did have some other things to do next... just as he had just said to Jiraiya.
After leaving here, he went to Mito's house.
Mito had previously informed him to go there later today.
By the time Hanyu arrived there, it was almost dusk. After stepping through the gate, he immediately saw Mito standing in the yard.
Mito...is also "approaching the twilight of her life". In just a few years, she has aged a lot. She is already considered a long-lived ninja, but at this moment, it seems that she has really started to think about her afterlife.
So, here Hanyu also saw a little red-haired girl hiding behind her.
Well, a little girl with a bruised face.
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