Chapter 19: Living Hard for Life

in the afternoon.

Sasuke was lying in the hall, but cold sweat kept coming out of his forehead, and Uchiha Itachi's words that night kept echoing in his mind.

"People like you are not worth killing."

"My stupid brother."

"If you want to kill me, then hate me, detest me, and then...live your life in ugliness."

"Keep running away, keep running away."

"When you have eyes like mine, come to me again."

Itachi's words were like a spell, entangled in Sasuke's heartstrings and made his face paler and paler.

"do not want!"

Sasuke woke up when he shouted, and even Kanon, who was cooking nearby, was startled by him.

"Is...is it a dream?" Sasuke looked at his hands. What always appeared in his mind was that night, Uchiha Itachi's cold face and his scarlet and bloody eyes.

"Asshole..." Sasuke stroked his cheek, he still didn't want to believe this was true.

But now he can only face this cruel reality.

"Brother, are you okay?" Seeing that Sasuke was covered in cold sweat, Kanon hurriedly got him a basin of water and wiped Sasuke's slightly pale face with a wet towel.

Suddenly, Sasuke hugged Kanon tightly. At this dusk, it was still a little dim without turning on the lights. His body was trembling slightly, and tears from the corners of his eyes were sliding down silently.

Feeling her black hair soaked with tears, Kanon hugged Sasuke and patted him gently with her little hands.

"Sasuke-nii... Kanon is still here..."

"It's a good thing you're alive..." Sasuke confided his inner thoughts.

According to Uchiha Itachi's plan, Kanon would have definitely died, but she survived by chance, which was probably something that even Uchiha Itachi could not have expected.

So Sasuke was glad that he still had a sister who depended on him in this world. It was also because his sister was treated cruelly and had just been discharged from the hospital today that ignited Sasuke's anger.

He stroked Kanon's face and secretly made up his mind to seek revenge on Uchiha Itachi no matter what, even if he would die.

In the evening, the two sat at the dining table. The kitchen had been cleaned up by Hanako. Seeing that Hanako was still wrapped in bandages, Sasuke said a little embarrassedly:

"Kane... I wanted to cook for you today, but now you're the one cooking for me."

"It's okay, let me do it next time." Hanayone smiled, but behind the smile was a moment of silence.

If I let this idiot brother cook for me, I would probably die young before I reach the age of seven.

At this moment, Sasuke also thought of other topics, and he turned to look at Kanon in front of him.

"Come to think of it, you are about to reach the age to enter the ninja school, Kanon, would you like me to teach you some ninjutsu?"

Hearing this, Hanane was stunned, then politely refused.

"I still can't do it. My brother has taught me everything. Why should I go to school?"

"That's true." Sasuke smiled helplessly.

"Although the moon is not full tonight, do you want to watch the moon with your brother in the yard?"

"Okay." Hanane nodded. Facing her own brother, she would never refuse.

Before I knew it, another month had passed.

During this period of time, Kanon has been tempering her body. Her physique is still too thin. She is good enough in ninjutsu. As for illusion, as long as she focuses on the illusion of the Sharingan, she is already very powerful.

The most important aspect is physical skills. In Xiaonin's words, physical skills must be accumulated over time, and ninjutsu can be practiced occasionally. At this age, having these ninjutsu is already a lot.

If she continued to study, it would be a burden because her body couldn't keep up, so during this period of time, Hanane had been practicing physical training.

But Shinobu never mentioned the "Flower Realm" and when Kanon asked about it, she just whispered to her, "You are still too young. Having the Sharingan open is just a burden to you. You can practice it later."

So Kanon stopped asking. After all, Shinobu's starting point was good, and it was true that the Sharingan consumed a lot of chakra.

During this period, Sasuke went to the Ninja School as usual. The two buried their hatred in their hearts and placed the spark of revenge in the deepest part of their hearts. After all, life still had to go on.

But Naruto came to see me less and less often, for no other reason than a new girl named Haruno Sakura came to the class.

Every time Naruto found Kanon, he mentioned this little girl, but every time, Kanon would listen carefully.

It seemed that Naruto was deeply attracted by the girl's appearance at school.

The time he and Kanon meet is quite special, always in the afternoon or evening.

Because of this, Naruto gradually spent less time visiting Kanon and instead spent more time with the little girl.

As the saying goes, what you can't reach is always the best.

Kanon is also happy and free. Naruto has his own way to go, and so does she. She can't take care of Naruto for the rest of his life.

However, Naruto still occasionally comes to chat with his best friend. Of course, every time Naruto comes, he will eat Kanon's food, which makes her wonder if Naruto is here to eat for free.

After all, they are just best friends. Due to their age and year groups, neither of them can enter each other's lives. This is just a pure friendship.

The four seasons change.

Gradually, the day of school started again arrived.

Today is Kanon's school day, but the difference is that it is Kanon's shadow clone who goes to school.

I continued to train in my "secret base".

Since she is a grade younger than Sasuke and the others, Kanon is particularly popular in school.

She is cute and pretty, with a lively and smart personality, and most importantly, she is the top student in the grade throughout the year.

Even Naruto had heard of this and couldn't help but sigh: "She is indeed that guy's sister."

"Sakura, can you play with me today?"

"Naruto, stay away from me." Sakura said, and then gently said to the silent Sasuke beside her:

"Sasuke, do you want to play cat's tangle?"

Sasuke turned away and said coldly, "Boring."

In such a daily life, everyone is working hard to "live" for a living. Everyone seems to have ignored the beginning of the story and just enjoys the process of childhood.

......

In this way, several years passed.

It's finally time for graduation, and today is the day when Naruto and others are preparing to graduate.

After Iruka caught Naruto who was splashing water on the Hokage Rock, the exam began.

"Naruto, I can't let you run around today!"

"Hey, Mr. Iruka, I have learned a new ninjutsu!"

"What ninjutsu?" Everyone in the examination room looked at Naruto in surprise.

When will such a laggard have new ninjutsu?

Even Kanon, who was sitting in the last row, looked at Naruto in the distance with some surprise.

In the past few years, she has not learned much in the aspect of ninjutsu, but she is very powerful in illusion and physical skills. In short, she is now fully qualified to be a qualified Genin.

Just the day before the exam, it was Kanon's shadow clone who came to the school again.

But today is different. She will take the graduation exam seriously. This is not only a respect for the teacher, but also a responsibility to herself.

As for why Kanon came here early, it was because she had excellent grades in all aspects and was mentioned by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen as an exception to take the graduation exam.

At first, many teachers thought that the Hokage's method was too cruel to the children, but Kanon agreed with a smile.

So at this time, Kanon was also sitting here, looking at Naruto in the distance like everyone else.