Chapter 69 What should I do... Where should I go and where do I belong?

As night falls, the forest is shrouded in a mysterious veil. In this deep forest, a stream flows quietly. Its sound should be pleasant to the ear, but it exudes a gloomy atmosphere in the night.

By the stream, old trees stretch out branches like ghost claws, their reflections twisted in the water, as if whispering unknown secrets. The breeze blows, and the leaves rustle, as if telling an ancient legend, which makes people feel cold.

The entire forest was immersed in an indescribable atmosphere, with both the tranquility of the night and an inexplicable sense of threat.

The moonlight barely shone through the dense treetops and onto the black-haired girl. She staggered, covered in wounds, like a sad ghost walking out of an endless hell.

Hanane staggered and collapsed to the ground. She finally found water. Looking at the stream, she suddenly lay down. She had been wandering in the forest for several hours. At this moment, she was already extremely thirsty.

After taking several gulps, Kanon finally felt alive again.

She looked up at the sky, the moonlight swept through the dense leaves, and Hanane's eyes were extremely empty.

Everything that belonged to me was gone, and I couldn’t even say goodbye properly to everyone in Class 7.

When she thought of the agreement to invite everyone in Konoha to her house for dinner in the evening, she felt a wave of sadness in her heart, but more of it was anger.

Because at this moment, Kanon's mind was full of the image of that old villain Danzo, and she wished she could tear Danzo into pieces right now.

"Konoha..." Kanon was about to grit her teeth when a heart-wrenching pain spread through her body again.

She had lost several teeth and could not bite hard at the moment, but the bleeding holes on her body had stopped and the fatal wounds had been treated in the "Flower Domain" using the Palm Fairy Technique.

Hanane felt the excruciating pain and looked around with empty eyes. She had no place to go back to.

Where should I go and where do I belong?

Hanane kept asking herself this question in her mind, but no one answered.

This time, Konoha will probably suppress the matter by claiming that he died in this operation, or put a lot of blame on himself and make himself an S-rank rebel ninja, and soon someone will come to hunt him down.

But Hanane no longer cares. Now she has no goals and no one to rely on.

"what do I do..."

Tears flowed from Hanako's eyes. Looking at the faint moonlight reflected by the stream, Hanako could no longer control her emotions.

Usually strong and sunny, Kanon really looks like an 11-year-old girl at this moment.

She hugged her knees and cried helplessly, but at this moment, Kanon was only filled with loneliness and confusion.

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Time went back to three hours ago.

Naruto lay in front of his hospital bed, covered in wounds, his mind filled with memories of himself and the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

For him who has no relatives, the Sandaime Hokage is his grandfather. At this moment, he looked at the photo of Team 7 on the table. Naruto stared at Sasuke unhappily, Sakura and Kanon stood in the middle holding hands and smiling, and Sasuke also looked at Naruto with an unhappy expression.

Kakashi behind them touched their heads and smiled helplessly.

This photo brings back beautiful memories, and then Naruto looked at the two kunai engraved with Hana and Otona placed next to the photo. One was the kunai that Hana had left with him, waiting to be returned to her on the day he became Hokage, and the other was a gift given to him as an early celebration.

In the end, Naruto put on a black suit and went to Sarutobi Hiruzen's funeral. At this time, there was a drizzle in the sky.

Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and walked to Naruto and Sakura with a trembling body.

"Where's Kanon..." Naruto asked.

"She...she hasn't come back yet..." Sasuke's face was pale and his expression was a little distorted.

"W...what?!" Sakura and Naruto were stunned.

Kanon would definitely attend such a formal occasion, but unexpectedly, after what happened yesterday, Kanon has not appeared in anyone's sight.

"Sasuke..." Sakura wanted to comfort Sasuke, but was pushed away by Sasuke.

"Where is my sister!" Sasuke roared, he collapsed to the ground, his body shaking constantly.

He recalled that the last time he saw Hanane, he had ruthlessly pushed her away.

"You're not angry with me, are you..." Sasuke still held on to a glimmer of hope, looking at the sky which was gradually getting darker and thunder flashing by.

"Kane... come back soon... it's my brother's fault."

"Brother shouldn't treat you like that..."

Sasuke's hands were shaking. He wouldn't believe that anything had happened to Kanon, but it had been a whole night and there was still no news. When he asked Kakashi, he remained silent and said after a long time that he didn't know.

Naruto and Sakura looked at Sasuke's distraught look and went over to hug him.

"Don't worry, Sasuke, Kanon will be fine. She is stronger than all of us..." Sakura comforted.

Naruto didn't utter a word, because until then, he realized how important Kanon was to him.

In the past, I always stuck with Kanon, living together, doing tasks together, and eating together.

But today, without Kanon, he always felt as if half of his heart was missing. An inexplicable feeling of emptiness made Naruto and Sasuke collapse on the ground.

The Uchiha girl who always watched him grow, took care of him, and believed that he could become Hokage.

The girl who took care of him in life, cared about him in battle, and comforted him when he was ignored.

"Naruto! What's wrong with you? Cheer up!" Sakura hurried over and supported Naruto.

Tears welled up in Naruto's eyes because he had a feeling that he might never see Kanon again.

But when Sakura saw the tears streaming down Naruto's eyes, she finally couldn't hold back any more. Just like that, the three members of Team 7 all collapsed here, with tears flowing from their eyes.

All the ninjas of Konoha Village came to the tomb of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and bowed their heads in silence. Sasuke and Naruto looked around anxiously to see if Kanon was there, but they found nothing. In the end, they lowered their heads with empty eyes.

Kanon just disappeared in Konoha Village without any warning, as if she had never been there, leaving behind only endless nostalgia and heart-wrenching pain for Team 7.

She left so suddenly, without leaving a word and without giving anyone a chance to say goodbye.

Sasuke and Naruto simply could not accept this fact. The world belonging to their Team 7 was shattered because of the absence of Kanon.

Naruto looked at his messy room and thought back to the night before the Chuunin Exam elimination round.

She had once had a heart-to-heart talk with herself in this room, and Hanane's earnest voice still seemed to echo in every corner.

But now, these memories were like sharp blades, cutting Naruto's heart over and over again, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Even when he was dreaming at night, Naruto tried to find Kanon in his dreams, but even in his dreams, she was getting farther and farther away and could never be reached.