Chapter 123 Nojiri Oki's Heartache

Uzumaki Naruto closed his mouth.

After a moment of silence, Uchiha Sasuke spoke.

"Brother Musashi."

"what happened?"

Uchiha Sasuke hesitated for a moment and said, "I performed very poorly when facing the enemy just now."

“I can’t move my body.”

"Could it be that I..."

"Okay." Suzumiya Musashi patted Uchiha Sasuke's shoulder and interrupted him, "Don't feel ashamed."

"It is normal for the human body to lose control of the will when facing a powerful threat."

“Don’t doubt yourself because of this.”

"As a ninja, you will constantly encounter powerful enemies. It is normal to feel physical fear. As long as you can deal with it better next time, it will be fine."

"You performed very well just now."

"But Naruto obviously..." Uchiha Sasuke hesitated to speak.

Suzumiya Musashi smiled and said, "Naruto is different from you."

"He's a bit more crude. His sense of danger isn't as obvious as yours."

This was a comforting word. In fact, it was also due to the secret influence of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Uchiha Sasuke finally stopped struggling, but his desire for power grew stronger and stronger.

As time went by, more and more ninjas gathered and Konoha's masters began to appear. Suzumiya Musashi finally left to report what he had encountered.

However, the intelligence did not cause much stir, and the top leaders did not publicize it.

Uzumaki Naruto and his companions did not lose their qualification for the exam, so the exam continued.

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After the second game, Suzumiya Musashi was finally able to go home and rest.

At the dining table, while eating the sumptuous dinner prepared by Acorus, he looked at the quiet Bai and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not seen Da Mu for many days.

"Bai, have you seen Da Mu recently?"

"Ah?" Bai asked unexpectedly, and the chopsticks in his hand shook.

Suzumiya Musashi said: "I haven't seen him for several days."

"I...I don't know either..." Bai lowered his head and almost buried his face in the bowl.

"What is this guy doing?" Suzumiya Musashi muttered.

After dinner, he didn't rush to get intimate with Ayame, but went out to Nojiri Oki's residence.

Normally I didn’t mind him coming here for free meals, but after not seeing him for many days, I’m feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Arrive at your destination.

Push open the half-open door.

What I saw was manuscript paper scattered all over the floor.

Suzumiya Musashi walked into the room puzzled, and soon saw a disheveled figure in front of the drawing board.

"Damu?" he called tentatively.

The back stiffened slightly, and then he continued to lower his head, and the paintbrush rubbed against the drawing paper, making a rustling sound.

Suzumiya Musashi frowned slightly.

He walked forward slowly, but the manuscript papers all over the floor left him with almost no place to stand.

All I saw on the manuscript paper on the ground were young ladies of all shapes and sizes.

Plump, slim, mature, cute... The same thing is that every drawing only shows the upper body.

Walking in front of Nojiri Oki, Suzumiya Musashi was about to speak when he was frightened by the other person's appearance.

"F*ck!"

"Damu, what's wrong with you?!"

At this time, Nojiri Oki's hair was messy and his clothes were stained with paint.

His face looked like he hadn’t washed it for a month, his eyes were slightly sunken, and his dark circles were like a panda’s.

Nojiri Oki raised his head.

The almost lifeless eyes glanced at Suzumiya Musashi in front of him.

"You came."

"I am coming."

"You shouldn't have come."

"…Are you ill?"

Nojiri Oki: "Suzumiya Musashi, we are done with each other."

The voice was hoarse and calm, without any emotion.

Suzumiya Musashi: "...Oki, don't scare me, what happened?"

Nojiri Oki stared at Suzumiya Musashi quietly.

Just when the latter was feeling nervous, he finally spoke.

"My youth is dead."

"That day, in the mountains behind Konoha."

Suzumiya Musashi had a bad feeling.

"Musashi, our friendship is over too."

"No, why..."

Nojiri Ohki interrupted Suzumiya Musashi.

"I kissed Shiro."

"..."

silence.

Silence is Konoha tonight.

Suzumiya Musashi had a lot of questions in his mind.

When did this happen?

Why?

Why did we kiss?

He only remembered that on the first day Bai came home, he did not tell the other party Bai's gender.

But this development is too unexpected!

However, considering Nojiri Oki's current condition, it is obviously not appropriate to ask any more questions.

"Damu, I'm sorry." He apologized sincerely.

No matter how you put it, it's always a situation that I didn't make clear at the first time.

"What's the use of saying sorry now?" Nojiri Oki said lifelessly.

"Musashi, I'm useless."

“I can’t even use a paintbrush anymore.”

"Whenever I draw the girl's bottom, I can't draw anymore."

"There's always a *&￥@@ in my mind"

“The more I draw, the more they appear.”

"One by one... like a group of mushroom spirits rushing towards me..."

"Stop!" Suzumiya Musashi couldn't bear it anymore and stretched out his hand to interrupt the other party's shocking description.

"Da Mu! I was wrong! I was really wrong!"

"It's my fault."

"Tell me, what exactly does it take for you to forgive me?"

Nojiri Oki looked at him quietly.

"I will never forgive."

"Damu, no!"

Suzumiya Musashi really felt a little regretful.

He didn't expect that his little willfulness would cause such great psychological harm to Damu.

He said in panic: "Da Mu! We are brothers!"

"Have you forgotten the time we spent on the run together? Have you forgotten the happiness we had when we shared half a piece of cake? Have you really forgotten the wild vegetables we dug together in the morning and the cicadas we slept with at night?"

"That's our bond! Bakayarrrrrrrrrrrr!~"

Nojiri Oki looked at him, a tear dripping from the corner of his eye. "It's been too long... I... have forgotten..."

Suzumiya Musashi: “…”

Suzumiya Musashi, who originally wanted to have a good rest with Ayame, was unable to do so and could only accompany Nojiri Oki, who was almost mentally collapsed.

After midnight consolation, and after coming up with several new ideas such as "The Story That the Dark Light Guard of the Land of Clouds and Rain Has to Tell", "The Secret Records of the Daimyo's Wife's Bedroom", "The Daimyo Knows Nothing", and the promise of "I'll take you out to find a lot of young ladies after I'm done with this busy period", Nojiri Oki finally got better.

Agree to see his performance.

Seeing Nojiri Oki looking haggard but unable to sleep peacefully, Suzumiya Musashi felt a little reluctant. He used a knife to coax him to sleep before returning home.

"Why did you take so long?" Acorus asked after carefully entering the room.

"Sister, are you still awake?"

"Wait for you."

Suzumiya Musashi's heart softened.

Get yourself ready and hug calamus.

"Sister, you are so nice. Don't wait so late next time."

"You haven't told me yet, why are you so late?"

Suzumiya Musashi said: "Nothing, Oki is just in a bad mood."

"His love took some detours, but it's all right now."

"Oh~" Acorus was relieved when he heard that it was not about the mission.

In the warm embrace of Suzumiya Musashi, I quickly fell asleep...