Chapter 19

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, hate me, and then... live ugly."

"Keep running away, keep running away."

"Wait until you have eyes like mine, then come to me again."

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

"No!"

With a shout from Sasuke, he woke up, and Kanon, who was cooking beside him, was startled by him.

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

"Asshole..." Sasuke brushed his cheek, he was still a little reluctant to believe that this was true.

But now he can only face this cruel reality.

"Brother, are you okay?" Seeing Sasuke sweating all over, Hanako hurriedly brought him a basin of water and wiped Sasuke's slightly pale face with a wet towel.

Suddenly, Sasuke hugged Hanako tightly. At dusk, it was still a little dim without turning on the lights. His body trembled slightly, and the tears from the corners of his eyes slid silently.

Feeling that his black hair was soaked by tears, Hanako also hugged Sasuke and patted Sasuke gently with his little hands.

"Sasuke brother... Hanako is still here..."

"Fortunately you are alive..." Sasuke confided his heart.

Originally, according to Uchiha Itachi's plan, Hanako would definitely die, but she survived by chance, which was probably something Uchiha Itachi could not have expected.

So Sasuke was glad that there was a sister who depended on him in this world, and 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 Hanako's face and secretly made up his mind that he would 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:

"Hanako... I wanted to cook for you today, but you cooked for me again."

"It's okay, let me cook in the future." Hanako smiled, and there was a moment of silence behind the smile.

If I let this idiot brother cook for me, I'm afraid I will die young before I reach the age of seven.

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

"Speaking of which, you are also old enough to enter the ninja school, Hanako, do you want me to teach you some ninjutsu?"

Hearing this, Hanako was startled, and then politely refused.

"No, 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." Hana nodded. Facing her own brother, she would never refuse.

Unknowingly, another month has passed.

During this period, Hana 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 Sharingan, she is already very good.

The most important thing is physical skills. In Xiaonin's words, physical skills must be accumulated day by day, and ninjutsu can be practiced occasionally. At this age, she already has a lot of these ninjutsu.

If she continues to learn, it will be a burden if her body can't keep up. So during this period, Hana has been tempering her body.

But Xiao Shinobu never mentioned the "Flower Domain". When Hana asked, she whispered to her, "You are still too young. Opening the Sharingan is just a burden to you. You can practice it later."

So Hana stopped asking. After all, Xiao Shinobu's starting point was good. It is true that the Sharingan consumes a lot of chakra.

Sasuke went to the ninja school as usual during this period. The two buried their hatred in their hearts and put the fire of revenge in the deepest part of their hearts. After all, life still needs to go on.

But Naruto looked for him less and less frequently. There was no other reason, because a new girl named Haruno Sakura came to the class.

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

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

The time he met with Hana was quite special, always in the afternoon or evening.

It was also because of this that NarutoPeople gradually came to see Hanako less and less, and instead spent more time on the little girl.

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

Hanako was also happy to be free. Naruto had his own way to go, and so did she. She couldn't take care of Naruto for life.

However, Naruto still occasionally came to chat with his best friend. Of course, every time Naruto came, he would eat Hanako's food, which made her wonder if Naruto was just here for free meals.

After all, they were just best friends. Because of their age and grade, they couldn't enter each other's lives. This was just a pure friendship.

The four seasons rotated.

Gradually, it was time for school to start again.

Today was the day for Hanako to go to school, but the difference was that it was Hanako's shadow clone who went to school.

I continued to stay in my "secret base" to train.

Because I was one year later than Sasuke and the others, Hanako was very popular in school.

She is cute and pretty, lively and smart, and most importantly, she is the top student in the whole grade.

Even Naruto has heard of her, and couldn't help but sigh: "She is worthy of being that guy's sister."

"Sakura, can you play with me today?"

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

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

Sasuke turned away and said coldly; "Boring."

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

......

Just like this, a few years have passed.

It's finally time to graduate, and today is the time for Naruto and others to prepare for graduation.

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

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

"Hmph, Iruka-sensei, I've practiced a new ninjutsu!"

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

When did such a last-place student have a 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 hasn't learned much about ninjutsu, but she is very strong in illusion and physical skills. In short, she can be a qualified Genin.

Just the day before the exam, Kanon's shadow clone still came to the school.

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

As for why Kanon came here early, it was because she had excellent grades in all aspects, and was mentioned by the third-generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen to take this graduation exam.

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

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