#83 - Chapter 83: Sarutobi Hiruzen's Death Funeral

When Naruto and the others returned to the Chunin Exam arena, the battle seemed to have just ended.

Sand ninjas, Sound ninjas, and Leaf ninjas were dead all over the place, but the guests were still sound asleep.

Naruto didn't know whether to admire the guests' good sleep quality or Orochimaru's high level of genjutsu!

"You're back, how did it go?" Kakashi asked, his eyes scanning the group. He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that no one was missing.

"Gaara is dead, killed by Naruto and Sasuke," Sakura said.

"Is that so? Good job, Naruto, Sasuke!" Kakashi gave them a thumbs up with a smile, but neither of them showed any expression.

Naruto didn't care about Kakashi's praise at all.

Sasuke felt that he didn't deserve it.

Although he participated in the battle, he didn't play any role in defeating Gaara!

"What's the situation here?" Shikamaru asked, looking at the corpses all over the ground.

"The enemy has been driven away, but unfortunately, the main guys didn't stay behind!"

As Kakashi spoke, he suddenly looked towards the Hokage's viewing platform.

Just after the battle ended, several Anbu and Jonin went there, but they still haven't seen the Hokage-sama, which made him a little uneasy.

"I'll go up and take a look first, you guys stay here!" Kakashi said as he and Might Guy headed towards the Hokage viewing platform.

Naruto looked at Kakashi's back, hesitated, and followed.

Whether Hiruzen Sarutobi was dead or not was related to his later plans, so he also cared about this information.

Yata Mirror!

Using the refraction of golden light, Naruto arrived even faster than Kakashi and the others.

"Who is it!"

"Wait, it seems to be one of us?"

"Genin Naruto Uzumaki?"

Several Jonin and Anbu were startled by Naruto's appearance, but after seeing Naruto's headband and face, they all relaxed.

But they were a little puzzled, how did this Genin get up here?

And this speed......

Naruto ignored their strange gazes and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was surrounded by everyone.

At this time, Hiruzen Sarutobi was lying motionless on the ground with his limbs spread out. The clothes on his abdomen were propped open by something, leaving a mark similar to his abdomen!

Reaper Death Seal!!

Naruto recognized this sealing technique, and using this sealing technique meant that Hiruzen Sarutobi could not be alive!

Not everyone can work around the Death God like Orochimaru!

Kakashi and Might Guy, who came later, glanced at Naruto. Before they could be surprised by Naruto's speed, they were attracted by Hiruzen Sarutobi's body.

Their expressions were heavy, and they seemed unable to accept such bad news, and they were silent.

......

The next morning,

The sky was gloomy, with dark clouds everywhere,

It seemed that even the sky was sad for the death of Hiruzen Sarutobi!

Naruto, dressed in black, came to the crossroads and met Sasuke and Sakura.

None of the three spoke, but they looked at each other and left together in one direction.

Naruto didn't know about Sasuke.

But Sakura was really saddened by the passing of the Third Hokage.

She, who had always been responsible for the atmosphere of the trio, was silent at this time, her eyes filled with sorrow.

Arriving at the top of the Hokage Building,

Above were the statues of the four Hokage, and below was the portrait of the Third Hokage.

All the people in Konoha who were closely related to the Third Hokage or were important figures were present, surrounding the entire Hokage Building inside and out.

They were all dressed in black, some with sad faces, and some with expressionless faces.

At this time... it started to rain.

"This funeral is to mourn the Third Hokage and other victims who died in this battle!"

The two advisors stood at the front and rang the bell of mourning.

Then people walked up one after another and placed a sad white rose in front of the Third Hokage's tombstone.

Naruto stood in the crowd, and the rain fell from the sky and hit his face.

He didn't cry, and he didn't have any sad emotions, but the rain didn't seem to want to let him go.

At this time, Konohamaru beside him cried out.

Seeing his little brother crying and sad, Naruto stretched out his hand to put it on his head, but hesitated.

He could have saved his little brother's grandfather's life, but he didn't, so was he qualified to comfort his little brother?

Naruto looked up at the cloudy sky,

It was obviously daytime, but it was as dark as night.

"Iruka-sensei, why are people willing to sacrifice themselves for others?" Sakura suddenly asked.

"When people die alone, everything will disappear, their past, present, and future, nothing will exist."

"Many people die in missions and wars, and they die easily!"

"Among these dead people, some also have dreams, but they all have something they cherish!"

"Parents, brothers, friends, lovers are all very important people to them! Trusting each other, helping each other, from birth, they have bonds with their most important people. And this bond will become stronger and stronger as time passes!"

"So there is no need for any reason, just people with these bonds will definitely do so. Because that is the person he is worth cherishing!"

"Naruto!"

Naruto didn't expect Iruka to call himself while talking, so he lowered his head in confusion and looked at Iruka, who was squatting next to Konohamaru and comforting him.

"What's wrong, Iruka-sensei?"

"You will understand this feeling sooner or later, you will also have people who cherish you and are cherished by you!"

Naruto was silent for a long time before nodding and saying, "Maybe..."

He glanced at Konohamaru, then stepped forward and offered a bouquet of white roses to the old man Sarutobi.

At this time, the rain stopped.

The dark clouds quickly dispersed, and the sunlight shone through the dark clouds on Naruto's face and the Third Hokage's photo in front of him.

He subconsciously looked up at the sky, feeling a little dazed.

'You don't usually take care of me, but now that you're dead, you want to feed me some chicken soup?'

Naruto lowered his head and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi's photo.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he actually found that the old man Sarutobi's originally serious photo had a hint of a smile under the refraction of the sunlight.

Is there a ghost?

Naruto shuddered, turned around and left without looking back.

No wonder the weather was abnormally cold, it turned out that old man Sarutobi's soul was back... no, his soul seems to be in the belly of the Death God, and now he might be playing mahjong with the other three Hokage, so he can't come back at all.

Sure enough, I was thinking too much.

Naruto shook his head and returned to Konohamaru's side, "Konohamaru."

"Big brother?"

Konohamaru couldn't stop crying, and his voice was sobbing when he called him.

Seeing this, Naruto helped him wipe away his tears and said softly, "Listen to Iruka-sensei more in the future!"

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