The Uchiha belt quietly followed the boy beside her, looking left and right from time to time. She could tell that this clan area used to be very lively. Although it was located on the outskirts of the village, there were so many people living there after all. It was a self-proclaimed village.

It is not an exaggeration to form a cycle, even for small and large-scale villages and towns.

And Konoha, although it is said to be a "village", in terms of scale, it can actually be regarded as a city that is armed to the teeth, and even, in a sense, can be comparable to or even better than some small countries.

As the second son of the Uchiha clan leader, Sasuke is the "little prince" of this small independent land.

Everyone living here must be very kind to him, right?

It's not necessarily because he is the son of the clan leader, but who wouldn't like a small, tender, well-behaved and good-looking Uchiha cub? Although she has never seen Sasuke's appearance or photos when he was a child,

But as long as you imagine it a little, you will feel that even the coldest heart will melt in an instant.

Who would be willing to hurt Sasuke like this?

...Uchiha Itachi was willing to give up.

Although essentially it was to protect him.

Due to her position, she should probably be resentful towards Uchiha Itachi, but for some reason, whenever she thinks of him, she does not have these negative emotions. Instead, she can feel the same pity as when she faced Sasuke. She doesn't

I knew why this was, but later I thought about it, maybe it was because she was "infected" by Sasuke's emotions, so she also liked his brother very much.

Back to business.

Sasuke living here must have had a wonderful childhood.

Then, overnight, everything was lost.

How painful this must be...

Uchiha stopped walking.

"Huh?" Uchiha Sasuke, who sensed her movements, stopped and turned his head in confusion, "How..."

The unfinished words ended with a sudden hug from the person next to me.

Uchiha Sasuke's eyes widened slightly, and then he subconsciously raised his hand to hold her waist, and whispered in her ear: "What are you doing?"

"...No." Uchiha whispered with sour eyes, "I just want to hug you suddenly, don't be angry." This is definitely not to sympathize with you, but I really feel uncomfortable now.

"...Haga." Uchiha Sasuke lowered his eyes, "Who would be angry about such a thing." Of course he knew what she was thinking, and he was already past the age where he would be easily criticized because of this.

.

"Um...sorry."

"I told you I'm not angry."

"...Although I know it's impossible, it would be nice if I was by your side at that time." She suddenly whispered, "Or even earlier, it would be nice if I was by your side. Maybe I can't do anything, but

At least……"

"Yes." Uchiha Sasuke raised the hand that was holding her waist and patted the back of her head gently. After a pause, he simply used this hand to gently stroke her hair that was tied into a ponytail.

He whispered, "I know." He really knew, because he had seen enough dreams. At the same time, he couldn't help but think that if he could get his left hand back, he would be able to hold her and touch her at the same time.

hair?

After a while...

He asked helplessly: "Are you planning to hold me here all night?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, right?" She smiled and rubbed his neck with her face, "Although the winter nights are very cold, it's very warm when two people hug each other. Sasuke, your body temperature seems to be really higher than other people's.

yeah."

"So," Uchiha Sasuke asked, "why do you know the body temperature of other people, and who is this other person?"

"Xianglin!"

"..." OK.

Then he decided to forget the topic decisively, and with a backhand, he "threw" the person in his arms behind him.

"Eh???"

Caught off guard, she let out a low cry, subconsciously opened her arms and hooked them around his neck, and her whole body was naturally hung on his back.

Uchiha Sasuke held the body of the person behind him with one hand, lifted her up gently, and carried her on his back, and continued walking towards the clan. As he walked, he whispered: "At that time

, my brother often carries me on his back like this."

"...Hmm." She blinked and listened quietly.

"Sometimes it's school, sometimes it's after school, and sometimes it's taken to the village...A lot of the time I'm actually not tired from walking, but because I miss my brother's back very much and like him to carry me on his back, I'll say coquettish words to him.

'I'm tired'. Whenever this happens, my brother will kneel down on one knee in front of me and signal me to get on his back."

"..."

"Actually, it's quite excessive, to say this here."

"..."

"The tribesmen who were killed by my brother will be very angry when they hear such words, right?"

"...Don't think like that." Uchiha said softly. She hooked the boy's neck with one hand and gently stroked his head with the other hand, whispering, "Maybe what Itachi did is indeed unpardonable.

, but in the final analysis, he was just a knife, and what was even more hateful were the people holding the knife."

"..."

"Furthermore, it is unfair to simply attribute the decline and demise of a clan to one person." Uchiha sighed and continued, "Leaving aside the perpetrators, the Uchiha clan themselves...can't say anything.

No problem, right? I don't mean to accuse anyone, and I know it's meaningless to say this now, but, Sasuke, at least, you are not guilty, and missing you is also not guilty."

"..."

"And, as you said to me, there is a pure land in this world." Ochiha whispered, "So, now that the clan members and Itachi have passed away, maybe these grievances have been settled underground.

"

"...Will the soul be killed a second time?"

"It shouldn't be possible, otherwise Itachi wouldn't have been exposed by the dirt at that time. So maybe he was receiving other punishments. But when he came up, like everyone else, the relevant memories below were erased to prevent leaks and so on...

..." Uchiha Ouzi came up with a conjecture, trying to comfort the person carrying him.

"It would be great if he could be punished properly." Uchiha Sasuke looked up at the sky. He remembered that that night, there was an eerie red moon in the sky. Unlike today, the moonlight was so bright and clear. He was almost praying.

Said, "It would be great if my brother could accept many severe punishments. In this way, he would feel much better, right?"

If these grievances have really been taken to the Pure Land, they have really been settled.

Brother's words...

You definitely don’t want to be forgiven easily.

"I heard," Uchiha continued to caress the young man's hair and whispered, "The living can help the deceased accumulate blessings. With these blessings, the deceased can be compensated. It is very good to be reincarnated in the next life.

A good family. Since your brother Itachi still needs to be punished in the Pure Land, let's ignore him for now. From now on, we will do more good deeds and save more people in the ninja world, and help those innocent dead to accumulate blessings. Then, let them every day.

Everyone can have a very good afterlife."

"After all this is done, let's go to the Pure Land to find Itachi. By then, everything you owe him must have been repaid, and it will be your turn to 'collect debts' from him. So, Sasuke, you have to be careful next time

You can do that only if you are alive, but you can't do this if you are dead."

Uchiha Sasuke couldn't help laughing: "Excessive hope in the afterlife is the idea of ​​​​the weak." The strong only seize this life and seize the day. But, "It would be great if it were true... Brother committed those crimes for me, if

It would be great if we could really help him repay it together."

"Then let's work hard together." She also smiled, "There is still so much time, so there will be no problem."

"..." Uchiha Sasuke lowered his eyes again, thinking, the time that belongs to me may still be very long, and the time that belongs to you may still be very long, but the time that belongs to us is about...

There's not much left.

But these words, at this time tonight, before they parted, he would not say them.

Unknowingly...

"We're here." Uchiha Sasuke stood blankly at the door of his house and whispered.

His home, located deep within the Uchiha clan, was a two-story building with a yard at the front and back.

It looks luxurious, but in fact there are many buildings like this within the Uchiha clan.

The land on the outskirts of the village is not very valuable, and it is all the territory of the Uchiha clan, so they can build whatever they want.

My parents live on the first floor.

He and his brother live on the second floor.

And the best room on the second floor was given to him.

The only bed in the house is also in his room.

Because he prefers a soft bed to the floor.

While his father complained, "As a boy, how can I be so squeamish?" He took out money for his mother and brother and asked them to buy the best bed that would be least painful to their backs.

When he has nothing to do, my father likes to sit on his knees on the first floor, drinking tea and reading.
To be continued...