after……

Uchiha Sasuke helped a "dirty little cat" wash her paws that were full of seafood smell. After confirming with his nose that there was indeed only the scent of lemon on her fingers, he took out a handkerchief from his arms.

, spread it out in the palm of his hand, and motioned her to wipe it.

...If you still had your hands, you might be able to do this for her.

He couldn't help but think so.

Afterwards, he rejected the others' suggestion to sit down one more time and left with them.

He could tell that this group of people might play games or do other interesting things later, but he was indeed not interested in it and had no intention of participating. Forcibly staying would only affect the atmosphere, so it was better to stop in moderation.

Perhaps because they also understood this, the others did not do much to persuade him to stay.

"Well——" After going out, Xianglin raised his hands in the night, stretched his body for a long time, turned his head and asked, "Sasuke, shall we go back next?"

"You guys go back first." Uchiha Sasuke replied, "I will take her to a place next."

"...Oh." The red-haired girl has long been used to this kind of thing, and didn't say much. She just said, "Then you guys come back early. I can't sense your chakra, so I can't sleep well. So,

So that I can have a good beauty sleep, remember to come back early!”

Uchiha Sasuke: "..." Have you changed from a pervert to a pervert square?

But he still didn't say this out loud.

Maybe every Uchiha is good at complaining, but their personality prevents them from performing well.

After that, Uchiha Sasuke took Uchiha Zi to the flower shop and bought a small bouquet of white chrysanthemums.

After that, he took her to...

"here it is……?"

"Well, it's the memorial tablet I told you about before."

Sasuke Uchiha passed by the commemorative memorial tablets with a calm and indifferent expression. There are also his ancestors, his relatives and his clan members here. However, his parents and brother are not here, because none of them sacrificed for Konoha and the other is just a commoner.

There is one more person...

Not only should it be said that he committed suicide, but it should be said that he died at the hands of his brother.

Finally, he stopped in front of a memorial tablet.

"……here it is?"

"The memorial tablet with the name of Hyuga Neji written on it." Uchiha Sasuke replied in a calm voice, "He is also absent from Konoha tonight." After that, he leaned down and placed the bouquet in his hand on the memorial tablet.

Next to the memorial monument.

At the same time, Ochiha Ochiha noticed that there were flowers that others had put down next to the commemorative monument. It looked like they had just been put down today.

"Maybe it was Naruto who put it there." Uchiha Sasuke said, "That guy... has a character that is very nostalgic for old friendships. He can remember it for a long time if others give him a little bit of warmth, not to mention that Neji protected him with his life.

"So, it's normal for him to come here to have a look before going to the party." Maybe he also brought Sakura with him, after all, there were two flowers laid down.

"Do you have a good relationship with this Neji-kun?" Uchiha asked softly.

"No." Uchiha Sasuke denied this statement, "I'm not familiar with him. It's not the kind of duplicity you said, it's really unfamiliar. I only met him a few times during the Chunin Exam."

However, tonight I suddenly thought of each other.

Then I wanted to come and take a look.

So he came.

actually……

I feel a little grateful in my heart.

Thank the other party for saving Naruto.

After all, for a long time, he felt that the world was dark, and Naruto was the sun, moon, starlight, lights and candlelight in the dark night... It was the aggregate of all lights, which kept him from being trapped in the endless darkness.

He fell completely into a deeper and deeper darkness.

So he was very grateful to Neji for protecting these lights and not letting them fall.

Of course, he was also somewhat sentimental about the other person's life experience - the young man who kept saying he wanted to fight against his fate finally followed his fate.

between the two of them...

There are indeed similarities.

Uchiha raised his hand silently and held the hand of the person next to him.

"Um?"

"Sasuke, you are a guy with a hard mouth but a soft heart..."

"..." Uchiha Sasuke didn't speak. He just raised his head and looked at the many commemorative monuments here and said softly, "Actually, I always felt that they were never here. This is not so much a place for them to rest in peace, but a place where they rest."

A place where the remaining survivors can find comfort."

"Um."

Next, neither of them spoke, they just stood side by side quietly for a while.

until……

"Let's go." Uchiha Sasuke whispered, "It's windy at night, and it's extremely cold here. It's easy to get sick if you stand for a long time." It hadn't been long since she recovered from the illness. Although she was in good health, he was still worried.

"Yes." Uchiha nodded, then followed the young man and walked slowly outside.

However……

On the way back, out of the corner of my eye, I accidentally caught a glimpse of the name "Uchiha Obito" on a memorial tablet.

"..."

Uchiha...Obito...

The dead Uchiha...

Kakashi-sensei's teammates...

…

The information she knew so far flashed through her mind one by one, and for some reason, she was quite concerned about it.

"What's wrong?" Uchiha Sasuke asked without looking back, because he noticed that the breath of the person behind him was turbulent.

"...No." Uchiha replied, "I just seem to have seen the Sandaime's name, it's 'Sarutobi Hiruzen'."

"Well, if nothing else is mentioned, he fought at the last moment to protect Konoha." Uchiha Sasuke, as a "descendant of Uchiha", gave his evaluation of the other party, "He may be sorry for Uchiha and

Many people in this village are right to Konoha."

"...Hmm." After answering this sentence, Uchiha realized that he had lied to the person in front of him, but...why? Why would he do such a thing subconsciously?

...she doesn't understand.

He just stared at the back of the person in front of him with somewhat complex eyes.

Uchiha Sasuke, on the other hand, silently stared at the dark night in front of him, thinking: What did she...see? What did she find?...Forget it, it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter.

So in the following days...

He still indulged her and even asked her to go to the village alone to take a look, instead of staying with him all the time, because there was no need.

Uchiha Obi, who originally didn't want to do this, was a little angry after being "kicked out" several times. In the spirit of "If you let me shop, I will shop for you. Not only do I shop, I also work hard to spend money!"

"" mentality, I really walked back and forth in Konoha. However, when I came back, the only items I bought for myself were basically red bean cakes, and other things were bought for him and the three members of the Eagle Squad.

During this period, she did occasionally go to Hatake Kakashi to ask about some things about the past, but she was a little hesitant to ask about "Uchiha Obito" related things.

This situation continued until...

She accidentally saw the silver-haired Hokage walking out of a flower shop, holding a white chrysanthemum in his hand.

"..."

She immediately remembered the white chrysanthemums Sasuke bought that night and the white chrysanthemums placed next to the commemorative monument.

...Kakashi-sensei, are you going to see someone at the Memorial Monument?

It's that one...

"Uchiha Obito"?

She stood there, hesitating whether to follow her, because it was already evening, and if she didn't go back in time, she might not be able to catch up with dinner.

At this moment...

The sky suddenly changed.

The sky was dark and cloudy, and it seemed like a cold winter rain was about to fall.

The Uchiha hesitated for a moment, then looked at the back of the silver-haired young man who was obviously not carrying an umbrella. He pursed his lower lip and ducked into the small supermarket on the roadside. After a while, she came out with two umbrellas.

He ran towards the direction of the memorial monument.
To be continued...