after a while……

Uchiha Izuna hasn't come back yet, but Uchiha Madara came back first. After all, he really didn't want to take a bath. He only washed away the dust on his body, then wiped his hair and body casually, put on a clean kimono at home, and walked in a hurry

Went back to my sons' room.

Maybe he was eager to stay by his son's side,

Maybe eager to wait for a miracle,

Anyway...

When he saw that nothing had changed in the bedroom,

I felt both relieved and lost in my heart.

With the comfort and encouragement of his second aunt, Uchiha Yao did what he wanted to do most at the moment, got into his brother's quilt, hugged his arms tightly with both hands, and pressed his forehead against his shoulders. It was like two people.

Just newborn kittens clinging to each other...

Uchiha Madara knelt down and took a look, only to see the second son burying his little head deeper and deeper into the quilt.

He was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hand, gently pulled the quilt off his son's head, and said softly: "It's hot, don't damage it."

"……Um."

Uchiha glanced at her brother-in-law, sighed inwardly, then stood up, walked to the closet and dug around for a moment, and pulled out a clean towel. After getting to know her nephews, she was also quite familiar with the structure of their house.

, she thought, at this moment, they would not mind her temporarily borrowing these, after all...

She walked to the floor next to the man and sat down on her knees. She raised the towel with both hands and put it on his head. She said softly: "Brother Ban, don't just talk about Xiaoyao. If you come here like this without drying your hair, what if?"

What should I do if I catch a cold?" As she spoke, she raised her hand and wiped his hair carefully.

"...I'm fine." Uchiha Madara thought, maybe he should raise his hand and take the towel to wipe his hair at this moment, but he really doesn't have the mood and energy now. He just wants to look at his eldest son, without blinking.

I watched until Izuna and the doctor at home found a reliable and effective treatment method.

After all, he was filled with bad premonitions at this moment, just like those years...

It was just like when his parents and brothers left him one after another.

It had been many years since he had lost a loved one. He thought he was strong enough and strong enough to conquer his destiny. However, he suffered another heavy blow at this moment.

"...It's my fault." He closed his eyes and said softly, "It's my fault for not taking good care of Hui."

"We're on the battlefield," Uchiha replied, "who can protect whom 100%? I think Xiaohui himself certainly doesn't blame you Madara."

"..." But there is no doubt that he failed to fulfill his duty as a father.

At that time...

When the old man looked at his dead brothers...

Is this how you feel?

Nowadays, many times, he is gradually able to understand his father who couldn't understand him back then. However, there are also times when he wishes he didn't have to understand like this, like this moment.

Because he didn't want to lose his child, and he didn't want to experience this inhuman pain and torture.

He knew that he was a strong man, but he thought that at least this strength should not be used for such things.

"Xiaohui will definitely be fine." Uchiha helped her brother-in-law wipe the moisture from his scalp and the upper part of his hair, and then began to wipe the middle and lower parts. She said seriously, "He is still so young, so well-behaved and sensible.

, and there is such a broad future, so everything will definitely be fine."

Uchiha Madara stared at the person in front of him without saying a word, thinking almost subconsciously: Can he believe this?

Maybe you shouldn't believe it.

But he couldn't help but want to believe, almost weakly.

After all, the Shirakawa clan insists that she is the "Goddess", right? And the place Hui went to this time does have something to do with the "Goddess".

He knew that he was a little "sick and rushed to seek medical treatment", because the goddess was just a distant and illusory legend, and when she saw the portrait of the insect before, she did not show any signs of recognition.

At this moment...

Uchiha Izuna came back.

Everyone looked at him almost subconsciously.

The latter paused, then shook his head with a heavy face and replied softly: "So far, no one has seen that insect."

Uchiha Madara's expression suddenly became more solemn.

"Izuna," Uchiha whispered, "If there is nothing particularly urgent at the moment, you should go and wash up."

"Yes." Uchiha Izuna looked down at the dust all over his body, then looked at his eldest nephew lying on the clean quilt, and nodded slightly, "Brother, I'll use the bathroom on your side."

"Yeah." Uchiha nodded speckly, "Go ahead." It has to be said that although he didn't get any new results, his brother's return did give him a little more energy and strength. To put it simply, he didn't get any new results.

It's as if the whole person has found a backbone again, but this is not surprising. The two brothers have relied on each other for so many years. They are each other's backbone. Just seeing it can make you feel at ease.

Therefore, at the moment he spoke, he took the towel from his sister-in-law's hand and took care of the follow-up by himself. He said by the way: "Hitomi, prepare some food. Everyone rushed to protect Hui all the way back and ate very little on the way.

"

"Don't worry." Uchiha nodded with a smile, "It has been arranged just now, not only for you, but also for the clan members." She guessed that Izuna, who was busy with the insect images, might not be free at the moment.

Busy with these things, and this is what she should do.

"Yeah." Uchiha nodded and praised, "Well done."

"Yes." Uchiha Oichi accepted the compliment without humility, and then looked at the two brothers with soft eyes after bathing and washing themselves, and ate a bunch of things in one go. This shows that they not only eat very little.

, I simply didn’t eat it at all.

However, now is not the time to blame them.

The Uchiha just raised his hand holding the handkerchief and wiped the corners of the mouth of the one here and the cheeks of the other one. Normally, the two of them would not eat like this, but now they were really hungry, and she was very

It was simple and straightforward to ask the kitchen to send a bunch of meat, which translated to mean that the two cats' rice bowls were full of big bones. It was completely normal to accidentally rub their faces while eating.

The shit-sweeper must be taken care of carefully.

After the two of them had almost finished eating, she asked the question that was lingering in her mind——

"Xiaohui... didn't eat anything on the way?"

"Don't worry." Uchiha Izuna replied, "On the way, we used water to dissolve the soldier's food pills, and then fed him to drink them. But now that he's back, let's let the kitchen make something nutritious and easy to eat." Look.

You know the situation of your eldest nephew, he probably...can't stay awake for a long time.

"I understand." Uchiha nodded solemnly.

Uchiha Madara thought for a while, stood up and said, "Izuna, I'm going out for a while."

"...At this time?" Uchiha Izuna was stunned for a moment, then realized something. He hesitated for a moment, but did not stop him. He just nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll keep an eye on this at home.

Brother, please be careful on the road."

Uchiha Madara nodded to his younger brother, then grabbed his flame ball fan and rushed out without saying a word, even still wearing home clothes.

"...Izuna, brother, what is this?" Uchiha asked in confusion.

After Uchiha Izuna was silent for a while, he replied: "I should go out to find a friend. That guy... has very good medical skills, so he might know how to treat Hui." He knew who the elder brother was going to see. According to the intelligence, Qian

The people of the Shou clan returned to their clan than they did the day before. Even though he was unhappy, he also knew clearly that he should not care about this at this time. The health of his eldest nephew was the most important thing.

...If the other party is really willing to lend a helping hand and successfully save Hui, even if he still cannot agree to the proposal, he is still willing to sincerely bow to him and thank him or even say thank you. As long as Hui is good, anything will do.

It was his uncle's responsibility to fail to take good care of his nephew.

Even if he had to sacrifice his own life to Hui, it would be a matter of course.

"...You two brothers really have exactly the same problem."

Uchiha Izuna suddenly heard his wife beside him sigh and say.

"Huh?" He looked at the other person and made a confused voice, "What?"

"I'm good at blaming myself." Uchiha put his hand around her husband's shoulders, looked at him sideways, and said helplessly, "It doesn't mean that you don't have responsibilities, but you can't put all the responsibilities on your shoulders.

Bar?"

"..." Uchiha Izuna glanced at the unconscious eldest nephew and the second nephew who curled up into a small ball next to the former with his eyes closed. After a brief hesitation, he turned slightly sideways and put his head on the

He touched the crook of his wife's neck, then closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief. Although it may be a bit embarrassing to say this, he was indeed able to relax well by her side and find what he had dreamed of.

A moment of peace.

He felt her hand that was holding his head move up slightly and began to stroke his hair. He turned further and further to the side, opened his arms to hug her waist, and buried his face into her chest.

, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.

"It's okay, Izuna." Uchiha opened his arms and hugged her husband's body tightly, stroking his hair with one hand and his back with the other, and said softly, "Xiaohui must be okay."

"...What's the reason?" He suddenly asked, "Intuition? But this kind of thing is never accurate; because Xiaohui is a good boy? But, many times, this is not the reason for a person to live."

Isn’t it? Isn’t it Setsuna? Isn’t it Makoto? Each of his younger brothers are very good children, but... weren’t they all taken away by cruel fate one after another?

Uchiha looked at his little nephew subconsciously.

"It's okay." Uchiha Izuna said, "Yao was asleep and couldn't hear these words." The great grief and previous crying undoubtedly brought a certain burden to the child's body, and when

He actually hugged his brother's body, which was a little cold but still warm. A sense of pain and relief came over him, and everything caused him to fall into a deep sleep unconsciously.

Even at this moment, Uchiha Izuna still maintained his sense and sense of proportion, and would never say what he just said in front of his little nephew.

"Quenna..."

"If I make a wish to you and am willing to dedicate everything I have to you, will you be willing to answer my wish?" Uchiha Izuna closed his eyes tightly, hugged his wife in front of him tighter, and murmured.

, "If you are really a goddess who descended from the sky as the Shirakawa clan said, Hitomi, will you answer my prayer?"

Uchiha Obito: "..." She was stunned for a moment, and then replied softly, "Well, Izuna, if I were, I would."

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Chapter completed!