Chapter 10 The Newly Acknowledged Brother Runs Away
Yuichi didn't think of that much at the moment, he just thought: Just 'acting like a baby' and saying that you want the other person to go with you - it's of little use. If you want to persuade the other person to give up this place where you have lived for a long time, you must explain yourself in depth. Reasons and ideas so that the other party is willing to seriously consider it.
Otherwise, unless the other person has some intellectual problems, generally no one can be persuaded by a stranger's coquettishness.
Also excluded are xxx and xxx (two nouns used to describe people).
Hinoki is not Yang's family, so after Yu gave up the identity of Yang/Natsuna, he was liberated from the identity of a squeamish child. Although he is still pretending to be a child, when facing other ordinary people, In fact, there is no need to pretend to be perfect.
"——...Furthermore, if you live in Konoha, you will have more security, and there will be no additional expenses for attending a ninja school. Normal ninja villages will receive commissions, and shadow ninja villages like Konoha will receive commissions." There are more commissions coming in, and there are many places that are short of manpower, so it is very convenient to make money. After I become a ninja, we won’t have to worry about our future life. The most important thing is..."
As Yu talked, he felt that he was not performing well. He hesitated and decided to play the emotional card.
Although they have only known each other for less than a day.
"...I also want to have family around me who are willing to support me..."
She secretly glanced at Hinoki.
Hui opened his mouth slightly and squeezed out some of the filling from the bitten vegetable bun in his hand.
[Okay, there is a chance!]
"...Can you be my big brother?...Even if we are not related by blood, can we...become brothers?"
Yu looked at him pleadingly.
Hinoki looked at Yu, whose face was still a little red because the 'child's fever' had not completely recovered. Somehow, he couldn't say the words of rejection at all. Even words like 'think about it' couldn't be said smoothly.
"Brother..." Hinoki lowered his head, "Speaking of which, I once...had a Toto."
I don’t know if I am changing the topic or if I am really feeling sentimental about the past.
Yu was stunned for a moment.
When she arrived at the center of Kawanoguni town at night, she looked around to see if there was any 'lonely person' who met the requirements.
Hui is actually the second person she has come into contact with who "lives by himself and seems to have a good personality".
The first person is slightly younger than Hinoki, and although it will be easy to get along with him, the other person already has someone he likes here, and Yu just saw the scene where the other person came to find that person.
He was almost mistaken for being that person's child.
She felt that someone who cared about her would not leave so easily with a child she had just known for less than a day.
Although that person didn't seem to express his feelings, he was a bit shy about speaking, and it looked like unrequited love... The girl opposite didn't seem to like him much, but she blushed a little while talking. .
Yu just randomly found a pretty reliable excuse and walked away.
There is always a feeling that if you disturb those two, you will be struck by lightning.
And now, Hinoki, who is sitting opposite Yu, once had a younger brother. This is something she never thought of...
She doesn't have the ability to find out all three, five, and six generations of the other person's family in just half a day.
[It can only be said that it is too much of a coincidence...but it does exist, such a coincidence.]
Yuhan stood up and leaned over, patting his hand comfortingly.
"Feel sorry--"
"I'm fine. It's all in the past. And I didn't have... a deep affection for that child. After all, he wasn't born yet... I just suddenly thought of it. You don't have to worry about it."
Hinoki stuffed the other intact vegetable buns on the plate into Yu's hands, continued to eat the one he had just finished, and smiled normally.
"..."
[...This is really unexpected.]
Yu sat back silently and continued to eat.
Before Hui explained, she thought that he had gone through a big event before losing his brother, and his parents might also...
But don’t ask casually about family matters.
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She did not continue those topics.
The two of them destroyed all the remaining food in silence.
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After the meal, Hinoki put away the dishes and other utensils and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, while Yu was packing her own luggage there.
She took out some food and a little money and planned to leave it to this person.
Other people's pasts are essentially just 'stories' to her.
It's better not to delve deeper into it. She can't afford to open up all the memories of a person.
The same goes for deceiving people into living together. After all, several of the targets are older than you, so you can't let yourself take care of them, right?
[It has nothing to do with me anyway.]
"I caused you trouble before, but I'm much better and nothing's wrong. These are just a few small thoughts, just take them as a thank you gift. I want to go to Konoha early anyway... Goodbye."
It's okay for Yu to leave without saying hello, since the other party didn't express his position anyway.
But that would be too rude.
She had a pretty good impression of this person.
"Ah, are you leaving now? What are your... plans next? Are you going to the Country of Fire by yourself...?"
After washing the dishes, Hinoki walked out of the kitchen and looked at Yu at the door, picking up a small towel and wiping his hands.
"Hmm... maybe. If you meet other people who want to go there on the road, maybe you can go with those people. You don't have to worry about anything. Although I am very young, I am still pretty good at reading people——"
Yu turned around gracefully and walked out of the door carrying a much reduced baggage.
But at her age, she makes such actions that are inappropriate for her age...it's funny no matter how you look at it.
[After that……]
Yu has already thought about who should act next.
Although she couldn't understand a person's life in half a day, it was enough for her to include a certain number of people who met the conditions into the 'list'.
If one doesn't work, just replace it with another one.
They are all tool people anyway. I give them affection and family companionship, and they cover me when they enter the village. It would be better if they are still the kind of guys who can take care of others, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Even after entering the village, disbanding on the spot - that's still possible.
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Yu found the third person on the plan list and tried to persuade him emotionally again as a helpless child.
But the other party loved the country of Kawa deeply and had no intention of leaving at all. Instead, he persuaded Yu to stay and live an ordinary life here as a family.
A little embarrassed, Yu made an excuse to say goodbye to this person, and then went to find the fourth person on the list.
The fourth person is said to have a good personality, but he is more introverted and doesn't like to talk. He is a person who does good things quietly.
The man stood in front of Yu, listening to Yu's words like a sculpture.
And just when she was immersed in drama-like emotions and acting with the fourth person, her baggage was suddenly grabbed by someone who didn't know where she came from.
"I... will go with you."
Hui grabbed her baggage, causing her to almost lie on her back like a tortoise.
He was a little worried, so he followed the child from a distance and watched.
how to say.
Although Yu's experience feels quite real and may not be fake, but when I see 'him' going out on the street and randomly inviting people to go with him and starting to fool them... I really can't stand it.
This child is not a simple child.
But he is indeed a young child.
Hino thinks that he is quite kind-hearted. Compared with others who may deceive children, it is better for him to follow Yu.
He didn't know that Yu was tricking someone, thinking that the other person was just a random young man on the street.
"I'm sorry, it's time for me to leave. My brother is here to see me. In fact, I really want to be an actor. Just think of this as an apology for causing you trouble -"
Yu decisively stopped speaking to the fourth person, and gave the other person some food and money equivalent to about two meals of ramen, then left with Hinoki behind him, leaving him standing there in a daze, as if he hadn't figured it out yet. What happened to the fourth victim.
"Wait, wait, go back to my house first. I haven't started packing my things yet. There are a lot of things that need to be sorted..."
Hinoki was pulled so hard that he couldn't take a big step, and he stumbled step by step following Yu's pace. He finally stabilized himself and held Yu with his hands to stop himself from leaning forward.
After trying hard to maintain his balance, he rubbed his arms and walked helplessly forward, leading the way to Yu who could no longer remember where his home was.
Yu walked in the opposite direction.
But we can’t expect children to lead the way for older people.
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As he led Yu on the way home, he suddenly felt a little regretful.
...Is this really good?
... Just like this, leaving your hometown and going to a strange place with an unfamiliar child, is it really okay?
He knew he was impulsive.
But seeing how Yu wants to go to Konoha so much, and how he wants to drag someone along with him, I really can't let go.
If his baby brother could be born smoothly, he might be older than Yu now, right?
He felt that Yuya was only three or four years old, and that incident was already five or six years ago.
In order not to recall the faces of my family in the scene, I even moved here from the other half of Kawanoguni...
...It seems a little late to regret it now, right?
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[Although this is the purpose, I succeeded so easily...Although I am just a child, can I be more vigilant?]
Yu thought like this in his heart, it's typical for him to behave well when he gets an advantage.
She looked at the man in front of her who seemed to be underage, and wanted to jump up and slap him on the head, telling him not to be deceived so easily!
But because saying it would expose the fact that she was deceiving him, she couldn't say it.
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Hino has been struggling ever since he found Yu.
After coming back to his senses, he found that he had packed everything he needed to bring.
Money, all the food at home, daily necessities, bedding and pillows, there are a lot of things to bring.
Other things that are prone to deadline issues are also packed up and disposed of outside before departure.
There are a lot of things, but he has an old trolley given by his previous job, which is specially used to transport things that are inconvenient to carry around.
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Hui stood downstairs in his house, holding the handle of the trolley. His mood was so complicated that he didn't know how to describe it.
...I haven't said hello to the familiar neighbors yet, so if I just leave like this...
"You...wait for me a little longer, I'll go say goodbye to my acquaintances."
He took a deep breath, exhaled to the sky, and carried Yu into the trolley.
This cart has three wheels, so even if no one is holding it, it will not tip over.
"Um."
Yu responded obediently.
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Hinoki walked around the streets and briefly told people he knew that he was going to the Land of Fire to 'visit relatives', and said that he might not come back.
He wasn't very good at telling lies, but his embarrassed look showed to others that he was about to leave, so no one asked him what he was saying.
...His family situation has not been told to others.
Everyone only knows that he moved here a few years ago and has been living alone. He is a strong and independent person.
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It was already an hour later when Hinoki finished saying hello.
"You can go——..."
When he returned to the original place, Yu was no longer there.
Also disappearing at the same time was his trolley and luggage.
He froze there.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
19.12.15.
Looking at the title, did you think it was Hina running away? You wouldn’t know it was Yula unless you saw the back hahh
If the protagonist goes to school quickly, he can start the plot of the childhood Lintuka copy (crossed out), but he can't jump directly to that.
No matter what I write, I like to foreshadow everything. I have to write everything that happened before what I want to write. Otherwise, I just jump to it, but that is too abrupt, just like the transition of Lucky Star. It was too sudden, and I didn’t want to write it like that anyway.
I like to use words like '了', '的', 'although, but', etc., so the probability of these words appearing may be very high, but I often change or delete them consciously. Most of the words like ah that are left behind are: I feel that if I delete them, the meaning will not be expressed properly.