Red sand dust

Seeing the large puppet slowly moving forward and disappearing on the lake, and the ripples it caused gradually disappearing, Xianglin, who was a little annoyed that her child had reached the rebellious stage, pouted her lips unhappily and complained a few words.

Unfortunately, Koyamabuki was originally "loaned" to Uchiha Sasuke and Kaoru temporarily as a disguise prop. Even the big toy puppet Spider Crab that they just received does not belong to them, so there is no reason to make irresponsible remarks.

The mist-filled lake hides everything behind the white curtain, making people feel a sense of panic.

The helpless red-haired girl stamped her feet, turned around and left. After a while, she arrived at the camp that was like an underground prison.

Uchiha Sasuke, who challenged the three-tailed Isora several times, was slightly injured and was recuperating.

The disastrous defeat at the first meeting did not discourage the young man who was determined to take revenge. Instead, he saw the opportunity and took action several more times.

The embarrassment was still there, but he gradually figured out some clues.

No matter how proud he was, Sasuke Uchiha would not think so if he wanted to compete with the Tailed Beasts with his Fire Release. The other killer weapon, Thunder Release Chidori, and a series of ninjutsu developed from it, are somewhat effective against the Three-Tails, but they are only better than nothing.

The tailed beast's size and recovery ability made the damage that Uchiha Sasuke tried so hard to inflict completely insignificant.

After going back and forth, the young man realized that he was powerless on his own and no longer persisted needlessly.

However, if you want to unite Orochimaru's men to attack, you have to stay in good condition. Although the injury is not serious, it still affects the combat effectiveness.

With the help of Xiangren's physical healing, he could recover quickly. After several failures, Uchiha Sasuke gave up on this approach.

It wasn't because he felt pity and didn't want to hurt Xiang Rin. With the obsessive mentality of the red-haired girl, he probably wanted Uchiha Sasuke to take a few more bites.

Uchiha Sasuke, who has experienced a lot, feels that the complete process of fighting, injury, and recovery is itself a part of spiritual practice, and the understanding of it can make the fierce battle between life and death more profound.

Xianglin's healing ability is good, but it's a little too strong. It directly restores the injury, so that the fighting instinct that was finally obtained has no time to be "engraved" in the body.

The pain of failure itself is a good opportunity to correct mistakes and cannot be discarded casually.

Uchiha Sasuke, who was holding the Kusanagi sword in his arms and closing his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Who's out there?"

"it's me!"

Xiang Lin walked in with a somewhat bad expression.

"Your psychic puppet controlled the strange big guy to go to the bottom of the lake to find the three tails!"

"I see!"

Xianglin was stunned by the dull reaction of the young man in front of him, and then asked:

"Aren't you going to stop it? Use necromantic magic to summon it back or something..."

"no need!"

Kaoru didn't know much about the agreement between Daimaru and Uchiha Sasuke, but simply felt that it would be a pity that Koyamabuki was so smart and cute that he would be eliminated by the tailed beast.

"this……"

"You have time to worry about other people's puppets, why not worry about yourself..."

Uchiha Sasuke looked at the red-haired girl opposite and said seriously,

"Become stronger and make yourself look more useful..."

Orochimaru is not a soft-hearted person. Once he judges that a subordinate is useless, he will enter the stage of waste utilization. He is lucky to die peacefully. If his soul cannot even go to the Pure Land, he will become a monster stranded in the ninja world. , that would be too sad.

"You misunderstood, I..."

Without waiting for Xiang Rin to explain, Uchiha Sasuke said impatiently:

"I'm tired!"

"Then you should rest well!"

Originally just looking for a chance to say a few words, Xianglin was so angry that she walked out of the base and looked at the light mist above her head. Wisps of sunlight shone through, conveying a hint of warmth.

"Sasuke, you big idiot..."

Xianglin shouted loudly, unable to vent his anger, and couldn't help but punch the big rock in front of him.

There was only a violent explosion, and the hard stone was broken into several pieces. Such a movement startled a child who was squatting on the ground picking flowers not far away.

"Huh?"

Without paying attention before, someone suddenly appeared in front of her. Xianglin was also startled. She quickly put away her nature and walked over with a smile.

"Are you...Yukimaru who follows Guren?"

"Hello, big sister!"

Although the timid child wanted to avoid Xianglin who seemed to be in a bad mood, he did not go away.

"What are you doing here?"

Guren seemed to be very concerned about this thin child and rarely let him be alone with other people.

"The flowers here are blooming, so beautiful!"

Yuukimaru said as he handed over the flower in his hand.

Xianglin couldn't help but catch it and looked at it carefully.

"Chunhua? Are they blooming now? It's really strange!"

The confused red-haired girl murmured quietly.

The flowers that only bloom in late spring are so prosperous just after early spring, especially around the big lake where Sanwei is located. The temperature is slightly lower, so it should be much later to see this year's chun flowers all over the mountains and plains.

"Like a mother, people can't help but get close to her!"

"Is it!"

Returning the flower in his hand to Yuukimaru, Xiang Rin said perfunctorily,

“It’s a symbol of tenderness, and it’s no surprise that it reminds you of your deceased loved ones!”

On the surface, he said it, but in his heart he was quite disapproving.

Tsubaki is a very common flower in the Land of Fire. Everyone takes it for granted, but sometimes, its meaning is not so pleasant.

Perseverance, passion, rationality, humility, etc., seem very beautiful, but they also imply that death is coming, which is the last passion of life.

Under normal circumstances, forget it. Compared with Yuukimaru's situation, it looks like he is holding an ominous flower.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it, it shouldn't be such a coincidence! 』

As if he was very grateful for Xiang Rin's comfort, Yuukimaru showed a smile and said:

"I can't remember my mother's appearance clearly, but when I see Chunhua, it's like my mother's gentle smile is right in front of me..."

While the two were chatting, a figure walked over from the thick fog not far away.

"Why are you here?"

Yuukimaru, who is not very strong in body, can't even complete basic ninjutsu training except for the talent of temporarily controlling the chakra of the three tails. In order to take care of him, Guren is also very dedicated.

It's a pity that Yuukimaru is too young and his body can't support it at all, otherwise the three tails would have been subdued long ago.

"The flowers here are blooming, I want to pick some and take them back!"

"A lot of strangers with ulterior motives have come recently. Don't walk around randomly!"

Xianglin curled her lips in disdain!

"Have ulterior motives?" I really think of this place as my home! 』