Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 319: Naive Request

Therefore, Menma's attack was without mercy.

While severely injuring Naruto, he also wanted to kill the toad from Mount Myoboku.

The cold light that blooms appears.

The murderous intent was approaching at close range.

When it came into view, the tip of Menma's sword had already come close. The moment the cold breath came to his face and covered his face completely, Toad Fukasaku's body stiffened subconsciously.

He himself was in a situation where he had no time to react.

"It's too late! Am I going to die here? ! "

This was the last thought that came to my mind.

It seems like death is about to come.

At the last moment.

"untie!"

Naruto seized the last bit of time, endured the pain from his abdomen, and immediately formed seals with his hands.

A summoning spell that is directly canceled.

"puff!"

next second.

Toad Fukasaku turned into a ball of white mist and disappeared.

The second goal failed.

Menma's sword paused subconsciously, but it was only for less than half a second, and the edge was still pointing horizontally.

"Pfft!"

The sword blade was slightly forcibly deflected.

A fatal flaw that is deliberately avoided.

The Thunder God's Sword held by Menma also penetrated directly into Naruto's shoulder, piercing through the flesh and blood, making a dull sound when it fell.

Then there was blood splattering.

"!?"

Once again, I felt the tearing pain.

This caused Naruto's face to reveal a slightly distorted look of pain again.

Soon afterwards.

The further wrapped and covered Diamond Blockade also firmly bound Naruto's body at this moment, making him completely unable to resist.

"In the end, instead of thinking about escaping yourself, you prioritized sending that old toad away? This is something only you would do, my stupid brother."

Menma looked at Naruto, who had already exited Sage Mode and looked weak and pale, and said in a calm tone.

Naruto is still the same Naruto.

Even if the last name changed from Uzumaki to Namikaze.

Deep down inside, everything remains the same.

Menma didn't know how to describe this. Perhaps this was the inevitable result of being influenced by the carrier of Ashura's chakra reincarnation?
"Ahem... I lost this time. No, or I should say that I have never been qualified and capable of winning. You say I am stupid? Perhaps, but this is my ninja way and belief. Brother, although I don't know what you want to do, and I really don't have the position to blame you, but at this last moment, I still want to say that I hope you can let the village go. At least those ordinary villagers don't know the truth, right? Let me bear all the hatred. I am willing to accept any punishment. I just hope to eliminate the anger in your heart and don't retaliate against Konoha, okay? At least it is our hometown, the village that my father and mother protected with their lives. Please."

This is the last moment of life.

At least in Naruto's opinion.

He thought Menma would not show any mercy to him.

Just like the ruthless killer in the Valley of the End, now he has fallen into Menma's hands and is completely unable to resist.

Naruto was ready to die, but he still hoped to awaken Menma, even a little bit of mercy, and use his own blood to erase all the hatred in the past.

Naruto looked like he was trying to persuade her desperately.

Words that were almost like a plea.

The moment Menma saw it, he just thought it was ridiculous.

His younger brother still believes to this day that he left Konoha simply because of the hatred formed by his past experiences.

indeed.

This is the most direct root cause.

But it is just one of them, not the only one.

To welcome a true rebirth in the midst of destruction, that was what Menma wanted to do. To avenge Konoha? It might have been the main goal at first, but now it was just a secondary goal in the "main mission" that Menma wanted to complete.

"Don't you want to take revenge on Konoha? Naruto, as I said at the beginning, you will never understand me, and you will never walk on the same path with me. Of course, I have never expected this. Only you can say such foolish words to use your blood to eliminate hatred. Konoha has long been rotten, just like this world, it is so dark and so filthy, and it is an existence that should be purified."

Menma looked at Naruto with cold eyes and spoke in an extremely chilly tone.

Has Naruto grown up?

The answer is yes.

Whether it's mentality, consciousness, or personal strength, Naruto has definitely changed a lot compared to more than a year ago, but some things that are engraved in the bones cannot be changed, and this has been fully reflected in the original work.

For example, Naruto's dream inherited from Jiraiya of building a so-called "world where people understand each other."

From beginning to end, Naruto never gave up and always believed that he could do it.

However, Naruto's ideals and Naruto's practices.

To put it bluntly, it is just retracing the path that Hashirama Senju took in the past, with the addition of a telepathic connection with the tailed beasts.

But the original peace was built on the basis that Hashirama was still alive.

The peace after the final battle in the original novel.

It is also based on the premise that Naruto and Sasuke are still alive.

And such a peace.

Is it really because people understand each other, or is it because they are in awe of Naruto and Sasuke's power?
I'm afraid it's mostly the latter?

Not to mention that even at that time, the major powers would understand each other and maintain a peaceful situation.

But the long history of mankind has told an eternal philosophy, that is, humans have always been creatures who remember to eat but not to be beaten, and repeating the same mistakes is what humans are good at.

Even if the lesson is profound enough.

Time will also make all the lessons brought by these lessons slowly disappear.

This is also the reason why Menma has always found Naruto’s beliefs and ideals ridiculous. You know, when he was a teenager in his previous life, Menma regarded Naruto as his favorite anime character.

It never changed until adulthood.

This doesn't mean that Menma must look at the world and the future with a dark mentality, but at least it is better than the so-called passionate justice.

Menma still prefers to believe in the path of 'realism'.

At least that path seems more reasonable and more practical.

"Why? Why must it be so cruel? So bloody? Ordinary people are innocent. Menma, calm down and don't let hatred control you... I... cough cough..."

Hear Menma's words.

Naruto became anxious and wanted to continue speaking.

The pain directly affected the wound and continued to be transmitted to the nerves, causing Naruto's face to change again. His throat felt sweet and a large amount of scarlet blood spurted out of his mouth again.

His breath became much weaker.

(End of this chapter)