Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 674 The Last Words [Part Two]

"If you ask me, you're just out of your mind. Why do you have to die when you can live?" The Fourth Raikage was still hot-tempered.

He definitely had reason to be angry. You Ya was from the same era as his father, and after suppressing his father for an entire era, he suppressed him for an entire era as well.

The Hidden Cloud Village is steadily improving, and the Fourth Raikage firmly believes that he will one day catch up with Yua.

Especially after learning that Yua had stepped down, the Fourth Raikage didn't take Hinata seriously at all.

Hinata's Jōgan ability is indeed terrifying; it is known to have the effect of eliminating all released ninjutsu.

In this situation, the Fourth Raikage's only useful possession-enhancing ninjutsu, such as Chakra Armor, was completely countered by most other ninjutsu.

However, the ninja world today is no longer an era where the strong are respected.

Yuya rewrote the rules of the entire ninja world.

war?

Which village dares to say it can completely withstand the modern warfare of Konoha?

Even Momoshiki Otsutsuki was defeated, and the leaders of other villages who knew about this war had assessed the situation.

If Momoshiki Otsutsuki hadn't landed in Konoha, he could have brought devastating consequences to any of their villages.

Konoha Village held firm.

This extinguished their possibility of going to war with Konoha.

But if a war can't be fought in the end, a trade war is still possible.

You Ya has already stepped down, are they really going to back down over a little girl?

then……

You're telling me you're going to commit suicide?

Are you kidding me!

Watch closely as our Hidden Cloud Village surpasses your Leaf Village!

Yuya rolled his eyes, took a drag of his cigarette, and ignored the idiot Fourth Raikage.

Onoki looked at the Fourth Raikage speechlessly: "Do you even know how to comfort people? If you don't, then shut up! Damn it, with your brain, you can make the dead come back to life. You're just a stubborn guy with no real ability, yet you want Kumogakure to surpass Konoha?"

Why don't you look in the mirror?

The Fourth Raikage gritted his teeth and glared at Onoki, almost ready to fight him.

Mei Terumi of Kirigakure stepped forward at that very moment.

She looked at Youya with a very complicated expression: "You...are you really going to commit suicide?"

Yuya nodded and then laughed, "Why that expression? If I committed suicide, your Kirigakure would be the happiest, right?"

There's a reason why Kirigakure remains the weakest of the five great ninja villages to this day.

After the internal strife in Kirigakure, the village was in dire need of rebuilding. Before Mei Terumi, Yagura Karatachi prioritized ensuring that the villagers were well-fed in order to develop the village.

For this, he sold out a large amount of the village's interests, including the already scarce mineral resources of Kirigakure.

Even relatively minor but high-level national institutions in Kirigakure, such as the television station, are under Konoha's control.

Yagura Karatachi told Mei Terumi the truth before she took office.

He knew he was definitely at the bottom of the historical evaluation of the Mizukage of Kirigakure, but he didn't regret doing so.

After all, people need to eat.

Mei Terumi was aware of the consequences of that internal strife.

During those years of internal strife and war, a bowl of white rice could get you a woman to sleep with you, and a bag of rice was enough to drive many people mad and make countless people willing to risk their lives for you.

That devastating internal war taught everyone in Kirigakure a lesson.

If the village of Kirigakure is not stable internally, something terrible is bound to happen.

It's true that Yagura shed a lot of blood for Konoha Village in order to stabilize the internal situation.

But during his tenure, at least few people starved to death.

This is the greatest political achievement.

Mei Terumi doesn't think Yagura Karatachi did anything wrong; if you really have to blame someone...

Is it Konoha Village that kicks someone when they're down?

That's not quite right either. After all, it's normal for you to exchange some resources with someone who provides you with assistance.

only……

Compared to finding problems within the village, using Yua as a typical example is undoubtedly more in line with the interests of Kirigakure.

Therefore, Mei Terumi chose to stigmatize Yua.

But that's all.

To be honest, what are my feelings about Yua...

Mei Terumi's only feeling was:

I wish I could be a part of my Hidden Mist Village.

This is also the common sentiment of other villages.

If Youya were in their village, they would guarantee to step down and give way to a more capable person; even a day's hesitation would be seen as a doubt about Youya's abilities.

pity……

Mei Terumi sighed, looked at Yua, and after a moment spoke softly, "I won't try to persuade you. This is all your choice, but..."

"If you die, the ninja world will probably not be so peaceful anymore."

You Ya scoffed, "Don't say that. It's not like this era is so peaceful because of me alone."

Well, that is indeed the truth...

Yuya took another deep drag of his cigarette, then said softly to the others, "Don't worry, Hinata is my successor. Doesn't this incident prove that she's quite capable? She won't let your worries come true."

"You have that much confidence in her?" Luo Sha couldn't help but ask.

You Ya nodded: "Of course, she has proven her abilities to me over the past few years."

Of course, it's normal that you don't know this because her main goal is to develop the village.

The others remained silent.

Gaara quietly looked at Yua, and all Gaara could see in Yua's eyes was nonchalance.

A person who isn't even afraid of death...

Gaara pursed his lips.

His mother passed away two years ago.

In fact, it was already a miracle that his mother was able to live to the last two years, given her health condition.

But Gaara was still very sad at that time.

After all, any normal person would feel sad if their mother was dying.

But on his deathbed, Gaara's mother told him that she was not afraid of death.

Gaara was in great pain and in disbelief at that time.

How could anyone be unafraid of death?

Although his mother said it was because Gaara and her children gave her the power, Gaara still didn't understand.

Until now...

Gaara looked at Yua, who remained calm, and felt deeply moved.

Moreover, Yua is not dying. Yua's body is in excellent condition, far superior to that of Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was the same age at the time.

Under normal circumstances, Yua could definitely live to be as old as Onoki.

But Yuya chose to give up...

Gaara was deeply shocked.

In his heart, his understanding of life seemed to have deepened even further...

"What do you think the future ninja world will look like, Third Hokage?" Rasa asked Yua.

You Ya rolled his eyes: "You bastard, even when I was about to die, you still wanted to exploit me? How shameless can you be?"

Looking at the complaint on Yua's face, Rosa seemed to see, in a daze, the figure who had once come to their Sunagakure village, full of vigor and ambition...

At that time, he was just one of the ordinary elite Jonin who followed Chiyo.

At that time...

What is he thinking?

With a sigh, Luo Sha shook his head: "I'm sorry, I was being presumptuous."

Yuya chuckled, not answering Luosha's question, but instead looking at the boy following behind Onoki.

"Your name is Deidara, right? I heard you're the kind of guy who's obsessed with creating an even bigger explosion?"

Why didn't you just blow up Iwagakure?

Deidara was completely bewildered.

I'm not crazy. I might blow up a corner of the village occasionally, but why did I have to blow up the whole village?!

You Ya smiled and shook his head. Forget it, these people wouldn't understand jokes anyway.

So, if parallel worlds exist, why do these people never collect information about their parallel world counterparts?

You Ya was very puzzled.

In reality, these shadows didn't not want to collect it; it was just that since Youya hadn't taken the lead, they felt there was no reason for Youya to do it if Youya wasn't going to.

If Youya knew what they were thinking, he would definitely laugh out loud three times.

I'm not leading the way because I know how the plot unfolds. What do you mean by not collecting information?

Of course, whether or not we collect them doesn't really matter; it won't affect the course of this world.

Instead of collecting the history of parallel worlds, it's better to focus your energy on your own world.

Ōnoki looked at Yua and immediately started cursing.

It was obvious that Onoki felt Yua was deliberately trying to corrupt Deidara.

Well, in a sense, that's true.

Youya and Siying chatted for a long time, a full half hour.

Half an hour later, the four figures emerged one after another.

The four of them looked dazed.

After all, these four people had figured it out.

Youya has made up her mind to commit suicide.

Although I don't understand, isn't it just that the Thousand Hands Disease makes you forget some things?

Why would someone take the step of suicide?

But since Youya has already made his decision, there's not much they can say.

Mei Terumi came out and sighed, then looked at Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki standing to the side.

"The Third Hokage invited both of you in."

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised. After all, they had assumed that after the Kage, it would be Asuma Sarutobi and other representatives of the current Konoha ninja clan who would enter.

However, since we've been called out now, going in now isn't out of the question.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki took a deep breath, then slowly stepped forward and pushed open the golden gate.

When Kushina Uzumaki saw Yua lounging around with his legs crossed, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and his head propped up by his hand, tears welled up in her eyes instantly.

Youya was speechless.

He had already chosen the most acceptable position, but Kushina Uzumaki still cried...

"ε=(ο｀*))) Sigh, don't cry, little chili pepper."

Kushina Uzumaki wiped her eyes, her voice slightly choked as she said to Yua, "It's been decades since anyone called me by that nickname."

Yuya raised an eyebrow, chuckled, and said nothing. He then turned to look at Minato Namikaze: "Minato, it seems you don't have much of a standing at home. You haven't dared to address Kushina like that for decades."

Minato Namikaze could only manage a helpless, bitter smile.

Yuya sighed, looking at Kushina Uzumaki rubbing her eyes and Minato Namikaze looking distressed, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Hahaha, I say, aren't you two being a little too serious? Why are you like this? For ninjas, isn't birth, aging, sickness and death a normal thing?"

In ninja academy, the first lesson is learning to accept death.

Minato Namikaze remained silent.

Kushina Uzumaki grasped Yua's hand. Although Yua's hand was somewhat aged, it was still strong.

"If it weren't for you back then, I would have been controlled by those bastards from the Uzumaki clan, I wouldn't have met Minato, and I wouldn't have all the happiness I have now."

Brother Youya...

Have you forgotten Grandma Mito's instructions? She said you should take care of me...

"Since that's the case... how could you... how could you... just abandon me like this..."

You Ya fell silent.

Looking at the tearful Kushina before him, Yua, in a daze, seemed to see himself as a child through Kushina's red hair, just as Hashirama Senju saw himself rummaging through the garbage dumps of Konoha Village for usable items...

At that time, Konoha Village was very poor. Apart from the powerful ninja clans, most of the villagers lived in wooden houses made by Hashirama Senju using Wood Release techniques.

However, a house alone is not enough.

Food, bedding, clothing...

At that time, Konoha Village was in dire need of reconstruction...

At that time, Yua had just arrived in this world and was just beginning to understand what had happened in the years following the end of the ninja war...

To survive, he had to resort to petty theft.

He also had to go to the junkyard in Konoha Village every day to see if he could find anything useful...

Until that day, he saw Hashirama Senju...

Hashirama Senju's brow furrowed as he looked at the village.

He ended the war and established the ninja village system.

His Wood Release technique allows everyone to live in houses, but it can't solve the problem of everyone having enough to eat...

That day, Yuya made a decision. He ran up to Hashirama Senju and boldly introduced himself...

after that……

Hashirama Senju took him home, and Mito Uzumaki cooked him a meal he would never forget...

In fact, Mito Uzumaki's cooking skills were not outstanding, and that meal was not particularly delicious.

But Yuya has never forgotten that taste...

"laugh"

The cigarette butt held between his fingers burned completely, reaching Yuya's fingers.

Youya felt the pain and came to her senses.

As if seeing Yua lost in memories, Kushina Uzumaki's face showed an expectant look.

Youya silently pressed the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray next to him.

There were already more than a dozen cigarette butts in the ashtray.

Youya suddenly laughed.

Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze looked at Yua with tense expressions.

They were waiting, hoping that Youya would say the words they wanted to hear...

As long as Youya is willing to give up, they will never let Youya die.

Yuya chuckled and shook his head, looking at Kushina Uzumaki with a serious expression, and said, "You're right, I've always remembered the promise that Mito-sensei made to me."

Kushina Uzumaki's eyes lit up: "Then..."

Yua interrupted Kushina Uzumaki, looking at her with a serious expression: "But that's precisely why I can't forget this promise."

The promise the man made...

Even if it means death, I must never forget.

You Ya's expression was full of indifference and...

Resolute...

(End of this chapter)