The Shadow of Konoha

Hanyu stayed with Sansho for a short while, but as he was worried that it would disturb her rest, he quickly said goodbye and left.

Many times, a person does not need to be too close to another person. Just staying around each other and telling the other person that I am here is enough to express many emotions.

Being too close would not make any sense, and it is not where Hanyu should be.

And when he was walking away from Sansho's residence, he happened to run into Koga Kai who was walking towards him.

"Hanyu, want to chat for a minute?" After seeing Hanyu, the other party smiled and took the initiative to speak.

"Well, I just happen to have something to ask you, Dr. Koga." Hanyu agreed.

"Then wait for me a moment."

As he spoke, Koga lifted up a paper bag that was stuffed full to the chest, then walked past Hanyu and entered the small courtyard.

Hanyu stood where he was and waited for a short while before Koga reappeared.

"Let's go."

He walked in front to lead the way, and Hanyu followed.

The two said they had something to talk about, but as they walked one after the other, they were silent and neither of them said a word.

Koga, who was leading the way, seemed to be wandering aimlessly in the village. Hanyu followed behind him, and as they kept moving, they unknowingly found that they had climbed to the top of Konoha's most iconic shadow rock.

Here, they can overlook the entire village.

Compared to the later appearance of this rock wall being filled with human figures, at this time there are only the rock figures of the first and second generations. Now is the war era, and there are not so many abundant manpower and other resources, so the project of "hanging on the wall" of the new third generation Hokage has not yet begun.

So except for the first and second generations, other places on the rock wall are empty and flat, and this layout, which seems like the blank space deliberately made in a painting, makes these two people full of style.

"You know, it was because of Sansho that I became a medical ninja at a very young age. From a technical point of view, I am now very good.

However, later on, I came to understand a very simple truth: all acquired knowledge, skills, and abilities are mostly powerless when faced with the difficulties brought about by the word "innate".

On top of Kage Rock, Koga looked down at the scene of Konoha below. He was silent for a long while before he spoke.

The two people are now standing on the plank road behind Kage Rock. Considering the prestige and influence of the two deceased Hokage at this time, as well as the sincere admiration and respect of the people of Konoha for them, it is impossible for Hanyu and Koga to step on the head of Kage Rock like the naughty kids who came later... Although if they take a few steps forward, the overlooking angle will be better.

Hanyu glanced at Koga and wondered if he was from the Senju clan? Not really, he didn't have the black hair that was the hallmark of the Senju clan.

Of course, it could also be a mutation, after all, the second generation has white hair.

Hanyu could understand the other party's feeling of helplessness. Top-level medical resources have always been the rarest things and are only allocated to people with the most status. However, even the top-level medical resources can be powerless at times, and there are many such times... because the human body is so sophisticated and complex, so complex that it would be impossible for anyone to fully understand its intricacies even after thousands of years.

"Given Ms. Sansho's current physical condition, will there be any problem with giving birth in a few months?" Hanyu asked.

According to his limited common sense in his previous life, it was quite dangerous for ordinary people to choose to give birth at that age, not to mention that Sansho's physical condition had always been poor. Ninjas might be different from ordinary people, but Sansho was not even a ninja.

Koga turned around and looked at Hanyu deeply, then turned back to hide his expression, and then continued, "You don't really think that Sansho has always been as calm as she appears... The world's number one Senju clan disappeared under her suggestion. Can you understand such psychological pressure?

Every day is a little more painful. After one second of torture, it is the beginning of the next second of torture.

In fact...her physical condition has been deteriorating."

"…"

Hanyu was speechless. He was neither a member of the Senju clan nor Sansho, so he had never thought about what Koga mentioned now.

He had never thought of such a natural thing.

No matter what the reason was, what Sansho did was an unforgivable "crime"... The more glorious her parents were, the more difficult it would be to erase such thoughts from the deepest part of her heart. Therefore, even if Sansho never showed anything, it did not mean that it did not exist. It only meant that she was bearing it alone.

She is worthy of being a teacher, and worthy of being the daughter of the first Hokage... Although she is physically weak and can't even cast a spell, in terms of mental fortitude, Sansho is no weaker than her predecessors.

"It really is... a ninja."

Those who can endure what others cannot endure are all ninjas.

Like Sansho and the generations before her, they have all experienced wars. To put it bluntly, who hasn't lost their entire family? And this is the resilience of life. They are not hysterical. Most of them choose to fight against fate, abandon numbness, and stand on the positive side.

People who see no hope choose to go down the road of despair like the flow, taking away despair and leaving hope to others. Although this practice is not worth promoting, it is worthy of respect.

Therefore, there is a reason why most people like to respect the past and remember their ancestors. Even the ninjas are weaker than the previous generation. Later on, because of the pain they endured, these idiots chose to destroy the world, but they still dared to put on a brave face and call themselves gods.

If you can't even do what human beings do, what kind of god are you trying to be? The god of cerebral palsy?

"So, Nawaki is a godsend to Sanxiao. Now that I say this, do you understand ?" Koga asked Hanyu.

"Yeah, I totally get it."

Silence followed again.

With that said, Hanyu could certainly understand Sansho's feelings. Although Sansho was definitely not suitable for childbirth due to her physical condition, the new life could divert her attention from some of the things she had been silently enduring, and the spiritual comfort would naturally make her full of vitality.

"That's good to understand. If she thinks it's a good thing, then it's a good thing. As for other problems that come with it, that's our problem," Koga said.

"That makes sense, doctor." Hanyu then smiled.

However, beautiful words are meaningless. Koga said so much and made such an explanation, but it is still difficult to explain a fundamental problem... Before the final strategy of the Rain Country began, why did the Third Hokage order Tsunade, who was on the front line, to return to the village immediately?

Isn't this enough to explain it all?

Hanyu cast his gaze into the distance, from Konoha to the deep forest beyond, until his eyes lost focus... Sometimes thinking too clearly about something is really not a good thing.

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