Zhen stood on the main road of Konoha with everyone in the Hyuga family, waiting with all the villagers.
People stood on both sides of the street, and the villagers spontaneously hung up banners with slogans such as welcoming the heroes home.
Some ignorant children wanted to go to the middle of the street and were held tightly by their parents.
A group of children from the ninja school stood in the middle of the road, each holding a bouquet in their hands, with nervous faces, while their teacher comforted them.
The environment was a bit noisy. You could really hear noises, some people were sobbing quietly, and there were more laughter, and everyone seemed to be happy for the victory in the war.
After waiting quietly for a long time, I finally heard a shout from the distance from the ninja returning from the village gate.
"Back! They're back!"
The orchestra that had been prepared long ago began to play music immediately upon hearing the sound, and the sound was festive and high-pitched.
But the music didn't play for a few seconds before someone ordered it to stop, which made many people feel strange.
A team passed through the main gate of Konoha. The leader was not the Third Hokage, but a carriage covered with black cloth.
Then there was another carriage. Someone stretched out his neck and looked into the distance outside the village, only to see a long and endless queue of carriages. Each carriage carried many corpses and was covered with black cloth.
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The whole street became deathly silent, but the cries that had been suppressed became extremely clear at this time.
Some people rushed out from both sides of the street like crazy and rushed towards the convoy to look for their relatives.
The motorcade continued to move forward and came to the group of children holding bouquets of flowers.
These children from the ninja school originally wanted to present flowers to Lord Hokage, but even the person in charge of arranging this event did not expect that what came to the village would be the bodies of the victims.
The teacher quickly stepped forward to call the children back and not to block the way of the heroes.
However, a little boy took the initiative to walk up to the carriage and placed the bouquet of flowers in his hand on the body covered with black cloth.
The other two children saw this and spontaneously followed suit.
Three bouquets of flowers, sunflowers, lilies, chrysanthemums and carnations.
Victory, hometown, gratitude.
The ninja who was driving forward saw this and silently stopped to wait for the children to finish placing the bouquets.
Such an action made the surrounding people blush, and the crying could not stop spreading. The sadness was like ink, spreading out bit by bit.
When all the carriages drove into the village, they saw the Third Hokage and a group of Konoha ninja following behind.
It's just that all of them looked heavy, and many of them were wounded. Looking at their faces, one would have thought they were returning from a defeated battle.
Konoha has won, but the price of this victory is too heavy.
"Hokage-sama!" Someone in the crowd shouted loudly.
"Hokage-sama!"
"Hokage-sama!"
More voices sounded, and everyone looked at the Third Hokage eagerly, hoping to hear what he had to say.
Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but stop, looking at the caravan in front of him that was getting further away, and then at the expectant eyes around him.
The weather is very clear today, and not a single cloud can be seen from a distance.
"Everyone!" Sarutobi took a deep breath and shouted loudly.
"We are victorious!"
As soon as this sound came out, the emotions of the whole street were ignited in an instant. There were overwhelming cheers. Some people were dancing with joy, some were shouting like crazy, and some were covering their faces and crying. The atmosphere reached its climax at this moment.
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I really saw Orochimaru and Minato behind the Third Hokage.
As if he felt real attention, Orochimaru glanced at him, his gaze meaning something indescribable.
"They're back, they're back!"
She really heard Ayari's excited voice next to her. She saw Hizu and the others following the team.
Ayano also couldn't suppress her excitement, but Hizashi's eyes were a little complicated.
Hizu and other Hyuga members in the team also waved to Zhen's position, but there were too few people. Zhen remembered that the entire Hyuga clan almost went to the front line. There were more than a hundred people, but now only
Only twenty or thirty people got off.
"True." Zhen heard Xia's voice beside him again.
"Have you seen Yin Lubo?"
Zhen was suddenly startled and looked around at all the Hyuga members in the team.
He couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Xia, only to see that her eyes were red and her mouth was pursed and she was silent.
I really thought of that boy with an upright and cheerful personality, and I came to him specifically to say goodbye before I left.
In Zhen's opinion, the relationship between the two is not very close. It may be affected by the emotions of the people around them. At this moment, I really feel a little confused in my heart.
When the whole team entered the village, at the end were some convoys transporting supplies.
The crowd left the street and followed the Hokage to the square under the Hokage building, where the third Hokage would also talk to the villagers.
Everyone in the Hinata family also went, but Shin left quietly alone.
He didn't go home, but he didn't know where he wanted to go. All the streets were empty. He wandered alone aimlessly, and finally found a bench by the roadside to sit down.
The cheers of the villagers suddenly came from the distance, and they could be heard clearly even from a distance. It may be that the Hokage said some inspiring words in the square.
The real person was lying on the bench and looking at the sky quietly.
I don't know how much time passed, but the sky turned slightly red, and I heard footsteps in the distance. It seemed that the crowd had dispersed.
"It's very unqualified for you to lie down like this."
A voice suddenly sounded from the side.
Zhen, who was lying on the bench, immediately sat up after hearing the words. He knew the person next to him who was speaking, Hatake Kakashi, the person who saved him on the front line.
"Sorry." Zhen leaned to the side and gave up half of his position to Kakashi.
He seemed a little tired. After sitting on the chair, he picked up the water bottle, turned his face down and drank.
I really looked towards him and saw that he had pulled down his mask and was drinking water, but before he could take a closer look at his profile, the other person had pulled up his mask again.
"Why are you here?" Zhen thought for a moment and asked proactively.
"It's gone over there." Kakashi said calmly, sitting on the chair and doing nothing else, just leaning there and looking quietly into the distance.
What I'm really curious about is why Kakashi came to this bench specifically. It seems that he has no intention of talking to me at all. If he wants to rest, wouldn't it be better to go home?
Neither of them took the initiative to speak again. They sat like this for a long time before Kakashi stood up and left without even saying goodbye.
And shortly after Kakashi left, when Shinya was about to leave, another familiar figure came over.
It's Lin.
"Zhenjun?" Lin was quite surprised when she saw Zhenjun.
"Lin."
Lin was even more surprised by the fact that he called her by his first name without any honorific, thinking that the relationship between the two was not that close.
"What a coincidence."
"Yeah." Lin smiled.
"What's the matter with you here?" Zhen asked.
"Nothing, I just want to come here and sit for a while."
After sitting for a while... I really glanced at the bench next to me.
"Is there any special significance here?"
"Eh?"
"Kakashi came just now."
Lin was startled when she heard this, and then said to herself: "He has been here."
Then he saw Zhen looking at him again, hesitated for a moment and then said: "...A friend of mine likes to come here."
Zhen nodded: "That's it, I won't disturb you anymore."
Lin wanted to say that she didn't bother her. She felt that it was rude to let others leave because of such a thing.
Zhenze continued: "It just so happens that I have to leave too."
The two of them said goodbye. I really thought that there would be a lot of people going to the memorial monument today, so these two people must have come here.
After walking far away, he looked back and saw Lin sitting quietly on the bench. The afterglow of the sunset was falling on her shoulders, and his shadow stretched long on the ground.