The cemetery of Sand Hidden Village is in a canyon on the easternmost side of the village.
I don't know if it's because of the geographical factors or the tombstones, but this place always gives people a cold feeling.
The four-year-old Xie just sat on the cold ground, staring blankly at the photos of his parents on the tombstone, trembling all over.
For a year, he always held various fantasies, looking into the distance at the entrance of the village, waiting for his parents to return.
He didn't want to go back to an empty home because when he turned on the light switch at night, he couldn't help crying when he was surrounded by darkness.
They'll be back soon.
That's what everyone told him.
but...
Even if it's just a lie, he thought.
All I need is this sentence, but why do you want to expose it!
Xie remembered the chuunin teacher's roar in the morning: "Your parents have died long ago! My son was also killed by your grandmother, why don't you die!"
Why did the amiable teacher suddenly become like this
Scorpion doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know, because the only thing lingering in his mind is: Your parents are dead.
Looking at the cold tombstone in front of him, he felt a sore nose, his throat was clogged with heat, his chest felt painful, and tears oozed from his eyes. Xie pressed his eyes tightly with his palms to stop it all, but the tears continued to fall from his eyes.
Suddenly he stood up and smashed the assembled puppet that had completely faded in his hand towards the ground.
The puppet hit the ground and made a chirping sound, then fell apart and scattered around.
But the next second, Scorpion regretted it.
He quickly bent down to pick up the broken puppet, but his toes slipped on a stone and his whole body fell heavily to the ground.
But he didn't care about the pain and continued to get up to pick up the puppet fragments, but finally gave up and began to sit on the ground and cry loudly.
Ebizo stood not far behind Xia, and couldn't help but sigh. After a while, he slowly approached.
"Second Grandpa, is my grandma dead?"
"No... I was caught in Konoha. I should be back in a few days."
"...Hmm." Xia slowly stood up.
"Don't tell her that I already know my parents are dead."
His tone was stiff, as if there was no emotion at all.
"...I...I know."
Ebizo sighed, sister, please come back quickly.
... ...
While Ebizo was praying here, Suna Ninja's negotiation team finally arrived at Konoha Hidden Village.
The Konoha venue was not located in the Hokage's office building. Although the place was grand, it was in the center of the village after all. If anything happened, Sarutobi Hiruzen would have to face more than just various factions. harsh criticism, as well as the dissatisfaction of ordinary villagers.
Therefore, this meeting was placed on the eastern edge of Konoha, not far from Konoha's prison, and it was also convenient for the ANBU to escort the Kazekage and Chiyo out.
When Uchiha Tatsumi and Jiraiya arrived at the venue, it was almost time to start, and there were already many jounin in place outside.
After saying hello to the guarding ninjas, the four of them walked towards the center of the venue.
The Suna Ninja people hadn't arrived yet. In addition to the Hokage, there were also several members of the Konoha elders sitting at the table.
"Here he comes." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded towards Orochimaru and the four of them, but didn't say much in such a serious occasion.
But when he went to bed, Koharu winked and motioned for Uchiha Chen to find a place to sit down.
But seeing Jiraiya, Sakumo and Orochimaru all walking towards their respective corners, Uchiha Tatsu couldn't sit down alone.
A mascot must have the self-consciousness of a mascot, even if it stands like a minion, there is nothing it can do.
He had no choice but to decline the aunt's kindness and walked towards his corner.
"Is this Kagami's son, the youngest Jonin in Konoha?"
Several small exchanges of words reached Uchiha Chen's ears.
"Yes." Xiaochun, who was sitting in his seat, whispered to the elder beside him: "You have made great contributions in both the Kingdom of Rain and the Kingdom of Sichuan. You must be awesome."
The pride in her words was beyond words, and those who didn't know it might have thought Uchiha Tatsu was her son.
"Ahem." The Third Hokage coughed lightly, his eyes not turning to the elders, but his meaning was clearly expressed.
Sure enough, after he coughed slightly, the group of elders immediately fell silent, but there were still a few curious eyes scanning the corner where Uchiha Tatsu was.
If the Council of Elders had not been established for the sake of compromise, Hiruzen Sarutobi would only do this if he was full.
One village is not enough for him and three senior advisers, let alone the elders composed of major families
Although all the power is now in the hands of the Third Hokage, there is no guarantee that there will not be any problems here in the future or the Fourth Hokage in the future.
Not every Hokage has the strength of the first and second generation Hokage, and the skills of the third generation Hokage are considered to be powerful among all previous Hokages.
So looking at the group of elders next to him, the Third Hokage also showed a cold expression.
... ...
Almost another five minutes passed like this, and finally a ninja from Konoha pushed the door open and walked in.
"The Third Hokage, the Suna Ninja's envoy has been brought from the side entrance. According to your wishes, he did not enter Konoha through the main entrance."
"Okay, bring them in." The Third Hokage sitting at the head nodded.
Not long after, a total of five Sand Ninja envoys were brought into the venue by two Konoha Jonin.
"The Third Hokage, I haven't seen you for so many years and you still look the same as before." The leader of Sunagakure took off his hat, revealing a slightly older face.
"I didn't expect that the visiting envoy from Sunagakure this time was actually Elder Ma Sha. If I had known about it in advance, I would have definitely gone out to greet you personally."
The Third Hokage laughed twice and flicked the cigarette ashes in his hand.
"It's better to skip it."
The elder of Sunagakure, Masa, was too lazy to play this trick with Sarutobi Hiruzen, but went straight to the point.
"Where are our Third Kazekage and Elder Chiyo?"
"Don't be so hasty, we still have a lot to talk about, for example...
How much money are you prepared to pay to redeem people this time? "
The Third Hokage smiled kindly.
... ..(To be continued)