บท 55: Chapter 55 Mizuki's Awareness

On the weekends, Kushina's house.

In the middle of the living room, a dozen of people gathered together.

"Asuma, it's your turn now. Can you move faster!"

"Asuma, do you know how to play?"

"Stop arguing. Didn't you listen to what Sōseki say? Don't talk while watching others play cards, this is good! ah ~ I'll increase it by another 50.000. "

"Fold (x3)! "

"Wow Asuma, you're quite good!"

On the corridor.

"Oh, I will not lose you. Now, I just need some more to win..."

By the pond.

"The tortoise-fishing competition has begun, there are no restrictions on the means... Wait, you can't drain the pond."

In the courtyard, Kushina was busy preparing the barbecue.

"Kushina-nee, it seems that we're really bothering you." Sōseki said while washing the vegetables beside her.

"How can this kind of thing be called bothering?" Kushina stared. If for not for being unable to pull out her hand, she would want Sōseki to recall the fear of being squeezed now.

"In truth, I was not careful and didn't control the number of people!"

"It's good to have more people, with more people... It won't make you feel that you are forgotten by the world!"

Listening to the cheers and laughter around her, her eyes softened, "Only now will I not think that I am... a person without 'roots'."

Sōseki was silent for a moment, and then he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Kushina-nee, how is the seal in your body now?"

"It's still the same, that old man Sandaime's Fūinjutsu is not good." Kushina scorned, and then waved her hand indifferently, "But don't worry about it. Right now, I am not the same as before, so that old fox won't be able to control me anymore!"

Sōseki breathed a sigh of relief, and then hesitantly asked, "Kushina-nee, have you ever thought about... using another way to make peace with the monster inside your body?"

"Another way?" Kushina blinked his eyes, to himself, "Beat it, right? But I feel like I can't beat it!"

"No, I mean to influence it with love!" Then, Sōseki took out a stack of playing cards from his back and placed it in front of Kushina.

"Isn't this the one they were playing?" Kushina pointed, and with a desperate expression, Obito put the cards into his mouth.

Sōseki withdrew his gaze, "You can tell that games are the best way to convey friendship after seeing them laughing so happily."

"Would it like this kind of thing?" Kushina still can't believe it. After all, it's almost impossible to associate a terrifying monster like Kyūbi with playing cards like this.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Sōseki said, and sighed, "Actually, based on some of my observations and analysis, I suspect that these Bijū are sick!"

Hearing this, Kushina's eyes widened and she asked, "sick?"

"Yes, and it's a very serious mental illness!" Sōseki nodded, "Those monsters should all be intelligent, right? But since they are born, they have been feared by people because of their terrifying size and powerful strength, and even with their so-called same kind, it seems that as long as they meet, they will fight for some reason. "

"Then, these Bijū are all lonely, and this loneliness that has lasts for thousands of years have filled their empty hearts with the desire to destroy, don't you think so?"

Hearing this, Kushina was absentminded, 'Yeah, I was already in great pain just after being alone for a few years. What kind of experience should they feel after being alone for thousands of years?'

Thinking of this, Kushina looked at the dog in her seal with a hint of sympathy.

Seeing Kushina sink into contemplation, Sōseki smiled, "The most important thing is that there is nothing to lose by trying, right?"

Kushina nodded vigorously, grabbed the card and said in a solemn voice, "I understand, I'll going to see it now!"

At the same time, the big dog in the seal fluttered his ears, and a rather irritable and embarrassed voice echoed in the seal, "I am not sick, damn human brat!"

"Also, even if I am sealed for a hundred years, and even if I am bored to the point of madness, I will never accept your charity!"

...

On the outside world, Mizuki's arrival caused a commotion.

Memories will beautify a person's image.

When Mizuki reappeared a year later, everyone had long forgotten the unpleasant things in the past, and instead, it was replaced with concern and expectation.

"Mizuki, I heard that you have been training in Taijutsu since last year?"

"My body's Chakra Pathway System is damaged, so chakra can't flow, but I can still train in the basic of Taijutsu. "

"You sure are working too hard. Even if you are injured, you still didn't rest in the hospital! "

"That's right. Even we did not work so hard at the Academy!"

Mizuki didn't answer. His eyes were full of coldness, and it only became warm when he looked at the courtyard.

Of course he will not forget the person who dared to argue with a great person like Tsunade to give him hope to climb out of the abyss, and who worked so hard to pay for him when his orphan benefit was not enough to cover the exorbitant hospital bills.

"You all knew that Sōseki gave up his early graduation in order to keep his promise, but you all didn't know how to work hard, and wasted his kindness and dedication endlessly!"

Mizuki walked away indifferently and began to train on his own, "I'm not the same as you incompetent trash. I have to work ten times or even a hundred times harder than before so I can become the most valuable tool in Sōseki's hands!"

On the lawn on the other side.

"Cousin Shūnen, what's wrong?" Obito fled outside after eating the cards, and following Shūnen's line of sight, he saw a man in a white hospital clothes was practicing alone, "Wow, this senpai is working really hard. Do you know him, cousin Shūnen?"

"How could I not know? " Shūnen smiled bitterly, "He was beaten like this by me and my 'companion' back then."

Obito was shocked, "Eehh, didn't you say that you separated from those bad guys from last year?"

"His injury was left from last year."

"How could it have not healed after so long?"

"Because we seriously injured him and destroyed his hope of becoming a Shinobi!"

"This, this ... "Obito looked at his cousin with a dumbfounded expression, after all, this kind of thing is too much.

"It's too much, right?" Perhaps seeing Obito's thoughts, Shūnen sighed with a wry smile, "That's why I told you at that time that there are some things that can't be made up for no matter how much you do! "

'Will I be like cousin Shūnen in the future?' As soon as this idea arose, it was directly denied by Obito, and he said happily, "That bastard Guy didn't say anything wrong last time. My talent is so bad, so even if I want to be a bad guy, I can't become one! Haha! "

Rin, who was beside them, could not help but ask, "That senior is too pitiful, can't even Tsunade-sama cure him?"

"I heard that because of some special reasons, Tsunade-sama seems to be unable to do the treatment."

"Eehh? Then what is going to happen to him?"

Hearing this, Shūnen suddenly laughed, " Do you guys think that I respect Sōseki just because he guides me back on the right track?"

"Is it because Sōseki-senpai has changed Tsunade-sama's decision?"

Shūnen shook his head and said in a complicated tone, "Sōseki took my fault and bear it himself. He wants to operate on Mizuki himself. "

Rin was shocked, "This is too..."

Seeing Rin's expression, Obito asked in confusion, "Rin, is there any problem with this? Didn't you say last time that Sōseki-senpai has presided over a lot of surgeries! "

Rin shook her head and said, "Those were all minor surgeries, and its success rate is very high. However, the success rate of such surgery to help someone become a Shinobi again would be ridiculously low and it is also accompanied by great risks. "

"No ordinary Medical-nin would be willing to perform this kind of surgery. If you are not careful, you may get yourself a reputation as a 'killer quack doctor'. It can be said that Sōseki-senpai is using his reputation as a bet! "

Kakashi, who is beside them and has been silence from the start, suddenly remembered something.

Since last year, there have been rumors in Konoha that his father violated the Shinobi rules for his companions. Although that mission eventually barely completed because of his father's powerful strength, but those gossips haven't completely disappeared.

He also asked his father if it was worth it, but his father just smiled and said he would understand when he grew up.

Thinking of this, Kakashi suddenly asked aloud, "Is it worth it? Even if he doesn't stand up, no one can blame him."

"I don't know." Sōseki's gentle voice came from the front.

"You don't know?" Kakashi raised his head suddenly in surprise.

"I said do not know, I don't know how to judge from your standpoint." Sōseki smiled slightly, "This is different from Shūnen and the others. For them, I can judge that their bullying is absolutely wrong. But now, this situation has nothing to do with right or wrong."

"So, even if I tell you my answer, you may not agree with it, and only you can tell you the answer. "