Fortunately, there are no people on this road...
Naruto was secretly glad. Uchiha Clan Compound There is basically no commercial circle in this area. Even though the genocide incident has passed for a long time, it still seems much deserted than other neighborhoods. There are not many pedestrians on weekdays.
Therefore, the appearance of him carrying a girl on his back was not seen by any outsiders.
Of course, with Naruto's thick skin, he is not completely unable to handle this situation, but it is still best if he can avoid embarrassment.
From now on, apart from Satsuki's arms gently wrapping around his neck to maintain balance, she had made no other movements or said a word.
Naruto couldn't see her expression at the moment, but could only feel her warm breath brushing the back of his neck, bringing a slight itch.
This is the first time that Satsuki has been carried like this by Naruto... It is not the faint scent that is gradually dissipating on the old clothes that she collected and discarded by Naruto, but the real, fresh and warm breath that belongs to Naruto at this moment.
This familiar and infatuating aura easily shattered the state of "calm thinking" that Satsuki had managed to establish through battle, causing her brain to quickly become dizzy, turning her back into the stupid "love brain" that could only be immersed in sweetness.
Naruto, who didn't know that the girl behind him had completely fallen again, just felt that the atmosphere between the two was a little too stiff... or, in other words, too ambiguous.
He felt the light weight on his back and decided to say something to break the silence.
"Satsuki, you're a little light. You need to eat more in the future. If you don't train, you won't have enough energy." He tried to normalize the atmosphere with such caring and preaching words.
And Satsuki pressed the hot side of his face completely against Naruto's strong and warm back, and mumbled in response to you almost unconsciously in a voice as thin as a gnat, "... Hmm. I just want to eat the food cooked by Naruto."
Her voice was very soft, with a bit of coquettish dependence, but it was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples in Naruto's heart.
"... Just want?" Naruto repeated it subconsciously. The exclusivity and intimacy contained in these two words made his ears start to feel hot involuntarily and his heartbeat skipped a beat.
Satsuki seemed not to realize what an incredible thing he had said. He was still immersed in the warm feeling of wrapping, and continued to murmur and emphasize in that dazed tone, "Well... I just want to..."
As a result, the subtle stiffness in front of me did disappear... but what replaced it was another ambiguous atmosphere that was richer and even more heart-racing.
Naruto could even clearly feel that the temperature of Satsuki's cheek against his back seemed to have increased a little.
Although the crucial "confession round" is about to begin, Naruto feels that with his current state of rapid heartbeat and hot cheeks, he will definitely be stumbling and incoherent when he speaks later. That would be too embarrassing!
He had to find a way to calm down first!
That's right! After all... isn't Satsuki essentially just another version of Sasuke? It's just that the gender is different!
Just think back to the state of getting along with the arrogant and awkward Second Pillar in the original work. The kind of brothers who wanted to strangle each other to death but had to understand each other? Maybe you can calm down immediately!
Naruto began to search frantically for those "classic" scenes in his mind, trying to cool himself down.
'Sasuke, if you attack Konoha, I will have to fight you. Let's save the hatred until then. Then vent it all on me. '
'When the time comes, I will also bear your hatred and die together. '
'If we all die in the end, we will no longer be Uchiha, Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and we don't have to bear anything. Let's understand each other in our world. '
Damn it! Not at all!!!
Instead of calming him down, these memories made his mood even more complicated and heavy! When he thought of Sasuke, the profound Bonds, fierce conflict, and regret came to his mind, making him realize more clearly——
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The girl on his back was a unique existence to him that he could never leave again.
She is not anyone's replacement, nor is she a "hate" that needs to be carried. She is the Uchiha Satsuki who explodes with amazing strength because of his careless "not liking weak women", the Satsuki who mutters "I just want to eat your cooking" because of his clumsy concern, and the Satsuki who is lying quietly on his back at this moment, relying on him wholeheartedly.
If Satsuki is swallowed up by hatred like Sasuke in the original work, with only the flame of revenge left in his eyes, what will he do?
Naruto couldn't help but imagine that heart-stopping scene in his mind...
First of all, if Satsuki is bewitched by a guy like Orochimaru and wants to defect to find strength... he will definitely use some means immediately. Even if the identity of [Menma] is exposed, Satsuki will be captured as soon as possible! Then, without hesitation, completely kill that Orochimaru who dares to covet Satsuki's body! Never give him any opportunity to take advantage of it!
If Satsuki is really blinded by hatred and has a strong desire for revenge... I will "invite" Itachi Uchiha who is locked deep underground in the organization, and then tell her the truth about the genocide.
He would never let Satsuki walk down that dark road alone, carrying misunderstanding and pain.
So... what happens when Satsuki knows all the truth? What if her hatred for Konoha High Command cannot be quelled and she wants to destroy Konoha?
Naruto's heart sank. He might... choose to stand opposite her and tell her - "vent all your hatred on me."
If she wanted to leave her parents and children behind and defect... I would probably... just follow her as I subconsciously thought. He couldn't imagine leaving her alone in the darkness.
Damn it... thinking about it this way, am I not a complete love brain myself?!
Naruto felt helpless and amused at his almost unprincipled idea of "following".
Of course, the premise of this dark hypothesis is that Satsuki has an obsession with killing Itachi Uchiha, and revenge is her only goal.
But the reality is that in this world, Satsuki grew up with two parents, a warm family, and Naruto's long-term companionship. For the current Satsuki, "killing Itachi Uchiha" may be just one of her many goals, and it may not even be considered the core "ambition" or "dream". Her heart was filled with other, warmer emotions.
Naruto recalled the clumsy and cute "strange" actions that Satsuki did every day - and the favorability level on the system panel that had already "beyond calculation"...
Naruto may... know the true meaning of what Satsuki vaguely mentioned as "the unspeakable dream" when introducing himself on the day of class placement.
Maybe you want to have that kind of relationship with yourself?
No, Naruto still underestimated Satsuki's obsession that had long been deeply rooted in his heart and grew crazily over time. Satsuki's dream, in its concrete and huge form, was far more... absolute and thorough than he imagined.
Satsuki's dream can be summed up in one word.
[I want to be with Uzumaki Naruto forever.]
The weight and determination behind this short sentence, what does it mean?
Time is "forever" - not a moment, not youth, but an uninterrupted companionship that runs through the past, present and future, until the end of life and even beyond death.
"Together" in space - no matter where you are, is it Konoha? A foreign land? It's a battlefield where we fight side by side! Or under the roof of daily life? Her place must be beside him and vice versa. No separation of any kind is allowed.
The relationship is "exclusive" - the subjects of "together" are "Uzumaki Naruto" and "Uchiha Satsuki", and there is no room for any redundant or threatening third person in the middle. He is her sun, and she must be his only tide that he is willing to follow.
In essence, it is "fusion" - her dream has already completely and inseparably woven the person "Uzumaki Naruto" into her own personal trajectory and future blueprint. If he goes, the world will lose all color and meaning. Getting him is the ultimate and complete form of all her ambitions and dreams.
This dream has long gone beyond the imagination of ordinary girls, and is more like a paranoid declaration of destiny with Uchiha-style determination.
That was not a simple goal, it was the only future she had long determined.