But things did not go as he hoped. Some things could not be changed through willpower alone. As much as Meihui wanted Sasuke to stay in Konoha, he really had nothing he could use to persuade him as he was now.
There was no helping it. Once certain feelings began to take root, everything a person did afterward would unconsciously magnify them.
Sasuke had not wanted things to turn out this way either, but the seeds of hatred had sprouted long ago, constantly driving him to grow stronger. Yet setback after setback had made him impatient for results. Meihui did not want to see that. He did not want to see Sasuke become like this.
Before he knew it, Meihui had spent many years in this world. At first, he had simply thought of the characters in Naruto as NPCs, nothing more than figures drawn by Kishimoto. But once he found himself in the world of Naruto, he realized that everyone was flesh and blood, each with a distinct personality. Meihui, who had originally had no attachments in this world, had gradually found warmth in these people he called his companions.
Meihui had changed. Although he used to grin every day and joke around with everyone, his eyes had always held a bone-deep chill.
But now, after experiencing the care and companionship of others, Meihui had gradually noticed the changes in himself too. He simply refused to admit it out of pride.
Naruto, however, had long since noticed the changes in his older brother.
Take Sasuke's desire to leave, for instance. Though Meihui desperately wanted him to stay in Konoha, it was not that Sasuke could not grow stronger there, only that his growth was too slow.
That was also why Sasuke wanted to leave.
As the sun sank in