"I... I'm just a container!" Fu shouted, her eyes turning red instantly, "The elders of Takigakure said that Jinchūriki is not qualified to have a name. The only meaning of our lives is to be the shield of the village! As long as the village needs it, we will die at any time!"
"Fart."
Senju Chen spit out two words coldly.
Fu was stunned.
"That's the incompetent rage of a weak village." Senju Chen leaned back in his chair with cold eyes, "Takigakure Those old fools are guarding a broken tree. Hero Water don't even have a decent Kage Level can't train strong people, so they can only use a fourteen-year-old girl as a life-saving straw. They are afraid of you, exclude you, and greedily want to possess your power, so they brainwash you with that 'container' nonsense."
Senju Chen stood up and walked step by step towards Fu in the corner.
Fu subconsciously wanted to retreat, but her back was already pressed against the cold wall, and there was no way to retreat.
Senju Chen stopped half a meter in front of her and raised his hand.
Fu closed her eyes in fear and shrank slightly.
However, what fell was not the cold seal Cursed Seal, but a warm and generous hand that gently rubbed the top of her head, making her already messy short hair even more messy.
"In Takigakure, you are the weapon, you are the container."
Senju Chen looked at her open eyes of astonishment and said word by word, "But here, your name is Fu. A little girl who likes sweets, is afraid of the dark, and sheds tears just by looking at a luminous paper bird."
Fu raised her head blankly, looking at Senju Chen's delicate and calm face.
The tip of the nose was filled with the faint fragrance of grass and trees on the boy's body, and the temperature coming from the top of his head was so real.
In all these years, no one has ever touched her head like this.
Takigakure people always look at her with disgust, fear and defensiveness in their eyes. Even the ninja who is responsible for guarding her, when he hands her food, it is like feeding a beast that can bite people at any time.
"You... really don't plan to kill me?" Fu's voice was full of tears.
"I have to dig a hole and bury you to kill you. It's so troublesome." Senju Chen retracted his hand and pointed at the ramen on the coffee table, "Eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it's lumpy. After you finish eating, I'll take you to see someone."
"Meeting someone?"
"Well, let's meet someone who is just like you, but whose life is much better than yours now."
Ten minutes later, Fu drank the last drop of the thick soup and swept away the entire plate of chestnut cake.
Her stomach was filled with warm food, and the panic of being homeless seemed to have been mostly dispelled. She followed Senju Chen timidly and walked out of the room.
Passing through a bright corridor, Senju Chen took her to an indoor greenhouse garden on the third underground floor.
It actually simulates the sunshine and breeze on the surface of the earth. In the center is a green artificial lake. The lake is full of weeping willows, and there are even a few mechanical hummingbirds shuttled among the flowers.
Sitting on a bluestone by the lake was a young man wearing a wide light blue robe.
The young man had bangs that covered half of his face. He was holding a slender bamboo tube in his hand and was blowing soap bubbles slowly.
Colorful soap bubbles slowly rise into the sky under simulated sunlight, reflecting a dreamlike luster.
The young man has a lazy expression, and his whole person exudes a kind of indifference and decadence that is independent from the world.
"Utakata, you seem to be in a good mood today." Senju Chen walked over and said hello with a smile.
The young man - Six-Tails Jinchuriki Utakata of Kirigakure, turned his head slightly.
His eyes swept over Senju Chen, and then fell on Fu who was looking behind Senju Chen.
The moment the two people's eyes met, the air seemed to freeze slightly.
Fu's pupils shrank suddenly!
The Seven-Tails Chōmei in her body started to stir almost at the same time!
"That's... the breath of Saiken!" Chōmei's voice roared in Fu's mind, "That man is Six-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Utakata on the opposite side also had his eyes slightly focused, his fingers holding the bamboo tube paused slightly, and Six-Tails Katsuyu in his body also sent a warning.
The resonance between Jinchūriki and Jinchūriki, which is engraved in the deepest part of Chakra, does not require any verbal explanation at all.
"She is..." Utakata slowly stood up and looked at Fu.
"The new one, Seven-Tails Jinchuriki from Takigakure, Fu." Senju Chen casually broke off a wicker and threw it into the lake, creating a circle of ripples. "I just defected from the village and was hunted for more than a month. I spent the whole day huddled in the mines eating dry food. The area of my psychological shadow is larger than this artificial lake."
Utakata looked at Fu's frightened and defensive look, and the corner of her mouth curled up.
"Takigakure..." Utakata put away the bamboo tube, and his voice was gentle but with a hint of deepness that had gone through many vicissitudes of life. "With the vision of a small place, the way it treats Jinchūriki is usually more cruel than that of the Great Ninja Village."
Fu looked at Utakata blankly. "You... are also Jinchūriki? The Tailed Beast in your body was not taken away by them?"
"Take it away?" Utakata turned to look at Senju Chen with a strange look in his eyes, "Sir, you are not interested in low-end operations like extracting Tailed Beast. On the contrary, here, no one will treat you as a monster."
Utakata took two steps forward and looked directly into Fu's eyes.
"Here, you can sleep until you wake up naturally, and you can eat whatever you want. No one will lock you with a barrier, and even if you want to blow bubbles, the sun here will always be on for you."
Utakata smiled slightly, raised his hand and gently blew out a string of fine soap bubbles, floating in front of Fu.
"The most important thing is that here, no one will force you to be a war weapon. All we have to do is cooperate with their laboratory to do some basic data monitoring. The rest of the time is all your own."
Fu stretched out her trembling fingertips and gently touched the soap bubble hanging in front of her nose.
"Pah."
The soap bubbles burst and turned into a few drops of cool water vapor scattered on her cheeks.
At that moment, the high wall that had been built for fourteen years in the girl's heart suddenly collapsed.
There are no dungeons.
No Byakugan.
There is no endless pursuit and exploitation.
There is even another person here who has Tailed Beast like her, but can live peacefully and comfortably in the sun.
Senju Chen put his hands in his pockets and stood aside quietly watching this scene.
Focusing on the heart is paramount.
For a marginalized person like Fu, who has been extremely insecure since childhood and longs for recognition, power and sealing will only trigger the most violent backlash.
But as long as she is given a roof to protect her from the wind and rain, a bowl of hot ramen, and a fellow traveler who shares the same problem, she will open her heart and give her all her loyalty and attachment with both hands.
The corners of his mouth raised slightly.
"Utakata, she has just arrived and is not familiar with the rules of the base. I will leave it to you to take care of her in the past few days." Senju Chen turned around and prepared to leave, "Medical Department has prepared a meridian repair plan for her. In the afternoon, she will take her to Kabuto for a full-body examination."
"Got it." Utakata nodded.
Looking at Senju Chen's leaving figure, Fu suddenly couldn't help but ran forward two steps and shouted loudly, "Senju Chen!"
Senju Chen stopped and turned his head. "What's wrong?"
Fu sniffed, clutching the corners of her clothes with both hands, her orange eyes sparkling like stars filling the sky.
"Can I still see... those glowing flowers in the mine?"
Senju Chen was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.
"The flowers in the greenhouse garden will glow every night." Senju Chen waved his hand towards her, "As long as you want to see it, Tenten has it."
The boy's figure disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
Fu stood there blankly, looking at the simulated blue sky and white clouds on the greenhouse ceiling, tears finally bursting out of her eyes without warning.
This time, it's not out of fear or despair.
Seven-Tails Chōmei sighed deeply deep in her spirit.
"Fu, it seems... you have really found an incredible place to stay."