signingbooks Chapter 620: They all have tragic pasts.
Chapter 620: They all have tragic pasts.
"It can't be, she wouldn't lie to me." Iruka's eyes suddenly became unfocused, and he collapsed to the ground as if all his energy had been drained.
A few minutes later, Sasuke and Naruto walked out of the office. One was expressionless, and the other had obvious anxiety on his face, but both walked quickly.
The woman took Ino to Naruto's house.
It's truly a case of being blind to one's own shortcomings.
Naruto's house had long been uninhabited and had become the most inconspicuous corner of the village.
Since everyone assumed Ino was taken away from the hospital, the search naturally focused on the area around the hospital, and no one thought to check on Naruto's house.
The two figures flashed and disappeared from the spot.
Naruto's house.
The dim light of the oil lamp illuminated the cramped space. Because the room was small, there were very few things inside. There was a transparent refrigerator with a glass door, filled with rows of expired milk and expired instant noodles.
No one understands why Naruto likes expired things.
Yumi stood in the center of the room, one hand tightly gripping Ino Yamanaka's neck, the other hand clutching a kunai, its sharp blade pressed against the side of Ino's neck.
Ino's eyes remained empty and blank, as if she had no idea what kind of danger she was facing, only making indistinct whimpering sounds.
Several people were standing at the door of the house.
Sasuke was the first to arrive. He didn't act rashly, but stared intently at the kunai in the woman's hand with his Sharingan.
Naruto arrived next, and although he was extremely nervous when he saw Ino being kidnapped, he tried to remain calm.
Next came Gaara, Sakura, and the others. Surprisingly, the Sixth Hokage didn't come along. Perhaps he thought they could handle it themselves. Or maybe he was busy stealing something. Because if he didn't steal now, he wouldn't have another chance later.
Further behind were several Nara clan ninjas, one of whom was already crouching in a dark corner, ready to use the Shadow Binding Technique at any moment.
"Don't come any closer!" Yumi screamed, pressing the kunai even closer to Ino's neck, a thin line of blood seeping out. "If you take another step forward, I'll cut you!"
"Calm down." Naruto raised his hands, trying to keep his voice steady. "I'll give you whatever you want, just release Ino, and we can talk about anything."
"Why is Naruto wasting his breath on her?" Sasuke's eyes darted around. Just then, Naruto stepped forward to stop him because he noticed a thin thread between the two of them, beneath which was a bomb with a stopwatch ticking.
With just the slightest struggle, that single strand of hair would be torn off; in fact, even if they managed to control her, it wouldn't make a difference to Yumi.
Ino Yamanaka is foolish; he doesn't understand the danger. Without Yumi's restraint, she would act recklessly, so the ending would be the same.
Perhaps they shouldn't have stolen the bomb-making techniques from outside; now they're letting their own people fight against their own.
"I don't want anything. All I want is an answer. What are you all doing going out every day? What is the outside world really like?"
"Did you reconcile with the outside world a long time ago? Did you trap us here just to get revenge on us?" With each question she asked, the kunai pressed closer to Ino's neck.
"I don't want to be kept in the dark anymore." Tears streamed down Yumi's face, but her voice grew calmer. "Everyone in Konoha deserves to know the truth. We have the right to know."
"Okay, I'll tell you." Naruto took a deep breath. "The people outside are preparing to seal off all space and time with a spatial array. Sasuke and I go out with the Hokage every day to plunder supplies so that everyone can live as well as possible."
"Because soon, once the outer barrier is complete, we will never be able to leave again. At that time, Konoha will be able to become self-sufficient, and nothing will be able to grow on this land anymore."
"Furthermore, we can't reconcile because they hurt my best friend."
"As for revenge, what reason would I have to take revenge on Konoha? I didn't grow up here. I'm just a little gossipy, but I know you have good intentions. People always have two sides, and there are always good and bad people in the world."
"I heard from Kakashi that you wanted your son to enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi world to see the real world, and I agreed."
"Naruto!" Sasuke interrupted from behind, frowning.
Naruto, who was comforting Sasuke, continued, "Haven't we already punished those who made mistakes by putting them into the Infinite Tsukuyomi? Five years have passed, and we still haven't solved Konoha's problems. I'm just fulfilling a promise now."
"Really!" Yumi's attitude softened, but she quickly became excited again.
"So, you say there's something that can trap everyone in an eternal dream, allowing them to live out their lives in a beautiful dream. But you're keeping it hidden, not letting anyone use it. Aren't you just torturing us?" In that instant, he completely lost his mind, increasingly feeling that the current Konoha was a complete and utter deception.
"Why? Why won't you let us enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi? Is it because you can't pay the price?"
"Yes, entering the Infinite Tsukuyomi must require paying a lot of chuckles, right? You guys definitely don't want to pay for us, right?"
"No, not at all." Naruto stepped forward to calm her down. Actually, it was beneficial for them as well, as ordinary people could also be transformed into White Zetsu with strong combat power and medicinal value.
But after they learned that White Zetsu were human, they ate them very little.
"That's not real. That's fake."
"What's real? What's fake?!" Yumi became increasingly agitated, her voice growing louder and louder. "Reality is already miserable enough, why can bad people be trapped in an eternally beautiful illusion, while we good people have to suffer in hell?"
"This isn't hell, this is the real world! Think about your family, think about your children," Naruto continued to persuade him.
It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned it, because Yumi got agitated again as soon as it was brought up. "Don't remind me of those unpleasant memories! My family all died, on the battlefield. I grew up being bullied. The kids at school all bullied me, and the adults didn't like me either. There was even an old lady who seemed kind on the surface but secretly called me a jinx. At first, I always thought it was my fault, but later I found out that her child had also died in the war, so she could take it out on me."
"Do you think I wanted to have that child? Do you think I was born promiscuous? No, someone threatened me with photos. I just gave up and chose to be promiscuous. I didn't even know who the father was! This place is hell!"