[Naruto] The Night the Fox Doesn’t Cry - The Night the Fox Doesn’t Cry chapter 125

“I have never done anything like brainwashing. Of course, I know that Naruto has been in pain, but I can’t accept that he made it like this!”

“It’s all for Naruto. It might be a bit frustrating… but Naruto will understand with time.”

Hinata had already noticed that Toneri was in a state of inability to communicate, and kept her mouth shut. He just held Naruto in his arms and tried to distance himself from Toneri as much as possible. Of course, knowing that it meant nothing, Toneri continued as if she didn’t care.

“I don’t like it, but I’ll leave Naruto to you for the time being. Because I know you care about her.”

“…Can’t you unleash Naruto’s technique?”

“no”

Toneri spoke so firmly and coldly that Hinata didn’t say anything more. At that time, young children and their grandmother, who seemed to be their leader, entered the room.

Naruto and Hinata. Welcome to this castle.”

“””welcome”””

Hinata soon noticed that they were puppets, not living people. Toneri began to explain by showing the puppets.

“They will help you live.”

“Are they all puppets?”

“Yeah, right. They are the puppets left behind by our ancestors. Because I was the only one alive in the castle. Oh, of course, I’m honestly glad it’s not anymore.”

“…”

Did Hinata live in such a wide place alone for a long time without realizing it? I sympathized with Toneri, but soon saw Naruto and erased that thought from my head. The moment she thought she had to run away from here if possible while protecting Naruto, Toneri opened her mouth.

“I’ll tell you just in case, but you’d better not think about running away.”

“…!”

Hearing the word run away, Hinata unknowingly shuddered. Then he noticed that he was shining in the eyes of all the puppets around him. That the puppets were all watching over him and Naruto. Besides, since he is currently in a state where his white eyes are stolen, he cannot even see ahead without Toneri’s technique.

‘I have to stand by Naruto and wait for someone else’s help… ‘

Hinata sighed and hugged Naruto tighter. At that moment, Toneri approached Naruto and reached for his forehead. Hinata was vigilant and tried to stop him, but he easily overcame Hinata’s resistance.

“What are you trying to do?”

“I just want to know more about Naruto”

Toneri made a green sphere in his hand and brought it to Naruto. Then Sasuke’s figure appeared in the sphere. As soon as Toneri saw him, he clicked his tongue and muttered in displeasure.

“Why is this guy…!”

Hinata also looked at Sasuke and said to Toneri as if it were natural.

“Naruto and Sasuke-san are living by relying on each other. Nothing strange at all.”

“Rely on each other? Ha, those guys are brainwashing Naruto to do what they want!”

“The one controlling Naruto is you here right now!”

“…!”

“Naruto is no different than the puppet over there. Is this really what you want?”

“What kind of sound… I’ll return it to the original later. Don’t say that again!”

At that time, Toneri looked at Naruto’s memories and found something strange. That’s because Naruto’s chakra was connected to Sasuke’s. I was surprised that Naruto and Sasuke were using the form of chakra that the Six Paths sages wanted, but Toneri only felt more unpleasant feelings.

‘The insidious guy…no, I’ll use that now’

Toneri uses a large amount of chakra to imbue Naruto with a certain technique without Hinata’s knowledge. And while smiling as if satisfied, I felt pain in my eyes and almost collapsed, but I soon regained my balance. However, he groaned softly as if he was still in pain before opening his mouth.

“I need to go to my room and rest for a while”

“…”

“Then I’ll leave it behind”

“Rest in peace. Toneri”

When the grandmother puppet politely bowed her head and said hello, Toneri moved to her room. As soon as Toneri disappeared, Hinata let go of Naruto’s arms. But there were still gokdugaks, so I wasn’t relieved.

“…”

“…”

Hinata carefully started stroking Naruto’s head, who had turned into a doll. Hinata opened her mouth as the bandages covering her eyes were wet with tears.

“I’m sorry, Naruto. Now I can’t help you… ”

Hinata felt so resentful of herself for not being able to do anything and felt sorry for Naruto. At that moment, Hinata, noticing that tears were flowing from Naruto’s eyes, kindly wiped away Naruto’s tears and hugged him warmly.

“I’m the one who did such a mean thing to you…why did I… ”

Does it make you feel sorry for him? Hinata didn’t let her doubts come out, but quietly buried them in her heart.

Epilogue – Episode 18

[The distant distance, and regret]

Naruto and Sasuke, who fought Kaguya Otsutsuki, connected each other’s chakra in the process. Thanks to this, even if they are far away, they can roughly know each other’s location and condition, and when they come into contact, they share memories, thoughts, and even emotions as if they were one person.

Another thing is that each other’s image world is connected, so you can meet in the image world anytime, anywhere. Through this, even while Sasuke was unconscious, he was able to follow the kidnapped Naruto’s chakra and enter her image world.

“Naruto, where are you?”

As Sasuke wandered around Naruto’s image world and was looking for Naruto, he naturally noticed that something was wrong. But I couldn’t figure out what the problem was. Sasuke, anxious with such thoughts, began to search for Naruto even more quickly. And finally, I met Naruto.

“Naruto!”

“Sasuke?”

Sasuke tried to approach Naruto as soon as he saw him, but Naruto stopped as soon as he saw his cold eyes. It was the first time I saw Naruto’s eyes like that… No, I had a memory of seeing it before. It was Naruto’s eyes that he met after escaping from the leaf. He was in the dark, suffering, and not seeing anything.

“What’s going on here?”

Cool Naruto question. It was only that, but Sasuke was in great confusion and panicked. And he forgot what he was going to say and stared blankly at Naruto. Naruto slowly approached Sasuke, and before he knew it, he faced his face right in front of him.

“Sasuke. I’m tired now”

“…What?”

“Even if you are tied up on a leash and live your life pretending to be decent, the hatred and loathing will still be there. How much more do you have to suffer? How much longer do I have to endure?”

“I…Naru…”

“I believed you and returned to the leaves! By the way!”

Naruto punched Sasuke in the chest. It wasn’t painful because it wasn’t strong enough, but Sasuke was shocked enough to make the illusion that his chest was pierced. At that time, Naruto’s memories flowed into Sasuke. That memory was the memory of the discrimination and hatred that Naruto had received after returning to the leaf.

“Sasuke”

“…”

Naruto muttered softly to Sasuke, who was in shock at seeing Naruto’s memory.

“You don’t need me anymore”

“!!!”

“Toneri…that person would really make me happy”

Sasuke broke into a cold sweat and was greatly agitated, not knowing what to do. And before he could say anything, he was thrown out of Naruto’s mental world. Naruto’s eyes, as he watched Sasuke walk away, were not only blue, but also green.

The explosion soon created a huge pillar of fire that completely shattered the moon’s surface. Afterwards, Shikamaru found and rescued the seriously injured Sasuke, but after meeting Sakura and Sai and hearing the news that Naruto had been kidnapped, Shikamaru clicked his tongue.

“shit! If I had planned my strategy more carefully…!”

“It’s not Shikamaru’s fault. This time, the enemy took a surprise attack, and even Sasuke was the one who made it that way. I couldn’t help it”

In the meantime, at the end of his line of sight, he saw the fallen Sasuke and Sakura, who was treating Sasuke. Shikamaru, instead of thinking that Sai was wrong, rather agreed, but felt the same heavy heart. Sai didn’t say anything anymore and shifted his gaze to the sky to change the topic.

“Anyway, it was hard to believe when Naruto said this place was the moon, but seeing that, I can’t help but believe it.”

The explosion that Sasuke suffered blew a hole in the sky. It was only then that they understood the words that were hard to believe because they could see the earth through the hole. However, no matter how much he tried to change the topic, the heavy atmosphere did not disappear easily. Sasuke, whom he thought was the strongest of the ninjas, was killed and Naruto was kidnapped. It was like being completely defeated.

“…”

And Sakura was much quieter than I thought. Sasuke collapsed and was worried, but he didn’t say that it was Naruto’s fault or that he was rather lucky that he was kidnapped.

“Sakura, how is Sasuke?”

“…”

Shikamaru also cautiously asked if Sakura had noticed something was wrong. Sakura responds with a belated response, wondering whether she was concentrating on Sasuke’s treatment or thinking about something else.

“not good. Most of the chakra in your body has been absorbed.”

“Naruto..”

“…!”

While treating Sasuke, Sakura’s body trembled for a moment at Sasuke’s self-talk. However, the treatment continued as if nothing had happened. Shikamaru is breaking out in a cold sweat and is catching Sakura’s notice, so Sai opens his mouth.

“You don’t hate Naruto?”

“Hey, Sai!”

“…”

Shikamaru was taken aback by Sai’s behavior and tried to stop it, but it was too late. However, contrary to Shikamaru’s expectations, instead of getting angry, he quietly continued the treatment. Shikamaru carefully examines Sakura’s eyes and opens his mouth as if this is really strange.

“Sakura, what happened when you were with Naruto?”

“…!”

At Shikamaru’s question, Sakura was greatly agitated and stopped the medical ninjutsu that was treating Sasuke. Suddenly, Sakura realized that she didn’t have enough chakra to use medical ninjutsu.

“Naruto saved me”

“What are you talking about?”

“Even though he clearly knew I hated him, he threw himself twice to save me.”

Sakura leaned against a nearby wall as if exhausted, and started talking. I don’t know if it’s because her chakra has run out or if it’s just because she’s weakened, but Sakura was honest about it.

“Even though you were hurt because of me, you must have been hurt by my words, but this time… no, you have never been angry with me or avoided me.”

“…”

“I know I am acting foolishly and childishly. However… !”

Sakura’s eyes immediately turned to Sasuke. Shikamaru and Sai knew that Sakura liked Sasuke, and they also knew that Sakura was jealous of Naruto.

“Honestly, I regret it. If, when we first met, then, if…if I had even a little courage”

Sakura couldn’t even say that they might have become friends. Because I know it’s too late to say that and I’ve come too far. And I don’t want to give up on Sasuke, but I want to reconcile, and the two contradictory feelings collided. Shikamaru quietly listens to Sakura’s words and opens his mouth seriously.

“Sakura, your actions up until now have honestly been bad. But most of the guys in my town are like that, so I don’t have the right to say anything.”

“…”

“But I can say this much. If you realize a mistake, you must correct it. Is it late or early?”

“Well, I’ve never met Naruto before, so I don’t know, but if it’s Naruto now, I’m sure everyone will forgive me.”

Sakura nodded weakly as if she knew. I know, but I’ve been forced to ignore it until now.

“I know”

Sakura recalled that she had pushed herself back and was attacked instead, and that her master had saved her even while being in agony.

“But instead of asking for forgiveness, I hated it out of jealousy.”

“To be honest, even the people watching didn’t feel good.”

“Hey, Sai”

“It is as Sai said. But Naruto didn’t hesitate to say that he saved me, as if it were natural.”

“…”

“…”

“I don’t know why you saved me. Why are you like me… ”

“Naruto doesn’t blame you, because he’s sorry”

“!!!”

“Sasuke!”

Everyone was surprised by Sasuke’s sudden voice, but they looked at him as if they were relieved. However, his expression was darker and more tired than ever.

“Sorry, let me be alone for a while”

Epilogue – Episode 19

[Determination]

“…”

Sasuke blankly gazed at the moon, Toneri’s hideout. Shikamaru and the others are preparing to save Naruto and Hinata tomorrow, but Sasuke is not motivated right now. At that time, Naruto, who saw him in the image world, clearly noticed that Toneri had done it, but his heart was heavy.

‘Understanding each other with chakra…ra’

It was the method of using the chakra that the Six Paths sage wanted. Through this, he and Naruto could feel each other even if they were not talking to each other even if they were not next to each other. However, if you think about it coldly, because you don’t have to meet in person, the actual meeting or conversation with naruto is noticeably less than before.

‘Besides, I still didn’t know that Naruto was being discriminated against like that… ‘

Naruto was hurt, but for Sasuke’s sake, he endured it alone without saying anything.

perok-

Sasuke hit the floor with his fist without hiding his frustration and frustration. What are you trying to protect Naruto? I felt the urge to beat myself up for being foolish and indifferent right now. But then someone approached Sasuke.

“Sasuke”

“…!”

It was Shikamaru, Sai, and Sakura with worried faces. Sasuke finally realized that he had been doing this for a long time. It was only natural for her to worry about her colleagues. But even so, Sasuke couldn’t hide his depressed feelings.

“When I read it in the book, I told my friend to consult me if I had any problems.”

“It is as Sai said. Why don’t you consult with us instead of struggling alone unlike you?”

Normally, Sasuke would smile and say it was okay, but now it was difficult to handle it alone. Though he hadn’t told anyone, Sasuke struggled to open his mouth thinking that it would be okay if he was a colleague or a friend.

“Cherry Blossom. Do you remember what I just said?”

In response to Sasuke’s question, Sakura nodded, recalling what he had said, “Rather than resenting you, Naruto is sorry.”

“That’s not just what I’m thinking, it’s really Naruto’s feelings. In fact, Naruto and I are connected.”

“…?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Are you connected?”

Sasuke frankly told Shikamaru and the others. Starting with the shape of the chakra that the six sages wanted, the state of himself and Naruto, and the recent relationship between himself and Naruto, believing that he was connected, neglecting the person responsible, and making a promise but not properly keeping it.