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Hearing Yahiko's words, Musa was visibly stunned. He had thought Yahiko was a genius ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village, but it turned out he, too, was a person with a difficult life.
However, seeing Yahiko's completely unguarded demeanor, Musa could only smile helplessly.
He was already useless, unable to pose any threat to the other party. It seemed his life was truly a failure.
Cough, cough... "Kid, I envy your luck."
Hearing Musa say this, Yahiko's face also broke into a hearty smile.
"Yeah, my luck is really extraordinary. First, I met Nagato and Konan, and we depended on each other."
"Later, I encountered my master, was taken in as a disciple, and received guidance in training."
Lying on the ground, Musa looked at Yahiko's cheerful smile with a somewhat dazed expression.
This smile was really warm and familiar. Didn't she have a similar expression back then?
"Hehe... cough... you have friends named Nagato and Konan, huh? Seems like you guys are close!" Musa weakly exclaimed.
At his words, Yahiko's warm smile became even brighter.
"Yeah, they, along with my master, can be said to be the people I'm closest to in this world."
"People closest to you, huh..." Musa muttered in a low voice. "Then you must cherish them. When you lose something, you realize that without it, a person can go insane."
"Rest assured, they are the people I would protect even if it cost me my life!" Yahiko's cheerful voice reached Musa's ears.
Musa's gaze became somewhat distant. In this last moment of his life, he seemed to be immersed in memories.
Between the two of them, suddenly everything fell silent. No one spoke, just waiting quietly.
Suddenly, Musa's voice reached Yahiko's ears.
"Kid, do you want to learn my forbidden jutsu? I can teach it to you."
Yahiko was stunned. Musa, who had put so much effort into learning the jutsu, wanted to pass it on to the person who had been his mortal enemy?
Although he didn't understand Musa's thoughts, Yahiko shook his head. He already had enough ninjutsu and didn't want to learn such a forbidden technique.
"Thanks for the offer, but I don't need it. I already have enough ninjutsu."
Musa was surprised that someone would refuse the ninjutsu he had offered. However, he chuckled self-deprecatingly. Well, not everyone was like him, willing to exchange any ninjutsu for their lives.
"Well, forget it. Seeing your appearance, you don't seem like someone lacking in ninjutsu. The side effects of this forbidden jutsu are too severe, it's fine not to learn it... fine not to learn it."
There was another moment of silence. "Kid, do you want to hear my story?"
Yahiko fell into silence. Although Musa's initial behavior had repulsed him, watching Musa, who was about to die, he couldn't muster any disgust.
"You see, I was born in a very small ninja clan. It was during the Warring States period when suddenly, one day, our country established a ninja village."
"But it's okay. After the ninja village was established, my mom and dad no longer had to travel far and wide. They had a lot of time to be with me."
"I thought that feeling was pretty good. At least there were fewer goodbyes, and there were more playmates around."
"But good times don't last long. Why is it that just when life was going well for a few years, war broke out again?"
"And this time, the scale of the war was huge, all the ninjas in the entire village participated."
"I waited year after year in the village until finally, the war ended, but there were hardly any ninjas left in the village."
"My parents also died in this war, and from then on, like you, I became an orphan."
"I grew up alone, lonely. Every day, I wandered and hesitated for the next meal, feeling helpless."
"Fortunately, with the inheritance from my family, I became a ninja and could support myself."
"After becoming a ninja, two major events happened to me."
"One was finding out that we were originally fighting for the Hidden Cloud Village, and my parents died in the war for the Hidden Cloud Village."
"But why, after my parents died, was there not even a word of comfort?"
"No worries~ It's been so long, and I've already let it go. I think life at that time was still okay."
"Because I met her, a straightforward girl. Cough, cough..."
"She was a member of another small ninja clan. After becoming a ninja, we joined the same team."
"We experienced every mission together, growing and progressing together."
"I had good talent; almost every mission I could make some progress."
"But she couldn't. Her talent wasn't very good, and she progressed slowly, completely unable to keep up with my pace."
"But it's okay. I was willing to accompany her on low-level missions, willing to be with her."
"Because I liked her, liked her hearty smile."
"Do you know, I think her smile is the most beautiful thing in the world."
"Every time she smiled, I felt the whole world brighten up."
"Later, we fell in love and got married. I swore to protect her with my life, to let her always have that pure smile."
"But I broke my promise! Because war came once again."
"Still, our village once again became one of the vanguard forces for the Hidden Cloud Village."
"No, it shouldn't be called a vanguard force; it should be called a cannon fodder force."
"I don't understand, why do we have to fight for the Hidden Cloud Village? Isn't it better to live our lives peacefully?"
"But there's no choice; the village has already given me a mission, and I must participate in the war, so does she."
"We're still in the same team. At that time, I was still celebrating because I thought, with my strength, I could completely protect her."
"I was wrong, completely wrong! What strength do I have? Just a frog at the bottom of the well. Cough, cough..."
Originally, Mūsa's voice was still steady, and there was even a hint of tenderness in his tone.
But the more he spoke, the more excited his voice became, unable to resist coughing twice. Taking a deep breath, Mūsa continued:
"In the first battle, we were beaten so badly, the whole unit was like paper, breaking with a touch."
"My so-called strength couldn't even compare to an ordinary Chunin on the other side."
"I watched her die in front of me with my own eyes."
"I hate it! I hate myself for not having strength, for not being able to protect her."
Mūsa's voice became more and more intense, and a flush appeared on his pale face.
"Do you know, when she sacrificed herself, she was less than five meters away from me. She looked at me with such reluctance, shouted at me with all her strength, asking me to live on."
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