In the evening, when the setting sun hadn't completely set, Naruto stood beside a shop on the Konoha commercial street, looking at the delicate decoration, gorgeous style, and the portraits of Kimimaro and others outside the glass window.
Putting all these things together, it didn't seem like Sasuke's style at all. Curious about what that guy Sasuke was up to, Naruto reached out, pushed the door open and walked in.
As soon as he entered, he saw a hasty figure directing inside the store. Complicated affairs were put in order in front of him. Noticing the newcomer, Sasuke only then told his subordinates to stop working.
"Alright, it'll open in two days. Check again if there are any places that need elaborate decoration."
"What kind of shop are you planning to open?"
Taking a casual look around, Naruto found that Suigetsu, Kimimaro, Jūgo and their companions were all busy. Karin took Sasuke's mission at the front desk and started the next round of arrangements.
"Didn't I say before? I want to open a host club."
"What kind of shop is that? I've never heard of it."
"Of course. You're just a brat, so you've never heard of this kind of shop."
"Huh? Who's a brat? I've seen a lot of things during those years with the Perverted Hermit. Don't look down on me."
Sasuke casually glanced at Naruto with his indifferent eyes and just smiled at what he said.
"That's exactly why you don't know about this kind of shop since you've always been with Jiraiya."
"Stop talking about this. Why do you want to open it?"
Even if Sasuke didn't want to be a ninja, the Uchiha family's property was enough for him to be a rich second - generation guy staying at home and live the rest of his life carefree. Why go through so much trouble?
But Sasuke didn't think so. He took a look at the busy people. These were all people who trusted him and had been working under him since they left Orochimaru's base.
Now that the ninja world was about to be at peace, as others said, many of these people were warmongers. In the past, they only knew how to fight. They were all cultivated into fighting machines.
But the times would be different in the future. The status of ninjas would decline significantly. The era would no longer need ninjas as much as before. They couldn't live a life on the edge of the sword anymore.
So as the one who led them out, he thought he had the obligation to provide a harbor for these people to dock at any time. That was the meaning of this shop's existence.
Whether Kimimaro, Suigetsu and the others wanted to go out for a stroll or work in the shop, they were always welcome here. They were definitely not the old - fashioned ones abandoned by the era.
However, Sasuke didn't plan to tell Naruto these things for the moment. After all, according to Naruto's age, he was still a minor.
"Humph, you always keep everything to yourself and won't tell me anything. We clearly agreed before that you'd tell me everything. Now, a month has passed since the war ended, and I've seen you so rarely..."
Naruto frowned and became more and more aggrieved as he spoke. An unnamed anger welled up in his heart, making him feel itchy. Especially that cold face, he always wanted to see a loss - of - control expression...
"Alright, since you want to know, let's talk somewhere else.
So far, all his wishes since transmigrating have come true. It's time to tell Naruto about the gambling game with the gods, including that he's not just the present Sasuke Uchiha.
The two of them came to a quiet place. Naruto felt a bit at a loss looking at the somewhat heavy atmosphere around him, but there was also a faint sense of anticipation in his heart.
Sasuke, standing not far away, slightly parted his thin lips and told his story slowly.
"Naruto, I'm not the Sasuke of this world. To be precise, I come from a parallel world. There, I failed to save Itachi, nor the Uchiha clan. The clan was massacred by Aniki Itachi when I was 7 years old. Aniki Itachi fought a decisive battle with me when I was 15. By then, he was already seriously ill and died during the fight."
Sasuke said these shocking words with a calm face. Naruto tried to find a hint of joking on that face, but obviously there was none.
He couldn't imagine what kind of mood the calm Sasuke was in at that time when his dearest family was massacred by his most respected Aniki Itachi overnight.
How did the young Sasuke walk out of that heavy sorrow step by step? Why did Aniki Itachi do that? Just listening to all this made Naruto out of breath.
"Back in that world, we didn't get along well when we were kids. To be honest, we were rivals. It wasn't until we were 12 that we, along with Sakura, were assigned to Kakashi's team."
"I craved power at that time, so I went with Orochimaru after he invited me. When I was 15, I learned the truth about Itachi massacring the clan and planned to take revenge on the Konoha higher - ups. In fact, I got rid of the trouble, Tanzō, but I also drifted further away from you and the whole of Konoha."
"...."
Naruto stood there, not knowing what to say to comfort Sasuke. His mind was blank from this shocking information, but Sasuke still stood there and continued to tell his story.
"The village planned to kill me as a rogue ninja. Only you never left me and always wanted to bring me back. Even when I attacked the Five Kage Summit, you never gave up. In the end, our enemies were too powerful. You and I joined forces, inherited the power of the Sage of Six Paths, and sealed Kaguya ōtsutsuki. Then we had a fierce fight at the Valley of the End, and your victory ended my revenge."
Naruto, who had been listening with a heavy heart, finally felt a strange sense of relief. It seemed that no matter which world he was in, he would never abandon Sasuke!
PS: The story concludes tomorrow!
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