Chapter 19 Memories - I Love Luo (Xiu)

  The sun was setting in the west, and the air was filled with the lingering warmth of the scorching sun. The warm rays pierced through the sparse willow branches, shining on a figure lying between the trees.

  How can the sparse branches and leaves block the warm sunlight that is gradually cooling down, a person who seems to be asleep, suddenly feels the dazzling light in a daze, frowns slightly, and subconsciously waves his hand.

  Scattered leaves on the ground no longer have a sheltering function, but instead leave point-like shadows imprinted on my body.

  His eyelids slightly lifted, and as the last rays of sunset faded from the depths of his pupils, where a hint of daze had flashed by, that person seemed to have finally come back to himself.

  He immediately straightened his posture, with his slightly crippled right hand seemingly relaxed on his right leg, while his left hand rested on the standing left foot, constantly scratching his cheek, revealing an indescribable sense of leisure.

  Generally speaking, when there's nothing going on, the orphans all like to stay in trees, or stand by the edge of trees. Even sleeping, if circumstances permit, they will do so in trees.

  This is simply like a symptom of an illness.

  If only he knew that in his heart, there was a deep-seated genetic factor buried at the bottom of his soul - an obsession with something, an unreasonable obsession.

  That clan's extreme obsession with "God", Ming's intense interest in "manipulating people's minds", my sister's severe discrimination against "life", and my brother's crazy pursuit of "knowledge", and then there's "me"...

  But this has nothing much to do with Ruins being close to these plants.

  If he wasn't doing this, it wouldn't give him a sense of belonging as if he were one of them.

  Nor is it because these plants will give discriminatory glances, insulting words, and other harmful things.

  If there's anything left, it's just a simple fondness for all things in nature, a fondness for these lives that possess qualities I don't have.

  Slowly waiting for the time to go home from school, he slowly turned his somewhat sluggish thoughts and waited for Bai's arrival.

  "If a faint whisper utters a name, 'Gaara...'"

  I love Luo... Unlike Bai who died with his parents and Kunma Lu whose entire clan was destroyed, they are different.

  I love Ro, and have a place to return to, and have loved ones. Only the me who risked my own safety for Sharen can truly shine with the light that belongs to Sharen Iro.

  So he can't take me away with Ai Luo, and now he doesn't have the ability to take me away with Ai Luo!

  So... sorry, I love Luo.

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  Half a year ago, passing through Shanren Village.

  I love Luo.

  That child who can only prove his existence by killing others has a similar yet different tragic past than the Whirlwind Killer.

  They are all Beastmen Pillars of Power, and they were once considered "monsters"!

  So, that's why Swirl is so obsessed with Iroh!

  So, Iwabe will be moved by Uzumaki Naruto in the end!

  However, Uzumaki Naruto is no longer here…………….

  With an emotion I didn't quite understand myself, I decided to go see Naruto now.

  Although I don't know where Luo was arranged by his father - Feng Ying to live, but I know where to find him.

  If you go to a place where children gather, you can find it. Indeed, near an empty lot where many children were playing with balls, I saw the sandpiper that had already developed dark circles under its eyes.

  I love Luo is about four and a half years old, with a soft red short hair, the beautiful dark green eyes reveal a strong sense of loneliness and sadness, which is the same as the whirlpool Mingren's eyes.

  If I slowly walk towards Airo, I don't want to provoke an overreaction from Airo. Since Airo probably still can't control the Guardian Hawk's sand well now, it's easy for him to attack people who stir up his intense emotions.

  If you quietly gaze at me, Luo reveals a fearful yet yearning gaze, stretches out his right hand close to me, and attempts to shake hands with me.

  Facing this action that I had once yearned for but was now unfamiliar with, Iro retreated several steps back with a look of shock on his face, while Shukaku no Sa did the opposite and condensed into countless sharp sand needles that shot straight at my right hand.

  If Ruò Cán didn't move, he knew that for a child who had been lonely for a long time, any sudden big movement would easily scare them, so Ruò Cán just stared blankly as his arm was pierced by countless sand needles.

  If there is a warm and gentle expression, it's like someone with countless needles pierced in their right arm, but it's not him.

  Despite that, upon seeing the needle-like sand, his frail body still involuntarily trembled a few times... That was a memory etched into his soul.

  But somehow, when Luo Ai came into contact with the faint light of his eyes, a faint mist immediately rose in his eye sockets...

  "I said, I'm the one who's hurt, so why are you crying?" I said to Aro with a hint of teasing.

  Just as the words had just been spoken, Iwao, who was still brewing, suddenly shed big tears from his eyes, and various emotions appeared on his face, including "apology", "yearning", "remorse", "fear" and "disgust" towards himself.

  If there was still a healthy left hand, it habitually scratched the cheek, "Hey, why do I look like the perpetrator? Come on, don't cry."

  If I look at Iroh desperately forcing back tears and preventing them from falling, I really have a strong feeling that I am a bad person.

  "I'm really fine, don't cry anymore, just smile, it's just a minor injury."

  This is still my first time comforting someone! Hehe. A bitter smile with no malice echoed in his heart.

  "......Really?" Iro asked in a slightly weak and soft voice.

  If I saw the words hidden deep within Naruto's eyes - Don't be afraid of me, I couldn't help but let out a soft sigh in my heart, "Yes, it's true. This wound is truly just a small one for me." Yes, it's true. For him, this really was just a minor injury after all.

  Iruka bit his lower lip, "S...s-sorry." Iruka's apology was so soft that if it weren't for Kakashi using chakra to enhance his hearing, he almost couldn't hear it.

  But...

  Hehe, Luo's voice is so soft and gentle, it's really interesting! But even he himself didn't understand how he suddenly came up with this conclusion.

  Ruò Cán smiled, his face nonchalant. "Didn't I say it's fine? Of course, if you don't let the sand leave my hand, I won't be so sure." Ruò Cán was also a bit worried that when he healed, if the sand needle was still there, would there be any sand left in his arm.

  Removing foreign objects from within the flesh may not be a difficult task for Ruo Ran, nor can it be said to be unfamiliar, but at the very least, it is a very troublesome thing.

  Contrary to expectations, on the ground, there was almost no bloodstain, only saw those sand needles faintly turned red.

  A faint smell of blood spread out, and at this time, Iro noticed that the sand needle was still stuck in the child's hand in front of him, desperately trying to control the sand to leave.

  However, it was clear that Iruka's current emotional state was too excited, and he had no way to stabilize and control the power of the Tailed Beast.

  Although both are Jinchuriki, there is an essential difference between Gaara and Naruto in terms of being a Jinchuriki. Not to mention the One-Tail and Nine-Tails, just looking at the method of sealing, there is a clear difference in the way they use the Tailed Beast's power.

  The greatest aftereffect of the incomplete seal on Gaara is that he must constantly, day and night, endure the encroachment of Shukaku's murderous intent. Conversely, it allows Gaara to use the power of the tail beast with greater proficiency.

  "As long as there is sand in a place, I can do anything." Gaara's strength has already become a part of me.

  However, "Tatsumaki" is different. The Fourth Hokage's "Shiki Fūjin" is a very strong seal, and it can be said that if the Fourth Hokage had not left behind a jutsu that could convert the Nine-Tails' chakra into Tatsumaki's chakra, then this seal would have no weaknesses whatsoever.

  However, even so, the seal is still firmly in place to a terrifying degree. Without that conversion spell as a prerequisite, Zan felt that even if Uzumaki Naruto were to have several more emotional outbursts, he would not be able to borrow the power of the Nine-Tails.

  However, summarizing the above points, if there is still something to be gained from these conclusions, it can be said that Iruka must be calm in order to control the power of the Ichibi with "his own consciousness"; and Uzumaki Naruto, on the other hand, is the opposite, the more emotional he becomes, the more he can tap into the power of the Kyuubi.

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  In the end, Ifurita "yielded" to Iruka's face that seemed about to cry.

  If there is still a lingering thought in your mind, it would be a sigh full of complex emotions.

  When did he become so soft-hearted? Is it because he is "Kazekiri"? Or is it because he isn't "Kazekiri"?

  "Come, listen to me, these sands are a part of you, don't be afraid of them, they are your strength. Don't reject them, they will obey your command just like your hands and feet. But when you fear them, they can't be controlled by you. Do you understand? The more you fear them, the more they will hurt the people you care about. You, do you really want that?" Yu Fan suddenly discovered he was actually quite eloquent.

  If you look closely, Iruka is still very nervous inside, and continues to speak without a hitch, "Come on, follow my instructions step by step, close your eyes, relax, empty your mind, think slowly in your heart... come back, all of you come back, quickly come back..." Before Iruka finishes speaking, the sand needles stuck in his arm gradually turn back into sand and slowly float back into the gourd behind him.

  "Awesome! You're quite perceptive! After all, if the body doesn't have a certain quality to it, how can it possibly withstand the erosion of the beast's power?"

  With one tail beast's power to suppress the other, the number of jinchuriki is scarce. It's not just because of the number of tail beasts, but also because people who can become jinchuriki are hard to come by.

  In ordinary people's values, on a certain level, Jinzaburou and Bisyamon are seen as the same kind of creature.

  "Remember, if power gets out of control again, recall what I just said." Yu Fan thought for a moment and added to his previous sentence.

  "Ah, thank you, brother."

  "If I still have feelings for Orochimaru, why do I feel a little depressed when he calls himself that way? If Orochimaru clearly remembers the age of the Whirlpool Ninja being younger than me."

  Am I really looking so old now? If cruelly asked, I would have to pinch myself.

  "Ah...... your birthday is January 19th, right?" It's a bit embarrassing! If I'm not mistaken, I'll touch my face and confirm that I no longer have the "Naruto Uzumaki" six whisker marks.

  "Really, how did you know?"

  "This is a secret." He raised his index finger and placed it in front of his mouth. "As for me, ... call me Ruo Can."

  "If you're left... brother." Ira smiled shyly and gave a fatal blow to Yor with words.

  Of course, if it weren't for someone's maniacal laughter fueling the flames, perhaps, even if I was injured, I wouldn't have been hurt this badly, but that's not certain either!

  If I were to imagine that a mirror appeared in front of me right now, I would definitely be able to find a severely distorted face on its surface.

  He felt an urge to vomit blood.

  Is it impossible for someone I actively approached to appear and call me by my name normally? "You won't tell me your name?" Wu Jian refused to continue exploring this topic.

  "I... I'm called Airo, Airo." Airo said in a small voice.

  "What a great name, I love Luo, but does he only love his own Shura? I think it's really a good name!" This name full of obsession, if you don't understand even a little bit, where is the problem.

  "Many people say that's a curse from my mother, but he told me it was a blessing from my mother. He said there is no mother who doesn't love her child!" Luo revealed a simple smile.

  Is it him? Yasha Maru? The one who let you live with that mistaken idea later on?

  If Akatsuki's behavior from the beginning was all a deception of Naruto, then it must be said that Akatsuki's acting skills may be even more exquisite than Tsunade's.

  Such a genuine and moving performance.

  That Nightcrawler...... Does he really "hate" Iruka as much as he says?

  "Resentment" is a very complex emotion, almost all emotions can be involved in it.

  But who else can truly say what's right and wrong besides Yasha Maru and Airo?

  Yasha Maru may have truly "hated" Iro, but that doesn't mean Yasha Maru never had "love" for Iro.

  Naruto may have indeed voluntarily accepted the mission to "kill Gaara" entrusted by Fuujin, but having spent so many days with Gaara, he should know about the abilities of the Fifth Kazekage. However, Naruto chose a method that was least likely to succeed - assassination, rather than using poison, which seemed like a more reliable way to win. Given the Sand ninja's research on poisonous techniques, it would be much easier to kill young Gaara with poison than to confront him head-on, and besides, Naruto was originally the one taking care of Gaara, so poisoning him would have been easy, wouldn't it?

  The beginning and end of Yaichiro's relationship with Iro can be summed up in two words: "deception".

  If there's no way to say for sure, then was the "deception" from the beginning of Yagura's actions deceiving Iruka or were Yagura's final words deceiving his own heart?

  It's possible that Yagura "hated" to a certain extent and "personally" killed Iruka, but it's not necessarily the case.

  However, if I had to choose, there has always been a feeling that I love Luo. If it weren't for the baptism of that night, perhaps I would have died under the continuous killing orders of Feng Ying.

  However, all of these are just vague guesses, without evidence.

  After a long silence, Roronoa Zoro still didn't know whether he should let Luffy lose his innocence.

  If I had told him, no matter what the conclusion was, it would have made him mature too early and not so easily hurt. In contrast to the price paid, Luffy will no longer have this kind of innocence now.

  Looking at Ruo Si who was lost in thought, Luo Ai spoke up in a low voice with some trepidation: "...... Why aren't you saying anything? Are you also afraid of me?"

  "If you wake up, I want to tell you something. You don't have to understand it now, but just remember what I say. If in the future...you feel pain, think about what I said."

  Forget it, when we become fellow travelers with beasts at the end of the world, we lose our qualification to have a childhood, because if we don't grow up early, the price is likely to be death.

  Childhood is really too luxurious for this kind of life we have.

  "I love Luo, don't take everything others say to heart. In this world, there are still many mothers who dislike, fear, resent, and even use or exploit their own children."

  "Why? Don't all mothers love their children?" Iro was somewhat puzzled, this viewpoint was different from what Nekomata had said.

  Even if I were to detach from the memories, “...there are many reasons, maybe voluntary, forced and so on, but no matter what the reason is, it's not important………. In this world, the only thing that matters is yourself and the things you value.”

  If you looked at me with a puzzled face, I still love you.

  It's still too difficult for me to understand, after all, even Yoroshiku himself can't fully comprehend it. After all, asking a life that is almost without parents to explain this kind of thing is indeed forcing someone beyond their abilities.

  But using this phrase is already what Ruzan feels most appropriate.

  "I love you, I just want to tell you, don't let your emotions control your rationality, no matter what others do to you, if you're affected by them, then you've really fallen into their trap. Remember, you are my Iroh, only loving one's own heart is true love. I love you, I love you, so even if the world abandons you, there will still be yourself who can love yourself, do you understand?"

  Unlike him, an existence that doesn't even want itself to be alive.

  "Remember, I love you, the world won't stop spinning because of one person, and don't let your world stop spinning because of others."

  "The world won't stop spinning just because of you alone, nor should your world stop spinning because of others." This sentence, so familiar, who said it to myself? Or did "I" say it?

  A fleeting blurry image, as if Luo Yu had grasped something important!

  "It's so hard to understand!" Iro's eyes have already appeared a whirlpool.

  "Heh heh, you remember what I just said, right? It's good that you do. When the time comes, you'll naturally understand." As Roran saw Airo nodding his head with a cute expression, even though they weren't much different in height, he couldn't help but want to pat his head, so he reached out his hand...

  The sand of the crane's guard suddenly appeared, in an instant, a sharp sand cone had pierced Ruo Can's arm.

  "I love Luo, calm down, I won't hurt you, relax." Ruò Cán hastily shouted.

  He's not afraid of getting hurt again, but worried that Iroh's hard-won initiative will retreat because of this matter.

  From Iruka's stiff movements, it can be inferred how tense he is.

  Iruka may not have had such close contact with others, as Wakaba's hand approached Iruka's hair, the sand pierced deeper, and when Wakaba's hand gently stroked Iruka's red short hair, even many sand cones had already pierced through Wakaba's arm.

  The sand grains soaked in fresh blood dripped out little red dots on Iwao's face and body as they returned to the gourd.

  The warmth of that fleeting touch turned cold, and Iro couldn't help but tremble all over.

  "Don't worry, I'm fine, and I'm not afraid of you either. Relax, control your power, that's your own power. Or, are you still afraid of me?"

  "I love you" Luo Pin nodded desperately, "Alright, then trust me, I won't be afraid of you, and you won't be afraid of me, we're equal, understand?"

  "Believe in your power, just like you believe in me, we will never hurt Iruka."

  We are the same.

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  This article was originally 2004 words, I won't count how much more it has increased this time.