Konoha's Master of Illusion

Chapter 199 Care
"Mom, I want to eat that!"

Ino was walking along the street when he saw a five or six-year-old child acting coquettishly towards his mother beside him. He pointed his little hand forward at a shop selling meatballs and shook his head eagerly.

"I can buy it for you, but..."

The young mother touched the child's head and tried to negotiate terms with him. This scene reminded Ino that he had a similar experience.

It sounds like it was only six or seven years ago, but suddenly it feels like it has been a long, long time ago.

Her attention shifted to the store, where an old man with a gray beard grabbed a handful of white glutinous rice balls strung together and grilled them on the iron plate.

The iron plate specially prepared for this purpose is covered with neat semicircular grooves, so that each half of the meatballs fits tightly and heats evenly, so that it only takes a moment to turn over to complete the process.

To be honest, this was the first time Ino had seen balls cooked in this way.

From this, I became interested and wanted to try it.

Seeing her walking in, the old man chuckled and said:

"Little girl, do you want to buy some strings?"

"Bring me four skewers." Ino didn't ask the price. Generally, the price of this kind of snack would be fixed in a suitable range and wouldn't deviate too much.

"okay!"

The old man quickly picked up four skewers of meatballs that were almost roasted and exuded a burnt aroma. He then dipped them upside down into a bucket of brown and black viscous sauce next to him. After taking them out, he weighed them slightly to remove the excess sauce and put them away. Into paper bag.

Ino took it and paid. At this time, the child who had just shouted for food followed his mother to the door. The child blinked his big eyes and asked curiously:
"Sister, is it delicious?"

Ino hadn't tasted it yet, but when she heard the child ask, she took out a bunch and took a bite.

The taste of the sauce is not the usual pure sweet taste, but has a slightly sour taste and a relatively low sweetness. Combined with the roasted texture of charred on the outside and tender on the inside, it is a very novel and rare taste.

Still delicious.

Ino smiled at the child:
"I won't tell you, you'll know when you eat it."

After teasing the innocent child, Ino carried the bag and continued walking home. However, her goal was not to return home directly. When she arrived at the door of the flower shop, she went up the next staircase and came to the room Tetsuya rented before.

Opening the door with the key, she glanced around the room, then put the meatballs on the table and wiped the table with her fingers:
"It's gathering dust again."

During Tetsuya's absence, naturally no one rented this room, but he didn't find a new tenant, it just sat idle.

Ino would come to clean up every ten days and a half months. She always thought that Tetsuya would definitely come back, so she always kept this habit.

In a short or long time, she was many times more familiar with this room than Tetsuya, who had not lived there for long.

It had only been about a week since the last cleaning, but that was enough time for a layer of dust to settle inside the furniture.

Now that Tetsuya is back, this room needs to be cleaned even more.

I thought about how hurriedly that guy left yesterday morning, and it was almost dark until today. He hadn't appeared yet, and I don't know where he had gone.
Apart from a set of tables and chairs, there was nothing else in the living room. With a rag in hand, Ino wiped everything clean, then went to the kitchen and scrubbed everywhere, very quickly.

Finally, I came to the bedroom. The neatly stacked bedding was completely untouched. It was obvious that Tetsuya hadn't been back here yet.

After carefully wiping the bedside table and table lamp, Ino turned around and planned to find a broom to sweep the floor. Although he probably couldn't sweep up a few handfuls of dust, there was nothing to do anyway, and since he had cleaned it, he should clean it more thoroughly.

Originally, at this time, she was probably practicing Ninjutsu, but after Tetsuya returned, Ino's thoughts were obviously not as good as before, and she was all focused on her personal strength.

Just as he was about to walk out of the bedroom, he heard the window click open, and Tetsuya nimbly slipped through the narrow half-open window door.

"Ino? Why are you here?"

Before entering, Tetsuya had already sensed her chakra, so he was not surprised, but still asked.

After returning from the Rain Ninja Village, he met with Jiraiya and Tsunade. After telling the situation about Nagato, Tetsuya wanted to find a place to rest.

After thinking about it, the only place he could stay in Konoha Village was the house he rented before.

I was originally worried that the land had been rented to someone else, but when I got here, I saw that Ino was also there, so there was no need to worry.

This trip didn't last long, so naturally it wasn't very tiring, but Zheye was really under a lot of mental pressure.

Obito's counterattack is one aspect. In order to solve this problem, the incident of Itachi's voluntary sacrifice is the key to the real pressure on Tetsuya.

After all, he still couldn't quite understand that using the art of reincarnation in the dirty earth required only a few sacrifices. Did he really need to be so cautious?

That's not even cautious anymore, it's simply secretive and fearful.

Yes, what Jiraiya said made sense.

But do we really need to be so careful about the dangerous consequences that may lead to choking and giving up eating?Should such huge benefits really be completely thrown away because of possible negative consequences?

Tetsuya even thought of people's concerns about AI, that is, artificial intelligence. In the previous world, where everything relied on science and technology, everyone was worried about various problems that would arise due to the development of artificial intelligence, such as ethical and moral issues, such as the unemployment problem, but Should we give up researching related technologies just because of these problems?
How can people live better?Isn’t it because of technology, industry, and automation?
Tetsuya is now gradually beginning to feel that Jiraiya's fear of the price required for reincarnation in the filthy soil is just like people's fear and worry about stories such as artificial intelligence rebellion in science fiction movies, which is simply meaningless.

The same goes for Itachi's self-sacrifice. His sacrifice may not be worthless, but from Tetsuya's perspective, it always feels ridiculous and sad.

Like the night of the genocide, for the concept of the illusory Konoha Village, the existence of the family that existed more realistically around us was destroyed.

Zhe also thought about stopping him, but then he thought, what does this have to do with him?
All he had to do was fulfill what he promised Itachi. As for whether he was willing to sacrifice for the morals and values ​​in his heart, that was his choice and had nothing to do with him.

What's more, maybe my idea is really wrong?Who can guarantee that?

Seeing Tetsuya come in through the window, Ino's face showed a serious expression:
"Why do you like to go through the window so much? Can't you see the main entrance over there? And you ask me what I'm doing here? If I wasn't here, no one would be able to live in this room for a long time. Do you think a room that no one has been in for months can be used? Is it so clean?”

"Okay I'm sorry."

Zheye smiled helplessly, sat on the bed a little weakly, leaned back, and pressed his back against the quilt piled on the head of the bed:
"Isn't this a habit? From now on I will definitely enter the house through the front door."

Perhaps sensing that his mental state was not very good, Ino took two steps closer and observed Tetsuya's face carefully for a while:
"What's wrong with you? Has something happened?"

Her serious and concerned face was close in front of him, and he felt the other party's heartfelt concern. Zheya suddenly felt that most of those disturbing thoughts disappeared in an instant.

"It's okay. I'm hungry. Do you have anything ready to eat?"

Ino was a little suspicious in her heart. Naturally, she could see that Tetsu was unwilling to tell her, but she couldn't get to the bottom of it and asked more questions, so she said angrily:

"Who do you think I am? I just clean your room, but I have to take care of you when you eat?"

"I just bought some meatballs, do you want to eat them?"

(End of this chapter)