Seeing that he had turned and walked into the house, I had no choice but to follow him and help him close the gate.

He took me to the living room and turned on the lights. I looked around the cold room curiously. Sasuke said, "Wait for me here," and left.

His house is a typical Japanese-style building. There is a paper door in the living room that can be opened, connecting to the corridor outside, through which you can see the scenery in the courtyard.

Normally, there would be goldfish in the pond in the courtyard, but now when I opened the paper door, I saw that the pond had dried up, with only mud at the bottom.

Sasuke came back with a notebook and a pen. He put the stationery on the table in the living room, opened my notebook, and was stunned for a moment when he saw Shikamaru's handwriting, then he confirmed where to start copying.

I couldn't help but turn around and ask him, "Why did the pond dry up?"

He lowered his head and copied: "I don't have time to take care of it."

"How do you clean such a big house by yourself?"

"The village sends people to clean up regularly."

I was stunned by this treatment.

If Orochimaru's scroll hadn't revealed the truth about the Uchiha clan's extermination, I might have thought Konoha treated him well.

"Can't they help you take care of the pond?"

Sasuke said calmly, "That's not necessary."

I didn't say anything else. I sat on the corridor, staring at the dim courtyard with the light coming through from behind me. I compared in my mind whether it would be more comfortable to close the doors and windows at Naruto's house and watch the heavy rain outside on a rainy day, or to sit on the corridor of Sasuke's house, open the paper door, and watch the rain like a curtain, which would be more elegant.

For a moment, the only sound in the air was the rustling sound of Sasuke's pen tip rubbing against paper as he copied notes in the living room.

Suddenly, my stomach made a loud growl and Sasuke's copying stopped.

I touched my stomach and was a little curious: "It turns out that when you are hungry, your stomach really makes this kind of sound."

"You didn't eat?"

"Did not have time."

"…Do you want to eat anything?"

I shook my head: "The welfare home should have left some food for me. I'll eat whatever they leave for me."

"I'll treat you to a meal, do you want to?"

Upon hearing this, I turned around and looked at him, expectantly: "Can I eat anything I want? Can you call for takeout?"

"No."

I immediately got unhappy and said, "So you said you would treat me to a meal?"

“Takeout is not available.”

"why?"

Sasuke lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Too far."

"Then why are you inviting me to dinner?"

"I'll give you money, and you can buy it yourself."

As he spoke, he stood up and left the living room. After a while, he came up to me with a few banknotes in his hand and handed them to me.

I looked at the money in his hand and asked casually, "What about you? Have you eaten yet?"

"No, I don't have much appetite."

"Is there anything you like to eat?"

"..."

"I'm not trying to spy on you, but you live so far away. If you're hungry, it would be helpful to have some snacks at home. I can bring you some, in case you don't like what I buy."

"...Bonito rice balls."

"anything else?"

"tomato."

"Okay, I understand." I took the money he gave me, stood up and said, "Then take notes at home. Can you finish copying by the time I come back?"

"It should be about the same."

"Then I'm leaving!"

I waved at him and jumped directly over the wall.

If I had to buy it myself, I would like to eat tempura.

When we passed by the welfare home, I told the aunt that she didn't need to save any food for me. She asked me when I would be back. I thought about it and said about an hour later.

I rushed to Konoha's commercial street and went straight to the tempura restaurant that Kakashi had taken me to before. Ever since he treated me to dinner that time, I fell in love with tempura, and my favorite was tempura fried shrimp.

When I went to buy some wooden fish rice balls, I asked the boss, "Boss, can you do takeout?"

The boss enthusiastically handed me his business card and said, "Of course! Just call the number above."

"Can you give me the whole Konoha?"

"of course!"

"What about the Uchiha station?"

The boss shook his head: "That place... used to be delivered, but after that incident... who dares to go there?"

Only then did I realize that the reason why Uchiha Sasuke couldn't order takeout might not be because it was too far away.

But why are people so afraid of places where people have died?

Obviously the bodies have disappeared and the bloodstains have been cleaned up, but just knowing that "many people died in that place" makes the bodies and bloodstains seem to appear in people's minds, even if many people have not seen the scene with their own eyes.

So, what does Uchiha Sasuke, who has been living in the Uchiha base, think?

Every day, when he walked through the deserted Uchiha Residence to go to school, and then walked through the silent streets to go home, could he still see corpses and blood all over the streets?

I bought some tomatoes, bananas, apples and other fruits. When I was carrying the bags back to the Uchiha base, I actually saw three children on the deserted street.

The girl on the left said tremblingly: "... Let's go back... It's so scary here..."

The boy in the middle shouted, "No! This is the secret of the Test of Courage...! This is the most terrifying place in Konoha. As long as we can get through here, grandpa will definitely think I'm awesome!"

The boy on the right sniffed: "But... Mom and Dad don't allow us to get close to here... If people find out, we will definitely be scolded..."

Just then, a street lamp suddenly flashed, and the trio immediately hugged each other and screamed.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh there is a ghost!!! An evil ghost has appeared!!!”

The girl’s crying was especially obvious: “Wuwaaaaaaaa, I heard that many people from the Uchiha clan died here, they won’t become vengeful spirits!!”

With a "clang" sound, the two shurikens collided in the air, and then flew out accurately brushing the cheeks of the two boys.

The boy who was sniffling immediately changed his voice: "I, I think something floated over!"

"I felt it too, there was a gust of cold wind!!"

"Let's go! Uwaaaaaaaa there's a ghost!"

Now, none of the three people objected, and they rushed towards the exit, screaming as they ran.

I was standing on a roof nearby and saw Sasuke walk out from the shadows at the corner of the street and pick up the two shurikens he had just thrown.

I landed next to him: "You are scaring the children."

Sasuke said coldly: "This is not a place for children to have fun."

"Have you finished taking notes?"

"Ah."

His tone was still cold, and I could sense that he was in a much worse mood than before he separated from me. Maybe it was because of those three children?

"I bought you bonito rice balls, tomatoes, and lots of fruit." I said, "Eat more bananas. I heard that eating bananas can make people happy."

He looked down and saw that I was holding two bags. Although his face was still cold and stern, he reached out and took the bag that was filled with fruit, which seemed heavier and bigger.

Because his movements were so natural, I was stunned for a moment before I realized what was happening and added, "Ah, thank you."

He walked forward in silence. I followed him and looked up at the extinguished street lamp: "Did you break this too?"

"No."

"Do we need to find someone to fix it?"

"It doesn't matter."

"Do people often come here for fun?"

Sasuke sneered: "Some strange people come here occasionally. Drunk people, people who lost bets, people who play courage games, people who want to use this place as a secret base, and people who want to do bad things..."

"You chased them all away?"

"This is my home." Sasuke's resolute tone carried a ruthlessness that made me uneasy: "This is our Uchiha base. Even if all my clansmen are gone, I will protect this place."

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