Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

Suddenly the lights went out, leaving only a few candles burning faintly on the cake in front of him.

Nohara Rin looked at him gently and said, "Sasuke, make a wish."

In the dim candlelight, her facial features were a little unclear, but the gentle smile on her face was very similar to the mother Mikoto in his memory.

Oh, it's just an illusion...

Sasuke looked at the cake with the flickering candlelight.

They're all fake anyway, so there's no point in making a serious wish. It's better to just make a random wish that's absolutely impossible to come true.

He started: "I want my family back."

Everyone was stunned, and Naruto said anxiously, "Idiot! You can't make a wish come true by saying it!"

Sasuke pursed his lips stubbornly, without explaining, he just blew out the candle.

The room was completely dark for a moment, and then someone rushed in hurriedly: "I'm back! Oh no! Lin, have you turned off the lights? Is it over???"

Lin and Chaolu immediately showed a look of surprise.

Lin smiled and went to turn on the light, "Obito!"

Zhaolu jumped off the chair and rushed to the door: "Dad!"

Two figures approached the entrance, one was Kakashi, and the other was probably Uchiha Obito.

Chaolu's black hair and black eyes were obviously inherited from her "father".

Chaolu threw herself into his arms, causing him to groan. He smiled and picked her up, letting her sit in his arms.

Perhaps because Chaolu couldn't imagine what he would look like when he grew up, his outfit was almost the same as Kakashi's, wearing a mask with only one eye exposed - Kakashi's forehead protector was pulled down to cover his left eye, and Uchiha Obito's forehead protector was pulled down to cover his right eye.

Sasuke couldn't help but think: Why not just make Kakashi the father? Anyway, illusions are sometimes like dreams, and it doesn't matter if they are illogical.

Kakashi curled his eyes at Sasuke: "Hey, Sasuke, I'm sorry for taking your father away on your birthday."

Chaolu said: "Gift! Gift! What gift did Kakashi-sensei prepare?"

"Well..." Kakashi said, "I think Sasuke is almost ready to learn Raikiri now, so I will teach you my unique ninjutsu. How about that? Didn't Sasuke always want to learn it?"

Chaolu hugged Obito's neck and lay in his arms. She turned her head to look at Sasuke's expression. Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, she said as if she was speaking on his behalf: "No, no, this is not enough!"

Kakashi said helplessly: "Then I don't have anything better, why don't I see what your father can come up with?"

Obito reached out to rub Sasuke's head, but he subconsciously dodged and glared at him with a frown.

Obito was startled, then smiled bitterly and said, "How about... I give Sasuke five times more pocket money this month?"

Sasuke felt that Obito's expression and personality seemed to be a replica of Kakashi.

He thought: Chaolu probably has no idea what the real Uchiha Obito's personality is like.

Chaolu: “!!!”

She was shocked and said, "Dad...how about that, you don't have to be here when I celebrate my birthday in September."

Everyone burst into laughter immediately.

Sasuke thought, he wasn't unhappy about this matter in the first place, so why should he let them think that he was a childish guy who was upset because his father didn't spend a day with him on his birthday?

He said slowly: "...Okay."

Seeing that he was finally willing to forgive, Obito and Rin both breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at their expressions, one could sense how important "Sasuke"'s mood changes were to them.

This feeling was very strange to Sasuke, because... in his understanding, no matter whether he was happy or sad, his father would never change.

A father is like a mountain, standing there forever, watching the tides rise and fall with cold eyes. A child is like a seed, falling into the cracks of a cliff, and can only try to adapt to the environment and grow.

In order to get his father's mood to change, Sasuke has been working hard, not wanting him to be disappointed, hoping that he would be proud -

However, all I got was disappointment again and again.

But Sasuke would tell himself that it was not his father's fault, it was all his own fault.

I am not good enough...

I haven't worked hard enough...

My mother and brother also think this is normal.

Although they felt sorry for him, they could not change their father's attitude. They all acknowledged that their father's authority was inviolable and could only comfort him that everything would be fine in the future.

Will it get better?

Maybe, but there is no future.

Until the end, he was still not a child that could satisfy his father.

But the person that made his father most proud was...

Chaolu said to Obito happily, "Just now, Sasuke made a wish for his father to come back, and his father came back! It worked!"

Sasuke subconsciously wanted to refute: I don't want my father to come back, I mean my family! Besides, the father I want is not this person!

But when he looked up and met Asaro's bright eyes, met Obito's apologetic eyes, and saw Rin's worried expression, he couldn't say those words that pierced like a needle.

Words can hurt, and he doesn't want to stick a needle into their hearts and make them sad.

Moreover, the lights in the living room were so warm, Naruto and Choji had just spent so much effort to blow up so many balloons, Shikamaru had spent so much time tying the knot, Hinata and Sakura had spent so much time thinking about how to combine the colors of the balloons and how to make different patterns, Ino's wreath was on every girl's head, and they were all so happy to come here to celebrate his birthday...

Anyway... Chaolu's chakra can't last long. Since this illusion has no malicious intent, why does he have to... destroy it all?

And that wish...

Sasuke said, "Asaro."

"Ok?"

He looked into her black eyes and thought, maybe, one of his family members had really returned.

"Come and cut the cake."

Everyone cheered.

Obito carefully placed Chaolu on the ground. She held Sasuke's hand and said excitedly, "I ordered the cake! It's from the cake shop in the village that always has a long line. It's super delicious!"

Looking at the strawberries on the cake, Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "You decided on it according to your taste, right?"

"I knew you would say that!" Chaolu turned and ran into the kitchen, taking out a bowl of cherry tomatoes soaked in water.

She put the washed tomatoes on the cake, beaming with joy: "That's it! Tomato strawberry cake! Superb, one-of-a-kind!"

Sasuke: "...My liking for tomatoes isn't that bad..."

He looked at Chaolu helplessly, but couldn't help laughing.

"You... are such an idiot!"

How could someone weave such an illusion for an opponent in battle?

She has no offensive power at all. What on earth is she thinking?

Doesn't she... have any intention of hurting him?

Suddenly there was a "click" sound, Sasuke turned around in surprise, only to see Kakashi holding a camera in his hand.

"This is an important mission that Rin and Obito gave me," Kakashi smiled and raised the camera in his hand, "Come on, let's take a photo together!"

Rin placed the paper crown that symbolized the cake's owner on Sasuke's head, and although he felt it was silly, he didn't resist since he had chosen to let nature take its course.

Chaolu took his arm, leaned her head on his shoulder, and smiled.

Rin and Obito stood behind them, one on each side, and Kakashi used the clone jutsu to create another version of himself, standing between them;

Naruto, Shikamaru and Shino were crowded together next to Asano. Perhaps because they were squeezed too hard, Shikamaru muttered "What a trouble" under his breath, while Sakura, Ino and Hinata stood beside him with bright smiles.

Kakashi's clone shouted, "Okay-!"

Chaolu reminded Sasuke quietly, "You have to smile! It's the best thing to do like what you did just now!"

"1--"

That's too stupid.

"2--"

I don't want to laugh.

"3--"

...Forget it, it’s just an illusion...just smile.

"Crack!"