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

Sasuke was shocked: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Zhaolu smiled and said casually, "No one can predict the future."

Sasuke frowned: "You... do you... have some genetic disease?"

She tilted her head. "Well... I don't know about this, and no one has told me. Maybe there is, maybe not."

After all, her compatriots currently have no sample of normal death from old age to refer to.

Perhaps Orochimaru sent them to the battlefield without mercy because they wouldn't live long anyway, so he might as well maximize their value.

"But, does Sasuke want me to live?"

"I don't have any reason to want you to die!"

Chaolu laughed, "That's great! If Sasuke wants me to live, maybe I can actually survive."

"What do you mean?"

It sounds like...she will live for him...

So... is it considered a confession?

Chaolu just smiled without saying anything. She turned her head and looked at Shikamaru, Naruto, Ino and others on the other side.

"I want Sasuke to always be with us." She held his hand, "Never separate... never..."

"But," Sasuke said, "Didn't you say I'm unlovable?"

"Eh?"

"Do you remember the first swimming lesson? I came out of the locker room and saw you and Ino standing outside. Ino said I was cute, and you asked her what was so cute about me."

"Did you hear it?" Chaolu looked at him in surprise: "That was a long time ago, right?"

"So, isn't this weird?" Sasuke said unhappily, "If you think I'm not cute at all, why do you still want to be with me forever?"

"That's not what I meant. It's just that I didn't quite understand the meaning of 'cute' at that time... I heard girls say that the patterns and styles on swimsuits were cute, so I was confused about why Ino said you were cute when you didn't have any of the cute elements they were talking about..."

"Do you understand now?"

Chaolu laughed, "Ino said that cuteness is a girl's preference."

"So...you told Shino that he's handsome and cute, but what about me?"

Chaolu was stunned: "Huh?"

Seeing her dumbfounded look, Sasuke snorted softly, lowered his eyes and turned away: "I have been wondering if you are angry with me because of that incident."

"That thing?"

"When you first came to my house, you said you wanted to take Naruto or Shikamaru to the cinema, but I didn't agree."

"Well……"

"Before that, even though we weren't close, your attitude was still such that we could get along normally. But after that, it seemed like you hated me."

"I……"

"So, is that the reason?"

Chaolu couldn't tell him the real reason, but in this world shaped by her deepest and most sincere feelings, she couldn't lie either.

Because one cannot lie to one's own heart, she can only remain silent.

"Forget it. I know it even if you don't tell me." Sasuke was defeated by her silence. "Even though you are an idiot who knows nothing, and you hold a grudge and are petty, and you can keep quarreling for such a long time, but... I still..."

He spoke very fluently at the beginning when he said bad things about Chaolu, but as he went on, he became more hesitant, his eyes flickered, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"I still... think... you're cute."

"That means," Chaolu looked at him in surprise, "you are willing to be friends with us?"

Sasuke frowned and asked, "Is that the point?"

"Oh... yeah, Shikamaru said that making friends doesn't need to be so serious..." Chaolu said, and then she was confused: "Then what's the point?"

Sasuke pursed his lips in anger at her complete lack of grasp of the point.

He poked her forehead angrily, causing her to lean back, "The point is, being cute isn't something girls prefer!"

That’s also a boys’ preference!

Chaolu covered her forehead, and was even more confused by his prodding. "So? Can't you be more direct like Naruto?"

"That's why I say you're an idiot!"

"It's obviously you who's talking so confusingly! I can't read minds, how would I know if you don't just tell me!?"

"It's such a simple meaning, but you have to ask others to say it directly. Can't you use your brain?"

Chaolu was furious.

After watching the fireworks, Obito looked at the angry Asaka, then looked at Sasuke with a sullen face, and scratched his cheek in confusion: "Oh my...what happened?"

Ino and Sakura looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

"I asked Chaolu to deliver a fairy wand..." Ino said, "It was originally meant for Shikamaru to share, but Chaolu specifically wanted to give it to Sasuke herself..."

Hearing this, Sasuke paused, and the cold expression on his face moved a little.

He glanced at Chaolu, but when she saw him turning his head to look at him, she immediately snorted loudly and turned her head to the other side.

Lin and Obito looked at each other and laughed: "Oh... this is really..."

On the way home, Chaolu reached out to Obito and was picked up by him.

Although Obito said, "When Dad was Asakaru's age, he would have become a Chunin. Asakaru can no longer be held like a child."

But as he spoke, he still gently let her sit on his arms, lowered her head obediently, and let her stretch out her hands to hug his neck.

Did Uchiha Obito become a Chunin so early? Or was this also Kakashi's experience?

Sasuke was surprised, but then he thought with some pride that maybe Obito and Kakashi were promoted to Chunin together. This was not surprising, after all, they were the elite Uchiha clan.

Chaolu said, "Because it won't be possible anymore in the future...so when it's possible, I hope daddy can hug me more."

Obito touched her hair helplessly: "Oh, you kid."

Chaolu turned her head away: "Ah, don't touch my hair! Mommy spent a long time braiding it for me! Daddy, don't mess it up!"

"Okay, okay," Obito quickly raised his hand, carefully picked up a strand of hair that he had messed up, and tried to put it back into the braid: "Girls' hairstyles do need to be carefully cared for."

"From now on, you can't make such elaborate hairstyles anymore." Chaolu said, "Because ninjas should focus on training, not on dressing up."

"It's okay once in a while." Obito said tolerantly, "It's a fireworks festival now, not a mission."

Chaolu shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter. I still have many other things I want to experience in the world. This experience once is enough."

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Sasuke said, "Can't you take your time?"

He took the initiative to talk to her, and Chaolu didn't continue to be angry with him. She leaned her head on Obito's shoulder and looked at Sasuke with a serious expression: "You know, a person's life is just like Chaolu."

Speaking of which...

Sasuke suddenly thought that Chaolu had lost her memory. Was this name the only thing she remembered, or was it the name she gave herself...?

What kind of parents would name their child "Chaolu"?

The meaning of this name is a bit too cruel.

Chaolu's parents... do they really love her?

"Dew is a fleeting thing," Sasuke said, "but the morning dew is not dew, it is a person."

Chaolu was stunned.

"Didn't I say that everything in the world is meaningless, and so is life. Only special people can make life not empty and give it meaning."

Rin and Obito looked at him in surprise, probably because they had never seen him talk so many words in one breath.

"You said that if I want you to live, you can live for me, so for my sake, don't always say these discouraging words."

Chaolu: "...I don't know why, but I feel like there's something subtly wrong with your summary of what I said."

When did she decide to live for Sasuke?

But...she could hear his worry and concern.

She smiled, "Sasuke, aren't you cute when you speak your mind?"