Chapter 24 Naruto, Do You Want to Have a Brother? (Part 2)

"Because when Giyuu grabbed my hand, it didn't hurt as much as before."

After Naruto said this, he lowered his head in embarrassment. This was the first time he expressed this kind of almost dependent feeling to his peers, as if Giyuu was his pillar of escape from loneliness.

"Of course."

Giyuu looked as if he had expected it, and said in a scholarly manner: "Because the place I live now can make your hands slightly numb, so you have this feeling."

For him who has a clear vision, this is simply too easy to do.

But such an answer was completely beyond Naruto's expectations.

In a short silence, Hatake Kakashi, who was responsible for "protecting" Naruto outside the house, slapped his Anbu mask and had a new understanding of Giyuu's ability to cool down.

[Shouldn't you answer something more comforting at this time? ]

At the same time, when Naruto was injured, Kakashi's shadow clone sent to the Hokage's office to ask for instructions on the action was also automatically released, and he received a piece of news that he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Danzo is back. He called the Sandai to the Root.

[So, the Sandai still doesn't know anything about what happened here...? ]

Tsk.

If things go wrong, it's going to be troublesome.

Inside the house.

"Eh, eh, eh?"

Hearing Giyuu's almost absolutely rational answer, Uzumaki Naruto's eyes shrank.

He always felt that his emotional expression was not responded to, and there was a hint of loss, but it seemed completely normal, because this was what Giyuu could say with this expression.

"Your injury itself is not serious, it only hurts the epidermis, and it looks a little scary."

Giyuu pointed at the back of Naruto's hand and said, "But now, I have to take out these wool residues in the wound, which is very painful.

"Still don't want to be knocked out?"

"No, no need."

Naruto said a little stubbornly, "I aim to become the Hokage of the village, of course there is no problem. ”

He was just worried that if he fainted, the long-awaited time with Giyu would just pass by in vain.

“Okay.”

Giyu did not persuade him any more.

He drew a circle above Naruto’s wound with tweezers, and finally hovered it over a more conspicuous hair fiber.

Looking at the metal edge so close, Naruto’s forehead was covered with a layer of cold sweat. His body was tense again, and his tongue was firmly pressed against the upper palate to welcome the upcoming and possible severe pain.

“I’ll clamp it out when I count to three.”

Giyu reminded him, as if to prepare him mentally.

“…Okay.”

A gurgling sound came from Naruto’s throat.

[“Naruto, ninjas must learn to endure, and if you want to become a Hokage, you must do so. Whether it is pain or loneliness, it is a test to sharpen us…”]

The old man’s words floated in Naruto’s mind, making him secretly determined not to cry out in pain in front of Giyu.

“Don’t pull your hand away. One, two. "

Before the count reached three, Giyuu had already started, quickly and precisely.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

"You clearly said you would count to three!"

At this point, Naruto's plan to show "the perseverance of a Hokage" was completely declared a failure.

"This is just a strategy to distract you."

Giyuu explained coldly.

"Then if you say it out loud, will it still work? Ah! Why are you here again? -"

"It seems to work."

Just like that, in the chaotic conversation between the two, Giyuu had accurately and quickly removed all the hair fibers that were stained on the wound.

It was not until then that the ulceration of Naruto's hand stopped completely.

The severe pain gradually subsided to a normal level, and the body that was almost stiff and rusty also relaxed a little, and even had a sense of unreality after surviving a disaster.

His shirt was completely wet with sweat.

And Giyuu made a judgment on the things mixed in the detergent.

[It is a substance that specifically corrodes the human body. 】

Tweezers, the iron bucket for washing mops, the cloth mop, and the floor of Naruto's house were all stained with that stuff, but they were intact. It can be seen that it is not a common acid or alkali, and it should only be effective on the human body.

But what kind of person dares to do such a thing?

If someone wants to hurt Naruto intentionally, but if he has a little common sense and wears rubber gloves when washing the mop, this will not happen.

But if the other party is not intentional, the potential hidden dangers of this detergent are huge.

Imagine if Naruto didn't just get it on his hands, but splashed it into his eyes or mouth...

【It's time to go to the place where things are sold. 】

Thinking of this, Yiyong squeezed all the wool residue and gloves removed from the wound into a ball and threw them into the trash can under Naruto's somewhat regretful eyes.

Naruto also knew that the glove must not be worn again. He just didn't like to see the things that accompanied him disappear like this.

In the past, when no one paid attention to him, he would talk to almost all the objects in the house, and those things were like substitutes for the friends he never had.

[But now I have real friends. ]

This made him feel a little better.

So far, the most difficult step in treating the wound has ended.

The question that Yiyong didn't ask just now because he was worried that it would affect the treatment can also be asked.

"Are the shops in the village willing to sell things to you now?"

Yiyong took out the medicine box from his trouser pocket and asked expressionlessly, as if he was just chatting.

"Yeah. Grandpa Hokage's words are very useful."

Naruto didn't want Yiyong to worry about his other things, so he said it quite ambiguously.

His positive tone and fake smile can make all neutral words and even bad things sound like good things.

This is a unique talent. Naruto didn't even realize that he was avoiding those truly unpleasant experiences.

"Oh."

Giyong responded without comment.

He unscrewed the bottle cap of the medicine box, and a faint fragrance of wisteria flowers (for popular science, the poisonous part of wisteria flowers is the seeds) came out, which calmed his originally slightly impetuous mood.

This medicine was originally prepared for Sasuke, whose mouth was often burned black, and it is extremely effective for burns.

Recently, Giyong prepared a portion to prevent spontaneous combustion and injury during the practice of fire breathing, but he didn't expect to have the opportunity to use it on Naruto again. What he didn't know was that the bottle he gave when they first met was actually taken away by Hinata.

In addition, Giyong also noticed one thing-

The red energy that could repair Naruto's injuries before, today, the amount flowing out of his abdomen was very small, as if the source of that power deliberately wanted Naruto to suffer for a while longer.

So after thinking carefully, it would be better for him to personally help Naruto apply the full set of medicine and bandages to prevent future troubles.

When applying the first dose of ointment to Naruto, he asked again: "What's the matter with the expired milk in your refrigerator and the bottle of detergent?"

Naruto's right hand trembled as if he had received an electric shock.

Yiyong had already discovered the reason for his injury.

He didn't want Yiyong to always see him being bullied in such a pitiful way. But things went against his wishes, and it happened every time...

Unconsciously, his hair had drooped down like the ears of a drowning cat.

"Tell the truth."

Yiyong remembered that he was like this when he first met Santo. It was rare that he could truly understand what Naruto was thinking now.

[If it was Santo, he should have "comforted" me like this. ]

"I didn't come to you because I felt sorry for you.

"But if you don't even dare to admit and face what has happened, it's really hard for me to treat you as an equal. "

Giyuu really couldn't say this sentence in the same inspiring tone as Santo, so it sounded very harsh and even a little sarcastic.

But the first half of the sentence still touched Naruto's fragile heart.

[I didn't come to you because I felt sorry for you.]

At least, one of the doubts in his mind was answered, and this answer made him very happy, so he naturally agreed with the second half of Giyuu's words.

"What happened?"

Seeing that Naruto was slightly cheered up, Giyuu asked again.

"Why did you choose such a product..."

He wanted to inspire Naruto to protect himself just like he inspired Tanjiro's determination to heal Nezuko. Therefore, it was necessary for him to tell the injustice he encountered in person.

"That..."

Naruto looked at the translucent ointment on the back of his hand and said in a slightly low voice: "Although everyone is willing to sell me things, I am not allowed to enter the store.

"After they received the money, they packed the things for me and took them out. I only found out about the problem after I got home..."

"Expired milk can only be sold at half the original price. How much did you pay them?"

Giyong knew this because he occasionally bought expired milk and made it into cream at home and ate it on the same day, which did not require the milk to be very fresh.

"100 taels (original price, purchasing power equivalent to 60 yuan)..."

Naruto was a little dazed. This was the first time he knew this knowledge point.

"The other hand."

"Okay."

Next. Uchiha Giyong and Uzumaki Naruto were immersed in silence.

In the room, the breathing and ointment of the two people were quiet. They could only hear the slight friction between the broken door and the door frame, and the occasional whistling of cold air, as if someone would suddenly break in and break the quiet atmosphere in the next moment.

"What about the detergent?"

"I, I don't know."

Naruto opened his mouth and shook his head blankly.

"Maybe it's expired."

In fact, this was the worst injury he had ever suffered. But because Giyuu came here in time and distracted his attention, Naruto didn't take it seriously.

But Giyuu could no longer trust anything Naruto bought from the village.

If this goes on, how could Naruto solve the problem of malnutrition before the start of the ninja school?

Apart from the fact that he urgently needed to revive Rengoku Kyojuro, he couldn't just sit back and watch the child continue to live like this.

[If the Hokage can't be counted on, then he can only fight for it himself. ]

"Then go and ask them clearly. If it was an accident, they should compensate you."

[But if it wasn't...]

Giyuu unrolled the gauze and cut it into long strips, covering the back of Naruto's hand with appropriate tightness, and wrapped it around and around, which inevitably irritated the wound, but Naruto had no reaction.

When Giyuu raised his head, the other party's round face was pale, and he was obviously imagining some unacceptable scenes.

"You're scared."

This is not a question.

"I don't know..."

Naruto's lips trembled slightly.

"Anyway...Giyong, you said it, it just looks serious, right? Or let it go..."

Even if it was just one person's malicious gaze, he couldn't bear it. If he really did what Giyong said...

He had already thought of the situation where he went to the door, but was surrounded by people and then targeted by everyone.

What would those people say and how would they look at him?

He couldn't even enter the store and would be kicked out...

"Do you still want to continue eating expired instant noodles and drinking expired milk?"

Giyong asked.

"No, I don't want to."

Naruto shook his head. The feeling of diarrhea every night was too uncomfortable.

"I don't want to live like before."

"In that case..."

A cloud of white steam came out of Giyong's nose.

"Then don't just hand over the power of how you live to others!"

His expression was unusually ferocious, and his suddenly high-pitched voice frightened Naruto into a state of paralysis.

"Don't treat what has happened as if nothing has happened. If it worked to accept it, you wouldn't be injured like this today!

"Even if the Hokage has given the order, they still dare to do this because they know you won't resist, but will just accept it silently. It is precisely because you don't dare to defend yourself that these people will bully you even more!"

"You don't even have the courage to protect yourself, and you still say you don't want to live like before! You also said you want to be the strongest shadow in this village and get everyone's recognition..."

The last sentence, Yiyong's voice was particularly loud and particularly harsh, almost as if it was squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Don't make people laugh! "

A bang was heard.

The increased wind pressure outside the room pushed the door open violently, and the chair blocking the door was overturned on the spot, lying helplessly on the ground, making a continuous creaking friction sound.

The warmth in the room was instantly filled with the cold wind, and the fine snowflakes were like a group of fluttering pure white butterflies, circling at the door, as if to invite Giyuu and Naruto to go out.

"I know that maybe no one has stood by you in the past few years."

Looking at Naruto, who was stiff in his seat, but couldn't stop his tears from sliding down his cheeks, Giyuu continued to add: "But I will support you. I will go with you to ask clearly. "

Naruto raised his head in disbelief, and the snowflakes poured into the room and stuck to his face, as if to wipe away his tears.

"As long as I am still by your side, no one can hurt you.

"This is my promise, Uchiha Giyu."

After saying that, he placed the remaining half of the gauze in front of Naruto and said seriously: "I have already demonstrated the technique of bandaging the wound to you. You have to bandage the remaining hand yourself."

After saying that, he walked to the door and held the door frame that was shaking constantly due to the wind pressure, "I will wait for you outside for half an hour. If you are willing to go, come out before I leave. I will ask someone to fix the door for you as soon as possible."

After saying that, he grabbed the broken handle and pulled the door to the outside of Naruto's house. There was no more cold wind outside that could rush in from here.