Chapter 71: Chapter 68 Goodbye
Chapter 68 - Goodbye
Summary of the previous chapter:
Max meets Konan's mother, and Konan. Konan's mother had been running nonstop, and she hadn't noticed the civilians. Max tells her that they have to go to a safe place to rest, and Konan's mother agrees. Konan's mother asks Max about the civilians, and Max tells her that they are fine, since they went a safer direction. Max carries Konan, and offers Konan's mother to take her too, since he's faster, and she accepts. Max begins to use the Blink Body technique, and after a while, he reaches a cave, where it is safe to stay. Max hands over a set of clothes for Konan, and his mother. Konan approaches Max curious about his mask, and she asks him several questions. Konan asks to protect him in the future, and also his mother, Max agrees. Konan says that he wanted to see Max's face, and Max took off his mask, since in the future they were going to see his appearance. Konan, and his mother are surprised by Max's appearance, since he was very young. Konan's mother introduces herself, and her name is Kana. After a while of talking, Max tells them to go to sleep, they all fall asleep.
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Continuation...
[August 31, 14 A.N.N.]
I woke up very early, and I could see Konan and, Kana, they were still sleeping. I didn't wake them up, as they were tired, even more so Kana, because she lost her husband, and she had to run for hours to escape.
At this moment, I began to think about everything that had happened, since I had left the Rouran Empire.
'It's been more than a month, since I left the Rouran Empire.' I thought, and at this moment I remembered Seramu and, Sara. 'I will see you again very soon ... I want to see how much the Rouran Empire has progressed with my absence.'.
When I remember the Rouran Empire, from my point of view, the population is very few, because I could not compare the number of people in my past life.
As there are very few people, it is very easy to distribute in an orderly manner, since everyone obeyed.
'When I go, I will look for the Daimyo to make more treaties, since the real war has not yet exploded ... And I hoped that, with my intervention, I did not advance.' I thought, since I had to secure the Empire first.
'At first ... I didn't want things to change a lot in the timeline, although I thought I already ruined it, when I met Tsunade, and now I fought with the Konoha ninjas, I also saved many civilians' I thought calmly, and continue. 'Well, it doesn't matter, because I don't care what happens in the world. After all, I'm not following canon.'.
'Now I don't know what could happen in the future ... from now on, I'm going to be blind' I thought, and carry on. 'Konan is by my side, and she will be sure ... the changes in this world, due to my intervention, will be radical, perhaps she would not have been able to survive.'.
At this point, I began to think about what had happened yesterday. When I was fighting, I was able to surpass my strength level, and I was able to get to the Almost-Kage level.
'As I thought, the more I fight, the greater my growth. The benefit of war is the place where one can overcome. ' I thought, as I remembered my fight with the Konoha ninjas.
I kept thinking about various things, and without realizing it a couple of hours had passed. At this moment, I had sensed Konan, and Kana had gotten up.
"Good morning, how have you slept." - I spoke.
"Big brother, I slept very well, the bed is very soft," - Konan said with his childish voice.
"I'm glad to hear it." - I spoke, and Konan got up and began to approach.
"Good morning, I slept well, thank you." -Kana said with a calmer voice, her behavior had changed, since she saw my face.
"Don't thank me, because they are keeping me company" - I spoke, as Konan gets closer, and she hugged my hand.
"Big brother, I'm not leaving you alone." -Said Konan
'She is a little girl' I thought, at this moment I stroked her hair, and spoke- "Then I am in your care. We are going to have breakfast, and we leave this place.".
"More food?" - Konan said surprised.
"But, we are bothering you to take care of ourselves, and we are taking your food. You are doing a lot for us." -Kana said embarrassed, since they had been eating for free, and on top they were taking care of her.
"Don't worry, I have a lot of food, and I don't mind spending." - I spoke, the truth was that I did not care about food, because I had it in abundance, and I thought 'Maybe, for them, food is very valuable, but not for me.'.
"Thank you" - Kana said sincerely.
"¡Bravo!" - Konan said happily.
"Let's eat to get out of this place," - I spoke while taking food out of my backpack, but taking it out of the storage ring.
After we finish eating breakfast, and rest for a moment, we are preparing to leave the cave.
"Very soon ... we are going out." - I spoke calmly.
"It's okay" -Kana said, and she answered me immediately, since she didn't know where she was going to go, she just wanted a safe place to take care of her daughter.
"..." Konan, she was silent, and her face seemed a little doubtful, it's like she wants to speak, but she doesn't dare.
When I looked at Konan's strange behavior, I was a bit surprised, I was already fine a moment ago, and now I had changed. Kana also noticed the change in her daughter.
At this moment, I approached Konan, and I knelt to her height, and I looked at her, I didn't have the mask on.
"What happened, little Konan, is something bothering you?" - I spoke with the most comforting voice.
"..." Konan looked at me, hesitated a moment to speak, and fell silent.
I looked at Kana, and she shook her head, since she also didn't know about her behavior, and I looked at Konan again.
"If you want to tell something to the older brother, I will listen to you, no one is going to hurt you." - I spoke with one with comforting, and sure.
"My ... My dad ... he hasn't arrived yet ... he told me that he was going to meet us ... But, he isn't coming." - Konan said sadly, since she was waiting for her father, and he had not come yet.
When I heard Konan's words, she surprised me, as her father had died. At this moment, I looked at Kana, she had her hands on her mouth, and she was crying silently, for the words of her daughter.
'Sighed, she's still a little girl.' I thought regretfully, and at this moment I looked at Konan.
"Little Konan, your dad has gone to rest, he won't be able to come back anymore." - I spoke with the softest voice.
"But, but he promised me that he would come back." - Konan said immediately.
"Yes, he told me that in this place he was going to stay to rest, and he wanted you to see him for the last time ... Do you want to see him?" -I spoke, and I thought 'How good that I brought the body of his father'.
"Yes, I want to see my dad." - Konan said.
"Kana, in this place I'm going to bury your husband, since he needs a resting place." -I spoke, while I looked at Kana, only she could hear.
"Thanks." -Kana said, at this moment she approached Konan, and hugged her.
When Konan was not by my side, I found a good place to bury the corpse. When I found it, I made a hole, and took out the scroll, pulling out the corpse.
Kana covered her daughter, as she didn't want her to see her father's status.
The body is stained with blood, and I started cleaning it. When I finished, I covered him with a white cloak all over his body, and only her face could be seen.
Konan's father's body was in the hole, and everything was ready, and I looked at Kana, and I spoke - "It's okay."
Kana nodded at me, and allowed her daughter to see her dad one last time.
"Father!" -Said Konan yelling, when she saw his father in the hole.
"..." Kana leaned down, and she hugged her daughter from the back, as she saw her husband in the gap, and she knew it would be the last time to see the husband her.
"Daughter, say goodbye to your dad ... he will go to rest" -Kana said sadly, while she endured the pain of seeing her husband.
"Dad, is he coming back?" - Konan said and looked at his mother.
"Daughter, your dad will no longer be able to return to us, you must say goodbye to him since he wants to go to rest." -Kana said, while she caressed her daughter.
"Mom, but…" -Said Konan, she looked at her mother, and her mother just hid her face from her, and she looked at me for help.
"Little Konan, you must say goodbye to your father, since he has to go to rest." - I spoke with a comforting tone.
When Konan heard my voice, she looked at me, and then at her dad, and after a moment, she spoke- "Bye dad!", As she waved her little hand goodbye, and said goodbye to her father.
When I saw that Konan had said goodbye to his father, I began to cover his face, and accommodate him in the hole.
When everything was ready, I came out of the hole and began to pour dirt into the hole to cover the corpse.
"Mom ... why do you bury dad?" -Said Konan, while she looked at his mother.
Kana hugged her daughter, and spoke- "Because he needs to rest", and she began to caress her daughter, and Konan looked at what he was doing and was silent.
When I covered the whole body, I looked back, and Kana was crying silently; and Konan watched what she was doing, without saying a word.
At this moment, I found a stone, and began to carve the name of Konan's father. When I finished, I placed the tombstone next to the body.
The ground did not have any defects, as if there was no corpse, only the tombstone, since I made it so that no one can dig up the corpse.
Kana approached with her daughter, and lowered her from her arms. Konan came up to me, and she grabbed my hand, and was pulling my hand for me to see her.
"Big brother, in the future can I come to this place?" - Konan said, waiting for my answer.
At this moment, I bent down, and hugged him, and said - "Sure, your older brother will bring you to this place.".
Konan hugged my neck and just nodded, didn't say anything.
I could only sigh, since I didn't know what was going on in a child's head. Right now, I looked at Kana, and she was a little better.
"Here" - I spoke, as I stood, and handed a handkerchief to Kana, and Konan was still in my arms.
"Thanks!" -Kana said, and began to clean up, while she fixes.
At this moment, I began to remove all traces of my existence or clues that we could have left in this place. During all this time, Konan did not want to leave my arms, and I had to do all the work with her, she was silent.
When everything is ready, I spoke- "We are ready, now to go.", As I walked to the exit with Kana, and at this moment I heard Konan's voice.
"Big brother, you're not going to leave me, are you?" -Said Konan, while she hugged my neck.
"No, I'm not going to leave you," - I spoke, I had been surprised by her question, since she did not know what she was referring to.
"Thanks." -Said Konan, and she continued in my arms, and did not want to withdraw.
"Thank you, for everything you are doing, for us, and my husband, for giving him a place to rest." -Kana said sincerely, she had already stopped crying, and she looked at me gratefully.
"It's OK do not worry." - I spoke calmly, as we continued to leave the cave. When I was about to leave, I put the mask back on to hide my identity. I had never stopped my two techniques (Chakra layer, and Concealment), only they could see me, because I allowed it.
I crouched down, and sent out a Chakra pulse, after a while, I stood up again, and I was calm, as no one was around.
At this time, I took out the stone from the entrance, and I looked at the cave one last time, and I checked again if I could see any clues, but in the end, there was nothing, there was only the tombstone, and it looked old, no one would take it seriously, since they won't bother digging up a civilian corpse, and we're off.
When we were outside, I closed the cave again. From the outside, it seemed that there was no imperfection, and it was sealed, I did not want someone else to enter this place, because I will return to Konan in the future.
I let out a sigh, because of what had happened to Konan.
The rain continues, and it had never stopped, and I looked ahead, and I thought 'The trip is going to be very long', at this moment, I looked at Kana, she was using a raincoat, and she nodded at me.
Kana approached me, and I carried her with my free hand and spoke ...
- "Let's go!"
To be continued...
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Author: There are two chapters left to finish the Saga ... This saga was very long, since I could not publish, because of time, because of work, and the end of the year parties ... well, it is almost over.
The MC's personality will grow as time goes by.
Remember the challenge is all this week ... reach 1 000 power stones.
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