From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 95 The Gift

If gods and Buddhas truly exist in this world, why would they turn a blind eye to human suffering?

The girl's prayers ultimately went unanswered.

In the old man's eyes, filled with despair and resentment, there remained a trace of attachment to this world.

But what I worry about most is my young granddaughter.

She's so young and so frail. Having lost her parents and now her last remaining family member, how is she going to get through this winter?

But the old woman had no strength left. Her purplish, cracked lips trembled as she mustered her last strength to force a smile onto her blood-stained face: "My dear granddaughter, Grandma can't stay with you anymore. You must live well from now on."

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The old man's head drooped limply.

"Grandma. Grandma"

Mei Terumi could no longer suppress her grief and collapsed onto the old man's cold body, wailing uncontrollably.

She watched helplessly as her most beloved grandmother, her last remaining relative, breathed her last in agony. She felt as if her heart was being sliced ​​open repeatedly by a dull knife.

But no matter how much they called out, they received no response.

The extreme grief and pain of losing a loved one was like a raging storm, violently crashing against Mei Terumi's young and fragile heart.

It was as if countless hands were forcefully dragging her, slowly pulling her into the abyss of darkness.

It is said that when a person's emotions experience huge ups and downs and extreme fluctuations, the body will activate its own protective mechanism to avoid further harm.

At this moment, Mei Terumi's eyes were completely unfocused, like an empty shell without a soul.

But even this brief moment of tranquility was broken.

The entire house was set on fire from the outside. The intense flames swept in instantly, and the scorching heat dispelled the cold, but also woke the girl up.

Boom!

The burning flames destroyed the house's structure, and the roof beams collapsed and fell.

Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps it was destiny, but Grandma's soul did not go far away and protected her beloved granddaughter one last time.

The burning, collapsing roof beam struck the old man's body, causing him to lean forward. His arms, as if embracing the stunned Mei Terumi, propelled her away, miraculously escaping death.

The wooden beam was just a hair's breadth away from falling and hitting her.

"Milk milk"

Startled awake, Mei Terumi's face was streaked with tears. Watching her grandmother rush her away, she choked up and couldn't speak.

The flames raged like a demon, mercilessly devouring everything around them.

This place where I once lived, the family I cherished, the place I called 'home,' is slowly turning to ashes.

All around were orange-red flames, and beams, planks, and pillars kept collapsing. Mei Terumi knelt in front of her grandmother, her eyes gradually changing from initial confusion and pain to determination. She clenched her hands tightly, letting her nails dig into her flesh and drip blood.

Does it hurt?

If you were to ask her, Mei Terumi would definitely say, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all."

Compared to the pain in her heart, being burned and pierced by flames didn't hurt at all!

"Grandma, I will live!"

Mei Terumi's large eyes reflected the flames of hatred as she bit her lip tightly and said, word by word, "I swear I will avenge you!"

She knew she had to survive; only by living could she hope to take revenge!

"I will Survive!"

"I will survive!"

"No matter what happens, I must survive!"

Mei Terumi repeated the words to herself over and over again, and with her small hands, she forcefully moved the burning wooden stake away.

scoff!

The burning stakes instantly scorched her hands until they were bright red.

Even so, Mei Terumi showed extraordinary resilience. She did not cry out in pain. Instead, she endured pain that no ordinary person could bear, moved aside all the obstacles in her way, and staggered step by step toward the exit shrouded in a sea of ​​fire.

boom!

He rushed out of the inferno and smashed open the wooden door.

Suddenly, a petite figure engulfed in flames rolled out of the snow-covered ground, using the cold snow to extinguish the flames.

"I made it out alive."

Breathing in the cold air outside, Mei Terumi felt pain all over her body.

She finally managed to escape, but the parts of her skin that had been scorched by the flames were charred black. Even an adult male would find it unbearable to suffer, but she bravely did not shed a single tear. Instead, with her bloodied hands, she gripped the stones on the ground and slowly moved outwards.

But just then, a pair of black ninja boots appeared in front of Mei Terumi.

boom!

The next second, the ninja boots mercilessly stomped on her head.

The strength was just right, enough to make her feel pain and humiliation without killing her. It can be said that the person was very experienced.

"Just as Lord Sugiyama guessed."

The shadowy figure wearing a patterned mask looked down at the little girl struggling to survive at his feet and said coldly, "That old man has another child. Although he wasn't there at the time, he will definitely come back."

"It was you who killed my grandmother!"

Mei Terumi, with a strength she didn't know she possessed, forcibly raised her head despite the ANBU's stomping feet.

She finally saw it: the murderer who killed her grandmother was wearing a mask covered in patterns, and on her forehead was the Kirigakure headband!

"Why...why kill her!"

The girl's large, bright green eyes were filled with deep hatred and anger as she uttered a desperate question.

But what awaited her was an even more merciless and powerful trampling.

boom!

The girl's head made a solid impact with the ground.

"You must be that old man's child, right?"

The shadowy figure pressed down slightly, sinking the girl's head halfway into the snow. His eyes, hidden behind his mask, gleamed coldly: "Tell me honestly, have you seen a man wearing a black long-sleeved jacket, with short black hair, and black-rimmed glasses?"

So that's how it is. Mei Terumi's eyes paled; she finally understood.

She's the one who caused all of this.

If it weren't for her, if we hadn't met the ninja brother, none of us would have encountered this situation, and Grandma wouldn't have died.

"Judging from your expression, it seems like you really do know something?"

The girl's subtle changes in expression did not escape the eyes of the operative, who immediately increased the pressure and shouted, "Tell me quickly, have you seen her or not?"

"Why...why kill them?!"

Hatred spread and grew in her heart, and Mei Terumi felt as if a fire was burning inside her body.

"Don't answer irrelevant questions!" The ANBU frowned, impatiently grabbing the girl's hair and forcibly lifting her up. He glared at her with murderous intent, trying to intimidate her: "Answer my questions honestly, and maybe I can spare your life, understand?"

However, a pair of hateful eyes met the eyes of the ANBU.

The hatred and resentment accumulated in those emerald green eyes seemed enough to kill a person out of thin air, even the secret agents couldn't help but be terrified.

"Damn brat!"

The secret agents realized they had been frightened by a mere brat and were instantly enraged.

Just as he was about to teach this ignorant brat a lesson, he saw Mei Terumi's small mouth slightly open, and a white mist sprayed out in his face.

laugh! ! !

The white mist was extremely corrosive; it melted the mask of the dark faction in just one glance.

The highly acidic white mist melted the skin upon contact, and the intense pain instantly assaulted the brain. In pain, the Dark Guard subconsciously released the girl.

"Aaaaaah!"

The Dark Division was also surprised that the little girl suddenly spewed out a highly acidic, corrosive white mist from her mouth.

Mei Terumi, who was left behind, hadn't yet realized how she had exhaled that white mist, but her mind reacted quickly. Knowing that now was not the time to think about such things, she immediately mustered all her strength and ran into the forest.

"Damn it, stop right there!"

Upon seeing that someone had run away, the secret service immediately gave chase.

Mei Terumi simply turned a corner, and when he caught up with her, he found that she was no longer there.

There was nowhere to hide in the open area, yet he couldn't find the little girl from before.

It's as if they vanished into thin air!

"That's impossible!"

The members of the Dark Division stared wide-eyed, looking incredulous.

Little did he know that just a short distance to his right rear, Mei Terumi was standing there nervously.

This bizarre scene left both sides baffled.

The Dark Knights opened their eyes wide and searched around, but they seemed to ignore Mei Terumi, who was only a few meters away.

At first, Mei Terumi thought it was her imagination, or that the ninja was deliberately playing a trick on her.

But as time went by, and seeing that the cooked duck had flown away, the secret agents, in their anger and embarrassment, began to cause destruction everywhere. Only then did she realize with a start that the secret agents really seemed unable to see her.

"Could it be..."

A flash of inspiration struck Mei Terumi; she seemed to have thought of something.

Immediately afterwards, she quickly rummaged through her burnt and tattered clothes and found something.

It was the candy that the ninja brother gave her before he left, wrapped in a layer of white paper.

I thought it would perish in the fire along with the clothes, but to my surprise, after being scorched by the flames, apart from the milk candy inside melting, the white paper wrapping it was unusually intact.

Unfold the crumpled white paper, and inside are mysterious symbols she cannot decipher.

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