Whitebeard is clearly in Konohagakure village, and he has been living in the temporary base of the Whitebeard Pirates recently.
But Sasuke didn't know why he was walking so fast?
As if he was afraid that the tall man in front of him would suddenly disappear.
In front of him, a large area of desolate scenery was constantly retreating in his eyes.
During the process of walking fast forward, Sasuke was accidentally tripped and fell to the ground.
But he quickly got up, his action from walking fast forward turned into running forward eagerly.
The scenery retreated faster in his eyes.
The devastated land and the ruined ruins in front confirmed Whitebeard's strength.
It also made Sasuke more determined.
Sasuke didn't know how long it had passed, he felt that every step he ran was like a year.
It wasn't until he was less than ten meters away from Whitebeard that Sasuke let out a heavy sigh of relief.
For a moment, he felt that the short distance he had just traveled seemed to be hundreds of miles apart.
Until now.
The two were close at hand.
"Huh? Sasuke?" Naruto, standing on top of Gamabunta, looked down and saw Sasuke, he waved and shouted at Sasuke below: 'Sasuke! I'm here!'
"...Idiot Naruto, I'm not here to find you!" Sasuke, with a few black lines on his head, retorted.
Then, he cast his extremely complicated gaze on Whitebeard.
Sasuke had seen Whitebeard not for the first time, he could see Whitebeard almost every day recently.
But today, Sasuke's emotions are more complex than all the previous days combined.
He was also the only one among so many people on the scene... who dared to walk up to Whitebeard and stand in front of Whitebeard.
Sasuke raised his head, he and Whitebeard looked at each other.
The height difference between the big and the small was very obvious.
Seven-year-old Sasuke was even shorter than Whitebeard's boots.
Compared with Whitebeard's burly figure, Sasuke's small figure was like a newborn puppy.
There was no comparison at all.
"Oh?" Whitebeard also saw Uchiha Sasuke, who had walked up to him. For this proud and aloof little devil from the Uchiha clan, Whitebeard still had a deep impression.
"Gurarararara! Little guy, what's up?" Whitebeard, holding Murakumogiri, heavily planted it on the ground.
With a "bang" sound.
Underneath, the already shattered earth seemed to tremble again, causing Sasuke to stumble a bit.
"Gulp....."
To be honest.
When facing Whitebeard directly, not everyone can maintain a calm mind, and Sasuke is no exception.
Sasuke could feel an unprecedented sense of oppression from the man in front of him.
On the night of the Uchiha clan's annihilation, even his murderous elder brother did not bring him such great fear.
Sasuke swallowed a mouthful of saliva in secret.
He had some hesitation, this was not a thought that he wanted to come up with, this was the instinct of his body to retreat.
However.
In the end, Sasuke still overcame his body's instinct. He bowed ninety degrees directly to Whitebeard in front of everyone present, and shouted with a resolute tone, "Grandpa Whitebeard! Please let me join the Whitebeard Pirates!"
The next second.
Regardless of the broken stones and snake scales on the ground, Sasuke actually "plop" knelt down on the ground, and heavily knocked his head on the ground, making a standard kowtow to Whitebeard.
Sasuke's knees were pierced by Manda's sharp snake scale fragments; his forehead was also pierced by broken stones and blood flowed out.
The arms close to the ground were also cut with several wounds.
Sasuke's wounds felt very painful.
But he remained motionless.
His lips, almost touching the soil, still shouted, "Please accept me as your son! I..... I am willing to become the sharpest ninja blade of the Whitebeard Pirates!"
Sasuke's voice was exceptionally clear in this quiet atmosphere, and everyone within a radius of two hundred meters heard his shout.
Naruto's eyes were already wide open.
Then, the shocked expression on his face disappeared, replaced by strong joy and excitement.
Because Naruto is the person who most wants Sasuke to join the Whitebeard Pirates.
Sasuke had always been unwilling before.
Unexpectedly, Sasuke changed his usual behavior today.
He was willing to join the Whitebeard Pirates, and even more willing to become Pops' son!
Naruto's smile was extremely bright, and the pain in his arm was temporarily forgotten by Naruto.
Of course, the most important thing is that there is a small slug split body lying on his arm.
This little slug is constantly healing Naruto's arm.
"Sasuke, you.....!" Naruto was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
As long as Pops agrees to accept Sasuke as his son.
The pirate group can add a new member!
"Hey hey... Jiraiya, who is this little kid?" Gamabunta's gaze also fell on Sasuke.
Jiraiya's expression was somewhat complicated, "This child is called Uchiha Sasuke, he is a survivor of the Uchiha clan. You should have heard that the Uchiha clan was annihilated, right?"
"The Uchiha clan was annihilated?" Gamabunta thought for a while, "It seems that the Toad Sage mentioned that a child named Uchiha Itachi annihilated his own clan, right?"
Jiraiya nodded, "This child named Uchiha Sasuke, he is Itachi's younger brother!"
Jiraiya slowly took a deep breath.
"Now, all the survivors of the Uchiha clan are under the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates. There are three core figures among these survivors, one is called Uchiha Shisui, one is called Uchiha Izumi, and one is called Uchiha Sasuke."
Jiraiya shared the information he had, "You should be familiar with Uchiha Shisui, he is the young man who just fought with Orochimaru... He is now Whitebeard's adopted son."
"Uchiha Izumi, I heard that she is currently the de facto leader of the Uchiha clan survivors, although she has not officially become the head of a family, she already has the authority of a family head."
"She is now Whitebeard's adopted daughter."
Jiraiya's expression was very complex, "Uchiha Sasuke is not only Uchiha Itachi's younger brother, but also the second son of the deceased Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha clan."
"He also wants to acknowledge Whitebeard as his father."
Jiraiya sighed, "The old men in the village have already pushed the entire Uchiha clan to others."
As one of the Sannin of Konohagakure, Jiraiya has a very powerful intelligence network, how could he not know the ins and outs?
He was very clear that the destruction of the Uchiha clan was not only related to the Akatsuki organization, but also inseparable from the higher-ups of Konohagakure.
If the three core figures of the Uchiha clan survivors all acknowledge Whitebeard as their father, is Uchiha still Uchiha?
It can be completely changed from "Sharingan of Uchiha clan" to "Sharingan of Edward Clan", right?
"...This little guy." Tsunade's gaze from above fell on Sasuke's small figure, "He really has guts!"
Her tone was not teasing, but she said this sentence very seriously, after all, acknowledging someone as a father does require courage.
"Tsunade, aren't you going with him?" Katsuyu asked Tsunade with a bit of a smile in her voice.
Tsunade's face suddenly stiffened.
"Katsuyu, don't make fun of me!" Tsunade's mouth twitched slightly, she replied helplessly.
Really!
Katsuyu must have misunderstood something, as the dignified Tsunade, how could she want to acknowledge Whitebeard as her father?
Not far away.
Haku also followed Sasuke's pace and ran over, he stood about ten meters behind Sasuke, watching Sasuke sit on the ground in a squatting position, facing his Pops.
A smile appeared on Haku's face, "It seems that Sasuke-kun has accepted the Whitebeard Pirates as a big family!"
"Now... only Neji-kun is left." Haku initially wanted to pull Hyuga Neji into the Whitebeard Pirates.
But Neji-kun and Sasuke-kun both have a deep sense of self-esteem.
If he wants to pull them into the Whitebeard Pirates...
It's not an easy thing!
But...
At least one succeeded.
That's a good thing!
"Ha! At this time, I really wish I had a pair of eyes to see the scene in front of me." Although Shisui couldn't see anything in front of him, he could hear Sasuke's voice.
Shisui was very relieved, "Itachi made a wrong choice, but his younger brother Sasuke made the most correct choice."
He felt that among this pair of brothers, Uchiha Itachi was beyond saving, but Sasuke still had hope.
Even it can be said...
Sasuke is one of the most normal people in the entire Uchiha clan.
Itachi's crazy Genjutsu made Sasuke witness his parents' death countless times, but under such circumstances, Sasuke did not fall into that kind of crazy darkening.
This is too normal!
(TL/N: I mean isn't that abnormal? normal people would fall into an abbys after seing such scene for countless times)
It was so normal that Shisui even doubted whether the Uchiha bloodline in Sasuke was rather thin?
However.
He remembered that both Fugaku and Mikoto, the lady, were people of the Uchiha clan!
"Tsk! Orochimaru suddenly disappeared made me a bit annoyed." Kisame, standing next to him, pulled out a roll of bandages from somewhere and wrapped it around his large sword, Samehada: "But this kid called Uchiha Sasuke finally recognizing Pops as his father, made me quite happy."
A smile also appeared on Kisame's face at this moment.
It's just that his smile, combined with his face.
And his mouth full of sharp teeth.
And the bloodshot eyes all over his eyes.
It looked a bit scary.
.....
At the same time.
Whitebeard was also looking down at Uchiha Sasuke, who was close at hand. He twitched his crescent-shaped beard and showed a hearty smile on his face: "Gurararararara! Uchiha kid, why do you want to recognize me as your father? Why do you want to join the Whitebeard Pirates?"
Sasuke took a deep breath, but he sucked some soil and gravel on the ground into his nose, which made Sasuke cough again and again.
After finally calming down, Sasuke said seriously: "Because... I want to have 'family'!"
"Because... I want to have a strong power, then find that man, kill him, and avenge the Uchiha clan!"
"Because... I want to have 'affection'!"
"That's the reason!"
Every sentence that Sasuke, with his childish voice, uttered came from his heart.
He didn't have that ability, nor did he have that culture, to pile up too many rhetorical flourishes for his words.
But it was his straightforward and overly direct answer that just happened to suit Whitebeard's taste.
In other words.
The few sentences that Sasuke said, the "password" was entered correctly!
Family, affection.
When he mentioned these two words, the smile on Whitebeard's face was already very thick.
As for revenge? Many pirates on the sea are carrying deep hatred, which is too normal.
Even Whitebeard is no exception.
So Sasuke's mention of revenge did not disgust Whitebeard.
Sasuke's sincerity...
Made Whitebeard think more.
"Gurararararara! Uchiha kid... What did you just call me?" Whitebeard didn't agree to Sasuke, but asked Sasuke such a question.
Sasuke was taken aback, he replied: "Grandpa... Grandpa Whitebeard?"
Sasuke felt that his address should be quite polite!
This address doesn't seem to be wrong, right?
Whitebeard gently lifted Murakumogiri in his hand, and then gently dropped it, making a "bang" clear sound.
"Uchiha kid... I only give you three seconds to think about it, what should you call me?"
Whitebeard said this sentence with a smile.
Three seconds?
Sasuke's brain couldn't help but run fast, and after a second, Sasuke's eyes widened.
"Po..."
Sasuke's lips moved: "Pops?"
"Hmph! I Can't hear you! I Can't hear you" Whitebeard loudly said, "Uchiha brat, didn't you eat today?"
Sasuke took a deep breath.
"Pops!" This shout had made Sasuke's throat hoarse, his voice echoed for hundreds of meters, and everyone heard him shout these two words at Whitebeard.
"Gurarararararara!" Whitebeard's smile on his face suddenly became hearty, "Stupid son! That's how it should be! Very spirited! Gurarararararara!"
When Whitebeard's words fell, Uchiha Sasuke had become his son, Whitebeard recognized Sasuke.
And Whitebeard's hearty voice was still echoing in Sasuke's ears.
Sasuke's face was somewhat dazed and shocked.
He didn't expect... as Haku said, the original invitation is still valid to this day.
He successfully joined the Whitebeard Pirates.
Whitebeard also took him as his son.
He didn't know why.
Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief all over.
He slowly raised his head, his hopeful gaze met Whitebeard's, at this moment, Sasuke unexpectedly saw a rather kind look in Whitebeard's sharp eyes.
Sasuke was stunned.
He thought that Pops Whitebeard, whom he recognized, would be a very strict father like his former father Uchiha Fugaku... After all, Naruto had said that Whitebeard's training was a brutal training that he might be wondering whether they have father-son relationship anymore.
But if it's a very strict and brutal pirate father, how could he have such eyes?
After all, in Sasuke's impression, his biological father Uchiha Fugaku has never shown him this kind of look.
Perhaps.
Whitebeard is a qualified father?
"Gurararararara! Stupid Naruto! Aren't you coming down from this big toad's head?" Whitebeard raised his head and looked at Naruto standing on top of Gamabunta, "As the captain of the first division, shouldn't you prepare to hold a banquet at this time and warmly welcome my newly adopted son?"
Upon hearing this, Naruto hurriedly responded, "Okay! Pops!"
Then, Naruto jumped directly from the top of Gamabunta.
Although one of his arm was still injured, Naruto still used Wind Release Ninjutsu and blew towards the bottom, "Wind Release, Great Breakthrough!"
With the help of the gale blown out of his mouth, Naruto's body floated to the ground without any trouble.
Then.
Naruto immediately ran to Sasuke's side, he helped Sasuke up, and then patted Sasuke's shoulder, and grinned, "Sasuke! From today on, we are real family! The kind of family that is inseparable!"
Naruto's hand strength was very strong, patting Sasuke's shoulder "bang bang" sound, and also hurt Sasuke gritted his teeth.
"It hurts! Stupid Naruto!"
"Hahahaha!" Naruto laughed heartlessly, he ignored Sasuke's complaint, "As the captain of the first division, I will definitely hold a super big banquet for you today! But what is the food theme of today's banquet..."
Naruto stood in place and thought hard for a while, his gaze wandered around, and finally locked on Manda's broken tail.
A flash of light suddenly flashed in Naruto's mind.
Such a big tail, even if the bones are removed.
The meat inside can fill several houses!
"Today! Let's eat roasted snake meat! Let Izumi and her mother cook, their cooking skills are very good! Even Pops has praised their cooking skills!"
Naruto made a decision.
Shisui walked over, his eyes were wrapped in bandages, but he could still vaguely sense where Sasuke was.
Shisui stood in front of Sasuke, and they "looked" at each other.
"Welcome to the Whitebeard Pirates, Sasuke!"
Shisui smiled like a spring breeze, "You will quickly get used to the atmosphere of this big family, because every person in the Whitebeard Pirates is very friendly when dealing with family."
Kisame also came over, he grinned and said, "You're called Uchiha Sasuke, right? If you encounter any trouble in the future, just come and talk to! If anyone dares to bully you..."
Kisame's smile became ferocious, "I will break his limbs and throw him in front of you, for you to deal with!"
"Congratulations, Sasuke-kun!"
Haku also came over, "From today on, the hatred on you is the hatred of the Whitebeard Pirates. Don't say anything, we don't need your silly words saying you don't need our help!"
Sasuke didn't expect that Naruto's family would accept him like this.
Even though they didn't know him very well.
To say that he was not moved.
Would be a lie.
Sasuke was a little embarrassed and lowered his head, the Whitebeard Pirates were so enthusiastic towards him, which made him a little unaccustomed.
It also made Sasuke, who has been a bit reclusive recently, temporarily at a loss.
"Eh? Sasuke-kun, I see you seem to be a little blushing!" Haku keenly noticed the embarrassment on Sasuke's face.
"Ah? Sasuke is blushing? Let me see! Let me see!" Naruto looked left and right, "Sasuke, lift your head and let me see!"
"Damn it! Stupid Naruto! Annoying! I'm not blushing at all!"
Sasuke angrily and annoyed gave Naruto a punch of friendship.
But it was caught by Naruto with one hand.
Naruto held Sasuke's fist with one hand, and while Sasuke was stunned, he used his other injured hand to wipe off the blood on Sasuke's forehead from knocking on the ground.
Then he gently placed the little slug lying on his injured hand.
Gently on Sasuke's forehead.
Naruto gave Sasuke a brilliant smile, "Welcome, Sasuke!"
".....Thank you."
"Naruto."
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