Chapter 565: Chapter 565: I Guess He’s Up There?

"Teaching students is the most troublesome thing."

At the entrance of the Ninja Academy, Nara Motoha slowly walked out after finishing a full day of teaching.

In truth, teaching students wasn’t difficult for him. It was just that, in his opinion, everything except lying flat felt troublesome and boring.

"I really envy that guy Renya!"

During a gathering with Uchiha Kagami and the others some time ago, Hiruzen had mentioned that Renya and Danzō had left the village to travel.

Unlike him, who could only suffer while teaching students in the academy.

At that moment, from the corner of his eye, Nara Motoha suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure standing at the entrance.

Didn’t this guy go traveling? Why is he at the academy entrance!

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, he lowered his head and quickly walked away, pretending not to see the person standing at the entrance.

The person who feared trouble the most had once again run into the person who loved causing trouble the most.

"Why are you walking so fast?"

In the blink of an eye, Renya appeared in front of Nara Motoha and said with a smile.

"You finally finished class. I’ve been waiting for you for quite a while."

Renya and Nara Motoha had a good relationship since childhood, and over the years they had attended many class reunions together.

Though they were called class reunions, they were really just gatherings of Renya’s squad and Hiruzen’s squad.

Most of their classmates from the same generation had died on the battlefield.

Even those who survived weren’t particularly close to them, so naturally they weren’t invited.

Nara Motoha looked at Renya in front of him and let out a helpless sigh.

"Renya-kun, didn’t you go traveling with Danzō?"

At first, Renya had indeed pestered him about Hyūga Muki’s whereabouts, but he had always refused to reveal the truth.

And since the Hyūga clan hadn’t made things difficult for Nara Motoha, who had been on the same squad as Hyūga Muki during missions—

Gradually, they stopped asking and all assumed that Hyūga Muki had died on the battlefield.

So when Renya appeared now, Nara Motoha didn’t think in that direction at all. He simply felt that this guy was about to bring him trouble again.

"I came back from traveling and realized I haven’t seen you for several months, so I came to visit," Renya said with a smile.

With his lying-flat personality, there was no way he’d wander the streets every day, and Nara Motoha was teaching at the academy.

Aside from gatherings, the two rarely met.

Not just Nara Motoha—Renya rarely met Koharu Utatane, Uchiha Kagami, and the others as well.

After all, someone with such an extreme lying-flat personality was rare even in the village.

If it weren’t for his great strength, people would’ve long called him a freeloader waiting to die.

Nara Motoha: "..."

With his intelligence, he naturally didn’t believe Renya’s words. He only felt that the off-work time he had finally gained was about to be ruined.

After working all day and finally getting the chance to lie flat, he was now entangled by someone who loved causing trouble.

Forget it. Missing one day of rest isn’t a big deal...

"Come on, let’s go somewhere else and catch up."

Without giving him a chance to refuse, Renya dragged Nara Motoha to the barbecue restaurant they often visited for gatherings.

Barbecue restaurant, private room.

Nara Motoha looked at the sizzling meat in front of him, but had no intention of picking up his chopsticks.

"Renya-kun, what exactly do you want from me?"

If this were a gathering, Renya definitely wouldn’t have invited only him. At the very least, Shimura Danzō would be accompanying him.

But now it was just the two of them, which meant Renya had come to find him alone for something.

So troublesome. He had finally been able to enjoy his off-work time...

Renya didn’t explain his purpose directly. He picked up a piece of meat, put it in his mouth, chewed slowly, and after a while changed the subject.

"Motoha-kun, do you really plan to be a teacher at the academy for the rest of your life?"

Nara Motoha’s eyes flickered upon hearing this, unsure of what Renya was getting at. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Renya actually changed the subject? With his intelligence, shouldn’t he have stated his purpose directly?

After all, during their time at the Ninja Academy, Nara Motoha had been the one closest to him, and the one who understood his intelligence best.

Such a big change... it seems he has grown a lot over the years.

"Teaching students at the Ninja Academy is quite good," Nara Motoha said as he used the tongs to flip the meat on the grill.

"Compared to fighting on the battlefield, I prefer a peaceful life in the rear."

If it hadn’t been for his clan leader father’s insistence, he wouldn’t have even wanted to become a teacher in the first place.

He only wanted to lie flat at home every day...

Later, his father realized that if this continued, his son would eventually become useless, so he forcibly arranged for him to teach at the Ninja Academy.

Although he initially found teaching troublesome, compared to the intense fighting on the battlefield—

Staying in the village and teaching students was also a form of lying flat.

Gradually, he got used to this kind of life.

"If you continue being a teacher, won’t you lose your position as the future clan leader?"

Logically speaking, since Nara Motoha’s father was the clan leader, he would become the clan leader in the future without any surprises.

"The position of clan leader belongs to the capable. Besides, I’m not interested."

Competing for the clan leader position was too troublesome. It was better to continue being a teacher at the academy.

Renya nodded upon hearing this, but didn’t say anything further.

Everyone had their own aspirations, and people like this lived the longest in the ninja world.

In fact, Renya’s original goal had also been simply to survive in the ninja world. If he had been able to live like Nara Motoha back then—

He definitely would have chosen to lie flat as well.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have a clan leader father. And at that time, Tobirama wouldn’t have allowed him to lie flat like Nara Motoha.

Once you stepped onto the battlefield, life and death were left to fate.

If it weren’t for that old man’s experiments, Renya’s physical abilities would never have improved so drastically.

All this time, he hadn’t hated Senju Tobirama...

If Senju Tobirama hadn’t concealed it and had directly said his experiments could enhance physical abilities, Renya would have happily stripped naked and laid on the experiment table himself.

Those negative emotions all came from the second personality’s memories.

The two sat in silence. Renya kept eating the grilled meat, while Nara Motoha silently grilled more for him.

Before they knew it, the sky outside had turned dark.

"Renya-kun, you came because of Hyūga Muki, didn’t you?" Nara Motoha suddenly asked.

Renya’s behavior today was extremely strange, causing many speculations to form in his mind, eventually settling on Hyūga Muki.

Other than Muki-kun, there was nothing else Renya would ask him about.

"Can you tell me where Hyūga Muki is?"

Nara Motoha noticed the faint smile on Renya’s face and felt as though Renya had discovered some clues.

Impossible. Aside from the Hyūga clan leader and himself, no one else knew about that matter!

He quickly dismissed the thought.

"Renya-kun, don’t you already know?" Nara Motoha sighed softly. "Muki-kun died on the battlefield long ago."

Renya raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying it.

"Can you tell me where he was buried?"

"I’m sorry, Renya-kun. At the time, the war was chaotic. I didn’t take Muki-kun’s body with me."

"Really?" Renya said with a smile. "I guess he’s up there?"

As he spoke, he pointed toward the full moon in the night sky.

Upon hearing this, Nara Motoha’s pupils suddenly shrank, and a fleeting look of shock flashed in his eyes.