Chapter Sixteen: Memories of the Past, Wounds in the Depths of the Soul

  "What's wrong? Did you find something?" Kakashi originally wanted to come and discuss with Menglong the idea of using Wood Style ninjutsu to build a house, but when he arrived at Menglong's side, he found Menglong looking surprised, so he couldn't help but ask.

  "Oh, nothing." Seeing Kakashi's bewildered expression (of course, it was just a feeling, since she couldn't see his face), Meiying also managed to gloss over the situation. But in her own heart, there was a storm brewing. Looking at the scene before her, Meiying swore that she had definitely seen this place before, but now she didn't know why, it seemed like there was always a wall blocking her train of thought, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember.

  At this time, Feng Hua Xiao Xue and Feng Hua Zao Xue had already arrived inside the wooden house. It has to be said that although the wooden house looked so luxurious from the outside, the situation inside was truly not commendable. There were no lights, no furniture, only a pitch-black expanse. If it weren't for the fact that everyone was still holding candles, one would have thought they had entered a haunted house at first glance.

  So everyone present had only one expression - completely distorted.

  Lit a few candles, Meng Ling finally saw the interior of this "ghost house".

  The interior of the Daemu is divided into two floors, except for the large hall on the first floor, the rest are the many rooms on the second floor. The style is similar to that of ancient Chinese wine houses.

  "There really is a sense of déjà vu, but what exactly is it?" Meng Ling roughly scanned the surroundings, completely not seeing the somewhat unwell eyes of the crowd. (Of course, they were disappointed.)

  "It seems that it's really necessary to observe these places carefully." After thinking for a long time, Meng Ling's heart still couldn't calm down, so she walked alone in this large wooden house, observing carefully, wanting to discover something.

  An hour later...

  At this time, Meng Ling was alone in a small room, searching hard. After finishing, she straightened her body and gently patted her slightly stiff waist.

  "Hmm, I'm so tired. How come there's still no major discovery?" Meng Ling muttered to herself in puzzlement. At the same time, she walked step by step into the great hall of the large wooden house.

  At this time, Meng Ling saw a very familiar scene - Feng Hua Zao Xue was in the center of a hexagonal area composed of six large mirrors with Xiao Xue Gong Zhu. At this moment, Feng Hua Zao Xue was saying something to Feng Hua Xiao Xue, looking very happy.

  Meng Ling naturally wouldn't go disturb them, for two reasons. Firstly, if she were to enter at this moment, she would only disrupt the atmosphere between the father and daughter. Secondly, Meng Ling was very clear about the topic that Feng Hua and Xue were discussing. Therefore, there was no need for her to intervene.

  Then, Meng Ling leaned against the wooden door, gazing from afar at the two "protected ones" in the center of the hall. Looking at the harmonious father and daughter in front of her, Meng Ling couldn't help but think of her own parents from her previous world. Although they had only left her with three years of memories, during those three years, Meng Ling was undoubtedly carefree.

  "What's wrong? Didn't you find what you needed? Hmm? What's wrong? You look like you've just cried. Did something happen?" Just as Meng was still immersed in his beautiful memories, Kakashi's voice came from outside the large wooden house, interrupting Meng's thoughts.

  "It's just that I miss my family and wonder how they're doing in heaven now." Meng Ling said with a hint of sadness.

  "Uh, when you encounter such a thing, it's normal to feel sad, but you can't get stuck in the past memories of sorrow. Forget about that matter, after all, now you have a new family, Konoha is your home." Looking at Meng Leng's somewhat lost expression, Kakashi also took a glance at Fuuka and her father chatting freely in the wooden house hall, and understood how melancholic Meng Leng was feeling inside. After all, during that one test, Kakashi had successfully cast an illusion on Meng Leng - the "Naraka no Jutsu" (Hell Viewing Technique), which would make the person see their deepest fears. So Kakashi knew about Meng Leng's inner demons from that time. The genius that he was, seeing Meng Leng looking at Fuuka and her father getting along, also roughly guessed what was going on.

  "I know, teacher, but it's not that I don't want to forget, it's just that I really can't. One moment we were eating together at the same table, and the next moment we were separated forever. How can I bear this?" Although Meng Ling's mind was still that of a typical brave boy, when mentioning this matter, his voice was slightly choked with sobs.

  "Alright, don't be too sad. Once a person is dead, they can't come back to life. But what's most important is that you're still alive and well now. You should cherish the people in front of you. I know I'm not good at talking, but you have to understand this: if your parents saw you like this, they would definitely not be happy. After all, they wouldn't want their daughter to always live under the shadow of that thing." Kakashi comforted.

  "Cherish the person in front of you?" Upon hearing this sentence, Meng Leng looked at Kakashi in front of her with some suspicion. Although she felt more cheerful in her heart, as someone with a boy's mentality, she couldn't help but think that Kakashi looked like a complete weirdo when he said this.

  "What are you looking at me like that for? Did I... say something wrong?" Looking at Meng Leng's extremely suspicious gaze, Kakashi himself couldn't take it anymore and hastily shifted his line of sight to another place. After all, five-year-old Meng Leng's eyes still had some 'moe' killing power.

  "It's nothing, thank you, teacher. After hearing your words, I finally figured it out and now I feel very comfortable." Meng Ling stretched her small body and turned to enter the wooden hall, but just at this moment...

  "Boom..." A massive explosion occurred in a place on the top of the large wooden house, and instantly, Feng Hua and Xue's father and daughter were enveloped by a burst of smoke, completely obscuring their view.

  "What's going on here?!" Seeing this, Meng Leng was shocked and just wanted to rush into the smoke to rescue Feng Hua Zao Yu and her father, but was stopped by Kakashi's right hand.

  "Teacher, what's this..." At this time, Meng Ling was somewhat puzzled and unclear about Kakashi's actions. He asked loudly.

  "Kakashi, the enemy has arrived. You go help with the fight. I'll go rescue people." But to her surprise, Kakashi didn't respond to Mei Terumi's question, instead he gave a serious order while revealing his Sharingan at the same time.

  Meng Ling looked at Kakashi's extremely serious expression and was taken aback for a moment, but quickly reacted.

  "Got it." Meng Ling replied, her small body already rushing out of the large wooden house, while Kakashi rushed into the thick smoke. Through his Sharingan, Kakashi instantly locked onto the chakra of two ordinary adults and one skilled person. He chased after them.

  "Kakashi-sensei shouldn't have any problems alone, right? Ah, I finally remembered. Fuuka's father was killed here. This is that cabin." Meng Ling's heart was extremely anxious at this moment, because as someone who knew the plot of Naruto well, she knew that if things went as they had said, unless she had a chance to change the course of events, Fuuka Yukino would definitely die tonight without a doubt.

  "Land, how is it? Have you seen the enemy now?" As they came to the open space outside, they saw Tian Cang and that dark guard standing back-to-back, observing all directions. They were afraid of sudden appearance of enemies. This can be seen from the fact that as soon as they saw Meng Ling, the two of them had taken a defensive stance, and at this moment, both of them were very tense.

  "What's going on? Hurry up and get into formation, the enemy is here." Seeing that the person who arrived was Meng Ling from their own side, Tian Cang and the dark guard let out a sigh of relief at the same time, but it could still be seen from their expressions that they were extremely tense.

  "Got it, huh? No, you guys get out of the way!" Meng Ling was about to respond when he suddenly noticed that the snow under Tian Cang's feet had moved slightly, and immediately shouted loudly.

  Tian Cang and the other person heard the sound and simultaneously jumped away from their original positions.

  "Haha, this little girl is really interesting, she actually dodged my sneak attack." Just as Tiantang and the other person had jumped away from their original location, a stout man with a bean-sized head popped out from there, laughing loudly at Mengying's back.

  "Ah, ah, it's true, at such a young age you have such strength, you're not simple at all, don't move." Meng Ling was shocked as he looked at the man in front of him called "Yu Jia Xue", when suddenly a female ninja with pink hair appeared from behind and bound his neck with one hand. The other hand of the female ninja then pulled out a dagger from Meng Ling's thigh and stabbed it towards his heart.

  "Meng Ling, be careful!" Tian Cang couldn't help but shout loudly. But it was clear that he was a step too late, as Ku Wu had already accurately inserted his sword into Meng Ling's chest.

  "You little girl are really dangerous, so I have no choice but to get rid of you. Don't blame me for being heartless. No sympathy for little girls." The pink-haired female ninja sneered.

  "I never thought of that." At this time, a very pleasant voice came from behind the female ninja, and it was actually Meng Ling who had just been killed.

  "What...how could..." Hearing this voice, the female ninja immediately kicked back with one foot, but found that there was no one behind her. She looked at the girl she had just killed in surprise, only to find that there was only a wooden board nailed with a shuriken on the spot.

  "What's with the substitute?" The female ninja said in a low voice.

  "Fubuki, watch your back!" At that moment, the "Rain and Snow" with bean-sized eyes shouted loudly at the female ninja named Fubuki.

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