It's been 24 years, why am I reincarnated in Konoha without a system?

Chapter 111 Night Chapter: Nohara Rin, A Shared Fate

"Um, where am I sleeping tonight?" Ishikawa was a little dumbfounded as he re-entered the room and stared at the minimalist room with its girlish style.

He certainly wasn't trying to take advantage. Even if Nohara Rin's bed were a double bed, let alone a single one, she would never let him sleep there.

What embarrassed Ishikawa was that the room was completely open and there was no privacy, which made things a bit inconvenient for them as men and women!

"Where will we sleep? Of course, we'll sleep on the floor!" Nohara Rin finally realized what was going on, her pretty face flushed red as she said irritably.

In the past, even when she was on a mission and stayed overnight, she either had a room by herself or the four members of the Minato Squad camped together without feeling awkward.

But now she was living in her house with Ishikawa, which suddenly stirred up Rin's calm heart. It had nothing to do with anything else, it was just an instinctive reaction to living in the same room with a boy of the opposite sex for the first time.

"Ahem, then I'll leave it to Miss Lin." Ishikawa scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, then turned his gaze to the balcony to hide his embarrassment.

But as soon as my gaze shifted, several garments of different colors fluttered in the wind. The most eye-catching of all were two white, form-fitting undershirts…

The atmosphere in the room instantly froze, so quiet you could hear a pin drop!

"Close your eyes, and open them when I'm ready." After a half-second of stunned silence, Nohara Rin finally reacted, her face flushed with embarrassment as she cried out.

Damn it, I was careless! In the past, each time the time-space connection was only for one hour, and Ishikawa and she would make the most of the time to cultivate in the room, so she didn't put her clothes away in advance.

In any case, other places or bathrooms are less safe than balconies!

But I never expected things to turn out this way today...

"Um, I didn't see anything." Ishikawa quickly closed his eyes and turned his head, awkwardly explaining as he listened to the constant jogging sounds around him. He didn't believe a word he said.

To this, Nohara Rin remained silent and continued packing her clothes, inwardly annoyed that she had carelessly forgotten such an important matter!

"Alright, you can open your eyes now." A few minutes later, Nohara Rin's voice, filled with suppressed shame and indignation, rang softly in Ishikawa's ear.

As soon as Ishikawa opened his eyes, he saw a bed sheet that separated his bed from Nohara Rin's.

At his feet, a clean quilt had already been laid out.

[Seriously, do we really need this kind of thing in front of people with red eyes?] Ishikawa glanced at the bed sheet and was speechless, but he wisely didn't say anything more and just lay down.

“Miss Lin, we haven’t had a proper chat before because of time constraints. If you can’t sleep, we can talk now…” Hearing the tense breathing on the other end, Ishikawa smiled and spoke calmly.

This young lady is still too young; is she already losing sleep over something like this?

"Chat?" Rin's breath caught in her throat upon hearing Ishikawa's suggestion, then her eyes lit up as she thought of the future intelligence. "Ishikawa, can you tell me when this war in Konoha will end?"

In wartime, when life is uncertain and everyone is on the verge of collapse, no one can ignore this question that concerns their own fate. Nohara Rin is no exception!

"The Third Shinobi World War..." Ishikawa murmured, quickly sorting out his thoughts as he recalled the plot. "I don't know the specific details, but I do know that the war between Iwagakure and Konoha ended with the Yellow Flash after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge. Kirigakure, on the other hand, was unable to launch a large-scale invasion after that, as the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were crippled."

"Of course, at that time you and Kakashi-sensei were also sent to the Hidden Mist battlefield, and you eventually died there."

"As for the battlefield between Sunagakure and Kumogakure? I heard that Sunagakure was defeated by Konoha in the Battle of Kikyo Mountain next year. As for Kumogakure, the peace treaty was not signed until Konoha in 51."

"In short, the large-scale ceasefire will take place in Konoha in 47. At that time, Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash, will succeed as the Fourth Hokage as the hero who ended the war. After that, there will be no more large-scale wars in Konoha."

"The Sand Village suffered a crushing defeat at Kikyo Mountain? Kikyo Castle is a military stronghold not far from Konoha. I never expected the Sand Village to fight all the way there! The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were decimated? That indirectly shows how brutal the battlefield in the Mist Village was. Has the war really escalated to that point..." Nohara Rin murmured in disbelief, her mind flashing back to the news Ishikawa had just told her about her death on the battlefield in the Mist Village.

"Ishikawa, do you really think we can change our inevitable fate of dying?" Subconsciously, Nohara Rin felt a sense of loss and self-doubt.

It wasn't that she lacked confidence in herself, but rather that she was moved to speak out after hearing about the cruelty of war again!

"Of course, I will absolutely not let you die. No matter who the enemy is, even if it costs me my life, I will not let you repeat the same mistake, absolutely!!" Ishikawa replied confidently without hesitation. So what if it's just the Three-Tailed Fox and the Binding Talisman?

Then we'll just pull Rin into the time-space room, use the doorknob to remove the talisman, pack up the Three-Tails and take it away, leaving Madara dumbfounded!

With the advantage of both the storyline and the cheat code, he couldn't imagine how he would lose this game.

Hearing Ishikawa's confident assurance, Nohara Rin's beautiful eyes trembled slightly, and then her gaze flickered as she looked towards the bed sheet.

To be honest, this is the first time someone has been so blunt about saying they would risk their life to protect her.

But this guy is way too confident!

"Hehe, I was just saying, you don't have to be so serious. By the way, why are you taking me so seriously? Is it because of that thing?" Nohara Rin asked jokingly, feeling quite puzzled by Ishikawa's attitude.

Logically speaking, they were two people who would never have crossed paths. Even if a transdimensional connection forcibly bound them together, Ishikawa had no reason to risk his life to protect her.

The only reason that Nohara Rin could think of is probably the connection between different dimensions!

"Why do I value you?" Ishikawa muttered to himself, not expecting Nohara Rin to suddenly ask this.

So……

"If I had to say what the reason is, I'm not really sure either."

"Perhaps that connection is part of the reason, but what I don't want to see is such a lovely person like you wither away in the war!"

"I don't want to see Kakashi-sensei become like this, and I don't want the Fourth Hokage to sacrifice himself on the night of the Nine-Tails' attack. I hope to see a different Konoha..."

"Besides that, I guess it's because I don't want to be alone. No one can say for sure how this trans-temporal connection exists, or how long it will last. But what is certain is that you and I have become special individuals who are intertwined with each other."

"From another perspective, we are all beings who transcend the relationships of partners, family, lovers, and close friends; we are an inseparable community of shared destiny."

"So, why do you think I wouldn't value you with all my might? Or is it that you still haven't truly acknowledged my existence?"

"An inseparable community of shared destiny!!" Hearing Ishikawa's final question, Nohara Rin's body trembled, and for the first time, she felt a different emotion as she looked at the figure behind the bed sheet.

This is different from her admiration for Kakashi or her feelings of friendship for Obito; it's a different kind of impulse that makes her want to explore it.

For the first time, Rin Nohara was somewhat interested in learning more about this time-traveling roommate.

This guy doesn't seem as simple as he usually appears!