This......

Looking at the young man who bowed to the ground, his head on the backrest, and almost left blood, Chiba's eyes widened slightly, and his face was hard to hide his surprise.

And Nao on the side was also stunned, opened her mouth, she didn't know what to say, she didn't see the young man's current situation, but when she heard the apology and the sound of flesh hitting the backrest, she could imagine what happened without looking at her, and it was obvious that the visitor was apologizing to Chiba.

At the same time, Yukina's eyes widened, looking at the situation in front of her where the adult bowed to the child and apologized, and she was stunned and speechless.

This act of apology came too suddenly, and they couldn't react a little, and at the same time, they didn't know why.

What is it that made this person apologize to Chiba like this.

In the world of the Hokage, such a ninety-degree bow and apology is already an extremely high apology specification, and above it, there is only kneeling to apologize.

The young man's eyes were tightly closed, his face was tense for fear or pain, and his whole body looked a little stiff, but it could be seen that this was a very sincere apology.

Moreover, the young man also knows what kind of mistakes he has made, knows where he is wrong, and sincerely asks for forgiveness from the other party, that is, Chiba.

However, apparently this apology was both sudden and unexpected, and the three of Chiba were stunned.

Then, after this abrupt apology, the atmosphere fell silent again.

The young man kept this position, but as time went by, his body became more and more stiff, and gradually a faint bead of sweat appeared on his head.

"Please keep your head up, Captain Watanabe. ”

Seeing the young man's appearance, Chiba's face was complicated, but he still spoke very calmly, making him raise his head.

Captain Watanabe?

This sound also pulled Yukina and Nao back from their surprise.

Is it actually a figure at the level of a troop commander? Such a character actually apologized to Chiba? Why is that?

And the next second, even greater surprise appeared on their faces.

Also Who is this Watanabe troop commander?

Is it related to Dr. Watanabe?

What followed was a barrage of questions.

Hearing Chiba's words, the young man's slightly stiff body froze, but he didn't straighten up immediately, and seemed to hesitate for a moment before he slowly straightened up, and a gloomy color appeared on his face.

He knew that the other party did not forgive himself, and this sentence was actually just a soft-hearted polite words that he couldn't stand it.

I didn't get forgiveness from the other party.

During this time, these two years, maybe three years, the war on the front line, so that his concept of time has been a little blurred, battle reports, strategy meetings, battles...... Every day is occupied by this, and when he returns to the camp, or when he can return to the camp, he almost falls asleep, and the concept of time has been blurred, and there is only the concept of task time and task interval.

But in the midst of these hellish front-line days, there was one thing that he always remembered and remembered every day.

That is, before he came to the front line, in that defense mission, his mistake in decision-making cost many robes and innocent deaths of three children.

Everything is because of his conceit and rashness.

In the past few years, he has lived in regret and regret all the time, even if it is frequent battles and countless near-deaths, it is indelible.

In the end, in a near-fatal injury, he finally knew that he had to apologize to those who cared about his teammates and children who had sacrificed.

Because, this is the most difficult thing for him to do between his near-death.

For the first time, he knew how heavy and unrelieved it was to carry the lives of others.

It was this heaviness and inability to let go that consumed the self-righteousness and rash conceit that had been unconsciously implanted in his heart before this defense mission.

Really grown.

Then, just a few days ago, he received an order to return to that position, but the first thing he thought about was not the joy of promotion, but the apology.

He must apologize, he must be forgiven by those people, and he must be held accountable for the mistakes he has made before.

So, on the first day he came back, after the report, he went to apologize one by one, he originally thought that he would definitely be blamed by those people, those who lost important people, and he was ready to endure everything and bear the infamy he should bear.

However, no.

Not at all......

He was forgiven.

There were those who were emotional, those who were silent, and those who cried out of their voices, but he was not scolded or infamy.

They, those who lost something important, eventually forgave him.

Even if it's the family of those three children......

At that moment, the regret and shame in his heart deepened, and he also felt more insignificant, and how serious the mistakes he made at that time were.

He felt that the weight of life on his shoulders seemed to be much, much heavier.

Therefore, he finally mustered up the courage to face a person he had been ashamed of in the past few years and could not face, a person who had lost an "important person", and a person he had despised or even slandered because of prejudice.

One, a ten-year-old.

"I ......"

Kenshin Watanabe took a slight breath, his body was completely straight, but his head was slightly lowered.

"There are some things that I can't forgive you, however, it's not entirely your fault. ”

Looking at the scar on Kenshin Watanabe's face that extended from the left cheek to the bridge of his nose and the scar on his right forehead that slanted down from his right forehead to his left forehead, Chiba pursed his lips, the stiffness on his face finally eased a little, from Kenshin Watanabe's gloomy but resolute face, and the look of courage in his eyes to face his mistakes, he did not blame in the end, but he did not choose to forgive.

Perhaps, emotionally, he could never be the fault of Kenshin Watanabe, but intellectually, he knew that it was not exactly Kenshin Watanabe's mistake.

Therefore, he does not forgive, and he cannot blame.

So, he interrupted Kenshin Watanabe's next words of repentance and his intention to leave after saying these confessions.

"Say, ask me for anything, as long as it's for the safety of the village, anything can be done. ”

So, he spoke again.

"Therefore, do not consult with me in such a confessional posture on the issue of the village. ”

Chiba......

And as soon as these words came out, Watanabe Kenshin's body almost shook, his head was raised suddenly, his eyes widened incredibly, and he was extremely surprised, obviously he didn't expect Chiba to say this at all.

"So, sit down, tell me something. ”

Chiba took a slight breath, pushed away the chair in front of him, the one that Kenshin Watanabe was bumping against his forehead, and sat down.

He could see that in addition to coming to apologize, Kenshin Watanabe had more important things to find him, and according to the current situation, Kenshin Watanabe's more important thing than apologizing was, of course, the defense of the village, that is, the problem of the annihilation plan.

If it was just an apology, he wouldn't be so hesitant and wouldn't hesitate for so long before apologizing.

"Don't look at me like that, I, like you, don't want to make another mistake and lose anyone. ”

Chiba looked at Kenshin Watanabe and said unquestioningly.