Hokage that started as a commoner ninja
Chapter 140 Young "Xiao"
Chapter 140 Young "Xiao"
After carefully treating the man's injuries, Mu En stood up, only to see two pairs of wide-open eyes cautiously looking at him, with a hint of hope in their pure eyes.
Mu En walked to the side of the two children, knelt down, took out two pieces of candy and stuffed them into the hands of the two children as if by magic, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, your father will wake up tomorrow."
After hearing Mu En's words, the eyes of the two children seemed to be brighter, and they replied in unison: "Thank you uncle!"
The woman beside her whose fingers were already whitish from pinching was also weeping with joy, and hurriedly pulled the two children to thank Mu En again.
Mu En and Yahiko didn't stay long in this family of four. After all, no matter how friendly Mu En and the others behaved, the status of a ninja would make the family tremble.
"Who are you?" Looking at the figure in front of him, Yahiko frowned and asked.Perhaps it was Mu En's attitude towards civilians that made Yahiko and the others let down a little bit of guard.
The raindrops chased each other in the air, hitting the four of them with crackling noises.At this time, Mu En had already abandoned the umbrella, he turned around and put Konoha's forehead protector on his forehead.
"Konoha's ninja?" Nagato murmured.Facing Konoha Ninja, Nagato's mood is extremely complicated.On the one hand, in his young memory, his parents died at the hands of Konoha Ninja; Also the existence of the father.
"You came to the Land of Rain to do a mission? If it's inconvenient to say it, forget it." Yahiko's tone was a little calmer, and because of Jiraiya's relationship, he still had a little liking for Konoha's ninjas.
Mu En shook her head, looked at the red-haired Nagato, and said, "I came for him."
As soon as Mu En finished speaking, the three of them retreated instantly. Yahiko and Xiaonan even blocked Nagato from the left and the right. Yahiko said in a cold voice: "Sure enough, it was a bad move. If you want to harm Nagato, you have to go through it first." I'll talk about it later."
Xiao Nan also echoed, saying: "And me."
Seeing this, Mu En raised her hands, and said helplessly, "Why are you so nervous? I'm not here to fight. By the way, I still have a good impression of the red-haired Uzumaki clan."
"The Uzumaki Clan?" Nagato asked with some doubts at this time, he seemed to have vaguely heard this name.
"Konoha's Senju Clan, you all know it! The first generation of Hokage is a member of the Senju Clan. The Uzumaki Clan and the Senju Clan are distant relatives. The two clans have always been friends and often married. The first Hokage Senju Clan My wife is Uzumaki Mito, a member of the Uzumaki tribe." Mu En explained to the three: "One of my good friends now is a member of the Uzumaki tribe, so I will not harm Nagato, don't worry!"
"Then what do you need me to do?" Nagato asked suspiciously.
"I'm just curious about your eyes, come here and have a look, and study it by the way." Mu En pointed to Nagato's reincarnation eyes, and said with emotion: "This is the reincarnation eye, the eyes of the legendary 'Sage of the Six Paths'."
"You said you won't harm Nagato, it's his eyes, isn't it harmful?" Xiao Nan was furious, and rushed forward after saying that, as if he wanted to fight Mu En to the death.
Seeing this, Yahiko was in a hurry, fearing that Xiaonan would be injured, so he rushed up, and Nagato was naturally no exception.
Seeing this, Mu En's sly smile flickered from the corner of his mouth, and with the assistance of "Spiritual Mist", he fought with the three of them.
It can be said that this battle was deliberately caused by Mu En, who angered the three of them with easily misunderstood words, in order to test Nagato's control over the eyes of reincarnation during the battle.
Under Mu En's deliberate control, the battle is moving towards a protracted war.After a while, Mu En found that Nagato's understanding and control of the eyes of reincarnation was basically zero at this time.His use of the eyes of reincarnation is passive, and he cannot actively use the eyes of reincarnation to perform any ninjutsu.
There is also an obvious evidence that Nagato, who has the eyes of reincarnation, can't detect Mu En's "spiritual fog".
After the battle lasted for almost half an hour, Yahiko pulled Xiaonan and Nagato and quickly retreated. Seeing that Mu En did not pursue him, he breathed a sigh of relief and said puzzledly: "You didn't mean to hurt us, I can feel it." Your strength is far above ours, but you haven't put a heavy hand on us."
"Hmm." Mu En, who had achieved her goal, nodded quickly, and said, "That little girl misunderstood. I didn't intend to take out Nagato's eyes to study, just follow and observe."
Xiao Nan on the side was panting heavily, and was taken aback when he heard the words. Although he was a little puzzled, he could still see that he was obviously happier, and apologized to Mu En: "Senior, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."
Mu En waved her hand and said, "You can do whatever you want in the future, and I won't bother you. Just treat me as a passer-by."
"What if we disagree?" Yahiko asked with a frown, after all, no one would feel at ease with a powerful weirdo around him.
"You must agree." Seeing the doubts on the faces of the three, Mu En said as a matter of course: "Because I am stronger than you, you can only admit defeat."
After all, Mu En introduced to the three of them: "I will take care of you in the future, my name is Mu En, from Konoha."
The three of Yahiko looked at each other, and had to introduce themselves to Mu En one after another.
"My name is Yahiko, a wandering ninja."
"My name is Xiaonan, a wandering ninja."
"My name is Nagato, a wandering ninja."
In this way, the four combined into a weird combination.Mu En did what he had agreed upon, staying by the side of the three of them like a bystander and not interfering with their actions.This stay lasted for more than two years, and the three of them gradually got used to Mu En's existence.
Not long after Mu En came to Nagato, Madara, who was far away in the underground space of the mountain cemetery, got the news.
Madara stared at Bai Jue with a serious expression, and said, "You mean, Mu En found Nagato, what did he do?"
"I didn't do anything, I just followed them, as if I was observing them." Bai Jue also said doubtfully.
"Master Madara, does Mu En already know Nagato's secret?" Hei Ze's voice came out in the darkness.
"No, when I bestowed the eyes of reincarnation on Nagato, Mu En was still a child, and it was absolutely impossible for him to know the secret." Madara pondered for a while, and said: "At most, he would have some influence on the appearance of the eyes of reincarnation. Suspected, but will not know the relationship between it and me."
"Then what do we need to do?" Hei Jue asked.
"No need, once he finds out what he did, it may make him suspect me. Just keep an eye on him." After Madara said that, he closed his eyes and entered a deep rest again.
Just one morning after Mu En met Yahiko and the three of them, the sun finally broke through the heavy blocking of dark clouds and sprinkled the sun on the earth.
Yahiko, Xiaonan and Nagato were having fun in the sun, and the laughter and laughter spread to Mu En's ears not far away from time to time.This was the first time in a month that Mu En saw the three smiling faces that they should have at their age.
"Nagato, Xiaonan, we want to bring hope and peace to the Land of Rain just like the morning sun." Yahiko looked at Nagato and Xiaonan, and said solemnly: "We are called 'Xiao', how about ?”
"Listen to you, Yahiko." Konan said happily from the side, Nagato also nodded in agreement.Mu En who was not far away was slightly taken aback. He did not expect that the "Xiao" organization was established in such an early morning on the land of the Land of Rain.
"I don't know what Yahiko's expression will be if he knows about the future development of the 'Xiao' organization." Mu En thought to himself.Immediately, his thoughts drifted farther and farther unconsciously.
"Senior, senior!" At this moment, Xiao Nan's voice rang in Mu En's ear, pulling Mu En's thoughts back from afar.
"This is for you." Xiao Nan handed a piece of black bread to Mu En, and said, "I haven't seen you eating breakfast yet, so let's use this as a cushion! Although it's not very delicious."
Before Mu En could reply, Xiao Nan stuffed the food into his hands, turned around and ran away.
Looking at the food in her hands, Mu En felt a sense of warmth in her heart, chuckled lightly, and muttered to herself, "What a kind little girl."
Mu En knew that for the three children who had a bottom line of conscience and respected civilians, they didn't have enough food, even if they were ninjas.Therefore, being able to leave a mouthful for Mu En is enough to show their kindness.
……
In a civilian village in the Land of Rain.A ninja team of four plundered wantonly in the village, begging for mercy and screaming everywhere in the village.For ordinary civilians, the plunder of ninjas is like the arrival of the end of the world.
The leading ninja stood in the center of the village and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, and search for all the valuables. We have worked so hard to protect their safety. This is the reward they should give us."
At this moment, the sounds of fighting sounded from all around, but three young children forced the three ninjas who plundered the village out of their respective houses.
At this time, after repelling his opponent, Yahiko looked at the leading ninja and said, "As a ninja, why do you persecute ordinary civilians like this?"
The leading ninja frowned, looked at Yahiko with disgust, and said, "It's just a pariah, what's the big deal. Do you want to be our enemy for these pariahs?"
"Ninja, shouldn't it be to protect civilians?" Yahiko snapped.
"Of course I protect them, but if we protect them, shouldn't they pay a price?" The leading ninja rushed in front of Yahiko before he could reply. became intense.
Of course, Yahiko, Konan and Nagato were carefully trained by Jiraiya after all, how could their strength be comparable to that of an ordinary ninja team, not to mention that Nagato also has the legendary eye of reincarnation.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the ninja team had died in the hands of the three of them.
Looking at Kunai dripping blood in his hands, Yahiko didn't feel half excited about killing the enemy, but said sadly: "Xiaonan, Nagato, it seems that we still have a long way to go before we can realize our dreams." Let's go for a while!"
"Don't worry, Yahiko. Nagato and I will accompany you all the way down." Xiaonan said comfortingly from the side.
But Nagato's eyes kept staring in one direction, as if he was on guard for something.
Yahiko and Konan, who had been fighting together for a long time, instantly switched to a state of alert, stared in that direction, and said, "Who is peeping there? Come out!"
After a while, a young ninja who was slightly older than them came out from the corner of the house.
Blue lines were drawn around his eyes and on his face, and he raised his hands and said, "Relax, I have no ill intentions towards you. On the contrary, I admire your actions to protect civilians."
Seeing that Yahiko and the others did not let down their guard, the ninja continued to speak: "My name is Wei Tuotian Zhensuke, and I used to be a ninja from Yuyin Village."
"You were a ninja from Hidden Rain Village before?" Yahiko asked suspiciously, "Could it be that you defected?"
"Not really." Wei Tuotian Zhenzhu said with some embarrassment: "I don't like the current Yuyin Village very much, so I just want to go out for a walk by myself."
It turns out that since the end of the Second Ninja World War, Sanshoyu Hanzo's strength has declined sharply due to physical reasons.In order to consolidate his position in Yuyin Village, he began to adopt a gentle strategy against the ninjas in the village, allowing some ninjas to burn, kill and loot to gain their support.
Of course, this also caused dissatisfaction among some ninjas, and the young Wei Tuotian Zhensuke was one of them.Because of this, he left the village and set out to find his own answers.
"Have you found the answer?" Yahiko asked with some doubts.
"No, but I admire your actions to protect civilians in the hands of ninjas. I don't have such courage." Wei Tuotian Zhensuke said again.
At this time, Yahiko's eyes flashed brightly, and he said: "Since you still don't have an answer, then join us! Let's do things together to save civilians in the future."
"Join you?" Wei Tuotian Zhensuke frowned, looked at Yahiko who seemed to be younger than him, and said, "What do you want to do?"
"We will become stronger and stronger. When we are so strong that Hanzo can't ignore us, we will tell Hanzo face-to-face about the tragedies we have seen in various places in the Land of Rain, and eradicate the treacherous people around Hanzo. We must rely on With our strength, win the support of Yuyin Village, and finally realize the peace of the Rain Country." Yahiko's eyes lit up, and he told Wei Tuotian Zhensuke his dream.
For the people of the Land of Rain, Sansho Hanzo is a well-deserved hero.Therefore, even Yahiko never had the idea of overthrowing Hanzo.
The same is true for Wei Tuotian Zhensuke. Even if he is dissatisfied with Hanzo, he just thinks that Hanzo has been deceived by a traitor.Therefore, Yahiko's words can be said to have spoken from his heart.
(End of this chapter)
After carefully treating the man's injuries, Mu En stood up, only to see two pairs of wide-open eyes cautiously looking at him, with a hint of hope in their pure eyes.
Mu En walked to the side of the two children, knelt down, took out two pieces of candy and stuffed them into the hands of the two children as if by magic, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, your father will wake up tomorrow."
After hearing Mu En's words, the eyes of the two children seemed to be brighter, and they replied in unison: "Thank you uncle!"
The woman beside her whose fingers were already whitish from pinching was also weeping with joy, and hurriedly pulled the two children to thank Mu En again.
Mu En and Yahiko didn't stay long in this family of four. After all, no matter how friendly Mu En and the others behaved, the status of a ninja would make the family tremble.
"Who are you?" Looking at the figure in front of him, Yahiko frowned and asked.Perhaps it was Mu En's attitude towards civilians that made Yahiko and the others let down a little bit of guard.
The raindrops chased each other in the air, hitting the four of them with crackling noises.At this time, Mu En had already abandoned the umbrella, he turned around and put Konoha's forehead protector on his forehead.
"Konoha's ninja?" Nagato murmured.Facing Konoha Ninja, Nagato's mood is extremely complicated.On the one hand, in his young memory, his parents died at the hands of Konoha Ninja; Also the existence of the father.
"You came to the Land of Rain to do a mission? If it's inconvenient to say it, forget it." Yahiko's tone was a little calmer, and because of Jiraiya's relationship, he still had a little liking for Konoha's ninjas.
Mu En shook her head, looked at the red-haired Nagato, and said, "I came for him."
As soon as Mu En finished speaking, the three of them retreated instantly. Yahiko and Xiaonan even blocked Nagato from the left and the right. Yahiko said in a cold voice: "Sure enough, it was a bad move. If you want to harm Nagato, you have to go through it first." I'll talk about it later."
Xiao Nan also echoed, saying: "And me."
Seeing this, Mu En raised her hands, and said helplessly, "Why are you so nervous? I'm not here to fight. By the way, I still have a good impression of the red-haired Uzumaki clan."
"The Uzumaki Clan?" Nagato asked with some doubts at this time, he seemed to have vaguely heard this name.
"Konoha's Senju Clan, you all know it! The first generation of Hokage is a member of the Senju Clan. The Uzumaki Clan and the Senju Clan are distant relatives. The two clans have always been friends and often married. The first Hokage Senju Clan My wife is Uzumaki Mito, a member of the Uzumaki tribe." Mu En explained to the three: "One of my good friends now is a member of the Uzumaki tribe, so I will not harm Nagato, don't worry!"
"Then what do you need me to do?" Nagato asked suspiciously.
"I'm just curious about your eyes, come here and have a look, and study it by the way." Mu En pointed to Nagato's reincarnation eyes, and said with emotion: "This is the reincarnation eye, the eyes of the legendary 'Sage of the Six Paths'."
"You said you won't harm Nagato, it's his eyes, isn't it harmful?" Xiao Nan was furious, and rushed forward after saying that, as if he wanted to fight Mu En to the death.
Seeing this, Yahiko was in a hurry, fearing that Xiaonan would be injured, so he rushed up, and Nagato was naturally no exception.
Seeing this, Mu En's sly smile flickered from the corner of his mouth, and with the assistance of "Spiritual Mist", he fought with the three of them.
It can be said that this battle was deliberately caused by Mu En, who angered the three of them with easily misunderstood words, in order to test Nagato's control over the eyes of reincarnation during the battle.
Under Mu En's deliberate control, the battle is moving towards a protracted war.After a while, Mu En found that Nagato's understanding and control of the eyes of reincarnation was basically zero at this time.His use of the eyes of reincarnation is passive, and he cannot actively use the eyes of reincarnation to perform any ninjutsu.
There is also an obvious evidence that Nagato, who has the eyes of reincarnation, can't detect Mu En's "spiritual fog".
After the battle lasted for almost half an hour, Yahiko pulled Xiaonan and Nagato and quickly retreated. Seeing that Mu En did not pursue him, he breathed a sigh of relief and said puzzledly: "You didn't mean to hurt us, I can feel it." Your strength is far above ours, but you haven't put a heavy hand on us."
"Hmm." Mu En, who had achieved her goal, nodded quickly, and said, "That little girl misunderstood. I didn't intend to take out Nagato's eyes to study, just follow and observe."
Xiao Nan on the side was panting heavily, and was taken aback when he heard the words. Although he was a little puzzled, he could still see that he was obviously happier, and apologized to Mu En: "Senior, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."
Mu En waved her hand and said, "You can do whatever you want in the future, and I won't bother you. Just treat me as a passer-by."
"What if we disagree?" Yahiko asked with a frown, after all, no one would feel at ease with a powerful weirdo around him.
"You must agree." Seeing the doubts on the faces of the three, Mu En said as a matter of course: "Because I am stronger than you, you can only admit defeat."
After all, Mu En introduced to the three of them: "I will take care of you in the future, my name is Mu En, from Konoha."
The three of Yahiko looked at each other, and had to introduce themselves to Mu En one after another.
"My name is Yahiko, a wandering ninja."
"My name is Xiaonan, a wandering ninja."
"My name is Nagato, a wandering ninja."
In this way, the four combined into a weird combination.Mu En did what he had agreed upon, staying by the side of the three of them like a bystander and not interfering with their actions.This stay lasted for more than two years, and the three of them gradually got used to Mu En's existence.
Not long after Mu En came to Nagato, Madara, who was far away in the underground space of the mountain cemetery, got the news.
Madara stared at Bai Jue with a serious expression, and said, "You mean, Mu En found Nagato, what did he do?"
"I didn't do anything, I just followed them, as if I was observing them." Bai Jue also said doubtfully.
"Master Madara, does Mu En already know Nagato's secret?" Hei Ze's voice came out in the darkness.
"No, when I bestowed the eyes of reincarnation on Nagato, Mu En was still a child, and it was absolutely impossible for him to know the secret." Madara pondered for a while, and said: "At most, he would have some influence on the appearance of the eyes of reincarnation. Suspected, but will not know the relationship between it and me."
"Then what do we need to do?" Hei Jue asked.
"No need, once he finds out what he did, it may make him suspect me. Just keep an eye on him." After Madara said that, he closed his eyes and entered a deep rest again.
Just one morning after Mu En met Yahiko and the three of them, the sun finally broke through the heavy blocking of dark clouds and sprinkled the sun on the earth.
Yahiko, Xiaonan and Nagato were having fun in the sun, and the laughter and laughter spread to Mu En's ears not far away from time to time.This was the first time in a month that Mu En saw the three smiling faces that they should have at their age.
"Nagato, Xiaonan, we want to bring hope and peace to the Land of Rain just like the morning sun." Yahiko looked at Nagato and Xiaonan, and said solemnly: "We are called 'Xiao', how about ?”
"Listen to you, Yahiko." Konan said happily from the side, Nagato also nodded in agreement.Mu En who was not far away was slightly taken aback. He did not expect that the "Xiao" organization was established in such an early morning on the land of the Land of Rain.
"I don't know what Yahiko's expression will be if he knows about the future development of the 'Xiao' organization." Mu En thought to himself.Immediately, his thoughts drifted farther and farther unconsciously.
"Senior, senior!" At this moment, Xiao Nan's voice rang in Mu En's ear, pulling Mu En's thoughts back from afar.
"This is for you." Xiao Nan handed a piece of black bread to Mu En, and said, "I haven't seen you eating breakfast yet, so let's use this as a cushion! Although it's not very delicious."
Before Mu En could reply, Xiao Nan stuffed the food into his hands, turned around and ran away.
Looking at the food in her hands, Mu En felt a sense of warmth in her heart, chuckled lightly, and muttered to herself, "What a kind little girl."
Mu En knew that for the three children who had a bottom line of conscience and respected civilians, they didn't have enough food, even if they were ninjas.Therefore, being able to leave a mouthful for Mu En is enough to show their kindness.
……
In a civilian village in the Land of Rain.A ninja team of four plundered wantonly in the village, begging for mercy and screaming everywhere in the village.For ordinary civilians, the plunder of ninjas is like the arrival of the end of the world.
The leading ninja stood in the center of the village and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, and search for all the valuables. We have worked so hard to protect their safety. This is the reward they should give us."
At this moment, the sounds of fighting sounded from all around, but three young children forced the three ninjas who plundered the village out of their respective houses.
At this time, after repelling his opponent, Yahiko looked at the leading ninja and said, "As a ninja, why do you persecute ordinary civilians like this?"
The leading ninja frowned, looked at Yahiko with disgust, and said, "It's just a pariah, what's the big deal. Do you want to be our enemy for these pariahs?"
"Ninja, shouldn't it be to protect civilians?" Yahiko snapped.
"Of course I protect them, but if we protect them, shouldn't they pay a price?" The leading ninja rushed in front of Yahiko before he could reply. became intense.
Of course, Yahiko, Konan and Nagato were carefully trained by Jiraiya after all, how could their strength be comparable to that of an ordinary ninja team, not to mention that Nagato also has the legendary eye of reincarnation.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the ninja team had died in the hands of the three of them.
Looking at Kunai dripping blood in his hands, Yahiko didn't feel half excited about killing the enemy, but said sadly: "Xiaonan, Nagato, it seems that we still have a long way to go before we can realize our dreams." Let's go for a while!"
"Don't worry, Yahiko. Nagato and I will accompany you all the way down." Xiaonan said comfortingly from the side.
But Nagato's eyes kept staring in one direction, as if he was on guard for something.
Yahiko and Konan, who had been fighting together for a long time, instantly switched to a state of alert, stared in that direction, and said, "Who is peeping there? Come out!"
After a while, a young ninja who was slightly older than them came out from the corner of the house.
Blue lines were drawn around his eyes and on his face, and he raised his hands and said, "Relax, I have no ill intentions towards you. On the contrary, I admire your actions to protect civilians."
Seeing that Yahiko and the others did not let down their guard, the ninja continued to speak: "My name is Wei Tuotian Zhensuke, and I used to be a ninja from Yuyin Village."
"You were a ninja from Hidden Rain Village before?" Yahiko asked suspiciously, "Could it be that you defected?"
"Not really." Wei Tuotian Zhenzhu said with some embarrassment: "I don't like the current Yuyin Village very much, so I just want to go out for a walk by myself."
It turns out that since the end of the Second Ninja World War, Sanshoyu Hanzo's strength has declined sharply due to physical reasons.In order to consolidate his position in Yuyin Village, he began to adopt a gentle strategy against the ninjas in the village, allowing some ninjas to burn, kill and loot to gain their support.
Of course, this also caused dissatisfaction among some ninjas, and the young Wei Tuotian Zhensuke was one of them.Because of this, he left the village and set out to find his own answers.
"Have you found the answer?" Yahiko asked with some doubts.
"No, but I admire your actions to protect civilians in the hands of ninjas. I don't have such courage." Wei Tuotian Zhensuke said again.
At this time, Yahiko's eyes flashed brightly, and he said: "Since you still don't have an answer, then join us! Let's do things together to save civilians in the future."
"Join you?" Wei Tuotian Zhensuke frowned, looked at Yahiko who seemed to be younger than him, and said, "What do you want to do?"
"We will become stronger and stronger. When we are so strong that Hanzo can't ignore us, we will tell Hanzo face-to-face about the tragedies we have seen in various places in the Land of Rain, and eradicate the treacherous people around Hanzo. We must rely on With our strength, win the support of Yuyin Village, and finally realize the peace of the Rain Country." Yahiko's eyes lit up, and he told Wei Tuotian Zhensuke his dream.
For the people of the Land of Rain, Sansho Hanzo is a well-deserved hero.Therefore, even Yahiko never had the idea of overthrowing Hanzo.
The same is true for Wei Tuotian Zhensuke. Even if he is dissatisfied with Hanzo, he just thinks that Hanzo has been deceived by a traitor.Therefore, Yahiko's words can be said to have spoken from his heart.
(End of this chapter)
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