Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 86 Intuition and Choice
"Eh?"

Karin looked at Menma in bewilderment, his expression suddenly becoming slightly gentler.

"Hehe, actually I have similar feelings, which is why I didn't attack you. My name is Uzumaki Menma, what's yours?"

Menma looked at Karin with a peaceful expression and spoke softly.

"Kaorin, my name is Karin."

Xianglin said a little timidly.

The situation suddenly turned around.

Karin's little head was somewhat unable to react.

The main thing was that she had prepared herself for the red-haired boy in front of her to not believe her at all. After all, this was a reasonable development. They were from different villages and this was the first time they met. The most important thing was that what she said was completely without any evidence. It sounded like a pure lie. Who would believe her?

Therefore, Karin thought it was normal that Menma didn't trust her and even wanted to attack her.

Just as she said.

She didn't have any choice.

Xianglin knew better than anyone how her mother died. After her mother's tragic death, she had to endure a treatment that was like hell. She was very afraid that she would be like her mother in the future, forced to give birth to one or more children whose fathers she would not even know, and then die miserably.

That kind of future is not the future that Xianglin wants.

So, she wanted to take a gamble here, even though she thought the possibility was less than one in ten thousand, but she was willing to bet everything.

And now, she had made the right bet, but she felt overwhelmed.

Huh? Is this what it means to believe in yourself?
Xianglin felt a very unreal feeling in her heart.

Looking at Karin who looked confused and even a little bewildered.

Menma smiled gently, and the expression on his face became much gentler.

Looking at the girl in front of him, Menma couldn't help but recall the scene he saw when he just came to this world 12 years ago.

'Menma, I'm sorry for letting you bear such a responsibility, but you are the older brother, and you must protect your younger brother. You must stay with Naruto, eat well, rest well, grow up well, and don't learn bad things from teacher Jiraiya. And, and... I'm sorry, Menma, I'm sorry... Naruto... I'm sorry'

The face of the red-haired woman burst into tears.

Over the past 12 years.

It has always been engraved in Menma's mind.

These were indeed just the cheap parents he 'picked up' in this life, and there was indeed no relationship between him and them, but there was no doubt that his life in this life was given by them.

If there is really no touch at all.

Menma is truly a cold-blooded animal.

"Father, mother, we don't have much affection for each other, but my life in this life was given by you. I acknowledge your kindness, but the path I choose is destined to go against Naruto's."

Menma took a deep breath, a determined look flashed in his pupils, and he subconsciously stretched out his right hand and gently patted Karin's little head.

Karin seemed to be frightened by Menma's behavior and subconsciously wanted to retreat, but in less than a second she restrained herself.

Menma also noticed this keenly, and naturally withdrew his right hand immediately.

"Karin? It's a good name. So, Karin, what are your plans next? You don't want to go back to Kusagakure Village, right?"

Menma looked at Karin in front of him. Although he already had a plan in mind, he still wanted to ask Karin what she thought.

"Me? I don't know. I have been living in Kusagakure Village since I was born. My mother has passed away for several years. I don't know where I can go."

When Karin heard Menma's question, she was also stunned at first.

Then a hint of bitterness appeared on his face.

For Xianglin, who is only 12 years old now, she really has no idea where her future lies.

"Then..." "Can I follow you? Join the Hidden Leaf Village. I'll be very useful. Just like I said before, I'm a sensory ninja and a medical ninja. If I talk to the relevant people in your village, I should be able to join Konoha, right?"

Just as Menma opened his mouth, Karin seemed to suddenly think of something. Her eyes lit up, and she looked up at Menma and asked with a hint of hope.

When Menma heard Karin's words, he was subconsciously stunned.

He didn't expect Xianglin to be so thorough. This was no longer a question of trust or not. It just meant that she was leaving everything to him, right?

Could it be that the first instinct is so strong?

No.

'Is there no choice?'

Thinking of what Karin had just said, Menma also suddenly realized something.

When people have no choice, they can only think of what is happening.

"But, are you going to join the Hidden Leaf Village? This is really a fantastic idea. I am about to leave Konoha myself."

Menma thought about it with some amusement.

But after a slight hesitation.

"You can follow me, of course. But, Xianglin, are you willing to trust me?"

Menma looked at Karin and asked with a very serious expression.

"Ah? Of course I'm willing to believe it!"

Xianglin was stunned at first, then nodded frantically in response.

"That's good. Next, just follow me and I will arrange a real future for you."

Whether it is out of sympathy or personal intention.

Menma is definitely going to help Karin.

This is the right thing to do both morally and logically.

Although Karin was a little confused and not quite sure what Menma meant, she still understood what Menma said. At that moment, it would be a lie to say that Karin did not have any hesitation, fear, or confusion.

But in the end she chose to believe Menma.

The reason is still so simple.

The existing choices before us.

She felt this was the most reliable and reasonable approach.

"Ok!"

Therefore, Karin no longer had any hesitation or confusion. She looked at Menma, nodded heavily and replied.

"Then let's go!"

Menma smiled and nodded, then stretched out his right hand to Karin. Karin looked at Menma carefully, and without any hesitation, he put his right hand on him.

"Whoosh!"

Following from that.

The two of them leapt up and left the spot together.

Only the cold bodies of two Kusanagi were left lying in a pool of blood.

And this is what is happening throughout the Forest of Death.

Killing, this is the ninja's specialty.

(End of this chapter)