Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 631

The orange-haired boy in a black cloak and the blue-haired girl walked side by side on the streets of Konoha. While walking towards the direction of the Hokage Building, they began to chat with each other. The topics mainly focused on what happened a few minutes ago .

"That Hyuga ring, who is he? Judging by his domineering look, he is clearly bullying us. Now we still have to rely on their Konoha. Just think about it."

Xiaonan's face has not softened until now, his eyes are full of frost, making Yahiko next to him smile bitterly, and try to persuade him, but he doesn't know how to explain Hinata Tsukasa's neurotic behavior, so he just keeps silent at the moment.

In the final analysis, although Yahiko was very polite in front of Minato and the others, Yahiko was not a Konoha ninja after all, and the relationship was always worse. Facing this conflict, which was obviously bullying, he actually felt uncomfortable.

"Yahiko, when will we, Akatsuki, be able to replace Hidden Rain Village and truly become the masters of the Land of Rain?"

Unexpectedly, he didn't hear Yahiko's reply, Xiao Nan's pair of beautiful eyes raised slightly, and he pouted unconsciously, and changed the topic out of some unknown reason.

"It might be a few more years."

Yahiko didn't think too much and replied casually, feeling Xiaonan's focused eyes on his face, he couldn't help but pause for half a step, and briefly looked at the girl beside him, then continued as if nothing had happened:

"The exact time, I guess we'll have to wait for the teacher to make up his mind. After all, we can't defeat Amane by force alone, and Hanzo is not an enemy that Akatsuki can handle."

Yahiko's words reminded Xiaonan of the man who changed her fate again. She frowned and pondered for a while, noticing that Yahiko was walking away, her frown deepened.

After running a few steps and catching up with his companions, Xiaonan approached Yahiko and whispered, "Yahiko, are you hiding something from me?"

At this time, there were pedestrians passing by around, and the bustling noise made Yahiko not hear what Xiaonan said clearly at the first time. It was not until the latter repeated it twice that he sighed helplessly:
"I can have..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yahiko hesitated again and again when he saw Xiao Nan glaring at him fiercely, and resolutely changed his words: "Well, I've been thinking about the task that the teacher once gave us."

"That red-haired boy? Uzumaki Nagato?"

"Yeah, you said how many years have passed, and there is no news about Uzumaki Nagato, so how can we ask the teacher?"

Maybe he was really worried about this matter, Yahiko waved his hands irritably, then rubbed his forehead, sighed as if he was suffering from a headache:
"The main thing I worry about now is, if we can't complete this task, will we be able to implement the various benefits in the future?"

Pointing to some construction buildings in the surrounding area, Yahiko asked himself without waiting for Xiaonan to reply, "There is a May [-] incident in Konoha now, and they are too busy to deal with it, so how can they have time to take care of us?"

"If you don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about Danzo. Although the old guy is dead now, his attitude towards us was never very friendly. I think this can reflect Konoha's view of us Akatsuki. "

"The teacher is not in Konoha this time. I originally wanted to follow the senior brother's door to make this trip smoother, but you have seen the appearance of Hinata Ring. It is really difficult."

"I heard that the agent Hokage is still a woman? Sigh..."

Seeing Yahiko's sighing expression, Xiaonan suddenly felt angry. She stopped, stretched out her hand and grabbed Yahiko's sleeve, raised her other hand slightly, and wanted to slap Yahiko.

But after thinking about it, she finally restrained this strong urge, and Xiao Nan pinched Yahiko's arm fiercely. Amid the latter's repeated cries of pain, she said with frost in her words:

"Yahiko, why are you so unambitious? Without Konoha, we Akatsuki wouldn't be able to live? What about your dream of bringing peace to the Land of Rain and saving all the people of the Land of Rain?"

Realizing that Xiao Nan's tone was not quite right, and his eyes were flickering with layers of cold light, Yahiko shuddered, and immediately stopped crying in pain, and subconsciously wanted to say "I have lost to reality", but the existence of reason still made him answer honestly :

"It's not that I have no ambition, it's that there is really no way..."

While rubbing the pinched red and swollen arm, Yahiko showed a look of grievance, looked at Xiaonan's dissatisfied expression, and stammered:
"I can only say that Konoha is successful and Konoha is defeated. Relying on the resources provided by Konoha, our early development is indeed very fast, but..."

As if thinking of something unspeakable, Yahiko pursed his lips bitterly, and continued with melancholy:
"Because of this, most of the people in the Country of Rain now think that we, Akatsuki and Konoha, are in collusion and are Konoha's spokesperson in the Country of Rain. No one wants to believe our sincerity at all."

"What's even more hateful is Sansho Hanzo, that guy knows that we have a teacher's backing, so he can be hard and soft, and ordered Ugakure Ninja to spread rumors about Akatsuki..."

Gritting his teeth fiercely, Yahiko had already clenched his fist at some point, and swung forward as if venting, as if he could hit Hanzo by doing so, while Xiaonan silently watched his companion's performance, and only listened after a while. to the breathless voice:

"It is said that we, Akatsuki, are Konoha's minions, dog legs, and pretend to be nice to the people, just to accumulate reputation, in an attempt to join Konoha in plotting to destroy the Kingdom of Rain one day in the future..."

"Listen, how ugly! With Yu Yin's strength, they are targeting us with all their strength. If Akatsuki does not rely on Konoha, she will be a ghost if she can develop herself!"

Yahiko's anger is obviously not feigned. Out of so many years of understanding, Xiaonan knows that Yahiko has indeed been exhausted by Yuyin's public opinion offensive in the past few years, and may be a little nervous.

After all, Yuyin Village is backed by the name of the Land of Rain. Even if it does not rely on force, money, manpower and reputation alone are enough to make Akatsuki extremely uncomfortable.

After all, it is impossible for a non-governmental organization to confront the official organization anyway. If Sanshoyu Hanzo was not too jealous of their teacher, Akatsuki's destruction might only happen overnight.

The naked and cruel reality was before his eyes, and Yahiko's dispirited look was not only due to his dissatisfaction with the status quo, but more importantly, it was a serious conflict between his dream and the actual situation.

Xiaonan felt that with Yahiko's temperament, he would never be so vulnerable in the face of setbacks, but helplessly, since rumors can continue to ferment, it proves that there must be soil for incubation:

That is, Akatsuki does have a connection with Konoha, this connection is real and cannot be washed away, and it is also the main source of Yahiko's sense of powerlessness at this time.

In addition, it is the words "conspiracy to destroy"...

Slightly closing her eyes, Xiao Nan stopped in her tracks, with an indescribably complex expression on her face: Based on her understanding of the teacher, this rumor may really become a reality someday in the future.

Moreover, the probability is not small.

Otherwise, as Hokage, why would the teacher use Konoha's resources to help Akatsuki develop with money, people, and efforts?
Really, just for a troublesome Uzumaki Nagato?
So, what is Akatsuki?A bunch of traitors?
"Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan, the Hokage Building is almost here, why did you stop?"

A slightly tired male voice sounded next to her ears. Xiao Nan opened her eyes and stared at the face in front of her—the face that seemed to have adjusted her emotions and was putting on a urging expression. She thought for a moment and said calmly:
"Yahiko, no matter what decision you will make in the future, or what decision the teacher will make in the future, I will stick by your side."

(End of this chapter)