Naruto: With maxed-out affection, I am invincible in the ninja world.

"I guess so. He had a good relationship with Takahashi, but after his family was killed by the people of Yamano, he became taciturn."

"Until that day a group of people found Xiao Feng, and he left after hanging up a white cloth."

"Before he left, he said..."

“We are like straw in the field; we will fall down when the wind blows, or even when there is no wind.”

"Therefore we must fight, grow wildly, and take root in the fields."

"Xiao Feng left after saying those words."

"Didn't he come to visit Grandma?" Haneda asked again.

He said he didn't want to drag me down with him.

The old woman looked somber, as if she knew what path her son had chosen.

Chapter 062 The So-Called Ninja

"Who are you? What brings you to my house?!"

Suddenly, a young man in his early twenties burst in and pulled Yutian away from the old lady.

"Xiao Feng, you're back!!" the old lady exclaimed excitedly.

"Mom, why are you talking about village matters with people from out of town again?"

The young man named Xiaofeng looked at Haneda with hostility.

"I am a traveler and writer from the Land of Fire, who traveled to the Land of Waves to study the local customs and myths."

Haneda ignored Xiaofeng's rude behavior, and introduced himself with a smile.

"From the Land of Fire?"

Xiao Feng's hostility intensified; if his mother hadn't been there, he might have already attacked.

"The Land of Waves does not welcome people from the Land of Fire!"

"Is it because of the Yamano family?" Haneda asked in a deep voice.

"You know this?"

“You must have misunderstood me, sir. I am just a commoner from the Land of Fire, just like you.”

When Haneda uttered the word "commoner," the hostility in Xiaofeng's eyes lessened considerably.

At this point, the old lady interrupted, trying to change the subject.

"Xiaofeng, what are you doing back this time? Didn't you say you wouldn't come home again?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng hesitated for a moment.

He glanced at his mother, then at Haneda beside him.

Suddenly, a red light flashed, and Xiao Feng's gaze towards Yu Tian became noticeably warmer, clearly showing that she trusted Yu Tian.

He took the old woman's hand and said:

"Mom, I'm coming home this time to bring a better life to the village!"

"You don't know, I joined a rebel army. There are already hundreds of official members in the organization, and we can mobilize a force of thousands of people at any time."

"The reason I'm returning to the village this time is to complete the organization's mission: to raise funds to issue a mission to the ninjas of the Land of Water to kill Yamano Sakata and his men!"

"Once Sakata dies, the people by the sea can go fishing, do business, and transport food. Food prices will drop, and we'll be able to live a better life!!"

“Like Uncle Suzuki next door, he won’t have to farm during the farming season anymore, and he can work in the city during his spare time.”

"People like Uncle Takeuchi from the family near the north gate of the village can now buy some meat to enjoy during the Lunar New Year holidays."

"Everyone in the village will have a better life."

Suddenly, Xiaofeng looked at Yutian and said eagerly:

"How about it, sir, would you like to donate some too?"

"..."

Haneda fell silent. Was he going to donate money to hire someone to kill him?

According to his current investigation, the greatest evil lies with Sakata's power, who is also the employer of their Class 9.

In the end, Haneda still gave her a little.

300 ryo, which is about the price of five bowls of Ichiraku ramen.

…………

After leaving the village, Haneda stood on a high point and looked out over the village nestled in the fields.

He watched as an ordinary young man named Xiaofeng spread the word about the uprising from house to house and raised funds.

Suddenly, he remembered something the old lady had said earlier.

“We are like straw in the field; we will fall down when the wind blows, or even when there is no wind.”

"Therefore we must fight, grow wildly, and take root in the fields."

A gentle breeze blew by, and the black, tousled hair fluttered in the wind.

Haneda recalled that ninjas like Asuma and Kurenai, who had just graduated from the ninja academy, only needed to overcome their psychological fear to kill a dozen or so ordinary people.

For someone with his Jonin-level strength, slaughtering a village or even destroying a country is only a matter of time.

Is this kind of resistance meaningful?

"A struggle destined to crumble at the first gust of wind..."

Haneda muttered to himself.

He tried to step outside Konoha's perspective and his identity as a ninja, and examine the situation in the Land of Waves from an outsider's point of view.

"The Sakata family controlled all the major transportation routes in the country, controlled food prices, controlled people's lives, and even controlled life and death."

"They can insult people at will, plunder their wealth, and forcibly take away what little money others have left with their monopoly."

"People at the bottom of society struggle to make ends meet..."

"In order to maintain their extravagance, the upper-class nobles still want to squeeze the last remaining value out of the lower class."

"Class antagonism has already formed, and the tide of the times is rolling forward."

"In a normal course of development, the entrenched old society should be overthrown by the will of the people..."

Haneda deactivated the transformation jutsu, removed the headband from his forehead, and held it in his palm, looking at it.

"But there are ninjas in this world who only care about money and their stance."

“Sakata represents the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. Konoha and the Daimyo’s mansion are bound together and cannot stand idly by while Sakata is left alone.”

"The rebels hired ninjas from Kirigakure, and Konoha and Kirigakure have never been on good terms."

"From my standpoint, I should help Sakata."

Suddenly, Haneda remembered his answer to Uncle Sakumo and laughed.

"Konoha is Konoha, and I am me."

"One's stance cannot change, but that doesn't mean one cannot."

Haneda suddenly understood the key to the matter, but the word "ninja" still lingered in his mind and could not be dispelled for a long time.

…………

In the afternoon, they returned to Sakata's residence.

This time, Haneda no longer appreciated the unique charm of the gardens in Jiangnan.

In his view, every carved railing and painted beam was smeared with dripping blood.

He arrived at the room arranged by the butler and found a note left by Sakumo, saying that he had taken Asuma and the others to train in the northern suburbs of the city.

And so, Haneda left again.

In the northern suburbs of the city, Asma and Red are practicing wading in a lake.

Meanwhile, Shuo Mao was setting up a barbecue, with fish from the lake and edible vegetables and mushrooms around.

These were skewered with wooden sticks and placed on the barbecue grill. Shuo Mao would occasionally add firewood and flip them over.

"There's a look of confusion in your eyes. Are you having doubts about this mission?"

Sakumo noticed the beads of sweat on Haneda's forehead and handed him the water bag.

"Are you thirsty? Have some water first."

Taking the water bag, Haneda drank a few sips, wiped his mouth, and said:

"Yes and no. The mission is only one aspect, and such things can be abandoned."

"Uncle Sakumo, I just really want to know what a ninja is."

Upon hearing this, Sakumo laughed.

"So you've been thinking about this kind of thing. Is it because of the mission that you've started to doubt the meaning of the ninja's existence?"