Naruto: Starting from the time when the Six Paths of Pain was Kira Yoshikage

"Ya...Ya...Mu...Cha...Young Master!"

Just as Yamcha (Tendou) was contemplating his next choice, Poole's voice began to tremble once again.

Yamcha (Tendo) followed his gaze and saw Tao Pai Pai, whom they had met at the restaurant, standing on the road ahead of them. It seemed that Tao Pai Pai had been waiting for them.

"Keep going, there's nothing to worry about."

Yamcha (Tendou) placed the already weak-legged Pull on his shoulder and walked towards Tao Pai Pai.

Turning back now? There's absolutely no need.

Since they've been waiting for you on purpose, turning away now will only anger them. With the current strength of Tiandao Yamcha, how could he possibly escape Tao Pai Pai?

With his feat of flying 3,000 kilometers on a pillar, Yamcha (Tendo) didn't even have the thought of running away.

Moreover, the other party certainly didn't intend to kill anyone. Firstly, no one was paying for it, and Tao Pai Pai never does anything that doesn't benefit him. Secondly, if they wanted to take action, they would have done it in the restaurant already. Why go through all this trouble?

Yamcha (Tendou) saw it very clearly.

So once again I walked to the vicinity, intending to pass by again.

This time, however, Tao Pai Pai wasn't looking down at his food; instead, he was staring at Yamcha (Tendo).

Yamcha (Tendo) showed no fear and stared directly at Tao Pai Pai.

Whether you can win or not is one thing, but your aura is another. It's true that your opponent is the number one assassin in the world, but he is Yamcha (Paradise Path), the future leader of Amegakure, the leader of Akatsuki, and the god of the ninja world.

Yamcha (Tendou)'s behavior seemed to please Tao Pai Pai, whose usually cold face now showed a strange smile.

His smile was forced and insincere, as if the dough had been pulled up.

Just as Yamcha (Tendo) was about to pass Tao Pai Pai again, Tao Pai Pai suddenly spoke up: "You've killed someone, haven't you?"

Yamcha (Tendou) stopped in his tracks upon hearing this, looked at Tao Pai Pai without answering, and simply nodded slightly.

Has Yamcha (Paradise Path) ever killed anyone? As a desert bandit... maybe yes, maybe no, but if you ask his true form, Nagato... he's not just killed, he's killed a lot. After all, in the Naruto world, what ninja doesn't kill? Not to mention the distant past, just the plot in Amegakure that summoned the Gedo Mazo and killed countless ninjas.

Tao Pai Pai was even more pleased upon hearing this, and even his usually taut face showed a hint of a smile: "Although you tried your best to hide it, the almost tangible killing intent emanating from you still unconsciously permeated the air..."

Killing intent is a mysterious and elusive thing; it seems not to exist, yet it certainly does.

For those who can sense murderous intent, it is a feeling.

However, being able to sense killing intent is not always a good thing.

Especially when the killing intent emanating from the other party far surpasses yours, it may affect your subsequent actions.

Yamcha (Tendo)'s killing intent actually comes from his original body, but this Tendo*Yamcha body is able to inherit it.

"I just saw the look in your eyes."

Tao Pai Pai spoke again, but this time the content was even more inexplicable.

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So much so that Yamcha (Tendo) couldn't keep up with the other's train of thought for a moment.

Tao Pai Pai extended a finger, pointed at himself and then at Yamcha (Tendo), his eyes revealing something indescribable: "Those are the same eyes as mine, the eyes of someone like me."

"I've been searching for years...someone with eyes like mine...but I've always come up empty-handed..."

Tao Pai Pai's lips curled into a slight smile, which then widened as his tone grew increasingly agitated, his eyes filled with a kind of obsession and fanaticism.

"I finally found you today!"

Tao Pai Pai looked at Yamcha (Tendo) with the same eyes that Kars had discovered Aja's Red Stone, Dio had discovered the Stone Mask, and Father Pucci had discovered Dio.

"I love that look in your eyes!"

Tao Pai Pai said decisively, then cut to the chase without further ado: "So become my disciple!"

As an assassin, one should never speak if one can act, and one should never ramble on if one can say something simply.

Tao Pai Pai has lived for hundreds of years. Unless he can't beat the opponent, he won't waste a single word on anyone.

In particular, his more than two hundred years of experience as a working person taught him that when you can take action, you should never talk the talk.

"Become my apprentice!" Yamcha (Tendo) kept hearing Tao Pai Pai's words echoing in his mind.

Even with his strong mental fortitude, he couldn't help but sway slightly involuntarily.

Just now, Yamcha (Tendou) had imagined at least ten possible scenarios in his mind where Tao Pai Pai would come looking for him...

This was the only situation I hadn't considered...

"Take me as your disciple? Become Tao Pai Pai's apprentice?"

Yamcha's (Tendou's) brain was working at lightning speed. In fact, even Tao Pai Pai's older brother, Master Shen, was on his teacher's shortlist, but the world's number one assassin was not among them.

Because he's...the villain?

But in terms of the number of people killed, this number one assassin in the world is no match for those ruthless killers in the ninja world. Even any ninja who has been on the battlefield and survived probably has more people killed than he has in his twenty-year career as an assassin.

For example, the Fourth Hokage, who was regarded by the villagers of Konoha as the most approachable, down-to-earth, and sunny person, was indeed like that from Konoha's perspective, but in other ninja villages, he was no different from a murderer in human skin. The Fourth Hokage's most famous achievement was based on instantly killing fifty Iwa ninja.

Fifty ninjas... Based on Tao Pai Pai's rate of 100 million yen per kill, and considering the rumor that he amassed 5 billion yen in assets during his 20-year career as an assassin, this means that the Fourth Hokage's single battle equaled the total number of kills Tao Pai Pai had accumulated in his 20-year career...

In fact, whether someone is a villain or not is meaningless to a ninja.

There is no such thing as justice among ninjas; they only have different positions.

Upon closer examination, making Yamcha (Tendou) Tao Pai Pai's apprentice and teaching him Crane Style martial arts is a very good choice.

Assassins and ninjas are inherently similar in nature. Yamcha (Tendo) and Tao Pai Pai should be the same type of person. Just as Tao Pai Pai himself said, their eyes are very similar, and they are the same kind of people.

Even if you stubbornly refuse and continue searching for Master Roshi's whereabouts, even if Tao Pai Pai lets you leave like this, even if he eventually finds Master Roshi, how can you be sure that the other party will be willing to take you as a disciple?

Three words.

On what grounds?

Many things cannot be achieved simply by wishing them to.

The titles "God of Martial Arts" and "Strongest in the World" alone are enough to make Master Roshi revered by countless martial artists. However, in his centuries-long martial arts career, aside from taking on Gohan and Ox-King a few decades ago, he hasn't taken on any other disciples...

Are those martial artists unwilling to become Master Roshi's disciples?

Is it because Master Roshi isn't famous enough?

Obviously not.