Naruto: I, who didn't want to be hacked to pieces, saved the ninja world.

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Xiao Nan didn't say anything, and Bai Yun Qingye didn't ask any more questions either. She turned around and walked towards the Thousand Hands Ancestral Home.

"You should be able to get a good night's sleep tonight, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Nan's heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively called out to stop the other person.

"Wait a moment!"

Bai Yunqingye paused in his steps, turned back to look at her, but said nothing.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I came to Konoha?"

Xiao Nan felt that she was probably sick, because even if the other person asked her this question, she wouldn't be able to answer it.

But she still wanted to know the answer.

"Because I believe in you. You came to Konoha because of the mission from above, so I still believe in you and don't want to put you in a difficult position."

Baiyun Qingye spoke very seriously.

Looking into the boy's eyes, Xiao Nan's heart, which had been sealed away for many years, began to surge.

Can people truly understand each other?

Chapter 238 What are you doing in Xiyan's bed?

"Aoba, have you thought about your ninja way?"

Xiao Nan suddenly asked.

"Ninpodo?"

Shirokumo Aoba paused for a moment, then asked in return, "Then what is your ninja way?"

Konan pursed her lips. "It's probably... to achieve peace in the ninja world."

"Peace in the ninja world...that is truly a great goal."

Baiyun Qingye couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"You should tell me what you've got to say," Xiao Nan reminded her.

"As for me... I guess it's for peace of mind."

Baiyun Qingye thought for a while and gave a somewhat perfunctory answer.

"...peace of mind?"

Xiao Nan looked somewhat surprised.

She didn't understand. Shouldn't they be like her, both striving for peace in the ninja world?

Baiyun Qingye smiled faintly and explained.

"People live to overcome anxiety and fear, and to gain a sense of security. Having fame, dominating others, making money... these are all for the sake of peace of mind. Getting married and making friends are also for peace of mind. Saying it's for love and peace, it's all just for the sake of peace of mind!"

"The pursuit of a sense of security is the ultimate purpose of a ninja's life."

Baiyun Qingye walked up to Xiaonan, turned her face to face, and made her look at him directly.

"So, Xiao Nan, after telling everything, are you really at ease?"

Xiao Nan's body trembled slightly. She wanted to turn her head away, but Bai Yun Qingye held her face in his hands, preventing her from moving.

"I believe you genuinely want to achieve peace in the ninja world, but I think the peace you want to achieve is one built on the lives of countless people, isn't it?"

"That's why you've struggled for so long between your mission and your conscience, and been plagued by nightmares every night. But is that kind of peace really the peace you want?"

Konan thought of Nagato's plan, and her vision blurred.

The nightmare of purgatory reappeared before her, with countless people dying in front of her. The little girl who gave her candied hawthorns, the pregnant woman touching her belly, and the corpse of the white-haired boy in front of her gradually grew cold in her arms.

Shirakumo Aoba feels like he's starting to become like Dio.

"Now that you've told me about Sunagakure's plan, does that mean you also believe that this way of achieving peace is wrong?"

"Can the peace bought with the blood and tears of countless people truly put your mind at ease...?"

"No...don't say anymore!"

Xiao Nan's voice was trembling, and it seemed to carry a hint of sobbing and helplessness.

She was a little overwhelmed.

Bai Yunqingye withdrew her hand and then quietly watched as the girl with blue-purple hair in front of her slowly squatted down and hugged her knees.

"I don't know what to do..."

"Then do nothing."

Shirokumo Aoba offered her advice.

"Wh...what?"

Xiao Nan raised her head somewhat blankly.

"Since you can't find a way to put your mind at ease, then just leave everything to me."

Bai Yun Qingye's expression became extremely serious. "I will find it. You just need to stay by my side, and I will help you find your sense of security."

Xiao Nan stared blankly at the boy in front of her.

After a long while, she uttered two words that Bai Yunqingye never expected.

"fraud……"

"Ok?"

"You haven't called me 'sister' since just now?"

"Oh... then, Sister Xiao Nan, would you like to stay by my side?"

……

Xiao Nan naturally did not agree.

If her bond with Nagato, which had lasted for more than ten years, could be severed just because of a few words of verbal sparring from Shirokumo Aoba, then what kind of person would she be?

It's alright, now that the ninja way has opened a small door, we can gradually widen it in the future.

Baiyun Qingye returned home.

Uzuki Yugao was waiting in the living room when she saw Shirakumo Aoba push the door open and enter, and her expression became somewhat strange.

"Have you already won over Misaka-senpai?"

“I took Aunt Mikoto home and came right back.”

"Ha! So when you sent her back, you didn't say anything?"

Maoyue Xiyan chuckled.

"This……"

Bai Yun Qingye, whose thoughts had been seen through, didn't bother to explain. He simply stepped forward, hugged her tightly, and pressed himself against her.

Uzuki Yugao's expression immediately changed from a cold smile to a bewildered look.

After a long while, she gently pushed the other person away, her face flushed.

"Go find Senior Shizune first."

"Then you're not allowed to be jealous."

Uzuki Yugao couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, "No."

"By the way, where's Sister Ming?"

Before leaving, Shirokumo Aoba thought of Terumi Mei again. Knowing her personality, she would definitely pounce on him.

Uzuki Yugao's expression changed slightly. "She's too tired and has gone to rest."

"I see."

……

Silent is much easier to coax than Evening Glory.

"Sister Jingyin, shall I give you a massage?"