In the evening, the rain eased a lot.
Outside the cave, there are several dense canna plants growing, with wide leaves, slightly covering the entrance of the cave.
The banana leaves slanted horizontally, reaching into the cave. So the leaking rainwater, with occasional sounds, slowly and regularly followed the leaves and hit the rocks.
After listening to it for a long time, my heartbeat seemed to slow down.
Konan was sitting on a small paper stool, reading a newspaper in her hand by candlelight. When she read something interesting, the corners of her mouth curved into a shallow arc.
"I knew you were here."
Footsteps sounded slowly, and the banana leaves were pushed aside, revealing Yahiko's young face filled with smiles.
He walked in, and the rainwater that gathered on the leaves fell one after another, hitting the puddles and making waves.
Behind him, there was a red-haired boy holding an oil-paper umbrella.
"You are back." Konan stood up and prepared to take the umbrella from Nagato's hand.
But Nagato shook his head and placed it gently at the entrance of the cave. "Just sit down."
"Yes, since you are injured, you must act like a patient." Yahiko said with concern, "Why did you run out alone? How dangerous it is."
"You two are not here, and I don't like to be with those people." Konan lowered his head and kicked a stone into the puddle, splashing water all over Yahiko.
"..."
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to." Konan raised his arm, and several pieces of paper appeared out of thin air, attached to Yahiko's body, and gently wiped away the water on his face.
"Konan is still so careless."
"I've apologized, but Yahiko is still so stingy."
Nagato smiled and said nothing. He had seen this kind of warm scene countless times, but he never got tired of it.
It would be nice to be able to do this for the rest of my life.
In fact, he doesn't have much ambition or ambition. Even if he has the legendary Rinnegan that is only available to Sage of Six Paths, he just wants to live his life in an ordinary way.
But since Yahiko wants peace... then Shinobi World should be peaceful!
It's like God said let there be light, and then there was light in the world.
Yahiko and Konan are everything to Nagato, who will help Yahiko realize his dream at all costs.
After wiping off the water on his body, Yahiko caught a glimpse of the newspaper on the stool from the corner of his eye, and wondered, "What is this?" "
"That's what you said." Konan bent down to pick up the newspaper, shook it, and said proudly, "I got this from other ninjas when I was on a mission. It serialized the novels of Teacher Jiraiya."
"What, Teacher Jiraiya's novel?" Yahiko's face changed. "Konan, is this something you can read?
You learned badly! "
Even though many years have passed, Yahiko's biggest impression of teacher Jiraiya is still lustful.
He especially remembers that winter, when Jiraiya went to collect materials, he and Nagato were asked to keep watch from a distance.
The cold wind howled, and Yahiko was shivering from the cold.
At that time, he wanted to sneak over and take a look. Not to mention the visible benefits of increasing experience, it was just to arouse his emotions and warm up his body a little.
But Nagato held him tightly!
During the tug and pull, Nagato stepped on a wild dog looking for food, and then the two of them were chased by the dog for three streets!
But Teacher Jiraiya remained unmoved and continued to peek into the bathroom!
Since then, Yahiko has had an essential understanding of Jiraiya.
Later, Yahiko and Nagato secretly read some of teacher Jiraiya's manuscripts, all of which contained content prohibited under the 18th Eighteenth Anniversary.
The two also secretly hid some.
Therefore, when I heard that Konan was reading teacher Jiraiya's novel, Yahiko's first reaction was—curious!
After suppressing this impulse, my second reaction was that Konan had learned bad things.
"No," Konan stuck out his tongue cutely, "This is teacher Jiraiya's new novel. Do you remember, it is the novel that has been conceived for a long time."
"The one with Naruto as the protagonist?" Yahiko thought for a while and asked.
"Yes, that's it."
Yahiko wanted to say something else, but Nagato sniffed.
"What does it smell like? It seems like something is burnt."
"Ah!" Konan stood up suddenly, "I have Pidgeot fried in the pot!"
"..."
Deep in the cave, there is a wooden table. Although the table is clean, you can tell it has been used for a long time.
Yahiko and Konan sat on both sides of the table, watching Nagato busy here and there, dealing with the dinner that Konan ruined.
The sound of hot water boiling, the lid beeping, and the water vapor filled the entire cave for a while.
"In the end, we have to leave it to Nagato to handle. Konan is always careless." Yahiko joked.
"I just forgot to watch the fire." Konan waved his fist, and his short blue hair moved accordingly.
Strangely enough, among the trio, Nagato has always been cooking, but the food cooked by Konan is not that delicious.
This was true even during the years I spent with teacher Jiraiya.
Nagato was busy, Konan was reading the novel softly, and Yahiko was looking around the entire cave with a nostalgic look on his face.
This cave is where the three of them met Chen, Mikoto and Nawaki.
It was the early days of Second Great Ninja War, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight years had passed.
Yahiko They grew from children to the teenagers they are today, and Chen and others also grew from teenagers to young adults.
Time flies, and I wonder how they are doing now?
You should be living a good life, right?
Yahiko thought so.
The title Konoha Lightning, even in such a remote place as Land of Rain, they have often heard of it.
Especially when he single-handedly invaded Hidden Mist Village and ended the war, Yahiko was stunned when he heard the news.
It was also from that day that he truly understood that there were still ninjas in this world who could end the war on their own.
But then it was reported that Hidden Mist Village suffered huge losses and there were countless casualties, and Yahiko fell silent again.
He wanted to resolve the dispute in a peaceful way, not this violent way.
Is this peace... real peace?
Teacher Jiraiya once said: The era will come when people understand each other...
The two approaches are somewhat difficult to distinguish between right and wrong given Yahiko's current teenage age.
Yahiko sighed, remembering the time when he was rejected as a disciple. He didn't know how he mustered up the courage to open his mouth.
It's like it happened yesterday - yes, it really does.
If I had succeeded at that time, I would not have met Teacher Jiraiya later. Maybe everything would be different, right?
Konan is still reading the novel softly, but it has reached the end.
"As long as we live in this cursed ninja world, it will be impossible for us to live a stable life."
"Then... let me break this curse!"
"If there is such a thing as peace in this world, I will master it! I will not give up!"
The eyes of both parties met.
The leaves fell silently.
"You... who are you?"
He raised his head and looked up at the blue sky through the gaps in the trees.
"My name is——Naruto!"]
"I've decided!"
Yahiko suddenly stood up, startling Konan and Nagato.
"Huh?"
The two of them looked at Yahiko in confusion at the same time.
Yahiko's eyes were full of determination. "I have decided to negotiate with Hanzō."
"What?" Konan still doesn't know that Hanzō is going to start a war.
"I can't continue to watch Land of Rain fall into the flames of war again. I must find Hanzō to stop him from starting such a war."
"But..."
"Land of Rain After so many years of war, Hanzō knows the pain of this country, and he has been working hard for peace.
I believe that he can understand us and we can stop him! "
"Driving away all darkness and bringing light and hope to the world, isn't this what Akatsuki is all about?"