After visiting Moriyue, Ajisai and Kazeki each went their separate ways. Unlike Kazeki, who had begun doubting her own strength, Ajisai had always been optimistic.
"Oh, right. Get yourself ready for the time being. When I have time, I'll take you to meet a few acquaintances."
Moriyue called out to Ajisai just as she was about to leave. Naturally, he meant introducing Konan and Nagato to her. After all, they had once been Ajisai's idols.
Besides, Nagato must have had his reasons for choosing Ajisai as the candidate for Animal Path Pain in the original story. Ajisai was also highly accomplished in the Summoning Technique, and one of the Rinnegan's ocular abilities happened to specialize in summoning.
It was just that Nagato and Konan were currently traveling everywhere, so whether they would run into them was still unknown.
"Hm? Okay..."
Ajisai tilted her head. Though she did not understand what Moriyue meant, she only needed to accept her master's words.
Only after the two left did Moriyue finally let out a breath. Lying around was boring, and he could not help thinking of the challenge A had given him.
"Earn the villagers' recognition? In three days? He really doesn't intend to let me recover..."
What Moriyue needed to do now was earn the recognition of more than half of Kumogakure's villagers. This was the task A had assigned him.
But A seemed to mean that the villagers had to choose between him and A, which made things rather difficult.
A had been the Raikage for so many years, and he had experienced the Ninja World War in his youth. His prestige naturally went without saying.
He also had a Jinchuriki brother. Killer B's childhood experiences were similar to Naruto's, but he was genuinely optimistic and had forcefully changed the villagers'