Rain Village.
As Konan entered Yahiko's office, she saw him hurriedly hide something away.
"What are you looking at?" she asked as she walked over.
"Ahem, nothing. Just some reports. You know... Konoha sent people to buy a lot of grain, and Rain Village was handling the trade with them at the time."
"Then why did you hide it?"
"Did I hide anything?"
Konan eyed him suspiciously. "It isn't a love letter from some girl, is it?"
Yahiko immediately looked embarrassed. "What nonsense are you talking about? How could that be!"
Konan held out her hand. "Then let me see it. I can look into financial matters too, can't I?"
But Yahiko looked around and changed the subject. "What's there to see? Oh, right, Konan, about this year's Chunin Exams..."
Before he could finish, he saw Konan staring at him expressionlessly.
Knowing he could not avoid it, Yahiko slowly pulled the letter out from beneath the desk. After hesitating for a moment, he sighed. "It's... a letter from Jiraiya-sensei."
Konan froze at this. She took the letter and glanced over it before asking, "You... have been keeping in touch with Jiraiya-sensei?"
"More or less, but we only contact each other once in a long while."
Konoha was hunting Jiraiya, and the Hokage had personally warned them about him not long ago.
The contents of the letter were simple. Jiraiya did not plan to come to Rain Village, so Yahiko and the others could rest easy.
Konan recalled Jiraiya's previous letter and immediately frowned. "Did you say something to Jiraiya-sensei?"
"..."
Yahiko merely remained silent.
Jiraiya-sensei had previously sent them a letter, saying that he wanted to visit them in Rain Village.
Yahiko had refused him.
After questioning him, Konan understood Yahiko's difficulties as well. She pondered for a moment before