Amegakure—
In the sky, golden sunlight pierced the heavy clouds above Amegakure like a sharp sword. Bathed in its warm glow, people raised their heads and looked up to see a rainbow in the distance, as though the sky were smiling at them.
Though it rained all year round, the villagers of Amegakure had long...
"I was a failure. I barely noticed whether the sun was shining or not, because I had no time.
"My parents couldn't support me, and I wasn't well educated. Alone in the city, I searched for a future.
"I found many jobs, but none would hire me. Maybe nobody liked someone who wasn't good at speaking, didn't like socializing, and hadn't shown enough ability.
"For three whole days, I ate only two loaves of bread. Hunger kept me awake at night. Luckily, I had paid a month's rent in advance, so I could keep living in that dark basement instead of going outside to endure the unusually cold winter winds.
"Finally, I found a job: keeping watch at a hospital at night, watching over the morgue.
"The hospital was even colder at night than I had imagined. The corridor wall lamps weren't lit, and everything was dim. I could only rely on the faint light spilling out from the rooms to see where I was stepping.
"The smell there was awful. Every so often, a dead person would be brought in stuffed inside a body bag, and we would help carry them into the morgue.
"It wasn't a very good job, but at least I could afford bread. I could also use my free time at night to study. After all, hardly anyone wanted to come to the morgue unless a body needed to be delivered or taken away for cremation. Of course, I still