The man standing at the top of the ninja world

Akakanobu also looked at Ichiro Sagi and said, "It's nothing, Ichiro, as long as you're fine."

After saying that, he glanced at Nagato and whispered: "Ichiro, you must not provoke that Uzumaki Nagato again. He is too powerful and you are no match for him."

"And he is a little different from other ninjas. He doesn't seem to care much about my identity. You can survive this time thanks to Jiraiya and Tsunade. If there is a next time, I won't be able to save you." is you."

Akakanobu was also very dissatisfied with Nagato's attitude. When he was in the capital, even jounin like the guardian nin treated him respectfully, but Nagato didn't take him seriously at all.

"Yes." Sagi Ichiro nodded and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, please rest assured that I will never provoke him again."

But when he said this, the hatred in his eyes did not dissipate at all.

The samurai valued glory more than anything else. Nagato insulted the samurai, and not only insulted Ichiro Sagi, but directly insulted all samurai. This was something he would never tolerate.

Not to mention that Nagato almost killed him just now. He had already forged such a big hatred, how could he let it go.

As for Sagi Ichiro himself who took the lead in insulting ninjas and attacking Nagato, he selectively ignored it. In his opinion, even if he, a samurai, insulted ninjas, ninjas should not resist him because of their status as samurai. Much higher than a ninja.

He will never let Nagato go. When this mission is over and he returns to the Land of Fire, he will use all his strength and will not stop until Nagato is killed!

Everyone returned to the motorcade. Nagato, Uzumaki Kushina and the other five people sat down at the place where they had lunch. Tsunade and Jiraiya walked to the other side, and Akakanobuya took his wife Shijimi and Sasaki. Ichiro got into the carriage together.

Nagato and other six people sat down in a circle. The other five people glanced at Nagato from time to time, but no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.

A few minutes later, Nagato spoke, breaking the calm.

He looked around and said, "What's wrong with you? You all don't say a word, you just stare at me."

Uzumaki Kushina said cautiously: "Nagato, are you okay?"

"Of course I'm fine."

"I mean, you won't be angry because Sister Tsunade and Lord Jiraiya stopped you from killing the samurai named Ichiro Sagi. You must not blame Sister Tsunade and Lord Jiraiya. They stopped you too." It’s a last resort.”

Nagato smiled and said, "Don't worry, how could I blame Sister Tsunade and Master Jiraiya? They are right. Since they are ninjas, they must abide by the rules of ninjas and never attack the client."

"I was too impulsive just now. If they hadn't stopped me, I would have made a big mistake."

"It's you, I almost got you in trouble, just don't blame me."

"Implicate us?" Yahiko's expression changed and he said angrily: "Nagato, how can you say such a thing."

"We are best friends. Even if you really kill that Sagi Ichiro, it doesn't matter. No matter what kind of punishment you receive, I am willing to bear it with you."

As soon as Yahiko finished speaking, Konan continued: "Nagato, me too, and I am willing to bear it with you."

Uzumaki Kushina and Konan said at the same time: "Nagato, I am also willing to accept the punishment with you."

Haruno Zhao's voice finally sounded, "And I, too, am willing to be punished with you, Nagato."

"You..." Nagato looked at the four of them and smiled slightly, "I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing."

Just because I didn't want to implicate you, I didn't kill that guy Sagi Ichiro.

On the other side, Namikaze Minato was slightly embarrassed. Among the five people, except him, everyone was willing to bear the punishment with Nagato, but he was the only one who didn't say so, which made him seem a little out of place.

But he really couldn't help but say this. Yahiko, Konan, Uzumaki Kushina and Nagato are friends who have lived together for many years, almost like relatives, and Haruno Zhao has also been Nagato's teammate for many years.

But he and Nagato were just classmates, and their relationship was not good enough that they could bear the punishment of failing an S-level mission together.

In fact, Namikaze Minato could have said that he was willing to bear the punishment with Nagato like Haruno Zhao and the others. Anyway, Nagato did not kill Sagi Ichiro in the end, and even if he said it, he would not really need to do so.

But Namikaze Minato is not a person willing to do such hypocritical things. He has his own pride.

An hour passed quickly, and everyone set off on the journey to Flame City, but Ichiro Saaki did not get out of the carriage.

...

More than ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

The Country of Fire is rich in tree resources, and there are many forests within the territory. Nagato and others are currently moving forward in a forest.

Uzumaki Kushina walked to Nagato, lowered her voice, and said with some worry: "Nagato, what should I do? I found that Sagi Ichiro looks fierce every time he looks at you. He must still hate you because of what happened before. .”

"Kushina, it's okay." Nagato smiled slightly and said casually: "That guy was almost killed by me. It's normal to hate me, but his strength is too weak. Even if he wants to take revenge on me, It’s impossible to succeed.”

"After this mission is over, we will go our separate ways and never see each other again. Even if he wants to take revenge, I won't be able to do it, so there's no need to worry at all."

"That's right..." Uzumaki Kushina thought for a moment and nodded, "You are right."

If someone could look into Nagato's eyes through the sunglasses he wore, they would find that although there was a smile on his face, there was no smile in his eyes.

At this time, Jiraiya came over from the convoy and said, "Everyone, I asked just now. After passing through this forest, you can reach the Flame City."

None of the eight of them had ever been to Raging Flame City, but some of Akoka Shinya's servants were very familiar with these things, so Jiraiya asked.

Tsunade said: "Everyone, there is very little information about the enemy this time. We don't even know who they are."

"However, since they can kill six guardian ninja, they must be very powerful, so we must not be careless and must remain vigilant."

"Yes." Nagato and the other six nodded.

After walking for another hour, Nagato's expression suddenly changed.

Among the eight of them, only he and Uzumaki Kushina can sense ninjutsu, so the two of them take turns to be responsible for the investigation. Now he is responsible for the investigation.

During the journey, Nagato kept his inner eye open, and at this moment, a lot of chakra aura suddenly appeared within his range of perception.

ps: Change first and then change.