Konoha's Way of Death

In addition to the lush grasslands that can drown people, the Country of Rivers also has countless intertwined rivers.

The Huichuan River originates from the Land of Rain, and the seemingly never-ending rain brings endless water flow to the Huichuan River.

Then it meandered into the Kingdom of Sichuan, circled close to the border of the Kingdom of Wind, and then flowed towards the center of the Kingdom of Sichuan.

Eventually, this river will reach the border of the Fire Country, but then turn around and flow towards the sea, instead of entering the Fire Country.

Due to the strange direction of the river, half of the large and small water flows in the Kingdom of Sichuan will be entangled with this river, so people named it Huichuan River.

Close to the center of Kawa no Kuni, there is a small village on the bank of the Huichuan River.

Although it is very close to the city of Damingfu in the Kingdom of Sichuan, there are no prosperous cities in such a small country, let alone such a small village.

The village is close to the Huichuan River, so people live by the river and the freshwater fish in the water.

Although life is difficult, few people starve to death, because if there are no fish, at least people can still eat grass roots.

Although it tastes terrible, I don’t care if I’m full, but at least it can keep me alive.

Qianshu followed his father to Huichuan River early in the morning.

His father took a small fishing boat to the center of the river to fish, while he squatted in the sediment accumulation area at the bottom of the river to dig for loaches, crabs, and river mussels.

Although it’s just a little thing every day, it’s still worth a side dish.

At noon, Qianshu’s father came back with his fishing boat.

There didn't seem to be much income today, so Qian Shu's father had a sad face.

Qian Shu lost a lot of weight, and looking at her son's hopeful smile, her originally sad face became much better.

"Dad, stop frowning, at least you can't starve to death." Qianshu looked at his father's face, then looked at the harvest, and began to comfort Qianshu.

The father who signed said: "Ah, that's right, but you will have to postpone marrying a wife."

Listening to his father's joke, Qian Shu wrinkled his nose: "Tch, it will take more than ten years for me to get a wife, why are you anxious."

After taking down the fish, Qianshu said, "Wait a minute, I'll go over to the little thing I picked up." After saying that, he ran towards the small bucket.

Just as he picked up the keg, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a pale and swollen hand hanging down on the small beach. The hand was still covered with scars.

"ah!"

Qianshu was so frightened by this scene that he fell to the ground. The contents of the wooden barrel spilled out because the small barrel fell to the ground. The crabs scrambled to grab their limbs and ran towards the Huichuan River, and some even had big holes in their place.

Qian Shu didn't care about this. He was frightened by the hand and backed up, which was similar to those of the crabs.

Hearing his son's frightened cry, the father put down the fish and ran towards this side: "What's wrong, what happened?"

Qian Shu retreated to his father's side, grabbed his trouser leg and pointed at the hand tremblingly, saying: "There is... you are dead!"

The father glanced at the hand, comforted his son, and then walked towards the hand.

Seeing this scene, Qianshu asked hurriedly: "Dad, what do you want to do?"

The father said: "It should be a human being, and his body is still soaked in the water. I'm going to fish him out. Even if it's not to save people, we can't just let him soak like this and pollute the Huichuan River. We still have to get water here." And fishing.”

After the father got there, he reached out and touched the hand. He saw that the pale arm was as swollen as a sponge, with countless wounds intertwined with it. The blood no longer flowed out. It seemed that it had dried up long ago, and there were countless silt in the wounds. Wait for the dirt to get embedded inside.

Dad directly grabbed his hand and slowly applied force. He was afraid that he would tear the hand off if he used too much force.

After he finally pulled the whole person out of the river, Qian Shu also walked over curiously.

He stretched out his head and took a look. It was a boy about the same size as him, carrying a long sword behind his back, wearing tattered clothes, with nothing intact on his body, and holding a long piece of cloth in one hand. There seems to be something sewn in the middle of the long cloth.

Looking at the whole body, half of the whole body was covered in blood and flesh, as if it was burnt. After being soaked in water, the scarlet flesh leaked out from the charred remains. It looked like making people want to vomit. There was a hideous mark on the abdomen. The wound on his chest felt like it had been scratched by a bear.

"Dad, what should we do? Have you buried him?" Qian Shu suggested as he looked at this guy, looking like he had been dead for a long time.

The father was speechless and leaned his ear against the boy's left atrium. For a long time, weak but firm heartbeats broke into his ears.

Dad sighed and looked even more sad.

"He's still alive."

He was still alive, which was why Dad looked even more ugly, because it was difficult for him to leave a living person behind or directly kill and bury him.

But if you take him back, he will be just a burden. The key is that he can't afford to offend this kind of person. Even if he is killed, maybe his accomplices will know what happened.

Although he has never seen this kind of person, he has always heard about the magic of this kind of person.

"Dad, do you know who he is?"

Seeing his father's eyes flickering and hesitating, Qian Shu thought that his father must know who this guy was.

Dad said: "A ninja." After that, he picked up the dying ninja and walked home.

"Hey, how could we meet a ninja? If it were an ordinary person, it would be easier to handle. We could just bear the fear and dig a hole and bury him. But ninjas like us can't afford to offend them. Forget it, I just hope we can save him when the time comes. He's not a dangerous guy, and if he doesn't say anything in return, he'll at least spare our lives."

Qian Shu didn't know what her father was thinking, but her eyes lit up after hearing that this guy was a ninja.

Although he has never seen a ninja, he has heard stories about ninjas.

There are no ninjas in this country, but the surrounding countries each have their own ninja villages. He grew up listening to the stories of those powerful ninjas.

Which child has not yearned for those powerful forces when he was young?

He came back to his senses and dug out any crabs that had not returned to the right place, including those in the sand. He picked up his small bucket and hurriedly followed with the small catch.

After returning home, my father put the ninja on the table and thought of a way, but he just didn't know how to make a decision.

At this time, the village chief came.

"village head!"

The father quickly stood up, and the village chief nodded seriously and said: "The ninjas from the Kingdom of Wind have come to see our daimyo. I heard that a ninja from Konoha has sneaked into our country. Let us help pay attention. If there is him, The information you provide will be generously rewarded. I don’t expect any reward, but ninjas are terrifying beings. As long as they don’t make any noise in our village, please be careful and ignore strangers when you meet them. I’ll inform you Check out the others."

Dad didn't hear clearly what the village chief said next. He only heard that if a ninja was discovered, he would receive a generous reward.

Watching the village chief leave, the father hesitated, and finally gritted his teeth and called the village chief to stop.

"Village Chief, wait a moment."

"Well, what else do you want?"

"I, I was fishing in the Huichuan River today and rescued a young man. He seems to be a ninja."

When the village chief heard this, he was not happy, but horrified. He had just mentioned this, and now a ninja actually appeared.

"He...he didn't do anything to you, right?"

The father quickly shook his head and said: "He is about to die. I brought him back. He is unconscious now. Come and take a look."

The village chief was relieved when he heard this, followed his father in, and saw the ninja.

Looking at the long sword thrown aside and the injuries all over his body, the village chief swallowed.

"With this kind of injury, it looks like he's dead, right?"

"No." Dad shook his head, "Are you still alive?"

"Ninja." The village chief sighed yearningly, and then asked again: "Are you sure this ninja hasn't woken up?"

The father saw the twinkle in the village chief's eyes, nodded firmly, and said, "I'm sure."

The village chief closed his eyes, as if he was hesitating. When he opened his eyes, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Looking at the long sword thrown aside, the village chief slowly walked over, pulled it out, and then lightly poked the ninja's body.

The ninja really didn't move. The village chief breathed a sigh of relief, then raised his long knife and was about to stab it in.

But as soon as the tip of the knife reached five centimeters away from the ninja's body, the village chief didn't dare to take action. Then he directly raised the long knife and wanted to aim it at the neck, but he still didn't have the courage.

The village chief saw the greed in his father's eyes, and handed the long knife directly to his hand: "Come here, and I will share half of the reward with you!"

When the father heard this, he was not happy at all. Instead, he shrank his head and said, "No, no need for the village chief, but I want Qianshu to be able to do something and not rely on God for food like me."

The village chief nodded with satisfaction: "Well, when Qianshu is older, I will help him find a job."

The father nodded quickly, then raised his knife to chop the ninja's neck.

But when the trouble came, he didn't dare to take action.

The two of them had exactly the same mentality. In addition to not daring to kill anyone, they were also afraid that the ninja might have some hidden agenda, or that his companions would find out something and kill them directly.

"Come up." The village chief urged.

The father shook his head and said: "Who knows if there are any traps on this guy? I heard that there are many traps on ninjas. Why don't we send him to the daimyo?"

"No!" The village chief shook his head and said, "We won't be able to see the daimyo at all. This guy will be snatched away."

"Then how about we quietly inform the Daimyo?"

The village chief hesitated: "But what should we do if he wakes up? If he wakes up, we can't beat him, and we will even be killed by him. Even if he doesn't kill us by then, as long as he escapes, once If Suna Ninja-sama can't see him, we will die."

Dad quickly came up with an idea and said: "Why don't I stay and guard him, and then you go and notify the daimyo. If he wakes up, I will cook a pot of medicinal soup and add a drug to it. Then even if he wants me Let’s try it first. At most, both of us will fall down. He was so seriously injured that he will definitely fall in front of me. That way we won’t be exposed and he will be stunned. If he doesn’t wake up, we Just let him lie like this and wait for the Daimyo or Suna Ninja-sama to come."

When the village chief heard this, a smile appeared on his face: "Okay, let's do it."

He looked at the knife in his father's hand and said, "Put his knife back and put it next to him. If he wakes up by then, he will only think that we just saved him."

The father nodded quickly, and after the two of them had discussed it, they quickly went to brew the medicine and prepare for the ninja to wake up, while the village chief ran towards the Daming Mansion.