The will of fire can't save the Ninja world

The chaos in the Land of Rain seems to have no end in sight.

It used to be that the two armies confronted each other through the Ninja Village of other countries, but now the smoke is everywhere, and it seems that there may be wars in every corner.

Now no one has the heart to care about what benefits this war can bring.

Instead, think about when such days will end.

Even Konoha, the richest land of fire, is gradually becoming distressed now.

Due to dispersed operations, ninjas far away from command are becoming more and more out of control...

Inside the private house, Nagato huddled in a corner hugging his knees.

The room and the living room have been destroyed beyond recognition.

The parents' bodies fell against the wall.

Farther away, there were the bodies of two strange men.

Nagato covered his head, the sudden change in his family left his mind blank.

Since he was sensible, he has been wandering and fleeing with his parents.

Finally, they found a place to stay in the Land of Rain.

But it didn't take long for the flames of war to spread here.

Just now, two strange men knocked on the door.

They have seen similar things with their own eyes—those deserters, those robbers, and those ninjas broke into and robbed without saying a word.

So his parents hid him in a corner, and the three of them hugged each other tightly, pretending that no one was at home.

As expected, the other party did not leave, but opened the door and came in.

The parents knew they couldn't hide anymore, so they rushed over, only to fall into a pool of blood in an instant.

After that...

Nagato covered his eyes, just...what happened?

Is that uncontrollable force a monster?

If there was this power earlier, would the parents have survived?

No, that power...

The messy thoughts left Nagato at a loss.

I don't know how long it took before he came back to his senses.

"No, you have to get out of here!"

The team that Nagato fled from when he was a child was originally a lot of people, but he has seen many people who died of thirst, died of illness, and were killed.

He finally came to his senses, if those two men had companions nearby...

Home is no longer a place to live!

Nagato remembered the patterns of the forehead protectors on the heads of the two dead men, buried his parents hastily with tears in his eyes, and set off with the little money and food left at home.

Don't know where to go, just wandering.

Wandering is already his instinct as a survivor of Uzumaki.

However, he was inexperienced and didn't know that money and food were more important than gold and even life in the current Rain Country.

So on the first afternoon of his departure, he became empty-handed.

The only good news is that the other party is not a human trafficker.

Or in the current environment, even people cannot be sold at a good price.

This time, that force did not burst out.

Nagato continued to wander helplessly.

Hunger and high fever have been with him for two days.

A new town was finally seen ahead, but it was full of hungry people.

Nagato couldn't squeeze in, so he could only wander outside the chaotic city.

The continuous rain made his condition worse.

He finally couldn't hold it anymore and lay in the rain, his consciousness gradually blurred.

"Hey, are you still alive?"

Suddenly, Nagato heard a girl's voice.

Very close, it seems to be calling yourself?

Nagato tried his best to open his eyes, and turned his head to recognize it, not wanting to be hit by the rain.

But the expected rain did not fall.

The little girl with light blue and purple long hair stood beside him with an umbrella, carefully covering his head with the umbrella.

The girl shook her hand, and his eyes subconsciously followed that hand.

"Well, it seems that I have not completely lost consciousness."

The girl took out two candies from the backpack behind her, "If you are just hungry, eat some to replenish."

Nagato nodded awkwardly, but it was actually the back of his head hitting the ground.

After a while, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but Nagato felt a little better.

He struggled to stand up and saw the girl's face clearly.

Unexpectedly cute.

Especially at a time like this, in this miserable country, she was... like an angel.

Seeing him in a daze, the girl smiled brightly and said, "You can call me Xiaonan."

Konan's smile made the introverted Nagato afraid to look directly at him.

He nervously announced his name: "Chang, Nagato..."

Nagato's voice fell, and he was about to speak again, but he still swallowed the word "whirlpool".

This surname, in his opinion, meant to be abandoned.

Nagato's voice was very low, and Konan didn't even know how to pronounce it if he didn't look at his mouth shape.

She looked around the desolate path, but she didn't see any other adults. Since no one came here for so long, it was most likely not a family wandering, so she said, "If you have nowhere to go, you can come with me. I know some friends, and we exchange Help each other, at least you will be less bullied."

Nagato's eyes were filled with longing, but soon dimmed: "Help...can I also help others?"

Nagato thought of the strange power that day.

That power may be more likely to hurt others.

Xiao Nan put his hips on his hips and said with a hearty smile: "Of course! As long as you have the heart, there is nothing you can't do!"

Nagato looked at Xiaonan, the sugar in his mouth melted, as if it was sweet all the way to his heart.

He followed Xiao Nan, only then did he notice that Xiao Nan's beautiful long hair was tied with a strange thing.

He had seen that weapon in the hands of two ninjas who broke into the house.

For a moment, Nagato felt uneasy.

Are you following the wrong person?

He was not relieved until Xiaonan brought him to a cave and saw a dozen children gathered inside and no ninja nearby.

The children here are big and small, the youngest seems to be only three or four years old, and they are struggling to help move things.

The older ones are all in their early teens, considered teenagers.

But when they saw Xiao Nan coming back, they, who were obviously tall, showed adoring eyes.

At this time, a boy with short orange hair and his age came out of the cave holding a box containing half-rotten oranges.

While the orange-haired boy was working, he was also instructing others. It seemed that he had a high prestige among these children.

The boy saw Xiaonan, and looked curiously at Nagato again.

Nagato keenly felt that the boy frowned, and subconsciously lowered his head in a sensitive mind, clutching the corner of his clothes tightly, trying to turn around and run away.

Then I heard the boy say: "Xiao Nan, it seems that the antipyretic medicine is gone... Well, it's not too late. I'll go to the city."

Nagato loosened his grip on the corner of his clothes, and he was stunned.

Xiaonan waved his hand: "It's okay, I just went to the city today and bought two pills. But it's probably getting colder and colder, and the price of medicine has gone up so high...I'm afraid I won't be able to get enough warm clothes. Tomorrow Let’s go to the foot of the mountain to have a look. There was a war there a few days ago and everyone has evacuated. Maybe we can leave some clothes and the like.”

The two talked about tomorrow's actions with each other, and assigned work to other children from time to time.

They were obviously all lonely children in the war, but Nagato saw the light of hope on their faces.

Nagato's hanging heart didn't know when it fell, looking at them, longing, whether he could become like them.

When it was dark, the children slept in the cave.

Because of Nagato's fever, he was allocated an extra messy blanket, which was probably used by a wealthy family as a mat at the door.

Nagato wrapped himself tightly, noticing that Konan and the boy named Yahiko were still discussing in a low voice.

Maybe it was the darkness and the protection of the blanket that gave him a little courage. Nagato waited for them to finish the conversation and asked in a low voice: "Why... why did you take me in, us?"

Yahiko scratched his head, and said as a matter of course: "Everyone has suffered pain, it's normal."

However, Xiao Nan didn't answer immediately, holding the Kunai that had just been removed from her hair, stroking it, and smiling as she recalled it.

After a long time, she said softly but firmly:

"Because I promised my brother that I would be a person who can help others."

"Help you who are also lonely, help the homeless people who have suffered from the war, let people understand each other, let everyone stay away from the war, and live in a peaceful world!"

The two boys looked at Xiao Nan in a daze.

After a while, Yahiko suddenly realized.

Wait, isn't this my dream?

Even Yahiko himself felt that this dream was too far away, so he was not ashamed to answer when asked suddenly.

As a result, the cunning Xiaonan actually spoke out first!

It's obviously me first, whether it's helping others or world peace...

Yahiko stood up excitedly, but after all he was too embarrassed to argue with Xiao Nan about who should come first.

The young man's face was flushed, but fortunately, others couldn't see him.

So under the watchful eyes of the two, he chatted for a long time before saying, "Me, me too!"