Forced to sell misery

The sunset in the desert is a rare and magnificent sight; the bright red glow seems to be burning, solemnly ending the day.

The wind blew through his robes, and Ye Cang lowered his hood.

"Is this the person you said you wanted to meet?"

"Yeah." Jing Ye was dressed like a desert person, wearing a hooded long gown, and seemed to have blended in well here.

"This child," Ye Cang looked at Gaara beside Jing Ye and frowned, "Is this child Shukaku's...medium?"

Suddenly, Ye Cang found that Jing Ye's eyes looking at her became a little strange, as if a little disappointed.

"Behind."

This time, Ye Cang noticed it without Jing Ye's reminder. She jumped high to avoid the sand that was sweeping towards her.

"Gaara."

Jing Ye called out while holding little Gaara's hand and shaking it.

The sand that was about to move in the air stopped. Gaara glanced at Jingye, waved his hand to take back the sand, and lowered his head silently.

"It's okay, Gaara did great."

Jing Ye ruffled Gaara's red hair, looked at Ye Cang's surprised and wary eyes, and said with a sigh, "Watch your eyes, Ye Cang."

"What do you mean?" Ye Cang narrowed his eyes.

"Once a person disapproves of someone, the look in his eyes when he looks at that person will become icy and terrifying." Jing Ye's tone was very calm. He looked at Ye Cang and said seriously,

"In short... this child is just like you. Although he is full of resentment and grievances, he is also protecting your common village in his own way. You know the significance of Jinchūriki to the village, right?"

"I see." Ye Cang was silent for a moment, "I'm sorry."

Jing Ye squatted down and looked Gaara in the eye, "This elder sister apologized to Gaara, so how should Gaara express his gratitude?"

"I, forgive you."

Gaara whispered.

"What else?" Jing Ye laughed, "Gaara was the same, he attacked randomly without explaining clearly."

"……Feel sorry."

After a long moment, Gaara glanced at Ye Cang and lowered his head.

"So cute." Jing Ye ruffled Gaara's red hair.

"..." Ye Cang tried hard to keep his expression from breaking.

"Brother Jingye." Gaara hugged Jingye's legs and hid behind him.

"Yeah, I see." After understanding what Gaara wanted to tell him, Jing Ye glanced in a certain direction and turned to ask Ye Cang,

"Have you decided to leave?"

"Aren't you leaving?"

"Well, I want to stay with the kids for a while longer."

"Feng Ying..."

"He will agree." Jing Ye smiled dangerously.

"..."

"I understand, but I still want to remind you," Ye Cang said nothing more, but still couldn't help but warned, "Don't do unnecessary things."

"Thank you."

Jing Ye did not comment on the definition of "superfluous things".

"Oh, right." Jing Ye took out something and threw it to Ye Cang, "Here you go."

Ye Cang took over.

"ring?"

"Well, it can be said to be a recognition of identity."

This ring used to belong to Biwa Juzo...

Jing Ye thought of grilled fish again... and now the little sister who can grill fish better than Biwa Juzo's is leaving...

So Jing Ye looked at Ye Cang with an extremely regretful look...

But it’s okay, he gained the almighty Sand Village Anbu with maxed out life attributes.

Facing Ye Cang's confused gaze, Jing Ye came back to his senses and continued,

"If you meet someone wearing the same clothes as me, remember to show them your ring."

"Same clothes?"

"Yes, Xiao, the name of our organization." Jing Ye nodded, "By the way, if something strange happens while you are wearing that ring, don't be surprised."

"for example?"

Ye Cang always felt that this guy's smile had ill intentions.

"Keep it a secret. I'll leave it as a surprise for you. Of course, it might even be a shock."

"...Okay." Ye Cang nodded to Jing Ye and turned to leave.

"Come out," there are still troubles to be solved here, Jing Ye sighed tiredly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Sha appeared in front of Jing Ye with several Anbu.

In fact, he and Gaara had discovered it a long time ago, but they didn't expose it in order to give face to the Kazekage.

"Didn't you chase him?"

Jing Ye was a little curious. Luo Sha just watched Ye Cang leave like that?

"..."

Luo Sha was speechless for a moment.

After all...it's not a glorious thing, and it made an outsider laugh at it.

"No, I would rather investigate the matter of you persuading me to defect from Sunagakure Shokuton and Ye Cang."

"..."

Jing Ye rolled his eyes speechlessly, what a huge pot.

Okay, now we are on your turf, you are the Wind Shadow, whatever you say is right.

"In fact, Sunagakure isn't at a disadvantage," Jing Ye said, changing the concept. "In exchange, Ye Cang leaves and I stay in Sunagakure. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"..."

After staring at Jing Ye with a strange look for a while, Luo Sha took his men away.

Oh ho?

It's just a way of pursuing her.

Looking at Luo Sha's back, Jing Ye tried his best to resist the urge to spit at his back.

-

About the line, "Don't be surprised if something strange happens while you're wearing that ring."

Ye Cang finally understood what Jing Ye meant by this sentence.

As soon as she stepped out of the territory of Sunagakure, she realized something was wrong.

Fireballs were burning all around him, and Ye Cang looked around vigilantly.

As the space was distorted, the moment the figure appeared, the fireball beside Ye Cang whizzed towards him, but strangely penetrated the body of the person.

"How could this be?!" Ye Cang was shocked.

"Oh my, I almost got killed."

A man wearing a strange mask appeared in front of Ye Cang.

"who are you?"

"Ah~ I'm here to chase after a disobedient kid," the masked man seemed to be scratching his hair in embarrassment, looking at Ye Cang with resentment, "The kid ran away from home and was kidnapped by someone, so of course we have to bring him back."

"kid?"

Ye Cang could hardly keep up with the masked man's overly bizarre train of thought.

"It's such a headache that you took me to Sunagakure so casually," the masked man tapped his head, looking very annoyed.

"……Who are you?"

This kind of attitude and words that bother his own child...Ye Cang was simply confused, "Are you Jing Yejun's...father?"

"Eh? Am I that old?"

The masked man held his face in his hands, and suddenly became depressed. "Ah... Even if you call me a brother, I'm not that old..."

"But I can barely be considered his current guardian." The masked man stood at attention, as if he was joking. "My name is A Fei, and I'm the most talented trainee in the Akatsuki organization~"

"Xiao?" Ye Cang looked at the attire of the person who came - just an ordinary black robe, not the black robe with red clouds that the guy wore when she first met Jing Ye.

Ye Cang was skeptical, "Are you from Akatsuki?!"

"Oh, I'm so sad that I'm suspected..." Suddenly feeling depressed, Ah Fei held his head and shouted like he was about to collapse, "Ah, I really want to be a regular employee!"

Ye Cang watched him perform quietly...

"The ring is in your hand, right?" Ah Fei asked abruptly, suddenly looking at Ye Cang.

"So what?" Ye Cang was secretly on guard. She didn't think that she would be easily recognized just by taking out the ring as Jing Ye said. What's more... she felt a sinister murderous intent from the masked man in front of her who looked a little strange.

"If I can get the ring, maybe I can get a permanent job, so... please go to hell."