Chapter 129 Two People's Feelings
In the end, after hesitating for a long time, Yahiko chose to work in the orphanage.
After receiving the reply, Danzo didn't waste any words. He immediately took out a pen and paper, wrote a letter of appointment and handed it to the other party.
At the same time, he did not forget to say:
“Work hard, even if you leave your roots, this will always be your home.”
Hearing Danzo's words, Yahiko's eyes became moist. He quickly lowered his head and bowed solemnly to Danzo.
Then he hurried away with the letter of appointment.
Seeing Yahiko leave, Shisui, who had been waiting outside the door, returned to the house.
"Is there anything you want to say, Shisui?"
Danzo glanced at Shisui, who was hesitant to speak, out of the corner of his eye. He spoke without raising his head as he was reading the information delivered by Maruichi.
"Master Danzo, now that a great war is about to begin, it would be inappropriate to just let Brother Yahiko go."
Carefully observing Danzo's expression, Shisui spoke his mind.
Hearing Shisui's question, Danzo raised his head in surprise and glanced at the other person.
My goodness, this is something a boy who is less than ten years old can say?
You boy, you resemble me as I did when I was young.
If it was Danzo from the previous life, he would naturally not have let Yahiko go so easily.
Now...
The Root currently has no shortage of ninjas with Yahiko's combat power. If you want to leave, just go ahead. Everything will be fine as long as you don't defect.
Of course he couldn't say such things to Shisui, so Danzo organized his words in his mind and spoke slowly.
"Some people cannot be retained by words. Only by letting them see and observe in person can they truly understand and examine their own thoughts."
After thinking for a while, Danzo added:
"To me, you are like my children. I don't want you to be a puppet who only knows how to obey orders."
I feel a little embarrassed to say this.
Danzo said these words based on Hiruzen's usual style.
"Children..."
After hearing what Danzo said, Shisui muttered in an inaudible voice, then stepped aside with an expressionless face.
Danzo, who focused all his attention on Maruichi's report, did not notice that three magatama were spinning rapidly in Shisui's eyes.
[The Hidden Mist Village has increased its control over the Vulpix? ]
By acquiring the Artisan Village, the Root's forces basically controlled the entire sea area east of the Land of Fire.
Although they are all under the banners of Kakuzu Trading, Artisan Ninja Village, and Bounty Hunters, they are all Danzo's subordinates in the final analysis.
The Hidden Mist Village has always adopted a semi-free-range approach towards the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails.
It seems that the approaching war clouds have made the top leaders of the Hidden Mist Village start to worry about the tailed beasts.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Jinchuriki of the Six-Tails will be the guy named Yugao.
The other person should not be very old now.
I wonder if I can just bring him back?
Or just kill it directly?
Danzo fell into deep thought.
......
"Are you really leaving, Yahiko?"
Yahiko, who had made up his mind to work at the orphanage, went to Nagato's room as soon as possible.
Nagato, who hadn't seen his friend for a long time, immediately smiled from the bottom of his heart when he saw Yahiko.
Then I heard the other party say in person that he was about to leave.
"Yes, Nagato, I have made my decision."
In response to Nagato's question, Yahiko nodded solemnly.
Seeing Yahiko's serious expression, Nagato, who knew the other person's character well, knew that his good friend was serious at the moment.
Therefore, he stopped trying to dissuade her, and instead asked helplessly:
"Have you told Xiaonan?"
Nagato has always been aware of Yahiko's feelings for Konan.
In this regard, he sincerely wishes them both the best of luck.
"Not yet. I plan to tell her in person later."
Yahiko naturally understood the hidden meaning of Nagato's words. He patted Nagato on the shoulder and spoke in a relaxed manner.
"Yeah, that's good."
Nagato nodded after getting the answer.
In the silent atmosphere, the two chatted about interesting things from their childhood. An hour later, Yahiko left Nagato's room.
The rooms of several people were very close to each other. Konan's room was less than ten steps west of Nagato's room.
At this time, Xiaonan, who had just cooperated with Shinichi and his team to capture a spy of unknown origin, was lying on the bed looking through the detonating tag in his hand.
In her room, there were three boxes stuffed full of the detonating talismans she had purchased.
One cannot help but worry about whether the root structure is solid.
"Bang, bang."
Following two short and powerful knocks on the door, Xiaonan immediately put away the detonating tag in his hand and sat up from the bed.
After tidying up his clothes, Xiaonan hurried to the door.
She knew from the knock on the door that the visitor must be Yahiko.
Sure enough, as the door opened, a familiar face came into view.
"You're here, Yahiko."
During this period of time, Yahiko was obviously avoiding Konan and Nagato, so Konan didn't know what to say about Yahiko's sudden visit and could only pretend to be calm and greet them.
"Uh, yeah, yeah."
Yahiko, who also didn't know what to say, said "hmm" twice in succession, then touched the back of his head and smiled a little embarrassedly.
"Pfft."
Looking at Yahiko with a silly smile on his face, Konan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"come in."
She then made way for him and invited Yahiko in.
"Ah, oh, okay."
Yahiko, who was almost infatuated with Konan's smile, came to his senses when he heard Konan's invitation and walked into the house.
"sit down."
Pointing to the cushion beside him, Konan motioned for Yahiko to sit down, while she went to prepare hot water for him.
Kneeling obediently on the cushion, watching Konan busying around, Yahiko began to organize his words in his mind.
"Thank you."
Yahiko took the tea handed over by Konan with both hands and thanked her. He didn't speak until Konan knelt down before he told her the purpose of his visit.
"I'm leaving, Xiaonan."
Hearing this, Xiaonan paused while picking up the teacup, and then said lightly:
"Oh, is it so."
She had a premonition about Yahiko's choice, so Konan was not overly surprised.
Yahiko took out the appointment letter written by Danzo himself and handed it to Konan with a somewhat apologetic expression.
"I'm really sorry for this period of time."
An orphanage on the border?
After receiving the letter, Xiaonan quickly remembered the location of the orphanage.
After all, it was a place funded by the roots, and she had donated money there several times.
"I'm sorry."
Konan asked without even looking up at Yahiko's apology.
"In short, in all aspects."
Since he couldn't see Konan's expression, Yahiko felt a little guilty.
"Fool."
Konan resealed the letter of appointment with slightly trembling hands and returned it to Yahiko.
"So you came here this time just to apologize and announce that you are leaving?"
"Oh, no, what should I say?"
Yahiko hesitated for a long time and didn't know how to start the conversation, his eyes wandering around.
Suddenly, he felt a soft touch on his hand.
"Xiaonan..."
Looking at the white and tender little hand covering his hand, Yahiko was stunned for a moment.
"Wherever you go, I'll be watching you and waiting for you."
Xiaonan looked at his friend in front of him with determined eyes.
Looking at Konan's face so close to him, Yahiko even forgot to breathe for a moment.
In a quiet atmosphere, the two faces gradually approached each other.
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PS: Ah, I’m not good at writing romance, so this is all I can do for now, please forgive me!
The plot is being sped up recently, and some parts may seem a bit rushed. I will try to speed up the update frequency, as the day shift hours are indeed a bit tight recently.
thank you all!