Yuyin Village looks majestic, mainly because its vertical structure is extremely tall.
However, Anjuro roughly guessed after walking around that the actual area of this island in the middle of the lake was actually less than 1/3 of Konoha, and the population density was even more incomparable.
Along the way, Xingjulang met many enthusiastic "acquaintances" without surprise.
But because of Xiaonan's high status, not everyone dared to approach and say hello to Anjuro.
But when they found Anjuro, he was so excited and his eyes filled with tears that Xiaonan saw it all, and she was even more sure of her previous thoughts -
This child must be kept.
After leaving the not-busy commercial street, the two came to the high tower in the center of the village.
Xingshourou had good eyesight, and he immediately saw the corpse hanging on the top of the tower, letting the crows rest on it, and then he stopped where he was.
This sense of déjà vu reminded him of the people of the Kingdom of Rain who were hanged from trees by the Rain Ninjas in the past.
At least in terms of style, the two are highly unified.
But this corpse was even more miserable. The gray-brown ribs were exposed to the rain, and the right hand was missing, as if it had been chopped off.
"What's wrong?"
Xiaonan heard the footsteps behind her suddenly stop and turned back in confusion.
When she followed Anjuro's line of sight, she couldn't help but feel a little thump in her heart.
She actually remembered——
Although Purgatory Anjurou had an outstanding record, and among the characters he defeated, there were many close men around Sansho Hanzo, but he never killed anyone, he just made it impossible for those guys to continue hurting others.
The visual impact of the scene in front of him might be a bit too much for Anjuro.
Apparently, she had no idea what ghosts could do.
"That's Sansho Fish Hanzo."
Konan explained as coldly as possible, and Anjuro slowly turned his gaze back.
"If he died too easily, it would not be able to make up for the damage he caused to this country.
"Hang him there to remind those ninjas who long to return to the Hanzo era not to have unrealistic delusions."
After capturing Amegakure, Pain bloodbathed Hanzo's relatives and completely eradicated his cronies, but most of the Amegakure who surrendered survived.
These rain ninjas cannot be trusted for the time being and are currently idle.
Only after Xiaonan has completed the investigation and is convinced that they can keep the secrets here, can they be used with confidence.
Hanzo's corpse is undoubtedly a kind of intimidation to these people, so that they dare not act rashly even after losing their privileges.
"I see!"
Anjuro said noncommittally: "Please move on."
When Onimbutsuji Mukai was being punished at the bottom of the Infernal Hell, Immortal Sakawa Saneya often sneaked over from the underworld to see his misfortune, and then came back to tell others about it.
Although not everyone wants to know the current situation of Muzan Kibutsuji, after listening to it, some emotions are released, which is especially obvious for the insect pillar butterfly ninja.
For civilians in this country who have been under Hanzo's shadow for a long time, just seeing Hanzo's body hanging there can feel a sense of relief.
Although Anjuro didn't approve of this cruel approach, he could understand it.
However, this behavior was also exposed to a certain extent, and Hanzo's reign of terror was also inherited to a certain extent.
If you can hang Hanzo today, you can hang anyone tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
After all, in addition to showing strength, the leader of Yugakure must also have the purpose of promoting fear.
If you want to stabilize a chaotic place, fear is not the best, but it is definitely the fastest way to achieve results.
Any coercive measure that can bring rapid feedback will gradually make people with power and power addicted.
Since he can suppress everything with violence and terror, why should he bother to find other ways to solve the trouble?
But if things continue like this...
"..."
Seeing that Anjuro didn't say anything, Xiaonan was very satisfied with the child's sense of proportion.
She and Pain had differences on how to treat Hanzo.
She has a gentle personality, and she did not approve of continuing this style of creating terror from the beginning, because this is definitely not what Yahiko would do.
What Yahiko yearns for is a "completely different" rain country.
Therefore, after defeating Hanzo, Xiaonan's idea is to publicly execute him in front of the residents of Yuyin Village to let people know that Hanzo is dead; as for his family and relatives, they will be liquidated according to their actions.
However, try to play their due role as much as possible.
For example, how to manage a village with thousands of people? These newcomers have no experience at all, so it is very necessary to recycle the waste.
However, Nagato's hatred for Hanzo was too unforgettable, and he directly bloodbathed all the top management of Amegakure.
Coupled with Madara and Zetsu's fanning the flames, as well as the later appreciation of Scorpion and Kakuzu, Hanzo's body has been hanging to this day.
Anjuro didn't hide his emotions very well. Xiaonan could tell that he didn't approve, but he didn't say anything.
This attitude may be just right until you get to know Nagato.
[After all, he can no longer listen to any objections...]
【These two people should get along well.】
Xiaonan entered the open-air elevator room of the tower with some worry.
After pressing the button, the two of them rose higher and higher amidst the rumbling sound of mechanical operation and the sound of metal friction that sounded like birdsong. The other buildings outside shrouded in hazy mist became smaller and smaller, and the occasional figures walking by gradually became smaller.
Be misty.
At any rate, she occasionally went downstairs, but Payne always stood at a high place, looking down at the village through this layer of mist...
But if Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't see the truth of Konoha with a crystal ball, could he really see the Amegakure Village clearly while standing there?
"when!"
At about the height of the twelfth or third floor of an ordinary building, the elevator slowly stopped.
Directly opposite the elevator door is a thick door with a black background and red clouds. In the dim light, it looks like the closed bloody mouth of a ferocious beast.
【Why is it so spooky?】
The nine-tailed chakra in Anjuro's body cursed.
[The old man is not the kind of person who can't see the light of day.]
Xing Jurou felt the same way, but he didn't want to judge others based on their first impression.
But to be honest, if the red cloud on the door were replaced by a red crescent moon, and it was said that this was the hiding place of Kibutsuji Muzan and Twelve Kisuki, Anjuro would also believe it.
"This is the headquarters of 'Akatsuki'."
Xiaonan led Xingjulang a few steps forward, and the door opened silently, revealing a dark and deep corridor.
"Let's go, don't keep Payne waiting too long."
[Nine Lama, have you heard of the name "Penn"? 】
Anjuro meditated silently in the corridor, but he began to communicate with Kyuubi in his heart.
The interior of this building is not within the coverage of Yutora's art of freedom, so it can be detected by Kagura's Heart Eye.
He could clearly feel that he was approaching a very powerful individual.
The feeling the other party gave him was much stronger than that of the Third Hokage and Tsunade.
The reason why Anjuro used the term "individual" instead of "life" to describe it was because he detected that the chakra in the opponent's body was a ball of stagnant water, and there was no manufacturing process like that of a living person.
It was like cotton stuffed into a rag doll, but it was very different from the puppets of the Kingdom of Wind that he had seen outside.
[I’ve never heard of it. It’s a strange name, very different from the old man’s name.]
Kyuubi is in a state of complete concentration——
Not only the part inside Anjuro's body, but also the Nine-Tails body far away in Konoha's body, is also trying its best to maintain contact with this side.
He must see clearly what kind of person this guy with old man eyes is!
The footsteps of Anjuro and Konan gradually began to echo, and the two entered an empty room that looked like a church hall.
There are ten low red seats in the center of the hall, which are arranged in a circle around the light beam cast from the skylight of the dome, but the rest of the hall is completely in darkness, looking mysterious and depressing.
[Ten seats, is it because there are ten people in this organization? 】
At Xiaonan's signal, Xingjuro stopped outside the circle of seats.
"Penn, we're here."
Xiaonan's voice echoed in the darkness.
Purgatory Anjuro saw the powerful individual he had detected quietly emerge from the shadow behind a red seat.
To his surprise, although this young man with short orange hair also had round eyes, he was definitely not the same person he met and fought with last time.
This was the first time he saw the handsome-looking man in front of him.
Anjuro felt an uneasy stirring in his abdomen, and immediately turned his consciousness away.
【Yes!】
Kyuubi shouted excitedly: [It is indeed the old man’s eyes! But why... I always feel that these eyes are very familiar. 】
Before Anjuro could ask further questions, it added maliciously: [It's so familiar that it makes people feel sick.]
【nausea?】
Anjuro is somewhat aware of Kyuubi's limited vocabulary.
Usually when referring to Naruto, his mother, and Uzumaki Mito, the words Kyuubi uses are "evil" and "hateful".
Only when he was quarreling with Giyu (actually it was the only one quarreling), Kyuubi would use "disgusting" to describe Giyu and all the Uchiha people's eyes.
Anjuro once asked Kyuubi why he hated Uchiha so much, but maybe it was related to some embarrassing past events, Kyuubi did not explain clearly.
But this time, it actually used the same word to describe the man in front of it.
Xing Jurou was sure of at least one thing - Payne's eyes were probably not dug out from the corpse of the Sage of Six Paths and then installed.
After all, every time he mentioned the Sage of Six Paths, although Kyuubi occasionally complained, he was generally full of respect and nostalgia.
If Pain's eyes belonged to the Sage of Six Paths himself, it would not have this attitude.
[Most likely, the person in front of you is the descendant of that "god". 】
Sure enough, as if to confirm his guess, when Pain came to Anjuro with a blank expression, Konan immediately started the introduction session.
"This is Pain, the 'leader' of Akatsuki and the 'god' of the Kingdom of Rain."
"This is the Infernal Anjuro we have been looking for."
Then there was a brief silence that spread in the darkness.
"Nice to meet you! My name is Purgatory Anjuro!"
The loud voice radiated from Xingjulang's chest, and the whole space seemed to immediately become brighter.
He extended his right hand to Payne, but Payne had no intention of holding it.
His emotionless eyes scanned Xingjulang coldly, and it took him a long time to utter a sentence: "For a person of this age, you are too powerful."
Although Anjuro is tall, his age cannot be concealed from Payne, who has the Samsara Eye.
The last time Xingjulang came, he was a clone, and the beast thought that he was at least twelve years old. But now that he saw his true form, Payne realized that he was terribly wrong.
This child is only about ten years old.
He had the Rinnegan, and when he was ten years old, he had just learned a few C-level ninjutsu from Jiraiya.
Just when Xiaonan thought that this sudden compliment was Payne's display of goodwill, she heard the other person's words immediately following.
"Except for the ninja villages of the five major countries, I don't believe anyone else can train ninjas like you."
The turbulent air flow surged out of him without any warning, pushing Xiao Nan back two steps. The latter panicked and immediately shouted: "Penn!"
"Tell me, who sent you to the Kingdom of Rain?"
Payne didn't make a move, but the circles around his eyes that suddenly shrank to the extreme looked extremely cold.
The golden-red circles and the lavender circles were like lanterns facing mosquito coils, staring at each other in the tense darkness, but Anjuro was not nervous at all.
Neither he nor Kyuubi felt much malice from the other.
"You misunderstood, I am not a ninja!"
Anjuro's first answer made Xiaonan feel a little familiar - the boy named Yiyong also said the same thing back then.
"I don't belong to any country! I'm here just because there are the most people who need my help!"
"If you ask me where I belong, I can only say that the Land of Rain is the starting point of my life in this world! So it has some special meaning!"
This is the truth, so Anjuro said it very calmly.
He was resurrected by a righteous hero in the fortress of the Kingdom of Rain.
Of course, when Konan and Payne heard this, they automatically translated it into "I was born in the Land of Rain."
Everyone knows what the starting point of life means.
This kid, so tall and tall, speaks quite artistically, with all kinds of metaphors...
As if to testify for Anjuro, Xiaonan quickly added: "Penn, the group of children with Hydrangea, he was the one who rescued and cured them back then. Since then, he has been active in the Kingdom of Rain!
"
Sure enough, Payne's momentum calmed down.
It's not that Xiaonan's words had any effect, but that according to his observation, Anjuro didn't lie.
Since he was a child of the Kingdom of Rain, he was one of his own, so he gave up the temptation and turned around to walk towards the circle of seats.
Konan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Anjuro with a trace of apology in his eyes, but the latter just smiled at her, which immediately put her at ease.
Now that the temptation is over, it's time to get down to business.
The three of them formed an equilateral triangle, each sitting in a position, just like when they were discussing with "Madara" before.
"Since you are here in person, you must have agreed to my last invitation and decided to join Xiao."
Payne was sitting upright, facing the light beam in the center, ready to start psychological development activities for new employees.
Diagonal Du and Scorpion are attracted by their interests, but for such a half-year-old child, perhaps Akatsuki's purpose can be exaggerated to a greater extent.
"But I still want to tell you in detail about Xiao's philosophy and ambitions, as well as the ultimate goal we want to achieve, which is -"
As his emotions gradually became fuller, Payne's voice became louder and louder, rising to the top of the empty room, as if sacred chants (BGM: Ritual) suddenly sounded all around, just waiting for him to say these words
Finished the last few words.
"The world and..."
"please wait for a moment!"
Payne's emotions, which he had spent half an hour alone here brewing, were suddenly interrupted by a louder voice.
What he was about to say was like a cannonball stuck in the barrel and rolling back.
The look on his face when he looked at Anjuro suddenly became very unpleasant——
Kyuubi sensed this malicious intent and couldn't help but become a little nervous.
It wanted to stop Anjuro from talking, but it was already too late.
"You may have misunderstood something!"
Xingshoulang said loudly: "I am not here to join this organization, but to determine whether Yuyin Village is suitable for everyone to live in!
"But to be honest, even though I've only been here for half an hour, I still...
"Very disappointed!"
There are still two chapters left for Big Brother, and about eight chapters for Giyuu, and the Butterfly Ninja will probably appear.
Of course, based on my understanding of myself, it will only be longer and not shorter...
Alas, I can no longer find the feeling I had before.
I have something to do tomorrow and the day after, so I won’t necessarily update, so I’d like to say hello in advance.