The momentum was faintly steaming, and the invisible breeze was gently blowing. Lei Luo sat up from the bed, without putting on his shoes, and just walked barefoot on the ground. In an instant, he passed by Orochimaru and arrived at the door.
Lei Luo stretched out his hand expressionlessly, first pinched the door curtain tightly, and then tore it aside with force in an instant. After a stabbing sound, Lei Luo's eyes met Nara Shikaku's.
Lei Luo is seventeen years old, while Nara Shikaku is only fourteen years old. The former is taller than the latter.
Coupled with the strength of both sides being in completely different dimensions, when Lei Luo looked over with his evil eyes, the sense of oppression Nara Shikaku felt was terrifying.
But Nara Shikaku was not afraid. On the contrary, not only was he not afraid of Lei Luo's pressure, but he glared back with his firm eyes.
The two sides just looked at each other quietly, and no one spoke for a while.
The intersection of their eyes made Nara Shikaku and Lei Luo both read something from each other.
In Lei Luo's eyes, Nara Shikaku read various emotions such as arrogance, ferocity, and indifference. To put it simply, he was powerful, incomparable and unabashedly powerful.
And from Nara Shikaku's eyes, Lei Luo read firm, wise, and unyielding emotions, which also contained a hint of undetectable expectation.
After a long while, Lei Luo saw that Nara Shikaku had not shown any intention to flinch. As his thoughts turned, he slowly regained his momentum and said calmly: "It seems that you are not an ordinary brat, don't you of the Nara clan?"
After saying this, Lei Luo turned around and walked back into the house.
"come in."
Unexpectedly, Nara Shikaku didn't make any move, and his footsteps didn't move a single step. He just stood there and said in a more serious tone: "It's Nara Shikaku, this is my name."
Lei Luo turned his back to Nara Shikaku and quietly stopped. After a while, he moved to the chair and sat down slowly. He looked directly at the young man at the door and said in a deep voice:
"Nara Shikaku, right? I remember you."
After saying that, Lei Luo grinned with a sinister smile, and then said: "I heard what you just said."
"Today, if you can't explain why..."
"Believe me, you will definitely be in big trouble."
Nara Shikaku took a deep breath, calmed his tense heartstrings, and then murmured to himself: "Is it troublesome? That's really bad."
After saying this, Nara Shikaku took steps forward without hesitation, and sat firmly opposite Lei Luo.
Seeing that the situation was stabilized, Shanzhong Hai put down the palm that was holding his heart tremblingly, and wiped his forehead, only to find that it was already covered with cold sweat.
As a ninja of the Yamanaka clan, Yamanaka Haiichi can naturally feel more things than others, including the "something" contained in Lei Luo's body when he just released his momentum.
Indescribable, incomprehensible, and unfathomable, Yamanaka Haiichi didn't know what it was and didn't dare to ask. He just followed Nara Shikaku into Lei Luo's residence in fear and sat down next to his companion.
On the table, the dim candlelight shone orange light, illuminating the faces of the four people sitting there, Rai Luo, Orochimaru, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Kaiichi, in varying light and darkness.
Faintly scanning Yamanaka Haiichi, who felt vaguely restless, Lei Luo didn't show any strange expression. He just focused his eyes on Nara Shikaku and asked directly:
"Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Nara Shikaku didn't answer for a moment, but turned his head and looked at Orochimaru, showing an expression that he was hesitant to speak.
Seeing this, Lei Luo waved his hands impatiently and said: "Orochimaru is trustworthy, I guarantee that."
Yes, trust.
After getting along with each other in the past few days, Orochimaru did not reveal Lei Luo's plan to attack Kato Dan.
Even he himself has always followed the tacit understanding between the two parties and has never left Lei Luo's sight.
Orochimaru's performance made Lei Luo very satisfied, so Lei Luo's attitude towards him also changed. There is only one reason:
After Lei Luo's "investigation period" and several in-depth exchanges, Orochimaru's position has changed invisibly, and he is no longer so strictly biased towards Konoha. Lei Luo is convinced that he will not make a mistake in judgment.
Therefore, Orochimaru at this moment has been regarded as a companion by Lei Luo, and can be entrusted with a certain degree of confidentiality.
"If you are afraid that what you said today will be leaked, then you can rest assured that I am right, Orochimaru." After Lei Luo comforted Nara Shikaku, he turned his gaze to Orochimaru and looked at him inquiringly.
Orochimaru smiled and said: "I have always been very tight-lipped, of course..."
"If you really mind, I can go out too." Orochimaru looked at Nara Shikaku with soft eyes, but under the candlelight beside him, his face looked dark and ferocious.
Nara Shikaku was still fine, but Yamanaka Haiichi beside him couldn't bear it anymore. There was a hint of panic in the latter's eyes, and he felt more and more that this was not a place to stay for a long time.
Rairo and Orochimaru, these two looked more terrifying than the other. Yamanaka Haiichi could not imagine how Nara Shikaku could remain so calm in front of such a guy.
In fact, Nara Shikaku also felt weak in his heart. The only courage he had was because he thought that the two people opposite him were Konoha ninjas like him, so he could persevere.
With all kinds of thoughts running through his mind, Nara Shikaku suppressed the fear in his heart, looked directly at Lei Luo, and asked in a deep voice:
"Master Jueying, have you ever thought about becoming Hokage?"
…
The conversation didn't last long, and the topic didn't go too deep. Lei Luo briefly exchanged opinions with Nara Shikaku, and the latter left in a hurry.
Watching the two people leave, Lei Luo did not enter the house, but stood silently at the door, blowing the cool night breeze.
Orochimaru stood beside him, looking into the distance as well. After a while, he spoke leisurely:
"The stance of the Nara clan changed so suddenly. To be honest, I was a little surprised."
"Change of position?" Lei Luo smiled and said nonchalantly: "Nara Shikaku is not the clan leader yet, and..."
"Do you really think he will support me becoming Hokage?"
Orochimaru looked at Lei Luo doubtfully: "Isn't it?"
"Haha..." Lei Luo smiled, "This kid probably thinks I'm a fool, thinking that he can keep me in the Kingdom of Rain by drawing a big pie."
"I don't think so." Orochimaru retorted: "If Nara Shikaku can take the initiative to come to you, it means that he is optimistic about you becoming Hokage, no matter what the motivation behind this is..."
"This at least proves that not everyone rejects you as Hokage."
Lei Luo glanced at Orochimaru lightly, knowing that the "everyone" he was referring to was probably Uchiha Fugaku, or in other words, the two big clans of Uchiha and Hinata who were destined to be divided and dismembered by him.
"Everyone?" Lei Luo asked disdainfully, and then said indifferently: "They are just a bunch of old antiques obsessed with the glory of the past. Don't think of them as representing the entire Konoha."
"If they are obedient, I won't do anything to them, but if they want to hinder me..."
Lei Luo did not say what would happen if he interfered with him, but Orochimaru understood Lei Luo's meaning inexplicably: it was nothing more than killing them all.
With a slight roll of his eyes, Orochimaru decided to change the topic: "How do you plan to deal with small families like Nara and Yamanaka?"
"Then it depends on their size and number of people..." Lei Luo pondered for a moment and quickly gave the answer:
"Hand over the family secrets, reduce the area of the clan, reduce the redundant population, and allow clan members to marry outsiders. As long as we do these, I will give each small family a place."
"As for why we do this? It's simple."
"Concentrating resources first and then redistributing them is a necessary condition for a strong country."
Orochimaru chuckled and said, "It's really a harsh condition, but I like it."
After speaking, Orochimaru asked another sharp question: "It's a good thing to have a clear goal, but how do you ensure that you can get to the top?"
This is indeed a problem. Although Lei Luo's strength has stood at the top of Konoha, he has too few supporters, even if he is currently the only companion:
Orochimaru still has not clearly expressed his intention to support Lei Luo becoming Hokage. You know, Orochimaru's dream is also Hokage.
What's more, the dream of countless Konoha ninjas is to become Hokage. Even if Lei Luo has strengthened his inner desire, why can he defeat so many competitors and successfully achieve his goal?
Violence may be able to solve problems, but violence is far from being recognized by others. Lei Luo still understands this truth.