Seeing that someone finally paid attention to him, Yahiko ignored the cold feeling Orochimaru brought to him and hurriedly replied: "Yes, my name is Yahiko, who is yours?"
"You can call me Orochimaru."
After saying that, Orochimaru licked his lips inadvertently, and glanced at Konan behind Yahiko secretly from the corner of his eye. For a moment, he felt his mouth was quite dry.
That kind of gaze has nothing to do with the relationship between men and women. To put it bluntly, it seems to be the instinctive reaction of a cold-blooded animal that suddenly discovered a prey that interested it.
Perhaps sensing Orochimaru's hidden gaze, Konan's face was filled with nervousness, her little hands unconsciously grasped Yahiko's sleeves, and she shrank back again.
The fear of Lei Luo buried deep in her heart made Xiaonan involuntarily reject those people who had a relationship with Lei Luo.
Even if he has made an awakening and finally chose to follow Yahiko here, stereotypes are stereotypes, and psychological shadows will not disappear out of thin air.
Moreover, the man sitting opposite, named Orochimaru... Xiaonan always felt that his spirit seemed a bit abnormal, and his temperament made her shudder.
On the other side, noticing that Konan seemed to feel that he was paying attention to her, Orochimaru couldn't help but calm down his restless mood and pretended to be polite and asked Yahiko:
"Yahiko, are you and Konan both civilians from the Land of Rain?"
Previously, Orochimaru heard the conversation between Yahiko and Namikaze Minato at the door, so he inevitably began to think about Lei Luo's purpose in caring about Konan.
Although Orochimaru didn't feel there was anything special about Konan, he knew very well what kind of person Lei Luo was.
With Lei Luo's indifferent and ruthless character, coupled with the greedy character who wants to squeeze out every ounce of resources, Orochimaru does not think that the other party will be unintentional, and has no sympathy for some war orphans who can be seen everywhere.
In other words, there must be something valuable in Konan, but Orochimaru has not discovered it yet.
so……
Perhaps it was his nature, Orochimaru instinctively started to study Konan's thoughts.
And this kind of research, just thinking about it, I know that it is definitely not a good thing. Xiaonan, who has a keen intuition, may have noticed some clues and seemed so scared.
Yahiko didn't notice the secret "interaction" between Orochimaru and Konan. When he heard Orochimaru's question, he replied without thinking: "Yes, we are all war orphans of the Land of Rain, and we can be regarded as civilians in this country."
"My parents were affected by the ninja battle and died a few years ago, and Xiaonan..."
Glancing sideways at Konan, Yahiko felt a flash of pity in his eyes. He patted Konan on the shoulder and said truthfully: "She had a relationship with Lei Luo... sir."
"I think it may be because Xiaonan has met Master Lei Luo before that she attracted his attention, right?"
Yahiko changed his title very quickly. Apart from being a little unnatural at the beginning, within one or two sentences, he opened and closed his mouth to "Lord Lei Luo", which not only showed respect for the latter, but also did not mean to get close to him.
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However, after listening to Yahiko's statement, no one in the audience paid attention to the issue of address, but focused on what Yahiko said.
There was silence for a while, and everyone was thinking about a question: How could Lei Luo, with his uninterested character and unwillingness to do anything early, connect with a war orphan from the Land of Rain?
Since Lei Luo seldom revealed his past in ordinary chats, his whole person revealed a sense of mystery, as if he was covered in layers of mystery.
Therefore, at this moment, everyone couldn't help but speculate about the relationship between Xiaonan and Lei Luo, and they became even more curious about Lei Luo's past.
Especially Orochimaru, as the first "veteran" to get acquainted with Lei Luo, he naturally knew some of the latter's "process of fortune", but...
Orochimaru knew that when he first met Lei Luo, the opponent's strength was already terrifying. What about before?
What was Lei Luo like before?
Strength cannot be obtained out of thin air, even if Lei Luo's time blood successor is extremely powerful...
But if the opponent does not have a calm and rational character, it is impossible to use that ability to the point where it is now and defeat those extremely powerful opponents.
The kind of mind that remains unmoved no matter what kind of enemy is present...
The kind of mind that can stay calm at any time and make various plans...
That kind of... either a fatal blow to the opponent with the slightest chance, or a fighting style that is violent and fast, and can always firmly control the rhythm of the battle in the early stages...
It cannot be formed overnight.
At the age of seventeen or eighteen, if the other party had grown up through normal channels, there would be no chance that he would have reached this stage today.
From getting to know each other, fighting side by side, to living and dying several times now, Orochimaru thinks he knows Lei Luo somewhat.
Therefore, he became even more curious about Lei Luo's past.
What kind of experience allowed Lei Luo to hide his strength for so many years, only to reveal it a little bit when he met him for the first time?
What kind of experience has created a ninja like Lei Luo who is the best in the ninja world in terms of thinking, will, ability, character and strength?
Thinking of this, the smile on Orochimaru's lips became more obvious, and the interest in his eyes became more intense. He kept looking at Konan and asked with a smile:
"Xiao Nan, would you mind telling me how you met Lei Luo?"
Hearing this, Xiaonan was stunned, and instinctively looked at Yahiko, only to see that the latter hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head imperceptibly.
She immediately lowered her head, stopped looking at Orochimaru, and assumed an attitude of having no comment.
Noticing the small movements between the two, Orochimaru's smile froze, his eyes gradually turned cold, and he asked Yahiko:
"Yahiko, what do you mean?"
Sensing the chill in Orochimaru's voice, Yahiko was a little scared in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be nonchalant and said with a grin:
"Lord Orochimaru, I think it would be better to wait until Lord Lei Luo comes back to talk about the matter between Konan and Lei Luo."
"Sorry!"
After saying these words, Yahiko took Konan's little hand, and the two quietly found an inconspicuous corner to sit down, and then said nothing, making it clear that they did not want to say more.
The reason why I made this choice at the risk of offending Orochimaru is actually very simple.
Because Yahiko had been observing Namikaze Minato since he entered the house, as well as Orochimaru and the other two uncles in front of him.