Hearing Konan's heartfelt words and looking at the girl's firm eyes, Yahiko was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, patted his companion on the shoulder, and replied with a smile:
"Xiao Nan, I think you are thinking too far."
Realizing that Xiaonan's expression had not changed, and was still looking at him with a reluctant look, Yahiko had no choice but to spread his hands and continued:
"Although the teacher has many faults, and there are as many bad words about him in the ninja world as there are crucian carp crossing the river, we have had close contact with him after all..."
"In my impression, as a teacher, if you want to say that he has a bad personality, a domineering style and cruel methods, I admit that, but he is not actually bad in nature."
"This can be seen not only from the fact that he is willing to accept us two helpless war orphans as disciples and support Xiao all the way to today, not to mention..."
After a pause, Yahiko organized his words, looked at Konan without blinking, and spoke his thoughts slowly and solemnly:
"I believe you have heard of Konoha's policy changes in recent years. There is no doubt that the teacher is a sweet-tempered person who likes to help the weak and suppress the strong, so..."
"No matter how the situation in the Land of Rain changes in the future, and what role teachers will play in it, our Akatsuki stance must be strictly in favor of teachers. Even if there are differences, they should be resolved through communication."
From Yahiko's words, Xiaonan very keenly heard some hidden meanings:
Yahiko is obviously aware of her concerns, but the position is the position, and the bottom line is the bottom line. It involves some issues of principle, and Yahiko is obviously unwilling to fall out with the teacher.
From his clumsy attempt to whitewash the teacher's words, especially the sentence "I admit what he is, but he is actually not bad in nature", Xiaonan only felt that he heard a lot of black humor in it.
There is also a vague sense of helplessness.
Akatsuki's backstage is Konoha, Lei Luo, the fourth generation Hokage who is invincible in the ninja world. Whether it is based on rumors or in fact, this is a conclusive fact.
In other words, since first receiving assistance from Konoha and publicly acknowledging the master-disciple relationship with Lei Luo, Akatsuki's position has been firmly tied to Konoha and cannot be shaken off.
Now, Sansho Hanzo, the Amegakure Village ninjas, and the people of the Land of Rain all believe that Akatsuki is the spokesperson of Konoha. Even if there are wandering ninjas who come to Akatsuki, many of them do it for the sake of Konoha and want to take advantage of it.
Opportunity to get involved with Lei Luo.
In this situation, what can Yahiko do? Even if he keeps standing up to refute the rumors and wants to cut off from Konoha, how can he do it?
Cutting off Konoha, let’s not talk about who the outside world will believe, but let’s talk about the future assistance in materials, money, knowledge and other aspects. Without these things, Akatsuki may soon be disbanded in the wave of public opinion in the Rain Country.
In this case, what else is there to say?
No matter how reluctant she is, even if she knows that the Konoha Kumogakure Alliance, which is desperate to save its troops, will most likely harbor ill intentions towards the Kingdom of Rain, but other than following Konoha to the dark side, does Akatsuki have any other choice?
Country and organization, group and individual, justice and kindness, belief and action, ideal and reality, all the above factors that are constantly in conflict are almost the main contradictions faced by the two core leaders Akatsuki, Yahiko and Xiaonan.
so far……
There is simply no way to solve it.
Being called a stooge by the ninjas and people of the Land of Rain behind his back made him feel uncomfortable as a traitor. With such a label, no matter how much Yahiko preached about love, peace, freedom, equality and fraternity, no one was willing to eat his food.
set.
Now is not a time of war, and there is no opportunity for Akatsuki to resolve ninja disputes and become a savior in the Land of Rain. To put it simply, the new Akatsuki has no market in the Land of Rain, and its development basically depends on Konoha's financial support.
Therefore, this new organization whose goal is not yet clear will inevitably become a vassal of Konoha. This is a natural thing. The dual pressure caused by the external environment and internal environment leaves Yahiko with no choice.
At this moment, he is carefully looking for a way in Konoha, relying on connections, and not daring to offend any big shot in Konoha. It can be said that Yahiko, the leader of the Akatsuki, has truly grown up, and has completely matured.
Perhaps, in Xiaonan's eyes, it has become a bit strange...
Pursing her lips slightly, Konan didn't know how to respond, and Yahiko seemed to have lost interest in talking. In a state of silence, these two young girls from the Land of Rain, with their confusion about the future,
He walked into the Hokage building.
Five minutes later, after passing a series of internal ninja inspections, Yahiko and Konan arrived at the Hokage's office smoothly, and saw the acting Hokage, Nonou, who was sitting behind the desk, wearing glasses, and correcting official documents with his head down.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Nonoyu paused in his movements and subconsciously looked up, just in time to see an orange-haired boy and a blue-haired girl walking into the room one after another. The former was smiling, and the latter was smiling.
His expression showed a hint of unnaturalness in his calmness.
Since they had met once in the Land of Rain, Nonoyu quickly recognized the identities of Yahiko and Konan. He immediately put down his pen and took the initiative to say hello with a smile: "Yahiko, Konan, are you here?"
"Yes, Ms. Nonou..." Yahiko was worried, but on the surface he still pretended to be friendly and said with a hearty smile: "We, Akatsuki, are going to trouble the teacher again this time."
"Everything that is troublesome or not belongs to our own family." Nonoyu waved his hand pretending to be dissatisfied, and after thinking for a moment, he said apologetically: "Yahiko, due to the unfortunate death of Danzo's advisor, regarding your area,
We have not yet found a suitable candidate to take charge of the work.”
"Let's do this. You guys will stay in Konoha first, and I will tell you the result after I take some time to contact Lei Luo?"
It seems that he did not expect Nonoyu to be so cautious in doing things, even asking Lei Luo for instructions on such matters. Yahiko glanced at the other party in surprise, thinking that it would be a good thing to communicate with the teacher directly, so he replied decisively:
"Okay, Miss Nonoyu, I'll be waiting for your news."
Waving goodbye to Yahiko Konan, the entire exchange took less than a minute. Nonoyu glanced at the sky outside the window and saw that night was gradually falling. He couldn't help but stand up, stretched his waist, and then shouted:
"Jiraiya!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a roaring sound in the cubicle. Jiraiya quickly opened the door, patted his pants without leaving a trace, with a slight blush on his face, and looked at Nono pretending to be nonchalant.