Naruto: Konoha Uzumaki Shirataki

Although, the other party was not wearing the squirrel mask this time. This is no longer the dark and humid forest. Although, the other party was lowering his head at the moment, as if he was looking at the apple on the ground, and seemed to be thinking about something, and seemed to have no intention of paying attention to them.

But Xiaonan only felt that her legs were filled with lead in an instant, making it difficult to move forward any further. His heart trembled suddenly, as if it had stopped beating for a moment.

Her big light yellow eyes were filled with fear at some point. Xiaonan subconsciously took a step forward, but unexpectedly her ankle weakened and she fell to the ground with a plop.

Hearing the sound behind him, the boy instinctively looked back. When he saw his companion falling, he couldn't help but anxiously shouted "Xiao Nan!" After shouting this, the boy turned his head without hesitation and ran quickly to Xiao Nan. He bent down and stretched out his hands, trying to help her up. While looking back frequently, the anxious look on his face became more and more serious.

On the side, noticing the movements of the young girl, Shirataki glanced at the girl named Konan for a moment, and then didn't say anything. He just bent down and picked up an apple on the ground.

As the boy swayed from side to side and pulled back and forth, Xiao Nan seemed to have gradually recovered, but when she raised her eyes to look at her companion, she unexpectedly saw him behind her.

An unfamiliar young face suddenly appeared in her eyes. It was the man in black robe just now. The man was half-crouching and looking at her with interest.

At this moment, the two sides' eyes were level, Xiaonan's pupils suddenly shrank, her body seemed to be frozen, and there was no response no matter how the boy screamed.

"Xiaonan! What's wrong with you?" "Run! That uncle is going to catch up!"

After shouting a few more times, the boy was stunned when he saw that his companion was motionless as if he was stupid, and his eyes were firmly focused behind him, and he subconsciously wanted to turn his head.

But at this moment, a gentle voice came from behind him, clearly appearing in the boy's ears, "You seem to know me, but I don't remember when I saw you. This makes me Very confusing."

"I don't know, can you help me clarify my doubts? Xiaonan, right?" The words in my ears seemed to be filled with a strong sense of doubt. It felt like the person speaking really wanted to Find out the answer to this question.

Maybe he felt the emotion conveyed in the tone of the person behind him, or maybe he had a keen intuition and noticed something inexplicable. In short,

The boy did not completely turn his head, but stood up decisively, facing Shirataki. Then, while assuming an attacking posture, he roared like a frightened beast, "Who are you?! You did what you did to Konan." What!”

He looked at the boy in front of him funnyly, who seemed to be preparing to attack him. Shirataki did not stand up, but just kept his crouching position, raised his hand, placed the apple in his palm in front of the other party, and said calmly, "I just want to remind you that your things have fallen." ”

"And..." Shirataki turned his head slightly and glanced at Xiaonan's position. "I want to get the answer to a question that interests me from your companion."

Seeing that Shirataki didn't look malicious and didn't look like a ninja based on his appearance, the boy felt a little relieved and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

But at this moment, a loud shout not far away interrupted the words that the boy was about to say. "Yahiko! Konan! You two thieves! How many times has this happened! You" It was a fat middle-aged man, and his expression seemed to be filled with anger.

The obese man walked toward Yahiko and Shirataki menacingly. He rolled up his sleeves, revealing a pair of thick arms, and roared repeatedly.

Yahiko's expression changed, and he subconsciously wanted to run away, but Konan became a little strange for some reason, and he was unwilling to leave his companions behind, so he simply stayed where he was and gritted his teeth.

Turning his head slightly, Bai Taki glanced at the fat man, flicked his sleeves, took out a gold ingot from the alien space, and threw it into the man's open mouth.

With a whooshing sound, the gold ingot drew a straight line in the air and arrived at the target location in less than a second.

"Ouch!"

The entrance of a foreign object seemed to be stuck in the throat, and the roof of the mouth was hit at the same time. The fat man let out a cry of pain, and quickly put his hand into his mouth to pull it out.

When he got the thing in his throat in front of him, the fat man's screams stopped suddenly. He subconsciously looked up, and saw Shirataki impatiently waving his hand to him, as if to say, "I paid the money." , why don’t you get out quickly?”

The gold ingots in his hand weighed at least a dozen taels. The fat man, the owner of the fruit stall, knew exactly how much of a bargain he had gotten this time. He turned around and left in a hurry, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

With the whole process under his eyes, Yahiko turned his head when the fruit stall owner disappeared, and first looked at Shirataki again, as if to remember the latter's appearance firmly in his mind.

Afterwards, he scratched his head in embarrassment and said with an awkward smile, "Thank you very much!" Yahiko's laughter was very hearty, but in such a situation where he and his companions did something wrong first and were helped by others instead. Next, his face looked a little unnatural.

Shirataki also smiled and said, "It's a small matter."

The strange man had a calm attitude before meeting him, and he did not have any discriminatory or disgusting attitude toward him because of what happened before. Yahiko couldn't help but feel fond of Shirataki, and he no longer hesitated. He quickly walked to Konan and squatted down. At the same time, he whispered into the latter's ear, "Konan, wake up quickly. It's okay."

Perhaps it was the voice of her companion that gave her a little courage. Xiaonan raised her head and looked at Shirataki, who was eye level with her in front of her. She looked into those dark pupils for a second or two, and then...

Like a frightened rabbit, Xiao Nan quickly lowered his head again, and at the same time his whole body was trembling slightly, as if he did not dare to continue to look at Shirataki, and he did not even say a complete sentence in his mouth, obviously he was extremely scared.

On the other side, seeing Konan's reaction secretly, Yahiko had some guesses in his mind. When he turned around calmly, he pretended to smile bitterly and said to Shirataki, "My lord, my companion is not in a good condition right now." , I’m afraid I can’t answer your question.”

"How about, what do you think? You can leave an address and we can visit you when my companion returns to normal?"

After hearing this, Shirataki first stared at Yahiko for a while, then glanced at Konan again, and then suddenly stood up and said in a neither salty nor indifferent tone, "This is a good idea, then I will wait for you to come over. ”

As he spoke, Shirataki leaned close to Yahiko's ear, and while whispering the location of the hotel, he reached out and patted his shoulder, as if to signal Yahiko to relax, or as if it contained something else.

After completing these actions, Shirataki no longer stayed, leaving only the words "Don't make me wait too long", then turned around and left without even looking at Yahiko and Konan.

On the other side, seeing the figure of the man in black robe gradually moving away, and soon disappearing around a corner of the street, Yahiko straightened his mind, and a trace of solemnity appeared on his face unconsciously.

At this moment, a hoarse female voice with a hint of weakness came into Yahiko's ears: "Mi, Yahiko. Let's go quickly, hurry up, hurry up."

"Konan?" Yahiko subconsciously glanced at his companion who grabbed his arm. Yahiko was surprised to find that Konan's face had turned pale at some point, as if there was no trace of blood.

And her expression at this moment was something Yahiko had never seen before. The feeling was both fear and despair, and more like a strong sense of powerlessness filling her.

"What's wrong with you? Xiaonan? What's going on? That man just now, have you seen him before?" While reaching out to support the girl beside him, Yahiko kept asking several questions in succession.

But Xiaonan didn't answer a single question. She put one hand on the ground and reluctantly stood up. Then, when she felt her legs gradually regaining consciousness, Konan grabbed Yahiko's wrist fiercely and ran forward without saying a word.

As for the apples scattered on the ground, which should now be regarded as truly belonging to them, Xiaonan didn't seem to pay any attention to them. And every step she took while running seemed to be more hurried and urgent than when she was avoiding the fruit stall owner.

It felt like running away for one's life. Because his wrist was grabbed, Yahiko couldn't help but follow Konan and run wildly.

Half an hour passed quietly.

In this way, the two of them walked forward, running out of the town without stopping, ran into a nearby grove, and finally got into a cave with dim candlelight, which was where they lived.

The cave is not large, and the living facilities inside are extremely simple. Apart from a few large wooden boxes containing food, clothing and other supplies, there are only two thatched beds.

Just looking at the layout, the conditions here are no different from the slums in the city, but for some unknown reason, Yahiko and Konan did not settle in the nearby slums, but moved their families to this inaccessible area.

At this moment, a candlestick was burning slowly on the wooden box used as a table. Although the dim firelight was dim, the cave entrance was very large, and the breeze that blew in from time to time made the surrounding environment even brighter and darker.

But Xiaonan felt surprisingly at ease. She slowly exhaled a long breath, and her nervous mind calmed down a little.

At this moment, Yahiko's voice came: "Konan, can you answer my question now?"

Raising his head, Xiaonan stared blankly at his companion for a while. Seeing that Yahiko's face was very serious, and there was a hint of worry in his eyebrows, Konan couldn't help but start to recall, what questions did Yahiko ask before?

That man? Have you seen him before? As I thought about it, more distant memories gradually emerged in Xiao Nan's mind without realizing it.

That was about five months ago. Before she met Yahiko, she was a war orphan in Amegakure Village. Along with several other children about her age, she accompanied a group of Amegakure ninjas in what was called the Great Retreat. action.

Originally, everything was going very smoothly. Xiaonan thought that he would arrive at the Rain Hidden Village, and after receiving a period of ninja training, he would become an Rain ninja and fight for his country in the future.

Then, as they were passing through a forest, they encountered a roadblock, a man wearing a mask and a white robe. As soon as the other party appeared, he asked, "Are you all ninjas from Hidden Rain Village?"