In the gloomy cave.

The sound of water droplets is sparse and endless.

The sound of footsteps splashing suddenly appeared, echoing in this secluded cave, and a man and a woman hidden in this cave suddenly became vigilant.

"Payne, someone's coming!"

The woman frowned, her palms instantly turned into pieces of origami, and the chakra attached to them was extremely sharp, and her voice was a little calm: "Except for the two of us, only Madara and Jue know here... Are they coming? ”

"No, it's a strange ninja."

The man raised his head, stared at the entrance of the cave with a pair of strange eyes, looked at the figure that appeared, and his voice sounded a little cold and ruthless: "Xiao Nan, go kill him!" ”

Even if they abandoned the ideas of the first generation of the Xiao Organization here twelve years ago because of the death of their old friend, it does not mean that they want to see the place where their old friend once lived being entered by strangers.

Killing a strange ninja who has set foot in this untainted land, whether it is a man or a woman, has no burden in his heart.

They, accustomed to killing.

"Excuse me, here... Is it the base of the Akatsuki organization? ”

Before they could make any moves, the figure that appeared in the cave took the lead and spoke to a man and a woman standing in the cave, "I am the son of Uehara Nohatsu, Naraku Uehara, who told my mother twelve years ago that he joined an organization called Akatsuki to follow Yahiko-sama, but he has not returned since. ”

“……”

The woman's movement of swinging the paper shuriken stopped, and the expression on the man's face was a little stiff, and they heard a somewhat unfamiliar name.

No, rather, familiar.

At least for women, it's familiar.

Because the ninja named Uehara Nohatsu once died under the enemy's sword in order to protect her, it was a meaningless sacrifice.

As the figure at the entrance of the cave gradually walked in, a man and a woman saw the appearance of the person who came.

It was a boy with a crooked ninja forehead, and he was wearing a wide robe with barrel sleeves, which was obviously a bit too big for his age.

The uniform of the first generation of Xiao organizations now looks a little shabby, because Xiao at that time was too poor.

However, it still makes people feel a little nostalgic.

"You're the son of Kamihara Nohatsu?"

The man turned his weird eyes, stared at the young man in front of him tightly, looked at the young man's somewhat similar appearance to his father, and said in a deep voice: "There has never been such a person in our organization, you can go!" ”

“……”

The woman opened her mouth as if to say something, and when she looked up and prayed, she glanced at the man next to her, only to see the man shake his head slightly.

The woman bit her lip, but finally fell silent.

The young man held a shuriken tightly in his hand, as if he was pretending to be calm, but when he stopped and wanted to turn away, he suddenly put the shuriken away and picked up his pocket after inadvertently seeing the appearance of the man and woman.

The man and the woman in the cave looked at each other with a look of surprise, and when the vigilance in his heart rose, the young man took out a photograph.

“……”

The boy lowered his head and looked at the photo.

He looked up again, at the man, at the woman.

Then, the boy held up the photo at them and said softly, "Excuse me, are you Konan-sama and Yahiko-sama?" ”

“……”

Men and women fell silent.

That photo was the only time the first generation of the Akatsuki organization was taken, and there were many latecomers missing it, because everyone thought that the Akatsuki organization was a peaceful organization, and they didn't pay much attention to the information of its members, so many people sent it to their families.

Moreover, the Yahiko mentioned by this young man is the first generation leader of the Xiao Organization, and it is also the source of the two of them becoming more and more depressed.

The man and Yahiko look exactly the same, because the man's body was originally Yahiko's corpse, and he made a powerful puppet.

The person controlling the puppet behind it is none other than a red-haired teenager in the photo.

"Yahiko-sama doesn't look like he's changed."

The young man chattered and said, "Although Lord Xiaonan is a little older, I can still see the outline of my youth..."

“……”

The woman's face darkened.

The man calmly looked at the young man in front of him, and suddenly said: "Your father is dead, he died in battle twelve years ago, and now I have forgotten his name, the weak is not worth remembering." ”

"Payne!"

A flash of panic flashed across the woman's face!

In any case, she didn't expect that a man would tell the truth with such a straightforward attitude, at least after their old friends!

The young man's face drooped, and he forcibly retorted, "Since you don't remember the name, why do you say that he died in battle?" ”

"Because..."

The man looked at the young man's appearance and said in a cold voice, word by word: "Twelve years ago, only two people in the entire Xiao Organization survived. ”

“… He could have survived! ”

The woman suddenly said in a loud voice, and then continued: "If it weren't for me, many people would have survived. ”

“……”

The man beside her seemed to want to say something to comfort her, but he finally stopped talking when he looked at the woman's depressed face.

"I see."

The young man's expression instantly retracted, and he waved his hand with indifference: "Since he died twelve years ago, then I won't blame him." ”

With that, the boy turned and left.

However, before Naraku Uehara could take two steps, a strange gravitational pull pulled his body and pulled him back back, and the man grabbed his collar with his palm!

"Although your father doesn't have much strength, he is also a ninja worthy of admiration, don't you have the slightest affection for him?"

"Payne, let him go!"

The woman stretched out her palm anxiously next to her and grabbed the man's arm, trying to make him let go of the boy's collar.

Naraku Uehara tugged at Payne's palm, looked up at the man's strange eyes, and a touch of mockery flashed on his face: "I'm really sorry, I was born not long ago twelve years ago, and I don't have any impression of him except for this photo and this dress at home." ”

From his mouth, the image of a man who abandoned his wife and children jumped out.

In any case, it sounds a little strange that the ninja named Uehara Nohatsu has left behind his wife and newborn son to follow an inexplicable Akatsuki organization.

“… I'm sorry. ”

The woman muttered and apologized.

The corners of Xiao Nan's eyes were moist, twelve years ago, they were only fifteen years old, and they couldn't understand how much sacrifice the group of ninjas who followed them had made back then.

Now they know the tip of the iceberg.

"There's no need to apologize, that's his choice."

The boy shook his head, tore the man's hand away, and said softly, "I came to look for Akatsuki's base just because I wanted to know about my mother before he died. ”

Xiao Nan looked at the young man and said nervously: "Your parents have passed away, so you... Where are you going now? ”

"Of course, I'm going to Hanzo-sama!"

Naraku Uehara spread her hands and explained loudly: "In the past few months, I have been working as a wandering ninja, looking for news and traces of my father... Now that my wish has come true, of course, I will go to Hanzo-sama and become an official ninja. ”

“……”

Payne and Xiao Nan glanced at each other, a descendant of a member of the First Xiao Organization, who was going to defect to his father's murderer?

This little ghost named Naraku Uehara doesn't know the truth, how can those of them who know the truth, especially Xiao Nan, tolerate this kind of thing happening?

"Nope."

Xiao Nan reached out and grabbed his shoulder, squatted in front of him, and said with a cold face: "Your father Ueharano Chu joined Xiao, then his child is also a member of the organization!" ”

"Your organization... It's a bit like a pyramid scheme den! ”

Naraku Uehara looked back and forth at Xiao Nan and Payne, couldn't help but blink his eyes, and subconsciously opened his mouth to complain.

But...

He has finally achieved his true purpose.

Naraku Uehara's brain clanged, side quest: join an organization (1/1), the task has been completed, reward: [Colossus of Justice Galio] psychic contract.