Tanokuni.

The country where the Ninja Village is located.

For Kim, everything here was familiar to her, after all, until not long ago, she was a member of Otokure Village, a ninja under Orochimaru.

Then he was almost sacrificed by Orochimaru.

It's scary.

If she could, she didn't want to come back to this place again, and she didn't want to see Orochimaru again, because she was scared, so she wanted to escape.

But she came back anyway.

Why?

Of course, this is because of Qingming, Qingming asked her to come here to find Orochimaru, because Orochimaru has a lot of things that Qingming needs, so she wants to make a deal.

What kind of deal?

It's hard to say.

All in all, she needs to meet Orochimaru first, and then she can agree on the content of this deal according to the specific situation, otherwise everything she says is fake.

She'll be safe.

This is what Qingming assured her, she didn't know why Qingming dared to say that, obviously she was very weak, and Qingming didn't accompany her.

But she believes in Qingming.

Moreover, it is unreserved and unreasonable trust, which even she herself feels a little weird, why does she trust Qingming so much?

She didn't know.

I don't remember when it started, everything got a little weird, but I can't say the specifics, everything looks like it's normal.

So let's not talk about it for now.

Yinyin Village.

When I returned here again, I found that the village was a little dilapidated, and there were not many people left, perhaps dead, or perhaps abandoned here and fled.

The rest of the people have nothing to fear.

"Kim."

Among those people, there are also people who know her, and they don't seem to know that Kim has "defected", and they are quite happy to see her come back alive.

Kim is also a little nostalgic.

However, this doesn't mean much to her anymore, these people can only be said to know her, not very familiar, and they don't have any feelings for each other.

Maybe it's just when they suddenly see an acquaintance, so they are scared and hesitant, and they show joy, but they used to be a little hostile.

This is normal.

After all, Orochimaru himself is not a normal person, so the ninja village established by him is the most normal thing.

If it doesn't work, it will be discarded.

Therefore, the ninjas of Otokuin Village will try their best to express themselves in order to get enough attention, and in this case, the others will naturally be in a competitive relationship.

But now it's different.

In order to carry out the Konoha collapse plan, Orochimaru took away a large number of ninjas, and they were basically masters, and those who were left behind were all low-strength people.

Orochimaru did not return.

The plan failed, and many of the Otokure ninjas were killed, captured, or even fled, and so far no one has been seen returning to the village.

Many of the people who originally stayed in the village have already left, and the rest are orphans who were picked up by Orochimaru, and they are people who have nowhere to go.

They could only stay in the village and wait for news from Orochimaru, but what they were waiting for these days was not good news, which made them panic and fear.

Then, Kim returned.

In the past, Jin was also a new generation of ninjas that Orochimaru trusted and valued more, and these neglected people had feelings of envy and jealousy for her.

But now, they were looking forward to what good news Jin could bring back, such as news about Orochimaru's situation and whereabouts, and they were eager to know.

However, Kim did not come back because of this.

Orochimaru?

She also wanted to know where he was, after all, she was on the task given to her by Qingming, but Orochimaru was not in Yinyin Village, and no one knew his whereabouts.

"Kim, where is Orochimaru-sama? Did he have any commands? ”

They asked.

These former "companions" looked at her expectantly, and in addition to expectation, there was deep worry, pessimism, and confusion in their eyes.

But there is no expectation, so as not to become disappointed.

It's just that......

Jin looked around, looked at the frightened "companions", and finally opened his mouth to give them a hope, a hope that was not a lie.

"Wait, Orochimaru will send someone soon."

She said so.

Then, instead of continuing to communicate with them, she walked towards her former residence, just to retrieve something, and waited for Orochimaru to send someone to pick her up.

It's easy to understand.

After all, she was not sacrificed at that time, and she escaped from Orochimaru's hands smoothly, so it is estimated that he also wanted to know the truth of this matter.

So he'll send someone.

……

Konoha Ninja Village.

Coffee shop.

Business may be very good today, but there are a lot of customers who come early in the morning, and they are basically alone, enjoying the quiet of doing nothing in the coffee shop.

Kakashi, Asma, Sunset Red and others also came here.

A party, perhaps?

However, coffee shops are not a good place to meet, and judging by the ninja's hobbies, they should go to a barbecue shop rather than this kind of place.

Of course, they're not partying.

In front of the counter.

Asma and the others had already sat down in their seats, only Kakashi came over and chatted with Kiyoshi, reading a book while chatting, and by the way, looked at the maid in the shop.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, it seemed that something was worth caring about.

Aim for Qingming.

"Qingmingjun, are there two maid ladies missing from the store? It seems that Asha is the only one, what about Bai? And what about the little girl named Kim? ”

He asked.

Maybe it's just out of curiosity, or maybe this time he came to the coffee shop with some secret mission or something, anyway, only he knows best.

It's okay to talk about white.

But where Jin went, Qingming didn't believe he wouldn't know, the three generations trained him as a successor, and the same is true for the current Tsunade, so he can know a lot.

Now just pretend not to know.

Hypocrisy?

Perhaps.

However, this is how people interact with each other, many times you have to pretend not to know when you know, and vice versa, sometimes you have to pretend to know if you don't know.

Now it's the former.

"Bai is still resting in the upstairs room, Jin's words, I'll let her go out to do some errands, so for the time being, only Ah Xia is working, but Ah Xia is enough."

Qingming explained.

In fact, it is true that the coffee shop only needs one maid to suffice, after all, there will not be many customers, and Bai and Jin seem a bit redundant here.

But let's not talk about that yet.

Kakashi, who heard Kiyoshi's explanation, nodded as if he didn't understand, and then wisely didn't continue to ask, but changed to another topic and continued to chat.

I thought to myself.

Many people know about Kim's departure from Konoha, but many people don't pay attention to it because they don't know about Kim's killing of the ninja with two roots.

Kakashi knows.

Because of this, I feel a little incredible, and because of this incident, the suspicion of Qingming's identity can basically be determined.

But so what?

Attract?

Or do you just shoot and destroy it?

Neither.

After thinking about it, it seems that maintaining the status quo is the best way, but it doesn't work to let it go, and besides, the old guy Shimura Danzo has already taken action.

Letting it go at this point will only make things worse.

What a hassle.

……

Midday.

Kakashi and the others had already left, and there weren't many customers left in the store, so Kiyoshi handed over the affairs of the store to Hinata Natsu, and he went out by himself.

Outskirts.

Still on the same hillside, there was still no one, only a girl sitting there, holding a paintbrush, and intently drawing on the drawing board in front of her.

Qingming came from a distance.

Then, as usual, he sat down beside her, and looked at her as if he wanted to see her through, and wanted to get something out of her.

Unalterable.

The living conditions of the two of them are a bit strikingly similar, but they are fundamentally different, because the girl actually wants to change.

She also wants to be strong.

It's hard.

But no matter how difficult it is, you have to try it, and you may succeed if you are not careful, but you should believe that you will succeed.