There was the sound of rain in my ears.

Rainy days are especially disgusting.

Especially the people of the Land of Rain, who are especially disgusted with their country where it rains all year round.

When Nagato entered Nagato's sight, the devastated village was affected by the battle between Konoha and the Sand Hidden Ninja, and it became like this, and now it is no longer able to live inhabited.

It wasn't just the corpses of ninjas who fell there, but also the civilians of the Land of Rain.

Suffered from the unwarranted disaster of ninja fighting.

Nagato looked up at the gray sky, pursed his lips with a pale face, and his vision seemed to become blurred.

His expression was sad and silent, and his eyes changed from sadness to confusion and confusion as he looked at the corpses all over the ground.

Why should the great powers get their own countries involved in the fighting?

Akatsuki had already dissuaded them from fighting without harming civilians, so why would they be so brutal to bring their wounds to the innocent people of the Rain Country?

Isn't it a matter for the five great powers to stipulate that civilians are not allowed to be injured in ninja battles? Why are they the ones who break their own rules in the first place?

Where is their justice, and where is their self-discipline? Where is the power that thinks it is superior?

Extreme violence and power?

This is not the first time this has happened.

His parents when he was a child also died in this way at the hands of the great ninjas.

Now more people in this country are also dying.

And this chain will not go away, and many more people will die in the war in the future.

Nagato closed his eyes and thought back to everything in the country.

Everywhere are homeless vagrants and orphans, scrawny hungry lying on the side of the road, carcasses gnawed by wild dogs.

Nagato suddenly realizes that something terrible is that for as long as he can remember, he has been reflecting in his eyes a distortion, chaotic, and twisted world full of blood and carnage all day long.

"You're here, Nagato."

A voice came from behind.

It was a young woman with blue hair.

"Xiao Nan, is there something wrong?"

Nagato leaned slightly to reveal his side face.

"Seeing this scene, do you recall the past?"

Xiao Nan looked at the tragic situation of the village, and his eyes also showed grief.

"Hmm."

Nagato nodded without hesitation.

In front of your peers, there is no need to hide your inner pain.

He went through this incident, but now there are a lot of doubts and confusion in his heart.

"Don't think too much, one day, we will succeed. Everybody is working hard for this. ”

"I know. I'm fine, Nan. What did Yahiko say? ”

Nagato asked about business.

"He's going to negotiate with the ninjas of Sunakurin and Konoha."

"Negotiations?"

"Let them stop the war."

Hearing Xiao Nan say this, although Nagato also supported Yahiko's approach, he felt that it was inappropriate.

After seeing this, Nagato didn't think that those great ninjas would listen to their prayers, stop their weapons, and go home.

In the end, it was still the Land of Rain that suffered the most damage, and nothing had changed.

Thinking of this, Nagato couldn't help but think of what he said three years ago, when a guy in an organization called himself a worm man came to recruit them.

They know that they will eventually fail.

Nagato thought back on this, and it was indeed the same as the worm man's man said.

They continue to save money, give more materials to the poor people in the Land of Rain, and even dedicate their strength to them for free.

Yet nothing has changed.

The poor are still poor, and after almsgiving, their lives will be a big problem.

"Until then, we need to distribute the supplies we have recently collected to the rest of the population. Yahiko asked you to come with me. ”

"Alright, let's go now."

Although I wonder why everyone has done so much, nothing has changed in the end, and now is not the time to care about these things.

Saving the people of this country is the priority.

In such an era of war, every second counts.

This village, which was destroyed by ninjas, is an example of this.

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Nagato and Konan braved the rain to make their way forward.

The two of them carried a lot of supplies behind their backs, all of which were ready to be distributed to the people of the Land of Rain.

In the dilapidated village, many buildings have been destroyed, and most of the houses have a large hole in the top of the house due to the ninja battle.

The house was flooded with rainwater.

However, even in such a difficult environment, there are also many people in the Land of Rain who have taken refuge here.

When the ninjas return, they will take refuge elsewhere. If you don't have time to escape, you'll have to die.

Anyway, the country is almost the same wherever they hide, the daimyo are too busy to take care of themselves, the nobles are drunk and dreaming and dying, enjoying themselves to the fullest, trying to make the last madness, and no one cares about the life or death of their commoners.

"Why is there only so little this time?"

The male villagers, whose heads peeked out of the broken wooden doors, seemed to be very dissatisfied with the meager supplies they had received.

"I'm sorry, I've been collecting fewer and fewer supplies lately, we'll bring a little more next time."

"With such a little thing, our family won't last long."

The male villagers weighed the total amount of supplies they got this time, and estimated that they would be gone after half a month.

Immediately, he looked at Xiao Nan's back, revealing greed.

"Isn't there still there? Take that one down and give it to me, too. ”

Such a request should be made as a matter of course.

"No! These are things that are ready to be distributed to other people. There are only so many of them this time. ”

Xiao Nan took a step back, protecting the supplies behind him to prevent the man from coming and snatching it.

"Does it matter? Anyway, in this village, only our family has the largest population, so we should take a little more. ”

"That's all."

Xiao Nan didn't give an inch.

The man frowned a little angrily, and rushed directly to snatch the supplies behind Xiao Nan.

"Don't come near me!"

This kind of behavior of the man also made Xiao Nan angry, he was already very quiet, but he didn't expect to make this person gain an inch.

He grabbed him by the arm and told him to roll back.

"What are you bastards going to do?"

The man rolled in the muddy water, a wound on his forehead, and was angry at Xiao Nan.

"I didn't plan to do anything, these are the materials that were distributed this time, and there are no extra things."

Nagato said indifferently.

The man snorted coldly and walked into the house indignantly.

At the moment when the wooden door was closed, a very ugly sentence was left:

"At this time, what kind of philanthropist are you pretending! A bunch of idiots! ”

"You-"

Xiao Nan couldn't help it and wanted to rush in to teach this man a lesson.

This man's words are so ugly.

If it weren't for the relief they knew, the family would have starved to death.

Nagato stretched out his hand to stop Xiao Nan, shook his head and said, "Forget it, Xiao Nan, even if you beat him, it's useless." ”

Xiao Nan withdrew his hand, but there was still anger and grievances on his face.

I always feel that I and everyone's kindness has been ruined by these people.

Nagato also encountered this kind of problem for the first time, but he didn't know how to face it, but he understood that even if he beat this man, he couldn't change anything.

Even if the supplies are taken, his family will have to live, including two children.

Next, Nagato and Xiao Nan went to distribute the supplies to the rest of the people, but fortunately they didn't encounter such vexatious incidents as before.

"It's finally finished."

Xiao Nan let out a long sigh.

"But as the war comes, it will become more and more difficult to gather supplies later. There isn't much left of the organization's funds. ”

Nagato said.

"yes, that's a big problem."

Xiao Nan couldn't help but feel distressed.

Everyone who knows has finally come to this point, and they don't want to give up and start over.

Because they believe that under the leadership of the leader Yahiko, Akatsuki's ideas will be recognized by more and more people, and eventually change the country.

However, now it seems that this heavy task, not to mention seeing future success, is just taking the first step, and it is so difficult, and peace is still far away.

There are several parts to Akatsuki's job.

Xiao Nan and Nagato are in charge of distributing supplies, because in Xiaonai, the two of them have the best temperament.

Although the leader Yahiko is also trusted, he has more important things.

Whether it is to negotiate with the ninjas of Konoha and Sand Hide, or to promote the idea of Akatsuki in the Land of Rain, he must be personally responsible for it, so that everyone agrees with Akatsuki, gathers more power, and changes the country of rain and the world.

Even though they know that this road is extremely difficult, and they may even pay the price of their lives at any time, everyone who knows is committed to this path without hesitation.

They all firmly believe that the suffering is sweet, and the current distress and frustration are just a tempering of their will and body, and the future will definitely be better.

"Xiao Nan, where are we going next?"

Nagato asked.

"The next step is to buy medicine, and many of the villagers who were rescued before are seriously injured. And we have to use it ourselves. Well...... I always feel that the budget is getting tighter and tighter. ”

Xiao Nan smiled bitterly.

Xiao's economic source basically comes from the release of tasks, although many times Xiao helps others for free, but there are also enthusiastic villagers who will pay them or replace them with some supplies.

In addition, when cleaning up the bandits, the silver taels obtained from the bandits' labor will also be converted into Xiao's activity funds.

In the past, Xiao Nan learned ninjutsu, thinking that the sky and the earth are big, and you can go anywhere.

There is no need to be overly demanding.

The will of a ninja is patience.

This is what their teacher, one of the three ninjas, also taught them.

No matter how hard it is, with your ninja ability, you can survive in the wild.

But after setting up Xiao, I realized that many things in this world could not be changed by relying on the power of ninjas.

Ninjas are also part of reality, and in reality, money is needed in many places.

Without money, Xiao's activities would not be able to be carried out and more people would not be able to be helped.

In short, one word, poor.

If Xiao's activity funds can be a little higher, the efficiency of work will be much higher.

However, there are no business talents in Xiao, and it is impossible for those wealthy businessmen to fund their activities.

On the whole, Xiao's various activities are all loss-making business.

Pulling money out of the hands of greedy businessmen is a dream.

Nagato also sighed, there is still a long way to go.

The two of them were frustrated for a while, then they packed up their mood and set off towards the nearby prosperous town.

It has not been affected by the war from beginning to end, and although it will be economically depressed due to the impact of the war, it can be regarded as one of the few pure lands in the Land of Rain.

Sand ninjas can be seen everywhere here, and the reason is that this is temporarily controlled by the ninjas of Sand Hidden Village.

The materials of the Sand Hidden Ninja are replenished by themselves on the one hand, and squeezed from the citizens of the Land of Rain on the other hand.

Even if the people of the Land of Rain are very angry, they don't dare to say anything in the face of the oppression of the Sand Hidden Ninja.

Because the actions of the Sand Hidden Ninja in the territory of the Land of Rain are legal, this order was also given by the Daimyo of the Land of Rain himself.

Allows the Sand Hidden Ninja to control some of the cities of the Land of Rain during the war.

The Sand Ninja are responsible for keeping these cities safe, and the residents are also obligated to provide services to the Sand Ninja, such as handing over important supplies for the Sand Ninja to use.

The few important buildings in the city that are not under the control of the Sand Hidden Ninja are probably neutral pharmacies and weapons shops.

The Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company of the Land of Demons has set up branches in various countries, and the underworld weapons merchants of the Land of Iron have also targeted the Land of Rain, a land favored by war, and come to sell weapons.

In terms of weapons, Xiao Nan doesn't have to worry, Shinobi Xiao's reserves are still very sufficient, except for the more precious detonation charms that are a little insufficient, and there is no shortage of kunai and shuriken.

However, medicine is the big one in Xiao Nan's eyes.

Every time I come to buy medicine, I have to feel distressed for a while.

It can be said that after purchasing the medicine this time, Xiao's activity funds are basically empty, and there is nothing left.

In the next period of time, I also need to live a tight life.

The Shiori Flower Branch Pharmacy is located on the city's Prosperous Street, a tall four-story building.

Pedestrians on the streets are in a hurry, walking in raincoats.

Xiao Nan and Nagato entered the pharmacy, put the coats on the shelf at the entrance of the inside, and then went to talk to the person in charge of the branch here about buying medicines.

The person in charge of the meeting with Xiao Nan was a young woman, who looked to be in her thirties, and her body was a little rich, giving people a kind and gentle impression.

She has some impressions of Xiao Nan, a ninja from the Land of Rain, because it is not the first time that Xiao Nan has come here to negotiate with her to buy medicines, and she has been here a few times before.

"Five percent of the price of medicines!?"

After hearing the rich woman's offer, Xiao Nan was stunned for a moment.

The rich woman didn't pay attention to Xiao Nan's surprised appearance, but nodded, and said in a flat tone: "Now the pharmaceutical market here in the Land of Rain is in short supply, and the production at the headquarters is a little unable to keep up, so the selling price will naturally rise." ”

Although the rich woman stated the reason, Xiao Nan was still a little unwilling.

The money she brought this time was just enough to buy the next batch of medicines, and if the price rose by five percent, she would definitely not be able to eat this batch of medicines.

She knew it was the cause.

Sand and Konoha are at war, and some nobles and commoners are also buying in large quantities, so in this war era, the more prepared the better.

What's more, the effect of the drugs produced by Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company is indeed stronger than that of other pharmaceutical companies.

Even the five major ninja villages allowed them to set up branches there, which can imagine the wide reputation and influence of this pharmaceutical company.

"But ......"

Xiao Nan was about to say something, but the rich woman interrupted her again:

"In addition, when Miss Xiaonan came to buy medicines a few times ago, she made a few accounts here, and it was about to expire. I hope that Miss Xiaonan can pay back the money she owes sooner, otherwise she will be on our company's blacklist. After that, the words are a little unpleasant. ”

“……”

Xiao Nan had an embarrassed look on his face.

Because Xiao's funds have not been very sufficient, when she came to buy medicine the first few times, she had some money and signed an IOU.

Counting the interest to be repaid every month, it is also a lot of money for her personally.

When Nagato heard it on the side, he glanced at Xiao Nan and found that Xiao Nan was avoiding his eyes.

Nagato didn't hear Xiao Nan mention this matter.

Xiao Nan, who went back after buying medicine before, didn't mention it to everyone in Xiao, do you plan to carry it down by yourself?

"Let me be lenient, before June this year, I hope Miss Xiaonan will make up the money she owes."

The rich woman said.

"I see. By the way, what will happen if it is overdue? ”

"Overdue?" The rich woman frowned, then let go and said, "At this point, please rest assured Miss Xiaonan, our company has a debt collector who is specifically responsible for this kind of thing." Their force and means can definitely satisfy Miss Xiaonan. ”

“……”

Hearing this, Xiao Nan became more and more uneasy.

However, I also knew that a large company like Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company would definitely involve some gray businesses, but I didn't expect that even specialized debt collectors would be trained.

Don't think about it, it's a ninja unit in charge of debt collection.

"If you are short of money, I can also introduce some special jobs to Miss Xiaonan."

Special and special work?

Xiao Nan's face immediately turned red.

"Please don't think crookedly, our Aster Flower Company is not involved in the peach industry, it is a legal business. The work I introduced is also a serious job. ”

The rich woman declares this.

Xiao Nan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then can't the price of drugs really be lowered a little bit this time?"

Xiao is now in dire need of these medicines.

"I'm sorry, but this is a decision made by the headquarters, and I don't have the authority to change it."

The rich woman spread her hands helplessly.

She naturally knows a little about the situation in the Land of Rain, but it's not something she can decide.

She is just a branch manager, and deciding whether to increase or decrease is a decision made by the upper echelons, and a middle-level administrator like her only needs to follow orders.

"However, Miss Xiao Nan really wants this batch of medicines, so she can go to the headquarters of the Ghost Country to buy them. The price of medicine there has not risen, on the contrary, it will be much cheaper. ”

The rich woman can be regarded as pointing out a clear path for Xiao Nan.

After all, the price of drugs is measured according to the situation of each country, and the price is different for each region and country.

"The land of ghosts?"

Xiao Nan rubbed her sore eyebrows, she had never left the Land of Rain.

And now that the territory of the Land of Rain is so chaotic, it will take a long time to go back and forth to the distant Land of Oni to buy medicines.

Leaving the Shion Flower Branch Pharmacy with Nagato, Xiao Nan is now a little worried about how to choose, whether to buy it in the Land of Rain or go to the Land of Oni to buy it...... It's better to go back and discuss.

"Nagato, don't tell anyone about the money I owe, I don't want everyone to worry about me."

Xiao Nan reminded Nagato on the way back.

Nagato nodded, and then said hesitantly: "But it's not a way to go on like this, how are you going to pay back the money?" And, how much do you owe? ”

"Not a lot."

Xiao Nan's eyes looked away unnaturally.

"How much is not much?"

Nagato's expression was serious.

Xiao Nan hesitated, and finally stretched out a finger.

"A million?"

"Not counting interest, about 10 million ......"

Xiao Nan's voice weakened.

"One...... Ten million!? ”

Nagato's voice couldn't help but get louder.

That's a lot more than they spent in a year.

Ten million taels, that is an astronomical amount that Nagato can't even think of.

"No wonder you always bring back a lot of medicines...... I thought the price of medicine in the Land of Rain had dropped a lot. ”

Because Xiao Nan is in charge of purchasing materials, the rest of Xiao Xiao is not very clear about this matter.

If Nagato hadn't acted with him this time, I don't know how long this matter would have been hidden.

After all, if you have a bad relationship with a large force like Aster Flower Pharmaceutical Company, the consequences will be very troublesome.

Especially the other party also has a special debt collection ninja unit, if Xiao Nan does not repay it on time, he will definitely find all kinds of trouble.

Nagato didn't know what Xiao Nan said.

But I was also a little moved, Xiao Nan did this for the sake of Xiao and for the sake of saving more people.

If I blame her, it will hurt her self-esteem too much.

But...... How can I pay back this ten million taels?

After all, which branch manager said about special work...... It's too reminiscent of some unsightly peach industry.

"To the land of ghosts?"

In a cave, it was raining outside, and the people of Akatsuki had a short meeting here.

Xiao Nan didn't buy the medicine, but explained to everyone that he was going to the country of ghosts and buy medicine there with the same effect but a very cheap price.

"Yes, I've decided. Xiao's funds are not much, and the amount of cheap medicine to buy in the country of ghosts will be sufficient. And I rushed there myself, so I could save money. ”

Xiao Nan's firm face has already made up his mind.

"But ......"

Yahiko hesitated.

It's not that he disagrees, wasting a little time in exchange for more medicine, he agrees with both hands.

But letting Xiao Nan go to the distant place of the Ghost Country alone, he was a little uneasy.

And he was about to prepare to negotiate with the ninjas of Shayin and Konoha, and with his status as the leader, he couldn't easily leave the Land of Rain.

"I'll go with Xiao Nan."

Nagato took the initiative to step forward.

Because of sending others over, Xiao Nan's debt will definitely be exposed.

And his strength is also the strongest in Xiao, even if he encounters a dangerous situation, he can protect Xiao Nan.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you, Xiaonan, and Nagato. Be careful on the road. ”

"Yes."

Xiao Nan and Nagato nodded heavily, knowing that this operation was very critical for Xiao, and there would be no room for any problems.

The people who know are vigorous and resolute, and when they decide something, they will take action immediately.

After the short meeting, Yahiko took the rest of Akatsuki's companions to negotiate with the great ninjas.

Nagato, on the other hand, protects Konan all the way to a distant country that is completely unknown to them, the country of ghosts.