There seems to be no end in sight to the chaos of the Land of Rain.

It used to be a ninja village of another country to use the road to confront the two armies, but now the smoke of gunfire is everywhere, and it seems that war may occur in every corner.

No one has the heart to think about what this war will bring.

It's about when such days will end.

Even Konoha, the richest of the Fire Nations, is now gradually embarrassed.

Because of the dispersion of the battle, the ninja who are far away from the command are becoming more and more uncontrollable......

Inside the house, Nagato huddled in the corner with his knees huddled.

The room, the living room, has been destroyed.

The bodies of the parents fell against the wall.

In the distance, there were two bodies of strange men.

Nagato covered his head, and the sudden change in his family made his head blank.

Ever since he was sensible, he has wandered around with his parents and fled.

Eventually, they found a place to settle in the Land of Rain.

But it didn't take long for the war to spread here.

Just now, two strange men knocked on the door.

Something like that, they've seen with their own eyes - those deserters, those robbers, those ninjas, who have broken into houses without saying a word.

So his parents hid him in the corner, and the three of them hugged him tightly and kept silent, pretending that there was no one at home.

The other party did not leave, but pushed the door in.

The parents knew that they couldn't hide any longer, so they rushed over, only to fall in a pool of blood in an instant.

And after that......

Nagato covered his eyes, just... What's going on?

Is that uncontrollable force a monster itself?

If there had been this power earlier, would Mom and Dad have survived?

No, that power......

The jumble of thoughts overwhelmed Nagato.

I don't know how long it took for him to come back to his senses.

"No, we have to get out of here!"

Nagato had fled since childhood, and there were many people at the beginning, but he had seen many of them dying of thirst and being killed in the middle.

He finally came to his senses, if the two men had companions nearby......

Home is no longer a place to live!

Nagato remembered the pattern of the two dead men with foreheads on their heads, buried his parents with tears, and set off with the little money and food left in the family.

I don't know where to go, just wandering.

Wandering was already his instinct as a remnant of the Vortex Country.

However, he didn't know that money and food were more important than gold and even life in the current rain country.

So on the afternoon of the first day of departure, he was empty-handed.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the other side is not a human trafficker.

Or in the current environment, even people can't sell it for a good price.

This time, that power didn't burst out.

Nagato continued to wander helplessly.

Hunger, high fever, has been with him for two days.

New towns were finally seen ahead, but they were crowded with hungry people outside.

Nagato couldn't squeeze in, so he could only wander outside the chaotic city.

The continuous rain made his condition worse.

He finally couldn't hold it anymore and lay in the rain, his consciousness gradually blurring.

"Hey, are you still alive?"

In a trance, Nagato hears the girl's voice.

Very close, as if calling yourself?

Nagato tried to open his eyes, subconsciously not looking over, not wanting to be hit in the eyes by the rain.

But the expected rain did not fall.

The little girl with long blue and purple hair stood beside him with an umbrella and carefully covered his head with the umbrella.

The girl shook her hand, and his eyes subconsciously followed the hand.

"Uh-huh, it doesn't seem to be completely unconscious."

The girl pulled out two candies from the backpack behind her, "If you're just hungry, eat some to replenish first." ”

Nagato nodded, but it was actually the back of his head that was knocking on the ground.

After a while, I don't know if it's a psychological effect, Nagato feels a little better.

He struggled to get to his feet before he could see the girl's face.

Surprisingly cute.

Especially at such moments, in this country of misery, she ...... Just like angels.

Seeing him in a daze, the girl smiled heartily: "You can call me Xiao Nan." ”

Xiao Nan's smile made the introverted Nagato a little afraid to look directly.

He nervously reported his name: "Nagato, Nagato......"

Nagato's voice fell, and he was about to speak again, but he still swallowed the word "whirlpool" on his lips.

This surname, in his opinion, means abandoned.

Nagato's voice is very small, and Xiao Nan doesn't even know how to pronounce it if he doesn't look at the lip shape.

She looked around the desolate path, but didn't see any other adults, no one had come for so long, and it was probably not a family wandering, so she said, "If you don't have a place to go, you can come with me." I know some friends who help each other and at least get a little less bullied. ”

Nagato's eyes were longing, and soon dimmed again: "Help... Can I help others too? ”

Nagato thought of the strange power that day.

That power may be more likely to hurt others.

Xiao Nan crossed his waist and smiled heartily: "Of course! As long as you have the heart, there is nothing you can't do! ”

Nagato looked at Xiao Nan, the sugar in his mouth melted, and it seemed to be sweet all the way to his heart.

He followed Xiao Nan, and only then did he notice that Xiao Nan's beautiful long hair was pinned with a strange thing.

The weapon, he had seen in the hands of one of the two ninjas who had broken into his home.

For a moment, Nagato felt uneasy.

Could it be that you are following the wrong person?

It wasn't until Xiao Nan took him to a cave and saw that there were a dozen or so children gathered inside, and there were no ninjas nearby, that he breathed a sigh of relief.

The children here are both large and small, and the youngest seems to be only three or four years old, and is struggling to help carry things.

The eldest ones are in their early teens, and they are considered teenagers.

But when they saw Xiao Nan coming back, they were obviously two heads taller, but they showed adoring eyes.

At this moment, a boy about his age with short orange hair came out of the cave with a box containing half-rotten oranges.

The orange-haired boy works while directing the others, and it seems that his prestige among these children is not low.

When the boy saw Nan, he looked at Nagato curiously.

Nagato keenly felt that the boy frowned, and he subconsciously lowered his head, clutching the corner of his clothes, and wanted to turn around and flee.

Then I heard the boy say, "Xiao Nan, the antipyretic medicine seems to be gone...... Well, it's not too late, I'm going to go to town. ”

Nagato's hand holding the corner of his clothes was loosened, and the whole person was stunned.

Xiao Nan waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I just went to the city today and bought two." But it's probably getting colder and colder, and the price of medicine has risen so high...... I'm afraid that the warm clothes will not be available, tomorrow we will go to the foot of the mountain to see, there was a battle there a few days ago, and the people have been withdrawn, maybe we can leave some clothes or something. ”

The two of you are talking about tomorrow's actions, and from time to time they are assigned work to other children.

They were all children who were lonely in the war, but Nagato saw a light called hope in their faces.

Nagato's hanging heart didn't know when it fell, and he looked at them and wondered if he could become like them.

When it was dark, the children slept in the cave.

Because of his fever, Nagato was given an extra dirty blanket, probably used by a rich family at the door.

Nagato wrapped it tightly and noticed that Minami and the boy named Yahiko were still discussing in a whisper.

Xu is protection from the night and the blanket gave him a little courage, and Nagato waited for them to finish the topic before asking in a low voice, "That...... Why, why take me in, us? ”

Yahiko scratched his head and said as a matter of course, "Everyone is a person who has suffered, so it's normal." ”

Xiao Nan didn't answer immediately, holding the kunai that had just been removed from his hair, stroking it, and smiling as he recalled.

After a long time, she said softly, but firmly:

"Because I promised my brother to be a person who can help others."

"Help you who are also lonely, help the homeless people who have been affected by the war, so that people can understand each other, so that everyone can stay away from war and live in a peaceful world!"

The two boys looked at Xiao Nan in a daze.

After a while, Yahiko suddenly reacted.

Wait, isn't that my dream?

This dream was too far away even for Yahiko himself, and he was suddenly asked, and he was embarrassed to answer.

As a result, the cunning Xiao Nan actually spoke first!

Obviously, I come first, whether it is to help others or to bring peace to the world......

Yahiko stood up excitedly, but after all, he was embarrassed to argue with Konan about who came first.

The young man's face was flushed, but fortunately, the black light was blind and others couldn't see it.

So under the gaze of the two, they chatted for a long time before saying, "I, I'm the same!" ”