"As long as you commit suicide, I will let her go, say, do you want your own life or her life?"

The middle-aged man bent down as he spoke, pressing Kuwai to Konan's neck, and looked at Yahiko with a smile on his face.

"Damn it, how could this happen!"

Seeing the middle-aged man who used kunai to press against Konan's neck in front of him, Yahiko was struggling at this time. The middle-aged man suddenly appeared. When he appeared, he smashed the shadow clone of Yuuzumi with just one blow, and then immediately attacked Yahiko. But at this moment, Konan appeared here for some reason, ejaculated Kunai and went down to Yahiko.

But it was precisely because of this behavior that Xiaonan attracted the attention of the middle-aged man, turned the direction of the attack and captured Xiaonan. After that, the current scene happened.

"Yahiko, don't, go and find Teacher Jiraiya!"

Xiaonan shouted loudly, but her scream seemed to completely anger the middle-aged man. He raised his right hand and wanted to stab Koushi into Xiaonan's body.

"No! I will do what you said, as long as you can let her go!"

Seeing this, Yahiko quickly shook her hand, her voice full of begging.

"Oh? Is it?"

"Then you just do it."

A sharp light flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, and he stopped his movements and looked at Yahiko, as if he was waiting for something.

"You have to keep your word." Yahiko picked up Khun with trembling hands and pointed it at his throat. After struggling for a long time, Yahiko seemed to have made up her mind and suddenly stabbed towards her throat.

However, just as Khun Wu was about to pierce Yahiko's throat, the middle-aged man suddenly disappeared and grabbed Yahiko's wrist. Khun Wu could no longer make any progress.

"What?" Yahiko slowly opened her eyes and looked at the middle-aged man in front of her who suddenly stopped him from committing suicide, feeling a little confused.

"What a fool!"

A middle-aged man said something, and then punched Yahiko on the face. The huge force directly knocked Yahiko away several meters away. Yahiko's own teeth broke his lips, and blood flowed down from the corner of Yahiko's mouth.

Yahiko, who suddenly suffered a huge blow, struggled to raise her head and looked at the middle-aged man who suddenly attacked him. But now there was no middle-aged man in that place. There was only a red-haired boy standing there, staring at him coldly at this time.

In the distance, Xiaonan, who should have been subdued, also disappeared from the spot.

“Fake it?”

"Haha, that's great!"

At this moment, Yahiko finally realized that everything that had just happened was fake. Konan was not in crisis, and the middle-aged man who suddenly attacked was also pretending to be Wutu Jiuming himself. Seeing the crisis resolved, Yahiko breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face.

"That's great? I don't know what's good about it."

"Do you know what your choice just now will bring to yourself?"

"It's so easy to satisfy the enemy's intentions. I don't know what kind of paste is in your mind."

Just when Yahiko was glad, Uzumaki Jiuming walked to him, grabbed Yahiko's collar on the ground, and threw it out directly. Yahiko's figure flew out until it hit the tree trunk. The huge pain made Yahiko unable to speak for a while, but just looked at Jiuming in confusion.

"It's hard for a naive little devil like you to survive in the ninja world."

"Don't look at me with such a look. Do you still don't understand where you are wrong?"

Jiuming asked with a cold expression.

“…………”

Yahiko was silent for a while, and couldn't think of what to say for a moment.

"Faced with the threat of the enemy, you chose to commit suicide? Is that what Jilai taught you?"

Uzumaki Jiuming looked at the silent Yahiko and asked again. Looking at Yahiko who was still silent, Jiuming continued:

"From the day you plan to become a ninja, be mentally prepared."

"Your companions may be sacrificed at any time, including yourself, and may be killed at any time."

Before Jiu Ming finished speaking, Yahiko seemed to be a little touched and whispered: "I became a ninja just to protect my cherished companion."

"So, in order to protect your companions, do you sacrifice your life?" After Jiu Ming said that, he looked at Yahiko who nodded slightly, and was a little admired and disappointed.

"The idea of ​​protecting your companions is good, but your choices don't protect your companions."

"When the enemy chooses to attack you, do you think they will let you go?"

"If you use your companion's life to threaten you to commit suicide, do you think they will let your companion go?"

"Yahiko, the journey you have to go on the ninja road is far from enough."

"Struggle, engrave these two words firmly in your mind, and always remember that in the face of threats, there is only one who can fight."

After Yuzuru Jiuming finished speaking, he ignored Yahiko on the ground and turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared into the woods, leaving Yahiko alone to think and taste.

The rain kept drizzling, with no sign of turning sunny.

Under the awning beside the wooden house, Jiu Ming, who was guiding Nagato to practice, suddenly felt something and raised his head slightly and looked at the woods in the distance.

"Although it's just a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, if it works, it's not in vain to direct the scene."

After digesting the message sent back by the shadow clone, Jiu Ming thought to himself.

He wanted to change the fate of Nagato and others, but Kumin knew that his approach was just to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Nagato's samsara eye was warmed by Uchiha Madara, so Nagato's growth trajectory was to some extent controlled by Uchiha Madara.

If you want to break the deadlock, the best way is of course to find Uchiha Madara, then kill him, and seal Hei Jue by the way. This is a one-time and for all. But don’t say that he can’t find Uchiha Madara now, even if he finds it, it’s just a gift to someone.

Therefore, what Jiu Ming has to do now is to secretly destroy Uchiha Madara's plan.

Yahiko and Konan are Nagato's best partners, and Yahiko is the guiding lights for Nagato's thoughts. As long as you find a way to protect Yahiko, Nagato will not go wrong.

As for whether Yahiko would be bewitched and subdued, Jiu Ming was not worried at all. Yahiko's personality is similar to Naruto. People like them will not easily change their ideas.

As time passed, the sky soon became completely dark. Uchiha Fugaku and others who went out to collect information from the attached town, also returned to the wooden house. Konan and Yahiko were covered in mud and were taken back by a shadow clone of Jiuming. As soon as Konan came back, he went to the bathroom.

Jiraiya seems to be writing novels that are in a good mood, but she hasn't come back yet.

Seeing everyone coming back, Jiu Ming also put the scroll in front of him and threw it to Nagato, causing Nagato to stop practicing. After all, Nagato is from the Uzumaki clan, and the huge chakra in his body is quite difficult to control. Therefore, this day's training was not only a little more refined in Nagato's control of chakra, but he did not immediately grasp the storage.

"You guys, are you happy to go to the town today?"

Uzumaki Jiuming packed up the scroll and walked into the wooden house. Seeing Mizuno and several others chatting together, he asked. While he was talking, Nagato silently walked into the bedroom and found a quiet place to continue studying.

"Ji Ming, we are going to collect information, not to play!" Uchiha Fugao Yoshikazu said sternly, but the smile on the corner of his mouth betrayed him.

"Then tell me what information I have collected." Jiu Ming walked to the side of the people and sat down cross-legged.

"It's not considered any information, it's just that I know the customs of some people in the Rain Country."

"But there is one news that is worth our attention. During this period, many business travelers from the Wind Kingdom appeared in the town."

"This news was something we didn't know before."

Minato waited for Jiu Ming to sit down, took over the topic and said.

"Business travel in the Wind Country? This kind of town is not an economically developed place, but a business travel in the Wind Country?"

"Have you checked it? It's really just a business trip?"

When Jiu Ming heard Mizuno talk about this, he was confused and then continued to ask.

"Yes, I have followed up with Hikaru and I, but it's just a general business trip. I hope we just think too much."

Uchiha Fugao looked a little serious at this time and replied.

"Although this is the case, we still need to report it."

After Rizu finished speaking, his eyes suddenly became empty and he looked at Xiaonan who had just walked out of the bathroom in a daze. Although Rizu is not old, it was just a period of youth and ignorance. Although Xiaonan is only in his teens, his appearance is a bit mature and his physical development is quite good.

Xiaonan, who had just finished taking a shower, had his hair wet on his shoulders, adding a bit of mature color.

"Hey, this is not like you, Hizu."

Jiuming looked at Rizu and giggled.

Minato and Fugaya also noticed Hirozu's expression at this time, and both of them showed their faces, looking at Hirozu. Hirozu, who was a little uncomfortable staring at by his companions, lowered his head slightly, coughed lightly, covering up his embarrassment.

Xiaonan, who had just come out, didn't notice what happened, only saw a few boys sitting in the living room laughing, and didn't know what they were laughing at. Although he was confused, he didn't take it seriously. He walked into the kitchen and started preparing supper.

Yahiko's mind was still in the words that Jiu Ming said in the afternoon, and she did not notice the abnormality of Jiu Ming and others. After Xiaonan left the bathroom, he also took the clothes and changed his clothes and walked in, then closed the bathroom door.

"Ka." Just as Jiu Ming was about to continue joking about Hinata Hizu, the door was opened, and Jiraiya, with white hair, walked into the living room with a thick book under his armpit.

"Senior brother, where have you been fooling around again? I'm just back now?"

Jiu Ming ignored the book that Jiraiya was holding under his armpit and joked.

"I didn't mess around, I have a serious business."

"Speaking of this, what are you guys gathering here for? Can you have a meal?"

Jiraiya looked at everyone strangely and asked.

"I'm listening to the information they received today. Speaking of which, the senior brother is our captain, and I have to report this to you."

After Jiu Ming finished speaking, he stood up from the floor and left Jiraiya's position. He walked to the side of the water gate and sat down.

"Information? What kind of intelligence?"

Afterwards, Mizumen reiterated the situation they observed in the town. After that, several people looked at Jiraiya, wanting to hear his opinions.

"If this is true, the relatively stable situation now is probably going to be broken soon."

Jiraiya pondered for a long time and said. His words surprised everyone, but everyone present was quite wise. Hirasa and Fugakure were both from a big family, with their vision and pattern far exceeding their peers. Minato is even more a genius among geniuses. When a few of them heard Jiraiya say this, they thought for a while and knew what Jiraiya meant.
To be continued...