farewell , konoha

Chapter 112 He always knew

Late at night, inside Konoha.

In Naruto's residence, Naruto was sleeping soundly, the pendant around his neck flickered slightly, and Jiraiya slowly emerged as a shadow.

Looking back at Naruto sleeping in a messy posture on the bed, Jiraiya sighed silently. Looking at the relatively tidy room, he recalled his observations over the past few days and fell into deep silence.

These days, he has been observing, and he can see Naruto's sunny attitude, which is what he appreciates most.

No matter how difficult the conditions are, he still maintains an optimistic attitude towards life.

As for those naughty behaviors, he thought they were innate at first, and he was the same at that time, but later he realized that they were to attract other people's attention.

The villagers' indifference and even their disgusted eyes felt like a stabbing pain in his spine. This was something he had never expected.

In the ninja school, most of the children's attitudes are quite friendly, but in fact they are quite annoying.

Naruto couldn't hear some of the words behind him, but his current state was clear.

He said silently in his heart: "The children of the Nara clan are worthy of being from Nara. They are more mature than other children."

As someone who has been there, he can see that those who are close to Naruto all extend from the child of the Nara clan.

The other children of civilian ninja families still have the same attitude towards Naruto, but it is not so obvious.

Jiraiya slowly shifted his gaze and looked at the cabinet. He knew that there were instant noodles in it.

And the refrigerator...

The row of milk that he was unwilling to throw away even after it expired made him extremely silent.

Minato and Kushina's child was actually living such a life in Konoha, which was beyond his imagination.

In his understanding, Naruto, as the old man said, had no worries about food and clothing, and he would take good care of him...

Old man, what have you done all these years?

Jiraiya looked at the moonlight outside the window and thought about how long it had been since he understood and paid attention to these things.

But this afternoon, when the old man came over, Naruto was obviously very hungry, but still...

Sighing deeply, Jiraiya felt a little guilty in his heart. If he came back once, even once.

This child would not fall into such a situation. Even if he cried, there would be no protective embrace to let him cry loudly.

But now, the only places where he can cry are in the toilet and in his dreams, crying in the arms of his imaginary parents.

Konoha, when did it become like this?

Yes! When did Konoha become like this?

Jiraiya actually understood it very well in his heart, but he had never faced it. He placed everything on others, but he himself became numb.

He understood that even if he came back to succeed Hokage, he would still be living in the shadow of the third generation.

He understood that his becoming Hokage was hindered by Danzo and the two elders.

So he gave up, he didn't want to do it, he didn't want to do it, and he didn't want to get involved in these things.

He was actually disappointed in Konoha and had never even come back, but he was still unwilling to face it as always.

From the beginning to the end, he only maintained the Konoha in his heart, the Konoha that he constantly beautified in his memories.

Finally, he disappeared into the pendant, thinking silently in his heart: "Leave the choice for the future to Naruto himself!"

He already understood that Naruto was the son of prophecy, so the choice of the son of prophecy must be correct.

He will not appear for the time being, but according to the prediction of the Great Toad Immortal, he will appear at the right opportunity.

…

And on the other side.

The border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Sichuan.

In the Akatsuki organization base, Pain, Xiaonan, and Obito are currently inside a cave entrance.

Payne said indifferently: "Now Orochimaru and Senju Nezuki have betrayed the organization, and the ring has been recovered."

"At the same time, this base has been exposed, and we need to move to a new base."

Xiaonan nodded slightly: "The Yu Ninja Village is ready. If you want to change the base, you can change it at any time."

Obito looked at the two people and asked, "What do you plan to do with those two people?"

"Also, Uchiha Itachi should have been captured by those two people, and we don't know whether he is alive or dead."

Regarding this matter, Payne did not hesitate. With a calm face, he just said calmly.

"I had already anticipated this matter, but I didn't expect that the Thousand-Armed Rope Tree would also betray him."

He personally recruited Orochimaru, so he naturally understood why Orochimaru joined and why he would betray him. From the beginning, Pain knew it.

However, the betrayal of Senju Nawaki was not within the scope of his expectation, because it was personally recruited by the masked man in front of him who called himself Madara.

Obito's eyes darkened slightly: "I didn't expect this either, but judging from his current actions, that guy probably wants to destroy Konoha himself."

Payne thought for a moment: "Is that so?"

"If this is the case, his betrayal is not bad news for us."

"At present, the accumulation of Akatsuki organization is not enough, and it is not suitable to be exposed to the five major ninja villages yet."

"The movement of the rope tree has begun to exceed my tolerance range."

"I wouldn't mind if he fell silent. Now, it's a good choice."

Payne stretched out his hand, and the three rings lay quietly in his palm, and continued.

"Since the ring has been recovered, there is no need to take action against them."

"Today's Akatsuki organization's strength cannot be exposed, and their whereabouts are difficult to find."

"If there is an opportunity in the future, I will personally deal with them to avoid future troubles."

Xiaonan stood aside and had no objection to Payne's decision. They had already planned to move the base.

Obito was silent for a while and then said: "In that case, let's not mention this matter for now. As for the missing position, do you already have a candidate?"

Payne pondered: "Regarding this matter, the Deidara you recommended can continue to recruit."

"As for the other two candidates, there are currently no new candidates, so I'll leave this matter to Jue!"

Obito nodded slightly: "That's all we can do now, don't let those two people affect our plan."

"Also, the future members of the Akatsuki organization need to be changed a little. Let's work in pairs and monitor each other!"

Payne nodded slightly: "It should indeed be so. This incident can be regarded as a warning to us."

Although there were originally two teams, that was only the case when going on missions, and they were often paired in different ways and were not fixed.

Payne said again: "Xiaonan, there is no need to inform other members of this new base transfer."

"We will notify you of the gathering from time to time in the future. We will only return to the base here if necessary. There is no need to use [Phantom Body Technique] to communicate all the time."

Xiaonan nodded slightly: "I will inform you."

Seeing that things were almost settled, Obito said calmly: "For our plan, we need to speed up the process."

After saying that, the whole person disappeared into the darkness, leaving only Payne and Xiaonan.

(End of chapter)