Chapter 65 Chain of Suspicion
Konan understood what Shiba Kiyokawa meant.
"Are we... bound to become enemies with Salamander Hanzo?"
Shiba Kiyokawa nodded.
He is not the silent protagonist in women's novels, so there is no need for him to hide it from the people closest to him.
But Xiaonan seemed to have misunderstood what he meant.
"Because of me?"
“?” Shiba Qinghe slowly typed a question mark.
"Is it because I said I didn't like it there on the day I went to negotiate that Qinghe-kun decided to do this?"
Shiba Qinghe laughed, reached out and touched Xiaonan's head, comforting this girl who was inexplicably blaming herself.
"It has nothing to do with you, don't think about it."
"Why?" Xiao Nan suddenly became excited, "Why do you have to work so hard? Aren't we doing well now?
Isn't it good for us to live peacefully together like we do now?"
After struggling for a long time, Xiaonan twisted his hands nervously, and finally he mustered up the courage to speak, "I don't really care about those ideals that much. I just want... just want to be with you..."
For a moment, Shiba Kiyokawa was actually quite moved.
Even though he had already seen through Xiaonan's character and had predicted her personality and behavior clearly, he was still touched when the girl actually said these words in front of him.
This is equivalent to a girl telling you bluntly that she cares about you more than her ideals!
But, unfortunately, Shiba Kiyokawa interrupted Konan first and prevented her from saying the most important second half of the sentence.
He understood Xiaonan's intentions, but he knew even more clearly that he must not stop here!
"Sister Xiaonan, I said, this has nothing to do with you, but we have to do this! Otherwise, all of us will die!"
"Why?" Xiaonan still didn't understand, "Can't we just not provoke Hanzo?"
Shiba Qinghe smiled and denied Konan's naive idea.
"If we don't provoke him, will he believe us?"
"But……"
"You don't want to say that people understand each other at this point, do you?"
Xiaonan's pretty face turned red after being hit back.
Under the training, cough, education of Shiba Kiyokawa during this period of time, Xiaonan has become increasingly aware that "mutual understanding between people" is just a childish delusion.
"If we don't take action and explain ourselves, will Hanzo believe us?
For example, if I go to Yahiko now and tell him that I am tired, give up, and return Akatsuki to him, will he really believe me without any doubt? "
Xiaonan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, no words came out.
She said "I will believe it", but she herself didn't believe it.
“This is the third lesson I’m going to teach you, Sister Xiaonan, and it’s also an extension of the first lesson.
In the first lesson, I said: Mutual understanding can only be established between people with similar positions, experiences, and identities.
On the contrary, if all of the above are different and there is a conflict of interest, people will fall into a chain of suspicion.
Even if we choose a stable life now, it is an established fact that the existence of Akatsuki in the Rain Country will threaten Hanzo.
Salamander Hanzo is not sure if we will just settle for the status quo;
Even if he says he believes, we have no way of judging whether he really believes it;
Even if we say we believe it, he still cannot confirm whether what we say is true.
The suspicion will go on forever, without end."
Xiaonan was silent.
Perhaps it was the first time that she realized that the real world was so cruel and complicated. "So... is there really no way out?"
Shiba Kiyokawa smiled and answered easily, "Yes."
Xiaonan's eyes lit up, "What method?"
"That's what I'm doing now. Strike first and gain the upper hand! Just like a fight in a dark forest, the one who throws the shuriken first will have the upper hand!"
Xiaonan's expression, which had just brightened up, turned bitter again in an instant.
But this time, she didn't persuade Shiba Qinghe to give up.
"It turns out... our past ideals were so naive." Xiaonan murmured softly.
Shiba Kiyokawa neither comforted nor denied.
Because this is indeed true.
Do you believe that people can understand each other unconditionally? Oh, it’s better to believe that he can become Qin Shi Huang.
At least great unification can really eliminate barriers.
After a moment of loss, Konan quickly cheered up and even took the initiative to hold Shiba Kiyokawa's hand more firmly.
"Qinghe, I will always be by your side."
"Thank you, Sister Xiaonan."
"What about Nagato? You seem to be avoiding him lately?" Konan asked again.
Shiba Kiyokawa lied a little, "Nagato is very dependent on Yahiko, he may not understand so quickly, don't rush to talk to him.
Besides, it wouldn't be a bad thing for us to let him continue to try to reconcile with Hanzo."
This is of course an excuse. There is only one real reason: Shiba Kiyokawa is consciously guarding against Black Zetsu!
In the ending after the system was updated this time, it was clearly pointed out that Black Zetsu would be involved in his death more than a hundred days later!
This is a very obvious hint: it means that some dirty things have probably started paying attention to this place.
The fact was indeed as he expected.
During the day, Nagato was still training several new team members as usual.
On a tree beyond his perception range, three figures, one black and two white, were growing out of the trunk like pitcher plants.
Black Zetsu sighed, "I never thought that Madara had only been asleep for a few years, but so many changes had taken place around the Rinnegan."
Among the two Bai Jue standing aside, one was obviously a little dull, like a rigid robot, and could only give a formulaic report.
"According to observations, the activity index of the Samsara Eye has increased abnormally in the past 180 days. The reason is unknown."
This White Zetsu has been monitoring Nagato ever since Madara left the Rinnegan on him.
It's just that he doesn't have much wisdom and can only record things step by step.
At this time, the other White Zetsu on the tree was obviously much more lively.
After watching for a while, the lively Bai Zetsu turned his head and said, "We have been watching here for more than an hour. Why haven't those people defecated yet? Aren't they curious about the feeling of defecating?"
The lively White Zetsu is exactly A Fei in the original future work, a special White Zetsu individual who has a deep obsession with shitting.
Black Zetsu's expression twitched twice.
If it weren't for the hard-earned highly intelligent White Zetsu, he would have long wanted to stuff this guy back into the Outer Path Golem to be retrained.
Damn, what's there to be curious about poop? Are you crazy?!
Ignoring his stupid companion beside him, Black Zetsu sneered to himself.
"Isn't it obvious why the Samsara Eye is abnormal?
Shiba Kiyokawa, oh, what a pity! No matter how hard you try, you are nothing but an ant in front of Lord Madara's great cause!
Want to reconcile with Salamander Hanzo? How can I let you do that? "
(End of this chapter)
