The man standing at the top of the ninja world

The figure ran into the cave and took off his hat, revealing short orange hair and the same childish face as Nagato and Konan. It was Yahiko who would be part of their trio in the future.

Yahiko shook his hair and said excitedly: "Xonan, I'm back. Let me tell you, I met a few ninjas today, and they..."

Before he finished speaking, Yahiko saw Nagato standing next to Konan. His words stopped suddenly, his brows furrowed, and there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes. He asked Konan: "Konan, who is this guy?" who"

"Sorry, Yahiko."

Looking at Yahiko who asked him the question, Xiao Nan showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, "I met him when I was outside today. He fainted on the ground and was about to die, so I brought him back."

"That's right." After listening to Xiaonan's words, the vigilance in Yahiko's eyes disappeared, and he muttered: "Really, don't just bring people home casually."

As he spoke, Yahiko saw the little one at Nagato's feet again and became even more surprised, "There is actually a dog."

Then, he walked up to Nagato and asked nonchalantly: "What is your name?"

It was naturally impossible for the current Nagato to make the same mistake as in the original work. He pointed at Little Dot and said, "Its name is Little Dot."

"My name is..." After saying this, a trace of hesitation flashed in Nagato's eyes, and then he said firmly: "My name is Uzumaki Nagato."

"Hey" After hearing what Nagato said, Yahiko's expression was stunned, and then he looked at him with some surprise: "Uzumaki Nagato, it's strange that you actually have a last name."

As he spoke, he shook his head and said to himself: "It's strange that someone with a surname would turn into a street kid."

Xiaonan, who was next to him, was also slightly surprised after hearing Nagato say his name.

Nagato, who had merged his memories, could understand why the two of them were surprised when they heard his name.

This is because, in the ninja world, the vast majority of civilians do not have surnames, only first names.

People with surnames are generally high-ranking officials, nobles, samurai from various countries in the ninja world, or ninjas from ninja villages, and not all ninjas in ninja villages have surnames.

For example, among the three ninjas who will soon become famous all over the world, there are two people who have no surnames, only first names.

In addition, Hanzo, the demigod who was given the title of Sannin, also has no surname. People call him Sansho Hanzo because his psychic beast is Sansho, not his surname Sansho.

Yahiko and Konan are both commoners without surnames, so they find it strange that Nagato, who is in a worse situation than both of them, has a surname.

In fact, the original Nagato did not have a surname.

According to the memory in his mind, we can know that Nagato’s father’s name is Ise. He is a doctor and a civilian from the Kingdom of Rain. When he was young, he traveled around the ninja world and practiced medicine. Later, he worked in the Uzumaki Country of Uzumaki. Shiomura met Nagato's mother Uzumaki Fuso and eventually got married.

Ise did not marry into the Uzumaki clan, but married Nagato's mother, so logically Nagato should follow his father's surname. And Ise himself does not have a surname, so Nagato also does not have a surname. of.

Changing his last name to his mother's last name, Uzumaki, was a temporary decision made by Nagato. In the short time between waking up and now, he had a vague idea about the future in his heart, and changing his last name to Uzumaki would have a negative impact on him. This idea helps a lot.

But naturally, these things cannot be told to Yahiko and Konan, so Nagato thought for a moment and came up with a reason to explain, "My surname is passed down from my ancestors, but a long time ago, my family was just an ordinary A commoner."

"That's it." Yahiko showed a clear expression.

It is not uncommon for people who were once nobles to gradually become commoners due to the mediocrity of their descendants. These are also the few commoners with surnames.

"Okay, Nagato, let me ask you, what are you going to do next? Do you want to join us, or do you want to leave here alone with your dog after dawn?"

After hearing what Yahiko said, Nagato did not hesitate at all, "I want to join you and live with you two."

His expression was a little sad, "It's hard for me to survive by myself. If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet Xiao Nan today, I might have starved to death on the roadside by now. If I continued to wander alone, it wouldn't be long. , will starve to death."

After Nagato finished speaking, Yahiko thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, in that case, you can join us."

"However, I want to explain in advance that if you want to join us, there are conditions."

"What conditions"

Yahiko pointed to the food placed deep in the cave and said seriously: "As you can see, we have a lot of food here, but no matter how much food we have, it will be empty. Xiaonan and I will not give you food in vain. , so if you want to join us, you must be able to get food."

"How do we get food?" Nagato asked.

"Of course I'm going to steal it." Yahiko replied calmly.

"Steal it...Okay, I understand." Nagato agreed immediately without hesitation.

Although he is still a child physically, his real age is already over 20 years old. Naturally, he will no longer struggle with the problem of stealing things like Nagato in the original work. For him now, the most important thing is to survive. of.

And for war orphans who are only a few years old, this is probably the only way they can get food. After all, in a place like the Rain Country with poor resources and war-torn places, it is almost impossible to get food by begging. impossible things.

Nagato's experience in the original book has clearly illustrated this point. Even if the residents of the Land of Rain have extra food, they cannot give it to others extravagantly. After all, no one knows when the war will end. The more food you save, the more hope you can have to survive.

"Very good." Seeing Nagato readily agreeing, Yahiko nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "By the way, have you ever stolen food before?"

"No."

"That's it, then do you know how to steal food?"

"do not know."

Yahiko frowned and muttered in a low voice: "You can't even steal food. What a fool. No wonder he almost starved to death."

Nagato was speechless for a while. He didn't expect that he, an adult with a mental age of more than 20 years old, would be despised by a seven-year-old child.

"Well, forget it, there's no other way." Yahiko shrugged and said helplessly: "Now that I have agreed to let you join, I can't go back on my word. I can only teach you how to successfully steal food from scratch."

Seeing that Yahiko agreed to Nagato joining, Konan, who had been standing aside and watching the two of them quietly, said happily: "Great, Nagato joins us, then from now on we will be three people."

"Okay, without further ado, come here, I will teach you how to steal things now."

After Yahiko said this, he took Nagato and sat beside the fire, and began to teach him his experience of stealing things.

"First of all, you should..."

The fire was burning more and more fiercely. Xiaonan, who was sitting aside, held his face in his hands and looked at the two people who kept talking, with a smile on his lips.