Ninja Senjutsu Master

On the quiet forest path, two men walked one behind the other. It seemed that they were not close to each other.

Suddenly Hongye stopped and said coldly: "I will kill you now without leaving any traces."

"I know."

Asuma answered bravely. He had followed him as soon as his brain got hot. Now that he wakes up, he will inevitably feel uneasy. The rain ninja in front of him can easily kill him.

Hongye turned around and looked at the young Asuma, frowning slightly: "Since you know, why are you still following me?"

"Di Lu said that he can't feel any malice in you. I believe in his judgment. You are not a villain who kills innocent people indiscriminately."

Asuma took a deep breath and explained seriously: "I am looking for the meaning of being a ninja, and my intuition tells me that I can get the answer in you."

"What does it mean to be a ninja? Unfortunately, I don't have the Will of Fire here, and there is no Will of Rain in the Rain Hidden Village."

Hongye shook his head in amusement and walked towards the next town.

Asuma was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed, sighing with relief. It seemed that the other party had no intention of killing him, nor did he make any move to drive him away.

He followed Hongye and said cautiously: "Senior, I am very familiar with the Fire Country and can help you complete your mission. Just let me follow you during this period."

"Help me complete my mission?"

Hongye glanced at him. He didn't mind having a follower. With Asuma by his side, there would be less trouble when meeting Konoha ninjas, and the probability of finding Tsunade would be greater.

"Okay, the task I accepted is to collect debts, and the target is the legendary fat sheep. Just help me find her."

"Huh? Looking for Tsunade-sama?"

Asuma's face instantly turned pale. It wasn't that the task was difficult, but that if he brought people to Tsunade to collect debts, he would definitely be beaten!

After hesitating for a while, Asma warned in a low voice: "Senior, you'd better give up on this mission."

"Why?" Hongye was extremely calm.

Asuma explained with a wry smile: "Konoha also has similar tasks, but in all these years, no one has ever been able to get a penny back from Tsunade-sama."

In fact, it's not that Tsunade is stingy, but that as soon as she has a little money, she immediately goes to the casino to squander it all, so she is penniless most of the time.

All in all, if you want money, you definitely won't have it, but if you want life... then you have to be able to beat Tsunade!

"That's just right. Challenging tasks are interesting."

Hongye smiled slightly. He accepted this task just because it was impossible to complete. Otherwise, how could he stay in the Land of Fire openly.

Besides, it would be a good thing if Tsunade can really be found!

Half a day passed by, and there was no trace of Tsunade in the next town, so the two continued moving forward.

Asuma was not a fool, and he quickly discovered something was wrong. A normal ninja could not be so leisurely when doing tasks. It looked more like playing.

After leaving an "immortal residence", Asma couldn't help but ask: "Senior, are you looking for an immortal?"

"Ah."

Hong Ye nodded lightly and said: "In the Kingdom of Dawn, Master Payne is called an immortal by the people, so during the mission, I wanted to take a look and see if there are any immortals in the Kingdom of Fire."

Asuma's face was stiff. He was no stranger to immortals. Jilu was known as a talent of the immortals, who could induce the power of nature.

But Payne's name made him breathless. In the third ninja war, Payne's light was even more dazzling than the golden flash, and the power of the immortal shocked the ninja world.

Asma's eyes were shrouded in shadow, and his breathing became a little faster: "Senior, what kind of person is Pain?"

"Lord Payne."

Hongye thought seriously for a while, looked at the young man's tense expression, and smiled casually: "He is very handsome!"

"..."

Asma's breathing was stagnant and she almost suffered internal injuries. She coughed for a long time before she could catch her breath. She smiled bitterly and said, "Senior, I'm not asking about Payne's appearance."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he suddenly realized that his body was no longer shaking, and his fear of Payne also dissipated a lot. Only then did he realize that the senior was joking for him. Just like Di Lu said, the senior was really a warm person. people.

"Handsomeness is indeed Mr. Payne's most obvious advantage!"

Hongye emphasized seriously, and that was indeed what he thought in his heart, but considering the answer the boy wanted to know, he shrugged helplessly.

"Sir Payne, if I had to describe him, he should be a dictator."

"dictator?"

Asuma was stunned. He didn't expect to get such an answer at all. Shouldn't he praise his leader just like the people in the village praised his father?

"Are you disappointed?"

Hongye laughed, patted the young man's shoulder hard, and complained: "Lord Payne is a resolute person who often imposes various strange policies regardless of opposition.

Just like the ongoing flood control project, the people are complaining, and the ninjas in the village are also quite dissatisfied. However, under the order of Lord Pain, both the people and the ninjas must serve honestly. "

"service?"

Asuma muttered in confusion, not quite understanding the meaning of these two words.

"This is a tyranny set by Lord Payne. All residents of the Kingdom of Akatsuki, as long as they are healthy, must obey the village's arrangements for labor work before the age of 20. The time limit is two years."

Hong Ye vividly explained how hard work such as farming with one's face facing the loess and back facing the sky, working on the front line to control desertification and floods, and patrolling the border, etc., were not even privileged for powerful ninjas.

"How can this be."

Asuma's eyes were dull. He originally thought that Pain would be supported by the Hidden Rain Village like the third generation. From this point of view, the other party was indeed a villain, not only oppressing the village ninjas, but even enslaving the people of Akatsuki Country.

Also, managing the people is the daimyo's job, how can a ninja interfere? This is disrespectful!

Asuma showed an angry look and said angrily: "Then there is no one in the Kingdom of Akatsuki who resists Pain?"

"Of course, there are many!"

Hongye suppressed his smile and looked as calm as water: "Nobles, officials, samurai, rogue ninjas, rogue bandits, underground forces, as well as ninja clans and rebellious ninjas. Faced with Lord Payne's iron-blooded policy, there are too many people who resist!"

"How is the result?"

Asuma swallowed hard.

Hong Ye grinned and revealed a dangerous smile: "All those who resisted were killed. Since the establishment of the Kingdom of Akatsuki, tens of thousands of people have been killed. The purge work has not stopped until now, and will continue until That moment comes."

"madman!"

Asuma felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar. He only had one thought now. Payne was definitely a madman. The Kingdom of Akatsuki had lost its name, and now so many of its upper echelons had been killed. All lives would surely be devastated.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in his heart and asked, "What did you mean by that moment?"

"There is peace in the ninja world. The ninjas who follow Master Payne firmly believe that that moment will definitely come."

Hongye explained calmly, looked at the boy who was standing there blankly, and said, "I can't understand, right?"

"Yes, it is."

Asuma nodded blankly.

"If you can't understand it, then go see it with your own eyes."

Hongye smiled slightly: "As long as they don't cause trouble, the Kingdom of Akatsuki will not exclude outsiders. I can't tell you the meaning of being a ninja, but in the Kingdom of Akatsuki, you may be able to get the answer.

It just so happens that you can meet your enemy Payne by the way. I assure you that as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke, Master Payne will never kill you. "

"Go to the Kingdom of Akatsuki...to meet Pain."

Asuma once thought about going to the Kingdom of Dawn to avenge Pain, but he never thought that he could find the meaning of being a ninja in that kind of place!