People are in Konoha, scientific achievements are followed by blood

Just this simple greeting made Nagato almost cry.

Nagato was very surprised to see Yayoi again.

In the past two years, too many things had happened, and he had too many things to say to this childhood friend.

Nagato wiped away the tears from the corner of his eyes vigorously. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and there was already a layer of barrier called 'time' between the former friends.

Nagato spoke with some anxiety: "Yayoi... how are you doing during this time? Are your uncle and aunt okay too?"

"Well, my mother entrusted me to the ninjas of Konoha. I lived well and learned some useful ninjutsu from them. As for my father and mother..."

Yayoi paused and said calmly: "They are no longer here."

"That's it." Upon hearing this, Nagato's eyes dimmed again.

"Did you know? The war started not long after you left. Originally, my mother wanted to follow Uncle Mingsha's advice and move away from her hometown. However, my father said that he was a doctor and could not escape so quickly. Then, in order to protect I……"

Having said this, Nagato glanced at Jiraiya and the other three secretly, "They were all killed by ninjas searching for supplies."

The topic suddenly became serious, and Yayoi didn’t know how to continue.

"Will you follow these people to Konoha in the future?" Nagato asked again.

"Yeah." Yayoi nodded.

Seeing the somewhat disappointed Nagato, Yayoi couldn't bear it, and suddenly there was a strong will in his heart to change this fate.

He wanted to actively intervene in the "plot" he knew to help Nagato change his tragic future.

For this reason, he didn't even think about whether he would be exposed to Madara.

So, he said to Nagato: "Do you want to go to Konoha with me?"

Nagato was a little surprised by Yayoi's invitation.

However, he quickly shook his head and refused: "No, I still want to stay here. I want to be with Yahiko and the others."

"That's it." Yayoi was a little disappointed.

Nagato's refusal means that Yayoi's small challenge to fate has failed.

Nagato will eventually stay on this land and start his own destiny.

Yayoi didn't say anything like, 'You can take Yahiko and Konan away too'.Firstly, given Yahiko's character, it is still open to question whether he agrees or disagrees. Secondly, during the war, the living environment of several children of unknown origin in Konoha was not much better.

On the other side, while Nagato and Yayoi were talking, Yahiko also made his request to the Sannin:

"Please teach us ninjutsu!"

Teaching ninjutsu, for ninjas, especially those with a certain status like the Sannin, almost means the establishment of a master-disciple relationship.

This is also the reason why Tsunade was very angry when Orochimaru interfered with Yayoi's training.

Orochimaru's behavior was almost equivalent to competing with her as a disciple.Compared to Orochimaru, Jiraiya was much more knowledgeable, and he just spread some common sense to Yayoi on how to decipher genjutsu.

The three ninjas had different attitudes toward Yahiko's sudden and somewhat unreasonable request.

Jiraiya and Tsunade were fine, but they just frowned. Orochimaru was already trying to drive them away!

For Yayoi's sake, Orochimaru didn't want to kill Yahiko and the three of them like in the plot, but he was unambiguous when he did it.

In the end, it was Jiraiya who stopped Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru, you and Tsunade should go back to the village with Yayoi first. I want to stay and take care of these little guys for the time being."

"what?"

"At least let them be independent, after all..."

Jiraiya looked between Yayoi and Nagato and said, "After all, they have Yayoi's only relative among them."

"and……"

Jiraiya murmured to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "This can be regarded as my little atonement."

Although they didn't quite agree with Jiraiya's idea, Tsunade and Orochimaru still respected his decision.

Nowadays, the signs of the end of the Second Ninja War are becoming more and more obvious, and the village's demand for Jiraiya's combat power is not as tight as before.

Before leaving, Yayoi stared at Nagato for a long time.

When she thought about the fate this little friend would encounter in the future, Yayoi suddenly felt the urge to tell the truth.

He wanted to warn Nagato and tell him: 'You must be careful about the bastard who calls himself "Uchiha Madara" and the leader of Amegakure Village "Sansho Hanzo", don't be deceived by them! '.

However, Yayoi was unable to speak in the end.

Because he is still too weak at this time!

So weak that he didn't even dare to try to change Nagato's fate.

……

After bidding farewell to Jiraiya and Nagato, Orochimaru and Tsunade took Yayoi and started heading towards Konoha.

In fact, several people had received the retreat order from the village a few days ago. The entanglement with Hanzo in the past few days was not only Hanzo's pursuit of the three of them, but also the three people's follow-up mission to cover the retreat of the large force.

Along the way, the three passed through several battlefield ruins and saw countless houses destroyed by detonating symbols and ninjutsu, as well as many displaced war orphans like Nagato and the others.

Seeing the horror of all this, Tsunade became even more disgusted with this war.

On the one hand, her brother died on the eve of the Second Ninja War.

On the other hand, in this war, in order to achieve strategic defense purposes, Konoha took the initiative to invade the neutral Rain Country and transferred the cost of the war to Amegakure.

In the early stages of the war, the three gangsters of fire, earth, and wind all agreed tacitly to place the battlefield in the Kingdom of Rain.However, as the war progressed, especially after Konoha took full advantage, the Land of Rain turned into a battlefield between only Konoha and Amegakure.

In a sense, the war between Konoha and Amegakure is a completely unjust war, a war between half-politician Hiruzen Sarutobi and madman Sansho Hanzo.

Orochimaru has no such sentimental thoughts at all. As far as Yayoi knows, with the help of this war, this guy has even accumulated a large part of his unknown wealth.

This includes unowned assets of unknown origin during the war, occult materials that were stolen or robbed during missions, a large number of ninja corpse materials, and these displaced potential living materials.

Orochimaru didn't know what his motives were. He had no intention of hiding it from Yayoi, and even took the initiative to expose his methods to him.

It was also after witnessing Orochimaru's actions that Yayoi had some thoughts.

In the subsequent plot, after Orochimaru defected to Konoha, he lived a very comfortable life, and even quietly established a 'Sound Ninja Village'!

One can imagine how rich Orochimaru gained by taking advantage of World War II and World War III.

If you want to build a real Ninja Village, internal affairs, military, diplomacy, commerce, production, education, medical and other systems must be established.

Establishing these systems requires a large number of loyal talents, but loyalty and bonds cannot be cultivated overnight. This requires long-term layout and accumulation.

Since he wants to rebuild Uzumaki Village, he must follow Orochimaru's example and prepare a team for himself in advance.

Without a sufficient number of followers, even if he could eventually become a blood successor and run rampant in the ninja world, he would only be able to build an empty shell of a ninja village.

These war orphans produced by World War II and World War III are the best source for him to build his own team.