Forced to sell misery

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Kingdom of Wind

Gobi Desert.

Under the scorching sun that could almost melt a person, two people wearing hooded robes and wrapping their bodies tightly walked towards them from a distance.

"By the way... let's take a break." Jing Ye said that he really couldn't go on like this.

The climate here in the Sand Country... is really terrible.

"...Is this level not enough?" Ye Cang cast a contemptuous look, "Are you really a qualified ninja?"

“……”Jing Ye found himself speechless.

As for why the two of them came to the Kingdom of Wind together...

For some awkward reason, Jing Ye did not directly agree to recommend Ye Cang to join Akatsuki.

Instead, he changed the subject and asked Ye Cang,

"You really don't want to go back to visit the Sand Ninja that you have always regarded as your hometown?"

Ye Cang's face suddenly became extremely gloomy.

"Or in other words, you don't want to ask for the result in front of the Sand Ninja high-level officials?" Jing Ye further tested.

"No need." Ye Cang shook his head and sneered with the corners of his lips raised.

This sneer made Jing Ye shudder.

Miss Ye Cang... probably turned evil.

At first he was wondering why Ye Cang behaved very calmly except when he lost control a little after knowing the truth.

It seemed as if he had accepted the fact that he had been pushed out by the village to become a victim.

Of course, he had no idea how Ye Cang treated those Mist Ninjas who plotted against her.

"So, you don't want revenge?"

"Oh?" Ye Cang tilted his head and looked at Jing Ye.

"For example, go back to the Sand Ninja and ask all the senior executives who made this decision, do you also want to experience Scorch Release? Like this?" Jing Ye considered his tone.

"Are you testing me?"

"No." Jing Ye's face was stiff.

He just didn't know whether he should bring Ye Cang into the pit of "Akatsuki".

Although Akatsuki is indeed very short of people...mainly because the mortality rate is too high.

"But do you really have nothing to miss about Sunagakure?"

Ye Cang was stunned for a moment. She remembered the girl who had always followed her and called her teacher.

Knowing the news of her "sacrifice", the child must have felt truly sad for her.

"Okay, you convinced me." Ye Cang glanced at Jing Ye, and then said in a dangerous tone, "But don't even think about attacking Sand Village."

Even if you are betrayed by the village... you will not vent your anger on others, but will think about the village?

The reason why Ye Cang was unwilling to return to Sunagakure to confront those high-level officials was probably based on this idea.

Jing Ye lowered his head and was silent for a moment.

This kind of thinking... is the same as Itachi in the original work, who accepted a high-level mission to slaughter a clan for the sake of the village's stability.

Is this the awareness of being a "Ninja"...

"Hey, you." Ye Cang kicked Jing Ye's calf, "Why are you daydreaming? Are you thinking about how to steal the secrets of Sand Village?"

"..." Jing Ye came back to his senses, rolled his eyes at her, and said disdainfully, "I'm not interested."

"However," Jing Ye looked at Ye Cang and said frankly, "I want to meet someone."

"Oh?" Ye Cang narrowed his eyes, "Old friend?"

"No, we haven't met yet, so I want to go meet him."

In this way, Jing Ye followed Ye Cang on the road to Sand Ninja.

Along the way, Ye Cang used the delicious grilled fish and other delicious food to successfully make Uchiha Jingye accurately position himself and Ye Cang as the elder brother and younger brother.

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The wind carried the sand and wandered across this wilderness, bringing with it a sense of exile and desolation.

The scenery before my eyes seems to always be like this, monotonous and boring, lacking vitality and color.

Just like the dry weeds under his feet, growing in such a place is itself a kind of sadness.

The red hair seemed to be the only bright color. The young child was holding a broken teddy bear in his arms, his jade-colored eyes filled with confusion.

At this moment, a hand with gentle warmth covered his eyes.

"Don't cry."

"I," Gaara retorted automatically, "I didn't cry."

"Oh? Then why do I feel a scarred heart and a pair of eyes that can shed tears?"

The strange voice said, and at the same time, the hand covering his eyes was removed.

Gaara turned around and looked in surprise at the person who suddenly appeared beside him. Only a pair of eyes were exposed, and the rest was hidden under the wide robe.

Those eyes were a rare black color in the desert, and most importantly, the way this person looked at him was different from that of others.

It doesn't feel bad to be quietly stared at by such eyes.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Gaara hugged the little bear in his arms tightly, thinking strangely,

Why...why didn't Sand attack this person...

"Because I have no ill intentions, and I won't hurt you," Jing Ye smiled, his beautiful eyes curved into a crescent shape, "After walking a long way, I finally found you, Gaara."

This... weird guy in front of me, while saying strange words, squatted down and hugged me.

Gaara's whole body stiffened, and he struggled subconsciously, "Let me go!"

As far as he could remember, no one had ever hugged him like this...

"No, I'm so tired after walking all the way. I need someone to hug me." Compared to the little Gaara, Jing Ye was more like a unreasonable child, holding on to the red panda and refusing to let go.

The struggling movements were extremely stiff. Hearing him say this, Gaara's eyes widened instantly and asked helplessly, "Aren't you... afraid of me?"

"Why should I be afraid of you?" Jing Ye shamelessly put his chin on Gaara's shoulder and said with a smile, "Are you afraid that you will kill me?"

"I……"

"Gaara is a good boy, he won't kill me, right?"

"I..." Gaara was stunned and didn't react.

"Let go of Gaara-sama!"

Several shurikens shot towards Jingye, and at the same time, two fully armed Sand Ninjas appeared in front of him.

"!" Gaara was startled, as if he finally reacted, and began to struggle again.

"good."

Jing Ye said in a soothing voice.

The strange guy behind him hugged him tighter, and Gaara was stunned. He didn't know whether he should struggle harder to break free from the embrace.

He could choose to punish or kill those who were malicious towards him without hesitation, but he didn't know how to respond to a hug, so he could only stand there helplessly.

After comforting the little panda in his arms, Jing Ye looked at the two Sand Ninjas in front of him with dissatisfaction.

Is he the Anbu who is secretly monitoring Gaara?

Really.

Jing Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, "Are you Sand Ninjas all idiots who only care about the enemy in front of you?"

"what?"

"Behind him." Jing Ye reminded kindly.

The two Sand Ninjas turned their heads stiffly and saw another Kagami Ye who had appeared behind them at some point, and the three magatama rotating in his scarlet pupils.

As Sand Ninjas, of course they could recognize these extremely famous eyes - the Sharingan!

Why did the Uchiha clan of Konoha appear in Sand Village?

Moreover, I heard that the Uchiha clan's Sharingan can control the tailed beasts. Then, what is the purpose of this Uchiha who held Gaara hostage...

Could it be that Konoha is going to go to war with Sand Village? !

"enemy……"

However, before the two could react, he lost consciousness and fell down.

"!" Gaara was startled, and the sand around him began to flow.

"Don't be afraid, Gaara." He ordered his shadow clones to deal with the two Sand Ninjas that were knocked down. Jing Ye still stuck to little Gaara, and had no awareness at all that he was defined as a "dangerous element".

"I... am not afraid." Gaara answered subconsciously.

"Yeah, Gaara is so brave," Jing Ye said perfunctorily without any sincerity. At the same time, he looked down at the sand that had been wrapped around his ankles and said helplessly, "Gaara doesn't like me?"

"Who are you anyway?"

"Uh... a bad guy who wants to abduct children?" Jing Ye tilted his head to look cute, and looked at Gaara with innocent eyes, "Well, can we formally meet? My name is Uchiha Jing Ye."

"My...name is, Sandfall Gaara."

After hesitating for a moment, Gaara finally said his name.

In this case... does that mean we have made friends?

Friends...cannot be hurt.

Recalling the scenes he secretly saw of other children getting to know each other for the first time, Gaara thought uncertainly and subconsciously ignored Jing Ye's words that he was a "bad guy".

At the same time, in accordance with his will, the sand that bound Jing Ye also scattered.

"So cute," Jing Ye, who didn't care at all that he was almost sent to a "sand waterfall funeral", looked at Gaara's slightly chubby cheeks, but still couldn't help but take action.

"Well, I'm tired. Do you want to invite me to your house?" Pinching Gaara's soft little face, Jing Ye further made an "excessive" request.

"Me?" Gaara seemed to want to turn around and look at Jing Ye.

"Is it okay? As long as you agree." Reluctantly letting go of the little panda in his arms, Jing Ye stood up and smiled maliciously, "How about inviting me to your house to play?"

"……it is good."

Looking at the hand that Jing Ye extended to him, Gaara slowly placed his hand on it.