Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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Ito Matsu frowned and glanced at Nikaido, who was stopping him: "What's wrong? Is this person related to you?"

"No. This person is my spoils of war. He's not part of your mission."

Ito Matsu narrowed his eyes: "Are you serious, Nikaido? This is my territory."

wow-

The henchmen immediately changed their tune from being obedient to becoming menacing, each grabbing their weapons and ready to attack at any moment.

"Do you think your men can defeat ninjas? Especially ninjas from a proper great nation."

"..."

For a long moment, the air was silent. Finally, Ito Matsu patted Nikaido's hand, and Nikaido let go. Ito Matsu raised his hand as if helpless and said, "Alright, alright. I'm really afraid of you, Nikaido-kun."

"Don't let me see your spoils next time. Otherwise, I'll really be tempted!"

Nikaido remained silent, but in his heart he thought that Matsu was a greedy bastard who wanted everything.

Soon, Nikaido grabbed the bound Morino Yuzuki and leaped away from the bustling mansion, arriving at the normal city area, on the roof of a building somewhere on the street.

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Nikaido used kunai to separate Morino Yuuki's ropes. Morino Yuuki had remained conscious since arriving in this area, and was even more puzzled by Nikaido's actions.

"why?"

"There's no reason why. I'm just happy because I made some money, so I'm letting you go. Just leave here and don't say anything out of line."

Morino Yuzuki untied the ropes binding her and asked blankly, "Aren't you a bad person? Why did you let me go? You said yourself that there's a bounty on my head in the village."

Nikaido leaned against the railing on the rooftop, enjoying the evening breeze. He waited a while after Morino Yuzuki finished speaking before hastily replying:

"Perhaps, I just wanted to be a good person for a moment."

"Enough talk. Get out of here! Your information will soon be sold to the local black market by that city lord and spread. I'm sure this place will soon become a hunting ground for you."

"But I was a rogue ninja to begin with."

Morino Yuuki was somewhat saddened. When he was a border ninja, he couldn't protect Konishi and the captain; even after leaving the Land of Fire and gaining power, he couldn't protect the peaceful resting places of a few ordinary families...

In the end, he managed to protect nothing.

"Kid." When Nikaido killed the skinny man, he noticed the fear flashing in Morino Yuzuki's eyes, so he changed his attack from the youth's neck to his abdomen. "You chose to defect and run away because of some reason from the last war, didn't you?"

Morino Yuzuki nodded.

The second phase sighed helplessly: "As expected. You and I are very similar. It's just that I was in the great war before that."

"World War I?!" Morino Yuzuki was somewhat surprised. Judging from this, this uncle seemed to be quite old.

"More or less. I trusted the wrong person that time. The Third Raikage let me go, but said that my name would remain on the Hidden Cloud Village's wanted list forever."

"I trusted the wrong person..."

"Hmm. Some things about the village's internal strife. Never mind. Why bother telling you all this?" Nikaido leaned against the railing for a while, and when he heard no movement behind him, he said, "You like protecting people so much."

"Why not go and protect those homeless villagers?"

"Didn't you say you wouldn't kill them?" Morino Yuzuki asked innocently.

"Heh." Nikaido turned around, looking at Morino Yuuki with a serious expression: "Are you serious?"

"What do you mean?" Morino Yuzuki had a bad feeling.

"To be honest, I don't know what education is like in Konoha." Nikaido tilted his head to look at the street scene inside the city, raised his arms and crossed them: "How could you think that I am the only ninja under that greedy castle lord?"

What do you mean by that...?

"To put it simply," Nikaido interrupted Morino Yuzuki, revealing the truth: "I don't like killing people indiscriminately."

"I won't care as long as it's not under my nose."

"so."

"There needs to be a team leader ninja who enjoys watching others kill people right under his nose."

"Only then can the mission of silencing them be accomplished."

"But...but you only want money?!" Morino Yuzuki exclaimed in shock.

"So, you're really young. You don't understand anything and you're trying to defect." Nikaido sighed slightly, thinking to himself that with your brain, you'd probably be tricked and killed within a month of defecting. "How could they not know who did it?"

"There were many travelers stopping or passing by at the time. Since it was my first time making a move, I couldn't just kill people indiscriminately."

"By the way, sometimes travelers might be young masters from a prominent local family, or they might be ninjas, ronin, or the like."

This is also to prevent serious problems from arising, which is why we have to use a milder approach to seize the other party's property.

"In the aftermath, the city lord, for the sake of his reputation and to prevent the truth of the matter from reaching more people's ears."

There is only one way.

Nikaido's voice gradually turned cold, and he pointed to a group of people who came out of the secret gate in the city wall: "A second attack, mainly to silence them."

"who's that person?"

Morino Yuzuki spotted a small, quietly open back door at the end of the secluded street. The leader's attire was somewhat similar to Nikaido's, but he looked much younger than Nikaido, perhaps only in his early twenties. Nikaido glanced at him and said:

"That person is a ninja from the Fuma clan."

"Call him Wind Demon Remote Fight."

“Fuma Haruto… If I remember correctly, the Fuuma clan is a ninja clan from the Land of Rice Fields. Why would he do this for the lord?” Morino Yuzuki said in a deep voice.

"Who knows."

"Perhaps it's just an interest."

"I heard that during the outbreak of World War II, that person also destroyed many villages, and his methods were extremely cruel."

"What? Are you going to stop that person?"

Nikaido's eyes showed a hint of interest.

Morino Yuzuki nodded. "No matter what, now that I've seen it, as a ninja, I won't just ignore it."

Nikaido paused, recalling how he too had once dreamed of gaining power, protecting his companions, and safeguarding the weak... but now...

Just as Morino Yuzuki was about to leave, Nikaido spoke again, calling out to the young man:

"Wait a minute."

"I'll go with you."

"?" Morino Yuzuki was somewhat surprised. Standing on the railing, she turned her head and asked, "Aren't you one of Lord Ito Matsu's subordinates? And judging from what the lord said, your deal with him should involve your safety, right?"

"Do not."

"to be honest."

"I've had enough of this kind of life."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that I'm wanted by the Cloud Village ninjas. The village hasn't actually issued a wanted list for me. It's just that they don't allow me to live in the Land of Lightning," Nikaido said.

"Kid, life as a rogue ninja isn't as easy as you think."

"Let me be your senior!"

"just you?"

"Hehe, don't underestimate me. Not to mention that my strength is already greater than yours, the age difference also gives me a much better understanding of things than you." Nikaido's words filled Morino Yuuki's eyes with doubt, and she became wary, feeling that something was off about this person.

"move."

"Otherwise, that guy named Fuma Haruto might catch up with us later."

Nikaido has made up his mind that he no longer wants to stay in this safe town and spend every day in a daze.

He wanted to use the last few years of his life to make amends for the mistakes he had made: he was almost fifty years old.

After saying that, Nikaido's figure flashed past the railing, and Morino Yuzuki, noticing this, quickly set off to chase after him.

"Wait a minute!"

......

She has long green hair and originally didn't have a ronin headband, but because she encountered a white-haired ninja a few years ago, she was left with an indelible scar, so she chose to buy and wear it.

"Red Leaves, Wood Beauty, Chikako, Breeze..."

As Fuma Haruto rode his horse, he slowly read the death list in his hand.

"Master Haruto."

Upon hearing this, Fengmo Yaodou stopped looking at the documents in his hand, glanced at his underlings, and asked, "What is it?"

"Lord Nikaido has been becoming increasingly disobedient lately. Lord Matsu has high hopes for you, so he'd like to ask for your opinion." After the man's voice fell, Fuuma Haruto sneered disdainfully, "Should I take action?"

"No, there's no need for adults to help."

"We have already invited ninjas from Amegakure, who should arrive soon. We will surely take their lives then."

"Isn't this a loss?" Fuma Haruto thought to himself that the rich are all black-hearted. Sure enough, as long as there are ninjas, this world will never be peaceful.

"Well, Lord Matsu has his own reasons."

"You don't need to tell me about this. I only took this job because I accepted a long-term commission from your city lord."

"That's it, that's it."

The group of thieves moved at a leisurely pace, approaching the location of the previously burned Red Street in an orderly manner.

The white moonlight shone down, illuminating the area around a ruin that was ablaze with countless sparks.

Honglian and Nawaki arrived at the place. Nawaki frowned, wondering what had happened. Honglian hurriedly ran into one of the rooms and came out looking distraught.

"Gone."

"My photo frame with my parents, my room, my parents' room... are all gone."

Rope Tree carefully checked the surroundings, and finally came over to comfort Honglian, "Honglian, your parents are most likely alright."

"Are you alright?!" Honglian's eyes lit up.

"Hmm! It must have been an attack by some unknown force. I saw a lot of footprints indicating they were leaving. Let's follow them!"

"Then, let's go quickly!"