Chapter 134: This Great Lord is Called Hidan!

Chapter 134: This Great Lord is Called Hidan!

After buying a pile of gifts around the commercial street, the youth noticed the crow on his shoulder was absent-minded and asked doubtfully, "Kitahara, what's wrong? Is there something you want to eat?"

"Caw!"

Someone is following us!

The crow turned its head and looked at a corner, where a young Hidden Hot Water ninja was stealthily following them.

"He doesn't look like a bad person!" Uchiha Itachi put down the things in his hand and waved at the young Hidden Hot Water ninja, "Hey? Do you need something?"

"Of course!"

The young Hidden Hot Water ninja had a bit of a bad temper, puffing out his cheeks and speaking loudly.

Perhaps because he was asking for a favor, or perhaps for other reasons, his voice was a bit nervous, "Do you know where that woman in the kimono who was in the village some time ago went?"

Itachi shook his head, not understanding who the young Hidden Hot Water ninja was asking about.

The young Hidden Hot Water ninja thought he was playing dumb, his mood clearly becoming irritable, "It's that dead woman named Kikyo!"

"Oh, she went back."

"Where did she go back to?"

"Back to where she belongs." Uchiha Itachi glanced at the crow on his shoulder and nodded seriously, "I don't know when she'll be able to come back, maybe she'll never come back."

"I see, thank you."

The young Hidden Hot Water ninja lowered his head and left.

Uchiha Itachi suddenly remembered the person Shizune had been looking for in the Land of Hot Water for a long time, "Wait! You're that kid who helped at her clinic!"

"Hey, you brat, you're not much older than this great lord!" the young Hidden Hot Water ninja said angrily, waving his fists.

"Um..."

Uchiha Itachi deliberated, not knowing how to speak. The clinic in the Land of Hot Water was already closed, and Shizune and Tsunade would soon be returning to Konoha.

He thought for a moment, then still spoke up, "You're called 'Little Duan', right? Shizune-nee has been looking for you, but she's about to return to the village... If you don't want to be here, you can come back to Konoha with me and wait for her."

"I don't want to be with that dead woman Shizune!" the young Hidden Hot Water ninja retorted, turning his back to Uchiha Itachi and wiping his eyes, "I already have a new home."

"You..."

"It's none of your business!" The young Hidden Hot Water ninja interrupted Itachi's words and ran out of their sight, leaving only his name behind.

"'Little Duan' or whatever, that dead woman Kikyo... Waaah!"

"This great lord is called Hidan!"

Uchiha Itachi habitually tilted his head, "He seems to be crying..."

Kitahara couldn't help but roll its eyes at him. You'd cry too if you were him!

Isn't this kid's story just the plot of a third-rate novel!

A shrine maiden from another world adopts a rebellious child, but just when the child comes to accept the shrine maiden, the shrine maiden disappears from his world…

The problem is, in this story, how come it, the crow who started it all, feels a little bit like the villain!

That child named Hidan…

Kitahara's eyes suddenly narrowed. This name was somewhat familiar. The crow's body instantly chased in Hidan's direction, "Caw!"

Cub, you stay here and watch the things, don't move...

I'm going to catch that kid!

"Kitahara..."

Uchiha Itachi only had time to reach out a hand. Seeing the crow had already flown off, the youth pouted and sat helplessly on a stone pier.

A teahouse in the Land of Hot Water, the aroma of tea overflowing.

The climate of the Land of Springs, due to geothermal heat, is warmer than most countries in the ninja world. The last batch of spring tea is already on the market. The teahouse owner, to attract business, boiled a pot of tea and placed it outside the shop for passing merchants to drink.

Under the tent outside the teahouse, a man sat peacefully at a low table drinking tea, looking very leisurely. As for the woman opposite him, her expression was somewhat cold; she was not very accustomed to this lifestyle.

Konan glanced discontentedly at the comfortable man at the table, "Orochimaru, our organization needs powerful members, not powerless orphans. Not all children have Uchiha Itachi's ability."

"Oh? Indeed, no one can match Itachi."

The man leisurely blew on his tea and chuckled lightly, "But, the orphans Jiraiya adopted back then, haven't their strengths also become very formidable now?"

Konan: "..."

Regarding Orochimaru's words, she really had no position to refute. This rogue ninja from Konoha Village was once Teacher Jiraiya's partner, and she knew a little about their past.

Orochimaru was one of the Konoha Sannin she had looked up to back then, and also Teacher Jiraiya's friend. Konan hadn't yet reached the point of being completely ruthless.

Her perception of Orochimaru was somewhat complex, perhaps a mixture of contempt and respect…

This time, the organization was short-staffed. Konan came out for club recruitment. Sasori of the Red Sand and Orochimaru were in a group with her. Sasori of the Red Sand went out to collect scrap.

When only she and Orochimaru were left, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

This guy actually fit Teacher Jiraiya's description from back then... Orochimaru really had no emotional intelligence; a casual remark from him could choke a person to death!

Konan frowned, "Let me remind you first, everyone in the organization is very busy. No one has time to take care of children."

"My subordinates will settle them."

Orochimaru didn't care about Konan's words. He himself had no intention of letting these children depend on the Akatsuki organization for a long time.

Recently, he and Kabuto had also realized they didn't have enough assistants. However, due to the breakdown of his relationship with Danzo, he urgently needed manpower.

The Akatsuki organization cannot last long.

If not for coveting and fearing the organization leader's Rinnegan, he would have left this non-standard organization long ago.

The free tea at the teahouse seemed to suit Orochimaru's taste very well. He stretched out his long tongue and licked the rim of the cup, "If possible, when the people in the organization are on missions, you can have them see if they can find some children with good talent or Kekkei Genkai."

"Besides you, no one would be willing to do such a thing."

Konan gathered her clothes, shook her head, and continued, "How much longer are we going to waste here? Are you sure that child will come back?"

"He will."

The man nodded, a hint of confidence showing in the pupils under his eyeshadow, "I know these children very well. The first thing they lose is also what they want most, which is a home!"

"Even if the people in this home do all sorts of excessive things to them, put their bodies on the experiment table, treat them as disposable laborers, but…"

"When people lose something, they will involuntarily explore what they have lost. When they get it back, they will cherish it more, and also fear losing it again... Heh heh heh heh..."

The paper flower trembled slightly. The woman's mood was a mixture of feelings. After a long while, she finally spoke, "Those... are just useless emotions."

"Konan, you're wrong."

Orochimaru grabbed the teapot in front of the table, gently shook the empty pot, then suddenly stretched out his arm and, under the teahouse owner's dumbfounded gaze, got another pot of tea.

He satisfactorily poured two cups of tea before explaining, "Those are the softest things in people's hearts."

"Some people like to show them off."

"Some people..." Orochimaru paused, pushing a cup of tea in front of Konan, "will hide them very deeply, so deep that even they can't find them. They themselves are not sure if that warmth is still in their hearts."

Konan's heart stirred. She didn't want to be overwhelmed by Orochimaru's presence. Forcing herself to be calm, she reached down, picked up the teacup, and asked back, "Someone as cold-blooded as you, do you have them too?"

"Everyone has them."

"Because I see things too clearly."

The man sat upright, an image of profound mystery, "When I chose to pursue the truth in my dreams, those were just the insignificant prices I needed to pay."

Konan slowly put down her teacup, "..."

Teacher Jiraiya was right. This guy Orochimaru is often unreliable. He'll be chatting, and then he'll start saying things that sound completely baffling!

"Lord Orochimaru, I'm back!"

A loud shout came from the street!

A running figure came into view. The conversation between Orochimaru and Konan thus ended. The facts indeed did not deviate from his prediction; that youth named Hidan had come back to find them.

Before deciding to leave the Land of Hot Water with them, Hidan had proposed that he wanted to say goodbye to a friend before leaving…

The problem is, why did you attract a crow when you went to say goodbye to a friend?

Konan glanced at the pitch-black, fierce bird that appeared closely behind the youth, then looked at the man beside her. Is Orochimaru sure he wants to abduct this orphan?

(End of this chapter)

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