socalfunplaces Chapter 111 A Brand New World
Chapter 111 A Brand New World
Chapter 111 A Brand New World
On the way back that day, although Konan never fully understood the meaning of Shiba Kiyokawa's words, she at least understood part of his thoughts—he would not stop his progress after taking over the Land of Rain.
Just like his bold words: "The stars and the sea lie ahead of us, and we are going to overthrow the entire old world!"
Half a year ago, Xiao Nan would have felt scared and repulsed by such thoughts. The three good friends formed the Akatsuki organization precisely because they hated war. Peace was their greatest pursuit, and they should have been the ones who hated provoking conflict the most.
But now, after understanding Shiba Kiyokawa's thoughts, she not only didn't feel disgusted, but instead felt a surge of excitement!
It wasn't until she got home and lay in bed that Xiao Nan calmed down and reflected on her experiences, and only then did she realize the change in her mindset.
Without realizing it, she raised her hand and touched her forehead with the back of her hand.
"Am I sick?" she asked herself doubtfully.
The results showed that the temperature did not appear to be abnormal.
It turns out he wasn't sick after all.
She was simply... changed by someone!
Upon realizing this, Xiao Nan's face inexplicably flushed.
Because of this feeling, she was surprisingly neither alarmed nor disgusted.
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On this day, Xiao Nan wasn't the only one who realized that her mindset needed to change.
Upon arriving in the Land of Rain, the pharmacist Nonou is also struggling to adjust her mindset amidst her anxieties.
She had actually woken up earlier, when the battle was almost over, but her years of experience in surreptitious disguise made her instinctively put on a protective layer and choose to feign unconsciousness.
Her disguise skills were undoubtedly top-notch; even a group of powerful individuals failed to detect anything unusual about her at close range.
That's why Xiao Nan heard everything that she heard.
Unlike Minami, whose trajectory had been completely altered, Yakushi Nonou felt only deep fear and apprehension upon first hearing Shiba Kiyokazu's words.
Is this person really such an extreme warmonger? Showing hostility towards all five great ninja villages at the same time! That's terrifying!
The last madman she knew who shared the same ideas was Danzo!
That was also a madman who regarded all the surrounding ninja villages as equal enemies!
The thought of being coerced by Root in the past fills Yakushi Nonou with a constant sense of unease.
Even after returning to the capital of the Land of Rain, Terai repeatedly assured her that the Akatsuki organization was different, but Yakushi Nonou's unease remained difficult to dispel.
The following morning, Terai himself went to report to the Akatsuki organization, leaving only Yakushi Nonou and Kabuto behind.
According to Terai, his freedom is limited, after all, he only recently surrendered.
This amplified the anxiety and fear in Yakushi Nonou's heart.
So much so that when someone knocked on the door that morning, she instinctively gripped her kunai tightly. The moment she opened the door, the kunai almost hit the person who entered, giving them a big fright.
Upon closer inspection, Yakushi Nonou quickly stopped and apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my reaction was too extreme."
The newcomer was just an ordinary, slightly plump middle-aged woman. Having just escaped a close call, she was still a little shaken. Patting her chest, she said in a flustered voice, "Young lady, why were you holding a weapon when you opened the door? You scared me to death!"
However, the middle-aged woman wasn't a bad person and didn't blame Nono. After a while, she even apologized, saying, "But it's also my fault for being too impulsive. I mistook you for a local. May I come in now?"
Upon hearing this, Yakushi Nonou's heart skipped a beat again.
As a veteran spy whose title includes the word "walking," she has traveled to many places in the ninja world over the years and knows that many ninja villages have very serious xenophobic tendencies.
Foreign ninjas, non-locals, jinchūriki, and even ninjas with insufficient bloodline limits—all sorts of "not fitting in" identities can become reasons for discrimination and exclusion.
This is why, despite traveling to so many places, she could only return to Konoha and endure the exploitation of the Root.
The ninja world is just a place where everyone competes to be the worst!
My guardedness just now revealed that I'm not a local. Could this be the prelude to a tragedy?
With a mix of anxiety and uncertainty, Yakushi Nonou nervously stepped aside and invited the other person into the house.
"Please...please come in."
"Don't be so nervous, child. Oh, maybe you're too old to be called a child anymore, it's just my personal way of speaking, don't mind it." The middle-aged woman was very friendly, talking on and on, making Yakushi Nono feel flattered.
"I'm from the City Residents Management Committee, a newly established organization here, mainly responsible for the statistics and management of city residents. You seem to have just arrived yesterday, so I'm here today for a routine registration. May I ask your name? What brings you to the city? Are you a ninja?"
Yakushi Nonou was trembling with fear. She dared not lie in someone else's territory and answered truthfully one by one.
The middle-aged woman repeated "Don't be nervous" several times, and then asked, "Since you are a ninja, can you tell me what you are good at? Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. I know that you ninjas value your information very much. We won't pry too much, we just want to know a little bit so that we can arrange work for you later."
Upon hearing the last part, Yakushi Nonou's eyes widened in surprise.
"Arrange jobs? Do you also arrange jobs for people from other places?"
This was something he had never encountered in his previous travels.
Those major ninja villages outwardly proclaim that they value and protect their comrades, but in reality, under their lax village management system, they mostly let their ninjas fend for themselves.
The first discrimination and exclusion that outsiders experience in the Great Ninja Village always begins when they accept a mission assignment!
Good commissions are hard to come by; if you can't get them, you'll have to tighten your belt and make a living.
This is something that Nono Yakushi, who has wandered to various places in the ninja world, understands very well!
She never imagined that there would be places that would actively introduce jobs to visiting ninjas. Wouldn't the local powerful ninja clans have objections to such preferential treatment?
The middle-aged woman smiled and said jokingly, "Child, you shouldn't ask such questions. To be honest, the Akatsuki also came from the south. They are outsiders too. Now we are all people of the Land of Rain. You can't just say things like that that would disrupt our unity."
Although the middle-aged woman smiled gently, her tone was casual and playful.
But Yakushi Nono was completely shocked.
This was the first time she had ever encountered a place where national identity was completely prioritized over village identity.
The Land of Rain—it truly seemed like a completely new world she had never seen before.
(End of this chapter)