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

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"Now he's actually willingly giving up his reputation as a rogue ninja and becoming the leader of a bandit gang? That's unbelievable."

Nikaido glanced at Morino Yuuki again, dismounted from his horse, and stretched his joints: "What good does it do you to recognize me? We're both Konoha ninja who are also rogue ninja."

“There’s no benefit to it. I’m just curious why someone like you would be here,” Morino Yuzuki said.

Nikaido's eyes were cold as he slowly untied the weights on his wrists, which then fell heavily to the ground: "Naturally, it's for survival."

"If this is your last word, then prepare to die."

"Your head is probably worth some money at the gold exchange."

"Unfortunately. I'm just a Chunin, and no matter how valuable I am, I'm probably worth less than 100,000 ryo." Morino Yuzuki said with a self-deprecating laugh.

"A Chunin who knows my information."

As he spoke, crackling arcs of electricity appeared on Nikaido's body. "It won't be less than 300,000 taels."

call out--

"soon!"

Nikaido's speed was astonishing. Morino Yuzuki could tell at a glance that her opponent was definitely no less than an ordinary Jonin from Kumogakure. After dodging in mid-air with a somersault, she threw three shuriken downwards.

laugh!laugh!laugh!

After deflecting three shuriken with his kunai, Nikaido suddenly exerted force with the soles of his feet, instantly appearing in front of Morino Yuuki, his kunai aimed at the young man's heart:

"it's over!"

puff-

"Ninja Bro!!"

Momiji didn't know what a rogue ninja was, but she did know that the other person was a very polite young man when buying things.

Moreover, once this young man dies, ordinary people like them will only become lambs to the slaughter.

Nikaido sensed something was wrong and kicked Morino Yuzuki away.

Soon, 'Mori no Yuzuki' transformed into a clay clone with its heart pierced, while the original Mori no Yuzuki abruptly appeared from beneath the feet of the gaunt man watching the battle, a kunai held to the gaunt man's neck: "Alright."

"I'm no match for you."

"Let's compromise. You take some of the money and food, and the rest can be left to the original inhabitants. How about that?"

After landing, Nikaido frowned as he looked at the Konoha rogue ninja who had taken his unimportant subordinate hostage and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Of course!"

"You wouldn't want your companion to die here, would you?"

With a slight exertion of force, Morino Yuzuki's kunai cut a small wound on the thin man's neck, from which blood flowed.

"No, don't kill me! Lord Nikaido! Save me, save me!"

"Useless." Nikaido sighed, wiping the sweat from his forehead with one hand, and raised his head slightly: "The night is nice tonight. I just didn't expect that in this era, there would still be such a simple-minded fool as you."

"That's really rare!"

Morino Yuuki also broke out in a cold sweat. Despite having transplanted the flesh and blood of an Earth Release nature transformation ninja and possessing a cursed seal, his actual strength was only slightly greater than that of an ordinary Chunin. His main strength lay in his ability to escape.

Seeing Nikaido wiping his sweat and looking up, Morino Yuzuki didn't dare to be careless and glanced upwards as well.

"Ah."

call out--

A kunai, imbued with the light of lightning, shot straight at the thin man's neck and aimed directly at Morino Yuzuki's face.

In an instant, a sixth sense of impending death caused Morino Yuuki to tilt her head slightly as a kunai filled with lightning chakra flashed past her eyes.

Followed by.

Countless spurts of blood gushed from the gaunt man's neck, the warm liquid landing on Morino Yuzuki's face.

In an instant, Morino Yuzuki recalled the past once again, and her whole body stiffened.

Then he realized that now was not the time for him to be sentimental.

Plop!

"Uh--"

A ninja's battle does not allow for distraction.

The intense pain in her stomach caused Morino Yuzuki to cough up a mouthful of bitter water. Nikaido stood in front of Morino Yuzuki, raising his fist.

"The seedlings of Konoha. They are still too young. They simply do not understand us, the ninjas of Kumogakure who crawled out of piles of corpses."

"Uh, I won't allow you to hurt..."

Morino Yuuki fainted, and the lightning release cells in Nikaido's body gradually contracted. He looked down and glanced at himself:

"The Will of Fire of Konoha?"

"But this is not the Land of Fire."

"Next."

The villagers were restricted in their movements by the gang of thieves and dared not stop them from entering the houses to loot items.

"Please! That's my money!!"

"Stop nagging!! Believe me or not, I'll kill you!!!"

"No, I don't want it anymore—"

"Don't touch my sister!!"

Bang!

The thief grabbed a girl by the hair, kicked away a young man who tried to save her, and sneered:

"None of your business! Your lives are in my hands!! Hahaha..."

call out--

"Ahhhh-"

Before the thief could finish his sneer, a kunai severed his ear. The burning pain shot into his brain, and the man immediately released the girl, kneeling on the ground, clutching his ear, and letting out a miserable scream.

"I said."

"Take the money, don't take lives."

Are you ignoring what I'm saying?

"In that case, you might as well lose all your ears!"

"I was wrong! I was wrong, Lord Nikaido." Hearing the cold words behind him, the thief man hurriedly turned around, knelt down, and kowtowed to apologize.

Nikaido nodded, turned around, and said:

"After looting, leave them some food to get them out of here, then burn the houses down!"

"Yes!"xN

Chapter 124 (Extra Chapter): The Ninja's Beliefs (Part 2)

Not long ago, Red Street was quite lively, but now it has been turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The villagers' cries rose and fell, and the unfortunate disaster came to an end.

Next.

Even more deadly things awaited these villagers.

Their home is gone.

We need to find a new place to live.

Families that had achieved a moderately prosperous life after months of hard work suddenly became the poorest households in the world: all their money was gone, as were their clothes, furniture, and other belongings; all that was left was some dry food for their journey.

in addition,

Nikaido carried the unconscious Morino Yuzuki to the back of the horse and rode forward on the official road.

Soon.

They arrived at the city gate of Guzhen Town. The soldiers guarding the city exchanged glances, and after seeing the leader, Nikaido, they exchanged another glance and opened the city gate.

Soon.

Under the cover of night, the band of thieves walked along the paths of Guzhen Town and eventually arrived at the courtyard of a mansion located in the heart of the inner city.

The town lord of Tanigawa had been waiting for a long time. Looking at the huge amount of money, food, and even furniture that Nikaido had brought back, he couldn't help but applaud and say, "As expected of my loyal subordinate, Nikaido-kun."

"Matsu-kun, I've completed your mission. Where's my reward?"

"Don't worry, don't worry. You won't be shortchanged on this reward." Ito Matsu smiled coldly, took out 500,000 tatami coins from the money that had just been counted concerning the residents of Red Street, and handed it to Nikaido. Nikaido took it and glanced at it briefly: "Is that all?"

"Haha. Of course, it's not just that." Ito Matsu said with a laugh, completely unafraid of Nikaido's attitude. He stepped forward, patted Nikaido on the shoulder, and stood to Nikaido's side, saying, "It cost me quite a bit of money to protect you and ensure your safe residence within the Land of Rice Fields."

"and."

Ito Matsu glanced around at the people and noticed that one of his men was missing, and another was injured. He immediately realized that it was Nikaido's hypocritical face again:

"Look at my poor men."

“Raising them requires a lot of food.”

"You kill me just like that, you injure me just like that... Did you even ask for my opinion?"

“I’ve said it before: if you’re going to take action, you can’t kill people indiscriminately. That’s a principle.”

"Hehe. So I'm not blaming you, Nikaido-kun."

After saying that, Ito Matsu seemed to only then notice the bound young man: "Oh. This is quite a treasure~"

"If I'm not mistaken about the headband, this person must have been a Konoha ninja before, and now he's a rogue ninja!"

"This person is quite good."

“Nikaido-kun, hand him over to me. Who knows, I might be able to get a lot of benefits in return, and I might even share some with you later.”

As Ito Matsu slowly moved his hand forward, preparing to touch Morino Yuzuki's face, Nikaido's hand grasped Ito Matsu's wrist and exerted a slight force.