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"Big Brother, I caught this fish. What do you think, it's big, right?"
At Oka-san's house, the five of them, plus Oka-san and his family of three, a total of eight people, were sitting around the dinner table. Because the table wasn't very big, Yezi sat close to Kenshi. She pointed her chopsticks at a large fish head in the pot, boasting.
Seeing Yezi's smile, which was different from the one she had when she was with him, Kenshi nodded in relief. "Yeah, it's big."
"Eat, eat, eat. Everyone, feel free." Oka-san was very polite and enthusiastic.
"Here, Oka-san." Yezi picked up the biggest fish head and put it on Kenshi's plate.
Yahiko's innocence and Konan's companionship made her integrate quickly.
Kenshi enjoyed this cheerful atmosphere.
They all drank fish soup and ate together, chatting and joking. Life couldn't be better than this.
Unfortunately... there are always people who like to cause trouble at times like this.
While they were eating, Yezi suddenly frowned, secretly put down her hand, and patted Kenshi's thigh under the table.
Kenshi remained unmoved. Seeing Kenshi like this, Yezi wanted to remind Yahiko and the others that a group of twelve ninjas was approaching the village, but she could only hold back and follow Kenshi's instructions.
Kenshi wanted to see how Yahiko and the others' perception abilities were, especially Nagato's.
As a result, they only realized when the enemy was approaching the village entrance.
And it wasn't because of their perception abilities, but because the trap they had set at the village entrance was triggered by the enemy. That's how they knew someone was invading.
"It seems the Rinnegan... no, Nagato's perception ability isn't good." Kenshi thought to himself.
"Not good, someone's coming."
Yahiko's face changed. He immediately said to Oka-san and his family, "Oka-san, you guys hide quickly. We'll handle the outside."
Nagato and Konan had already switched to battle mode.
Kenshi put on the hat behind his waterproof coat and pulled up his high collar, covering most of his face, revealing only his eyes.
Yezi did the same. She was still wanted.
It was fine for ordinary villagers. They didn't have access to wanted posters. But those wandering ninjas might. So, it was better to disguise themselves a little.
Then, the five of them quickly opened the door and went out, running towards the village entrance.
At the village entrance, the group of twelve ninjas who triggered the trap instantly realized that there were ninjas in the village. They immediately became alert and didn't rush into the village.
Soon, Yahiko led Kenshi and the others to the village entrance, facing off against the group of twelve ninjas outside.
The twelve ninjas, judging from their physique, were all adults. Each of them carried a ninja sword. From their uniforms, they seemed to be Hanzo's men. They were well-equipped, but they weren't wearing the signature gas masks of Hanzo's men.
Yahiko guessed that these people were most likely ninjas who had left Hanzo's men in the Hidden Rain Village.
He didn't know why they were targeting this village now.
"Twelve people... that's a lot!"
Seeing that there were twelve people, and they were former ninjas under Hanzo, they were definitely different from the five they had encountered before. Thinking about this, Yahiko's face changed slightly. Thankfully, he saw Kenshi and Yezi out of the corner of his eye, and his heart calmed down a bit.
They weren't the same three people as before.
With Big Brother and Yezi-nee joining them, what did twelve people matter? No matter how many there were, they wouldn't be able to harm the village behind them.
"We're protecting this place. I warn you, leave immediately."
If they could avoid fighting, they would. Yahiko's belief had always been to resolve conflicts through communication.
But there's a saying, right?
A person's words must have weight. Someone must be willing to listen.
If this person were in modern Earth, they would either have power or money.
In the ninja world, where strength is supreme, the prerequisite for communication is that you have to beat the other person up before they will listen to you.
Otherwise, do you think Hashirama Senju pacified the world with what?
What did he use to persuade Uchiha Madara to join forces and establish Konoha?
Strength!
Absolute strength!
Only when your fists are bigger than others will they sit down and listen to your reasoning quietly.
Obviously, Yahiko hadn't shown the absolute strength to make the twelve attackers sit down and listen to his communication.
"Are you Hanzo's men?" The leader of the other side saw the headbands on Yahiko and the others' heads and subconsciously asked a question, but before Yahiko could answer, he shook his head to himself and said, "Forget it, it doesn't matter. Kill."
As soon as he finished speaking, he and the ninjas behind him charged forward.
Facing the enemy's actions of not even giving them a chance to speak before attacking, Yahiko's talk-no-jutsu was useless. It was the same principle. If you want others to communicate with you properly, you have to first possess the absolute strength to make them sit down and communicate with you properly.
"Everyone, don't let them hurt the village!"
"But, don't kill anyone!"
Yahiko quickly reminded them. Since he wanted to approach hatred and conflict through communication, he naturally couldn't kill, not even the enemy.
Otherwise, how could he communicate if everyone was dead?
"Understood." Nagato and Konan quickly responded. They had long understood Yahiko's ideals and were willing to help him achieve them. Naturally, they would follow Yahiko's orders.
Actually, Yahiko was talking to Kenshi and Yezi.
"Understood." Kenshi shrugged.
Only Yezi frowned and said, "I'll try."
"Hmm." Yahiko nodded, a smile appearing on his face. He knew Yezi's experiences, so it was already very good that Yezi could try.
Besides, he was the man who would protect Yezi-nee. How could he let Yezi-nee get hurt?
"Water Release - Water Disturbance Wave!"
Yahiko might be the ninja in the world who likes to use jutsu to attack from the beginning. Other ninjas, like the attacking ninjas, would first think of close combat when facing an enemy.
It wasn't until they saw the wave of Water Release that Yahiko unleashed sweeping towards them that the leader of the ninjas instantly stopped. He formed hand seals and slapped the ground to use jutsu.
"Earth Release - Earth Wall!"
A wall of earth half a meter thick rose from the ground, protecting the leader and his eleven subordinates just as the wave of water came crashing down.
"Go!"
The wave of water rolled over the sides of the earth wall. The leader and the other ninjas quickly climbed to the top of the earth wall and shot kunai at Yahiko and the others, who were not far away. Each kunai was tied with an explosion tag.
This was a common attack method used by Hanzo's men.
"Not good, it's an explosion tag." Yahiko's face changed. He quickly reminded them.
Actually, he didn't need to remind them. Nagato had already reacted. He clasped his hands together and slapped them together, spitting out a large ball of high-speed flowing wind that pushed towards the kunai explosion tags that were flying in the air.
Boom, boom... The kunai explosion tags exploded in mid-air, instantly forming a cloud of black smoke that obscured the vision of Yahiko and the others.
At this moment, the lack of combat experience in Yahiko and the others was exposed.
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