"The same steps as always, cooking with ease
The more it repeats, the further away it gets from me
Skin is like dirty foam
Can't smell the color, can't read the taste..."
On the most "prosperous" street in the capital of River Country, two wandering artists, a man and a woman, are performing.
The woman was singing, and the man was a magician, holding a little clay figure in the middle of his palm, and now the clay figure was doing a little dance to the tune and rhythm of the song.
This two-person combination is quite fresh, and his talent is also special... After all, under normal circumstances, people's impression of two-person wandering artists is mostly that of a blind grandfather who plays the string instrument and his young granddaughter.
It is said that these two people are cousins, but who knows what their relationship is?
The quality of the people in River Country is worrying, and many people have dirty thoughts.
After the performance, there was sparse applause from the audience surrounding them, but the two poor artists did not get any reward money... It was not because the artists' performance was not worth money, but because most of the audience had no money.
Or maybe many people don't like to watch performances of showing off their love.
In short, it was another fruitless day. The two artists reluctantly packed up their stalls and left the place with dejected backs.
The spectators dispersed soon after.
"It's another day of being broke." After no one was around, Hanyu said, "I think our performance is pretty good, but why can't we make any money?"
It's hard to find a soulmate.
Hanyu threw aside the "money-making tool" in his hand. He is a ninja of earth escape technique, and when it comes to the field of clay figures, he can even be called an expert.
"I think there's something wrong with the song. No normal person can appreciate such a weird tune." Tsunade said afterwards.
She felt that there was nothing wrong with her singing, but the song that Hanyu taught her had problems, both in terms of the lyrics and the tune, and people might not be able to appreciate it at all.
"Yeah?"
Hanyu fell into thought. Tsunade's singing was indeed a good thing. Her voice and her image had completely reached the level of "debuting as an idol to save Konoha".
So is there really something wrong with the song? Isn't this kind of singing, dancing, and rapping popular in this world? Hey, why did Hanyu think that rapping would be popular in the ninja world? Where did this wrong impression come from?
"Then why don't you try singing 'The Queen of Kabukicho' next time? Is that a good idea?"
"…Hanyu, do we really expect to make money this way?"
"…"
This was a question that hit the bull's eye, and it made Hanyu fall silent... They were out on a mission, and idol activities could not save the ninja world.
The two chatted casually, and then Hanyu winked at Tsunade calmly, and Tsunade nodded slightly...
At this time, several people were following them from behind.
However, this is not worth being nervous about, because the stalkers are just ordinary people, and their concealment methods are so poor in the eyes of ninjas that it is difficult for them not to be discovered.
Wanderers in a foreign country, like rootless duckweed, will naturally become the priority targets of some "evil forces". However, a group of ordinary people who want to take action against ninjas have to say that they are very brave.
Fortunately, they didn't know that the two people they were following were ninjas, so they didn't have to bear any psychological pressure.
The Land of Rivers is a country full of holes. After staying in this country for half a month, Hanyu and Tsunade have carried out several "reverse robberies" - that is, robbing those who are about to rob them.
So they understand each other tacitly and have a tacit understanding.
As if they hadn't noticed anything, the two men walked out of the city and continued westward at a leisurely pace. Soon they encountered a group of robbers.
Surrounded from both sides by more than ten robbers, the poor wandering artist was trapped.
The robbers were of different heights, sizes, and body types, but they all seemed to be very careful to hide their identities. They all covered their faces, leaving only their eyes exposed, and the weapons they held were also varied...
It was like they robbed the backstage of some circus before robbing Hanyu.
"Stranger, hand over the valuables on you, and we can promise not to harm your lives.
Don't try to resist, or you will lose more than just money... hands, feet, nose, ears, we can always scrape something off you."
The leader of the robbers took a step forward and spoke.
The bandit leader looked a little short and not very intimidating, and although he seemed to be trying hard to say harsh words, they didn't sound harsh enough.
Therefore, Hanyu saw through at a glance that these people were not professionals in the industry. They were most likely ordinary people who were desperate... unless some of them were bored and ready to play a robbery game.
The robbers saw the two poor guys standing there as if they were scared silly. The bandit leader thought his threat worked, so he nodded to his men, and then the group began to cautiously gather around them.
"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked Hanyu.
"The hazard level is medium, so we can just follow the previous treatment methods," Hanyu said.
This group of non-professional robbers just wanted to rob money. They were not attracted by women, nor did they threaten to cut off any important organs, so Hanyu felt there was no need to call for their killing.
And what he called "his previous practice" was just to rob these people and then tie them naked to a tree to let them cool down ...
Although it is not a severe winter now and people will not be frozen to death, it is still cold enough for fruit farmers.
Fortunately, this group of robbers chose a good place. This is not a small road, so there will be pedestrians passing by every few hours... After suffering a little, I hope they can turn back from their mistakes, or hone their professional skills and then go out to engage in professional work.
Hanyu just wanted to teach these people a lesson; he didn't have the time to persuade and educate them.
"Bad taste." Tsunade muttered softly.
In response to this accusation, Hanyu simply spread his hands. He always had to consider the scale when attacking ordinary people. At this time, he actually hoped that the people who came to rob were a group of ninjas, so that at least he would not have to hesitate when attacking.
The next moment, the robbers rushed over aggressively, and then... nothing happened.
Including the robber leader who was a little further away, they didn't react at all, and then found themselves falling to the cold ground.
They were conscious but their brains were unresponsive and their hands and feet were unable to move.
"Now it's my turn to husk the corn."
Then they opened their eyes wide and became terrified, because they saw the man took out a long knife from somewhere and walked towards them step by step.
This is what is called "evil will be punished by its own evil". Hanyu did not mind the trouble and he even enjoyed tying up the robbers, whose teeth were chattering with cold, to the trees one after another.
But Hanyu was actually very humane. He only punished the robbers' bodies and had no intention of trampling on their personalities... Each robber had two pieces of cloth on his body, one covering their face and the other covering their buttocks and the area in front of their buttocks.
Soon, it was the robber leader's turn.
As the main culprit, Hanyu originally planned to give him some special treatment... The others were tied up, but he should at least be hung up.
However, just as Hanyu was peeling the man, the other party suddenly yelled, pushed Hanyu with strength from nowhere, then turned around and ran away desperately.
He ran and screamed nervously - the robbers were terrified.
Hanyu blinked innocently, then silently withdrew his hands, as if he didn't understand how this person escaped the paralysis caused by the heavy blow to the back of the neck.
"He's unreliable." Tsunade shook her head and prepared to chase the other person back.
On the surface, she was condemning Hanyu's bad taste, but this was probably just to protect her own image. In her heart, she seemed to think that this kind of nonsense was quite fun.
But at this time, Hanyu stretched out his hand to stop her, "Let him run. After all, he is the boss. If he is stripped naked in front of his subordinates, how can he survive in the future? He is just a fish that slipped through the net. It doesn't matter. Anyway, I won't lose anything."
"No loss?" Tsunade was a little confused, but the two of them were not really robbed, so they did not lose anything.
After being stopped by Hanyu, the man had already run for some distance, so Tsunade was too lazy to chase him.
Then, as if Hanyu was afraid that these people would freeze to death, he was very kind and helped them light a bonfire. The flames burned quickly and fiercely. The robbers felt the warmth one by one, and many of them even shed tears of emotion.
What a scumbag! Not only did he take off someone's clothes, he even ordered them in front of him.
"My friends, please mend your ways and try to become good people like me in the future."
Hanyu gave a final warning, then turned around and left with Tsunade.
They have stayed in the Kingdom of Rivers for enough time and will move on to specific destination is Daimyo Castle in the Kingdom of Wind.
…
As night fell, the temperature dropped further.
The group of robbers who encountered Hanyu were really unlucky. Not only did they try to rob the elite jonin, but they were even more unlucky after being frozen for most of the day and still not being rescued.
This place is obviously not far from the city, and there are usually many pedestrians on this road, but there has been no one for half a day.
"W-what, what should we do? Will we freeze to death?"
"Don't, don't be such a pessimist. Miss, didn't she run away? She will come back to save us."
"No, didn't I tell you to call me Big Sister?"
"Okay, but I don't think it's reliable. The young lady seemed to be frightened. The first time she went out, she ran into a scoundrel."
"Well, you rascal."
Although their teeth were chattering and their tongues were stiff from the cold, the robbers were still particularly fluent when they cursed the hooligans.
But even if they are misunderstood as hooligans, some people still don't suffer any loss.
After all, she is the eldest daughter.
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