Chapter 455

【"Teacher Jiraiya also asked himself the same question, but he couldn't find the answer, and you are the same now." Nagato stared at Naruto deeply, and then said: "But I found the answer at once, that is to protect Yahiko and Konan, and I am willing to bear any pain for this."】

【Back to that rainy night, Nagato opened his heart for the first time and took the initiative to communicate with Jiraiya. It was at that time that Jiraiya told him about his goal, which was to find the answer to peace. 】

【"After three years of training, our bodies and minds have grown. What Teacher Jiraiya said has always remained in the deepest part of my heart. The teacher said that he entrusted the task of finding the answer to peace to my Samsara Eye."】

["Although it is a prophecy, Jiraiya has been entrusting the answer to finding peace to others. Isn't it a bit too shameless."]

["To give others something that you don't know the answer to... In fact, Nagato didn't think about finding peace at the beginning, just to respond to Jiraiya's expectations."]

["Isn't this the relationship between master and disciple? It's just that in reality, most people don't Growing up completely in accordance with the teacher's expectations, usually with the increase of experience, one's own understanding is added, so it is not surprising that there will be examples like Nagato who went completely the opposite way. "]

【"After entrusting the important task of peace to me, the teacher left us. After that, we started to act with Yahiko as the leader, and the organization quickly became famous. The concept of creating peace without relying on power and force was deeply recognized by everyone. "]

【"But Yugakure is still in the war between the three ninja villages of Iwagakure, Konoha and Sand Village. After hearing the rumors about us, the leader of Yugakure, Hanzo, took the initiative to contact us because he could no longer ignore our existence. "]

【“Hanzo proposed to negotiate peace with the three major countries with us as the core, hoping to get a peace agreement from the three major countries through our power. We decided to assist him in this idea.”】

[“Well... this organization is the predecessor of Akatsuki. The leader at the beginning was Yahiko, who seems to be more suitable than Nagato.”]

[“It is completely practicing Jiraiya’s philosophy. The boy who said he wanted to become a god was the one who was most influenced by Jiraiya.”]

[“Tsk, this organizational philosophy, Jiraiya has done a lot of harm to people! I admit that it does sound beautiful, but it is really unrealistic, especially in a war-torn country like Yugakure, plus there is Hanzo. With a man like Jiraiya at the top, I don't even need to think about what happened next."]

["Let's not talk about Hanzo first. Why would the three major countries listen to their advice? Do you really think that all the ninjas from the major countries have the same personality as Jiraiya?"]

["It seems that they developed well at the beginning. Even Hanzo took the initiative to contact them. However, the more this is the case, the more it shows that their situation is quite dangerous. Didn't Jiraiya tell them what kind of personality Hanzo has during his three years of teaching? How could he tolerate someone in the Hidden Rain Village being on equal footing with him?"]

"...I harmed them." Jiraiya frowned deeply and murmured softly.

The young and energetic Jiraiya has always been upset about his defeat at the hands of Hanzo, so he deliberately avoided topics related to Hanzo during teaching and training. It was because of this pathetic self-esteem that Yahiko and others believed that this outrageous cooperation plan would come from Hanzo.

【“But all this became the beginning of the disaster. We were too naive.” Nagato answered when Naruto asked, “That’s why Yahiko died.”】

【“That was a trap set by Hanzo. He was worried that we would take away the leadership of Yugakure. Just because of this, Yahiko…”】

【“That day, at the place where we agreed to negotiate, Konoha’s Anbu and Hanzo’s subordinates ambushed us. Hanzo colluded with a man named Danzo from Konoha and wanted to wipe us out. Danzo cooperated with Hanzo to compete for the position of Hokage, and Hanzo wanted to protect his rights in Yugakure.” 】

["The reason why Nagato is so extreme is probably because of what happened to Yahiko. He followed Jiraiya's ideals but ended up like this. No wonder he sneered at Jiraiya's ideals."]

["Humph, before he had the power to defeat the entire ninja world, Jiraiya's ideal was like a flower in the water or a moon in the mirror. To put it bluntly, Yahiko was courting his own death."]

["Why else do you think Jiraiya only entrusted his dream to Nagato? He must have understood the importance of power, but he didn't expect Yahiko to be so deeply influenced by him."]

["Why is there still Danzo here? He is hereWhat do you want to do by getting involved?"]

["Why do you want to cooperate with Hanzo in the fight for the position of Hokage? Can Hanzo influence the selection of Hokage?"]

["Well... I remember that it was the Third Hokage who was in charge of the battlefield of Rain Village during the Third World War... Could it be that Danzo wanted Hanzo to kill the Third Hokage and then push himself to the position?"]

["I am speechless. Just to become the Hokage, Konoha provoked such an enemy."]

["The key is that after this enemy arrived in Konoha, Danzo's figure was completely gone. As a result, after Naruto repelled the enemy, he ran out to grab the position of Hokage. This guy is crazy about becoming Hokage."]

["Now you know why Jiraiya didn't bring Nagato back to Konoha. With such a lunatic around, the child of prophecy should be careful to be gouged out by him when he arrives in Konoha. ”]

In the Hokage’s office, Tsunade’s mouth twitched, once again confirming Danzo’s nature as a troublemaker, and then once again wishing to slap the Third Hokage a few times, wake him up and throw the mess back to him immediately.

If you don’t deal with Danzo quickly, why keep him for the New Year? He has been showing off his power in Konoha for decades, and he has also taken away half of the Anbu controlled by the Hokage. Danzo is indeed the true love of the Third Hokage!

[On the cliff, Hanzo held Konan hostage, using this as a threat to force Nagato to kill Yahiko.]

[“Stop Nagato! Leave me alone, you two run away!” The held Konan shouted regardless of his own safety. Yahiko knew that there was no other way to go, and someone had to sacrifice, so he looked at Nagato without hesitation and said, “Nagato, kill me. ”]

[Hearing this, Nagato suddenly showed a helpless expression. He remembered what he said to Jiraiya on that rainy night. He only wanted to protect both of them, but now he had to give up one of them.]

(To be continued)