Chapter 86 Intuition and Choice

"Eh?"

Karin looked at Menma, who suddenly became a little gentle, in a daze.

"Hehe, I actually have a similar feeling, which is why I didn't attack you. My name is Uzumaki Menma, what about you?"

Menma looked at Karin with a touch of peace and said softly.

"Karin, my name is Karin."

Karin said a little timidly.

The situation suddenly turned around.

Karin's little head was somewhat unable to react.

The main reason was that she had prepared for the red-haired boy in front of her to completely not believe her. After all, this was also a common sense development. People from different villages met for the first time. The most important thing was that what she said was completely without any evidence. It sounded like a pure lie. Who would believe her?

So, if Menma didn't believe her and even wanted to attack her, Karin thought it was normal.

Just as she said.

She had no choice.

Karin knew better than anyone how her mother died, and after her mother's tragic death, she was treated like hell. She was afraid that she would be like her mother in the future, forced to give birth to one or even several children whose fathers she didn't even know, and then die miserably.

That kind of future was not what Karin wanted.

So, she wanted to take a gamble here, even if she thought the possibility was not even one in ten thousand, but she was willing to gamble everything.

And now, she made the right bet, but she felt at a loss.

Ah? Is this believing in yourself?

Karin felt a very unreal feeling in her heart.

Looking at Karin, who was confused and even a little confused.

Menma smiled lightly, and his expression was much gentler.

Looking at the girl in front of him, Menma couldn't help but recall the scene he saw when he just came to this world 12 years ago.

‘Menma, I’m sorry for letting you bear such a responsibility, but you are the elder brother, and the elder brother must protect the younger brother. You must stay with Naruto, eat well, rest well, grow up well, and don’t learn bad things from teacher Jiraiya. And, and… Sorry, Menma, sorry… Naruto… Sorry’

The face of the red-haired woman bursting into tears.

For 12 years.

It has always been engraved in Menma’s mind.

These are indeed just the cheap parents he ‘picked up’ in this life. There is indeed no feeling between him and them, but his life in this life was given by them, this is beyond doubt.

If he really didn’t feel touched at all.

Menma is really a cold-blooded animal.

‘Father, mother, there is indeed not much feeling between us, but my life in this life was given by you. I acknowledge this grace of life, but the path I want to choose is destined to go against Naruto. ’

Menma took a deep breath, a very determined look in his pupils, and subconsciously stretched out his right hand and patted Karin's head gently.

Karin seemed to be shocked by Menma's behavior, and subconsciously wanted to retreat, but it was only less than a second before she was restrained by herself.

Menma also noticed this keenly, and naturally withdrew his right hand immediately.

"Karin? It's a good name. So, Karin, what are your plans next? You don't want to go back to Kusagakure Village anymore, right?"

Menma looked at Karin in front of him. Although he had already made corresponding plans in his heart, he still wanted to ask Karin what he thought.

"Me? I don't know. I have been living in Kusagakure Village since I was born. My mother has passed away for several years. I don't know where I can go."

Karin was also stunned when she heard Menma's question.

Then a bitter look appeared on her face.

For Karin, who is only 12 years old now, she really doesn't know where her future lies.

"Then..."

"Can I follow you? Joining the Hidden Leaf Village, I will be very useful. Just like I said just now, I am a perception ninja and a medical ninja. If I talk to the relevant people in your village, I should be able to join Konoha, right?"

When Menma just opened his mouth, Karin seemed to suddenly think of something, her eyes lit up, and she looked up at Menma, asking with a hint of hope.

Menma was also subconsciously stunned when he heard Karin's words.

He didn't expect Karin to be so thorough. This is no longer a question of trust or not, it means to leave everything to him, right?

Can the first instinct be so strong?

No.

'Is there no room for choice? '

Thinking of what Karin just said, Menma also suddenly realized.

When people have no choice, they can only think of what they want.

‘However, do you want to join the Hidden Leaf Village? This is really a fantastic idea. I am about to leave Konoha. ’

Menma thought about it with some amusement.

But after a little hesitation.

“Follow me, of course, but, Karin, are you willing to believe me?”

Menma looked at Karin and asked with a very serious expression.

“Ah? Of course I am willing to believe it!”

Kaorin was startled at first, then nodded frantically.

"That's good, follow me next, I will arrange a real future for you."

Whether it was out of sympathy or personal intention.

Menma would definitely help Karin.

This was the right thing to do both emotionally and rationally.

Although Karin was a little confused and didn't know what Menma meant, she still understood what Menma said. At that moment, it would be a lie to say that Karin had no hesitation, fear, or confusion.

But in the end, she still chose to believe Menma.

The reason was still so simple.

Among the existing choices in front of her.

This was the most reliable and reasonable thing she thought.

"Yeah!"

Therefore, Karin no longer had any hesitation or confusion. She looked at Menma and nodded heavily in response.

"Then, let's go!"

Menma smiled and nodded, and stretched out his right hand to Karin. Karin looked at Menma with a steady expression, and without the slightest hesitation, he put his right hand on him.

"Swoosh!"

Then.

The two of them jumped and left the place together.

Leaving behind the cold bodies of the two Kusanagi lying in a pool of blood.

And this is what is happening everywhere in the Death Forest.

Killing is the specialty of ninjas.