MTL - The Life of a Villain Starting From Naruto

Chapter 32 The other side of the sea

Asano Kaoru took a stone pestle and pounded the seeds hard.

 The copper-colored oil was slowly squeezed out with the movements of the female ninja. Twenty seeds could only produce a strand of hair-thin oil. Kaoru Asano carefully collected it and actually accumulated half a bowl.

　　　Du, Du, Du.

　　There was a knock on the door, and just by the rhythm, the female ninja knew who was standing outside the door.

 “Come in, the door is unlocked.”

With a creak, Takeda Segen walked into the house and locked the door.

Kaoru Asano did not look back and continued to use brute force to squeeze the oil out of the seeds:

“Captain, it’s impolite to enter a female subordinate’s room in the middle of the night.”

“Ah…” Takeda Segen muttered in confusion, trying to use a normal tone:

"What are you doing?"

 “Extract oil.”

“You are fond of the seeds of various flowers and plants. This is the first time I see you interested in oil.”

“This is the seed of [black palm flower]. It is not beautiful and has no fragrance, but its oil is very useful... When rubbed on metal, it can prevent rust.”

Takeda Segen was stunned for a moment, and touched the chakra dagger pinned behind his back:

 “For me?”

 “For pigs.”

  The corners of the man's lips curled up subconsciously, and the coldness he had forcibly mentioned before entering the room disappeared.

He was silent for a while and said softly:

"follow me."

Asano Kaoru put down the stone pestle, stood up, and followed Takeda Segen out without any awareness of being a spy.

They walked for a long time, leaving the Akatsuki organization base, leaving the underground, coming to the ground, getting into the endless rain, and gradually drifting away.

 Finally, they stopped at the edge of Yuyin Village.

Takeda Shigen turned around, looked at Asano Kaoru's pretty face, and said calmly:

 “Konoha ninja, Kaoru, first meeting.”

  “…” The female ninja was silent, did not refute, and did not answer the question.

“I thought you would just run away.” Takeda Shigen frowned. He brought Asano Kaoru here specially so that he could leave the village just a few steps away. The hidden meaning was self-evident.

As long as Asano Kaoru leaves, he will never stop him.

 “Where can we run?” the woman asked, the rain wet her hair, and strands of black hair stuck to her white cheeks, like fragile porcelain:

“The three leaders are all very powerful people.”

"This is the edge of Yuyin Village. The leader will not chase you to the Fire Country for you."

"My mission has not been completed yet. Even if I return to Konoha, it will not be easy."

"Mission...Mission!" Strong anger suddenly surged into his heart. Takeda Segen stepped forward and grabbed the woman's shoulders with such force that he almost dug his nails into Asano Kaoru's skin:

"Your mission is to assassinate me and then replace me as the number four figure in the organization, right? You..."

 —Even if you don’t care about your own life, you still have to complete the mission and kill me.

Takeda Segen groaned for a long time, but still did not dare to say these words.

 He was afraid that the woman would give him a positive answer, which would turn his behavior today into a complete joke.

 “Ah...a mission.” Asano Kaoru looked to the side without comment.

The sky in Yuyin Village is always an awe-inspiring lead-grey color. It's fine during the day, but once it's night, when you look above your head, you can only see endless blackness, as if the sky has turned into a deep pool. People who enter Amegakure are like falling into an abyss and will never be able to leave here for the rest of their lives. The female ninja thought this way and whispered:

"Stop saying such childish words...Takeda Segen." She no longer addressed him as captain and looked directly into the man's eyes:

"Who do you think we are? We are ninjas! Kill people, spy on intelligence, wage war... We can do many things, but that does not include being merciful to the enemy!"

"Do you think I will thank you if you show mercy to me? No, Takeda Segen, I will only laugh at your weakness!"

“The Country of Fire and the other two big countries have been at war here all year round. Many people from the Country of Rain died at the hands of Konoha. On the contrary, Amegakure also caused great damage to Konoha’s troops.”

 “I am a Konoha ninja, and you are a high-ranking member of the Akatsuki Amegakure organization.”

"No matter how well we get along, it's just an illusion. When you know my identity as a spy, only one of you and I can live!"

 “There has been blood feud from generation to generation.”

"Hate... is the biggest bond between people in our world."

Asano Kaoru felt that the hands holding his shoulders were getting weaker and weaker.

 I still broke his heart, Xun thought, feeling sad but miraculously not afraid.

 Death at the hands of Takeda Segen is an ending Kaoru Asano can accept.

 The pressure on her shoulders disappeared, and the next moment, the female ninja found something suddenly in her hand.

She took it in front of her eyes and looked at it, and asked blankly:

"This is…?"

“Shell.” Takeda Segen’s voice was gentle, as if he was trying to drive away the rainy day:

 “I’ve never been to the beach, what about you?”

“I don’t have one either…but does this shell have anything to do with the current situation…”

Takeda Segen wiped the water from the woman's face and said softly:

 “In a very far away place, there is a country called the Sea Country.”

“It is a remote place further away from the center of the world than the Kingdom of Water. It is composed of an archipelago and has a sparse population. I heard that there are not even ninjas... [Chakra] does not favor it.”

"But, it is really a good place. I heard it from wandering travelers. In the country of the sea, the sun will reflect the beach into golden color, reflect it into the sky, and dye the clouds into golden palaces; huge straight trees At the top, there is a strange fruit with a skin that is harder than iron, but inside there is plenty of sweet juice; there are no ninjas, no wars, just houses built in the mountains and on the seaside, and people living happily together. "

 The man paused and whispered:

 “Come to the land of the sea...come with me.”

 The woman was suddenly at a loss. Even though she had become an excellent ninja long ago, at this moment, she was as panicked as a little girl who was caught by her mother stealing candy many years ago.

Many, many years have passed, and his mother and father are no longer here, but now, the man in front of him wants to give him a blue sky again.

Takeda Segen spread his arms and hugged the woman.

 The rainy night is no longer cold.

"Let's go together... leave the country where ninjas live and go to the country of the sea. We have done too much in these years. I don't owe the organization, and you don't owe Konoha either."

“I have enough contacts to allow us to leave safely, but it will take time to prepare the safe secret passage.”

 “Give me a day.”

“Tomorrow, at midnight, I will wait for you under the red street sign at Exit 6 of the base.”

“Let’s leave together and go to the country of the sea, to that wonderful place where the beaches are full of white shells.”

 “Xun, give me a chance and give yourself a chance... okay?”

 In the dark rainy night, I don’t know how much time passed.

 The woman closed her eyes and nodded, then hugged the man's waist.

Her voice trembled slightly, as if she was on a grand escape.

"Um."

 (End of this chapter)