The Shadow of Konoha

The rain continued to fall from the sky into the forest, and the dark clouds stretched far into the distance. This autumn rain had come so suddenly that it was impossible to tell when it would stop.

"It's so cool."

The leaves constantly washed by the rain appear a dazzling green color, and the raindrops dripping through the layers of leaves are extremely cold.

Not to mention that the raindrop just fell on the back of the boy's neck.

The coolness on his skin made him bend his elbow quickly and wipe away the water drops on his neck. In the deep forest where few people go, he was squatting quietly under a big tree.

Just like the current weather, he has the same name called "Rain," or more precisely, "Hanyu Rain."

Whether it's the drizzle, the jungle, or the human beings, they are all commonplace and not worth being surprised about. However, there are always some things here that should surprise people...

"What a tragic death."

Apart from the sound of dripping rain, the only sound in the jungle was Hanyu's soft whisper. The subtle and noisy sounds of rain, the unique and soft whispers of human voices, these sounds are just small embellishments in the extremely quiet environment... and have nothing to do with the rain in nature.

Not long ago, an unimaginable loud noise erupted in this area, so the surrounding animals were all scared away. The more exaggerated the noise was before, the quieter the scene is now. The two can verify each other.

This is a battlefield where the fighting has stopped, which can further explain why there is a tragically dead body in front of Hanyu. The rain was trying its best to wash away the bloodstains around, but it couldn't wash everything away in a short time.

Hanyu was not afraid of corpses, not because of courage or bravery, but because he was used to such things. The world was at war, and dead people were not a rare sight.

If it was a living person, Hanyu would never approach such a person who had the word "danger" written on his face, but it was a different story if it was a dead person. A dead person was not threatening at all and would not bring the slightest danger.

There are three corpses around here. Judging from their clothes, they belong to two camps. The battle just now was a two-on-one battle. The process of the battle is unknown, but the result that can be seen with one's own eyes is that both sides have died.

The three bodies were distributed in three directions, and the distance between them was about ten meters. Hanyu simply rummaged through the corpse, trying to collect some valuable and usable things. To a certain extent, he survived alone in this way.

At this time, he had just recovered a gourd-shaped container and a broad-bladed sword that looked unusable. Then he put the gourd on his back, held the sword in both hands, and began to walk towards the third corpse. These two things were a bit too heavy, so he walked very slowly.

However, Hanyu didn't have to move far, so he quickly came to the third person.

Well, at least in terms of death appearance, this man looked better than the previous two. Even though half of his face was covered in blood and flesh and the other half was covered in mud, at least he still maintained a normal human body shape, and others could not describe him with words like meat paste or meat sauce.

For Hanyu, the difference between this person and the previous two is that his relics are easier to collect. It is always easier to pick something up from a person than to fish something out of soup or water.

But just as Hanyu was about to bend down and extend his hand to the other person, the eyes on the bloodless dead face suddenly opened.

As calm as a deep pool, resolute and full of murderous intent, just at this moment, these eyes were enough to explain what kind of person their owner was.

Hanyu was stunned for a moment by the intense emotions revealed in the other person's eyes, and when he quickly came to his senses, he knew that things were going to get bad.

As mentioned before, he should never get close to such a dangerous person.

An indescribable sense of crisis suddenly came over him. At the critical moment, Hanyu barely raised his other hand and held the broad-bladed sword across his body like a shield.

But he had no time to rejoice, because the next moment a sharp arrow formed by the water flow shot towards him, and the speed was so fast that he could not make any move at all.

However, the "shield" in front of him did not play any role as it should have. The water arrow easily shattered it, and then pierced his body lightly in sequence, and then smashed the gourd behind him like a sledgehammer.

The uncontrollable stinging sensation, the sharp water arrows, the shooting blades from the shattered weapons, and so on, all of these were intertwined with Hanyu's flesh and blood in an instant.

There seemed to be a slight change in the calm eyes of the "dead person" in front of him, but all this was not something Hanyu could notice or care about, because under such a shock, he immediately lost consciousness and fainted.

When Hanyu woke up again from his drowsiness, he forced his eyes open and found that there was darkness above his head, so he turned his head to the other side, and more light finally passed through his pupils.

He found himself lying in a huge tree hole. Outside the tree hole, the drizzle continued.

The tingling sensation from his shoulders and even his entire upper body was like some kind of pulse, stimulating Hanyu's brain again and again and continuously, making him realize that everything he had just experienced was not an illusion.

With the help of the light outside, he checked his injuries.

Putting aside the tiny scratches on his body, his left shoulder was pierced through very cleanly and beautifully.

Fortunately, it was only his shoulder. If the attack was a little more biased, the hole would have been in his neck. Thinking about it this way, his current injury is not unacceptable.

Someone had already treated his wounds, so he wouldn't die unknowingly from continued blood loss while in a coma.

"I... shouldn't have been unconscious for long, right?" Hanyu asked in a tone as calm as possible.

Of course, he was not the only one in the tree hole. There was also the "dead" man.

At this moment, the other person was sitting in the corner on the other side of the tree hole, with his front facing the direction of the hole. The blood-stained brown armor and the large and small wounds on his body were particularly eyecatching.

It was he who injured Hanyu just now, and now he was saving Hanyu.

"Yeah, it's only been a few hours."

Even though he started talking, the man still looked like he was dead. His voice was low and hoarse, and his breathing was almost nonexistent. The faint sound of rain outside seemed to cover it all.

"That's good…" Hanyu said.

Although the man in front of him exuded a dangerous aura, the good news was that he could communicate.

But Hanyu obviously didn't know what to say to such a person.

All of this was an unexpected disaster for Hanyu, but he could understand the other party's behavior. When a person had just finished fighting and was on the verge of death and in a trance, anyone would not hesitate to attack anyone who approached him rashly.

If anything, it was Hanyu's own fault for being too careless.

"Anyway, thank you for helping me with my injuries."

He covered his shoulder and struggled to sit up. The pain from the simple action of pulling the wound made his forehead sweat. He expressed his gratitude, because the other party could have ignored him.

But the man did not respond to his words.

After a moment, Hanyu could not help but ask again, "Don't you need to take care of your own injuries?"

The opponent's injuries seemed to be much more serious than Hanyu's. It was a miracle that he was still alive.

This time, the man finally spoke again, his words were brief but said it all: "That's not necessary."

As he spoke, he raised his shoulder, revealing the hollow wound under his ribs.

Not only the skin and flesh, but also the internal organs were severely damaged to the point of losing their functions.

Yes, it is a miracle that this person is still alive, but miracles cannot last forever. The other person knows that he is going to die, so there is no need to rescue him.

"If you hadn't disturbed me, I think I would have died." He added.

Then he shook his head with difficulty. There was no need for him to say more about himself.

"But you, why would someone of your age appear in a place like this?"

You have to know that there is no human habitation around here. Even if humans appear occasionally, they should not be children like Hanyu.

"In order to... survive, let me introduce myself. My name is Hanyu Yu, and I'm a homeless child."

Hanyu said.

In such a chaotic world, it is not surprising to see a homeless child appear somewhere, and it is even more common to see him disappear from somewhere. Everything is just for the sake of survival.

After saying that, Hanyu looked at the other person again, and that person quickly understood the meaning of this look.

"Me? Is it my turn?"

He didn't need to introduce himself at all. He even said that because his identity was important enough and this was the enemy's territory, he couldn't introduce himself at all.

However, in the end, he still forced a smile and cast his eyes into the depths of the rain curtain: "My name is Senju Tobirama... A ninja."