The gloomy sky was filled with raindrops as big as fists. The raindrops rolled down the Chakra shield.
Haruki didn't like the Land of Rain.
The continuous rainy weather always reminded him of the Baiu season.
"Teacher, aren't we going to wipe out the bandits?"
Minato Namikaze looked at the dilapidated buildings around him and couldn't help asking.
"Taking you to meet someone."
Haruki ruffled his hair. "Didn't you say you liked Jiraiya the most among the Sannin?"
"Is Lord Jiraiya here?" Minato Namikaze immediately showed a surprised look.
Haruki clicked his tongue. He really had no idea what was so great about Jiraiya.
"Yeah."
He remembered that after the fight with Hanzo, Jiraiya met Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, and then decided to stick around.
"Who's there?"
Before Haruki got closer, accompanied by a loud shout, a paper Kunai shot towards him.
He caught the Kunai.
Then he saw the fire of an Explosive Tag.
Haruki raised his eyebrows. Before the explosion, the Kunai disappeared from his hand.
"Konan, your Ninjutsu is getting better and better."
He looked at the girl at the door.
Her light blue - purple hair was especially eye - catching in the rainy day. Although she was wearing simple clothes, her shabby clothes couldn't hide her beautiful face.
"Why have you come?"
"Where's Jiraiya?"
"Teacher said he went out for material collection."
What the hell is this so - called material collection!
Haruki looked helpless. As expected of you, Jiraiya. You can even collect material in Amegakure Village.
"Have you eaten?"
Haruki rolled up his sleeves. "It's been several months since you three had my cooking, right?"
Konan's little face immediately showed a look of surprise, and there seemed to be drool at the corner of her mouth.
She subconsciously covered her stomach and said shyly, "Sorry to trouble you, Lord Haruki. Um, I want to eat grilled fish."
"No problem."
Haruki readily agreed. He knew Konan liked grilled fish.
"His name is Minato Namikaze. He's my student. Strictly speaking, you should be his senior sister."
Haruki turned to introduce Minato Namikaze and patted him on the shoulder. "Call Konan senior sister. You won't lose out."
Although Minato Namikaze didn't quite understand, he still followed Haruki's words.
"Senior sister Konan."
"Junior brother Minato."
Konan smiled. She folded a paper flower. "I don't have much to give you."
"Thank you, senior sister. It's very beautiful."
Minato Namikaze cherishedly put away the paper flower and put it in his schoolbag.
Suddenly, a sense of achievement rose in Haruki's heart.
Cultivating characters and changing fates seemed not bad.
While Haruki was preparing lunch, Nagato and Yahiko came back.
After a round of greetings, they were very enthusiastic about the suddenly appeared junior brother.
At this time, their thoughts were not extreme.
Minato Namikaze was about the same age as them and had high emotional intelligence. After chatting for a while, they were like old friends who hadn't seen each other for years.
"Haruki!" Jiraiya's voice came first.
"Don't make a noise, or you won't get any food later." Haruki glared at him.
"Okay, okay." Jiraiya sniffed the aroma in the kitchen and naturally backed down.
"Are you writing a new novel?"
Haruki was cutting vegetables and asked casually.
"How do you know that?"
"Konan said you went out for material collection."
"Oh." Jiraiya showed a subtle expression on his face. "Yeah, it's for material collection!"
"Let me handle this (referring to whatever it is related to the papers which later turns out to be the coupon) for you." Haruki took out a stack of papers from his satchel and stuffed them into Jiraiya's hands.
When Jiraiya saw the words clearly, his eyes brightened slightly.
It was a 10% discount coupon for the Konoha hot spring.
He carefully hid it and patted his chest. "No problem. What's our relationship? We're comrades who've been to the hot spring together!"
And this scene happened to be seen by Minato Namikaze, who came over to help serve the dishes.
He widened his eyes.
It seemed that he had heard something extraordinary.
It blew his mind all year long.
"Kids, don't be nosy about this."
Noticing him, Haruki handed him a plate of dishes and smiled.
A moment later, all the dishes were served.
Jiraiya instinctively took out his wine flask.
"There are four minors here. You can't drink."
Haruki stopped him.
Jiraiya immediately looked conflicted.
Like Tsunade, he was addicted to alcohol.
"It doesn't matter, teacher. Just drink if you want." Konan said with a smile.
"Look, this is what a good student is like."
Ignoring Haruki's look, Jiraiya started to pour the wine. "Is this your student?"
"Yeah. Minato Namikaze."
After thinking about it, Haruki thought that since he had snatched his student anyway, he might as well let Jiraiya drink.
"Lord Jiraiya." Minato Namikaze greeted him.
"Not bad. You're quite handsome. Just like you, a pretty boy."
Jiraiya glanced at Minato Namikaze and commented.
He was quite unhappy about Haruki, who suddenly appeared and became Tsunade's boyfriend.
Minato Namikaze was a bit taken aback.
His admiration for Jiraiya was shattered.
"You really can't keep your mouth shut even when eating." Haruki shook his head.
"It's just right that you're here this time."
Jiraiya munched on the grilled fish, his voice a bit muffled. "You haven't finished telling me that story about Tanjiro you mentioned last time. I'm itching to know."
"You'll have plenty of time to hear the story when you get back to Konoha. I'm here on business today."
Haruki looked at Konan and the other two and said,
"Remember what I said before I left? Now Konoha is recruiting wandering Ninjas. If you're willing, you can become Ninjas of Konoha."
"Haruki, you should know about Nagato's eyes."
Jiraiya put down his chopsticks. The main reason he didn't take Konan and the other two back was the Rinnegan.
If they went back to Konoha, it would stir up a huge storm.
Haruki was about to say something else when he saw Nagato shaking his head.
"My parents were killed by Konoha Ninjas. I won't go to Konoha."
Hearing this, Haruki could only sigh.
Such was fate.
He originally thought that if the three of them were willing, perhaps Madara Uchiha in the dark wouldn't take action.
But now it seemed that he could only let the three of them stay here.
After the meal, Haruki called Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan aside alone.
"Jiraiya will eventually return to Konoha. What are you going to do then?"
The three of them glanced at each other, and Yahiko, the most steady one, spoke up:
"We want to establish an organization to fight against Hanzo's Amegakure Village."
"What should we call it?" Haruki knew things were still going according to the original story.
"I haven't thought of a name yet." Yahiko scratched his head. "Do you have any good suggestions, Lord Haruki?"
"Akatsuki." Haruki looked at the three of them and said softly. "Only when we awaken will the sky break into dawn, not just the dawn but also the scarlet sun."
The eyes of the three of them lit up slightly.
Both the name and its meaning were quite good.
"In that case, I'll also give you some advice."
Haruki took out a scroll and handed it to Yahiko.
"This is [Medical Ninjutsu] I've learned, which contains one or two [Kinjutsu]. Maybe it can help you, but you mustn't reveal it to others."
"Thank you, Lord Haruki!" The three of them bowed quickly.
They knew well the importance of [Kinjutsu]. If Konoha found out, Haruki might be charged with the crime of betraying the village.
"I'm also an orphan of war. You three and I are in the same boat. I'll help as much as I can."
Haruki sighed. Recalling the content of the original story, he began to give advice.
Yahiko and the other two listened attentively at first and then looked at each other in dismay.
The content was getting more and more outrageous.
At the beginning, topics like the organization's structure, survival and growth strategies, and the situation in the Land of Rain were still normal. But later, there were strange things, like a vegetative person with half - white and half - black body, and a red - eyed crazy person.
Has Lord Haruki read too many of Lord Jiraiya's novels?
Yahiko and the other two thought simultaneously.