[Ding! Detected that the host used the "carrying pigs" method to transport Yahiko, Nagato, and eight other ninja, causing them varying degrees of psychological trauma. Nagato suffered the most. Special reward: physique +5.]
Gekko Chizan laughed when he heard the system message.
These days, it wasn't easy to earn attribute points. Now that he had caught two fat sheep, he had to milk them for all they were worth.
Seeing him laugh, Konan beside him was completely confused.
This man had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
He had indeed caused some harm to her teammates, yet he had also helped them.
So why was he laughing?
What was so funny?
"What's wrong? You don't understand my teacher's behavior, do you?"
"I'll tell you, he's insane. Laughs to himself all the time. You'll get used to it."
Yugito took a candy out of her bag, ate one, then handed another to Konan.
"Here. Specialty candy from Bird Country. It's really good. Want one?"
Konan hesitated for a moment but accepted it in the end. After all, they had been fighting half the day—she was tired and needed to replenish her strength.
As the candy entered her mouth, Konan's tense expression relaxed a little.
"How is it? Sweet, right?"
"But… this is exactly where I have to criticize you."
"Maybe my teacher doesn't care, but what he teaches is actually very useful."
"For example, never casually eat anything given to you by someone else..."
Yugito's eyes suddenly flickered with a strange gleam as she looked at Konan, disappointment filling her gaze...
Konan's heart skipped a beat at that look, and she stared at the little girl in front of her in disbelief.
"What… do you mean..."
Her trembling voice made Gekko Chizan glare unhappily at Yugito, but the latter didn't care in the slightest and calmly said:
"As a ninja, other than your own companions, never accept anything from anyone."
"Even food. If I wanted to kill you, with just that one candy, you'd already be dead."
Yugito deliberately lowered her voice, making it sound deep and unsettling, and Konan couldn't take it.
Gekko Chizan was about to explain when the familiar system chime interrupted him.
[Ding! Detected that the host's disciple has successfully learned the host's devious ways, successfully scaring Konan and making her feel fear. Special reward: ninjutsu amplification +5.]
Unexpectedly, instead of farming attributes from Konan himself, his disciple had earned them for him.
For a moment, Gekko Chizan looked at Yugito with approval in his eyes.
This made Yugito even prouder as she lectured Konan nonstop.
"Honestly, look at me. I'm just a kid, not even a ninja yet, and I already know this stuff."
"And you? A proper kunoichi, not even aware of this? Really?"
"Do you even have a sense of danger?"
"Hmph. It's only because my teacher knows you people. Otherwise… heh… you would've been done for already."
Yugito kept rattling on, quoting her teacher's words about how people should always be a little evil, or they'd suffer.
Be a little shameless, or you'd die a miserable death.
Be a little greedy, or you'd starve.
Konan was dumbfounded.
The eight people on Gekko Chizan's shoulders were also dumbfounded.
Was this really a teacher?
This sounded like a devil!
Other teachers taught their students how to grow stronger, how to become heroes.
Why was his teaching so strange? So different?
Couldn't he be a little peaceful? A little friendly?
Very soon, everyone's eyes turned toward Gekko Chizan. Even though they couldn't see him clearly from that position, they still tried to glance his way.
Gekko Chizan felt a bit awkward under all those stares and had to defend himself.
"Yugito! Stop blurting out the harsh truth!"
"What I taught you was so you could survive! Why do you make it sound so… nasty?"
"I only wanted to tell you, no matter what you want to do, staying alive comes first. Only when you're alive can you do what you want!"
"Don't twist my words!"
Feeling everyone's eyes on him, even Gekko Chizan's thick skin couldn't handle it.
Yugito, on the other hand, saw nothing wrong with his words.
After all, when he wasn't around, Tagitsuhime had told her the exact same thing.
...
Before long, Konan led Gekko Chizan and the others to a cliff and pointed toward the forest on the opposite side.
"Our camp is on the other side, but we have to jump across this cliff."
She glanced at Gekko Chizan and the people on his shoulders.
Understanding her gaze, Gekko Chizan smirked disdainfully.
"What? You think I can't make the jump?"
"Even carrying eight of them, I can handle it. Bring me another eight if you want."
Konan nodded, then jumped first.
The cliff was huge—over twenty meters across—and the opposite side was even higher than where they stood.
Yugito's eyes widened in surprise.
She saw Konan jump into midair, countless sheets of paper scattering from her body, wrapping around her and reducing her weight.
Just like that, she landed gracefully on the other side.
"So pretty..."
"What ninjutsu is that? I want to learn too..."
Yugito, being a girl, had zero resistance to pretty things. Konan's display had completely captivated her.
"Paper-style jutsu isn't for you. Stick to training your claws and Fire Release."
Even Gekko Chizan was captivated by Konan's graceful landing. Wrapped in those paper sheets, she looked even more charming.
He couldn't help comparing her to Pakura.
And he was sure of one thing—Pakura was still more alluring. After all, Konan was still young; compared to the mature Pakura, there was still a gap.
"Hmph! Why is it not for me!"
"Forget it! Hateful teacher!"
"Matatabi, lend me some strength."
Yugito looked at the steep cliff. She knew she couldn't jump across with her own strength alone, so she asked the Two-Tails for help.
Matatabi didn't speak, only shared some chakra with her.
With the Tailed Beast's chakra supporting her, Yugito's legs exploded with power, launching her high into the air toward the opposite cliff.
"This little brat… she's already reached this level without me noticing?"
"Guess my training really is invaluable."
Gekko Chizan narcissistically praised himself, earning several simultaneous eye-rolls from the eight on his shoulders.
Then he bent his legs, preparing to jump across himself.
But just as he was ready to leap, the unexpected happened.
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