N-A-A Chapter 26 There has never been a prophetic child.
Chapter 26 There has never been a prophetic child.
"It's a good thing not to be bound by hatred. Hatred may seem to give people motivation, but it can also easily make people lose their rationality."
I don't intend for you, Nagato, to rekindle your hatred, but that doesn't mean you have to completely let go of it.
Bai Mo spoke, and Nagato and Konan listened attentively.
"If you can neither let go of hatred nor rekindle it, what should you do?"
Xiao Nan voiced the question that had been both on their minds.
"Nagato could let go of hatred personally, but as the leader of Akatsuki, the village chief of Amegakure, and the representative of the Land of Rain, he could not forget hatred."
Forgetting hatred will only make others think we are weak and easily bullied, or even accuse us of being the ones who instigated the unrest.
Bai Mo turned his gaze to Xiao Nan and offered an explanation.
"When we demonstrate enough strength that Konoha has no choice but to take us seriously, that will be the time when we reap the rewards of this 'hatred'."
Konoha is used to portraying itself as the side of absolute justice, so if it's just about revenge, they will be more motivated and united.
Conversely, we voluntarily let go of hatred, and all we want is some 'compensation'.
If they disagree, it becomes a way for them to actively rekindle the chains of hatred.
"Don't look at me like that. Haven't you noticed how much weaker Amegakure's foundation is compared to the Five Great Ninja Villages?"
There are no ninja schools, and even if there were, there wouldn't be many ninjutsu techniques to teach.
"Even Hanzo's Fire Release technique that injured Nagato's leg was only effective because of the explosive tags; the rest relied entirely on his poison sacs and summoned beasts."
At this point in Bai Mo's speech, Nagato and Konan exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat ashamed.
It's not that they never thought about these things.
It is precisely because they once thought that way too.
"...No wonder you, Bai Mo, could become the future leader of Amegakure and their hope."
Xiao Nan sighed softly.
After experiencing so much darkness, she and Nagato had almost forgotten their original intentions.
When they founded Akatsuki, wasn't it to lead the country toward the light and bring peace and stability?
Isn't it all so that children like them, when they were young, no longer have to endure hunger and survive by stealing?
Nagato did bring peace to Amegakure after killing Hanzo, but it was only a rigid and stagnant peace.
Essentially, they were just using Amegakure and the Land of Rain as consumables to supply the Akatsuki organization's operations.
They did not regard the people of Amegakure as their comrades.
"If you, strategist, hadn't appeared, would we have put the cart before the horse and headed down a path of no return?"
Nagato listened to Bai Mo's words and remained silent for a moment before looking up and asking.
Nagato inquired about what would happen in the future.
This was one of the rare times he proactively inquired about the future.
Before this, Nagato hadn't even asked Bai Mo who the Konoha ninja who had defeated him and tricked him was.
"I suppose so, but in the end you entrusted Amegakure to the future Seventh Hokage, and Konan gave up staying in Konoha and returned to Amegakure to become its leader."
Regardless of the outcome, at least the original intention has been rekindled.
Bai Mo nodded slightly.
"...Tell me something."
"Um?"
"I said, tell me, what wrong thing I did, otherwise I'm afraid I'll forget it."
Xiao Nan bit her lower lip, staring intently at Bai Mo.
"Uh, for example, if Nagato loses his Animal Path, you send a Chunin from the village who admires and idolizes you to carry out an S-rank mission to die, and then recycle his corpse to make the Animal Path."
"..."
Xiao Nan took a step back, her face pale.
Perhaps when Xiao Nan originally did this, she didn't have any psychological burden; she just felt that it was a "necessary sacrifice."
But now, influenced by Bai Mo, Xiao Nan has just rediscovered her original aspirations. When she heard that she had done such a thing, she was immediately reminded of her childhood, adolescence, and youth.
She not only killed her companions, disciples, and followers, but also her former self.
"Nagato, can't you go back by yourself?"
While Xiao Nan was immersed in her memories, Bai Mo turned to Nagato and asked him a question.
"Yes, I've almost recovered."
Nagato nodded.
Despite his physical limitations, Nagato can float using the power of the Heavenly Dao.
Therefore, when Kabuto Yakushi controlled Edo Tensei Nagato in the Fourth Shinobi World War, he blamed Nagato's lame leg and lack of mobility because he genuinely didn't know how to operate the device.
"Well then, Sister Xiao Nan, it's time to set off and rescue our companions."
Bai Mo's feet left the ground, floating lightly in mid-air, and he reached out his hand to Xiao Nan.
Xiao Nan snapped out of her daze, grabbed Bai Mo's hand, and the two flew into the sky.
The Land of Rain is a battleground, sandwiched between six other nations, including the three great nations of Wind, Earth, and Fire.
The destination is Iwagakure in the Land of Earth, which borders the Land of Rain and is not far away.
Xiao Nan and Bai Mo continued their conversation in the sky on their way to Iwagakure.
Konan's Paper Dance technique, as long as she is not attacked, does not consume much chakra when simply flying.
But Bai Mo said that even a small amount of consumption is still consumption, so he grabbed Xiao Nan's hand, used the Crescent Moon's ability to cover her, and flew with Xiao Nan by relying on gravity conversion.
Xiao Nan continued the previous topic, wondering what Bai Mo wanted to get from Konoha.
"Flying Thunder God, or Flying Thunder Formation."
From Amegakure to the Land of Waves, and now to Iwagakure, we can save a lot of time and energy.
All that's needed is to set up a technique in each location.
"I don't know about the Flying Thunder Formation, but the Flying Thunder God's technique will exist permanently unless you reach the Six Paths level, just like the Silver Mark."
"..."
"I didn't expect you to know what this is, Minami-nee. Jiraiya's writing about 'Royal Uncle' is truly relentless in ruining people's lives."
Bai Mo sighed.
"What? I don't know!"
Upon hearing this, the silent Xiao Nan hurriedly denied it.
"Then why don't you ask?"
"When you mentioned the Flying Thunder God Technique, I was reminded of my junior brother, Minato Namikaze, and Nagato."
Jiraiya-sensei once mentioned the "Child of Prophecy" to us.
He initially believed that Nagato was the Child of Prophecy, but after we lost contact, he probably took Minato Namikaze, who displayed his talent in the Third Shinobi World War, as the Child of Prophecy.
But now Minato Namikaze is dead too…”
Xiao Nan spoke with some emotion.
"Forget about the 'Child of Prophecy' thing, Sister Xiaonan."
Bai Mo shook his head and smiled.
"Huh? Why? Isn't this the prophecy of the toad sage of Mount Myōboku?"
Xiao Nan was puzzled.
"That Gamamaru was probably still half asleep after the Infinite Tsukuyomi from ancient times."
Hagoromo Otsutsuki is another example.
And what about the blue-eyed boy who calls out the names of the nine tailed beasts, and the child of prophecy?
The prophecy of a man and a toad, the first one has been passed down for thousands of years.
The results of it?
The prophecy came true; there haven't been even twenty years of peace. It's a joke.
At this point, Bai Mo tightened his grip on Xiao Nan's hand: "Remember, destiny is in our own hands. There has never been a savior, nor a child of prophecy!"