Chapter 1: Uehara Ryo

The sound of footsteps splashing in the water suddenly appeared, echoing in this secluded cave, and the man and woman hidden in this cave suddenly became vigilant.

"Pain, someone is coming!"

The woman frowned, her palms instantly turned into sheets of origami, and the chakras attached to them looked extremely sharp. Her voice was a little calm: "Except for the two of us, only Madara and Zetsu know this place...Are they here?""

"No, it's a strange ninja."

The man raised his head, staring at the entrance of the cave with weird eyes, looking at the figure that appeared, his voice sounded a little cold and ruthless: "Konan, go and kill him!""

Even if twelve years ago, because of the death of their old friend, they abandoned the claims of the first generation of Akatsuki here, it does not mean that they are willing to see the place where their old friend once lived being entered by strangers.

Killing a strange ninja who has set foot in this unblemished land, whether it is a man or a woman, has no burden in her heart.

They are used to killing.

"Excuse me, is this...the base of the Akatsuki Organization?"

Before they could do anything, the figure who appeared in the cave was the first to speak to a man and a woman standing in the cave: "I am the son of Uehara Nakai, Uehara Ryo. Twelve years ago, he told my mother that he joined an organization named Akatsuki and wanted to follow Lord Yahiko, but he had never come back since then."

    "..."

The woman's movement of waving the sword in her hand stopped, and the expression on the man's face was a little stiff. They heard a strange name.

No, or rather, it's familiar.

At least for women, it is still familiar.

Because the ninja named Uehara Nakai once died under the enemy's knife to protect her, it was a meaningless sacrifice.

As the figures at the entrance of the cave gradually walked in, a man and a woman saw the appearance of the people coming.

This is a young man who even has a crooked ninja forehead. He is wearing a wide-sleeved robe. This dress is a bit big for his age.

The uniforms of the first generation of Akatsuki now look a bit rudimentary, because Akatsuki at that time was too poor.

However, it still makes people feel a little nostalgic involuntarily.

"Are you the son of Uehara Nakai?"

The man turned his weird eyes, stared closely at the boy in front of him, looked at the boy's somewhat similar appearance to his father, and said solemnly: "There has never been this person in our organization, let's go!"

"..."

The woman opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something. When she raised her head and glanced at the man next to her, she only saw the man shaking his head slightly.

The woman bit her lip, but after all, she fell silent.

The young man held Kunai tightly in his hand as if pretending to be calm, but when he stopped and wanted to turn around and leave, he inadvertently saw the appearance of the man and woman, he suddenly put Kunai away and took out his pocket.

The man and woman in the cave glanced at each other, their expressions a little surprised, and when their vigilance grew, the young man took out a picture.

"..."

The boy lowered his head and looked at the photo.

He raised his head again, looking at the man and the woman.

Afterward, the young man held up the photo at them and said softly: "Excuse me, are you Konan and Yahiko?"

"..."

The man and woman fell silent.

That photo was the only time the first generation of Akatsuki took a photo, Many latecomers were missing. At that time, because everyone thought that Akatsuki Organization was a peaceful organization, they didn't pay much attention to the information of their members. Many people sent it to their families.

Moreover, the Yahiko mentioned in this young man's mouth is the first-generation leader of the Akatsuki organization, and it is also the source of the two people's increasingly depressed mood.

The man and Yahiko look the same, because the man's body was originally Yahiko's body, and he was made into a powerful puppet.

The person who controls the puppet behind him is a red-haired boy in the photo.

"Master Yahiko has not changed much."

The young man said in a rambling voice: "Although Konan is a bit older, he can still see the outline of his youth..."

"..."

The woman's face darkened.

The man stared calmly at the young man in front of him and suddenly said: "Your father is dead. He died in battle twelve years ago. Now I have forgotten his name. The weak are not worthy of being remembered."

"Pain!"

A flash of panic flashed on the woman's face!

In any case, she didn't expect that men would tell the truth in such a straightforward manner, at least this is after their old man!

The young man's face drooped, and he forcibly retorted: "Since you don't remember your name, why do you say that he died in battle?""

"Because..."

The man looked at the appearance of the teenager and said coldly: "Twelve years ago, only two people in the entire Akatsuki Organization survived."

"...he can survive!"

The woman suddenly said loudly and then continued to add: "If it weren't for me, many people would survive."

"..."

The man beside her seemed to want to say something to comfort her, but looking at the woman's depressed face, he finally stopped.

"I see."

The young man's expression instantly gathered, and he waved his hand indifferently: "Since he died twelve years ago, then I won't blame him."

After speaking, the young man turned and left.

However, before Uehara Ryo had taken two steps, a strange gravitational force pulled his body and dragged him back again. The man grabbed his collar abruptly with his palm!

"Although your father doesn't have much powerful power, he is also an admirable ninja. Don't you have the slightest affection for him?"

"Pain, let him go!"

The woman stretched out her palm anxiously next to her and grabbed the man's arm, trying to get him to loosen the boy's collar.

Uehara Ryo pulled Pain's palm, raised his head, and looked at the man's weird eyes, a touch of mockery flashed on his face: "I'm sorry, I was born not long ago, except for this picture at home and this dress, but I have no impression of him. ."

From his mouth, the image of a man who abandoned his wife and son jumped out.

In any case, the ninja named Uehara Nakai left his wife and newborn son who had not been born soon to follow an inexplicable organization, which sounds a bit weird.

"...sorry."

The woman murmured and apologized next to her.

The corners of Konan's eyes were moist. Twelve years ago, they were only fifteen years old, and they couldn't understand how much sacrifice the group of ninjas who followed them had made back then.

Now they know the tip of the iceberg under it.

"There is no need to apologize, that is his choice."

The young man shook his head, pulled away the man's hand, and said softly: "I came to find Akatsuki's base just because my mother had always wanted to know about him before she died."

Konan looked at the young man and said nervously: "Your parents have passed away, so where are you...going now?"

"Of course, it's going to Lord Hanzo!"

Uehara Ryo spread out his hands and explained aloud: "For the past few months, I have been working as a wandering ninja, inquiring about the news of my father and the traces of my father... Now that my wish is fulfilled, of course, I will go to Lord Hanzo and become a formal ninja."

"..."

Pain and Akatsuki Nan glanced at each other. A descendant of a member of the first-generation Akatsuki was going to defect to his father's murderer.

This kid named Uehara Ryo doesn't know the truth. How can those of them who know the truth, especially Akatsuki Nan, tolerate this kind of thing happening?

"No way."

Akatsuki Nan stretched out his hand and grabbed his shoulder, squatted in front of him, and said with a cold face: "Your father Uehara Nakai joined Akatsuki, then his child is also a member of the organization!"

"Your organization... why is it a bit like a pyramid scheme den!"

Uehara Ryo looked back at Konan and Pain, couldn't help but blink his eyes, and subconsciously said something.

but…

He finally achieved his true purpose.

There was a sound in Uehara Ryo's brain. Side mission: Join an organization (1/1), the mission has been completed, reward: [Justice Colossus: Galio] Psychic Contract.