Chapter 6: The dawn bearer

Perhaps it was because Ryo's acting skills were too strong, which directly led to Konan 's unwillingness to let him be contaminated with the darkness of the organization, and wanted him to have a bright future.

Ryo didn't get new clothes, so he could only look at Uchiha Itachi in the red cloud and black robe with a little envy.

Konan glanced at the envious young man, stretched out his hand, and rubbed his hair: "Ryo, your future will be very bright."

"That's pretty good."

Ryo curled his lips and muttered casually.

However, when he saw Konan take out two more bottles of purple nail polish and hand it to Uchiha Itachi, his face couldn't help but twitch.

Does Akatsuki's makeup have to be so thick?

Do men also have to apply nail polish?

Konan looked at Itachi calmly accepting the nail polish, and suddenly said to him: " Itachi...Stay away from Ryo in the future. If I see anyone who wants to hurt him, I won't be merciful."

"..."

Itachi glanced at Ryo standing next to Konan, and nodded his head slightly.

"Senior Konan, reasonable fighting can also make children grow up faster!"

The masked man standing next to Uchiha Itachi looked at Uehara with interest, and said, "I feel that this kid's card throwing is very similar to Senior Konan's paper escape secret technique. Isn't it Senior Konan's younger brother or something?""

"..."

The woman with light blue hair frowned, neither answering nor denying, and drove them away with a loud voice: "If you have nothing to do, you can leave."

"Good, good! Gone, gone, I'm going to buy meatballs!"

The masked man hugged his head, whistled, and left.

As for Itachi, he has just joined the organization and will temporarily live in the organization's secret base, waiting for Pain to assign him to which combat team.

Because of what the masked man said just now, Konan suddenly became interested in Ryo'saruo's abilities.

She also wanted to know Ryo's current strength, and she was able to tie a well-trained Konoha rebel Ninja in a game that left room for discussion.

When Konan saw the card in Ryo's hand, he reached out and picked it up, looking down at the pattern on the card.

That is a K of hearts.

"This is a card used in the casino?"

Konan's face turned slightly cold, she looked into Ryo's eyes gradually dissatisfied, and said coldly: "Are you...contaminated with gambling?""

"...no."

Ryo spread out his hands and explained: "Because when I was a child, my family couldn't afford to buy a sword in my hand, so I could only practice sword throwing with cheap solitaire. Now I'm used to it, and I have also developed a technique that can borrow solitaire to fight."

Except for saying that, it's hard to explain!

After all, the throwing technique of the card master is still quite practical. Not to mention the others, the effect of the card explosion alone is equivalent to the power of the detonator explosion.

"Is that so? Ryo, you will be my disciple from now on!"

Konan spread out her palms, and pieces of origami floated out of her palms, turning into paper butterflies, flying around them.

Konan manipulated a paper butterfly to fall on her fingertips and said softly: "My paper escape secret technique is similar to your solitaire. It just so happens that I can teach you a lot of ways to fight with paper."

Not only to teach him to grow up but also for the inheritance of Akatsuki's will.

"..."

Ryo was in a daze. Is there any misunderstanding in the middle of this matter? With his strength, do you need any teachers?

It's just that if he wants to stay in Akatsuki, it seems inappropriate for him to refuse Konan.

"Then, please take care of me Konan!"

Another strange side mission jumped out of Ryo's head. It had been completed, and he hadn't looked through it carefully.

Mission completed: Become Konan's disciple (1/1), gold coins +150.

With just such a little money, is he a beggar?

According to Ryo's understanding of the system's side quests, he barely understood the operating mechanism of the system. The more tasks are accepted by the public, the richer the rewards for completion.

Konan squatted in front of Ryo, helping him organize his clothes, his voice gradually softened: "Ryo, from now on...call me teacher."

"...yes, Konan sensei."

Ryo blinked her eyes, as good as a stream.

Konan didn't have the talent to be a teacher. This woman wanted to think about it. She didn't know what ninjutsu Ryo was taught in the first class. She decided to rely on the teaching method of her previous teacher to conduct a combat test.

Although Konan's teacher is Konoha Ninja, she does not experience any bell-grabbing tests but works with her teammates to defeat the teacher's shadow clone.

She plans to do the same.

Konan tugged at the hair on her forehead and explained softly: "In a few days, I will test you and let my paper clone fight you, decide which ninjutsu to teach you, and judge whether you can participate in our next mission..."

"Mission?"

"Correct."

Konan nodded, put his palm on Ryo's shoulder, and whispered: "Our mission is to avenge our former members and your father...I don't want you to live in hatred, but I think these things still need to be known to you because some things should not be dusty in time."

"..."

Ryo nodded reluctantly.

He knew all those things, and even the truth he knew was more, deeper, and farther than what Konan and Nagato had seen.

So, is it time to test your acting skills again?

Konan's face slowly sank, his expression gradually became a little cold, and he said word by word: "Twelve years ago... the people who killed the other members of Akatsuki were the leader of RainVillage, Demigod Hanzo , and the high-level Shimura Danzo of Konoha Village."

"What?"

There was just a hint of surprise on Ryo's face: "So... are we going to attack Konoha or Rain?"

Pain heard this, walked over stood beside them, and said in a deep voice: "Konan, tell him the task directly! Ryo must participate in this mission, this is his birth destiny."

"No, it may be dangerous for Ryo's strength to participate..."

Konan had a head-on conflict with Pain for the first time: "I have to test him first to ensure that he can survive the mission."

"If he died in this mission, it would be because his strength is too weak to survive in this world!""

"Pain!"

Konan raised his head abruptly and looked at him awe-inspiring for a while. After all, he lowered his head and said softly: "I still remember the teaching of Teacher Jiraiya. Young children are the fire of the future... Moreover, Ryo is also the only one."

Since Yahiko died in battle, this was the first time she had defied Pain's will. This kind of thing hadn't happened for a long, long time.

The appearance of this young man was like a ray of light, shining out their past.

Let Konan know from then on that she still bears a kind of responsibility, and she wants the dawn will that once wanted to illuminate the ninja world to be inherited from Ryo.

"..."

    The orange-haired man was silent for a while, then turned and left, leaving only one sentence in the rain: "Whatever you want! We have been preparing for this war for twelve years, and his participation of any kind does not affect the result."