Chapter 258 - 257: Leaving the Hidden Rain Village

Chapter 258: Chapter 257: Leaving the Hidden Rain Village

"Konan."

"Nagato, are you okay!"

As soon as Nagato stepped out, Konan worriedly hugged him, checking him all over. He seemed even healthier than usual, which finally put Konan at ease.

"It’s so good that you’re okay."

"I told you he was fine. We’ll be going now. We’ll come back to help you with what we promised when we have time."

Kano and Little Kano, who had come out first earlier, had originally wanted to leave directly, but Konan stopped them to ask about Nagato’s condition. She insisted on waiting until Nagato came out before letting them go. The two Kanos, unable to leave early, had to wait with Konan. When Nagato emerged, after speaking righteously, Kano and Little Kano immediately dashed away.

Nagato wanted to call out to Kano and the others to explain what had happened inside, but Konan waved goodbye first.

"Mm, you can go. It seems we have to thank you for Nagato’s health this time."

Heh, you don’t know about the other thing that happened inside yet. If you did, the two Kanos wouldn’t have left so easily.

The two rushed out of the Akatsuki Organization base and flew toward Konoha Village on the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, leaving Nagato alone struggling with how to bring up the other matter.

"Konan, there’s something important I need to tell you."

"What is it? Let’s find a place to talk slowly."

"No, let’s talk right here."

Nagato stood in front of the door without moving, which made Konan sense something was off.

"Go ahead."

"There’s good news and bad news now. The good news is that Yahiko has been revived."

Konan’s eyes lit up. She hadn’t expected Yahiko to actually be revived. She wondered what Yahiko would think when he saw them and whether he’d like the current Akatsuki.

"Quick, let me see him. Does he remember us?"

"His memories are all normal, just frozen at that moment. But there’s also bad news..."

"What’s the bad news?"

Konan’s earlier worries vanished. With Yahiko revived, even the worst news wouldn’t matter. Could it be that even after revival, he only had a few days to live? That wouldn’t matter either; being able to see Yahiko again, even briefly, was enough.

Prepared to hear Nagato’s bad news, Nagato averted his gaze and pouted as he spoke.

"It’s just that a small accident happened during the revival process. Yahiko... turned into a girl..."

"What! How could such an accident happen?! Don’t joke around; this isn’t funny at all. Are you serious?"

Konan was losing her composure. She couldn’t imagine Yahiko becoming effeminate, curling his fingers like a lady and calling her sister. That would be worse than death.

"What exactly happened to cause this situation? I saw Kashi’s friend revived without much change."

"During the revival, a huge rock fell and accidentally crushed Yahiko’s... enthusiasm..."

Nagato couldn’t think of a good excuse. After all, reality was too bizarre to explain easily, so he used Kashi’s excuse.

"You’re lying to ghosts! Your room is surrounded by iron sheets; where would a huge rock come from..."

Before she could finish, a little orange-haired loli wearing an Akatsuki robe walked out. Konan’s eyes widened in shock. She recognized this as Yahiko at first glance—it had to be Yahiko, but now he was very, very petite and cute.

For a moment, she was so excited she became incoherent.

"A huge rock, a huge rock is good. A huge rock is auspicious."

Though it was like a magic trick—transforming from a 1.8-meter-tall handsome guy into a 1.3-meter-tall loli (due to crude surgical conditions and Little Kano being a novice, a half-meter error was normal)—the difference was huge. But you could still tell from the facial details that this was Yahiko, the founder of Akatsuki.

"Long time no see, Konan. For me, it might have just been a moment apart, but for you, it must have been a long time."

Yahiko greeted somewhat awkwardly. She hadn’t expected to be revived in this form. Being able to revive was luckier than most, so she wouldn’t complain about the gender change.

Though it would create some unnecessary trouble for her, she would choose to adapt and embrace future life.

"Mm, Yahiko, welcome back."

Though her appearance had changed, it was still the familiar Yahiko, and that was enough. Konan hugged Yahiko, happy to see her long-lost friend again, until Yahiko said the next sentence.

"Konan, you look a lot older."

A "#" mark instantly appeared on Konan’s forehead, and she suddenly felt Yahiko deserved to die... On the way back, Little Kano and Kano sat on the dragon’s back chatting, discussing what had happened over the past two years and the differences between the two worlds.

"So, the Fifth Hokage suddenly turning into a beautiful girl was your doing?"

Little Kano was surprised. She had learned about the Fifth Hokage turning into a beautiful girl not long before she died, so she still remembered it vividly.

"That’s right. Who told her to mock me for being a little girl who didn’t understand anything back then."

Kano pouted, talking bad about Obito.

"So, actually, my death was because of you too? If you hadn’t cut off her enthusiasm, why would she hate you so much that she wanted to kill you, leading to the me in this world being subconsciously eliminated?"

Little Kano quickly sorted things out. She understood that her world was based on Obito’s illusion world, and she didn’t mind it, instead wanting to see the real world.

"You can’t put it that way. I was just doing scientific research. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to teach you that advanced scientific technique today. We’re the same person; I don’t believe you don’t like it."

This hit the nail on the head. Their tastes were identical, and even their perverted thoughts were the same. Capturing people and turning them into lolis was something they loved doing.

Little Kano’s thoughts were bluntly exposed, making her blush slightly.

"Well, I do like it, but I still think you’re a bit more insane."

"Hey, I am you. Where exactly am I insane?"

"Turning Naruto into a loli too. You definitely did the same to her, right? Looking at how she turned out, it’s like she’s dancing on drugs, perfectly hitting my tastes, plus the surgeries you taught me.

No matter how I think about it, it must have been you. Even if I liked Naruko, I wouldn’t lay a hand on Naruto. So, you’re still the more insane one."

Kano felt more wronged than Dou E. Being wronged by herself—could anything be more unjust?

"No way! Naruto changed voluntarily to be with me; I couldn’t stop her. Didn’t I say before that I only date beautiful girls or something like that?"

"Yeah, I said that too, but everyone around thought it was a joke."

"The main thing is, we weren’t joking, and Naruto didn’t think it was a joke either. So, to be with me, she learned some secret technique from the Land of Demons and turned herself into this form."

Little Kano thought it over. She couldn’t lie to herself; Naruto really might do something like that.

"So, you’re dating Naruko?"

This time, it was Kano’s turn to blush. Little Kano loved seeing her other self blush.

"Tell me, how did you two start dating?"

"After Naruko transformed, she confessed to me. I asked her if she wanted to marry me, and then we got together."

Kano blushed as she slowly revealed this, which made Little Kano feel uncomfortable listening.

"How could you propose directly! That’s not how it works in the stories. You should keep your distance first, then go out on dates together. You wear clothes she picks for you, she eats food you carefully prepare for her, and finally, after a big, intense battle where you survive, she confesses to you. You reject her, she pursues you again, you reject her again, and only when she confesses again can you reluctantly agree."

"Shut up! I don’t want to be lectured by a version of myself two years younger. Didn’t you sense the special scent on Naruko? That bewitching scent that only affects me. As soon as I get close to her, I react, with hearts in my eyes.

How could I be reserved? You wouldn’t be able to resist either, okay? Such a top-tier loli that perfectly matches my tastes throws herself at me, plus a bewitching effect that only works on you. Not to mention, I already had feelings for Naruto, and add to that the intimate atmosphere of being alone at night, just after kissing. If you could resist, your lower half is useless—just glue it shut with 502."

"Alright, you have a point. I wouldn’t be able to resist either."

Little Kano imagined it; she wouldn’t be able to resist either. After all, she wasn’t a pure girl; she’d spent more time as a man in her previous life than in this one.

"In short, she’s incredibly cute! And we’re not the type of women who beat around the bush; we definitely like to be direct."

"That’s true. Dating Naruto before was purely to reward him. If I were really dating Naruko, I’d want to go into the room and battle three hundred rounds."

"With our personalities, if there’s a loli we both like, how could we dawdle? We’d definitely go straight to the point. If we like each other, we’d hurry into QQ Space. Watching that kind of non-verbal romance is just irritating and not satisfying at all."

After saying this, Kano looked at Little Kano, who nodded in agreement. She was the type to skip the plot in comics and go straight to the main event; if the plot was over half the length, she wouldn’t even want to read it.

Suddenly, Kano looked at Little Kano and thought: this cute little loli in front of her definitely wouldn’t refuse her, right? She’d been craving herself for a long time, but it was her own body. Now, with a loli as cute as herself, she really wanted to taste her own flavor.

Then Kano realized: the other person was also herself, so she must be thinking the same thing. At this thought, Kano’s face instantly turned red.

She also noticed that Little Kano’s face was gradually turning from slightly red to bright red.

It seemed they were thinking about the same thing.

The atmosphere became awkward. They both knew they were thinking the same thing.

After a moment of silence, Kano, with her slightly thicker skin from being two years older, spoke first:

"Let’s continue talking tonight. Our families are still waiting for us to go back for a meal. We should hurry back to the village."

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