Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Among Jiraiya's classmates who graduated from the Ninja Academy, there were two geniuses.

One of them is Orochimaru, whom even the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, praised highly.
The other one is Hiruko.

However, compared to Orochimaru, who is well-rounded in all aspects, Hiruko, this genius, seems to be a bit one-sided. To put it simply, he is a master of empty talk, but in reality, he is fragile and easily broken.

The ninja academy teachers strongly suggested that he stay at the academy for further studies after graduation, because his theoretical knowledge was so solid that he was a good candidate for teaching and nurturing students. They worried that with his weak practical skills, he would easily sacrifice himself if he went on a mission.

However, Hiruko was determined to catch up with her childhood friend, so she refused the ninja academy teachers' offer to stay. Starting as an ordinary ninja, she relied on her unique talent (the power of a boy and a girl) to gradually rise to her current position.
Not only did he successfully advance to the rank of Special Jonin, but he also secured a place in the prestigious Root organization, becoming a successful person in the eyes of others.

However, no amount of achievement can erase a cruel fact.

Beiluhu,
Not strong, even somewhat weak.

"boom!"

She barely managed to deflect the kunai thrown by the lewd man, but the sharp blade still grazed Hiruko's fair cheek as it passed by. The stinging pain made Hiruko's heart sink.
That technique is that of a Jonin.

"Phew, I thought he was a pro, but he's just a noob."

After the initial probing, the lewd man looked at the disheveled and battered Hiruko, his expression relaxing, a sly smile creeping onto his lips.
"If you obediently surrender, I might spare your life afterward."

After all, a top-quality female warrior like Hiruko is extremely rare, so the perverted man decided to raise her as his own possession and put her to a life of imprisonment and nurturing.

"Pah! Daydreaming."

Rather than be humiliated, he would rather fight to the death with his opponent, and he believed that as long as he held on, Jiraiya would definitely come to his aid.

"Hehe, I like your fiery personality."

The lewd man licked his lips, but his hands moved with lightning speed, rapidly executing some kind of escape technique at a rate of four seals per second.

Is that a technique to behead someone in one's mind?

Hiruko, with her exceptional theoretical knowledge, immediately saw through the ninjutsu he was about to unleash. She grabbed the three children and leaped into the air, landing on a nearby tree branch.
"Wow, you're pretty smart."

Seeing this, the lewd man couldn't help but boast aloud that this woman was no ordinary girl, able to discern his intended ninjutsu within seconds and find a countermeasure.
Otherwise, his modified mental decapitation technique—the version with his buttocks exposed—would definitely be unforgettable for that great southern woman, Hiruko.

"What about this move?"

In the recent exchange, he had already ascertained Hiruko's true strength. She was not even a fully-fledged Chunin, let alone a Jonin like himself.

That's right. The reason why the perverted man was able to become the squad leader who carried out such an important mission has little to do with his brother-in-law being Komurasaki. Rather, it's because he himself is an experienced elite Jonin, but his reputation in the village is not good, which often makes others overlook his own strength.

"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spear".

As he quickly modified his hand seals, several sharp spikes formed from chakra condensed under Hiruko's feet grew larger and swelled, becoming a pillar reaching the sky.

"Pfft!"

A tree branch as thick as a bowl was instantly snapped in two by the sharp rock pillar. Hiruko was forced to leap to dodge, and the lecherous man grinned at the sight, then vanished from his spot in an instant.

Where have you been?
Mid-air, Hiruko warily scanned her surroundings but couldn't find the lewd man. A strong sense of crisis instantly welled up in her heart.
"Big Nan, look behind you."

Suddenly, a mocking voice rang out behind him. Hiruko's anus tightened, and without turning around, he thrust the kunai in his hand behind him.
"boom!"

The resulting shock made his arm go numb, and he almost dropped his kunai. Startled, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a brownish-brown earth clone stuck to his back.

"Just kidding, I actually prefer to confront things head-on."

The lewd man's voice rang out again. Hiruko quickly averted his gaze, only to find it was too late. The lewd man had appeared in front of him without him noticing, and a sharp kunai was already pressed against his chest. His life would soon be out of his control.

The earth clone behind him, which had been used to distract him, successfully completed its mission and fell to the ground as a clod of earth.

"Alright, now you can bend over obediently, right?"

The kidnapped Beiruk fell to the ground, and the lewd man looked down at his captive with smug eyes.

"hateful."

Hiruko bit his lip in frustration. The difference in strength between the two sides was too great. No matter how many brilliant moves he had in mind, it would be a waste to execute them.

"Your target is me. Release these children."

Looking down at the three children in her arms, Hiruko forced herself to calm down and began to try to stall the lecherous man for time.

"Okay, but I can only let her go."

To everyone's surprise, the sleazy man nodded, but what he said next caught the three children and one adult completely off guard.
"I?"

The lucky Konan pointed at herself in disbelief. She could accept that Nagato stayed, admitting that Nagato's looks were comparable to her own.
But
After glancing at Yahiko, who was equally bewildered, Konan couldn't help but speak up.
"You really don't discriminate between meat and vegetables."

"I have other uses for this brat."

The lewd man glanced at the exasperated little girl and revealed an expression of disgust.
"As for you, get out of here while I'm in a good mood!"

"Shh!"

Just as the lecherous man focused his attention on Konan, Hiruko moved. Pretending to put Konan down, she flicked her wrist and shot several senbon needles stained with an unknown liquid from her sleeve.
With a sudden jerk, he flung the three children onto the soft grass beside him, then bent down and crashed into the astonished, lewd-looking man. A dark blue poisoned blade was now lurking on the back of his other hand.

"what!"

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Before the three children even hit the ground, a piercing scream was heard, but the voice sounded very familiar.

"Little Sister Bei!"

The three who had landed with a thud tumbled to their feet and, seeing Hiruko being choked by the lewd man with one hand not far away, screamed in unison.

"Hmph! You think I can't see your little tricks?"

To become an elite Jonin, besides strength, one needs extensive experience. The lewd man had already noticed the restless little details in Hiruko's fingertips. The reason he scolded Konan just now was simply to set a trap.

"you"

Looking at the senbon needle stuck in the lecherous man's chest, Hiruko's sorrowful eyes held a hint of confusion. He simply couldn't understand how the other man was completely unharmed at such close range.
"Hehe, I'm known for being cautious; I always wear a condom when I do anything."

The lewd man noticed the confusion in his eyes, chuckled twice, and pulled open his shirt to reveal a slab of rock formed from chakra.
In truth, he was secretly relieved that he hadn't dispelled the defensive Earth Release technique he used against Jiraiya; otherwise, at such close range, he definitely wouldn't have been able to react in time.

"You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. Now none of you are leaving here."

Looking coldly at Da Nan Niang, whose face was flushed from lack of oxygen, the lewd man tightened his fingers slightly. Hiruko felt a sharp pain in his lungs, and his clear consciousness was gradually fading away.

"boom!"

Just before he was about to completely lose consciousness, a kunai traced a crooked arc through the air and finally struck the lewd man on the head.
"Let go of Little Bei!"

The sleazy man with a gloomy face turned his head, his eyes coldly fixed on Yahiko, who was still in a throwing stance. Beside him, the red-haired girl was constantly pulling out various hidden weapons from her backpack.

only.
Looking down at the poorly made kunai on the ground, its blade not even fully sharpened, the sleazy man immediately recognized it as a counterfeit product from the Land of Waterfalls, based on the brand logo.
"Kid, you really think I won't—" "Take this! The technique of throwing all the shuriken!"

Before he could finish his harsh words, Yahiko launched another attack, raining down countless crooked shuriken. The lewd man frowned slightly, grabbed Hiruko, and retreated several meters to dodge.
"Nagato, why is one of the tips on your shuriken missing?"

Across from her, Konan, who was squatting on the ground, picked up the scattered shuriken with a puzzled look. She discovered that this traditional cross-shaped shuriken actually only had three points.

"Make do with this; I can't steal the four-pointed ones anyway."

Nagato shook his head and said nothing more, only continuing to pull out the stock he had collected from the warehouse over the years.

"Swish~ Swish~ Swish~"

As a barrage of inferior ninja tools rained down on him, the veins on the lewd man's forehead bulged into a large zigzag pattern. If it weren't for the crucial hostage Yahiko, he would have already chopped those three brats into a pulp.
"Huh? You've lost them all, Nagato. Do you have any left?"

As Yahiko threw out a chipped shuriken, he rubbed his fingers together, seemingly still wanting more.
"Nothing."

To prove she wasn't lying, Nagato turned the backpack upside down and shook it a few times; it was indeed empty.
"Kid, that's enough of your playing around."

On the other side, the lewd man, thoroughly enraged, decided to teach the group an unforgettable lesson. He formed a hand seal, and a slender earthen spear materialized out of thin air.

His gaze swept over the three people, and he finally set his sights on the only woman in the room. Sensing a murderous intent, Xiao Nan turned pale instantly and stood frozen in place.

"go to hell."

The lewd-looking man raised his large hand with a ferocious expression, his sharp earthen spear poised to strike.

"Don't even think about it!"

At this critical moment, Hiruko, who had been nearly knocked unconscious by his grip, concentrated all her strength in her toes and kicked the lecherous man hard in the open ribs.
"Snapped!"

With a muffled thud, Hiruko's face showed an expression of pain. How come this guy also has a rock slab under his ribs?

However, his attack wasn't entirely ineffective. Caught off guard, the lewd man staggered, and the earthen spear he had just released veered off course, shooting towards Nagato beside Konan.

"Nagato, get down right now!"

Upon seeing this, Yahiko, who was standing in front of the two, quickly turned around and lunged towards Nagato. However, he missed the earthen spear in mid-air and could only watch helplessly as the sharp spear was about to pierce his friend.
Unable to move, Xiao Nan, locked in by the lewd man's murderous intent, immediately closed her eyes in agony, unable to bear witnessing the bloody scene that followed.

Our subject, Nagato, had never encountered anything like this before. Faced with the earth spear hurtling towards him, he instinctively raised his hand to block it. But how could a child's tender little hand withstand the icy jutsu formed from chakra?
"Alas! What a pity."

The lewd man, who had missed his target, looked regretful. Such a high-quality young woman, gone just like that.

Am I going to die?

In the final moments of his life, as Nagato raised his left hand to defend himself, only regret filled his mind. He regretted not having the chance to grow up with his friends, not having the chance to continue fishing, not having the chance to inherit his father's general store, and not having the chance to visit his great-grandfather's shop.
"I'm really bad at this."

The sharp aura of the earthen spear tore through the glove that Nagato always wore on his right hand. Looking at his small, dark hand exposed to the air, he suddenly felt that the hand was somewhat comical.

"Ok?"

At the same time, a pair of eyes thousands of miles away suddenly opened, a faint hint of joy appearing in their calm, pure black pupils.

"Is it activated? My wedge."

"Pfft!"

Yahiko, who had been lunging forward, landed face-first in the air, but he quickly looked up, his eyes filled with utter disbelief.
"Chang Changmen, your hand?"

Meanwhile, on the other side not far away, the lewd man also revealed a look of horror he had never shown since his appearance.

"What the hell is this thing?"

The earthen spear, even thicker than Nagato's, seemed to freeze in mid-air, hovering in front of his palm.
"Boom! Boom! Boom."

Before Nagato could react, the hard earthen spear began to crumble on its own. Not only that, a wisp of blue chakra that escaped from the spear actually struck his palm directly.

"what?"

Feeling a cool energy surge into his body, Nagato lowered his hand, looking completely bewildered.
"This is?"

I noticed a white patch on the palm of my dark left hand, with a faintly glowing black diamond-shaped mark lying quietly in the center of that patch.
"Sealing technique?"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the lewd man quickly recovered and, based on his years of experience, first deduced a seemingly correct answer, but then quickly rejected it himself.

"No. Just a country bumpkin."

Since the Land of Whirlpools did not perish as in the original timeline, the intellectual property rights of sealing techniques are still firmly in their hands. Even the five great ninja villages have not preserved many ninjutsu related to sealing techniques.

Wait, what's with this hair color?
Soon, the perplexed man noticed a detail he had long overlooked, and his expression instantly became quite interesting.
"Kid, are you from the Uzumaki clan?"

"how do you know?"

Nagato, who was staring blankly at the strange mark on his palm, looked up at this and blinked in confusion.

"Damn it, why didn't you say so sooner?"

The Uzumaki clan is notoriously protective of its members. If he had known that Xiao Nan Niang was a member of the Uzumaki clan, he would have destroyed the body and all evidence long ago.

Just as the lecherous man made up his mind to erase Nagato from this world, a white figure descended from the sky. Jiraiya, with a few drops of blood on his body, landed gracefully in front of the three children.

"Am I late?"

"Jiraiya, you've finally arrived."

Upon seeing the newcomer, Hiruko's tense heart finally relaxed, while the lewd man gritted his teeth and questioned him angrily.

Where are my men?

"Except for that muscular guy who runs fast, everyone else has been captured by me. If you know what's good for you, you'll just surrender obediently."

If I say no

"Boom~ Splat!"

Before the lewd man could finish speaking, a black box appeared out of nowhere and fell from the sky, crushing him into a bloody pulp, leaving only half of his arm, which was clutching Hiruko, as proof that he had been there.

"Beloved!"

Everything happened too suddenly. Jiraiya watched as Hiruko brushed past death, and without caring about the unknown enemy, he instantly rushed forward and supported his childhood friend who was about to collapse.

"Jiraiya, is this your technique?"

With a deathly pale face, Hiruko tore off the severed arm that was clinging to her neck, her eyes filled with adoration.
"If I had that ability, I would have put on a mask and gone out on my own long ago." (End of Chapter)