My Hidden Road

In the morning, Naoto and Hatosuke parted ways, and Naoto went to other places to look for food alone. It rains all year round in the Land of Rain, and nothing grows except moss. Naoto can't find a rabbit even if he wants to hunt it down.

Wearing a black raincoat, Naoto is walking on a road. There are no roosters crowing for a hundred miles, and there are no human beings for thousands of miles. The metaphor is very appropriate in the country of rain. Not to mention chickens here, not even people can survive. If it were not located in a traffic hub

He said, the people here have finished running away a long time ago, and the feelings of family and country are not worth a handful of wheat to them.

It was approaching noon, and Naoto couldn't find any inhabited place. Naoto didn't dare to go to the village before. Only those who have food have food, and there must be ninjas stationed in areas where there is food. Finding food is not an easy task, Naoto

He took this job on purpose. If he had allowed him to rely on his violent temper, he would have blocked the road and robbed him, and he would have been hunted down in the end.

After walking through a rugged and difficult mountain road, there is a market in the basin at the foot of the mountain, close to the road. The Kingdom of Rain is like this. It is surrounded by three major countries. It is also an important transportation route and has frequent business routes.

There were a few banknotes from the corpse last time. Naoto figured that he should be able to buy some food, which could feed the two of them for at least two or three days, and then he would take it one step at a time.

Approaching the market, Naoto placed his ninja sword and forehead protector in a conspicuous place, subtexting that he was a ninja. After entering the market, Naoto found a lot of goods piled up here. There were ninjas and samurai on guard nearby, but Naoto did not

See more and walk straight towards the shop selling food.

Entering the bakery, Naoto first threw his ninja sword on the counter and said, "Boss, get some food."

There was a buzzing sound behind the counter, and a skinny young man came out to greet the customers. He was very disdainful when he saw Naoto as a brat, but he was also afraid of the forehead protector on Naoto's forehead. He was a ninja.

"You have to give money to buy things." The skinny young man said tangledly.

Naoto dropped a crumpled banknote with a wave of his hand, "A three-year-old child knows that you have to give money when buying things. I won the battle and am rich!"

"Congratulations! The Country of Rain has been saved once again by a hero like you."

The scabbard pressed against the young man's chin, and his face was as cold as ice. "I give you money and you sell things. Why are you talking so much nonsense and you still can't do business?"

"Do it, do it."

The young man accepted the crumpled banknote with a smile, took out a piece of bread for Naoto and put it in a greased paper bag. The scabbard of the ninja sword once again touched the skinny young man's chin.

"See clearly, for a hundred taels of banknotes, you give me a piece of bread?"

"Now that the war is raging and prices are soaring, you can buy a piece of bread with 100 taels now, but you can only buy half a piece at night."

Naoto said with a smile: "There are mountains of supplies outside. You told me that prices are soaring. Do you believe it or not? I want you to go soar."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute."

The young man wiped the sweat from his forehead, pushed the sheath of the ninja sword away from his neck with his fingers, then took out two pieces of bread from the counter and wrapped them in oil paper bags.

"Pah!" Naoto took out the remaining crumpled bills from his pocket. "At this price, all the money here can buy bread."

"ah--?"

The young boss obviously had not experienced the intrigues in the shopping mall. Naoto taught him a good lesson. When he saw the bright ninja sword, the young boss swallowed a mouthful of saliva, took out a large oil paper bag and put bread in it with tears.

"A total of five hundred and sixty taels, Sheng Hui."

Naoto patted the paper bag with satisfaction and glanced at the boss, "It's not like I didn't give you the money. You lied to me first. Why are you crying? They thought I was robbing you. You are not doing charity or being robbed. You are purely doing business.

If you fail, you will always have ups and downs in doing business.”

"But the money you gave me is too little..." the young boss muttered.

"My purpose is not to give others any chance to make money from me. Boss, you still have a long way to go. By the way, when did the caravan outside come and where did it come from?"

"have no idea."

Naoto opened the paper bag and returned two pieces of bread. The young boss quietly put the bread in, looked outside and whispered in Naoto's ear.

"I heard that it came from the Kingdom of Iron, and the goods inside were reserved for Sunagakure Village. However, Hanzo's troops were fighting with Konoha a few days ago and could not move forward, so they stayed here."

Naoto rolled his eyes and asked, "What kind of cargo is it specifically?"

"I don't know." The boss shook his head decisively and refused to answer.

Naoto took out two more pieces of bread and stuffed them with the boss, and now he knew all the information. The goods were ninja swords made by the Iron Country. Last night, some unscrupulous wandering ninjas attacked them, but no one left the market alive.

The boss saw that Naoto was from the Land of Rain and that he was young and wanted to dispel his idea.

"It's okay to defraud you of a few pieces of bread, but don't try to catch their attention. I heard that there are ninjas from Sunagakure inside to help. Even the samurai of the Iron Kingdom are not easy to mess with."

"I'm not that stupid, hee hee." Naoto smiled at the boss and left with the paper bag in his arms, but he was thinking carefully in his mind.

The timid ones were starved to death, and the bold ones were starved to death. He didn't have the courage to go into battle to kill the enemy, but he still dared to inform the enemy. He picked up something and went back. Naoto made up his mind and ran out of the market with the bread in his arms. Suddenly a figure appeared.

He also ran over in a panic. The two of them accidentally bumped into each other, and the bread in the oil paper bag spilled on the floor.

"Hey, you think this is your living room, you don't have eyes when you walk around!" Naoto exclaimed, rubbing his butt.

"You don't have eyes. You were the one who hit me first!"

Naoto looked at the person who spoke, and it turned out to be a girl about the same age as himself. She had a hairy head and a colorful face, which made it obvious that she was not a serious girl.

"Baby girl, what do you want to say again?" Naoto unceremoniously pulled out the half-broken ninja sword from his waist and looked at the fuzzy girl in front of him.

"You were the one who hit me first, you bastard." As he spoke, he wanted to turn around and leave, not wanting to mess with Naoto any more.

"oops!"

Naoto grabbed the girl's arm and said with a smile: "You have offended Mr. Naoto and you still want to run away. You really think that you are a fool in the rain ninja village. You, Mr. Naoto, are the most stingy. You can't leave without a hundred thousand taels for soup and medicine today."

.”

Suddenly, several sharp objects were pressed against Naoto's back, and the broken blade fell to the ground with a clang. Naoto bowed and apologized to the little girl.

"I'm really sorry for saying such outrageous things to you, please forgive me!"

After patting the muddy water on her body, the girl stepped on Naoto in disgust. Due to the 'brothers' behind her, Naoto was deeply influenced by traditional and excellent ideas. Naturally, he would not be as knowledgeable as this little girl and turn the pain away.

For a smiley face.

"This time is a lesson, get out!"

Naoto quickly picked up the bread that was stained by muddy water on the ground, and put it into the oil paper bag with gritted teeth. He really didn't look at the almanac when he went out. If he had known better, he would have chatted with the boss at the bakery for a while, and cheated a few more pieces of bread by the way.

"Hey, that bread is dirty." The girl warned.

"My little brother Jiuzuke, who is about to starve to death at home, is still waiting for him to save his life. This is food bought with his life. How can he throw it away just because it is dirty?"

"Here, take it."

When Naoto saw the 10,000 taels of banknotes in the girl's hand, he took a deep breath to calm down. He knew he would meet someone noble when he went out today. If he had known, he would have rolled around in the mud a few more times.

Good man! Really good man, does the rich woman want a thigh pendant?