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[Mutsu Town, mountain forest. 】

[Yahiko follows the thin girl Naoko Hiraguchi back to her so-called home. 】

["Here...here, sir."]

[The thin girl murmured and made an inaudible sound, timid and inferior. 】

【Yahiko looked at the so-called village in front of him. 】

[It almost looks like a virgin forest. 】

[Under the thick tree stump, a triangular shed is built with branches and covered with fallen leaves, which is the so-called house. 】

[This "house" is so simple that you can even look through the small space inside and see people lying in it with sallow faces, thin muscles, and listless spirits. 】

[If it weren’t for the people inside making grunting noises from time to time, Yahiko would have thought this place was a mass grave full of graves. 】

[This has nothing to do with the village described by the girl. Calling it a refugee camp is considered a compliment. 】

[Yahiko took a deep breath and calmed down...]

["Sorry, sir!"]

[Naoko Hiraguchi suddenly knelt down and said quickly: "I'm really sorry for letting you see this."]

[She thought it was the people here who had dirty the eyes of noble people. 】

[Just like when she was disliked by the noble's servants when she went out to work, she had to kneel down and apologize immediately. 】

[If it weren’t for giving her brothers and sisters a bite to eat, she wouldn’t have dared to bring Yahiko here. 】

["Stand up!" Yahiko's tone was calm and serious. 】

[Hiraguchi Naoko buried her head even lower, her forehead touching the ground. 】

["Stand up! Don't kneel!" Yahiko's tone increased. 】

[Naoko Hiraguchi didn’t dare to move. 】

[For a long time, Yahiko didn't make any move, and just looked at her deeply. 】

[Naoko Hiraguchi felt the seriousness of this adult, raised her head slightly and saw Yahiko's shoes. 】

[She raised her head and looked upward, and saw Yahiko with a serious expression on his face, holding out his hand and waiting for her quietly. 】

[Naoko Hiraguchi was stunned. 】

[She has never seen this look on anyone. 】

[What kind of look is that? 】

[Sadness, anger, encouragement, and tenderness are extremely complicated, but there is no disgust or arrogance. 】

[It is like the gaze of an elder who is angry with his children but refuses to fight, laments their misfortune, and hates the iron that cannot be transformed into steel. 】

[For some reason, Naoko Hiraguchi remembered her dead parents, and by some strange combination of circumstances, she boldly extended her hand. 】

[She held Yahiko's outstretched hand tightly, feeling the warm strength in his palm. 】

[This power was warm and powerful, lifting her up from the ground. 】

[ Yahiko knelt down, patted the dirty girl on her knee, and then looked at her seriously. 】

["No one deserves your knees, no one deserves it!"]

[Naoko Hiraguchi felt a force in her heart and wanted to rush out, but it was stuck in her throat and could not come out. 】

["...Yes, sir." Naoko Hirako choked on her words. 】

[Yahiko waited for her to collect her emotions before she said, "Let's go, take me to see your place."]

"Yes, sir." Naoko Hiraguchi wiped away the tears on her face, raised her head slightly and walked towards the "village" with Yahiko. 】

【Enter this so-called village, Yahiko followed Naoko Hiraguchi to her "home". 】

[The same light-leak shed made of tree branches is even smaller than the surroundings. 】

[Rustling, rustling...]

[As soon as I walked in, there was a sound coming from the shed. 】

[Two children around 6 years old crawled out, one boy and one girl. 】

[Both children were sallow and thin, and their eyes were dim. Only when they saw their sister, their eyes flickered. 】

["Sister, sister, I'm hungry!"]

["Sister, I'm hungry!"]

["Sister is back, I'm not hungry anymore, I'm not hungry anymore, Shizuka, Ichiro."]

[Naoko Hiraguchi has a smile on her face, squats down and hugs her younger siblings. 】

【"grown ups?"】

[ Yahiko understood the pleading in her eyes and handed him the food packaged in the restaurant. 】

["Thank you, sir..." Naoko Hiraguchi quickly took it and thanked Yahiko with a smile. 】

[The two children looked at Yahiko timidly. After all, the transformed Yahiko was a sturdy, middle-aged male ninja with a fierce expression. 】

[Yahiko saw the cowardice in the children, "Take good care of them, we will talk later."]

["Thank you, sir." Naoko Hiraguchi didn't know how many times she had said her thanks, but she didn't know what to say other than this. 】

…

[Yahiko left Naoko Hiraguchi’s “home” and walked around the village, which was more like a refugee camp. 】

[Yahiko then discovered that most of the people here were sallow and thin, with sallow faces and dull eyes. 】

[They were sitting paralyzed, lying down, saving physical energy, or staring blankly at the sky. 】

[They are different from the people in Mutsu Town Market. People there still have a glimmer of hope for life. Even if they cheat, kidnap, kill and steal, they still want to live. 】

[There are no people here, so they are quietly waiting for death, as if they were living corpses in hell. 】

[Even if Yahiko passes by, they don't react at all. 】

[How to save these people? 】

【"ah!!!!!"】

[Just as Yahiko was thinking about how to save him, a sharp female voice sounded. 】

【"Naoko Hiraguchi?"】

[Yahiko's face froze, and his figure disappeared instantly. 】

…

["Go away! Go away!"]

["Ahhh! Sister, sister!"]

[Naoko Hiraguchi beat the thin man in front of her, trying to snatch the meat pie back from his hand. 】

【boom! 】

[The middle-aged man who snatched the meat pie flew out, holding half of the meat pie in his hand. 】

["Sir, you..." Naoko Hiraguchi looked at Yahiko in surprise. 】

["What's going on?" Yahiko asked. 】

["Not long after you left, when I was giving the food to Shizuka and Ichiro, the man rushed in and snatched our food."]

[Hiraguchi Naoko said with lingering fear. 】

[Yahiko glanced at the collapsed triangular shack, and then at the man licking the dirt. 】

[The meatloaf just fell to the ground, and the soil was stained with minced meat and some oil and water. 】

[The man finished eating the meatloaf and was reluctant to part with the food that fell on the floor. 】

[Compared to the horror of the Hiraguchi family, Yahiko looked at the man thoughtfully. 】

["It seems that they have no hope of survival."]

…

[At night, the moon and stars are scarce. 】

【Mutsu Town, inside the hotel. 】

[When Konan and Nagato returned to the hotel after finishing the day's research, they held today's research meeting with Yahiko. 】

[At the research meeting, Yahiko said:]

["Maybe in addition to research, we should add a new job."]

[Nagato and Konan were surprised: "What job? Yahiko, what did you find again?"]

[Yahiko recounted her experience in the refugee camp outside Mutsu Town today. 】

[Konan: "So you want to investigate that refugee camp?"]

[Yahiko shook his head and smiled: "The new job I'm talking about is revolution."]

[When Konan and Nagato heard this, they were surprised and shouted:]

【"revolution!?"】

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