Everywhere he looked was darkness, all the sounds he heard were wind and rain, and all he touched was bone-gnawing coldness.
The sense of security that this human settlement initially brought slowly disappeared with the sound of wind and rain in the darkness. The darkness where nothing could be seen was always scary, giving the dead village a strange atmosphere.
Ye Zi moved slowly along the wall. The hand on the wall suddenly stopped when it touched the smooth and cold glass window. There was no dust on his palm, but this did not prove anything.
His dirty little hands groped in the dark, and after inserting his fingertips into a gap, he tried to pry it out. To his surprise, the window was not locked, but he was relieved when he thought about the lack of popularity here. .
After opening the window, Ye Zi found to his embarrassment that he couldn't climb up in his current physical condition, let alone enter the house through the window. He had no choice but to continue along the wall, and after a while he found the door to enter the house.
The rain became heavier after nightfall, and even the specially extended eaves could not stop the heavy rain. The pipes used to dredge the rainwater were driven by the water flow and made bursts of sound. The rain shelter where Ye Zi was previously had already Humid.
"Rumble..."
A huge thunder arc suddenly passed through the night sky, illuminating the world in an instant. Although it only lasted for a few seconds, it was enough for Ye Zi to see clearly the appearance of the house he was in. It was a very ordinary residence, with all the basic furniture. .
With the light of lightning flashing from time to time, Ye Zi closed the previously opened window, then found a box of matches and some paper, and burned a wooden bench and some wooden tableware as fuel.
Although he knew it was irrational to create light in such a strange and unknown place, he had no choice. If he didn't make a fire to keep warm, he wouldn't survive the night.
After lighting the fire, Ye Zi finally felt the long-lost warmth, and the accumulated fear also evaporated a little. By the light of the fire, he roughly searched the house and found no food at all. However, the kitchen utensils were all there, and they were burned. pot of boiling water.
In addition, he found that the furniture indoors was not covered with dust and was very messy, which showed that someone lived here not long ago, but he did not know what caused the people here to leave in a hurry.
"Where is this place?" Staring at the fire, Ye Zi looked confused.
Why here? What is this place? Can I go back?
Many questions were piercing his head like a thousand needles.
If it weren't for his childhood suffering, perhaps Ye Zi wouldn't have been able to stand up from the moment he woke up. This was not only because of his own will, but also because his body, which had been malnourished for a long time, was not as unbearable as he imagined. .
Leaning against the fire, Ye Zi, who was very tired mentally and physically, lay on the ground and fell asleep slowly. When he woke up, it was already dawn, but the rain outside showed no sign of stopping.
Ye Zi felt that he was hungry and weak. If he didn't find food quickly, he would starve to death sooner or later.
He found something similar to a raincoat in the house and put it on, then opened the door and stepped into the rain.
There was no one here, so there was no pressure at all to invade a house. However, he searched several houses but couldn't find any food, which made him feel desperate.
"People here left in a hurry and didn't leave any food behind. Why?"
Ye Zi frowned and thought as he walked. From the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw two iron trash cans on the corner of the street. He stopped and walked towards the trash cans without hesitation.
"If you come here..."
Ye Zi silently opened the lid of the trash can and then pushed it down. The stench suddenly hit him, but he didn't even frown. He just squatted down and calmly fiddled with the smelly residue.
At the corner a few hundred meters away from where he was, two people stopped because of him. They were a man and a woman.
The woman is young and beautiful, with blond hair and beautiful brown eyes. She has a forehead protector tied on her forehead, and in the middle of the forehead protector is a mark that looks like a leaf.
Such a beautiful young woman wears an armor on her upper body, giving her a chilling air.
Another man also wore an armor on his upper body, but he had an extra green cloak than the woman. This man had long black hair, which formed a strong contrast with his extremely pale face. What was surprising was that this man The man has a pair of long golden pupils, and the light eyeshadow extending from his eyes to his nose exudes a strange indifference.
These two people were Orochimaru and Tsunade who were preparing to return to the village after the war.
"Another survivor of the war?"
Orochimaru stared at Ye Zi's back coldly, and took out a black kunai from the ninja bag on his waist.
"To live in such pain, death would be better."
He whispered to himself coldly, held the kunai, and took a step forward.
"Orochimaru, that's just a child without chakra."
Tsunade frowned slightly and reached out to hold Orochimaru's shoulders to stop him.
"Ha." Orochimaru smiled coldly, glanced sideways at Tsunade, and said, "So what?" After speaking, he shook his shoulders and shook off Tsunade's hand.
Seeing Orochimaru insisting on his own way, Tsunade's brows furrowed deeper, but she made no further move to stop Orochimaru.
I have seen too much life and death, and my hands have been stained with too much blood, so much so that my heart has quietly hardened. After all, this is not the Land of Fire, not the Leaf Village...
Ye Zi didn't know that a few hundred meters behind him, someone was walking slowly over with a kunai and was about to kill him. At this time, he was silently looking at a khaki puppy in front of him. It was obvious that , this uninvited guest is also in a state of hunger, so he does not appear docile. The low roar coming from his mouth seems to demonstrate his sovereignty over the garbage on the ground.
"I forgot how long it was. I was like this at that time, just for some food scraps that ordinary people throw away."
Ye Zi picked up a stone from the ground and stared at the little yellow dog silently, his eyes very calm.
Seeing Ye Zi holding a stone, the little yellow dog suddenly felt threatened, but it was hungry and did not want to give up. Speaking of which, if Ye Zi had not pushed away the trash can, it would not have been able to survive in this trash can. capital, so its roar slowly turned from low to violent.
"Sorry."
Such a weak and threatening bark had no impact on Ye Zi. He didn't pick up the stone to drive away the little yellow dog. Compared with the things in the trash can, he was more interested in the ready-made meat in front of him, so he didn't pick up the stone at all. Without hesitation, he raised the stone and threw it at the little yellow dog.
The difference in stature between the two made the outcome doomed from the beginning. In just over ten seconds, accompanied by several miserable barks, the little yellow dog was beaten to death by Ye Zi.
Putting on the hat that fell off due to excessive movements, Ye Zi reached out to wipe a handful of rainwater that slipped from his face. Ye Zi bent down and picked up the same thin little yellow dog, and then walked towards the house. If there was a fire, He didn't want to eat it raw.
Orochimaru, who stopped not far away, took all this in his eyes.
"Haha, interesting..."
Putting the kunai into his ninja bag, he looked at Ye Zi's figure, his eyes flashing with interest. He thought that this child would at most drive away the little yellow dog, or allocate a place for the little yellow dog, but he did not expect that the other party would Treat the little yellow dog directly as food.
If this child is a ninja... then this kind of thing is not surprising to him, and he also noticed a detail. The stone used to kill the little yellow dog was still in the child's hand, indicating that the child was a child. The appearance of the yellow dog began to realize the danger, so after the stone as a weapon came into play, he still held it tightly in his hand. You must know that before that, he did not carry any weapons.
It feels like...a sudden awareness and awareness of the environment? Or is it a moment of growth?
He suddenly had the idea of taking the child back to the village, but it was rejected in an instant.
Although the war is over, the atmosphere is still tense. No matter what the reason is, it is difficult to bring an outsider into the village, even though the other person is just a child with no strength.
but…
He stood in the rain, his cold snake eyes staring at Ye Zi. If he couldn't take such a child away, he would have no choice but to kill him.
"Orochimaru."
Tsunade also saw the scene just now and was slightly surprised, and she noticed the faint murderous intention emanating from Orochimaru.
Ye Zi, who was walking towards the house, was very sensitive to the malicious gaze coming from behind. He shuddered in vain and turned around suddenly to look at the place where the gaze came from.
"people?"
After seeing the person clearly, Ye Zi breathed a sigh of relief, but then he became deeply vigilant. This mentality directly affected his performance.
The man's malicious look made him immediately put him on the list of bad people.