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Chapter 2 The Road to Survival
Chapter 2 The Road to Survival
Survival is an instinct ingrained in the DNA of all intelligent beings.
Driven by this instinct, even a shut-in who had never killed a chicken before transmigrating could unleash terrifying action!
The newly transformed Shiba Kiyokawa thus adapted to life in the ninja world at an astonishing speed.
He then began to plan his path to survival.
First, based on the system's deductions, he will most likely die in the Land of Rain, and the cause of death will be highly related to the Akatsuki organization.
So, a few months ago, his first thought was naturally to leave the Akatsuki organization.
However, on the very night he left without saying goodbye, the probability of his ending, "dying at the hands of a wandering ninja from the Land of Rain," instantly soared to over 70% on the system interface!
Later on, many new death endings were added, such as dying at the hands of Iwagakure ninjas, dying at the hands of Konoha ninjas, and dying at the hands of Sunagakure ninjas.
The ending entry for dying of old age kept flashing, making him wonder if it was about to disappear.
Ah, what a painful realization, I realized that the organization was my everything...
He realized that leaving Akatsuki would only hasten his death.
So the next morning, he sheepishly returned to the Akatsuki's base.
To outsiders, it was after that night that Shiba Kiyokawa began to "turn evil"!
Since he couldn't escape, he had no choice but to change.
Instead of getting bogged down in internal conflicts, why not go crazy and destroy others!
After successfully manipulating his organization members to go against Yahiko's will and kill a group of deserving rogue ninjas for the first time, Shiba Kiyokawa was surprised to find that his chances of "dying at the hands of the rogue ninjas of the Land of Rain" had dropped by 4 percentage points compared to the initial outcome.
These decreased probabilities were mainly allocated to the few outcomes where the person died in Konoha a few years later, while the probability of dying of old age also successfully increased to 0.2%.
A qualitative breakthrough! The chances of survival have doubled!
He thus received the first reward from the system.
Including a slight enhancement in physical attributes; a slight increase in total chakra; ninja tool throwing (beginner); Three Body Techniques (beginner); taijutsu (beginner); and swordsmanship (beginner), he received a total of more than ten enhancements.
Although he didn't manage to become a powerful figure like Kizaru or Shiki, he at least escaped the stigma of being a fake and became a genuine ninja.
He even quickly rose to become a captain in the Akatsuki organization, which was only a fledgling organization that had been established for a few years.
More importantly, this gave Shiba Kiyokawa a sense of direction!
According to his own analysis and deduction, the main reason for the future destruction of the Akatsuki organization lies with its current leader, Yahiko.
The first leader of the Akatsuki organization was a bit too kind, so kind that he even seemed somewhat naive.
He also has a strong attachment to his hometown.
Yahiko's top priority in his dream is definitely peace in the ninja world, where people can understand each other.
Following closely behind in second place is undoubtedly building up one's homeland, the Land of Rain.
The original work mentions many times that he hoped to help the Land of Rain escape its quagmire of suffering.
This combination of naiveté and a strong attachment to his homeland often makes Yahiko appear overly indecisive when dealing with internal affairs in the Land of Rain.
When facing ninjas from other countries, the Akatsuki organization was still able to remain clear-headed, rational, and ruthless.
However, when facing enemies within the Land of Rain, Yahiko tends to think too highly of people.
In Shiba Kiyokawa's view, his future attitude towards Hanzo the Salamander is entirely based on the current situation and is a continuation of that attitude.
Yahiko truly lived up to the principle of not harming the people of the Land of Rain.
Unfortunately, when others try to take advantage of him, they are ruthless.
Having figured out the root of the problem, Shiba Kiyokawa naturally had to make his own changes.
As a result, the clash of ideas between him and the leader Yahiko intensified over the past few months, and the two had several public arguments.
Yahiko always hoped to give the people of the Land of Rain a chance, hoping to influence them with his ideals.
Shiba Kiyokawa, on the other hand, only wanted to eliminate all threats that could potentially kill him in the future.
Yahiko criticized him for being too extreme, but Shiba Kiyokawa clearly felt that he was still too conservative.
You should know that the second-generation leader of our organization is a madman who believes in the "nuclear threat theory". If he wants the world to feel pain, he must kill at least a few hundred million people first to make it fun.
Compared to your successor, I am nothing.
Unfortunately, Yahiko was unaware of these things.
Therefore, when the report scroll of this mission was delivered to Yahiko, he was unsurprisingly furious again.
"Damn it! We didn't capture a single prisoner, but on the way back, we wiped out a whole group of Iwagakure spies without leaving a single survivor!"
Is Qinghe treating me like a fool?
Just then, Xiao Nan, who had been staying near the base to handle logistics, came over and asked softly.
"What's wrong, Yahiko? Are you angry about Kiyokawa again?"
At this time, Xiao Nan was not yet the beautiful and mature woman with a melancholy air like a lilac in the original work. Xiao Nan was only fourteen years old and looked like a lily bud about to bloom.
Her gentleness often served as a balm for the cracks within the Akatsuki organization.
Even in front of Konan this time, Yahiko couldn't quite control his temper.
"Yes, it's Qinghe again! He's found another excuse to kill all the surrendered prisoners! This is the fourth time this month!"
Why is he always so extreme? Why can't he understand our ideals?
People can understand each other. Even if someone makes a mistake, they can still become our companions in the future if they understand our principles. Isn't that how we all came together in the first place?
After a long silence, Xiao Nan could only offer words of comfort.
"Perhaps Qinghe is just being rebellious for a while. Do you remember? He wasn't like this before."
I believe that with time, he will come to understand his teacher's ideals anew.
Yahiko's ideals, and indeed the ideals of the entire Akatsuki organization, did not come from nowhere.
They all originated from the same teacher as Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato: Jiraiya.
It's a pity that Jiraiya only passed on his ideals to these three children, but didn't teach them how to realize them.
What Jiraiya taught during those years was actually quite empty.
Because even he himself did not know the way to achieve peace, he could only place his hopes on the vague prophecies spoken by the toads.
Xiao Nan then advised, "Let's give Qinghe some more time. We still need his wisdom, don't we?"
For the Akatsuki organization, which currently lacks methodology and guiding principles, they desperately need a brilliant strategist to help them plan their direction and devise strategies.
This is also why Shiba Kiyokawa could still be the captain with peace of mind despite arguing with the leader Yahiko so many times within the organization.
No matter how much "loss" occurred during the mission, at least in the past few months, none of the missions handed to Shiba Kiyokawa have ever failed.
He even provided support for other teams' missions on several occasions, offering many solutions that were morally questionable but practically feasible.
So even though Yahiko was furious, he had to admit that Konan was right.
"Him! Ugh..."
The room remained silent for a long while.
After a long while, Konan tentatively suggested, "How about I go on the next mission with Shiba Kiyokawa? I'll try to persuade him?"
After thinking for a moment, Yahiko finally nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Minami."
(End of this chapter)