Chapter 2 The Road to Survival Survival is an instinct engraved in the DNA of all intelligent creatures. Driven by this instinct, even a otaku who has never killed a chicken before traveling through time can burst out with terrifying power of action! The brand new Shiba Kiyokawa therefore adapted to life in the ninja world after the time travel at an astonishing speed. Then he began to plan his own way of survival. First of all, according to the system's deduction, he will most likely die in the Rain Country, and the cause of death is highly related to the Akatsuki organization. So a few months ago, the first thing he thought of was naturally to leave the Akatsuki organization. However, on the very night when he left without saying goodbye, the probability of his death in the revenge of wandering ninjas from the Rain Country soared to over 70% on the system interface! Later on, there were many new death endings, including death at the hands of Iwagakure ninjas, death at the hands of Konoha ninjas, and death at the hands of Sandagakure ninjas. The entry for the ending of dying of old age kept flashing, and at one point he wondered if it was going to disappear. Ah, what a painful realization, it turns out that you are my everything... He thus realized that leaving Akatsuki would only lead to his death faster.
So the next morning, he returned to the Akatsuki base in dejection. In the eyes of outsiders, Shiba Kiyokawa began to "turn evil" after that night! Since he couldn't escape, he could only choose to change. Instead of worrying about internal friction, it’s better to go crazy and kill others! After successfully using words to induce the organization members to go against Yahiko's will and kill a group of wandering ninjas who deserved to die, Shiba Kiyokawa was surprised to find that his chances of "dying in the revenge of wandering ninjas in the Rain Country" dropped by 4 percentage points compared to the beginning. These decreased probabilities are mainly distributed to several endings of dying in Konoha a few years later, and the probability of dying of old age has also successfully increased to . A qualitative breakthrough, the probability of survival has doubled! As a result, he received the first gift from the system. Including a slight enhancement in physical fitness; a slight increase in the total amount of chakra; ninja tool throwing (entry level); three body techniques (entry level); physical techniques (entry level); swordsmanship (entry level), he received a total of more than ten enhancements. Although he did not become as strong as Kizaru and Shigo, he at least got rid of the trouble of being a counterfeit and became a genuine ninja. He even quickly became the captain of the Akatsuki organization, a makeshift team that had only been established for a few years. More importantly, this allowed Shiba Kiyokawa to grasp the direction! According to his own analysis and deduction, the main reason for the future demise of Akatsuki will still be the current leader, Yahiko. The first generation leader of the Akatsuki organization was a little too kind, so kind that he even seemed a little naive. At the same time, he also has a strong sense of local sentiment. The first thing in Yahiko's dream is definitely peace in the ninja world and mutual understanding between people. The second thing that comes right after that must be to build up one's own hometown, the Rain Country. The original work mentioned many times that he hoped to help the Rain Kingdom escape from the quagmire of suffering. This naivety combined with his nostalgia for his hometown often makes Yahiko appear too indecisive when dealing with the internal situation of the Land of Rain.
When facing ninjas from other countries, the Akatsuki organization can still remain sober, rational and ruthless. But once facing enemies within the Rain Country, Yahiko always tends to think too highly of them. In the future, he will have such an unguarded attitude towards Hanzo of the Salamander, which, in Shiba Kiyokawa's opinion, is completely consistent with the current situation! Yahiko can be said to have truly achieved the goal of not cheating the people of Rain Country. But when others try to cheat him, they are ruthless. After figuring out the crux of the problem, Shiba Qinghe naturally had to make his own changes. As a result, the clash of ideas between him and the leader Yahiko has intensified over the past few months, and the two have had public quarrels many times. Yahiko always wants to give the people of Rain Country a chance, hoping to influence them with his ideals. And Shiba Kiyokawa just wanted to eliminate all the threats that might kill him in the future. Yahiko scolded him for being too extreme, but Shiba Kiyokawa clearly felt that he was still too conservative. You have to know that the second generation of our organization is a madman who believes in the "nuclear threat theory". If he wants to make the world feel pain, then he must at least kill hundreds of millions of people to help him, right? Compared with your old successor, I am just nowhere near where I am now. It’s a pity that Yahiko didn’t know this. Therefore, when the report scroll of this mission was sent to Yahiko, he was unsurprisingly angry again. "Damn it! They didn't capture any prisoners, but happened to wipe out a group of Iwagakure spies on the way back, leaving no one alive! This Qinghe, is he treating me like a fool?" Just then, Xiaonan, who had been staying near the base in charge of logistics, came over and asked softly. "What's wrong, Yahiko? Are you angry about Qinghe again?" At this time, Xiaonan is not yet the beautiful mature woman as sad as the lilac in the original book. Xiaonan is only fourteen years old now and looks like a lily bud about to bloom. Her gentleness often serves as a good medicine to heal the rifts within Akatsuki. But this time, even in front of Konan, Yahiko couldn't control his temper. "Yes, it's Qinghe again! He found an 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 they make mistakes at one time, as long as they understand our philosophy in the future, they still have the opportunity to become our companions! Isn’t this how we all got together in the first place? " After a long silence, Xiaonan could only offer comfort. "Maybe Qinghe was just being a little rebellious for a while, remember? He wasn't like this before. I think as time goes by, he will understand the teacher's ideals again." Yahiko's ideals, and even the ideals of the entire Akatsuki organization, did not come out of thin air. They all originated from the common teacher of Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato: Jiraiya. It’s a pity that Jiraiya only passed on his ideals to these three children, but did not teach them how to realize their ideals. What Jiraiya taught during those years was actually very empty. Because even he himself doesn't know how to achieve peace, he can only pin his hopes on the vague prophecies spoken by the toads. Xiaonan then advised, "Give Qinghe some more time. We still need his wisdom, don't we?" As the Akatsuki organization currently lacks methodology and guiding principles, they are in great need of a smart strategist to help them plan their direction and come up with ideas.
This is also the reason why Shiba Kiyokawa can still be the captain with peace of mind despite so many arguments with the leader Yahiko in the organization. No matter how great the "loss" is during the mission, at least in the past few months, all the missions assigned to Shiba Kiyokawa have never failed. He even supported other teams' missions many times and provided many unnatural but feasible solutions. So even though Yahiko was so angry at the moment, he had to admit that Konan was right. "He! Hey..." The room was silent for a while. After a long while, Xiaonan tentatively asked, "How about letting me carry out the next mission together with Shiba Kiyokawa? I'll try to persuade him?" Yahiko thought for a moment, and finally nodded, "Then I'll leave it to you, Konan." (End of this chapter)
