Before Ning Feng's astonished gaze, several ninja wearing black cloaks embroidered with red clouds were handing out peace pamphlets to the civilians of the Hidden Rain Village.
At their head was a young girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen. Her features were delicate and refined, and especially striking was her blue hair, which gave her an air that naturally stirred sympathy.
Above her head hovered the title:
"Akatsuki Member: Konan."
Seeing this, Ning Feng was momentarily stunned, then quickly understood.
Although the Hidden Rain Village had only just begun to recover from the wounds of the Third Shinobi World War, internal conflict within the village was still rampant.
Under such circumstances, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan—after being taught by Jiraiya following the Second Shinobi World War—had come to deeply understand the value of peace. It was precisely because of this that they founded the Akatsuki, hoping to rally more Rain ninja to achieve peace within the Hidden Rain Village.
Sadly, the three—who had originally loved peace and sought to resolve everything through peaceful means—only realized how naïve they were after Yahiko's death. That was what led to the later Akatsuki becoming a so-called rogue ninja organization.
It could be said that the original, peace-loving founders of Akatsuki were only hardened after being ruthlessly beaten down by reality.
Thinking of their experiences, Ning Feng couldn't help but sigh.
If Danzo hadn't been pulling strings behind the scenes back then—if Yahiko hadn't been killed—Nagato and Konan would never have become what they later did.
As Ning Feng was thinking this over, quite a few Rain Village players also noticed Konan and rushed over—among them, more than a few unsavory types.
"Poor Konan…"
As someone deeply familiar with the Naruto world, Ning Feng knew full well that trying to achieve peace through peaceful means in a world filled with desire and violence was simply impossible.
Still, since he had run into one of Naruto's peerless beauties, how could he not seize the opportunity?
With a faint smile, Ning Feng stepped into the crowd.
At this moment, Konan and the other Akatsuki members were handing out peace pamphlets, but the Rain Village civilians paid them little heed. Some even crumpled the pamphlets and threw them away in anger.
In short, the villagers showed little to no approval of Konan and the Akatsuki's actions.
Seeing that a thick stack of peace pamphlets couldn't be handed out, Konan—an Akatsuki member—began to grow anxious.
"Everyone, please listen to me," Konan called out loudly.
"Our Akatsuki has been traveling between the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, and other countries for years now, trying to persuade them to coexist peacefully with our Land of Rain."
"We've already made some progress, but we're still short-handed. We need more people with ideals to join us and help us build peace for the Land of Rain…"
As she spoke, Konan looked expectantly at the crowd, hoping someone would respond and join them.
Unfortunately, the surrounding villagers barely lingered before dispersing altogether.
Just as Konan was feeling deeply dejected, on the verge of failure, a group of players surged forward.
One of them—a Rain Village player named [I Love Eating Bananas], whose gear was quite decent and whose level had reached 24—spoke up loudly:
"A tiny Akatsuki organization wants to talk about peace? You don't even have people—how can you guarantee peace!?"
"You're not some kind of scam organization, are you? Tricking people into joining and then harming them!"
"I'm telling you, I've seen plenty of groups like this!"
As this player voiced his suspicions, Konan's favorability toward him instantly began to plummet.
Meanwhile, the Rain Village civilians' favorability shot up rapidly—some villagers' favorability toward him even jumped straight to 80 points!
"That makes sense, sir! Who knows if this Akatsuki is some kind of scam organization!?"
"Exactly! There are so many evil groups these days—some even use human lives for sacrifices. You're not one of those, are you!?"
With someone speaking on their behalf, the Rain Village civilians immediately joined in, voicing their doubts.
The surrounding players were all secretly shocked.
So you can farm favorability like this!?
In an instant, everyone began to admire [I Love Eating Bananas].
Many Rain Village players hurriedly followed suit, questioning Akatsuki and Konan in the same way.
Just like [I Love Eating Bananas], their favorability with Konan dropped sharply, while their favorability with the villagers skyrocketed.
Watching the scene quietly from afar, Ning Feng's lips curled slightly.
If these players knew how terrifying Konan would become in the future, they would absolutely never dare do something like this.
But all the better—these players were giving Ning Feng the perfect opportunity to massively farm favorability.
"That's enough!"
Ning Feng's voice rang out like a bell, cutting through the clamor.
"Miss Konan, Mister Yahiko, and Mister Nagato founded Akatsuki—a group that was once praised even by Hanzō the Salamander, the so-called Demi-god!"
"And with Akatsuki's help, the Third Shinobi World War ended several years earlier for the Hidden Rain Village, sparing countless civilians from the ravages of war."
"And you're calling such an organization a scam!? If it were really some evil cult, they'd have already used ninjutsu to drag you away—understand!?"
As Ning Feng's words echoed through the crowd, Konan—who had been on the verge of tears from all the accusations—felt her eyes well up with emotion.
The Akatsuki members beside her were also teary-eyed, thinking that at last, someone had seen their efforts, seen their persistence.
Everything they had done hadn't been in vain after all.
At the same time, a series of crisp system notifications rang out for Ning Feng:
"Congratulations! Konan's favorability toward you has increased to 55 points!"
"Congratulations! Konan's favorability toward you has increased to 60 points!"
"Congratulations! Konan's favorability toward you has increased to 65 points!"
...
Seeing Konan's favorability rise so dramatically in an instant, Ning Feng was overjoyed.
The Rain Village civilians, after hearing Ning Feng's words, were stunned for a moment before realizing that they had misunderstood Akatsuki.
One by one, many of them began to apologize, and their favorability toward Ning Feng surged as well.
"Congratulations! Because the Rain Village civilians' favorability toward you has generally exceeded 60 points, you will now receive a 50% discount on all purchases in the Hidden Rain Village!"
As for the instigating player [I Love Eating Bananas] and the others who had joined in—
All the favorability they had painstakingly built up vanished instantly.
[I Love Eating Bananas]'s favorability dropped straight down to 10 points.
From now on, whenever [I Love Eating Bananas] purchased items or weapons in the Hidden Rain Village, all prices would be doubled.
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