172 Chapter 167: Moving

Now this made more sense to Konan. Nagato and Madara were unaware of how Toru had so much chakra being from the Asahi clan, known as the most mediocre shinobi when it came to ninjutsu.

In the end, she also decided not to give the matter so much thought. Without more information, they could neither confirm nor deny what Toru had said.

"It's hard to believe, but that's what we have so far," she said. "So, from the start, there was no way Nagato was the owner of the Rinnegan. However, I feel it was good that he left without knowing this. Nagato believed faithfully that he was the god who would bring peace to the world."

Toru made a slight pained face and tried to respond, after all, he was in a lot of pain all over his body. "World peace, in my opinion, is one of the most difficult goals to achieve, if not impossible. You faithfully believe in Naruto's cute and dreamy words, but I don't. Still, even though I don't believe in Naruto, I will believe in you, I will believe in your judgment. This is the only thing I'm going to say about that, since it's such a complicated topic to debate."

To Konan, Toru's words were a bit aggressive, but he was right. What Naruto proclaims sound like the dreams of a child who has lived a life of pain. However, if there is no one to believe in, what are others supposed to do? The last thing to lose is hope, yes, but what if there is no one to give them hope? Life in this world would be sad and bleak.

"I understand what you mean and I respect it. Thank you for being so understanding. You've grown since the first time you were in Akatsuki" She walked over to the table next to the bed and picked up a pair of bandages. "Stretch your arm."

"You don't need to do this, I can do it by myself."

"It's okay, I want to do it."

Toru looked up at her for a few seconds and finally gave up. He stretched out his arm and looked at his hand as she approached.

"You always do things that end up hurting your body. You should at least keep in mind that this may someday kill you."

"Hm..." He didn't answer that question and simply sighed.

Konan bandaged Toru's arm, but the torso and the other arm were still missing, so the shirt was in the way. So she ordered Toru to take off his shirt, which the boy did without saying a word.

After that, she took the bandages and ran her hands down the sides of Toru's torso. Their faces were very close because of this, but neither of them took any notice of it. She continued to place the bandages around Toru, so that the wounds would not become infected. There was no need to clean the wounds, as Toru himself said "I'm not capable of getting sick, my wounds won't get infected either. So there is no need for any of that. I will heal as time goes by" She only replied with "If you say so".

In the end Toru's torso was covered with bandages and only the left arm was missing. Konan took the last bandages and started to bandage Toru's arm, however, there was something different this time. Earlier she was so focused on treating Toru's wounds that she didn't notice that she had a half-naked younger boy in front of her. She tried not to think about it, but every time she looked away from Toru's muscles, her eyes shyly returned to look at him.

This wasn't the first time this had happened and somehow this came to annoy her.

"You always... you always do so much for me..." said Toru.

Something that made Konan stop in her tracks. Toru wasn't like that before, no, he wasn't like that. She realized that. Toru, when he joined Akatsuki, was aggressive and extremely cold to everyone, but as time went by, as she watched over him, she saw how this boy was growing mentally and physically. Before... so cold and hurt... now....

'So warm...' She took Toru's hand and felt his warmth. It was a rough, strained hand, but it was also warm and comforting. "Toru..." She looked down and closed her eyes.

Toru also felt Konan's warm hands. He didn't quite understand what was going on, it was a strange feeling. This was a bit unsettling, but he didn't say anything about it, he just accepted Konan without rebuttal.

She looked up and met Toru's bright silver eyes.

"Konan..." He sensed there was something wrong, but went with the flow as if it was the most normal thing in the world. He raised his hand and caressed Konan's cheek.

Their faces slowly began to get closer and closer. Neither could say or think anything anymore. They were simply living in the moment, just letting themselves go.

Two centimeters away from their lips touching, Toru felt something strange in the air, felt an unfamiliar gaze. His Rinnegan activated and he grabbed Konan by the shoulders, threw her on the bed and raised his fist high pointing to the floor.

Boom! He stuck his hand into the ground and pulled something out of there. Konan immediately raised her guard when she saw Zetsu come out of the ground, but this was a different kind of Zetsu, very different from the one Konan and Toru knew.

"Hehehe. Sorry to interrupt your moment, kid."

Toru squeezed the white colored Zetsu's neck and looked at him with murderous intent.

"Konan."

"Yes."

With just a simple word, Konan acted and wrapped Zetsu with a large amount of paper. After that, Toru took a scroll from the table. He opened it in the air and, with a little blood, drew the symbols of a sealing jutsu on the paper.

"Sealing..."

Puff! Zetsu disappeared, being captured inside the scroll. They both looked at each other in silence after this. They realized that Madara finally found them. Toru frowned and clenched his fists tightly.

"We have to go."

Konan understood this and nodded her head.

"We have to tell everyone."

Toru walked to the door and then turned around to look at Konan. In his eyes, the unmistakable wave pattern accompanied by that strange purple color showed.

"No need. I already did."

She was surprised by this. Toru knew how to use many of the jutsu that Nagato used. This only proved that the boy had watched Nagato's every move and learned from it. Well, from a start Toru is an extremely fast learning prodigy and his ability to memorize is quite good and above average.

Leaving the house, Toru and Konan met the wolves going back and forth. They were carrying scrolls and all sorts of belongings. In the center of the village, they placed a large cut log, placed all the scrolls they collected and sealed as much as they could. However, Toru realized that this was taking too long. So, quickly, he grabbed some scrolls from the log and ran at full speed through the village, sealing inside the scrolls everything he saw. In the end, in less than two minutes, all the wolves' belongings were sealed inside the scrolls.

He stood on top of the log and looked at the wolves.

He took some time to be able to speak, as he wanted to find the right words to explain this.

"First of all" His Rinnegan activated. "I owe you an apology for bringing someone dangerous into your homes. I am to blame and no one else. So I must take responsibility for my mistakes, I hope you can understand that. I will guide them to a new place and protect them with my life."

From the crowd, Okamikase emerged with a smile on his face.

"Boy you've grown a lot in just three days. The fault is not yours, don't carry it all by yourself. From the beginning I had planned to bring you here. And I'm sure no one in this place has blamed you for anything."

Okamitsuki nodded her head. "I'm not one to say cheesy things or anything, but... Toru, you're part of our family. We're not going to blame you for anything, we all make mistakes" Stepping closer to the boy, she looked at all the wolves present, especially her daughter, Okaminaru. "Besides, the man who wants to assassinate Toru is the same man who murdered our previous leader, that is, the Man in the Mask is the culprit. Knowing this, there is nothing more to discuss."

"Yes, ma'am!" all the wolves said in unison. They all deeply respected Okamitsuki, for she was a capable leader and the strongest among all the wolves. However, she knew that one day she would be surpassed by her daughter. The generations to come will always be stronger than the previous ones.

Hearing this, Toru was a little confused, but he understood what everyone was referring to. He looked at Konan in the crowd and she nodded her head, as if to say "It's okay. They have accepted you" this made Toru feel something warm in his chest. He looked down at his hands and then sighed.

"Understood. Then, we have to go before that person arrives" He climbed down from the wooden trunk, took the scrolls in his hands and put them in a giant bag that Kaminari had to carry.

With everything ready and cleared, the Ōkami clan began to mobilize.

Something strange happened, though. Before leaving the village, Toru looked at the place and stood there doing nothing. Konan looked at him and realized that Toru was very sensitive to the memories he has. Now she knew something new about this boy, something that, while making her feel happy, also made her feel sad and guilty.

"I..." Toru looked down at his hands and the Rinnegan in his eyes glowed faintly. He wanted to try, he felt that with these eyes it was possible. Seeing everything he caused by his presence in this village. He felt guilty, there was something in his mind that kept repeating it to himself over and over again. 'This is... my fault... my fault...' He closed his eyes and tried to keep those emotions that want to come out of his heart. He exhaled relaxed and opened his eyes.

At that moment, remembering that his teacher had mentioned it at some point. "Suiton in one hand..." All the wolves stopped as Toru stood back. "Doton in the other hand..." And Okamitsuki smiled at the sight of it.

Seeing this, she had only one thing on her mind. 'You never cease to amaze me, brat' Being Toru's teacher, who she taught Senjutsu to, who she taught the value of suffering to increase power. She smiled and shook her head. 'I guess there's nothing I can teach you anymore.'

"...Mokuton" He felt the chakra flow through every part of his body. That chakra that, from his feet, began to flow and cover the entire village of the Ōkami clan. He closed his eyes and felt the chakra in every tree, on the ground, in the air and then... "Jukai Kōtan! [Wood Style: Birth of a Sea of Trees]" he clasped his hands together tightly and channeled as much chakra as he could. Even though he had expended so much chakra the night before, he still had plenty to give.

Boom! The ground rumbled and from the ground, dozens of trees began to grow and began to cover the entire village, filling every space, turning this village of hollow trees into a forest like any other.

Toru opened his eyes and saw what he had created. He couldn't help but hide his surprise at how in a few seconds he filled everything with a sea of trees. He slowly spread his hands apart and questioned what he was seeing.

'I did it...' The Rinnegan in his eyes deactivated. The branches of the trees moved, settling in and thus ending the forest that was to be formed. With this, all the trail they left behind vanished through these same trees. 'At last I can use it...' Toru had already noticed it the moment he started practicing with the Rinnegan, but these eyes seemed to increase the user's learning ability. That is to say, at this moment Toru could use all the elements at will. That's quite useful...

He tried to stop being surprised by his own jutsu and turned around.

"What happened?" he said as he noticed everyone staring at him.

Okaminaru seemed to have her jaw against the floor at how sudden that was. "That jutsu was too powerful. I didn't know you could do that kind of thing."

"I didn't know either, but I thought I could try."

Konan walked over to Toru and looked him in the eyes. "Well done" she put her hand on Toru's head and stroked his hair. She smiled softly at him because she somehow felt happy for him.

"Thank you. We have to leave now. With this our trail will be almost completely erased."

"I see. Then that will keep Madara from finding us."

"Yes. I need time to become stronger, so I can defeat him this time."

Konan could no longer respond to this. Madara is not supposed to be Toru's problem, but hers, so she thought that this guy is just following her for the same reason Okamitsuki mentioned before. With all this in mind, she walked in front of Toru and looked at him.

"Let's go..."

Toru started walking relaxed.

"Let's go..."

To be continued...