Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Good and Bad, Right and Wrong, Do They Really Matter?
Chapter 23: Good and Bad, Right and Wrong, Do They Really Matter?
"Wow! It feels so good!"
At night, in room 1303 of the residential area.
Yahiko threw himself on the brand new wooden bed and made a comfortable sound.
"Yahiko!"
Konan complained from the upper bunk, reminding in a low voice: "It's very late, everyone should be asleep, don't be so loud!"
"Hmm." Yahiko covered his mouth, then scratched his head and muttered, "I know, I know."
Immediately, as if he thought of something again, he patted the ladder beside the bed with joy and suppressed his voice and said with a smile: "Hey, Konan, can we really live here forever in the future?"
"...Brother Kumokawa said, he is just lending it to us temporarily. When we settle down, we have to rent a house by ourselves, or buy a house when we have money. Don't think about getting something for nothing."
Sitting cross-legged on the upper bunk bed, Konan felt helpless, and suddenly felt an inexplicable anxiety in her heart.
Why haven't I noticed Yahiko being so noisy before? He's always been so noisy.
If I hadn't applied for the household registration certificate and saved enough money, I would really like to experience the purity of my own room.
Thinking of this, Konan lowered her head in boredom, took a piece of white paper and started folding it.
As a child, before her parents died, they taught her how to fold paper and told her that folding paper symbolized blessings and good luck.
Although no flowers can bloom in the Land of Rain, Konan wants to fold a paper flower and give it to Brother Kumokawa to express her gratitude.
Even if he knew that this so-called thanks was just a trivial matter to him.
And this is the only thing that she, who is weak and frail, can do so far.
"...."
And Yahiko said nothing more, seeming to be thinking about his own things.
There was a long silence in the room, except for the slight scraping sound of origami.
Until Konan reached out and turned off the light, silently lying on the bed and sleeping with her clothes on, the room was completely dark.
Little bits of moonlight fell sparsely from the gaps in the curtains. Yahiko put his hands on the back of his head and silently looked at the looming moon outside the window.
Although this feeling was not real, he suddenly found that he now…
seemed to have a family?
There is no need to wander around, no need to dig through the garbage for a bite of food, no need to suddenly wake up from nightmares, and no need to worry about where you will die.
And now all this.
It's all because of that person.
After thinking about it, Yahiko suddenly understood the feelings of those residents.
"Home" is a simple word, but for people in this country, it is something that cannot be desired.
In comparison, he is really greedy and wants too many extravagant things.
"Konan." Yahiko suddenly broke the silence and said in a confused tone, "Do you think Brother Kumokawa is a good person?"
His question did not receive a response, it just echoed in the empty room, and Konan seemed to have fallen asleep.
Until finally, the air became so stagnant that Yahiko felt uncomfortable.
"I don't understand why you're bothering with this."
Yahiko heard Konan sigh and said softly: "Good and bad, right and wrong, are they really that important to us?"
"No matter whether Brother Kumokawa is a good guy or a bad guy, he is our savior. This is an undoubted fact, isn't it?"
According to the original plot.
She was supposed to create the Akatsuki organization with Nagato and Yahiko, and run for Yahiko's ideals as a friend.
Even after Yahiko died, she still stayed by Nagato's side, and even though the philosophy of the Akatsuki organization had been gradually distorted by Nagato, Konan still stood behind Nagato from beginning to end.
Not for Yahiko's so-called ideals, nor for the "peace" in Akatsuki, but because Yahiko and Nagato.
From beginning to end, Konan had no opinion of her own, and she didn't understand what was right or wrong.
She is just a girl, a girl with low strength and no ideals of her own.
Good and bad, right and wrong, are not important to her.
Because Nagato and Yahiko wanted to do it, she was willing to do it.
Now, she only knows that Kumokawa saved her, so it doesn't matter whether Kumokawa is good or bad.
"Yahiko, I know that you may feel that what Brother Kumokawa did is wrong for other people." Konan seemed to hesitate for a moment, "But I feel that you who is imposing his good intentions on others is no different from brother Kumokawa."
If you use Yahiko's values, try to explain his behavior.
For Kumokawa, Yahiko's good intentions are also malicious.
"....."
Hearing Konan's answer, Yahiko fell into silence.
After a long time, Konan felt the bed shake and make a creaking sound.
Under the dim moonlight, a figure could be vaguely seen standing up suddenly.
"Yahiko?" Konan stood up and asked subconsciously, "What do you want to do?"
Is this idiot going to get mad and go looking for trouble with Brother Kumokawa?
"I just think you're right."
Yahiko took a breath, the confusion in his eyes dissipated, and whispered: "I am not qualified to question Brother Kumokawa's decision-making. I want to apologize to him for my arrogance."
"Moreover, I also hope to use my own power to make some changes in this country."
He also wanted to do something.
Perhaps, Kumokawa, who is respected and protected by others, is the self he has always imagined in the past.
Therefore, when he sees the darkness hidden under the bright appearance, he will subconsciously feel conflicted about it.
Now that I think about it...
The complex emotions of admiration and jealousy made him change beyond recognition at that time..
"In my opinion, right and wrong are still important. Since I made a mistake, I will admit it!"
Looking at Konan with a surprised expression for the last time, Yahiko shook his head in a pretentious manner and said with a smile: "However, I still hate that red-haired kid. Sooner or later, I will grab him and tell him that what he said was wrong!"
After that, he stepped forward and walked out of the house with his head held high.
"wait...."
Konan behind him stretched out her arm, but before she could finish speaking, Yahiko walked out quickly.
Seeing this, Konan couldn't help but have a tic-tac-toe appear on her forehead.
This incompetent fool, it's the middle of the night!
Once again, when my head gets hot, I don't care about anything!
At the same time, on the corridor outside.
Kumokawa's residence was right next door to theirs, but after reaching the door, Yahiko's firm steps slowed down, and his whole figure was like a deflated balloon, looking gradually becoming limp.
He should be asleep by now, right?
Then, how about coming back tomorrow?
"....."
Although he looked very free and easy in front of Konan, when it came time to admit his mistake, he became timid.
A hot-blooded idiot who wants to be strong all his life.
"What are you doing standing outside?"
But just as he turned around, he heard a familiar voice coming from the other side of the door.
"come in."
Hearing this, Yahiko's movements froze, and he opened the door and walked into the room.
Creak.
"Excuse me."
He lowered his head and whispered.
But he heard a crisp and subtle sound coming from in front of him.
Ding! Ding!
Yahiko looked up subconsciously, with a look of astonishment on his face.
If he remembered correctly, the initial decoration of the rooms here should be uniformly regulated.
However, all those things disappeared.
What Yahiko saw now was a pile of unfamiliar equipment.
And the figure rising and falling slowly on the horizontal bar in the living room.
"...Am I under an illusion?"
The expression on Yahiko's face became horrified, and his eyes looked like he was lookin g at a monster.
I saw that Kumokawa's legs were wrapped with iron chains as thick as his arms, and three surprisingly large iron pieces were hung on the iron chains.
The weird sound Yahiko heard was the sound made by the iron piece hitting the ground when Kumokawa was pulling the horizontal bar up and down.
Every time he slowly stretched his arms and dropped them, the position of the iron piece falling was extremely precise, and it would pull up just as soon as it touched the ground.
Just when Yahiko was stunned, another voice came.
"Yahiko! What are you doing standing at the door? Are you..."
Konan frowned and poked her head in from behind him. She was about to say something, but she froze in place when she saw Kumokawa.
"Eh? Ehhhh?!"
Immediately, a blush gradually appeared on her little face.
I saw that the moonlight outside the window fell on Kumokawa's back, thickly shading his well-proportioned back muscles, making the outline and lines more three-dimensional and beautiful, and connecting them together to show the shape of wings...
Then, as if he was aware of the two people's different but equally fiery gazes, Kumokawa pulled up his figure and paused slightly.
boom!!
The heavy piece of iron fell to the ground, awakening the two stunned little ones.
At the same time, it also cleverly covered up a roar coming from outside the house.
"You two..."
Kumokawa picked up the towel on the side, wiped away the non-existent sweat, looked at the two of them deeply and said, "What's the matter?"
In the dark night, a flash of light reflected in his blue eyes, and the explosion of the administrative building in the distance was clearly visible.
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