Everyone suddenly became a little silent. In comparison, they realized just how wonderful Konoha was.
No wonder, starting from the First Hokage Senju Hashirama, everyone desperately wanted to protect the village, because Konoha indeed had something that other places yearned for but did not possess.
At this moment, everyone saw at the entrance of a brothel, a provocatively dressed woman being pushed out by the shopkeeper and two subordinates.
A middle-aged shopkeeper who looked about forty years old slapped the woman hard on the face. The woman, in pain and unable to stand steadily, fell into the muddy rainwater.
The shopkeeper said fiercely, "I bought you so that you'd serve customers properly, not to put on airs with them. You've already ended up in a place like this, why are you still pretending to be pure?"
The woman held her face, crying in the rain with muffled sobs. The rain washed away her makeup, and she quickly lowered her head to apologize, "I'm sorry, I won't dare again."
The shopkeeper snorted, "Now you know you're wrong? Too late. If it weren't for the difficult situation your family was in and for the sake of your younger brother, I wouldn't have bought you."
"Beat her. Beat her until she listens."
After he finished speaking, the two subordinates came in front of the woman and started punching and kicking her.
The surrounding pedestrians seemed to have long become numb to all this. They just passed by indifferently, not even sparing a glance.
Kakashi and Rin, however, couldn't bear it. Just as Kakashi was about to step forward, he was pulled back by Obito.
Obito had a calm expression, "Kakashi, I told you long ago, you can't save the ninja world, you can only save yourself. Let's not meddle in this kind of thing."
Kakashi glared at Obito, "So, many times, you just stand by and watch?"
Obito shrugged and said, "What else can I do? There's too much of this kind of thing. If you don't solve the problem at its root, it'll just happen again and again."
"Especially… oftentimes, even if you intervene, you can't see it through to the end. And once you leave, what awaits her is an even deeper hell…"
Kakashi fell silent.
In essence, he was actually more like a ninja than his father White Fang, after all, he hadn't come from an era where the samurai spirit was abundant.
Logically speaking, he'd been a ninja for quite some time. He'd experienced massacres and participated in wars. He shouldn't be having such big emotional fluctuations.
But ever since Danzo died, a certain obsession in his heart was completely let go.
He began to involuntarily imitate his father, no longer suppressing some of his emotions, striving to live more like a human being, doing things that made sense to his conscience, rather than becoming a cold, lifeless tool.
He still shook off Obito's hand and walked straight toward the woman who was being beaten.
Obito didn't try to stop him this time. Instead, he smiled.
Compared to his past life, where Kakashi became apathetic and uncaring after Rin's death, at this moment Kakashi was radiating a blazing light.
Even Obito found it hard to say that the current Kakashi was useless.
'So this is the samurai spirit that White Fang had believed in and upheld? Though samurai also died in battle, at least they were better than ninjas who only know killing…'
At this point, Kakashi had already walked forward. With just one punch and one kick, he knocked down the two men who were hitting the woman.
The shopkeeper saw this scene and became furious. He pointed at Kakashi, "Who are you? A ninja? Even if you are a ninja, how dare you interfere with my business?"
"Do you know who I have backing me?"
The woman, already covered in bruises, also threw herself at Kakashi's feet, eyes full of pleading, "Dear ninja lord, please don't interfere. It's my fault. I know I was wrong."
Kakashi simply looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Who's backing you?"
The shopkeeper became arrogant, "I'm backed by Lord Akira. Even Lord Hanzo has to give some face to Lord Akira."
Kakashi turned to look at Obito and asked, "Is that true?"
Obito, seeing the situation, couldn't do anything about Kakashi and walked over.
He said calmly, "Never heard of him. If he's not some useless subordinate of Hanzo, then he's just some noble in the Land of Rain. Either way, nothing important."
"People nowadays really like to brag."
Kakashi turned back, looked at the shopkeeper, thought for a moment, and said, "You're not going to do good business this way. Please treat your employees kindly. They're people, not just your money-making tools."
The shopkeeper was extremely angry, but rationally, he sensed that this group of strangers who appeared out of nowhere was acting with total confidence, and even mentioning Lord Akira's name didn't work.
People who ran this kind of business in the Land of Rain were usually very good at reading the room. Otherwise, they'd have long disappeared silently for offending someone they shouldn't have.
A cautious look appeared between his brows, and he only asked, "Who exactly are you people?"
Obito replied blandly, "People you can't afford to offend. If you still want to do business here properly, you'd better listen and behave."
The shopkeeper could feel that the other party wasn't lying. In the Land of Rain, the easiest types of people to provoke were women, the elderly, and children.
But if these three types weren't acting submissively at all, then one should be careful. Because they might be the hardest to deal with.
The shopkeeper suddenly felt a bit wronged and angrily said, "Everyone does this. Why are you only picking on me?"
Obito answered naturally, "Because we just happened to see you doing it."
The shopkeeper pointed at the woman, "Do you know how much money I spent to buy her? If she doesn't serve customers well, how can I run my business?"
Obito looked at him with disdain, "Don't act like you're the victim. All of you people, every single one, are scum."
"It's your bad luck that we ran into this today. I'm taking her with me. Also, remember what my companion just told you, treat your employees well, or I can shut your shop down anytime."
The shopkeeper's expression kept changing. He wanted to say something harsh to test Obito's attitude but didn't dare in the end. Finally, he said, "You can take her, but fifty thousand ryo. That's how much I paid to buy her."
Obito coldly looked at the shopkeeper, took out currency worth fifty thousand ryo, and tossed it at the shopkeeper's feet.
"Pick it up. The money's yours."
The shopkeeper's expression changed. Just like that, so much like those big shots far above his status in the Land of Rain. From their demeanor to their actions, all exactly the same.
Who knew what kind of big shot suddenly decided to meddle in his affairs?
Fortunately, there was no loss. He immediately bent down like a lapdog and humbly picked up the money from the ground.
If one wanted to make money and do business in this country, the first thing to learn was to bend their spine. He was long used to it.
He flattered with a smile, "So the lord took a liking to her, then let me sell her to the lord."
After speaking, he took out a deed of sale from his pocket, respectfully walked to Obito, and bent down to present it.
Obito casually took it and said blandly, "You can scram now."
The shopkeeper cautiously replied, "Yes."
Then he fled back into the shop with his two now-standing subordinates.
Obito turned his head and looked at the woman still lying on the ground, now seeming at a loss.
He shook his head.
'Kakashi really likes to bring trouble to others.'
He looked at Rin to the side and said, "Rin, help treat her." [T/N: 💀]
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