Fire Nation, Northwest Frontier Post.
Although the defection of Uchiha Kaede and Uchiha Ling caused a commotion, after confirming that they could not catch up, they could only send the news back to the village and leave it to the top management to make a decision.
This incident was also a blow to the Uchiha clan.
But it does not affect the overall situation.
Uchiha Makoto, Kakashi, and Shisui escorted the troops to the outpost as scheduled, and then began the investigation mission.
At Uchiha Makoto's suggestion, they divided into two groups.
Uchiha Makoto went to Tian Country to find Tsunade.
Kakashi and Shisui searched for traces of Orochimaru at the border.
...
The land of grass.
A small country located at the junction of the three kingdoms of fire, rain and earth.
Although the Country of Grass is small, it still has ninja villages, and some of them are very militaristic.
The land area of the Country of Grass is less than that of a small city in the Country of Fire, its economy is relatively backward, and its population is sparse.
But Kusanagi Village has hundreds of ninjas, which is considered a very large scale in a small country.
After all, the Kingdom of Rain, which is the strongest among the small countries, does not have such a high proportion and number of ninjas.
It's just that although the number of ninjas in Kusanagi Village is large, their quality is extremely low.
The Grass Ninja Village is not very strong, but they are extremely aggressive, and they often take on tasks that are beyond their capabilities.
This also resulted in a large number of ninjas, but a low survival rate, and many tasks were filled with human lives.
Uchiha Makoto's original plan was to head northwest to Tian Country to look for traces of Tsunade.
But the latest news from Jiraiya was that Tsunade had moved to the southwest.
Then she either enters the Kingdom of Fire, or passes through the Kingdom of Grass and heads to the Kingdom of Sichuan, or the Kingdom of Wind.
So Uchiha Makoto first entered the Country of Grass to check the situation.
There is no so-called daimyo in the Country of Grass. The leader of the Grass Ninja Village is the actual leader of the Country of Grass.
Grass Ninja Village is also the most developed place in the Country of Grass.
Uchiha Makoto walked into the Grass Ninja Village. The ground was still paved with stones and was full of potholes. It looked old.
Walking along the street, I saw ninjas missing arms and legs every few houses.
From time to time, wails and cries of pain came from the room.
The atmosphere in the whole village was a bit depressing.
Uchiha Makoto is well-dressed, and his image and temperament are incompatible with the entire Grass Ninja Village.
As soon as he stepped into the village, he attracted everyone's attention.
There is a hint of malice in some people's eyes.
Although Uchiha Makoto looks young and not very powerful, the ninja sword hanging on his waist and his calm demeanor make people around him dare not underestimate him.
Especially Konoha's forehead protector made everyone feel shocked.
The name of Konoha made the ninjas of the small country fear them.
The biggest dream of the Kusanagi Village is to become the sixth largest ninja village in the ninja world.
As for Konoha, which stood at the top of the ninja world with one against four in three battles, even with the arrogance of the Grass Ninja Village, they would not dare to challenge Konoha.
Unlike other large villages, Grass Ninja Village has no so-called guards and gates. Ninjas and merchants from any village can come and go at will.
After all, this is the only way to increase the flow of people and increase the chance of receiving tasks.
For the Grass Ninja Village, as long as there is a task, they are willing to take it no matter how small the reward is.
In troubled times, the lives of village ninjas are the least valuable.
Killing more people can also reduce material consumption.
Uchiha Makoto walked around the Grass Ninja Village.
There is only one casino in the entire village and only two hotels.
The largest building in Kusanagi Village is actually the hospital.
However, when Uchiha Makoto thought about it carefully, he found it very reasonable.
According to Tsunade's philanthropic spirit, which is determined to spread charity throughout the ninja world, she should not dislike it as long as there is a casino.
As long as you pass by the Grass Ninja Village, you will most likely come to gamble.
Uchiha Makoto thought he could wait and see in the Grass Ninja Village. If Tsunade didn't come, wait for news from Jiraiya.
After shopping around, Uchiha Makoto came to a meatball shop to rest.
Meatballs are indeed a very common food, and they feel like they are common throughout the ninja world.
It's just that the meatballs here are completely incomparable to Konoha's three-color meatballs.
The variety is single and the taste is average.
But when he goes out, Uchiha Makoto is not particularly particular.
While drinking tea and eating meatballs, he looked at the passers-by on the street.
"Hurry up! Don't dawdle!"
"Hurry! There are still a bunch of wounded waiting for you in the hospital!"
"If you don't cure them, you won't have any dinner today!"
While Uchiha Makoto was eating meatballs leisurely, three vicious ninjas pushed a woman holding a baby.
The woman was thin, and her beautiful face was not at all beautiful because of her pale complexion and sunken eye sockets.
There was a stiff expression on her face, her numb eyes lost focus, and she looked like a zombie.
The woman had rare long red hair, but due to malnutrition, her hair was rough and the ends were dry and yellow.
It is already December and the weather is a bit cold.
But the woman only wore a shabby short-sleeved shirt.
What makes people feel horrified is that her white arms are covered with dense tooth marks, some of which are scarred, and some of which are bleeding, looking like new wounds.
In addition to her arms, her neck was exposed, and there were teeth marks on her calves.
"Wow~"
During the pushing and pushing, the baby in the woman's arms was awakened and cried loudly.
Hearing the baby's cry, the woman tightened her coat around the baby.
Looking at the baby's red hair, which was even brighter than her own, pity and pain suddenly appeared in her numb eyes.
"Stop crying! If you cry again I'll kill you! What a waste of food!"
One of the Grass Ninjas said angrily that human life is worthless in the Grass Ninja Village, and they will not have any mercy.
Uchiha Makoto looked at this scene and suddenly lost the last bit of his appetite.
He frowned, then put down the meatballs and teacup, and watched the group leave.
"Is this..." Uchiha Makoto's eyes suddenly changed.
Red hair, teeth marks, babies.
Combining these things together, Uchiha Makoto thought of the aromatic phosphorus in the original work.
If Naruto's childhood after losing his parents was miserable, then the environment in which Xianglan grew up was hell.
The country of Whirlpool was besieged by many countries and was destroyed. At that time, it asked Konoha for help. It seemed that except for the ninjas of the original Senju clan, not many Konoha ninjas came to the rescue.
This also resulted in the surviving members of the Uzumaki clan basically wandering in the ninja world and not defecting to Konoha.
Uchiha Makoto is not very clear about the specific details.
However, he was very interested in the sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan.
In addition to the sealing techniques mastered by Uzumaki Kushina, there must be many more sealing techniques for the Uzumaki clan.
It's just that now he doesn't have time to set foot on the wreckage of the Kingdom of Whirlpool to find something.
"Kushina-senpai would be very happy to see someone of the same race!"
Uchiha Makoto heard the word "hospital" in the direction where the group of people left just now.
"Keep the change, please!"
Thinking of this, Uchiha Makoto took out a five hundred tael note with the smallest denomination from his wallet, slapped it on the table, and then rushed towards the hospital.
Looking at Uchiha Makoto's leaving figure, the two men sitting at the next table exchanged words in a low voice.
"Boss, how about this? He looks very rich! How about..."
The speaker was a young man in his twenties.
"Forget it, Third Brother, don't cause trouble. We'll stop after the last vote."
The young man who answered was a middle-aged man in his forties with a cross-shaped scar on his cheek.
The young man seemed a little unwilling, and then advised: "Since it is the last vote, why not make more money!"
"That boy is a ninja of Konoha, you don't want to die!?" the middle-aged man said in a low voice.
"What's wrong with the ninjas of Konoha? We just asked him for some money for traveling, we didn't want to kill him!
He would certainly not publicize such a shameful thing when he returns home.
And I know that all the chunin in Konoha wear vests.
That boy looked like a genin at first glance. He was probably a dazed young man who ran away not long after graduation.
Boss, weren't you a chuunin before? After dealing with dead people for so many years, are you still afraid of a genin now? "
There was a hint of excitement in the young man's words.
The middle-aged man frowned and seemed to be hesitant.
When the young man saw this, he felt happy.
However, the middle-aged man thought for a long time, then shook his head and said:
"The harvest this time has been huge! Don't be too greedy!
Third child, if you save the money you get after the partnership is broken up, it will be enough for you to have a wife and live peacefully for decades.
Just because it's the last vote, I don't want any surprises to happen.
To tell you the truth, I didn’t become a ninja because I was afraid of death. It would be great to go home to spend time with my wife and amuse my children!
When you get to my age, you know that you have many adventures, but you only live once!
Now we just have to wait for the buyer to come and hand the things into his hands! "
The middle-aged man said earnestly, patting the long package on his back.
"yes."
The young man lowered his head, but his eyes kept changing. It was obvious that he didn't listen to a word.
...
Uchiha Makoto arrived outside the hospital gate of Kusanagi Village.
The pungent smell of potion and the faint smell of blood floated in the air.
There were constant wailing sounds coming from the hospital.
Uchiha Makoto turned on the [Blood Hunting] perception.
In his perception, the chakra reactions of the ninjas in the entire hospital were very weak.
Chuunin are rare, and jounin is even rarer.
He felt two special chakras in it.
"This feeling...is them!"
Uchiha Makoto raised his eyebrows and entered the hospital.
Soon he arrived outside the last ward on the left on the second floor of the hospital.
"Ah~"
"Oh~ It hurts!"
"I can't help it! I can't bear it anymore!"
"Give it to me quickly! I'm going to die!"
Screams of pain kept coming from the ward.
Uchiha Makoto walked in and took a look, his eyes suddenly turned cold.
There were more than a dozen beds in the ward, and injured ninjas were lined up waiting in front of a bed.
The red-haired woman I saw before was sitting on the hospital bed with her sleeves completely rolled up. The injured were biting her arms and sucking her blood.
Chakra and life force entered the bodies of the ninjas through her blood.
In Uchiha Makoto's perception, the red-haired woman's aura weakened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The chakra of the injured ninjas quickly recovered, and their expressions that were in pain just now became calm instantly.
The red-haired woman's numb face showed pain, and her face became paler.
The little baby next to her seemed to feel her mother's pain and cried loudly.
"hurry up!"
"It's my turn!"
"Wait a minute! I'm not ready yet!"
Looking at the ninjas scrambling for the first place, Uchiha Makoto stepped forward.
"who are you?"
"Konoha's ninja?!"
"What are you going to do?!"
Uchiha Makoto pushed aside the crowd and pulled the red-haired woman up.
At the same time, he injected his own chakra into her body.
Since Uchiha Makoto learned the 'Art of Physical Revitalization', he also dabbled in medical ninjutsu and learned basic medical ninjutsu.
After all, the basis of medical ninjutsu is precise control of chakra.
This can be used in many ninjutsu.
Feeling the warm chakra in her body, the red-haired woman was slightly startled. When she looked up, she saw Uchiha Makoto's reassuring smile.
"Take your children and follow me!"
The red-haired woman's numb eyes suddenly burst into life, and she obediently hugged the baby on the bed tightly.
Uchiha Makoto led her outside the ward.
"what are you doing?!"
"You can't take her away!"
"ah!"
The injured Kusanagi around him were suddenly frightened and angry. The pain made them lose their minds and surrounded Uchiha Makoto.
boom!
Uchiha Makoto suddenly released powerful wind escape chakra all over his body, and the air flow blew the Kusanagi swaying around and falling to the ground screaming in pain.
"ah!"
"my hand!"
...
The red-haired woman was startled when she felt the strong wind coming towards her. However, the strong wind softened the moment it touched her body, and after passing through her body, it became violent again.
Although she is not a ninja, she also knows how powerful this chakra control ability is.
Looking at the ninjas scattered around screaming in pain, her eyes showed a sense of joy.
Uchiha Makoto continued to walk outside, his left hand continuing to inject chakra into the red-haired woman's body.
However, he always controlled the amount of chakra he had and slowly helped the red-haired woman heal.
"Konoha ninja! What are you doing?!"
"This is the Grass Ninja Village, not you Konoha!"
A ninja dressed as a doctor heard the cry of pain and came over after hearing the news, and stopped in front of Uchiha Makoto.
At this time, three vicious-looking ninjas arrived.
It was the three grass ninjas who pushed the red-haired woman before.
After seeing the three people, the red-haired woman's body trembled subconsciously.
"She is from the Uzumaki clan, that is, from Konoha! The Fourth Hokage once issued an order.
If the ninjas of Konoha encounter Uzumaki clan members who are wandering outside, they have the obligation to protect them and bring them back to Konoha.
I explain it this way, can you understand it? " Uchiha Makoto said in a calm tone.
"The Fourth Hokage...golden flash?!" When the ninja dressed as a doctor heard Uchiha Makoto's explanation, his momentum suddenly weakened by three points.
"You...how do you prove that she is a Uzumaki clan member!"
"Don't think that just because you're from Konoha, you can do whatever you want."
"If you can't give a reasonable explanation, I...we..."
The three fierce-looking ninjas immediately retorted.
One of them was about to say threatening words, but when he saw Uchiha Makoto's cold eyes, he trembled, swallowed, and swallowed the second half of the sentence.
Uchiha Makoto's eyes turned cold, and in his scarlet eyes, three magatama slowly rotated.
"Sharingan?!"
Uchiha Makoto pulled the red-haired woman toward the stairs outside.
Feeling Uchiha Makoto's powerful momentum, the three of them broke out in cold sweat, their eyes kept changing, and their faces were extremely ugly.
Although they had the intention to stop them, their feet seemed to have roots growing on the ground and they did not dare to move.
When Uchiha Makoto walked down the stairs, the three of them collapsed on the ground.
At that second, they really thought they were going to die!
In the face of absolute strength, they feel like ants that can be crushed to death at any time.
Listening to the constant cries of pain from the ward, the three of them felt as if they were in another world.
But the three of them didn't know that Makoto Uchiha had planted a genjutsu in their minds, and they only had the last three days of their lives.
Uchiha Makoto led the red-haired woman out of the hospital gate and walked towards the entrance of the village.
The Grass Ninja Village is not far from the border of the Land of Fire. Uchiha Makoto plans to send them to the border post first, and then return to Konoha together after getting news about Tsunade.
"My forehead protector should be familiar to you, right? I am Uchiha Makoto, a Jounin of Konoha.
Uzumaki Kushina-senpai is the wife of the Yondaime-sama. She would be very happy to see someone of the same clan!
Will you come back to Konoha with me? "
Uchiha Makoto pointed at his forehead protector.
"Kushina? Kushina!" The red-haired woman's eyes lit up, and then she nodded heavily: "Thank you very much! I am willing to go to Konoha with you!"
"Don't know what to call me?"
"My name is Shino, and this is my daughter Koso! Uzumaki... I haven't heard this last name for a long time!"
Uzumaki Shino replied. At this time, her eyes were filled with something called hope, and she was no longer like a puppet like before.
She didn't doubt Uchiha Makoto's words at all.
Because a strong man like Uchiha Makoto, no matter whether he was lying to her or not, she couldn't resist.
We are already in hell, can there be a worse ending?
As a member of the Uzumaki clan, it is a disaster to have no ability to protect yourself.
In order for his daughter not to be like her, Uzumaki Shino was willing to take a gamble and trust the young man in front of him.
...
"Your Excellency, you don't take our Grass Ninja Village seriously?!"
Uchiha Makoto was walking on the street with Uzumaki Mano.
A grass ninja Murakami Ninja in his early thirties came with a group of ninjas and stopped in front of Uchiha Makoto.
Uzumaki Shino looked frightened and tightly grasped Uchiha Makoto's sleeves.
"Who are you?" Uchiha Makoto looked at the man opposite him expressionlessly.
He was in a good mood today, but after seeing what happened to Uzumaki Shino, he was not in a good mood.
"I am Naoki Kanda, a jounin from Kusanagi Village!
Is this how you want to take away our people from the Grass Ninja Village?
Please state your name! "
As the leader of the Grass Ninja Village, Kanda Naoki didn't want to offend Konoha, but now that his subordinates had come to report, he couldn't pretend not to know.
At the very least, you need to know who is taking action. If you are an ordinary Konoha ninja, you can wait until he leaves the village before taking action.
"Jounin?" Uchiha Makoto chuckled, "My name is Uchiha Makoto! If you have any dissatisfaction with me, just go to Konoha to find me!"
"Uchiha Makoto?!"
"Uchiha Makoto, the Sword of Wind Control?!"
When Kanda Naoki heard Uchiha Makoto's name, he subconsciously took half a step back.
Although Kusanagi Village aims at the sixth largest ninja village in the ninja world, he also knows that the ninjas of the five major countries are not at the same level as the ninjas of these small villages.
The battle that made Uchiha Makoto famous was one against a hundred, killing hundreds of Iwagakure ninjas.
In addition, Uchiha Makoto led more than 500 Konoha ninjas to fight against the Iwagakure troops that were nearly four times the size of Konoha. He just dragged the golden flash to come to support, and finally annihilated the Iwagakure troops.
After the battle of Kannabi, the reputation of the Golden Flash and Wind Control Sword was known to everyone in the entire ninja world.
"You said 'your people'? Don't you know that she is from the Uzumaki clan?
If you send her back to Konoha, you will not only get rewards from Konoha, but also the friendship of the fourth generation.
But how did you treat her?
It will be a good thing for the Grass Ninja Village that I take her away!
I hope you are not ignorant! "
Uchiha Makoto said calmly.
"Fart! She is from my Grass Ninja Village. Do you think that with just a few words you can..."
Seeing Kanda Naoki being frightened, another jounin next to him, Nakagawa Yu, suddenly shouted.
He has always wanted to be the leader of the village. Although he knew not to offend Konoha, standing up and showing off at this time would help him compete for the position of leader.
Anyway, he understands Kanda Naoki's character and will definitely endure it.
At that time, compared with him who fought hard for the village, Naoki Kanda's reputation will take a serious blow.
However, what Nakagawa Yuichi didn't expect was that before he finished speaking, he was gone.
Gulu!
Nakagawa Yuichi's head rolled down to Kanda Naoki's feet.
Zheng~
Uchiha Makoto sheathed the Sky Sword.
"Master Yuyi!"
"He killed Master Yuyi!"
...
The grass ninjas were immediately shocked. Except for a few who drew their swords and glared at Uchiha Makoto, most of them felt their necks go cold and backed away in fear.
"you......"
Kanda Naoki looked shocked. He didn't expect Uchiha Makoto to directly kill someone.
And he didn't react at all. Doesn't this mean that it would be easy for Uchiha Makoto to kill him?
“What he just said, I can regard it as a provocation to Konoha.
At my whim, Kusanagi Village will disappear from the map.
If you don't believe it...you can try to block my way. "
Uchiha Makoto said coldly, walking towards the front, Uzumaki Shino followed closely behind him.
The Kingdom of Grass does not have a friendly relationship with Konoha. He can destroy it if he wants to, it just depends on his mood.
Kanda Naoki's face looked uncertain.
Face and life, he chose the latter.
He took the initiative to move out of the way.
Seeing the leader making way, the remaining people dared not say a word.
****
"Makoto-kun! I didn't expect us to meet again."
Uchiha Makoto had just left the Grass Ninja Village, and before he had gone far, he heard a voice he had never heard before.
But the tone of his voice made Uchiha Makoto feel very familiar.
Uchiha Makoto looked back and saw a beautiful woman looking at him with interest.
The woman looks to be in her mid-twenties, about 1.7 meters tall, with a nearly perfect body proportions, long hair like a waterfall, hanging down behind her, and she looks very sexy.
The look in her eyes made Uchiha Makoto feel familiar.
"Orochimaru?"
Uchiha Makoto raised his eyebrows and subconsciously uttered the name.
The gorgeous woman's eyes lit up, she stuck out her tongue and licked her red lips.
"I didn't expect that even if I appeared with this appearance, Cheng-kun would recognize me!"
Uchiha Makoto smiled, "After all, I care about you Orochimaru..."
"You guys, hand over all the valuable things you have on you!"
Uchiha Makoto was interrupted mid-sentence.
Five young men armed with daggers surrounded them.
Through perception, the five of them were not even ninjas.
The smile on Orochimaru's face gradually faded, and his eyes gradually darkened.
