Chapter 149 Progress with Kurenai Yuhi (First and Second Updates)

Entrance to Konoha Village.

"Thank you."

After registering, Kitazawa and the other two gatekeepers, Kotetsu and Izumo, turned and walked out.

"I have chosen a fast and safe route."

Kurenai shook the map scroll and said with a smile, "If you come with me, I guarantee nothing will happen."

"Yes, Captain Red."

Kitazawa chuckled and said.

"You're a Special Jonin now, you're the captain."

Kurenai glared at him and said.

Does it matter who is the captain?

Kitazawa spread his hands and asked in return.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you."

Kurenai put away the map scroll and said, "Follow me."

With a leap, she darted and bounded through the Death Forest, displaying remarkable agility.

The Land of Grass borders the Land of Fire and is located in the northwest of the Land of Fire.

The two spent a day to reach the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Fire.

"We can enter the Land of Grass tomorrow."

Kurenai looked towards the Land of Grass, where the view stretched endlessly without any obstruction.

"If you want to see the vast grasslands, you have to go deep into the heart of the Grass Country."

Kitazawa reminded him.

"I know."

Kurenai withdrew her gaze and said, "Let's rest here tonight and be well-rested so we can face tomorrow's battle."

"Don't worry too much, Kenichiro is just a Chunin."

Kitazawa opened the psychic storage scroll and began setting up the tent.

"You've been a teacher at the ninja academy for so long that you've forgotten what the ninja code is."

Kurenai said with a stern face, "During the mission, we must remain vigilant at all times and never underestimate any enemy."

"Please teach me, Teacher Hong."

Kitazawa raised his hand and said seriously, "Let's go inside the tent and talk in detail."

"Why is there only one tent?"

Kurenai Yuhi's heart skipped a beat, and she asked.

"Keep everything simple during the mission."

Kitazawa blinked and asked, "Are you scared?"

"I have a sleeping bag, so what am I afraid of?"

Kurenai took off her shoes and walked barefoot into the tent.

"eat first."

Kitazawa took out a small low table from the bed.

"I made a bento box."

Kurenai sat down cross-legged and placed two bento boxes on the dining table.

"It's as delicious as ever."

Kitazawa took a bite of the chicken cutlet and said with a smile.

"Of course!"

With a smug smirk, Kurenai Yuhi said, "You should be grateful to be able to eat my bento!"

"you're right."

Kitazawa's eyes darted around, and he said, "I'll repay you after we finish eating."

"What...what do you want to do?"

Kurenai's smile froze as ominous images flashed through her mind.

"You'll find out soon enough."

Kitazawa laughed and asked, "Why are you so nervous?"

"Who's nervous?"

Kurenai raised her thigh and kicked his knee with her delicate foot, asking fiercely, "Do you think I'm nervous?"

"Yes, you won't."

Kitazawa followed her words and said.

The meal was finished quickly.

Kurenai looked at Kitazawa with a normal expression, but her tightly clenched hands betrayed her feelings.

"Do you want to take a shower?"

Kitazawa put away the lunchbox and said, "I noticed earlier that there was a river not far from the direction we came from."

"Who takes a shower during a mission?"

Kurenai paused for a moment, then said, "At most, I'll wash my feet."

"Then let's go wash our feet and our faces while we're at it."

Kitazawa nodded and said, "I brought a towel."

"Alright."

Kurenai did not refuse.

The two people came to the riverbank, took off their shoes, and soaked their feet in the river water.

"What kind of repayment did you just mention?"

"I don't care," said the woman, pretending not to care.

What kind of reward do you want?

Kitazawa turned his head and saw a hint of unease in her beautiful eyes.

"This is your problem, not mine."

Kurenai sat up straight and said.

Kitazawa's gaze swept from her face, over her graceful body, and finally settled on her fair and slender legs.

Kurenai felt his gaze.

She opened her mouth, unsure of what to say, and her legs instinctively tensed.

"You must be tired after running around all day. Let me massage your legs."

Kitazawa took out a towel and handed it to her.

Kurenai Yuhi inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you're not satisfied, you can change to another part."

Kitazawa said with a bit of a laugh.

"No need to change it!"

Kurenai Yuhi said subconsciously.

She lifted her leg, and water droplets slid off her smooth thigh.

After wiping with a towel, my thighs became clean and white again.

"Let's go."

Kurenai returned to her tent.

Before Kitazawa could speak, she placed her feet on his thighs.

"If your massage technique isn't good enough, I won't be satisfied!"

Kurenai Yuhi reverted to her usual self, laughing as she said, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you pervert!"

"I just wanted to help you relieve your fatigue."

Kitazawa grabbed both of her feet with one hand.

"Do you think I will believe it?"

Kurenai Yuhi gave a soft snort and said, "You... ah!"

Before she could finish speaking, her eyes suddenly widened.

Because Kitazawa started tickling the soles of her feet with his fingers.

"do not want!"

Kurenai immediately twisted her body, her soft little feet bending into arches, making her instep and thigh form a line.

Her pinkish-white toes curled up one by one, and she let out a mixture of laughter and moaning.

"You're being so loud, you'll attract the attention of passing enemies."

Kitazawa stopped scratching and said with a smile.

"You still blame me?"

Enraged, Kurenai kicked him.

But the next second, Kitazawa grabbed him back.

"I'm going to go to bed!"

Afraid that he would scratch her again, Kurenai quickly said, "I don't need your massage!"

"Okay, this time it really is a massage."

Kitazawa held her right foot with both hands and gently squeezed the instep with his fingers.

Seeing this, Kurenai glared at him irritably, then stopped struggling.

"You are so beautiful and lovely."

Kitazawa smiled and said.

Why are you suddenly praising me?

Kurenai Yuhi pouted and said, "Even if you praise me, I won't forgive you."

"This is not an exaggeration, it's the truth."

Kitazawa said casually.

"Give me a good massage."

Kurenai Yuhi's lips curled slightly as she spoke.

"Move over a little."

Kitazawa massaged for a while and then said, "I'll massage your legs."

Kurenai shifted her body and placed her legs directly on his lap.

Kitazawa reached out and placed his hand on her fair and smooth thigh.

He gently caressed it and immediately felt the fleshy texture.

"It's a massage, not a leg rub!"

Kurenai Yuhi said, enraged and embarrassed.

Kitazawa coughed lightly and began the massage.

Kurenai turned her head away, refusing to look at him.

Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the sensation from her thigh made her face gradually turn red.

"I have a mission to do tomorrow, so I'll stop here and go to sleep."

Kurenai pulled her slightly weak legs back and quickly crawled into her sleeping bag.

Seeing this, Kitazawa also took out a sleeping bag and placed it next to her.

After he crawled into his sleeping bag, he looked at Kurenai Yuhi.

Her face was slightly flushed, but her eyes remained closed.

Kitazawa leaned forward and kissed her lips.

Kurenai Yuhi suddenly opened her eyes, but did not push him away.

"Good night."

After a brief exchange, Kitazawa let her go, he said.

"Ah."

Kurenai closed her eyes again.

Kitazawa couldn't help but smile.

Kurenai's behavior made him realize one thing: their favorability rating had reached its maximum.

The rest will fall into place with just the right time and place.

The time came the next day.

Kitazawa and Kurenai entered the Land of Grass.

After walking for half an hour, we saw the vast grassland stretching as far as the eye could see.

The sky is vast and blue, the fields are boundless and green, the wind blows the grass low but there are no cattle or sheep.

"According to the mission details, Kenichiro is in the metropolis of the Land of Grass."

After taking in the sights, Kurenai remembered their mission and said, "Let's create a battle plan first."

"No need to bother."

Kitazawa shook his head and said, "Just go find him when you get to the metropolis of the Land of Grass."

After a moment's thought, Kurenai Yuhi agreed.

She wasn't someone who rigidly adhered to the rules; there was no need to take a Chunin so seriously.

Half an hour later, the two entered the metropolis of the Grass Country.

"Wait for me here, I'll use sensory ninjutsu to find him."

Before Kurenai could answer, Kitazawa leaped up and landed on a nearby rooftop.

The quest scroll has a portrait of Kenichiro, but it doesn't specify which building. It only says that he has appeared in the metropolis of the Land of Grass in the past few days.

Roll your eyes!

The veins around Kitazawa's eyes bulged, and in the blink of an eye, his eyes turned pure white.

He quickly located the ninjas in the metropolis of the Land of Grass.

There are only seven.

Kitazawa and Kurenai searched for them one by one and soon found their target.

"Ninjas from Konoha Village?"

Kenichiro's expression changed drastically as soon as he saw them.

Without hesitation, he drew his ninja sword and charged toward Kitazawa, who was standing at the front.

However, in the next instant, his legs were entangled by vines.

Kenichiro looked down and found himself tied to a tree.

How did a tree grow in the room?

This is the Illusion Magic: Tree Binding Kill!

Kenichiro realized what was happening and instinctively tried to form hand seals to dispel the illusion, but it was too late.

He only felt a sharp pain in his head, and then he lost consciousness.

"So simple?"

Kurenai Yuhi, who was eager to make a move, was suddenly speechless.

She did nothing, and the mission was already over.

She spent the entire day on the road for this task.

It's not that Kenichiro is weak; it's that Kitazawa's strength is too outrageous.

With a single hand seal and the magical Tree Binding Kill, Kenichiro lost all ability to resist in a single move.

"It seems we'll have to take on an A-level mission next time."

Kurenai looked at the unconscious Kenichiro, shook her head, and said.

If she chooses a B-level mission again, she will probably still feel little sense of participation.

"It's a good thing that the mission was completed successfully."

Kitazawa, on the other hand, didn't seem to care.

Because his real target wasn't Kenichiro, but Karin and her mother.

But how to reasonably go to Kusagakure Village is also a problem.

"Let's go."

Kitazawa grabbed Kenichiro's shoulder and said, "Let's hurry, maybe we can get back to Konoha tonight."

Their mission was to capture the rogue ninja Kenichiro, not to retrieve his body.

Of course, if there's absolutely no other way, you can bring back the body, but that will affect the mission completion rating.

"Ah."

Kurenai Yuhi nodded and said.

Because they had brought along a comatose Kenichiro, the two of them didn't take the usual route when leaving the metropolis of the Land of Grass.

They found a secluded path, walked to a corner of the city wall, and then climbed over the wall.

After leaving the metropolis of the Grassland, you are greeted by the vast grasslands.

“I remember that Kusagakure is not far away, so I sent a shadow clone to buy two lunches.”

After walking for more than ten minutes, Kitazawa saw that the time was right and casually said.

"No need to bother."

Kurenai Yuhi said nonchalantly, "I'll just eat the bento box."

"The bento box has gotten cold now and doesn't taste as good."

Kitazawa chuckled and asked, "Besides, since you've come all this way, wouldn't you like to try some of the local delicacies of Kusagakure?"

"Well."

Without much thought, Kurenai Yuhi agreed.

Kitazawa formed hand seals and created a shadow clone.

The two exchanged a glance, and the shadow clone immediately turned and headed towards Kusagakure.

"We can just walk and wait."

Kitazawa, carrying the still unconscious Kenichiro, continued forward with Kurenai Yuhi.

It's just that the speed is much slower.

The time came to noon.

The two found an open space to stop and rest, and also had lunch.

"I wonder when your shadow clone will return."

Kurenai glanced at Kenichiro and said.

Kenichiro woke up once before, but was knocked unconscious again by Kitazawa.

According to him, the dead are more useful than the living, and the unconscious are easier to deal with than the conscious.

"They should catch up soon."

Kitazawa pondered for a moment and said, "It's not the time of the Ninja World War now, so Kusagakure wouldn't dare to attack Konoha's ninjas."

He guessed that the shadow clones were delayed because they were looking for Karin and her daughter.

"And that's a shadow clone."

Kitazawa continued, "If anything really happens, I'll know immediately."

"Too."

Kurenai didn't ask any more questions, her gaze falling on Kitazawa.

Why are you staring at me like that?

Kitazawa stretched out his hand, waved it in front of her eyes, and asked.

"Are you allowed to look at me, but I'm not allowed to look at you?"

Kurenai Yuhi raised the corners of her mouth and asked with a smile.

"What I mean is, if you want to see more clearly, I can take off my clothes and let you see."

Kitazawa said with a serious expression.

"abnormal!"

Kurenai spat and said disdainfully.

"You were the one who wanted to see it, so why are you scolding me?"

Kitazawa raised his hand and slapped her thigh.

"..."

Kurenai's lips twitched.

She really couldn't do anything about this shameless guy.

Just then, a sound of wind breaking came from afar.

"The lunch I bought is all in there."

Kitazawa's shadow clone appeared in front of them and placed a psychic storage scroll down.

After opening the package, Kurenai took out the food.

Kitazawa then deactivated his shadow clone and began reviewing his memories.

After arriving at Kusagakure, the shadow clone used the Transformation Technique to blend in and began searching for Karin and her daughter.

Although Kusagakure is not a large village, Karin and her mother are special cases and have been deliberately hidden away.

However, the Shadow Clone Technique still found a way.

He ambushed a Chunin from Kusagakure, injuring him, and eventually tracked him down, finding Karin and her daughter.

Kitazawa breathed a sigh of relief after reviewing the memories.

The objective has been achieved; now all that's left is to inform Tsunade.

I wonder if rescuing Karin and her daughter will trigger a new mission.

Judging from the rescue efforts for Yakushi Nonou and Yakushi Kabuto, the possibility is still quite high.

"What happened to the shadow clone when it went to Kusagakure?"

Kurenai noticed his expression and asked.

"There is one thing."

Kitazawa didn't hide anything and said directly, "My shadow clone encountered a red-haired female ninja in Kusagakure."

"Red hair? That's quite rare."

Kurenai raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why would she attract the attention of your shadow clone?"

In the ninja world, many people have very special hair colors, such as red hair.

Generally speaking, only ninjas from the Uzumaki clan have red hair.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Sasori, a rogue ninja from Sunagakure and a member of the Akatsuki organization.

"Her exposed skin was covered with teeth marks."

Kitazawa replied.

"What's happening here?"

Kurenai was taken aback.

"If someone has enough chakra, you can absorb their chakra in this way."

Kitazawa said slowly.

"what?"

Kurenai Yuhi's eyes widened, and she asked angrily, "There's actually such a heinous method?"

She could easily imagine the inhumane things that the red-haired female ninja had gone through to leave her covered in teeth marks.

"Red hair, and so much chakra, I suspect she's a ninja from the Uzumaki clan."

Kitazawa said in a deep voice, "You know, the Uzumaki clan and our Konoha Village are allies."

"This matter should indeed be reported to the Hokage."

Kurenai Yuhi nodded heavily and said.

Although the Uzumaki clan has been wiped out, the alliance has not been dissolved.

Moreover, Konoha Village owes a debt to the Uzumaki clan, since it failed to provide timely assistance at the time.

After having lunch, the two of them, along with Kenichiro, continued on their journey.

The night is getting darker.

Kitazawa and Kurenai traveled all day and finally returned to Konoha Village in the evening.

It was already late at night, but fortunately there were still staff members on duty at the Hokage Building.

After handing Kenichiro over to the staff, Kitazawa went home with Kurenai Yuhi.

"Home is the best, I'm so tired!"

Kurenai took off her shoes and collapsed onto the sofa.

Because they were in a hurry to get back, they didn't stop working all day except for lunch.

"take a good rest."

Looking at her perfectly curved waist and hips, Kitazawa resisted the urge to pat her twice and said...

"See you tomorrow."

Kurenai looked up at him.

After he left, I remembered the massage I had the night before.

"bad guy."

Kurenai lowered her head again, feeling a faint heat rising within her.

Kitazawa glanced at the sky but didn't rush to find Tsunade.

After all, she was probably already asleep by then.

A new day, which is Monday.

Kitazawa arrived at the residence where Tsunade and Shizune lived early.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door.

A moment later, the door opened, and Shizune appeared, wearing a nightgown.

Kitazawa looked at it curiously for a moment.

Although the sound is rather flat, the figure is indeed quite good.

"Kitazawa?"

Jingyin fully woke up and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I just woke up and haven't had time to change my clothes yet."

"fine."

Kitazawa complimented, "This nightgown is quite pretty."

"Thank you."

Jingyin paused for a moment, then asked, "Why did you come so early? Is there something you need?"

"I have urgent business with Lady Tsunade."

Kitazawa replied.

"Lady Tsunade is still not awake."

Jingyin hesitated for two seconds, then stepped aside and said, "You come in first, I'll go call her."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Jingyin."

Kitazawa took off his shoes and went inside.

 Five thousand words, two chapters combined

  
 
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