Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 61 Black Zetsu's Speculation

Grass Ninja Village.

This small ninja village, which had a good relationship with Konoha, is now completely unrecognizable.

The original hospital building was mostly destroyed by the bomb, and the entire village was devastated by the battle that night.

This is the immense destruction caused by the Nine-Faced Beast with the face covered in hemp, enough to rival a thousand troops!

Wuwei stood on the edge of the battlefield, still deeply fearing the terrifying power of Shura even after two days.

The surviving ninja and villagers, under Wuwei's leadership, are doing their utmost to rescue the wounded and collect the bodies.

However, the destruction caused by these nine terrifying summoning beasts resulted in widespread damage to the center of Kusagakure. More than forty ninjas, including the village leader Kouji Kusanagi and the ANBU captain Ryuu, were killed, and as many as three or four hundred people, including villagers, were injured!
For the small ninja village, such casualties have almost halved their overall strength!
It will take at least a generation to gradually recover the fighting capacity lost in this battle.

"Brother!" Wuchang walked over, leaning on a cane.

He was also holding a statistical report in his hand.

"The village's losses have been tallied," Wuchang read aloud. "Including the leader, Lord Kusanagi, and Captain Longxi of the Anbu, a total of nine Jonin were killed, thirty-eight Chunin and Genin were killed, and three hundred and seventy villagers died."

"The injured include eight Jonin, fifty-six Chunin and Genin, and five hundred and sixty-three villagers."

Wuwei trembled when he heard the casualty figures.

The village leader was killed in action, more than a dozen elite Jonin were killed or wounded, nearly a hundred ninjas were injured or killed, and nearly a thousand villagers were killed or wounded!

It's important to know that as the most central area of ​​the ninja village, these villagers are basically all reserve soldiers with ninja talent. During wartime, the ninja village's mobilization capacity relies entirely on these villagers!
Such a huge number of casualties is a devastating blow to the Grass Village!
"Brother, should we issue a bounty on 'Shura' at the gold exchange?" Wuchang also came to Wuwei's side. Looking at the village in such a terrible state, he was in a daze. He still felt lingering fear when he thought of the battle two days ago.

That mysterious Asura, using only nine terrifying summoning beasts, destroyed their entire Kusagakure village in this way.

He didn't even personally lift a finger! Yet he inflicted such heavy casualties on the Grass Ninja Village!
“No need…” Wuwei sighed with his eyes closed, then slowly opened them, his eyes filled with apprehension and fear: “We are no match for him, let’s not give him an excuse to cause trouble again!”

They couldn't defeat them, not even the entire ninja village. This profound sense of despair made Wuwei feel that their enemy was like a god!

Perhaps even the legendary "God of Ninjas" and "Shura of the Ninja World" who supposedly overwhelmed the ninja world more than fifty years ago were nothing special.

Impermanence also deeply agrees.

The two brothers stood there, their expressions solemn, and fell silent.

In the distance between the two brothers, Wuwei and Wuchang, in the shadow of a building that had been bombed and was now only half intact.

A pitcher plant-like creature emerged from the ground.

"Wow, what destructive power!" White Zetsu looked at the devastating battlefield in the center of the village in the distance and whistled with a sigh.

Black Zetsu stared expressionlessly at the destroyed Kusagakure village.

'Such terrifying fighting power... Is he a descendant of Hagoromo or Hamura?' Even Black Zetsu Otsutsuki, who had been operating in the ninja world in secret for a thousand years, had never seen such a terrifying scene.

Such power, enough to destroy a city, he had only seen in Ashura, the Indra brothers, Madara Uchiha, and Hashirama Senju in the past thousand years.

But even Black Zetsu, who had been monitoring the ninja world for a thousand years, had no information about such a powerful figure!

This is why Black Zetsu couldn't help but think of the Otsutsuki Hamura clan.

Only those beings on the moon with Byakugan, whom Black Zetsu deeply feared and dared not send White Zetsu and the Otsutsuki Hamura clan to the moon to monitor them, could possibly have cultivated such a powerful individual. 'So, what exactly is his purpose?' Black Zetsu recalled all the things that 'Shura' had done since his appearance.

They attacked the Hyuga clan of Konoha, attacked the Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning, and now they've attacked the Kusagakure.

'Wait... Could it really be...?' Black Zetsu suddenly remembered something related to the Otsutsuki clan on the moon.

Several years ago, the elderly Madara Uchiha summoned the Gedo Mazo to prolong his life. The Gedo Mazo remained in the ninja world until it was summoned by Nagato, and it continued to absorb Nagato's chakra.

'The Otsutsuki clan noticed the disappearance of the Gedo Mazo and dispatched powerful shinobi to the shinobi world to search for it?'

After having this thought, Black Zetsu felt that the possibility was very high the more he thought about it.

This mysterious Asura has no traceable growth trajectory, and it's impossible for an ordinary ninja to suddenly possess such formidable strength, almost on par with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

Unless he possesses the chakra of Ashura and Indra, but the chakra of those two has only been reincarnated within the Senju and Uchiha clans for thousands of years...

If it's the Otsutsuki clan on the moon, then Black Zetsu needs to be careful.

'It seems I need to find an opportunity to have Nagato or Obito test this guy, otherwise I can't let him keep causing trouble in the ninja world and disrupting my plans!' Black Zetsu had endured for a thousand years before finally finding this opportunity with Uchiha Madara.

The Eye of the Moon plan to save Mother must not fail!
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The market in the capital of the Land of Fire was bustling with activity.

Uchiha Hikaru, dressed in his new clothes, was particularly eye-catching.

The girl, dressed in a dark blue trench coat, black shorts, and open-toed ankle boots, looked dashing and heroic, a stark contrast to her disheveled appearance when she broke free from the lockdown.

"Sister! Sister! Try this!" Karin held up an orange headband and wrapped it around Uchiha Hikaru.

This outfit was bought by Uzumaki Vanilla with the help of Uchiha Hikaru.

Seeing three-year-old Karin holding up an orange headband, Uchiha Hikaru felt pity for this child with a tragic past. He squatted down and let Karin put the headband on her.

"This kind of light is even more lovely." Vanilla Whirlpool held some purchased daily necessities in her hands, squinting and smiling.

It was her first time visiting such a bustling market, and Uchiha Hikari was a little timid. If Menma hadn't asked her to protect Uzumaki Kaoru and her daughter, she wouldn't have wanted to come to such a crowded place.

After collecting some supplies, the three returned to their hotel.

Menma was looking at the map, deep in thought.

When he saw the three of them return, he looked up and noticed Uchiha Hikaru's headband, and praised with a smile, "It's a very pretty headband."

"Karin helped me choose it," the girl replied softly, the slight upturn of her lips revealing her inner joy.

"Menma-nii! Praise me!" Karin jumped in front of Menma, tilting her head expectantly.

Menma reached out his right hand and affectionately ruffled Karin's hair.

"It's time to set off." Menma put away the map and said to the three of them, "The members of the other group have been on their way for some time now, and we need to get going."

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