Naruto: From Kushina Uzumaki onwards, a traitor

Chiba now seems shrouded in mist, making it difficult for Mito Uzumaki to see clearly.

But looking at Chiba, Mito Uzumaki felt that she resembled someone somewhat.

Mito Uzumaki's eyes suddenly turned incredibly sharp: "Chiba, I only have one question: will you... be the next Madara Uchiha?"

Chiba calmly looked at Mito Uzumaki and replied, "I will not be anyone else. I can only be myself, and I will only ever be myself. No one is worthy of making me become him!"

Arrogant, decisive, firm, calm, and possessing strong ambition and opinions.

This is what Mito Uzumaki is sensing from Chiba.

Mito Uzumaki smiled bitterly and said, "My time is running out, and I can't control what happens in the future. Since Hiruzen and the others have agreed to your request to change the Jinchuriki, how could I disagree?"

"Chiba, I have only one request—no, I should say a plea—that you not become an enemy of Konoha. Since you are dissatisfied with Konoha, I hope you can use your own strength to change the current state of Konoha. After all, Konoha is your hometown."

Chiyu's eyes were dark as she said in a low voice, "Hometown? Lord Mito, my hometown is where my parents are. My hometown no longer exists. But I can promise you that I will never provoke hostility against Konoha. After all, I have lived in Konoha for so many years and I am grateful for Konoha's protection over the years."

Having received Chiyu's promise, Mito Uzumaki nodded: "Alright, Chiyu, I hope you will always remember this promise. You are about to go to the Land of Waves, and perhaps we will never see each other again. Actually, I am really proud of you."

Chiyu bowed and said, "I am also very grateful to Lady Mito for teaching Kushina for so many years. I will come to see you off on your final journey."

Mito Uzumaki smiled helplessly at Chiba: "Even in the end... never mind, let's leave it at that. I'm tired. Chiba, you should go back and get some rest too."

Chiba left Mito Uzumaki's mansion, took a deep breath, and felt refreshed.

It was almost certain before, but after meeting Mito Uzumaki tonight, it's completely certain now.

Next, all that's needed is to witness Mito Uzumaki's passing and the birth of a new Jinchūriki.

Chapter 136 Arrival in the Land of Waves

The next day.

Chiba received a transfer order from the Anbu to go to the Land of Waves.

Chiba went to Root to meet Danzo.

Now that Chiba is Danzo's man, she still needs to report her whereabouts to Danzo.

Otherwise, given Danzo's suspicious nature, who knows what he would think.

After all, the seal of eradicating the root of tongue-related troubles has no binding force.

After meeting Danzo at Root, Danzo said to Chiba, "There are some things I need to tell you."

Chiba nodded and said, "Lord Danzo, please speak."

Danzo said in a cold tone, "Don't be polite after you go to the Land of Waves. Those guys are unruly and will definitely not submit to you. If they disobey your orders, kill them! Don't hold back!"

Qian Yu said menacingly, "I know I won't show them any mercy!"

Danzo continued, "Also, Uchiha Masaki's son, Uchiha Fugaku, will also be going to the Land of Waves. You can order him to do anything, but he cannot die. We still need them to fight. If Uchiha Fugaku dies, who knows what that guy Uchiha Masaki will do."

One more important thing: if any Uchiha ninja dies, remember to retrieve their Sharingan and hand it over to me!

Chiyu's eyes narrowed slightly; she hadn't expected that Uchiha Fugaku would also be going to the Land of Waves.

Furthermore, Danzo is already collecting Sharingan eyes.

Chiba replied, "Yes, Lord Danzo!"

Danzo nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, go now, and remember what I told you to do."

After leaving Root, Chiba immediately headed to the Land of Waves.

Chiyu arrived at the border of the Land of Fire and boarded a ship.

Because of the heavy fog at sea, it took seven days to reach the Land of Waves, which was originally expected to take five days.

Chiba arrived at the Konoha ninja's base in the Land of Waves and met with the vice commander, Nara Kubota.

"Lord Qianyu."

Chiyu took out the transfer order and handed it to Nara Kubota, saying, "I think you should know the situation by now. This is my transfer order. I will be in charge of the Konoha ninjas here to fight from now on."

After confirming Chiba's transfer order through proper procedures, Nara Kubota said, "Lord Chiba, would you like me to explain the current situation?"

Chiyu nodded and said, "Well, tell me, what's the situation in the Land of Waves right now?"

Nara Kubota explained, "The situation in the Land of Waves is very chaotic right now. The Blood Mist policy of Kirigakure has caused internal strife. Now the Third Mizukage has shifted the internal conflicts to the outside world, and these Kirigakure ninjas are all attacking our Konoha ninjas recklessly."

The reckless fighting style of the Hidden Mist ninjas has caused us significant losses, so I've opted for a full-scale defense to conserve our strength. Although chaotic, the situation is relatively stable.

Chiba said to Nara Kubota, "The situation is better than I expected. We will maintain the status quo for the next few days, prepare to accept the Uchiha ninjas who come, and then we will launch a counterattack immediately."

"The Hidden Mist ninjas are fearless, huh? Then we'll be even more fearless than them and see who's more ruthless!"

Nara Kubota was secretly alarmed.

It was almost exactly as he had guessed.

When Nara Kubota learned that Chiba was to become the leader of the Land of Waves and to support nearly a hundred Uchiha ninjas, he vaguely guessed what was going on.

Because the situation in Konoha has improved, the Uchiha ninjas who made contributions are now very proud.

On various battlefields, these Uchiha ninjas became arrogant and complacent, leading to many egregious incidents.

Therefore, Nara Kubota speculated that Chiba's transfer order and the large-scale support from the Uchiha ninjas were probably Konoha's way of letting Chiba teach these Uchiha ninjas a lesson.

Now that he hears that Chiyu intends to confront the Hidden Mist ninja head-on, it confirms his guess.

Moreover, judging from Qianyu's tone, it seemed that what Qianyu was going to do was even more serious than he had imagined.

Nara Kubota didn't ask any further questions.

As members of the Nara clan, they also inherited the high intelligence of the Nara clan, and clearly knew what to ask and what not to ask.

"I understand. I will follow your orders, Lord Qianyu!"

Nara Kubota led Chiba to inspect the situation at Konoha's base.

Everything was in good order because Nara Kubota adopted a defensive strategy that generally did not involve taking the initiative to attack, so all they had to do was take care of this area and play a defensive counter-attacking game.

The exact number of Konoha ninjas is 248, which is quite a lot. However, due to Kirigakure's fighting style of inflicting heavy losses on both sides, Konoha ninjas suffer even greater losses in each battle. Therefore, the more conservative Nara Kubota does not choose to engage in direct confrontation.

Chiba first summoned all the ninjas, as he was new to the job and had to say a few words.

No one had any objection to Qianyu taking charge of them; in fact, they were quite supportive of him.

Although Chiyu is known for being harsh on his subordinates, he can lead them to victory.

Moreover, Qianyu's reputation was at its peak, and the fact that Blood-Eyed Asura was leading them in battle made them feel quite excited.

However, upon hearing that many Uchiha ninjas were coming to provide support, their expressions instantly fell.

Chiyu said, "You don't need to worry about the teammates being reassigned later. You will still be led by Kubota, but I will make the overall decisions. I will lead the Uchiha ninjas who come to support you."

Hearing Qianyu say this, everyone felt relieved.

Nobody wants to fight alongside an Uchiha ninja.

"Alright, that's it. Dismissed."

After the team disbanded, Chiyu went to the room assigned to her.

Qianyu used the summoning technique again to summon the white snake.

As soon as the white snake appeared, it poured out its grievances to Qianyu: "Lord Qianyu, didn't you say it would only be a few days? It's been eight days already! For that human, I've been attacked by so many snakes. I've fought so hard to protect that human. Seriously, I've even lost weight!"

Qianyu looked at the white snake's plump body and twitched the corner of her mouth.

It would be a miracle to believe that.

"Alright, stop joking. You'll see how he is later, when you've had your fill."

"He woke up once in the middle of the night. After feeding him, I found a snake and bit him to make him fall into a deep sleep. Lord Qianyu, this human is not quite right in the head."

Qianyu asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

The white snake said disdainfully, "As soon as that human woke up, he asked me if I had come to heaven and if I was a messenger of God. I said yes, and he actually believed me and even knelt down to worship me. I have never seen such a stupid human."

What's even more outrageous is that after learning about the White Snake Immortal, he actually wanted to go and meet him—wasn't that just asking to become the White Snake Immortal's food?

Qianyu asked in surprise, "He knows about the White Snake Immortal? The White Snake Immortal also knows about his existence?"

The white snake shook its head: "This human knows about the White Snake Immortal because when those snakes threatened me to hand him over, they used the White Snake Immortal to put pressure on me, and that's how he overheard it."

As for whether the White Snake Sage knew, I don't know, but I think he probably did, because I've heard that everything that happens in the ninja world reaches the White Snake Sage's ears.

Chapter 137 Conversation with Yahiko

Chiyu felt a little strange when she heard the White Snake say that the White Snake Sage probably knew that Yahiko was in Ryuchi Cave.

According to what Qianyu knew, the White Snake Immortal was eccentric, cunning, capricious, difficult to please, and had a wicked heart.

Qianyu was actually preparing to be sent back to the Dragon Cave by reverse spirit communication at any time.

If the conditions weren't right at that time, Chiyu wouldn't have let the White Serpent bring Yahiko to Ryuchi Cave.

Since the White Snake Sage knew this, how could it allow Yahiko, who had no contract, to stay in Ryuchi Cave?

It's a bit strange.

However, Qianyu didn't think much of it and said to the white snake, "Thank you for your hard work. You don't need to trouble yourself anymore. Just spit him out."

Yahiko was spat out by the white snake once again.

"Alright, Lady Senba, don't forget our promise. I'm going back to Ryuchi Cave now."

Qianyu nodded and said, "Yes, I won't forget. You can go back now."

The white snake turned into smoke and disappeared from the spot.

Chiyu squatted down next to Yahiko, frowning at the sticky and fishy-smelling Yahiko with some disgust.

Chiba checked Yahiko's body and found that he was still very weak, but out of danger.

Chiba wanted to lift Yahiko's clothes to check the condition of his wound.

Suddenly, Yahiko woke up and grabbed Chiba's hand, who had already lifted his clothes.