Naruto: I Borrow from the Future

Yecang followed from behind, still shocked as he looked at the corpse of the Kirigakure Jonin who had been instantly killed on the ground.

"You're Uchiha Aoya, right? I've heard of you."

Qingye glanced at her, said nothing, which was taken as an agreement.

Looking at Qingye's youthful face, Ye Cang felt even more emotional.

What a prodigy...

Is the Uchiha clan in Konoha really that exaggerated?

At only twelve years old, she already possessed strength comparable to hers... no, perhaps even surpassing hers!

Putting everything else aside, she absolutely could not have so easily defeated a Jonin at that age.

"What exactly happened today?"

Yekura couldn't help but ask, "The Hidden Mist Village ambushed me under the guise of peace talks? But why are you, a Konoha ninja, also here? And..."

"We'll talk about that later."

Qingye waved his hand dismissively, refusing to explain: "This is the territory of the Land of Water. Let's leave here first."

Ye Cang choked, feeling extremely anxious.

But she knew what was important, so she simply shut up.

He obediently followed Qingye to the other side of the cliff.

This area is also a fiery red barrier.

When the two arrived, the fiery red barrier had just dissipated.

Among the corpses scattered everywhere, only two people remained: Kakashi Hatake and another shadow clone of Aoya.

Yecang looked at the corpses of the Hidden Mist Ninja scattered all over the ground, gritted his teeth, and wished he could use his Scorch Release to finish them off and turn them all into dried corpses!

Damn the Hidden Mist!

They actually hid so many people to ambush and kill her!

Kakashi was panting, his clothes were covered in blood, but he was not injured.

Seeing Qingye and Yecang approach, his eyes flickered, and he asked:

"Is it finished?"

"Um."

Qingye nodded.

Their mission is over.

The peace talks between Sunagakure and Kirigakure have definitely fallen apart.

Furthermore, since Aoya rescued Yekura, the Sand Village envoy, even if the Fourth Kazekage of Sand Village found out about Aoya and Kakashi's actions, they wouldn't be able to pursue any matters against Konoha.

It was he and Kakashi who saved the Sand Village hero, Scorching Release: Pakura!

He should even thank Konoha!

Just as he was about to leave with Kakashi, Pakkun, the ninja dog who had been hiding in the woods not far away, emerged. After coming over, he didn't say anything, but nibbled at Aoya's trouser leg and gestured towards the northwest.

"You smelled it?" Qingye's expression changed.

Parker nodded and said, "It smells the same as the scent you showed me, like some kind of plant. It suddenly appeared over there before, but it seems to have left now."

What exactly is it?

What kind of vegetable can run away?

"……I see."

Qingye narrowed her eyes slightly.

They're like a persistent ghost...

He clearly didn't want to provoke Madara Uchiha, so he specifically told Minato Namikaze to arrange for Rin Nohara to stay in the rear camp.

But now, even though it's just him and Kakashi, there are still White Zetsu watching him!

Is this never going to end?!

Yecang, standing to the side, was puzzled.

Uchiha Aoya, who always seemed calm and collected when he first appeared, now seems to be experiencing a lot of emotional turmoil.

"Is someone watching us?"

Kakashi pressed for an answer.

Upon hearing this, Ye Cang breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, she wasn't the only one completely oblivious to the situation.

Aoya, however, didn't offer any explanation. She glanced at Pakkun and asked, "Kakashi, is maintaining Pakkun's summoning jutsu very taxing on you?"

"? It didn't consume much energy." Kakashi shook his head.

Parker doesn't have much combat ability; he's mainly used for tracking.

With his chakra reserves, this amount of consumption is almost negligible.

"That's good." Qingye nodded and earnestly instructed, "Remember to summon Puck every time you go on a mission. Puck, if you smell that same scent as before, remember the location and don't make a sound."

He wanted to try again.

The reason why Madara Uchiha's base was located in the Land of Grass was because Hinata Hyuga discovered the direction in which the White Zetsu had left.

White Zetsu travels underground using the Mayfly Technique, ignoring obstacles from various terrains in the process.

In other words, the direction the White Zetsu left in is most likely where Madara Uchiha is!

Although there will inevitably be some errors in this positioning, it's not a big problem. As long as Madara Uchiha keeps sending White Zetsu to his side, he can just position the location a few more times.

We'll be able to pinpoint Madara Uchiha's location sooner or later!

……

Aoya, Kakashi, and Yekura boarded a small boat and set sail, leaving the Land of Water and heading towards the Land of the Sea.

The entire journey was speechless.

When passing the main island of the Land of the Sea, Aoya did not disembark, but instead sent Kakashi back alone.

Only Aoya and Yekura remained on the ship, gradually moving away from the Land of the Sea. Yekura finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Can you tell me now?"

Qingye simply furled the sails, letting the small boat stop in the middle of the sea.

Looking around, I realized we were at sea, with no islands or reefs in sight.

Surely White Zetsu wouldn't be floating in the seawater spying on me, would he?

"what you think?"

Qingye did not answer directly, but instead gave a half-smile.

"I can understand why Kirigakure wants to ambush me."

Although Yekura was furious at being schemed against, it was understandable that the Kirigakure ninja hated her for killing so many of them: "But what is Konoha's purpose? You're not trying to sabotage the peace talks, are you?"

Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense why Uchiha Aoya and that white-haired masked brat would be there.

It couldn't possibly be just a coincidence, could it?

"To think of this, it seems you're not completely stupid."

Aoya nodded, ignoring Yekura's indignant expression: "But do you think Kirigakure is the only one who wants you dead?"

"What do you mean?!"

Aoya offered no explanation, instead opening his Sharingan and aiming it at Yekura.

The memories of the interrogation of that Hidden Mist Chunin were transmitted back to him.

As Ye Cang's delicate face gradually became ferocious and distorted, Qingye suspected that if she were given the Uchiha bloodline, Ye Cang would probably unleash the Mangekyou Sharingan in no time.

"Rasa!"

Ye Cang's chest heaved with anger: "No wonder! He even told me it was a secret mission and that I shouldn't tell anyone else!"

"..."

Aoya's expression was strange.

Seeing Qingye's expression as if she were looking at an idiot, Ye Cang was somewhat displeased: "What do you mean by that?"

"Rasa told you about a secret mission, but it turned out to be a peace negotiation with Kirigakure, and you foolishly believed him, especially since you came alone?"

"Besides, why should you be in charge of peace negotiations? Because you're hated? Because you've killed so many Mist Villagers?"

"Can't you even use your brain? Sending you to negotiate peace with Kirigakure—is this a peace negotiation or a show of force?"

Aoya now feels that Yoko's death in the original timeline cannot be entirely blamed on Rasa.

This woman clearly died because of her own stupidity!

"..."

Yekura was so angry that she trembled all over, her swollen chest heaving, but she was completely unable to refute him.

Damn it!

"I'm going back right now and killing that bastard!"

"You? Go back to your death?" Qingye poured cold water on his enthusiasm without any mercy.

If Yekura could defeat Rasa, then Rasa wouldn't have had the chance to become the Fourth Kazekage.

"What should I do?!"

Ye Cang could no longer suppress her resentment: "Are you just going to put up with this and go back as if nothing happened?"

How could she possibly resist!

"Impossible. Luo Sha has already broken ties with you. Do you think that if you just tolerate it and pretend not to care, Luo Sha will let you off the hook? Or that he won't kill you a second time?"

"I……"

Yecang's lips were dry.

What should she do?

It seems like she can't even go back to Sunagakure anymore...

Let me tell you a story.

Qingye smiled and slowly said, "Where should I begin? Well, this is a very long story, even longer than the Warring States period."

"At that time, there was a king of a country... whose name was [name missing]. He had two sons, one named Shensheng and the other named Chong'er..."