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Chapter 92 The Murderer, Akihara Kagura!

early morning.

The wind carried a hint of blood.

Akihara Kagura leaned against a tree, dozing off.

Kakashi Hatake stood guard at the edge of the forest, while Itachi Uchiha glanced at the hundreds of corpses of the Grass Ninja piled up behind him.

Ever since Kakashi Hatake talked with Kagura Akihara, he has come to understand Kagura Akihara more and more, and he has come to understand the little girl's philosophy of life more and more.

Even though Akihara Kagura grew up by Shimura Danzo's side, she never forgot the goodness in the human heart, but was filled with the contradiction between extreme good and extreme evil.

Kakashi Hatake agreed to let Kagura Akihara stay and wait for the Grass Village's reinforcements and the little girl who had lost her mother. At the same time, he rejected Kagura's suggestion to destroy Kusagakure, as destroying Kusagakure would inevitably cause a stir in the nearby Land of Earth and bring trouble to Konoha.

Another point is that Akihara Kagura actually said that the destruction of Kusagakure could be pinned on Uchiha Obito.

Isn't that going too far?

Kakashi Hatake managed to persuade Kagura Akihara to back down, arguing that since they had already destroyed this crucial defensive line of the Land of Grass, and the bloodthirsty Kaguya clan was able to easily invade and destroy the Land of Grass, there was no need for them to do anything more troublesome.

"Captain Kakashi."

Itachi Uchiha couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Captain Kakashi, all the bodies have been collected. When can we start cremating them?"

Last night, Itachi Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake finished collecting all the corpses, but they didn't rush to destroy any traces, which Itachi found a bit strange.

"It's not the right time yet."

Kakashi Hatake shook his head, looking at Kagura Akihara who was resting against a tree: "There's still a batch of corpses that haven't arrived yet; they'll probably be burned along with them..."

"There's another batch of corpses... that haven't arrived yet?"

Uchiha Itachi looked up at Kakashi Hatake, somewhat surprised, and felt a chill run down his spine as he gazed at his teammate who was feigning sleep with his eyes closed: "This means..."

"The body has arrived..."

Akihara Kagura's eyes snapped open!

A group of Grass Ninjas rushed towards the forest.

One of the little girls with red hair was being swept along. Because she was so thin, she could barely run anymore and fell to the ground in a sorry state, panting heavily.

"Don't stop in places like this!"

"But I've never been to a battlefield..."

The little girl with red hair was wearing glasses and looked to be no more than six or seven years old. She seemed to be feeling some panic and fear.

A grass ninja captain turned and glanced coldly at Karin, making no attempt to hide his killing intent: "Hurry up and come with us to provide support! Otherwise, I'll kill you!"

The Grass Ninja reinforcements rushed to the forest, only to find piles of Grass Ninja corpses, a sight that sent chills down their spines!

"Who...did this?"

"All the defenders on the position are dead. Where is our enemy?"

"In the forest..."

The little red-haired girl seemed to have sensed something, and looked into the depths of the forest with a look of terror on her face: "There's a terrifying person in the forest!"

Although the little girl didn't know why she could see it, she could already sense that a terrifying figure posing an immense threat was lurking in the forest!

"Her perception is quite remarkable..."

A boy's voice came from within the forest.

"Who goes there!"

The Grass Ninja Captain quickly turned his head away!

next moment!

Suddenly, a vine sprouted from the ground!

The vine was incredibly thick and instantly pierced through the body of the Grass Ninja Captain!

As the prelude began, countless vines and tree roots burst forth, hunting down the Grass Ninja reinforcements!

The little red-haired girl could only crouch on the ground, her face filled with fear, clutching her head tightly, trying to hide her terror with this action!

however…

The vines didn't seem to be hostile towards her.

The terrifying figure in the forest manipulated vines to kill one grass ninja after another, yet not a single vine harmed a hair on her head.

The battle ended quickly.

Faced with an unknown and terrifying enemy, the Grass Ninja were utterly powerless to resist and quickly turned into cold corpses.

After the entire Grass Ninja unit was wiped out, the battlefield quickly fell silent, and after a while, the sound of rustling footsteps could be heard again.

"Prepare to burn the corpses..."

This is the voice of a young man.

"yes!"

This is the voice of a young boy.

"You're the little thing they were talking about?"

This is the voice of another boy.

The little red-haired girl looked up in fear and saw the terrifying chakra within the boy's body. This was the terrifying figure she had seen in the forest!

It's this boy...

Did they kill all the grass ninja here?

"I...I..."

The little red-haired girl had tears streaming down her face, her eyes filled with fear.

"We are Konoha ninjas."

Akihara Kagura squatted down in front of her, a sunny smile on her face: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Akihara Kagura. Killing is just a hobby; fishing is my main hobby..."

"I...I'm called Karin..."

Karin dared not refuse to answer, and replied tremblingly.

Akihara Kagura tilted her head and looked towards the forest: "Those guys in the forest said before they died that you have a special ability—you can recover just by being bitten?"

"yes…"

Karin's eyes grew even more fearful.

Was this terrifying ninja who killed the Grass Ninja also after her blood?

"Your abilities are quite good, you're almost catching up to mine."

After nodding in praise, Akihara Kagura continued, "However, they don't seem to know you have another amazing ability, right? You just saw me hiding in the forest, which means you can see enemies from a great distance?"

Kagura's Mind's Eye.

The most powerful sensory technique in the ninja world.

The name sounds a bit like Akihara Kagura's exclusive ability, but it is actually a unique ability of the Uzumaki clan, and only members of the Uzumaki clan with high blood purity have the opportunity to awaken it.

Kagura's Mind's Eye can sense anomalies within tens of kilometers, and even the number of enemies. If it knows the enemy's chakra characteristics, it can also sense the enemy's exact location and even all their movements. This terrifying sensory ability is even greater than that of the Hyuga clan!

The scariest thing is...

Kagura's special perceptive ability, the Mind's Eye, can also determine whether a person is lying by observing their chakra fluctuations.

Sometimes I can see it, sometimes I can't...

Karin doesn't understand what her Kagura Mind's Eye is, and it's in a state of being sometimes effective and sometimes not. Most of the time, she can only see it when she's particularly scared.

"Come with us."

Kagura Akihara stood up, not caring whether Karin would refuse: "Since you have special abilities, we're not in a hurry to send you back to Konoha. Come with us on this mission first, and see if you can be of any use..."

Akihara Kagura glanced back at Karin, her face icy: "If you're no good, I'll send you to a terrifying place when we get back to Konoha."

"I can come in handy!"

Karin was so frightened that she quickly suggested she was still useful as long as she was alive!

"Hey, hey, hey, don't scare the kids!"

Kakashi Hatake helped clean up the bodies for a while, then handed over the task of burning them to Itachi Uchiha. As he walked over, he saw Kagura Akihara scaring a little girl.

Kakashi Hatake looked down at Karin and gently comforted her, "Don't be afraid. Kagura is just a little extreme in personality. He actually overheard your story with your mother in the forest and stayed behind to save you..."

"Huh? Why...why?"

Karin looked at Akihara Kagura with some surprise.

"Because you still seem useful."

Akihara Kagura spoke the truth without a care in the world.

"Perhaps it's because we pity your background!"

Kakashi Hatake sighed helplessly and looked at Kagura Akihara: "You're doing a good deed, don't always make yourself look like a villain..."

"Hmph, you're too talkative."

Akihara Kagura's expression seemed somewhat displeased that her thoughts had been exposed.

"Are you really not going to send her back to Konoha?"

Kakashi Hatake, recalling Kagura Akihara's words, said, "We're going to the Land of Earth on a reconnaissance mission, and we might encounter unimaginable dangers. Didn't you say you'd use the Flying Thunder God Technique to send her back to Konoha?"

"If she can only be used for restoration, then she's useless to me, but she also has a magical sense of perception that's very helpful to our mission."

Akihara Kagura glanced at Hatake Kakashi, as if reminding him not to forget last night's topic: "Besides... Konoha isn't exactly safe for her either."

After Akihara Kagura finished speaking, she looked down at Karin and asked, "Little one, are you going to Konoha, or are you coming with us?"

"Following...you."

Karin lowered her head timidly, clutching her clothes nervously: "I'm very useful, don't abandon me..."

"Let's go then."

Akihara Kagura grabbed Karin by the collar: "Train your chakra properly on the way. When we get to the Land of Earth, use your abilities to help me find where our target is hiding."

"Maybe I can't see it..."

Karin looked at Akihara Kagura with some fear.

Although the little girl had just learned from Kakashi Hatake that Akihara Kagura might not be a bad person, Akihara Kagura's behavior was indeed a bit scary!

"Can't you see it?"

Akihara Kagura looked down at the little guy in her hand and continued to threaten, "Didn't I tell you, if you're useless, you'll only be able to go to a scary place?"

"A hospital?"

Karin recalled her own experience.

The scariest place in the world is probably the hospital, right? The injured there always want to suck her blood to heal their wounds.

If you can't see where the target is, the only use you have is that your blood can heal the wounded, right?

"Didn't you say you wouldn't send her to the root region?"

Kakashi Hatake couldn't help but whisper a reminder to Kagura Akihara: "Didn't we say we'd let her keep that little Naruto company when we got back?"

For Kakashi Hatake, the most terrifying part of a child is probably the root, even though he clearly promised last night that he wouldn't let this child fall into Danzo Shimura's hands.

"Who said we were going to send her to the root region?"

Akihara Kagura glanced at Hatake Kakashi with surprise.

Kakashi Hatake pondered for a moment, then asked with some doubt, "Besides the interrogation rooms of Root and Anbu, what other terrifying places could Konoha have?"

"Ninja Academy"

"...Huh?"

"The little one still needs to focus on school!"

Akihara Kagura looked at Karin in her hand, a hint of envy flashing in her eyes, and scolded, "If you don't study hard, you'll only be able to survive in the shadows like me in the future, making mistakes and being questioned when you're on missions..."

"..."

Kakashi Hatake understood the look in Akihara Kagura's eyes. Was this guy regretting that he hadn't studied at the Konoha Ninja Academy?

No.

That's normal, to be honest.

Kagura Akihara never even experienced the normal life of a child in Konoha, so is she trying to make up for his regret by having Karin?

"Captain Kakashi."

After Itachi Uchiha burned the body to cover his tracks, he looked at Karin, whom Akihara Kagura was carrying, with some surprise: "Who is this little girl...?"

"This is…"

Just as Kakashi Hatake opened his mouth to introduce Karin, Kagura Akihara's voice suddenly interrupted him.

"Uchiha Itachi".

"This has nothing to do with you."

Akihara Kagura spoke coldly, then changed her tune again when addressing Uchiha Itachi: "This is a gift I'm giving to Lord Danzo; you don't need to concern yourself with it."

If Itachi Uchiha knew Karin's abilities, he would have told Danzo Shimura sooner or later. He couldn't possibly hide anything from Danzo Shimura if he wanted to gain the trust of the Konoha higher-ups.

Akihara Kagura would have been better off just stating her intention to give the little girl to Danzo, and then shifting the blame for Karin's inability to enter the Root to Kakashi Hatake.

"..."

Itachi Uchiha felt that Kagura Akihara had gone to extremes again.

This teammate always thought he wanted to compete with him for Shimura Danzo's favor.

"Stay away from her."

Akihara Kagura looked at Uchiha Itachi and warned in a deep voice, "She's a future member of Root, and that's none of your business. The battle between the two of us for the Root leadership isn't over yet!"

"I'm not..."

Uchiha Itachi could only try his best to explain.

Danzo Shimura never said he wanted to hand over the position of Root leader to himself!

"You should stay away from him too."

Kagura Akihara then looked at Karin and warned, "This is a demon who doesn't even blink when he kills. I'm the one who saved you, understand?"

"..."

Uchiha Itachi neither wanted to refute nor was able to refute Akihara Kagura's slander.

At least when the Uchiha clan fights an enemy, they will definitely use the Sharingan with their eyes open. Akihara Kagura's words were so convincing that he couldn't refute them.

"Understood!"

Karin nodded quickly.

Although she didn't know why Akihara Kagura kept saying different things, as if her future seemed to be heading in a different direction... no matter where she went, it was much better for her than going to the hospital.

"Kagura, stop mocking Itachi."

Kakashi Hatake rebuked Kagura Akihara.

Although Kakashi Hatake didn't quite understand why Kagura Akihara had to hide Karin's situation from Itachi Uchiha, he still didn't tell her the whole story about Karin.

"I'm not mocking him."

Akihara Kagura gave Uchiha Itachi a deep look and said, "I've warned him many times to stay away from Lord Danzo..."

Second update!

It's still a long chapter!

(End of this chapter)