Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 475 Minako

While Mikoto was still struggling with her decision.

After receiving Toshiro's mission, Kushina left Konoha and began traveling at her fastest speed, sparing no chakra expenditure.

After a long and tiring journey, I finally arrived at my destination.

"Is this the place?"

Looking ahead at the village, which was several orders of magnitude smaller than Konoha, Kushina calmed her chakra.

"Kagura's Mind's Eye - Opened"

Upon arriving at her destination, Kushina didn't rush inside. Instead, she activated her sensory abilities on the outskirts of the village and closed her eyes to begin perceiving the surroundings.

"Found it..."

With her sensory abilities, she could clearly perceive all the chakra reactions in this village, which was less than one-fifth the size of Konoha.

When she sensed a chakra aura similar to her own, Kushina suddenly opened her eyes, and a faint mist appeared in her almond-shaped eyes.

"We can't rush things; we have to do things one step at a time!"

Composing herself, Kushina strode toward the village's main gate.

"Who is it?"

Her blatant behavior naturally caught the attention of the guards from the opposite village. Two ninjas immediately drew their kunai and looked at her warily.

"I am Kushina Uzumaki, a ninja from Konoha. I have something important to discuss with your ninja leader."

As she spoke, Kushina handed over the identification document to the other party, saying:

"I have a letter here from the Hokage, addressed to your ninja leader. You must deliver it to him personally!"

"…Hold on!"

After glancing at the voucher Kushina handed over and then at the green vest she was wearing, the two dared not be negligent in the slightest.

One of them greeted Kushina and then quickly turned and headed toward the center of the village behind him.

Before long, Kushina was welcomed into the village by a middle-aged man.

"What brings the Hokage, Lord, to our Kusagakure village with a Jonin from the Uzumaki clan?"

Rubbing his hands together, the leader of the Grass Ninja was of medium build and had a bitter expression on his face. His gaze towards Kushina revealed a sense of caution.

There was no way around it; the red-haired woman opposite him was putting too much pressure on him.

As the leader of Kusagakure, he possessed the strength of an elite Jonin, but all of this was rendered meaningless in the face of this woman who suddenly arrived and appeared to be the Hokage's messenger.

They didn't dare to utter a sound.

He was not a person without insight; he was able to lead the Grass Ninja to survive in the cracks between powerful nations, and he was able to recognize reality.

The mere faint chakra aura emanating from the opponent was enough to make this elite Jonin feel breathless.

Given that the other party was a Konoha ninja, they dared not be negligent.

"This is a letter personally written by our Hokage of Konoha. It details the specific reasons for my visit to Kusagakure. Please take a look, Ninja Leader!"

Although the other party is the leader of the Grass Ninja, he is not qualified to be called a Kage at all. If it weren't for the fact that the other party represents the Land of Grass, Kushina would not have had time to chat with him.

Ever since she learned that one of her clansmen had been stranded in the Grass Ninja Village and was being used as a mobile blood bank to treat the wounded Grass Ninja, she had been somewhat out of control.

After subtly revealing a trace of chakra to intimidate her opponent, she went straight to the point and handed over the letter that Toshiro had given her.

"This…"

After taking the letter from Kushina, Shinobu Kusanagi carefully read it over, and his expression turned somewhat grim.

He spoke without changing his expression.

"Lord Hokage, are you mistaken about something? We, the Hidden Grass Village, have no one like the person mentioned in the letter!"

The Hokage's letter was quite polite, thanking the Grass Village for helping Konoha take care of the survivors of the Land of Whirlpools.

However, the other party is, after all, an ally of Konoha, and the village also has a shrine for the Uzumaki clan. Hopefully, the Grass Village will release them.

However, the abilities of the woman from the Uzumaki clan mentioned in the letter were simply too useful, and he was unwilling to hand them over to Konoha for nothing.

"You...aren't you planning to release them?"

With her almond-shaped eyes wide open, Kushina was about to explode when she heard the other party deny it.

In other words, if you see that the other party has a special identity, such as being the ninja leader of another village, you must show them your strength.

Even so, she did not let the other party go. The tables, chairs and benches around her creaked under the weight of her surging chakra.

"The Hokage should have mentioned in his letter that, in order to make up for the losses of your Kusagakure ninja, you can send a team of medical ninjas to Konoha Hospital for a period of internship and further training."

The blue chakra light surrounding her grew stronger and stronger, with a striking red tinge mixed in. Although Kushina's words were calm, her gaze toward the head of the grass ninja was becoming increasingly dangerous.

"I am also a descendant of the Land of Whirlpools. I am very familiar with their presence. I sensed their presence as soon as I entered the village. If you still deny it..."

She didn't say what the consequences of her outright denial would be, but... as her chakra surged, an inexplicable oppressive aura pressed down on the Grass Ninja's head in the entire Grass Ninja's reception room.

"I...I understand!"

He swallowed hard; Kushina had only shown a little bit of chakra, yet it had already put him under immense pressure.

Now that Kushina is angry, he feels like he can barely breathe. He can't even utter a complete sentence.

"I'll have someone bring them over right away!"

Looking at the almost tangible chakra emanating from the other person, Kushina nodded, almost unable to believe her eyes. Her gaze towards Kushina revealed fear and terror.

How can one person's chakra reach this level? Is this woman a monster?

"No need! I'll go find them myself!"

Worried that the leader of the Grass Ninja might do something underhanded, Kushina rejected his suggestion outright, got up, and headed towards a secluded corner of the Grass Ninja Village.

In a simple house.

A woman with long, dark red hair held her sleeping daughter in her arms and let out a sorrowful sigh.

She knew she couldn't hold on much longer.

But... if she were to die, her daughter would undoubtedly take her place, something she could never accept.

But what can people with special abilities do even if they leave Kusagakure?

Who knows when, you might be sold off like a commodity, your value squeezed dry, and then dissected on an experimental table to explore the secrets of your body.

This is the fate of those who have lost their protection.

"I just hope that Shinobu will keep his promise and let Karin become a member of the village!"

This was her last thought, and the only belief that had kept her going until now.

Bang!

Just as she was feeling down, the front door was suddenly pushed open roughly.

Has anyone else been injured?

The woman wasn't surprised when her door was pushed open. Whenever there were a large number of injured people at the medical unit, someone would always forcefully push open her door and take her away.

"Who are you…"

Just as she finished comforting her daughter who had been startled awake and was about to go to the medical team with the person who came in, the person who came into her view suddenly made her freeze in place.

"Minako, is that you?"

Looking at this woman who looked much older than herself, Kushina tentatively asked a question.

So much time has passed. When they parted, were they seven or eight years old? She can't quite remember anymore.

However, the contours of the other person's face led her to identify a childhood friend.

"You are...Kushina?"

Unlike the gentle-natured Minako, Kushina has always had a lively and outgoing personality, leaving a deep impression on her friends.

After a brief moment of recollection, Minako recognized the ninja in front of her, who also had red hair.

After she spoke tremulously, crystal tears fell from her face like pearls from a broken string.

"It's me!"

Upon hearing the other person call her name accurately, Kushina could no longer suppress her emotions, and tears streamed down her face.

He grabbed Minako and hugged her tightly.

The two women, who had both lost their homes, burst into tears like a floodgate had been opened, leaving Kusanagi Shinobu, who had been watching the whole time, feeling quite embarrassed.

They could only silently leave the room and help close the door behind them.

"Hey, ninja boss, should we?"

Not long after they left, a grass ninja came up to them and made a throat-cutting gesture at the ninja leader.

Then he looked around the room and, in the shadows, it wasn't hard to tell that there were quite a few grass ninjas lying in ambush.

The meaning is self-evident.

"You bastard, do you want to kill us all?"

Seeing the fierce glint in his subordinate's eyes, Shinobu quickly and cautiously glanced in the direction of the room. Seeing that there was no movement, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he turned around and glared fiercely at the subordinate who had acted on his own initiative.

"That woman is someone we can't afford to mess with!"

Just thinking about the chakra that the other party had just unleashed made Shinobu's forehead break out in a cold sweat.

"Moreover, the other party is a current Jonin of Konoha. If something happens to them here, who knows how much trouble we'll face afterwards!"

After making a few hand gestures to the surrounding area, signaling the grass ninjas lying in ambush to retreat, the ninja leader finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he hadn't actually done anything, he knew very well the capabilities of his subordinates; even if they were all tied together, they wouldn't be enough to kill one person.

"So... we're just going to let that mother and daughter leave like that?"

The subordinate was clearly still somewhat unwilling and continued:

"The abilities of these two women are extremely important to us in Kusagakure. If we lose them, our casualty rate will definitely increase exponentially."

"Furthermore, this woman from Konoha clearly cares a lot about that mother and daughter. Could we take advantage of that?"

"Alright... The Hokage ordered us to send a team of medical ninjas to Konoha for further training. Having our own medical ninjas should be able to make up for some of the losses."

The situation was beyond his control, and there was nothing he could do. The Grass Ninja couldn't afford to offend Konoha, so even if they suffered losses, there was nothing they could do.

P.S.: Adjusting my biological clock is really difficult~

(End of this chapter)