You completed a special order.
Konan's order:
I want to eat until I'm completely full~
!
Seeing the suddenly generous rewards and the complete ninjutsu scroll, Secret Technique: Paper Style, Kusana froze.
He had not expected to complete another special order.
Compared to the three ordinary orders he received each day, special orders were incredibly rare. Even after being here for so long, this made only three he had encountered.
Kushina Kana's order:
I want a warm home!
(Completed!)
Black Zetsu's order:
See Mother one more time.
(Not completed!)
Aside from Kana's and the one he had just completed, Black Zetsu's remained unfinished. Still, both of those rewards had been quite generous.
So, it was easy to imagine~
Of course, perhaps special orders could only be obtained from special people. He had stayed in the Land of Grass all this time and had not met many characters from the story, which was why he had encountered so few special missions!
As for Black Zetsu...
Once, when Kusana had gone out to submit his manuscript, he had run into a strange fellow buying drawing paper and brushes. The man had even asked the shopkeeper whether he had any exquisite illustrated books about poop, yet he did not have any money on him...
The shopkeeper immediately assumed he was there to cause trouble and kicked him out on the spot.
Kusana had thought the fellow looked rather familiar, so he bought him brushes and paper.
Then...
As he was leaving, a cloaked figure suddenly appeared in the wilderness and took that oddball away. Kusana immediately realized... he had probably encountered the great filial son who moved the ninja world and the spiral-faced White Zetsu!
Of course, he had not seen them again afterward.
Come to think of it, Kannabi Bridge was within the Land of Grass. So Madara was probably still underground in the Land of Grass, hooked up to the Divine Tree IV drip~
As for Black Zetsu's mission...
That damned mission was simply impossible to complete right now!
Was his mother someone so easily seen?
It would probably have to wait until the Fourth Great Ninja War, so Kusana had left the mission hanging there and ignored it.
After Konan had eaten her fill, Kusana directly took her to the location indicated by the intelligence office!
Come to think of it...
Running into Konan on the road had been an accident too!
Originally, he had planned to visit Nagato's home first. After all, Konan and Yahiko were both orphans, wandering everywhere, so finding two orphaned children in a short time would not have been easy.
Konan and the other two had probably met when they were around ten years old. Not long after that, they encountered Jiraiya and the others, who had just earned the title of the Three Legendary Ninja.
Yet unexpectedly...
He had run into the unconscious Konan first!
The three little ones apparently had not met yet. He wondered whether Nagato's parents had already been killed.
He believed Kana would be thrilled when she saw that she still had clan members alive!
The next day.
They arrived at Nagato's home.
Just as he had thought... Nagato had not left yet!
However...
He seemed to have arrived too late!
When they found Nagato's house, its front door stood wide open.
After all...
This was on the other side of the Land of Rain, very close to Konoha's battlefield. It had suffered heavily from the war's spillover, and many people had already left.
Those who remained mostly kept their doors tightly shut!
As for a wide-open front door...
There was only one possibility!
They had been invaded!
Kusana immediately understood what had happened and hurried inside.
However...
He was too late.
When he rushed in, Nagato's father was already lying on the floor. He had only managed to save Nagato and his mother—Fusang!
A member of the Uzumaki clan who had hidden her identity in the Land of Rain!
In the end...
Considering that they were in the middle of a war, with Kusana and Konan's help, Nagato and his mother endured their grief and quickly buried him.
Kusana could not help sighing inwardly. He had planned to pack up the entire family and take them away!
After all, the Land of Grass was desperately short on people now!
Yet he had arrived a step too late!
After disposing of the Konoha ninja's corpse, it was already getting late. Considering there were three ordinary people with him, Kusana could only stay at Nagato's home for the day.
Besides, Nagato's family was grieving. It would not have been appropriate to ask them to move at a time like this!
After a simple dinner, the two children went to rest. One had traveled such a long way, while the other had just suffered the pain of losing his father, so Konan and Nagato had long since been exhausted.
At this moment.
Only Kusana and Fusang remained in the living room.
Perhaps because she had just lost her husband, Fusang's face was filled with exhaustion and grief.
Especially now...
The war had not ended, and with her identity... how were she and her son, a widow and an orphan, supposed to survive in such a chaotic world?
She was lost about both the present and the future.
Earlier, she had still worn a faint smile while preparing dinner. Yet after the children fell asleep and night gradually descended... Fusang finally could no longer restrain her grief.
Kusana noticed it too. After pondering for a moment, he walked over. "Mrs. Fusang!"
"I'm sorry, Lord Ninja!" Seeing someone approach, Fusang quickly wiped away her tears and forced a smile onto her exhausted face.
She was putting on a brave front.
She was deeply grateful to this ninja, who had suddenly appeared with a child, saved her and Nagato, and brought them home.
However...
Her and Nagato's identities... absolutely could not be discovered by other ninja.
"I'm sorry! Did I disturb you?"
"It's fine!" Kusana sat directly across from Fusang. Considering the current situation in the Land of Rain... the final battle was about to begin.
Once Jiraiya's team advanced into the Land of Rain, the final battle before the war's end would erupt. Who knew what accidents might happen then?
Especially since he still had to bring three people through the battlefield and return to the Land of Grass, while also finding Yahiko... the third of the Akatsuki Organization's three great founders!
So he still had quite a lot to do.
His original plan had been... to find Nagato first, then look for Yahiko and Konan. If Nagato's family was still around, he would take them all away. If not, he would talk Nagato into leaving.
Therefore, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, they had to evacuate as soon as possible!
Otherwise...
Things would become troublesome if something unexpected happened!
Since Nagato's mother was still alive, Kusana decided to talk to her sooner rather than later.
If his mother wanted to immigrate, Nagato presumably would not refuse either.
Kusana clasped his hands before his chin and, under the dim light, looked at her with a gloomy expression.
The sight immediately made Fusang nervous. She looked at the ninja before her with worry and confusion.
Why had he suddenly become so serious?
Had he discovered that they were Uzumaki survivors?
Just as she was wondering.
Kusana wore a stern expression and bluntly said, "Mrs. Fusang, you don't want your son to live in a country ravaged by war, do you?"
As soon as he finished speaking.
Kusana waited for Fusang to sorrowfully nod, cover her face, and burst into tears, after which he would suggest going to the Land of Grass.
However...
He guessed the beginning, but not the ending.
As he wondered why she still was not speaking, Fusang's face turned red, then pale. Finally, as if she had thought of something, her eyes reddened and she said in a slightly trembling voice, "I understand!"
As soon as she finished speaking.
Her trembling body rose to its feet, and her hands moved to the collar of her clothes.
"???"
Kusana was instantly stunned and hurriedly stopped her. "Ma'am, what are you doing? No, you misunderstand!"
He quickly pulled out a document. "What I mean is... would you like to live in another country? The Land of Grass is recruiting talent right now. Immigration procedures are simple, convenient, and fast, and you'll be given direct access to the fast track! Once you arrive in the Land of Grass... you'll be assigned work, with food and housing provided. Your child can even attend school for free!"
With an enticing tone, he said, "Apply tonight, and you can reach the Land of Grass tomorrow. What is there left to consider?"
However...
As soon as he finished speaking.
Fusang:...
Her hands froze slightly, and her face was full of silence.
Note: Those who do not understand should read the author's notes afterward.
Madara and Zetsu never cared about Nagato at all. At this point, Nagato was merely a container. Once he awakened the Rinnegan, Madara would no longer be able to receive the Divine Tree IV drip, so they only paid him a little attention. Even later, Obito did not care about him. They only needed Akatsuki Organization to capture the Nine-Tails. If Yahiko had not refused Obito's request to join, Obito probably would not even have paid attention to Yahiko. Even when Nagato attacked Konoha, Obito did not interfere. Obito and Madara's goal had always been clear: Nagato was merely a container for those eyes. When necessary, they would take them out. He was supposed to die, and had to die.
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