Crescent Moon Dance

After some time, Yugao Uzuki carried Kanami to a Large Shelter that had been set up near the Hokage Rock. Ordinary people from the outside would never be able to tell that there was a secret hidden there.

Kanami, who was being held, asked, "Can you put me down now?"

"Good."

Yugao Uzuki gently placed him at the cave entrance, smiling as she patted his little head.

"Then you can go in, I'm leaving."

After saying that, she flashed away and jumped away again.

Kanami rolled his eyes at the departing Yugao Uzuki, and then placed the Flying Thunder God Mark at the cave entrance.

"I wonder if I can sense the mark from this distance."

Kanami closed his eyes and activated his Mind's Eye of the Kagura, sensing all anomalies within a one-kilometer radius.

But that's not enough; it's at least five kilometers away from where we were before.

Kanami expanded the scope of Mind's Eye of the Kagura once again.

One kilometer, two kilometers, three kilometers...

In the blink of an eye, it expanded to a range of ten kilometers.

Expanding Mind's Eye of the Kagura any further is no longer possible; to be precise, it's pointless.

At the edge of a ten-kilometer radius, the information he could perceive was extremely blurry. Even if he channeled more Chakra to expand the range, he would only perceive a blurry mess.

A radius of ten kilometers is also extremely large, enough to cover the entire main urban area of Konoha Village.

"Has Hiruzen Sarutobi started a tug-of-war with Orochimaru yet?"

Kanami murmured to himself with his eyes closed.

At the same time, he vaguely sensed Naruto, Sakura, and Pakkun chasing after Uchiha Sasuke on the outskirts of Konoha Village's main city.

Shino Aburame he cared about, didn't seem to notice.

They have most likely caught up with Sasuke and are fighting Kankuro.

At the same time, he also sensed what Hinata was doing.

At this moment, she was at the Hyuga Residence with Hanabi Hyuga.

Seeing that everyone was in good condition, Kanami was no longer worried and immediately locked onto the Flying Thunder God Technique mark.

"Flying Thunder God Technique"

Kanami instantly appeared at home!

He silently sensed the amount of Chakra he had just used, which was about three percent of his total chakra.

"Can I use the Flying Thunder God Technique over a long distance at least thirty times in a short period of time?"

"If it's short-distance teleportation during battle, wouldn't it be easy to do hundreds of times?"

Kanami was somewhat excited.

This is without even taking into account the Chakra recovery speed of Hashirama Cells.

If you include those, the Flying Thunder God Technique was actually used probably thousands of times in battle.

That's terrifying.

Then Kanami washed his face, took out a Kunai, and engraved the mark of the Flying Thunder God Technique on it.

The ultimate travel gadget is complete.

He closed his eyes again and activated Mind's Eye of the Kagura.

Um?

Kanami sensed a familiar Chakra.

"Yamanaka Fu?"

"Underground?"

He had just clearly sensed that Yamanaka Fu Chakra was emanating from somewhere underground.

"Could it be... an underground base of the Root Organization?"

When Kanami tried to sense Yamanaka Fu's Chakra again, it had disappeared.

"His senses must have been blocked by some kind of Ninjutsu."

Kanami closed his eyes and muttered to himself.

Just as he locked onto the Flying Thunder God Mark and prepared to use the Flying Thunder God Technique, he sensed a familiar Chakra appearing again at the spot where Yamanaka Fu had disappeared.

Yugao Uzuki?

In the blink of an eye, her Chakra aura vanished.

"Is she tracking the Yamanaka Fu?"

Kanami frowned slightly.

This development seems to have deviated from the Original Plot, but perhaps the butterfly effect was already present when Kanami joined the main storyline.

Should I go take a look?

Kanami hesitated.

It must be very dangerous for Yugao Uzuki to infiltrate the Root Organization's base alone, but he had only met the other party once.

On the other side, at the Hyuga Residence.

Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga both hugged each other's legs.

Hanabi Hyuga tilted her round, chubby face and looked at Hinata face showed unease.

"Sister, are you worried about that Redhead?"

Hinata rested her small face on her knees and nodded slightly.

"Um... his name is Kanami..."

Hanabi pouted, "I know, I know, my sister has said it almost a hundred times."

"Then why don't you call him by his name?"

"Hmph, I've already been very kind to him by removing the word 'bad guy.' My sister's love originally belonged only to me, but he stole most of it away as soon as he arrived, leaving me with only a little bit!"

Hinata scolded softly, "What do you mean, 'stole my sister'...? What are you thinking about Tenten...?"

"That's what the book says: once a strange boy appears next to the older sister, it means a crisis is coming! The younger sister will lose a lot of love!"

What books are you reading?

Hanabi Hyuga touched her lips a few times with her fingers and said:

"Shy Big Sister and Cute Little Sister, ten secrets my sister and I can't talk about, and what else was there? Anyway, that's what the book says!"

"..."

Hinata was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "When Sister Natsu comes back, I'll have her confiscate all your books."

"No! Absolutely not! Otherwise, I'll tell Father and have him take away Things You Must Say While in Love you're reading—"

Hanabi Hyuga could finish speaking, Hinata, blushing, stopped her.

"How... how did you know...?"

Hanabi Hyuga said with a grin, "Hehe, the book says we should pay attention to all of my sister's hobbies!"

Underground, the Root Organization's Secret Base.

The Yamanaka Fu is in front, Yugao Uzuki is behind.

Seeing Yamanaka Fu Fumi sneakily into a heavy iron gate, Yugao Uzuki also quietly entered.

However, as soon as she entered, Yamanaka Fu jumped down from the ceiling and pressed Kunai against her lower back.

With his exceptional perception, Yamanaka Fu sensed the tail following him long ago.

"Don't move. Why are you following me?"

Yugao Uzuki was a step too slow in drawing her sword, and then lowered her arm.

"I'm just curious, as a member of the Anbu, why didn't you go to help the village, but instead came underground?"

"Hmph, stop pretending. As a member of the Hokage's direct Anbu, how could you not know that I am a member of Lord Danzō's Root?"

The Yamanaka Fu bluntly exposed her lie.

He continued, "Tell me why you followed me here, or you'll die here."

Upon hearing the other party's words, Yugao Uzuki knew that if she didn't give him a satisfactory answer, she might lose her life.

"The Lord Hokage warned us to be wary of the Anbu who were always around Danzō, which is the Root that should have been disbanded. Since we happened to run into them this time, I naturally had to come and investigate."

"It's that simple?"

"Yes."

The Yamanaka Fu furrowed its brows.

He had already learned from Aburame Torune that Danzō Shimura had been killed.

Now he doesn't know how to treat the woman in front of him.

If it were according to Danzō Shimura's usual character, he wouldn't have asked so many questions; he would have just killed him outright.

Just as he hesitated, Yugao Uzuki seized the opportunity and suddenly took out Kunai and slashed it backward.

Clang!

The two Kunai collided with each other, producing a sharp sound.

Then, Yugao Uzuki drew her Samurai Sword from her back.

"The Crescent Moon Dance!"

In an instant, three identical figures appeared, each wielding Samurai Sword, and launched a simultaneous attack on Yamanaka Fu from three different directions.

"Oh no!"

By this time, it was too late for Yamanaka Fu to draw his Samurai Sword from his back; his opponent was too fast!

Just at the critical moment, three square, brown wooden pillars emerged from the gaps in the heavy iron gate.

She swiftly passed by the Yamanaka Fu and darted towards the three figures of Yugao Uzuki.

Bang! Bang!

The two Shadow Clone were instantly pierced through, and then the two wooden pillars, without stopping, circled around and firmly locked Yugao Uzuki, who was slashing in the air, in mid-air.

Yugao Uzuki's expression changed instantly as her body was tightly bound by the wooden pillar.

Wood Release Ninjutsu!