Kidnap a Wife and Take Her Home

Hearing Uchiha Sanpo's request—that he wanted her to become his woman—Uzumaki Huiyi immediately felt deceived.

Her almond eyes widened as she demanded angrily, "Why? Why are you mocking me like this?"

Her voice trembled noticeably, filled with anger and grievance.

Seeing her reaction, Uchiha Sanpo gathered his thoughts.

Uzumaki Huiyi was around sixteen or seventeen years old, 162 centimeters tall, slightly thin, with several bite marks on her arms...

He met her gaze calmly and replied, "The Land of Whirlpools has been destroyed for over fourteen years. Your clan has spent all this time wandering outside, enduring countless hardships. It's only natural that you lack trust. But do you really think I would risk my life coming here just to joke with you?"

Hearing this, she lowered her head slightly and fell silent.

After a while, she slowly raised her head, worry in her eyes. "If I go with you, then... what will happen to the other clan members living in Kusagakure?"

Uchiha Sanpo was secretly delighted. Her question meant she was already leaning toward agreeing.

He answered methodically, "I suggest that you become a subordinate clan of the Uchiha Clan. That way, I'll have a legitimate reason to send people to bring them back to Konoha and provide them with protection and supplies."

"By the way, how many of you are currently living in Kusagakure?"

Uzumaki Huiyi stared into Uchiha Sanpo's eyes. Only after confirming that he was not lying did she slowly say, "There are sixteen people including me. Three are children, and two are elderly. How do you plan to bring them back to Konoha?"

He had originally assumed there were at most three or four Uzumaki Clan members living in Kusagakure. Sending five or six ninjas to infiltrate the village would have been enough to rescue them. But there were more than a dozen now, so he had to change the plan.

After pondering for a moment, Uchiha Sanpo declared domineeringly, "Kusagakure has a little over a thousand ninjas, sixty-three jonin, and only eleven elite jonin. When the time comes, I'll bring twenty Uchiha elite jonin here. Kusagakure's leaders will have no choice but to hand them over!"

In truth, given his status within the Uchiha Clan, he had no authority to dispatch twenty clan members. But he could trade the God-Demon Transformation ninjutsu for their help. Plenty of elite jonin would surely be interested.

After hearing his plan, Uzumaki Huiyi still hesitated. He was only sending twenty people, while Kusagakure had over a thousand. She was deeply worried about her clan's future.

Seeing her expression change slightly, Uchiha Sanpo decided to cut through the mess quickly.

"Don't worry. Within three days, I'll rescue all your clan members. Besides, your two teammates are already dead. If I let you return, you'll be blamed anyway, so just pretend I kidnapped you!"

With that, he took out a rope, skillfully tied Uzumaki Huiyi up, and secured her steadily on his back.

Before leaving, he added, "It'll take about ninety minutes to get back to Konoha's frontline outpost from here. We'll encounter some ninjas along the way. I'll use ninjutsu against them, and if I use too much chakra, I'll need your help."

"I understand!"

After a difficult journey of detours and stealth, they finally neared Konoha's frontline defensive area more than fifty minutes later.

Since the remaining route was relatively safe, Uchiha Sanpo no longer concealed himself and strode forward at high speed.

This immediately drew the attention of many people.

When Kusagakure jonin Tsunoda saw Uzumaki Huiyi tied to his back, his expression changed drastically. He shouted, "Quick, stop him! The girl on his back is the village's medical ninja. She's important property of the village!"

Following Tsunoda's shout, eleven Kusagakure ninjas appeared one after another and chased after Uchiha Sanpo.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Seeing the Kusagakure ninjas around him, Uchiha Sanpo's lips curled into a confident smile.

He said quietly to Uzumaki Huiyi on his back, "Watch carefully. Let me show you the power of the Uchiha Clan."

Without slowing down, he rapidly formed hand seals: Ram—Monkey—Boar... Tiger. God-Demon Transformation!

A red-haired head grew from Uchiha Sanpo's shoulder, while another pair of arms emerged beneath his own.

The two-headed, four-armed monster... had appeared before the world once again.

Because the Kusagakure ninjas had formed a circular encirclement, Uchiha Sanpo quickly encountered enemies.

Two Kusagakure chunin rapidly closed in from the front, kunai clenched tightly in their hands. One stabbed toward his heart, while the other targeted his abdomen.

Uchiha Sanpo showed no fear in the face of their attacks. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly, and the two Kusagakure chunin's attacks slowed to a crawl in his eyes.

Suddenly, he threw out two fists the size of casserole pots, smashing heavily into the two Kusagakure chunin's faces. Amid dull impacts, their bodies were sent flying like cannonballs, kicking up clouds of dust.

Seeing the two about to escape the encirclement, Kusagakure jonin Tsunoda grew frantic and shouted, "If we can't keep him, then forget about the woman on his back. Kill them both!"

With that order, the surrounding Kusagakure ninjas no longer held back and launched lethal attacks.

Wind Release: Wind Blade!

Water Release: Water Bullet!

For a moment, all kinds of ninjutsu, kunai, and shuriken rained down on the two of them.

Uzumaki Huiyi was only a medical ninja with chunin-level strength. Faced with such a dense barrage, her face turned pale as paper, sweat filled her palms, and her heart pounded wildly.

Uchiha Sanpo, meanwhile, remained composed. His fingers formed seals as swiftly as phantoms. "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique! Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

The more chakra poured into a ninjutsu, the more powerful it became.

With Uzumaki Huiyi beside him, he decided to splurge and used two and a half times the usual chakra!

As the seals were completed, a massive fireball ten meters in diameter appeared out of thin air. More than a dozen gusts of violent wind howled forth, and bolstered by the Wind Release, the flames swept toward the Kusagakure ninjas with overwhelming force.

It was November, and the Land of Grass was thick with vegetation. Wherever the flames passed, crackling sounds erupted, as though the entire hillside was about to be swallowed by the blazing inferno.

Seeing the enemy unleash such a powerful combined ninjutsu, Kusagakure jonin Tsunoda felt a growing sense of dread.

He retreated rapidly like a phantom while shouting, "Fall back! Dodge it! The enemy's ninjutsu is extremely powerful!"

The twelve Kusagakure ninjas present were all at least chunin, and they reacted quickly, retreating one after another.

However, three unlucky ones failed to escape in time. They were mercilessly swallowed by the wave of flames and turned into three charred corpses.

Looking at the fan-shaped wall of fire with a radius of roughly sixty meters, the remaining nine Kusagakure ninjas looked at one another, their eyes filled with hesitation and fear.

For a moment, they did not know whether they should continue the pursuit...

Uchiha Sanpo seized the opportunity, quickened his pace, and raced toward Konoha's frontline defensive area.

As he ran, he asked Uzumaki Huiyi on his back, "So? My strength isn't bad, right?"

"Mm, it's really impressive..."