Karin

Qinglong had truly underestimated his teacher. The Transformation Technique was just too useful for infiltrating, wasn't it? So he stopped hiding and simply strode in, knocking out every medical worker he encountered.

Before long, a trail of medical workers lay sprawled across the floor. Tsunade watched this, speechless, the corners of her brows twitching.

After searching room by room, they finally found the red-haired girl in one of the medical rooms.

"Who are you!?"

The few ninjas watching over the girl immediately stood and drew their kunai. Qinglong's figure blurred and vanished before their eyes. The next moment, they felt a heavy blow to the head and collapsed unconscious.

The red-haired girl stared at the newcomer in shock. He was dressed in black nightwear—could he be a ninja from an enemy country who had come to capture her!?

Qinglong removed his mask.

"Don't shout! We mean you no harm!"

"Who are you?"

Karin asked nervously.

"Don't worry. We're not here to capture you. You're Karin, right? A descendant of the Uzumaki Clan."

"How do you know about me?"

Karin had not lowered her guard in the slightest. Instead, she stared at Qinglong and Tsunade even more tensely.

Tsunade still looked like a medical worker. She watched Qinglong's performance with amusement, waiting to see how he would abduct a minor girl.

Qinglong did not answer her. Instead, he continued.

"I know two other descendants who carry the blood of the Uzumaki Clan, and I've also heard about what happened to you, so I came to take a look."

At that moment, startled cries began ringing out through Kusagakure Hospital, followed by people shouting at the top of their lungs.

Karin grew nervous when she heard the shouting.

"I can take you away from here!"

Qinglong said.

"Leave? Where are you taking me?"

This was something Karin had always wanted, but she lacked the strength to do it.

"If I leave, I'll become a rogue ninja of Kusagakure. What am I supposed to do then?"

Karin was still somewhat worried. Qinglong smiled when he heard that. Once again, it was the narrow, obsessive worldview of the Hokage World.

"If you don't want to become a rogue ninja of Kusagakure, that's easy. Once you're strong enough, just destroy Kusagakure!"

"Or, if you want to be gentler, replace the higher-ups of the Grass Ninja and take control of Kusagakure."

Karin stared in shock at the boy who appeared to be around her age. He had actually said something like that. Was he really this reckless!?

Qinglong smiled. Obito had nearly destroyed Kirigakure already. If he hadn't merely wanted to play at revenge, he might have had a chance to wipe out Kirigakure all by himself!

And then there was Orochimaru. That man had dared to launch the Konoha Crush Plan all by himself.

The commotion outside gradually drew closer. Qinglong paid it no mind and calmly asked,

"So, are you willing to leave with us, or would you rather stay?"

Karin had not yet figured out whether she should leave with Qinglong. But his final words—"would you rather stay"—shattered her psychological defenses. They reminded her of the misery she had endured over the years and of her mother, who had been bitten and sucked dry to death.

Although she did not know what kind of fate awaited her if she left, if she stayed, she would definitely meet the same fate as her mother!

I'll risk it!

A determined glint flashed beneath Karin's glasses. She gritted her teeth. "I'll go with you!"

The vicious shouts outside had already drawn near, and footsteps sounded in the corridor beyond the door.

"Then let's go!"

Qinglong smiled, his handsome grin revealing a row of white teeth.

His smile gave Karin a trace of reassurance. Qinglong carried her on his back, then kicked the door flying. Several Kusagakure ninjas stood outside with kunai in hand. Seeing that someone had indeed come to steal their blood bag, they charged forward viciously.

Karin clung nervously to Qinglong's back. Those savage Kusagakure ninjas had left her with too many scars, especially the Grass Ninja leading the charge. He was the one who had always been responsible for "escorting" her from the little house to the ninja hospital to serve as a medical blood bag. She was still somewhat afraid.

But then Qinglong made his move. In the blink of an eye, every Kusagakure ninja had been beaten down.

Karin's eyes widened. These fearsome ninjas had been defeated so easily by this boy. She clenched her fists tightly.

She was determined to become this powerful one day! She would never be bullied again!

The Grass Ninja downstairs were still rushing up. Qinglong stepped onto the corridor wall and leaped into the air! His whole body soared into the distance like a great bird, and Tsunade leaped away after him.

A moment later, Tsunade landed, while Qinglong still had not come down from the sky. She leaped up and landed again, but Qinglong was still floating overhead. She gritted her teeth and leaped up and landed once more.

Fortunately, Qinglong finally came down this time. But wasn't that jumping distance far too great!?

"Qinglong, how did you do that?"

Tsunade asked in disbelief. How could he jump so far? He had nearly leaped straight out of the village!

"Hehe!"

Qinglong grinned, flashing his white teeth. Then he began to float, as if he were walking through the air.

Tsunade gritted her teeth. "You really can fly!"

Qinglong chuckled. With a tap of his toes, he shot into the air and flew beyond Kusagakure, leaving Tsunade to grit her teeth and leap after him with all her strength.

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Outside Kusagakure, Qinglong quietly waited for Tsunade to catch up. She soon reached him from behind, and as they leaped through the air, their chests heaved violently, like two full moons hanging in the sky.