Saving Someone

The conversation-ender Uchiha Gen has logged on.

After that, no matter what Uchiha Gen said, Itachi did not react in the slightest, simply continuing to trek silently toward their destination.

Seeing Uchiha Itachi turn his head away and completely ignore him, Uchiha Gen deeply realized the truth that taking advantage of someone is fun for a moment, but the aftermath is a crematorium.

Suddenly feeling the sky grow gloomy, a drop of rain fell from the heavens and landed in Uchiha Gen's hand, and the rain showed signs of getting heavier. Seeing this, Uchiha Gen called out, "Itachi, let's go to the village ahead to take shelter from the rain!"

"..." Looking at the weather, the rain likely wouldn't stop for a while, so Itachi finally nodded.

White Zetsu followed stealthily behind, but kept a very great distance; there was no helping it, as both of these guys possessed Mangekyo Sharingan, and one pair was already enough trouble, let alone two.

"They actually didn't end up fighting?" White Zetsu muttered to himself, and looking at how these two were getting along, it seemed quite harmonious. Where on earth did this Uchiha Gen pop out from? He didn't look like a Reanimated Body either.

Thinking about the surveillance over these years, how exactly did Uchiha Gen manage to evade his monitoring?

As for Obito, he had left after bringing Uchiha Gen over, merely instructing White Zetsu to relay information to him at any time, while he himself went to check the clan records. A person in this world must leave traces of their life, especially in a clan as strict as the Uchiha.

Uchiha Gen arrived at the inn and communicated with the front desk. The clerk took out a notepad and recorded things earnestly; if not for the fact that she kept glancing over at Uchiha Itachi, her service attitude would have been truly excellent.

When the food was brought out, Itachi stared blankly at the three skewers of Three-color Dango placed before him.

Uchiha Gen had changed into a mask that left his mouth exposed, holding a skewer and chewing with some difficulty; he didn't need to eat, and he couldn't taste anything anyway.

It felt like chewing on a lump of glue, and he would have to clean his mouth afterward. Sigh, life isn't easy. Uchiha Gen chewed the food and mumbled to Itachi, "Eat up, tea will be brought out in a moment."

Seeing that Gen seemed to be eating quite well, Uchiha Itachi picked up a skewer and sniffed it, then looked at Uchiha Gen, doubt suddenly arising in his heart: "Are you alright?"

"?" Uchiha Gen, upon hearing this, looked at the dango in his hand. Could it be that there was something wrong with these? He swallowed the dango in his mouth and, with a probing mindset, asked, "Is there a problem with the dango?"

Itachi was speechless seeing Uchiha Gen swallow the dango. He had practically spelled out that the dango was drugged, yet Uchiha Gen had eaten it anyway, leaving him at a loss for words.

"The dango here is drugged." Having said that, he stood up to leave.

The front desk clerk, seeing that he hadn't eaten the dango and was trying to leave, smiled slightly and waved her hand. Immediately, a group of burly men, including a rogue ninja, surrounded Uchiha Itachi.

"Handsome, you haven't finished your dango yet~" the front desk girl said, winking at Itachi and striking a seductive pose.

Uchiha Gen had originally felt quite awkward, but seeing this, he suddenly became happy, feeling that he understood the cause and effect. He burst out laughing, "So it was this face of yours that caused the trouble! Hahahaha...!"

Seeing Uchiha Gen laughing until he was rolling on the floor, Itachi closed his eyes slightly, out of sight, out of mind.

The front desk girl, seeing that Uchiha Gen hadn't collapsed even after such a long time, frowned slightly. The situation seemed a bit off!

Could it be that she had kicked a hard target?! But she clearly felt that the guy wearing the mask was just a greenhorn, and the main matters were handled by this kid, with that handsome guy also vaguely taking this kid as the leader.

It should be fine, the front desk girl thought, comforting herself. Her team included a rogue ninja, so these two shouldn't be able to stir up any trouble. However, the cold sweat dripping down her forehead indicated that she didn't truly believe that.

Yet, the moment she regained her senses and looked up, she saw that everyone except herself had suddenly stiffened, and then they all collapsed, including that rogue ninja. If not for the fact that their chests were still heaving, the front desk girl would have thought they were dead.

Without paying any more attention to the front desk girl, Itachi walked straight out. Uchiha Gen hurriedly chased after him. As he ran past the girl, he looked at her decent appearance and shook his head: What a pity...

Uchiha Gen watched Itachi walking in front and wanted to go over and pat Itachi on the shoulder, but he missed. He saw crows scatter in all directions. Seeing his hand dodged by a Crow Clone, Uchiha Gen could only shrug helplessly on the spot: "I'm just saying, that girl earlier was quite pretty."

Itachi walked ahead, his cold expression already thoroughly tempered by Uchiha Gen.

However, seeing this, Uchiha Gen suddenly seemed to think of something and said with a serious face: "Do you need a mask? To avoid this kind of situation next time, I have a few more here, though they don't have any patterns."

Itachi was silent, nodding almost imperceptibly.

To avoid forcing out the tsundere characteristics of the Uchiha Clan again, Uchiha Gen didn't continue to ask what kind of mask he wanted this time. After thinking for a moment, he casually pulled out a white mask that could cover his entire face and gave it to him.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Uzumaki Reikawa and Kakashi finally arrived at the border of the Land of Grass, the Northern Fortress!

On the way, Kakashi had maintained a dead-fish eye expression the entire time after seeing that Uzumaki Reikawa was his companion.

Uzumaki Reikawa, on the other hand, greeted him "enthusiastically" and stated that he would definitely be obedient during the mission.

According to information gathered by the Anbu, the Kaguya Clan had invaded this place, and Karin had been sent here to treat the injured ninjas of Kusagakure.

However, seeing the battle situation here and the number of injured ninjas on the way...

And then thinking of the special healing ability of that last descendant of the Uzumaki Clan, Kakashi's expression gradually became grave. If that was really the case, she might very well be bitten to death!!!

"Reikawa!"

Seeing this situation, Uzumaki Reikawa's expression also became serious: "Understood!"

If he hadn't seen it before, he could pretend it didn't happen, but since he had seen it, then...

Kusagakure ninja camp...

At this moment, Karin had already treated more than 20 ninjas, and after resting for a few minutes, she would have to continue. There were still over a hundred people left. Thinking of this, Karin looked at the bite marks on her body, her face filled with terror: "I'll die, I'll definitely die!!"

Just then, the nightmare-like door suddenly opened again: "You should be rested by now, right? The wounded are waiting for you..."

"No, don't!!" Karin shrank into the corner, timid and terrified.

Hearing this, the nurse's originally gentle expression instantly turned into one of utter disgust: "Heh, so you really are an outsider, an ungrateful thing!!"

After saying that, the nurse reached out to grab Karin's hair to drag her out by force.

"Ah!" Karin was dragged onto the ground, the intense pain causing tears to flow uncontrollably. Whoever it was, anyone, please save me...

Just as Karin was about to be dragged out, the nurse was suddenly struck right in the center of her forehead by a Kunai, falling dead to the ground instantly.

However, upon seeing this, Karin felt no hope at all; instead, she was gripped by even greater terror. This situation had occurred before, all for the sake of fighting over the right to use her.

In their eyes, she was nothing more than a medical kit, a tool that could be discarded at any moment once used up.

Uzumaki Reikawa, the one who had caused all of this, glanced down at the dead nurse and hummed, This one didn't look like much.

"Are you alright..." Turning back to look at Karin, Uzumaki Reikawa asked gently. He and Kakashi had split up earlier, but after parting ways, he had used the power of his Sharingan to locate Karin first.

Hearing such a gentle voice, Karin braced herself and tried to slowly crawl up, wanting to see what the person looked like. However, her glasses fell off in the process. In her panic, she scrambled blindly, trying to grab them, but the more flustered she became, the more chaotic her movements grew, and she couldn't pick them up for the longest time...

Seeing this, Uzumaki Reikawa picked up the glasses and placed them back onto her face.

Once she could clearly see Uzumaki Reikawa's face, Karin suddenly froze, and tears began to stream down her cheeks like a bursting dam: These were the same red locks as her mother's...