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It took Mito a while to react. Looking at Ayue wearing glasses, they swallowed hard. They couldn't believe that such a little girl could use such a thing.

This is different from the Binding Illusion. Although the Binding Illusion also controls the body, it doesn't have such strong control. Moreover, unless it's Sharingan Binding Illusion, as long as it's not too strong, one's own Chakra can easily break it.

But what Ayue just did restricted their Chakra as well, meaning that in that state, they were lambs to the slaughter.

Fortunately, she was Shiro's disciple; otherwise, it would have been truly dangerous for them. This ability is terrifying!

Of course, this also strengthened his resolve; Ayue was determined to join Konoha!

Konoha may appear lush and prosperous now, but Mito knows very well that Konoha is on the verge of collapse, with one of Sarutobi's three disciples falling ill and leaving.

One travels the Shinobi World gathering intelligence, while the last one, though stationed in the village, has recently become restless and might go mad at any moment.

Looking at the list of those who can shoulder the responsibility, currently only Minato, who has mastered the Flying Thunder God Minato, and Shiro, if nothing unexpected happens, could also be considered one. Apart from these, there are no others.

Therefore, he is very concerned about this, and now that such a promising talent is in front of him, how could he bear to give up?

After looking at Ayue for a few seconds, Mito asked softly, "Ayue, what kind of ability do you have?"

"I don't know. The teacher said it's the Mystic Eyes, but that's all. Only the teacher knows more about its abilities because the teacher said its power is too strong, and usually doesn't let me use it, saying I can't control it yet."

"You usually..." Mito suddenly remembered what Ayue had said inside the barrier, frowned, and stopped. Better safe than sorry, it's better to be cautious.

"Hmm? Mito, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's settled then. You'll be leaving with us tomorrow. By the way, would you like to come to our room tonight? Wouldn't it be too dangerous for you to be alone?"

"It's okay, I have Xiao Yu to protect me. It's very strong, right? Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu?" After calling a few times and finding that it didn't respond as usual, Ayue curiously turned around and looked, her little face immediately darkening again.

It turned out that Xiao Yu had run back to where she had been and was hiding there, refusing to come out.

"Haha, that's settled then. But if there's any danger, just Chakra into it. I'll sense it and come right away." With that, Minato picked up the kunai from the ground and handed it to Ayue.

"Yes, thank you, Minato."

"Uh, no, you're welcome." Minato's lips twitched. He still wasn't used to being addressed like that; he was only a teenager.

Afterwards, Mito and the other person used the Flying Thunder God to return to their room to rest. They needed to conserve their energy for their journey the next day; the Land of Rain was far from peaceful.

After Mito and the others left, Ayue finished tidying up the materials used to set up the barrier on the table, then grabbed Xiao Yu and placed it on the table, staring at it.

After a while, it looked away guiltily, but was then pulled back by Ayue.

"Look at me. Why were you hiding just now?"

"Squeak~ Squeak squeak"

"What's there to be afraid of! They're not bad people, and besides, the teacher set up Combat Program for you! How can you fight like this!"

"Squeak~ Squeak."

"Okay, okay, remember what you said. If you don't do it, I'll have the teacher cancel the plan to create that new Familiar!"

"Squeak! Σ(°△°|||)"

"Hmph, scared now? Then get back to work and get some sleep. We have a long journey ahead tomorrow."

The next day, the three of them left the inn without disturbing anyone. When the innkeeper came to check on Ayue and found no one inside, he simply sighed, closed the door, and turned to leave.

This wasn't the first time he'd failed in his life, so aside from a slight sense of regret, he felt nothing else. That's just how the world is; no one can change it.

Meanwhile, Minato and his companions, who were on their way to the Minato of Land of Rain, were well aware that their abrupt departure would cause the shopkeeper to misunderstand, but that was exactly what they wanted.

This would effectively conceal their information. The shopkeeper wasn't some inexperienced greenhorn; he must have done things like covering for Ayue many times before.

And it's impossible to succeed every time, yet that guy has been fine so far, which means he obviously knows the rules and wouldn't spread their information around.

Of course, some concealment was necessary along the way, but Ayue's small stature was too conspicuous, so they traveled through less populated areas.

Just as they were heading to the Land of Rain, Shiro and Tobi also arrived at their destination.

Here's what happened: Shiro was researching Magecraft in the Workshop. He originally planned to wait for Minato and the others to arrive before going out, but he received a message that a piece of equipment he needed had appeared on the Black Market.

So he went and bought it anyway. There was nothing he could do; Azu's current knowledge wasn't enough to distinguish between real and fake. It would be a small matter if he was scammed Azu confidence was damaged, but the money would be wasted.

So, Shiro went on his own, and that's when trouble struck. On his way back, Shiro was stopped by Tobi, who said they had a mission for him and wanted Shiro to go with them to see their power.

After thinking for a moment, Shiro decided to follow them. He could take this opportunity to confirm Tobi's true identity and mark him, so that he wouldn't waste a lot of effort only to capture an ordinary White Zetsu, which would be ridiculous.

Therefore, Shiro simply went back to the Workshop to give Ayue and the others some instructions, and then followed Tobi and the others on their way.

Besides Tobi's partner Jingxia, Shiro also saw an unexpected person on this trip— Kakuzu!

Shiro can no longer quite remember when Kakuzu joined Kakuzu in the original story, as it was too long ago; he can only recall some general outlines.

He could recall it through meditation now, but it's no longer necessary. For Shiro now, apart from some unchanging settings, the original plot has no reference value for Shiro.

Therefore, he wasn't interested in when Kakuzu joined Akatsuki; he just needed to know that Kakuzu had joined.

When they met, Tobi enthusiastically introduced them to each other, seemingly wanting to put them on the same team. However, Kakuzu didn't seem to think much of Shiro and didn't pay much attention to him.

Shiro was in a similar situation; he wasn't really going to join, so apart from Tobi, who kept talking to himself, only Jingxia was earnestly and awkwardly trying to smooth things over with them.

Okay, that's all for today. I'll be updating a lot tomorrow, and I'll also make up for yesterday's chapter. I've already taken my leave, so please vote for me... (●''●)