Karin

West of the Hidden Waterfall Village.

The two small nations ahead were the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain.

The map did not clearly mark the location of Ryuchi Cave.

It only displayed the routes within the cave itself.

After leaving Konoha.

Chuan Yu traveled alone to the border of the Land of Grass.

Since he could not be certain where Ryuchi Cave was located.

He had no choice but to start his search here...

Chuan Yu did have some leads regarding the Land of Grass.

It was a nation that survived by selling intelligence to other countries.

Perhaps here, Chuan Yu could obtain the information he desired.

However, to avoid being targeted by others.

He still had to be careful.

Hidden Grass Village.

The ninja village affiliated with the Land of Grass.

The streets here were in complete disarray.

Gambling dens and bars were everywhere.

There were even some selling contraband from the ninja world.

For a nation to reach this state...

It was surely an internal issue...

Suddenly, the sound of fighting erupted not far away.

Upon hearing the noise, the people on the street hurriedly packed up their stalls and belongings, scurrying away.

Chuan Yu remained indifferent.

"Byakugan!"

Frowning, Chuan Yu slipped into a shop and hid himself.

The once bustling street fell suddenly silent.

Having just arrived in the Land of Grass, Chuan Yu had not expected it to be invaded like this.

Suddenly, a large group of people charged through the street.

Judging by their attire and appearance.

Chuan Yu identified their affiliation.

The Kaguya Clan...

Also known as the Kaguya clan...

They were a highly twisted and bloodthirsty race.

The Kaguya Clan loved to fight, enjoyed combat, and consequently loved slaughter, becoming increasingly brutal.

It seemed the Land of Grass had sold some incredible intelligence.

I must find an opportunity to obtain the information I need...

Chuan Yu quietly left the shop.

The city gates had already been breached by the Kaguya Clan.

If Ryuchi Cave was indeed located near these two small nations.

Then surely the Land of Grass must possess relevant intelligence on it.

However, everyone from the Hidden Grass Village had retreated to the main citadel.

Getting into the main citadel would be quite tricky...

After all, he was not from here, and he had no qualifications to enter.

At the entrance to the main citadel, all the Hidden Grass ninjas were lining up to get inside.

"Got it..."

Chuan Yu brushed against a ninja's shoulder in the crowd.

A space-time mark had already been carved onto him.

Once the target entered the main citadel.

Chuan Yu only needed to use the Flying Thunder God...

The Kaguya Clan quickly fought their way to the foot of the main citadel.

However, the city gates were firmly sealed.

The defensive power atop the city walls was also more than sufficient.

This forced them to halt their advance for the time being.

They stationed themselves beneath the city walls and set up camp.

Although they were in a state of opposition.

The Land of Grass had already sent out requests for help to the surrounding regions.

The only one nearby to respond was the Hidden Waterfall Village.

They had once received intelligence assistance provided by the Land of Grass.

Naturally...

As long as they wore down the Kaguya Clan for enough time...

Utilizing the Byakugan.

The ninja Chuan Yu had locked onto had already entered the interior of the main city.

After checking that the surroundings were deserted.

Chuan Yu directly cast the Flying Thunder God.

After knocking the ninja unconscious, Chuan Yu began searching the vicinity for relevant intelligence.

For a country that survived by selling information.

There must surely be a place dedicated to gathering intelligence.

The intelligence stored there held too many secrets of the ninja world.

However, such a place was not difficult to find.

Possessing the Byakugan was truly a good thing.

Chuan Yu quickly discovered the pavilion where intelligence was collected.

Entering the pavilion.

The first thing that caught his eye was the intelligence archive of the Five Great Nations.

Next were the intelligence reports on the surrounding small nations.

Finally, there was intelligence on various factions across the ninja world.

Just consider this a little diversion...

Sighing, Chuan Yu began searching through the archives of the surrounding small nations for information regarding Ryuchi Cave.

Outside the city.

The Kaguya Clan was preparing to launch an all-out assault.

The reinforcements from the Hidden Waterfall Village would take at least three days to arrive.

But if they only relied on defense, it wouldn't even take a day.

The city gates would definitely be breached.

The Kaguya Clan was valiant in battle and bloodthirsty by nature.

Ultimately.

The Land of Grass chose to send out ninjas to skirmish with the Kaguya Clan.

In this way, they could delay for some time.

After searching through a vast amount of intelligence.

Chuan Yu did not find any information related to Ryuchi Cave.

This made him anxious.

"Strange..."

"If there is no intelligence even here, could it be that Ryuchi Cave doesn't exist in this region at all?"

With no results from his search.

Chuan Yu decided to retreat.

As he walked past the pavilion.

Suddenly, a scene not far away made Chuan Yu freeze.

In front of a small hut directly ahead.

There was a long line at the entrance.

Judging by appearances, they were the ninjas who had just gone out to fight.

However, they all seemed to be injured.

However, what shocked Chuan Yu was that the injured ninjas who had entered just a moment ago walked out from a side door within a minute.

Their injuries had also basically healed within that single minute.

Suddenly, a woman's miserable wailing echoed from inside the room.

Chuan Yu's brow furrowed tightly at once.

Not long after, several ninjas carried a female corpse out of the room.

Her entire body was covered in bite marks.

Every single part of her...

Her wide-open eyes spoke of her unwillingness to die.

The tear tracks at the corners of her eyes had yet to dry...

The ninjas tossed the woman's body into the nearby bushes as if it were trash.

Immediately after, they continued to line up in a long queue, entering and exiting that room.

Karin...

That was the only name Chuan Yu could think of.

Before he had transmigrated, he had learned about Karin's background through Naruto.

He just hadn't expected to encounter her here.

Those ninjas walked out of the room, laughing and joking with one another.

The injuries on their bodies healed time and time again.

Chuan Yu sighed and prepared to leave.

The ninja world was cruel.

There was no need to break its laws out of pity.

He had absolutely no connection to her.

But just as Chuan Yu was about to leave, he suddenly heard a voice in his mind.

"Save me..."

"I beg you... I'll do anything..."

"Save me..."

Chuan Yu stopped in his tracks and turned his head to look at the room.

Kagura Shingan...

It was an ability Karin possessed from birth.

Was it because of her innate talent?

It was quite a useful ability, after all...

Perhaps, by relying on her, he could even find the location of Ryuchi Cave...

On the floor inside the room, Karin, with her wine-red hair, lay there on the verge of death.

Several bite marks were clearly visible around her arms.

It seemed the woman who had just died was her mother.

And she had only just been pushed out.

The bite marks on her arms were fresh.

She looked at the incoming ninjas with a sense of hopelessness.

Her mother's death had plunged her into total despair.

The desire to live had now become an extravagant hope.

Her own fate would be the same as her mother's.

Ultimately, she would be bitten to death right here...

Suddenly, miserable screams from those ninjas erupted outside the door.

She opened her despairing eyes.

A youth holding a long sword appeared before her...

"I'll carry you out of here."

Just as they stepped out of the small hut, they were already surrounded by the ninjas of the Land of Grass.

Several ninja lay dead on the ground, having just been slain by Chuan Yu.

The atmosphere grew stiflingly hot.

When Chuan Yu revealed the Sharingan in his left eye, the ninja from the Land of Grass were filled with nothing but greed.

They all charged forward, utterly reckless.

"Watch out!!!"

Karin, on his back, wrapped her arms tightly around Chuan Yu's neck and squeezed her eyes shut in fear.

Chuan Yu smiled faintly...

In an instant, a sea of fire engulfed the entire inner city of the Land of Grass.

So this is the realm of mastery...

His ninjutsu had broken through its original limits.

It had even been amplified more than tenfold.

He had layered immense chakra and volume onto the foundation of the original techniques.

Even the Great Fireball Technique had expanded like a meteor falling from the heavens.

Its power had increased far, far too much.

The release of any ninjutsu, regardless of the five elemental attributes, had reached the level of total mastery.

Carrying Karin, Chuan Yu leaped onto a rooftop.

He then vanished from the spot using the Flying Thunder God.