Amegakure

A sea of fire engulfed the Land of Grass.

After dealing them a heavy blow, the Kaguya Clan began to retreat.

The leader of the Land of Grass, still unable to understand what was happening, completely lost his composure.

The intelligence in those buildings vanished forever in the blaze.

"Thank you for saving me..."

Beyond the borders of the Land of Grass.

Beneath a massive tree, Chuan Yu gently set Karin down on the ground.

But she seemed terrified, huddling into a ball in her thin clothes.

"You don't need to thank me..."

"I'm no different from those people..."

"I just think you're useful."

Chuan Yu replied to Karin coldly.

The moment Karin heard his answer, her face turned ashen.

"I know..."

"I'll do anything for the ninjas who took me away from the Land of Grass!"

Her frail body swayed in the wind.

Fortunately, only two ninjas had bitten her arm.

But her mother...

Had died in a foreign land...

Her body lay exposed beneath the sun.

Wild dogs sniffed around, ready to devour it...

Cruel, wasn't it?

This was the Ninja World.

Once you lost the only thing that made you valuable, you couldn't even die with dignity.

It was impossible to know how long the poor mother and daughter had wandered outside.

The Land of Whirlpools had long since fallen.

After being captured by the Land of Grass, it would have been better to die outright...

Grabbing Karin's arm, Chuan Yu let out a deep sigh.

Thinking Chuan Yu was going to bite her, Karin squeezed her eyes shut.

"If you bite my neck..."

"The healing effect will be much stronger!"

Time seemed to freeze in that instant.

A gentle breeze brushed their cheeks as leaves drifted slowly down.

Chuan Yu looked at Karin, then suddenly gave a bitter smile and shook his head.

He released Karin's arm, turned, and walked away.

"Come along, unless you want to freeze to death or starve..."

She cautiously cracked open one eye...

Karin saw that Chuan Yu was already walking ahead, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

But at that moment, tears spilled down her cheeks despite her efforts to hold them back...

"Wait for me!"

Wiping the tears from her eyes, Karin hurried after him.

At the border of the Land of Rain.

There were many villages here.

Scattered shops lined the streets.

Chuan Yu pushed open a bamboo door.

He led Karin inside.

It was a restaurant.

The delicious aroma filling the room

made Karin swallow nervously.

She had spent every day healing the ninjas of the Land of Grass.

If she didn't obey, they beat her and kept her hungry.

How long had it been since she'd had a decent meal?

Still, it was an interesting coincidence.

This place sold ramen, too.

Ramen reminded Chuan Yu of Ichiraku in Konoha.

He'd been here for so long and had never tried it.

When he got back, he would definitely have to give it a try.

"Two bowls of ramen, please, boss."

"Just a moment... It'll be ready soon!"

The restaurant wasn't very large.

There weren't many customers, either.

But the people at the next table caught Chuan Yu's attention.

The Forehead Protectors on their heads bore the symbol of Amegakure.

Grrr...

A strange sound suddenly came from beside him.

He turned to look at Karin. Embarrassed, she touched her stomach. "Sorry... I'm just so hungry..."

"Then eat as much as you like when the food comes..."

Chuan Yu smiled slightly, then stood up to see if there was a suitable clothing shop nearby.

But the Amegakure ninjas at the next table had suddenly taken an interest in Karin.

Her deep red hair was the mark of the Uzumaki Clan.

Ever since the Uzumaki Country had been destroyed, none of the Uzumaki Clan members who fled had met a good end.

Their bodies were extremely valuable.

They possessed powerful bloodlines.

Their abilities also varied widely.

Those with exceptional talent and pure bloodlines were even captured to breed future generations.

The ninjas had noticed Karin's hair.

Which meant...

They'd already made up their minds.

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Seeing Chuan Yu's bowl go out, Karin suddenly grabbed his arm nervously and stared at him with worried eyes.

"Don't worry..."

"I won't leave you behind..."

After reassuring Karin, Chuan Yu walked straight out of the restaurant.

Fortunately, there was indeed a clothing shop on a nearby street.

Karin was about the same age as Sasuke.

Chuan Yu was six and a half.

Sasuke was six.

Karin was half a year younger than Chuan Yu.

The shop had quite a variety of clothes.

But there was only one outfit that suited Karin...

A purple top. It probably wouldn't cover her waist...

The black shorts were a good choice.

In the end, Chuan Yu also picked out a pair of black thigh-high socks and a pair of ninja shoes.

As he left, he picked up a brand-new pair of glasses, too.

The lenses in Karin's glasses were all cracked.

"Add it all up for me, boss."

After packing up everything he'd bought, Chuan Yu went to the counter.

"Certainly, please wait! Let me work it out!"

The owner took out an abacus, put on his reading glasses, and began calculating.

Suddenly, Chuan Yu gave an amused smile.

The Flying Thunder God activated in an instant...

"That'll be 857!"

???

The owner took off his glasses in confusion.

There was no one in front of him!

Back at the restaurant.

As soon as Chuan Yu left, the ninjas could no longer hold back.

They seized Karin and hurried toward Amegakure.

Chuan Yu, however, wasn't worried.

Once he confirmed they had taken Karin,

the Flying Thunder God activated again.

This technique really was useful.

But it had a limited range.

After marking a location with a space-time seal, he could sense where it was.

If it was too far away, he would lose the connection.

With Chuan Yu's current ability, the range was probably around three kilometers.

And they had only been gone for five minutes.

"Great! I can't believe we found a child from the Uzumaki Clan here!"

The Amegakure ninjas hurried back, thrilled.

In their arms, Karin looked utterly despairing.

The most frightening thing in the world was being given hope, only to have it snatched away.

She had thought this was her last chance...

At least being by Chuan Yu's side, even if she died, would have been worth it...

Life held so many hopes, yet what was missing always seemed to be an endless wait...

At that moment, Karin decided to bite her tongue and kill herself...

Suddenly, lightning filled the entire forest.

The air twisted violently.

The moment she opened her eyes, Karin saw Chuan Yu holding lightning as he hovered in midair.

He had come...

At that moment, Karin felt utterly dependent on Chuan Yu. That dependence was a ray of sunlight born from despair.

She had never felt anything like it before.

Even if he was only using her...

It was worth it...

"Raikiri!!!"

The roar of the Lightning Dragon echoed across the heavens and earth.

The power of all five chakra natures had reached perfect mastery.

It wasn't just Fire Style. Now Lightning Release, too, had undergone an unusual transformation in its chakra nature.

Whenever he released Raikiri, it produced a transformed Lightning Dragon.

Its penetrating power, damage, speed, and range had all reached unprecedented levels.

The Lightning Dragon pierced through the ninjas.

The lightning became countless tiny spikes, piercing the chakra and organs inside their bodies.

The current numbed them. Before they even realized what was happening, their internal organs had already been completely destroyed.

The smell of charred flesh soon filled the air.

Freed from the leader's grasp, Karin fell helplessly.

Chuan Yu leaped forward and caught her safely.

There was no need to say anything or think about anything.

Clinging tightly to Chuan Yu,

Karin burst into tears...

Raindrops fell onto Chuan Yu.

Suddenly, he sensed that something was wrong.

Chuan Yu instinctively scooped Karin up and fled the area at full speed!

A pair of enormous Rinnegan suddenly appeared behind Chuan Yu!

"This place is already pretty close to Amegakure..."

"The rain will sense my presence, too..."

"I almost forgot about that guy's special ninjutsu!"

"Rain Tiger at Will Technique..."

The rain suddenly came down even harder.

The air was now filled with a feeling of sorrow...