Karin, the Butterfly Effect!

At night, Uchiha Shunichi was resting in bed. Just as he was sleeping soundly, his eyes suddenly opened, his scarlet blood-red pupils glinting beneath the moonlight.

"Lord Uchiha Shunichi... you really are vigilant!" A red-haired girl stepped out from the shadows of the room. She radiated killing intent, yet her face bore an expression of fanatical fervor.

"Who... are you?" Uchiha Shunichi frowned slightly, realizing he had no way to identify her.

She looked familiar, but Uchiha Shunichi simply could not recall who she was.

"Lord Shunichi didn't recognize me? That's rather disappointing!" The red-haired girl adjusted her glasses and spoke slowly.

Seeing the glasses on her face, along with those somewhat familiar features, Uchiha Shunichi suddenly remembered who she was.

"Karin... right?" Uchiha Shunichi rose from the bed and stared directly at her.

"As expected, Lord Shunichi knows me very well! But... I've never met you before, my lord." There was something off about Karin's tone. She was completely different from the person Uchiha Shunichi remembered.

"What did Orochimaru do to you? Why are you looking for me?"

Uchiha Shunichi had a headache. As a transmigrator, what he feared most was the butterfly effect. It could render all the information he knew utterly useless.

The moment Karin admitted her identity, Uchiha Shunichi had already guessed what had happened.

Back then, in order to draw Orochimaru's attention, he had revealed quite a few interesting pieces of information. He had originally hoped to use that opportunity to reach a partnership with Orochimaru.

But unexpectedly, Orochimaru had fobbed him off with just a few scrolls, while using that intelligence to reap ample benefits for himself.

Karin's current changes were clearly inseparable from Orochimaru.

"Lord Orochimaru saved my life." Karin licked her lips, as though she had picked up one of Orochimaru's bad habits.

"Lord Shunichi, don't you know about the changes in me?" Karin suddenly asked.

Uchiha Shunichi fell silent for a moment before replying, "I merely have some special abilities. I'm not a god. How could I possibly know everything?"

"Compared to being bitten by countless people in Kusagakure and becoming a tool like your mother, this life should be fairly good, shouldn't it?"

Unable to determine Karin's intentions, Uchiha Shunichi made a tentative guess.

He was not afraid of battle, but he did not enjoy meaningless fighting. Shimura Danzō remained his current target, and before killing Danzo, Uchiha Shunichi did not want any unexpected complications.

"I truly should thank you for that. However, Lord Orochimaru sent me to take you away, and I..." Before Karin could finish, multiple chains appeared out of thin air behind her and shot toward Uchiha Shunichi.

Seeing the golden chains, Uchiha Shunichi immediately transformed into a streak of lightning and left his original position.

"Adamantine Sealing Chains? You've already mastered them?" Uchiha Shunichi was deeply shocked by Karin's methods.

After all, Karin was almost the same age as him. No matter how outstanding her talent was, using such a powerful Bloodline Limit at her age would place an enormous burden on her body.

"Lord Shunichi, please don't resist. Lord Orochimaru won't do anything to you. Please come back with me!" Karin's expression was intensely fanatical, as though she were Orochimaru's most loyal follower.

In truth, Uchiha Shunichi had misunderstood. Karin was not like this because of Orochimaru; her true goal was Uchiha Shunichi.

Among all of Orochimaru's experiments, Karin was the most successful, but also the hardest to control.

Although Orochimaru had saved her and her mother back then, after several years of experimentation and instruction, Karin and Orochimaru now shared a rather complicated relationship.

They could be considered master and disciple, but they could also be considered partners.

If Karin had somewhere else to go, Orochimaru would never have had such a subordinate.

"Unfortunately, I don't like Orochimaru, nor can I become his vessel. I advise you to leave. This place may be remote, but it's still..." Before Uchiha Shunichi could finish, he discovered a barrier enveloping the house.

The Uzumaki Clan was renowned throughout the world for Sealing Jutsu and longevity. Their Sealing Jutsu could even seal Tailed Beasts.

Although the Uzumaki Clan had now been wiped out, Karin had clearly mastered the power of Sealing Jutsu.

This development had completely exceeded Uchiha Shunichi's expectations. The woman who, in the original story, had been drained to death as a blood bag by Kusagakure had actually mastered the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu.

"Sealing Jutsu of this level couldn't have been taught to you by Orochimaru. Could your mother have been a ninja?" Uchiha Shunichi asked helplessly as he looked at the barrier in the distance.

It seemed there was no point counting on Konoha.

"Back then, based on the information you gave him, Lord Orochimaru successfully rescued my mother and me from Kusagakure. But because her life force had been depleted for so long, even with Lord Orochimaru's treatment, Mother still passed away a year later."

Perhaps Uchiha Shunichi's words had stirred Karin's memories. She temporarily stopped attacking and began recounting her experiences to him.

"You're the same age as me. You shouldn't use such a powerful Bloodline Limit for long periods; it's very harmful to your body." Uchiha Shunichi gave her a sincere warning.

"Lord Shunichi really does have feelings for me!" A bashful look flashed across Karin's face, leaving Uchiha Shunichi utterly bewildered.

Did this girl... stop liking Sasuke and fall for me instead?

That bizarre thought popped into Uchiha Shunichi's mind, but he promptly cast it aside. With a serious expression, he asked Karin, "What experiments did Orochimaru perform on you? At your age, you shouldn't be able to use this kind of Ninjutsu yet."

"Bloodline Limit purification, as well as some biological modification experiments. I'm the most outstanding successful subject, and also Orochimaru's disciple." Karin did not hide anything and answered directly.

"What exactly does Orochimaru want? If he really wanted to capture me, wouldn't it be better for him to act personally?" Seeing Karin be so candid, Uchiha Shunichi directly voiced his doubts.

"No! Lord Shunichi, you misunderstand. It isn't Lord Orochimaru who wants to capture you; I'm the one taking you back. The order Lord Orochimaru gave me... was to kill you!"