After several days of travel, with the Divine Condor's help, the group finally arrived in the Land of Grass, weary and dust-covered.
By then, the war in the Land of Grass was nearing its end. After learning that Qingyun had single-handedly fought numerous ninja from Kirigakure with ease, and had even used the Wood Release bloodline ability of Konoha's First, Hashirama Senju, Ōnoki had ordered a retreat.
However, Kakashi had blown up the Kannabi Bridge, forcing Iwagakure's frontline army to take a detour. This played right into Jiraiya and Shikaku Nara's hands. They laid successive ambushes along the retreat route and captured the entire frontline army, including Ōnoki's son, Kitsuchi.
Negotiations with Iwagakure over material compensation and the signing of the Peace Treaty were currently underway.
When Qingyun and the others arrived in the Land of Grass and discovered that the war was over, he told Minato Namikaze to take the youngsters to the frontline camp, while he headed for Kusagakure.
Qingyun wanted to verify something. Now that Minato Namikaze and Zihan Uzumaki had pledged their love to each other, would Karin from the original story still be born?
After all, Karin was also an exceptionally gifted ninja. If he took her as his disciple and carefully trained her, her future achievements would be no less than those of Kakashi and the others.
Because of Kushina, Qingyun also felt a natural fondness for the Uzumaki Clan. Since he was already here, there was no harm in going to have a look.
With Qingyun's current speed, and since Kusagakure was not far away, he soon arrived unnoticed. After disguising himself a little, he began wandering around the village.
The war had only just ended. Although Kusagakure usually sided with whoever held the advantage, it had firmly supported Konoha during this Third