Karin raised her head numbly.
Tears still shimmered in her eyes. She stared blankly at Gua, unable to say a word. She was utterly terrified.
Fugaku shook his head.
"Let's take them back first. They're members of the Uzumaki Clan, after all. They'll be useful one way or another."
Gua nodded slightly.
Fugaku hoisted the unconscious Rin Uzumaki onto one shoulder, then slung Han's corpse over the other.
"Mom! Mom!"
Karin chased after Fugaku, crying, but Gua stopped her.
"I'll carry you."
"No! No! I want my mom!!"
Karin cried and tried to wrench free of Gua's hand. Gua pulled the rope he carried from his ninja tool pack and tied her up on the spot.
Karin kept writhing and struggling as she cried.
Gua hoisted her onto his back and turned to give her a cold look.
"Keep crying and you'll die."
Karin immediately fell silent, staring blankly at Gua.
Once she settled down, Gua said nothing more. He leaped forward and quickly caught up with Clan Leader Fugaku.
The Land of Fire's camp.
After traveling for two days and a night, Gua and the others returned here.
The main reason it had taken so long was that Gua had run out of strength halfway through. The side effects of those two Blue Pills had kicked in, forcing them to spend a night resting on the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain.
Only then had they set off again.
The first thing Fugaku did upon returning to camp was seek out Asuma and the others to tell them what he had experienced in the Land of Rain over the past two days.
After all, he had been missing for two or three days. If he did not explain himself first, they would probably