Naruto Uzumaki Is a Rogue Ninja

"Shinobu? Shinobu! The yakiniku is going to burn!"

"Oh no!"

Shinobu Oshino, who had just returned, quickly grabbed her chopsticks and reached for the meat on the grill. As her chopsticks moved, Shinobu Oshino noticed a mountain of grilled meat piled on her plate.

"You two..."

Shinobu Oshino glared at the two with her large golden eyes.

"Do I look like I can eat that much?"

"Children are growing, they need to eat more. Honey, look how cute our child is!" said Yakushi Nonō, disguised as the father.

"That's right, dear!" said Mikoto Uchiha, disguised as the mother.

"Thank you so much!"

Shinobu Oshino glared at the two. Her eyes looked like those of a cute girl throwing a tantrum at her parents.

The waitress at the yakiniku restaurant saw such a harmonious family and couldn't help but let out a fond smile. What a lovely family!

In front of the Kusagakure Ninja Academy, a girl with red hair and red eyes clutched her wrist tightly and walked out of the academy with her head down.

"Someone from the Uzumaki Clan..."

Upon seeing the red-haired, red-eyed girl, the Nine-Tails immediately recognized her identity. To be honest, the Nine-Tails held no good feelings towards the Uzumaki Clan. If it weren't for the Uzumaki Clan, it wouldn't have been sealed repeatedly.

"There's no need to resent the Uzumaki Clan. After all, there are only three people left in the Uzumaki Clan. Besides you and me, there's Nagato from the Akatsuki Organization."

Perhaps it was a sense of connection between members of the Uzumaki Clan, but the girl looked up and saw Shinobu Oshino with two adults standing nearby. Through her senses, she felt a chakra from Shinobu Oshino that gave her an extremely warm feeling.

Upon seeing the floating eyeball with a tail in the air, Karin paused. She sensed the hatred emanating from that chakra.

Seeing Karin's distinctive red hair and red eyes of the Uzumaki Clan, Shinobu Oshino was reminded of Kushina Uzumaki, whom she had seen when she first arrived in this world. A sense of familiarity naturally arose.

Seeing Karin clutching her wrist, a trace of crimson seeped through her fingers.

She's injured?

"What happened to the injury on your hand?"

Shinobu Oshino approached Karin and blocked her path.

"Wh-what's it to you..."

Karin's expression turned flustered, and she lowered her head, trying to get around Shinobu Oshino.

"If someone bullied you, then it's my business." Shinobu Oshino grabbed Karin's arm and pried her hand open, revealing the bite marks on her wrist.

Deep bite marks were clearly visible on Karin's slender wrist, even showing the flesh beneath the broken skin.

"Tell me, who bit you."

Shinobu Oshino looked at Karin calmly. The chakra that had given Karin such extreme warmth moments ago instantly became distorted, filled with hatred and malice, sending a chill down her spine.

"Bang—!"

As the smoke cleared, Naruto's Transformation Jutsu wore off. Her azure eyes glared with anger at the silent Karin.

"You don't want to say? I'll ask you one last time, who bit you."

"Who are you people! Let go of Karin at once!" A ninja wearing the Kusagakure forehead protector rushed over upon seeing Karin being held by strangers.

Karin was from the Uzumaki Clan. Like her mother, Karin's blood could heal their injuries. It was for this reason that Kusagakure had taken in Karin and her mother. Just yesterday, her mother had been drained of chakra and died, covered in bite marks, and today Karin was set to take her mother's place as a healing tool for the Kusagakure ninja.

As an important strategic asset, Karin could not be taken away! Upon seeing Naruto grab Karin, he had concluded that Naruto was here to take Karin away!

In a sense, his assumption was correct; Naruto was indeed here to take Karin away.

Naruto could feel Karin's arm tremble the moment the Kusagakure ninja appeared.

"Was it you who bit her?"

"Let go of Karin at once!"

The Kusagakure ninja opened his ninja tool pouch, grabbed a kunai, and charged at Naruto.

Since Naruto had dispelled the Transformation Jutsu, Mikoto Uchiha and Yakushi Nonō had no intention of continuing their disguise. Seeing the Kusagakure ninja attack Naruto, Mikoto Uchiha quickly formed hand seals.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

A massive fireball instantly engulfed the presumptuous Kusagakure ninja.

"Let me see your hand."

Upon seeing the deep bite marks on Karin's slender wrist, Yakushi Nonō's expression changed. She began to heal the wound on Karin's wrist using the Mystical Palm Technique.

"Does it hurt?"

Karin shook her head silently, her face numb.

The Kusagakure ninja, covered in burns, fell to the ground. Suddenly, a large number of Kusagakure ninja emerged from the surroundings, surrounding Naruto and the others.

Chapter 37: A Tragic Fate (1/2)

"Are you sure you want to fight us?"

Naruto glared at the Kusagakure ninja surrounding them, her face grim.

"They want to take Karin!" the heavily injured ninja pointed at Karin, who was receiving treatment from Yakushi Nonō.

"Who are you people! What are your intentions in Kusagakure!"

"Intentions? I'm just here to find someone. And I've found that person." Naruto glanced meaningfully at Karin, who was undergoing treatment from Yakushi Nonō.

"She's one of ours from Kusagakure. We can't let you take her."

"Someone from Kusagakure? How laughable. You just treat her as a medical tool, a strategic medical tool! Whether you agree or not, I'm taking her. Try to stop me if you dare! Get lost if you don't want to die!"

Karin, receiving treatment from Yakushi Nonō, trembled at Naruto's words. She clenched her fists, remembering her mother, who had been brutally bitten to death by them. Her red eyes were filled with sorrow.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu."