[Kusagakure]
"Nice to meet you, I'm Uchiha Itachi."
Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan identity, although not known throughout the entire shinobi world, was still very clear to any village that paid attention to Konoha.
Mui didn't dare to be negligent, "It's been a hard journey from afar. What Rengoku instructed has already been prepared."
Itachi's face showed no expression, like an iceberg, and he didn't exchange pleasantries with Mui, "We are short on time. We're taking them away now."
Standing next to Mui were Muku and Ryuzetsu, who couldn't help but speak up, "Didn't Senior Rengoku come? We haven't thanked him yet."
Itachi glanced at Muku and Ryuzetsu whom Rengoku had mentioned, and just gave a slight nod, "Senior Rengoku had too many matters to attend to and couldn't come. I'll pass along your thanks."
Muku and Ryuzetsu weren't very clear on the situation in Konoha.
But Mui was very clear, "If that's the case, then follow me."
Mui led Itachi and his group, passing through the Kusagakure.
Under Itachi's observation, Kusagakure and Konoha were completely two different countries.
Konoha had running water, electricity, and gas, while here in Kusagakure, only a few places had electricity.
Other places still lived in extremely primitive conditions.
And the villagers generally had sallow faces, all appearing weak and feeble.
Only the ninjas were strong and robust.
Itachi followed Mui to a remote courtyard, where there was even a guard stationed outside.
As an elite jonin, Mui was already the number one under the elders in Kusagakure, holding quite a bit of power.
And because his Fire Release: Heavenly Prison was very suitable for detaining prisoners, Kusagakure had once prepared to let him succeed as the Warden of Hozuki Castle.
But now that tensions were high in Konoha, the various shinobi villages were observing what would happen next.
Mui had also temporarily not gone to Hozuki Castle.
The guard at the door stepped aside when he saw it was Mui coming.
Mui led a large group of people into the room.
Karin and her mother were talking, and were startled when so many people entered.
"Lord Mui, why are you here?", Karin's mother, however, remained fairly calm.
If not for Mui's order, she would have been dead already, so she wasn't too panicked now.
Karin, at this time, was still a small child of only 7 years old, hiding behind her mother and peeking her small head out to look at Itachi and the others.
Mui introduced them to Karin's mother, "This is Uchiha Itachi, sent by Uchiha Rengoku to pick you up. You can leave Kusagakure now."
Karin's mother had almost been sucked dry previously, but as a member of the Uzumaki clan with healing abilities, in this past week or so, with Mui sparing no cost in providing various medicinal herbs, she had recovered quite a bit.
Seeing her condition was decent, Itachi immediately said, "Pack up and come with us. From now on, you are part of the Uchiha."
Karin's mother looked at Mui with a questioning glance.
Mui nodded, and she obediently picked up her belongings and followed behind Itachi and the others, "We don't have much to prepare. We can leave now."
Itachi took out a letter from his body and handed it to Mui, "This is something Senior Rengoku wanted to discuss with you."
"I won't stay longer," After saying that, Itachi quickly left with Karin and her mother.
Itachi was not skilled in social interactions, and all of this was simply carrying out Rengoku's instructions.
Especially toward outsiders, Itachi appeared quite rude.
But Mui didn't mind that, and instead opened Rengoku's letter to read.
The fact that Itachi didn't take it out earlier clearly meant he was observing whether or not Karin and her mother had been properly taken care of.
The letter was long, and its contents were explosive.
It detailed how Kusagakure had been destroyed back then, and what was at the bottom of the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
Once the monster inside was released, it would cause an enormous catastrophe.
Because of the previous cooperation, Mui had high trust in Rengoku.
Precisely because of that, he felt extremely troubled.
Kusagakure was divided into "Grass Seed" and "Grass Flower," which could be understood as the hawks and the doves.
Grass Seed had always been committed to opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss, hoping to use it to revive Kusagakure.
Grass Flower had always believed that Kusagakure couldn't control the Box of Ultimate Bliss and opposed opening it.
The technique to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss was extremely complicated, as intricate and advanced as brain surgery.
Currently, only the highly gifted Mui and Kenji had mastered it in the entire Kusagakure.
He had originally belonged to Grass Seed, which is why he learned this technique.
Now Rengoku told him that even if the Box of Ultimate Bliss could be opened, what would come out wouldn't be hope, but destruction.
Mui was somewhat confused.
But the fortunate thing was, at least he had received this intel in advance.
Even if Mui couldn't convince the fanatical elders of Kusagakure, at least he could prepare ahead of time and shift the risk away.
This box, whoever wants to open it, let them. He's not opening it.
Didn't you see that Kenji was already eaten?
Rengoku's letter didn't say much about anything else.
But Mui owed Rengoku a favor, and with the vastness of the Uchiha clan, he could only find a chance to repay it in the future.
———
Itachi and the clan members took Karin and her mother out of the Kusagakure's territory.
At this point, Itachi instructed the clan member, "Tokito, we'll separate here. You all return to the clan as soon as possible."
Tokito didn't say much. After receiving the order, he took Karin and her mother and the others away.
———
Itachi found a safe mountain cave and lit a torch.
Then he spoke to his shadow, "Senior Rengoku, Karin and her mother are already on their way back to the clan."
A figure rose from his shadow, it was a clone of Rengoku.
"I'll inform the main body. Please wait."
Moments later, the clone's expression changed, Rengoku's main body consciousness had taken over, "What you just said, I understand."
"As expected, Hiruzen Sarutobi has already summoned a thousand clan members, and they arrived in Konoha last night."
"A thousand?", Itachi's face showed some surprise. These summoned clan members were naturally referring to ninjas.
Although Rengoku had previously analyzed that the numbers were not small, seeing it in reality still shocked Itachi greatly.
Even without political acumen, he understood how terrifying it was for a shinobi clan to have over a thousand combatants.
Rengoku reassured him, "Don't worry. The Hyuga clan has already allied with us yesterday."
"The other clans in the village won't allow the Third Hokage to fight us."
"The next step is just waiting for the Third Hokage's faction to be exposed."
Itachi trusted Rengoku deeply. Since Rengoku said so, he immediately felt at ease.
"Then, Senior Rengoku, my next move is still to go to the Land of Earth?"
Rengoku nodded, "That's right. Remember, make your presence grand when you pass through the Four Nations."
"Yes, I understand," After finishing the business, Itachi added, "Muku and Ryuzetsu asked me to pass on their thanks."
Rengoku nodded slightly, indicating he understood.
"If you encounter that man in the Land of Earth, call me. If not, forget it."
"Don't worry about the clan."
"Also," Rengoku paused, "Sasuke has learned why you left the village. He was provoked and awakened his eyes."
Itachi's expression grew somewhat complex, "Please take care of Sasuke, Senior Rengoku."
Rengoku waved his hand, "Don't worry. Whether it's Sasuke or Izumi, I'll take good care of them."
"Thank you, Senior Rengoku."
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