Chapter 119: Kurama Yakumo
The Kurama clan was one of the minor families that joined Konoha when Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara first founded the village.
This clan specialized in genjutsu, but to the Uchiha—who possessed the Sharingan—the illusions of those who hadn’t awakened their bloodline limit were nothing more than a joke.
As time passed, fewer and fewer members of the Kurama clan were suited to becoming shinobi, and eventually, most of them returned to ordinary civilian life.
Because the Kurama clan had contributed to Konoha’s peace in the past, the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, did not pressure them, allowing them to fade away naturally.
The Kurama clan’s lands were located in a remote corner of the village, tucked away in an obscure corner of Konoha.
If not for Kurenai leading him here, Hikari would never have guessed that the Kurama clan’s estate was in such a place.
From the perspective of blending in and avoiding notice, the Kurama clan head’s decision was quite wise.
In wars between shinobi, unless absolutely necessary, civilians were rarely targeted for slaughter. Now, the Kurama clan’s ties to the shinobi world were tenuous at best. Without the bond between Kurama Yakumo and Yūhi Kurenai, they would likely have completely faded into obscurity as an ordinary civilian family.
"We’re here!" Kurenai pointed to the large estate ahead as she introduced it to Hikari.
’This place is huge. If it were in the center of the village, it’d be worth a fortune!’
Tainted by worldly greed, Hikari’s first thought upon seeing Yakumo’s residence was its potential value. If Kurenai knew what he was thinking, she’d probably question why she had even brought him here.
Could someone like this really be capable of solving Yakumo’s problem?