Chapter 68: INAZ - 67
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Fortunately, at the last moment, Kakuzu still remembered he was the financial controller of Otogakure, finally suppressing the impulse in his heart to capture them and send them to the bounty station. Everything seemed to be proceeding according to plan...
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"Lord Shinji, are we returning to Konoha now?" Jūgo walked behind Shinji. Today, after Jūgo provided some of his sage chakra to Orochimaru, Shinji took him away from Otogakure.
"We're not going back first. We're going somewhere else. There are some things to take care of," Shinji hummed a little tune. Honestly, he hadn't expected this trip to Otogakure to be so smooth.
It just took some time, causing him to exceed his originally planned two-week return, and now time was almost up. Looks like he broke his promise to Karin. But this could still be explained. Subsequently, Shinji walked towards the border between the Land of Frost and the Land of Fire. Yes, his target this time was the battlefront between Kumogakure and Konoha village.
The current battlefront was basically in a white-hot state. Hiruzen Sarutobi versus the Fourth Raikage A. While Killer Bee and Yugito Nii were pitted against Fugaku Uchiha, Hiashi Hyūga, and Mitokado Homura. Soldier against soldier, general against general.
Fugaku Uchiha, hiding his Mangekyō Sharingan, along with the other two Kage-level fighters, could barely hold back the opponent's two Jinchūriki. After all, Killer Bee and Yugito Nii were currently the only two known to be able to freely control their Tailed Beasts, making them a cut above ordinary Jinchūriki.
The closer they got to the border, Shinji found the smoke of war in the distance became more obvious. Many places they passed were clearly former battlefields. Potholes littered the ground. And in some places they passed, the residents at the border clearly had fear in their eyes. After all, for villagers, these wars that could arrive at any moment were the most devastating existence for them.
"Jūgo, what do you think?" Shinji turned his head to look at Jūgo. As the possessor of the Sage Body, he could sense the thoughts in people's or creatures' hearts.