In the dense jungle.
Uchiha Kai looked at the anomaly on the Kusagakure ninja not far away, and a name immediately appeared in his mind.
Uzumaki Karin!
'No, it's too early at this time. Uzumaki Karin should still be a child now.'
'If I remember correctly, it should be Karin's mother who is still alive. She died from exhaustion because of this war!'
'Since the Battle of Kikyo Pass hasn't broken out yet, I might as well go to Kusagakure to take a look.'
Uchiha Kai did not take Kusagakure seriously. A small ninja village in a remote corner like Kusagakure, the strongest ninja was at best a Jonin, and probably hadn't even mastered a few high-level ninjutsu. It was not a threat at all.
After awakening his Mangekyo, Uchiha Kai had Kage-level strength.
An ordinary Kage-level ninja, Uchiha Kai could easily kill with Goshintai. The Mangekyo was that powerful.
Not to mention, the Sharingan had passive abilities like dynamic vision and ninjutsu copying.
Uchiha Kai was cautious in his cooperation with Orochimaru.
Because Orochimaru was too sinister. After all, he was one of the few characters who was active even in Boruto, and the ninjutsu he possessed were bizarre and varied.
But in front of Kusagakure, Uchiha Kai was an existence that could not be looked up to with his Mangekyo.
Before long, Uchiha Kai followed a few Kusagakure ninjas and found the location of their village.
And then.
Uchiha Kai, with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated, swaggered in directly from the entrance of Kusagakure.
On the way, Uchiha Kai encountered many Kusagakure ninjas.
But all of them acted as if they hadn't seen Uchiha Kai. Many Kusagakure ninjas even brushed past him without noticing him.
This feeling of ease, as if taking something from his own pocket, made Uchiha Kai feel very emotional.
'I never thought I would need to be so low-key in Konoha, but I can do whatever I want in Kusagakure!'
After entering Kusagakure, Uchiha Kai quickly noticed that many ninjas were moving in the same direction.
In addition to a large number of ninjas moving forward, there were also many Kusagakure ninjas moving away from that direction.
Seeing this, Uchiha Kai had a thought.
'That direction is probably where Karin's family is located.'
Uchiha Kai glanced at it and headed directly in that direction, soon stopping in front of a dilapidated thatched hut.
At the entrance of the hut.
Uchiha Kai saw a little girl with a full head of red hair at a glance.
She was in rags, like a little beggar, sitting outside the door.
She hugged her knees, her small head curled between her legs, crying incessantly.
From inside the room came a woman's painful screams, as well as the noisy and vulgar voices of various men.
"Hurry up, I'm about to die of pain, let me go first."
"Ah, this feels so good. The wound is healing immediately. This is great!"
"It's a pity, this woman looks sick and frail. I don't know how long she can be used?"
"What are you afraid of? When this woman dies, isn't there still her daughter? We can use the daughter then, hahahaha!"
Following this was a woman's cry of alarm and pleading.
"Bite me, don't hurt my daughter. Let my daughter go. Bite me all you want."
"Don't hurt my daughter... Don't hurt my daughter..."
But no matter how the woman shouted, the men ignored her, laughing even more arrogantly.
Uchiha Kai didn't consider himself a good person, but the scene unfolding before him filled his heart with boundless anger.
During this time, he had seen many Kusagakure ninjas. They were like despicable and vile villains who didn't understand what it meant to take a stand, and they liked to bully the weak and fear the strong.
In front of powerful ninjas, their attitude was as humble as grass, but in front of the weak, they were as brutal as tigers.
On the battlefield, the Kusagakure ninjas were timid and submissive, but in this small room, they committed all sorts of evil, exposing a disgusting side of themselves.
Uchiha Kai slowly walked towards the door. At this time, Karin also noticed him.
Karin thought that Uchiha Kai was also like those Kusagakure ninjas, wanting to bite her mother. She stood up and walked towards Uchiha Kai, crying.
"Sir, bite me. Don't bite my mother anymore, I beg you."
Karin said, extending her small arm, which had many green bruises on it.
Karin had not yet grown up and did not have her mother's ability.
The bruises on her body, piece after piece, were from being ruthlessly thrown aside by impatient Kusagakure ninjas.
Uchiha Kai looked at the pitiful Karin before him, his heart filled with pity. He squatted down and was about to stroke her head.
However, just as Uchiha Kai reached out his hand, Karin subconsciously shrank her neck and dodged back.
Seeing Karin's reaction, Uchiha Kai's heart ached even more.
It was not difficult to see that Karin's life in Kusagakure during this period had been extremely painful. Even a simple gesture of reaching out would be mistaken by her as an attempt to hit her.
When Karin felt the gentle hand on her small head, she was stunned for a moment. At this moment, she knew that she had misunderstood Uchiha Kai.
Uchiha Kai's hand was not to hit or beat her, but to gently stroke her hair.
At this moment, Karin felt enveloped in endless warmth.
'So... so warm!'
Karin had been in Kusagakure for so long, and Uchiha Kai was the first person besides her mother to be kind to her.
In a daze, Karin looked up at Uchiha Kai blankly, as if she wanted to completely engrave his figure deep in her mind.
Uchiha Kai didn't notice the change in Karin's eyes.
At this moment, the door of the thatched hut happened to open.
Several Kusagakure ninjas with bloodstains all over their bodies walked out of the room with smiles on their faces.
At the same time, there were many seriously injured Kusagakure ninjas at the door who couldn't wait any longer and were eager to enter.
The dazzling sunlight shone in from outside into the dark and damp thatched hut.
Through the crack in the door, Uchiha Kai saw a woman with a weak face on the bed...