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In an unnamed small town, Kushina happily pulled Shin’s hand, looking around at everything on the street.
“Kushina, could you try to be a little less conspicuous?” Shin said.
“Why?” Kushina looked at Shin, puzzled.
“Acting like this—it makes us look like we’ve never seen the world before. It’s embarrassing.” Shin could already feel the strange gazes from the people around them.
Kushina, hearing this, glanced around, then fiercely stomped on the ground with a Heavenly Foot of Pain.
With a rumble, the entire street trembled.
“WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT?! IF YOU KEEP LOOKING, I’LL BEAT YOU UP!” Kushina threatened the surrounding people, shaking her fist.
The townspeople, seeing the cracks in the ground, quickly dispersed.
They’d realized Kushina was a ninja—and a dangerous one at that. If that kick had landed on them, they’d be dead.
“Look at you. You scared everyone away,” Shin said rather helplessly.
But forget it. It was better that these people left. This way, Shin and Kushina could stroll around in peace.
“Hmph! It’s already good enough that I didn’t hit them,” Kushina huffed lightly.
“…”
“She’s getting more and more violent…”
Shin muttered under his breath. Of course, Shin lowered his voice so only he could hear, confident Kushina couldn’t.
However, when Kushina was in front of him, she was still relatively gentle.
“Hasn’t anything major happened in the Shinobi world recently?” Kushina asked.
“Of course, something major happened. Not long ago, the Fifth Kazekage almost lost his life.” Shin pinched Kushina’s delicate nose.
“By the way, instead of focusing on major events in the Shinobi world, I think you should be thinking about how to explain things to Mikoto and the others later—”
“Does this need any explanation? Actually, I’ve already thought it through. Worst case, I’ll just sell you out. After all, you’re the one who brought me out.”
“WHAT???”
Hearing Kushina’s words, Shin immediately exploded. He forcefully pinched Kushina’s cheeks and said to her with a dark face, “I’ll give you a chance to say that again.”
“Let go of me first,” Kushina said to Shin.
“Fine. I’ll let you go for now.” Shin nodded, temporarily releasing Kushina.
Kushina, freed, immediately took two steps back and said, “Even if you make me say it again, it’ll still be the same.”
“Kushina, didn’t you say earlier that YOU would take responsibility?”
Shin grabbed Kushina again.
Though Kushina tried to dodge, she couldn’t escape.
Ahem ahem…
“You actually believe a woman’s words?” Kushina coughed twice, then muttered under her breath.
“I think it’s not urgent to talk about this now. Let’s talk about it after we get back.” Shin glanced at Kushina. ‘Hmph, when we get back, even if you don’t want to take responsibility, you won’t have a choice.’
“Let’s go! There’s nothing fun here. Let’s go somewhere else.” Kushina pulled Shin’s hand and left.
“Let’s go. Let’s head to the Akatsuki base and see how Pain and his gang are doing, how many Tailed Beasts they’ve captured.”
Shin took Kushina and headed towards the Akatsuki base in the Land of Rain. He mainly wanted to check on the Akatsuki’s progress.
He didn’t want to see them dawdling.
Shin was still waiting for them to revive the Ten-Tails.
Once the Ten-Tails was revived, or rather, once Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was revived, that old geezer the Sage of Six Paths would definitely show up.
Then… Shin would kill him.
For a long time now, Shin had wanted to kill the Sage of Six Paths. It had almost become an obsession.
Not that Hagoromo had done anything to him, but his power had been a threat—a potential threat…
To Shin—anyone strong enough to be a threat, regardless of their intentions, was an enemy.
There was another purpose:
—To copy the Sage of Six Paths’ power.
When Shin met Hamura Ōtsutsuki, he hadn’t used a Divine Replication Card to copy his power mainly because Shin felt Hamura’s strength wasn’t up to par…
But the Sage of Six Paths was definitely stronger than Hamura Ōtsutsuki, probably much stronger—For this reason, Shin had his eyes on the Sage of Six Paths.
And Shin didn’t know where Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki was, so he could only wait for him to reveal himself.
If the Akatsuki’s progress was too slow, Shin didn’t mind helping them speed things up.
If his strength wasn’t enough, Shin would definitely try to follow the plot. But Shin’s strength had already reached a level where he didn’t care about these things at all.
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Arriving at the Akatsuki base, Shin learned they had already captured the Two-Tails and sealed it away.
As for the Three-Tails, White Zetsu had originally found it in a lake in the Land of Water.
But when they went to the location White Zetsu mentioned, they found no sign of the Three-Tails—The creature had run off.
Of course, it was gone.
It was right that there was no sign of the Three-Tails, because the Three-Tails had run off to the Land of Whirlpools and was now under Shin’s control.
“So you’re looking for the Three-Tails? Simple. I’ve already captured it. As for the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Rōshi, leave him to me too,” Shin said to Pain.
Pain looked at Shin with uncertainty.
Previously, Shin Uzumaki hadn’t cared about capturing Tailed Beasts at all. Why the sudden interest now?
This was a bit strange, making Pain feel suspicious.
Shin indeed hadn’t cared before, but things were different now. Shin had changed his mind and was now interested in this matter.
Shin then ignored Pain’s thoughts, took Kushina, and left. He planned to personally go capture Rōshi.
Though Shin didn’t know Rōshi’s location, someone else did—
—For example, White Zetsu, whose intelligence network spanned the entire Shinobi world. He had likely already tracked down Rōshi.
“White Zetsu, tell me Rōshi’s location,” Shin said to White Zetsu.
“Shin-sama is taking action personally? That’s great! With Shin-sama’s help, we’ll definitely capture the Four-Tails,” White Zetsu said, eager to please Shin.
Shin frowned slightly. He wasn’t here to listen to White Zetsu’s flattery.
Likely sensing Shin’s displeasure, White Zetsu immediately told Shin Rōshi’s whereabouts.
Looking at the detailed intel White Zetsu provided, Shin nodded with satisfaction. This guy truly was uniquely gifted in intelligence gathering.
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