My Life as Itachi's Crow

Chapter 167: That Day, All the Grass Ninjas Saw Their Families

There are very few people in the ninja world willing to adopt orphans.

For example, that old dead man in the Land of Waves, Tobirama Senju, or a certain Orochimaru currently lurking outside the Hidden Grass Village... Perhaps it was fate; the cub was gradually looking up to them.

This really gave the crow a headache…

Seeing Karin hugging the cub's arm, refusing to let go, this little red-haired girl was probably inseparable from them now.

The young ninja half-knelt in front of her, "Eh? You're not scared?"

"Mom said our clan used to have a very, very good relationship with the Konoha ninjas..." Karin wrinkled her little face and shook her head.

The relationship between Konoha and the Uzumaki clan was indeed good, but that was because of the distant kinship between the Senju clan and the Uzumaki clan. Since the Senju clan's descendants dwindled and they lost their ruling power in Konoha... the Uzumaki clan didn't seem to hold any special significance.

Especially since the Land of Whirlpools had been destroyed, and two generations of Jinchuriki, Mito Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki, had died one after another, it almost completely erased the traces of the Uzumaki clan ever being in Konoha.

Except for the headbands on the Konoha ninjas, which still commemorated this history.

Konoha couldn't possibly go to great lengths to find a few orphans from the Land of Whirlpools, because the most valuable thing about the Uzumaki clan was providing a container for their Nine-Tails.

Uchiha Itachi took the little girl's hand and comforted her, "Then do you want to leave this place with us?"

"I... I want to see my mom..." The little girl stammered, "Mommy... I want to see my mommy!"

The young ninja glanced at the crow on his shoulder. Kitahara slowly shook its head.

If it's as that Grass ninja said, and Karin's mother is already dead... then the little girl must not be allowed to see her again!

Karin was still pleading bitterly, "Take... take me to see my mom... I'm very useful, my blood is very useful..."

"Caw!"

The crow glanced at the little girl who was crying her eyes out. Can we just knock her out?

Uchiha Itachi: "..."

That's actually a good idea!

The young ninja's arm suddenly fell on Karin's back, catching the fainting little girl in his arms. Jiraiya and the others beside him watched, dumbfounded.

Uchiha Itachi turned his head and said in a low voice to the burly Grass ninja, "Can you take us to her home to have a look?"

"...Of course!"

In a small wooden house in the Hidden Grass Village.

On the bed was the corpse of a red-haired woman. Her body was densely covered with many bite marks, some wounds even festering. Even in wartime, this was a tragic sight that one couldn't bear to look at directly.

Karin's mother was confirmed to have been dead for a long time.

The ninja world had one more orphan.

Shizune's expression was exceptionally ugly, "This is too cruel!"

"Because of the leader's decision..." The burly Grass ninja explained cautiously, "There were a large number of casualties in the conflict between the village and the Konoha ninjas. To ensure the combat strength of the village's ninjas... and this woman's blood could quickly help the injured recover..."

Tsunade stood outside the wooden house and muttered in a low voice, "Is she really from the Uzumaki clan?"

Some Uzumaki clan members had very special constitutions. Like their distant relatives, the Senju clan, they were born with a high concentration of Yang Release chakra in their bodies. Besides giving them extremely strong sensory abilities, it also endowed them with vigorous life force.

Jiraiya suddenly took half a step forward, blocking Tsunade who wanted to enter the wooden house, and said in a deep voice to the young ninja, "Kid, burn this place down!"

"Yes, Teacher Jiraiya."

Uchiha Itachi nodded, handed Karin to Shizune behind him, and began to form hand seals, "Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique!"

The flames began to burn the wooden house.

Burning the darkness in this corner of the Hidden Grass Village to ashes.

Jiraiya gazed at the ninjas flickering in and out of sight in the distance, his expression gradually becoming grave, "Let's leave this place first. After we rendezvous with Kakashi's ANBU..."

"Cough cough... cough..."

The little girl in Shizune's arms woke up at some point and looked at the people around her, "You... Konoha ninjas... aren't you here to destroy this place? They all said... Konoha ninjas will kill everyone here..."

"Caw~"

The crow landed on Shizune's shoulder and nodded at Karin. That's right, that's right, these people are here to destroy this place!

"A child's words..." Jiraiya reached out and covered Karin's face, laughing, "So reckless! At such a young age, you need to be educated properly..."

"Jiraiya!"

Tsunade grabbed the white-haired old man's wrist, displeased with his actions, and exhaled softly through her red lips, "This child is an orphan from the Land of Whirlpools. Be gentle with her..."

Karin was younger than the orphans they had encountered before, especially having just experienced the pain of losing her mother, and this little girl's identity was very tricky.

By sentiment and reason, they should adopt this child.

But the current situation in the Land of Grass was extremely complicated. For this squad, which shouldered a heavy burden, it was indeed inconvenient to act with a child.

"Let's take her with us first!" Tsunade scanned the crowd, her gaze landing on the crow standing on Uchiha Itachi's shoulder, "Hey, loser, can you cover our retreat?"

"Caw!"

Kitahara glared at Tsunade, flapped its wings, and flew high into the sky. In its perception, more and more ninjas from the Hidden Grass Village were converging here. These traitors were definitely not here to surrender…

Take them out in one blow!

Seeing the height the crow was flying to, the young ninja vaguely sensed the crow's intention. Kitahara suddenly flying so high was clearly not to scout the enemy's situation.

He wasn't the only one who understood the situation. Jiraiya and Tsunade's faces turned sour; they had already witnessed how that cute little mushroom cloud appeared.

Tsunade clenched her fists and said in a deep voice, "Kid, is the crow you're raising out of its mind? I just asked it to help cover our retreat, it's not thinking of using that move, is it?"

"In that case, the entire Hidden Grass Village will be destroyed, right?" Jiraiya continued with a gloomy face, "Besides ninjas, there are many ordinary people in the Hidden Grass Village…"

"It's all Lady Tsunade's fault for talking nonsense!" Shizune said, trembling as she held Karin, "Let's get out of here quickly! If we stay here any longer, we'll be killed by it too!"

"...It's probably because there are too many enemies..." Uchiha Itachi forced an explanation and helplessly spread his hands, "Anyway, let's leave this place first!"

Yin and Yang attribute chakra crazily condensed in the crow's beak... This level of chakra reaction instantly made the leader of the Hidden Grass Village realize how troublesome the enemy was.

In this Konoha ninja squad, there was an existence that could easily release a Tailed Beast Bomb!

No matter what, the Grass ninjas could never have imagined the crow's thoughts... It wanted to destroy the Hidden Grass Village!

That Uzumaki woman who died on the bed had saved so many people, yet died so tragically. Might as well let these people she saved accompany her in death!

Kitahara's control over chakra condensation was becoming more and more proficient. The chakra in its body was continuously drawn out, and the chakra energy ball in its mouth was constantly shrinking in volume.

A bean-sized Tailed Beast Bomb slowly solidified…

The crow's crimson eyes scanned the ground. Noticing that Jiraiya and the others had frantically fled the Hidden Grass Village, it gently opened its sharp beak, and the Tailed Beast Bomb in its mouth slowly fell…

Boom!

The scorching light burned people's vision…

(End of this chapter)

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