Chapter 47: Kaguya Kimimaro, Want to Go Scavenge Garbage Together!

Chapter 47: Kaguya Kimimaro, Want to Go Scavenge Garbage Together!

The sounds of slaughter in Kirigakure (Village Hidden by Mist) faded.

Kakashi Hatake didn't manage to rush over and search for Uchiha Obito's tracks either, because he and Hanare happened to encounter another person blocking their path.

Kakashi Hatake shielded Hanare behind him, tightened his grip on his ninja sword, and warily watched the ninja blocking their way, "Orochimaru..."

"What a coincidence, Kakashi-kun!"

A light smile couldn't help but appear on Orochimaru's lips. Ever since completing his Living Corpse Reincarnation and defecting from Akatsuki, he had begun searching the ninja world for suitable vessels.

Therefore, he used Shimura Danzō to send Kabuto Yakushi back to Konoha, having Kabuto continuously participate in the Chunin Exams to find some young genius ninjas.

Besides this, Orochimaru himself had also rushed to the Land of Water, wanting to find some youths possessing Kekkei Genkai here.

Orochimaru naturally wouldn't miss the excitement in Kirigakure today.

Coincidentally, Orochimaru also encountered a youth suitable as a reincarnation vessel, because he liked the look in the boy's eyes, and he also possessed the Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai.

If this youth with Shikotsumyaku could fight his way out of Kirigakure and return alive, Orochimaru planned to take him back to his base as a backup vessel.

As a result, while Orochimaru was waiting here expectantly, he actually saw Kakashi Hatake popping up near Kirigakure.

What a situation...

Being out and about, rarely encountering a ninja from one's homeland, Orochimaru felt it would be improper not to say hello!

Orochimaru sized up Kakashi Hatake and Hanare behind him, remembered Kakashi saving Yamato in front of him before, and a glint of amusement flashed in his eyes, "Oh, Kakashi-kun, saving someone again?"

Kakashi Hatake ignored him, sweat dripping down his face, asking nervously, "Orochimaru... why are you appearing in the Land of Water now!"

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that, Kakashi-kun?"

Orochimaru spread his hands and spoke elegantly, "This is the Land of Water; it's not a place where a Konoha ninja should appear!"

Kakashi Hatake stared intently at his movements, his heart sinking. He reached up and adjusted his ninja headband, "Regardless of which country this is, encountering the village's most dangerous rogue ninja... it seems I can't let you go again!"

This man was practically his inner demon!

Ever since Orochimaru defected, Kakashi Hatake had constantly been tracking his whereabouts. He encountered many things along the way, which only made Kakashi detest Orochimaru even more.

"Ha, shouldn't the village's most dangerous rogue ninja be Itachi-kun?"

Orochimaru burst out laughing, looking at Kakashi Hatake, "If we fight here, it will attract Mist ninjas. I don't particularly care, but the little girl behind you, Kakashi-kun, would find it hard to survive, wouldn't she?"

"..."

Kakashi Hatake fell silent.

Because Hanare had saved him earlier, he definitely couldn't abandon Hanare and fight recklessly; he could only passively hold back due to the risk of collateral damage.

Now, for Hanare's sake, Kakashi had to find a way to escape first.

Orochimaru seemed to sense Kakashi's thoughts and said with a smile, "Rest assured, I won't attack you here. Before the vessel I desire returns, why not chat with me here for a while!"

Kakashi Hatake: "..."

Orochimaru really was still that lunatic!

One was a Konoha ninja, the other a Konoha rogue ninja. How could they chat peacefully in such a dangerous place near Kirigakure?

Orochimaru glanced at Kakashi, then continued looking down at the gradually calming Kirigakure. It seemed the youth he wanted to take away no longer had a chance to return.

Orochimaru didn't know that the vessel he longed for was with Uehara.

Uehara Naraka and Kisame Hoshigaki first picked up Haku, then rendezvoused with Zabuza Momochi and Mangetsu Hōzuki outside Kirigakure. However, because of this, they also encountered another white-haired youth who had escaped Kirigakure amidst the chaos.

This youth tightly gripped a bone spike in his hand, nervously surveying the large group.

Uehara Naraka frowned, looking at the somewhat familiar youth before him, and asked in a low voice, "Was it the Kaguya Clan that attacked Kirigakure just now?"

"Correct."

Zabuza Momochi nodded, looking coldly at the white-haired youth, "Is this kid a fish that escaped the Kaguya Clan's net? Let me kill him!"

"..."

Hearing Zabuza Momochi's words, the white-haired youth's face changed drastically. Instead, gripping the bone spike in his hand, he charged forward first!

But his strength was far too lacking to defeat Zabuza Momochi, especially since he had just fought his way out of Kirigakure, his stamina and chakra far from sufficient.

Zabuza Momochi quickly used the Executioner's Blade to cut down the white-haired youth's bone spike, raising his hand to decapitate him with one blow!

"Wait..."

Uehara Naraka stopped Zabuza Momochi, walked over to the white-haired youth, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Kaguya... Kimimaro."

The white-haired youth seemed to speak rarely, and spoke somewhat slowly.

Uehara Naraka's eyes brightened. He hadn't expected to meet Kaguya Kimimaro just as he was planning to leave the Land of Water. He thought Kimimaro had already been taken away by Orochimaru!

Uehara Naraka looked at the white-haired youth and said softly, "Now that your clansmen have all died in battle in Kirigakure, where do you plan to go?"

"I..."

Kaguya Kimimaro lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, then replied in a low voice, "I don't know. Right now... I have nothing left."

Kaguya Kimimaro had always lived solitarily within his clan, imprisoned by his clansmen as a weapon. Yet Kimimaro had always considered the cage that imprisoned him his home, and the clansmen guarding him his family.

Now the entire Kaguya Clan had died in battle within Kirigakure. Kaguya Kimimaro gained freedom but lost everything, including even the meaning of living.

Uehara Naraka remembered Kaguya Kimimaro's short life and his bloodline disease, and subconsciously said, "You're not left with nothing. You still have your illness, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Uehara Naraka himself regretted it.

Hearing Uehara Naraka's words, everyone turned questioning gazes towards Uehara. What kind of demonic words were these?

Kaguya Kimimaro reacted differently from them, staring at Uehara Naraka in astonishment, "You... How did you know?"

"Um..."

Uehara Naraka looked slightly awkward.

Fortunately, Haku beside Uehara Naraka tugged his arm, afraid he might say something else inappropriate.

As a vagrant child from the Land of Water, Haku somewhat understood Kaguya Kimimaro. He looked at Kaguya Kimimaro and invited him, "Kimimaro, then you can come with me and Uehara. We can scavenge for food in the garbage dump together, we can earn money to live together..."

The confusion in Kaguya Kimimaro's eyes gradually faded. Looking at Haku, his gaze gradually became somewhat fervent, "Can I... stay together with you guys?"

The quite cute-looking Haku really had a lot of affinity.

At least seeing Haku's appearance made Kimimaro feel a sense of trust towards him.

"Of course..."

Haku, just about to answer, stopped and turned his head towards Uehara Naraka, "Uehara, when we leave here, can we take Kimimaro with us?"

Fortunately, he still knew who was in charge of this group.

Uehara Naraka was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Of course, we can. But in the future, please absolutely do not say we live by scavenging garbage..."

(End of Chapter)

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