The clothes Kusuo was currently wearing were stored in a backup scroll. The previous set had been shattered when he tried to absorb nature energy. As for the Raikage's arm, Kusuo's original intention was to destroy it with his sword aura to avoid the annoyance of looking at it. But he later changed his mind and stored it in a sealing scroll as well.
After all, thanks to Orochimaru and Danzo, Konoha's medical ninjutsu was quite advanced. What if they could study it and discover some secrets about tempering the human body? It should be known that these were the un-transmitted secrets of the Cloud Village. Although they were somewhat inferior to his own breathing method, who would complain about having too many secret techniques and ninja arts in the village?
Kusuo understood that after his Total Concentration: Constant had been strengthened, the natural energy he could sense with every breath had also become more and more abundant. Just extracting the sage art chakra from it... was probably enough to make an ordinary ninja instantly collapse. Even an elite chunin couldn't withstand it.
"I can finally go back."
Without realizing it, Kusuo had already walked out of the territory of the Land of Earth and returned to the Land of Demons. He whispered to himself. Now, he hadn't seen Hinata and Hanabi for a month. He didn't know if they had been practicing their breathing method properly while he was away from the village.
Looking at the layers upon layers of mountain peaks beneath his feet, and the vast land below, Kusuo jumped on the spot. His entire person just leaped down.
Like a falling comet.
With an astonishing force of impact, Kusuo's body slammed into the ground. The earth beneath his feet cracked with a kaka-kaka sound, creating countless spiderweb-like fissures. Dust flew into the air. Sand and gravel splashed up.
BOOM!
A giant crater was smashed out by him.
At that moment, Mabui, Samui, and Kurotsuchi were dumbfounded. In the instant they were in mid-air, their brains had already shut down, and they had stopped breathing. Leaning on Kusuo's back, it was as if they had lost gravity, lost their souls.
Just now... what did this person do? He just jumped down from the mountain with them, and the huge inertia even smashed a deep crater in the ground? Isn't he afraid of falling to his death?!
This bastard. Even if he wasn't afraid of falling to his death, couldn't he be a little gentler, a little more considerate of the fairer sex, and protect them, a few girls? Especially for Mabui and Samui, that huge stop had made their chests jolt violently. It hurt.
Kusuo paid them no mind at all, as calm as the wind and clouds, without the slightest intention of doing so. In his eyes, as captives, they should have the despair of captives. Even if they were accidentally "transported" to death by him on the road, they could only consider themselves unlucky.
Finding a small town, Kusuo then tied the three women up in a hidden corner, and then he went in to find something to eat and drink. What made him feel very surprised was that the entire Land of Demons was abuzz with rumors that he had already annihilated the entire Hidden Stone Village, that he was a demon who killed without batting an eye.
Especially in some of the taverns, Kusuo could sense the breathing of a dozen people. The weakest were only genin, and the strongest were only chunin. It seemed they were the low-level ninja that Onoki had sent away in advance, now spreading rumors here.
But he didn't care about these things. Besides, this time, he hadn't directly wiped out the Hidden Stone Village like he had with the Sand. Instead, he had only killed some jonin. Even their Tsuchikage had been left with his life, albeit pathetically. These rumor-mongers... the more they bounced around now, the more their faces would be slapped later. Kusuo couldn't even be bothered to argue, instead listening to their earnest rumor-mongering with great interest.
By evening, Kusuo had eaten and drunk his fill. Only then did he remember his main business. Holding an oil-paper package, he returned to the outskirts. There, tied up, were two big-chested older-sister types, and one future "Leg Kage."
Tap, tap, tap.
The sound of footsteps grew closer. Mabui and Samui's hearts jumped, and they immediately prepared for battle. Suddenly, they realized that their acupoints had long since been pierced and paralyzed by Kusuo. They couldn't circulate their chakra at all for a short time. A bitter and helpless taste filled their mouths.
Then, a faint fragrance came. This smell... Kurotsuchi's mouth began to water. Mabui and Samui looked at each other, then swallowed hard with a "gulp, gulp."
Roasted chicken. It was roasted chicken.
They had been on the road for two days, and today was the third. That brat had run off to eat and drink by himself and had disappeared for a whole day. They were about to starve to death. Now, suddenly smelling the fragrance of roasted chicken, how could their mouths resist?
The boy in red appeared before them again. In his hand was the oil-paper package containing the roasted chicken.
"Yours, this is yours, and yours. Don't fight over it. Sit properly in order!" Kusuo opened the oil-paper package in his hand and put one chicken leg each into Mabui and Samui's mouths. They were, after all, much bigger than Kurotsuchi and needed more nutrition. Mm. Kusuo was referring to their age.
Then he stuffed two chicken wings into Kurotsuchi's small mouth. But no matter who it was, Kusuo stuffed it all into their mouths and demanded they sit properly and not move around.
Watching them sit obediently on the ground, waiting for him to feed them, Kusuo was in a trance for a moment. In his previous life, his two Golden Retrievers and Labrador were also this obedient.
...
This time, he had replenished a lot of supplies in the small town, all of which were stored in sealing scrolls. Therefore, the rest of the journey was smooth.
In a week's time, Kusuo had already crossed the entire Land of Demons and arrived near Konoha. This was already the heartland of the Land of Fire. Forests and grasslands were the main theme here, lush and green, with fragrant grass.
Kusuo carried the three captives, looking at the familiar village with some emotion. From a distance, he could see five heads on the great Hokage Rock. Without realizing it, he had been away from the village for more than a month again. Here was his home, with Hinata and Hanabi waiting for him. Mm. And add to that Shion who came back midway.
The barrier around Konoha's periphery, he was all too familiar with it. A simple intrusion didn't even alert any of the sensory squads. Kusuo didn't want the people in the village to know he was back. Otherwise, it would definitely be a grand scene, with crowds welcoming him. After all, what he had done on the battlefield in the Land of Demons this time... in terms of battle record, it might not be that dazzling, but in terms of contribution, he had saved half the Land of Fire. It was possible that the common people would welcome him with food and drink, and worship him.
Avoiding the crowds all the way, Kusuo returned to the Hatake compound. He found his own home.
Creeak—
He pushed open the door. Inside, Hanabi was lying on her sister Hinata's lap, boredly counting her sister's hair. The two of them wore identical style earrings. Shion sat in front of a dressing table, caring for her long golden hair, which was beautiful and smooth.
The moment the door opened, they all looked over with surprise, apprehension, and nervousness in their eyes, which then lit up.
It was Kusuo/Big Brother!
The next second, their expressions immediately fell. Because they discovered that on Kusuo/Big Brother's back... there were actually three more women.
Especially Hanabi. Her eyes were the sharpest. She saw at a glance that among them, one black and one white woman were just like her sister and the Hokage. "I knew it. Big Brother still likes them like that," Hanabi thought, looking at herself with grievance.
"Waaah," she wanted to cry. Why are there so many troubles in growing up? I want to grow up. It's really too hard!
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