My Life as Itachi's Crow

Chapter 166: The Beginning of the Hidden Grass Village's Destruction

The border of the Land of Grass.

The leader of the Hidden Grass Village had been waiting here for a long time. The assassination squads sent by both the Hidden Stone Village and the Hidden Grass Village were like stones sinking into the sea, without a single piece of news returning.

For the leader of a ninja village to betray the Daimyo of their country was an incredible thing. The Land of Grass was not one of the Five Great Nations, but in the ninja world, it was not considered a small country either.

For ninjas to rebel against the Daimyo, this was a subversion of the ninja world.

It was very likely that the entire ninja world had a rather bad start from this.

"If the intelligence still hasn't arrived by tomorrow..." The leader of the Hidden Grass Village looked at the few subordinates beside him and said in a deep voice, "Increase the number of people and continue searching south..."

"Lord Leader, are we really going to do this?" A Grass ninja lowered his head and said timidly, "The people from our village are all wearing the attire of the Hidden Stone Village. Konoha shouldn't have noticed yet, right?"

"If Konoha and the Land of Grass sign a new alliance this year, the Hidden Grass Village will have no future." The leader of the Hidden Grass Village shook his head and looked up at the distance, "The number of rogue ninjas this year is increasing... Besides cooperating with the Hidden Stone Village, we have no other choice!"

"But..."

That Grass ninja was about to continue persuading but was forcefully interrupted by the Hidden Grass leader, his eyes gradually narrowing, "That's... a Konoha ninja! How can they be so fast!"

"..."

All the ninjas at the border of the Land of Grass were stunned. At this speed, this squad of Konoha ninjas had practically arrived at the Land of Grass at full speed.

The assassination squads they sent out... seemed to have been completely useless, not even able to cause a delay.

What panicked the Grass ninjas even more was yet to come…

A Tailed Beast Bomb with a huge chakra reaction shot out with a roar, landing on a hillside at the border of the Land of Grass. The hillside instantly turned into fragments, and a squad of Hidden Stone ninjas hiding behind the hill was annihilated along with it…

"This... how is this possible?"

Before the leader of the Hidden Grass Village could react, a series of Tailed Beast Bombs bombarded all around. The Hidden Stone ninjas ambushing at the border had been completely wiped out…

"Wait, those are people from the Hidden Grass Village!"

A white-haired old man with a Konoha headband suddenly shouted loudly. The chakra reaction fluctuations quickly ceased, and a four-man ninja squad stood before the leader of the Hidden Grass Village.

Jiraiya scratched his head, "Are you from the Land of Grass, sent to receive us?"

This question was asked with skill.

It had only been a few days since the Hidden Grass Village had betrayed Konoha and the Daimyo. The news was still hidden and probably hadn't spread throughout the Hidden Grass Village yet. Let alone Jiraiya's squad, even Kakashi Hatake, who was secretly escorting them, had not yet received the news.

In fact, after Konoha received the news of the alliance between the Hidden Grass Village and the Hidden Stone Village, they had already sent ANBU and Defense Department reinforcements overnight…

Because of the missed news, the escort squad might be in a predicament. That squad had Jiraiya and Tsunade, two next-generation Hokage candidates, plus Uchiha Itachi's identity…

After all, if something happened to these three people, Konoha would basically have no hope for the next ten years... Even if only one of them had an accident, it would be a huge loss for Konoha.

The news in the ninja world traveled so slowly at present that Jiraiya and his Konoha squad had stepped into the Hidden Grass Village without knowing the situation…

This was truly life-threatening…

The leader of the Hidden Grass Village, forcing himself to remain calm, led Jiraiya and the others into the Hidden Grass Village. He wanted this squad to get lost and leave immediately. After all, the overwhelming release of Tailed Beast Bombs at the border was still imprinted on his mind…

He had already dispatched subordinates to secretly send a message to the Stone ninjas in the north. They just had to wait for the Hidden Stone Village's support squad to arrive, and then they could discuss a plan to besiege Jiraiya…

To avoid Jiraiya and the others noticing, the leader of the Hidden Grass Village needed to find a way to place this squad in a sparsely populated area.

Clearly, someone didn't want him to get his wish.

These days, no village lacked a few pig-like teammates.

On a tree-lined path, a little red-haired girl walked down the street, stumbling with tears in her eyes, "Mommy... I want my mommy..."

"Shut up!" A burly Grass ninja pushed the little girl from behind, still muttering, "Remember to be obedient, don't run around in the hospital..."

The little red-haired girl cried on her own, "Mommy..."

The burly Grass ninja slapped the little girl on the head, "If you want to see your mother again, you'll obediently come with me to the hospital, understand?"

"Yes... yes..." The little red-haired girl stumbled and fell to the ground.

"What's going on over there?"

A certain youth in the ninja squad pointed at the rough Grass ninja and the weak little red-haired girl not far away.

The leader of the Hidden Grass Village glanced over. He didn't remember the little girl's appearance, but that red hair was very familiar. It was probably that Uzumaki descendant they had kept.

He certainly couldn't say it directly. After thinking for a moment, the leader of the Hidden Grass Village said with partial doubt, "He's probably disciplining his own daughter…"

"But…" Uchiha Itachi stroked the crow on his shoulder and looked at the leader of the Hidden Grass Village with a rather innocent expression, "His face… could he produce such a cute little girl?"

"...You're joking…" The leader of the Hidden Grass Village wanted to hit someone.

After Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others chuckled for a while and were about to leave, Kitahara on Uchiha Itachi's shoulder suddenly froze, "Caw?"

Go check on that little girl…

The young ninja, hearing the crow's call, suddenly used Body Flicker and disappeared, appearing beside the little red-haired girl and helping her up, "Hey, are you alright?"

"...A... a Konoha ninja!" The little girl raised her head and covered her small mouth in panic, "Are you a Konoha ninja?"

"..."

Uchiha Itachi touched his own little face. Do I look that scary? Why is every little girl I've met recently so scared to death…

Of course, another person was even more scared…

"How... how is that possible?" The burly Grass ninja looked at Uchiha Itachi in terror, "Didn't they say we've already broken through the defense line of the Konoha stationed troops!"

The youth was a bit puzzled, "Broken through... the Konoha stationed troops? The defense line?"

The thoughts in everyone's minds were instantly in disarray, "..."

The people from the Hidden Grass Village slowly retreated and fled… It seemed they would soon gather the ninjas in the village for a siege.

The people in the Konoha ninja squad were shocked. The white-haired old man looked at the burly man beside the little girl and clenched his fist, "What exactly is going on?"

"..."

The burly man from the Hidden Grass Village collapsed to the ground. He wanted to ask what was going on too! Why did his own village leader bring the enemy into the village!

Uchiha Itachi didn't care about that much, just looking at the little girl and grinning, "What's your name?"

"...Ka... Karin."

The youth spoke gently, "Why was he taking you to the hospital?"

"...Because... they killed my mom..." The little girl paused, a hint of hatred and resilience in her eyes.

A few days ago, the treacherous Hidden Grass Village had not only sent people to ambush Jiraiya's squad with the Hidden Stone Village but had also sent a ninja squad to clear out Konoha's stationed squad.

Similarly, the stubbornly resisting Konoha ninjas had brought great losses to the Hidden Grass Village. This small ninja village's medical care relied on a woman who had escaped from the Land of Whirlpools... She was an Uzumaki descendant.

The night before last, that Uzumaki woman had died in front of her daughter due to excessive loss of stamina. However, to ensure the village's ninjas recovered their combat strength, this group of small-country ninjas had set their sights on the three-year-old little girl…

Her name was Karin, a descendant of the Uzumaki clan.

The most precious person in the entire Hidden Grass Village.

(End of this chapter)

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