Naruto: Reborn as Zoro

Tsunade then transplants the eye into Shisui's right eye socket after taking out the blind eye. She uses her medical jutsu to connect the nerves until the eye really becomes Shisui's.

When Shisui tries to see with his new eye, he is quite surprised by how comfortable he feels. It's as if he already has this eye since he was born, which is impossible, so he only thinks that it is due to Tsunade's high level medical jutsu.

However, Tsunade is frowning since she attached the eye into Shisui's eye socket. The others finally pick up on her strange expression and ask if there is something wrong.

They are worried that she is forcing herself to transplant the eye. There might not be blood involved to trigger her trauma, but an organ transplantation is still not a pleasant treatment.

"It might just be my feeling, but even I feel that the eye is too compatible with Shisui. I have transplanted many organs in the past when I was still in my best condition. In organ transplantation, the best organs to be donated are from family members because the genetics are similar."

"So it could be the eye from someone of his family?" Even Zoro with his rather low intelligence can understand what Tsunade implies.

"That's impossible. His mother is still alive and his father died not too long ago." Minato doesn't think that it's possible, but then Fugaku says something surprising.

"Kagami Uchiha, Shisui's grandfather. He was the 3rd and Danzo's teammate in their young days. He was quite infamous among the Uchiha clan because he was the 2nd Hokage's student and many clan members didn't like the 2nd back then."

(A.n: in the wiki, it is only said that Shisui is Kagami's descendant. But considering that Kagami is the same age as Hiruzen, I think that he is Shisui's grandfather. Well, it's easier to make it like that too for the plot.)

"So there is a chance that Danzo took Uchiha Kagami's eye after his death, huh?" Minato is really glad that Danzo has died now. Who knows what terrible things that asshole could do if he were still alive.

"If it really is Uchiha Kagami's eye, then it will explain why Shisui feels a great compatibility with it. But either way, the most important thing now is that he has regained his sight even if it's not perfect." Tsunade shifts the gloomy talk.

"It's already more than enough. Having 1 functioning eye is already much better than not having any. So I'm very thankful to you, Zoro-san and Tsunade-sama."

"I prefer something that can be touched instead of just a thank." Zoro jokes, but Shisui takes it seriously because he quickly takes out some money from a scroll which makes Zoro and everyone else who knows that he is joking speechless.

"Dude, I'm just joking." Zoro gives the money back.

".... Oh." Shisui has just realized it, so he backs off while giggling.

"Sigh, anyway, tell Jiraiya to wait for me at the Gate. I need to talk with the princess and it might not be easy." Zoro excuses himself and returns to Tsunade's house with Tsunade too.

After arriving there, he immediately tells Hiyori that he has an important and dangerous job to do now. So he asks her to wait here until he returns and it might take a few days, so he asks her to be patient and be a good girl.

"Can't I go with you?" Hiyori looks down tearfully.

"No, this is too dangerous. I even need Torao to go with me. You are not ready to join me in such a dangerous job. So you need to stay here with Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton. After I return, we'll start our journey to explore the world as I promised. So don't be sad and be a good girl, alright? This won't take that long."

".... Okay. I will be stronger when you return, Uncle." Hiyori seems spirited again.

"Oh? Then let's check your progress after I return. If you become stronger, then I'll get a real sword for you."

"Really?"

"Yeah, only if you really get stronger."

"Promise?" Hiyori raises his right pinky.

"Promise." Zoro grabs it with his pinky finger to seal the promise.

"You better not go back on your words, Uncle! I will be so strong that you won't recognize me."

Tsunade and Shizune giggle at her optimism. As if she can be that much stronger in just a few days. But they don't say anything because at least this will prevent her from being lonely. They know how much Hiyori loves her uncle and her history, so they know that she is afraid of being left again by her family.

After settling the matter with Hiyori, Zoro leaves some money to Shizune for Hiyori's daily necessities. Tsunade is eyeing the money, so Shizune hides it quickly, making her click her tongue in annoyance.

Zoro then goes to the village Gate where Jiraiya is waiting while flirting with a woman who seems really annoyed by him. It impresses Zoro how Jiraiya can make time for this kind of thing even before doing a very important job.

"What are you doing?" Zoro suddenly asks while standing behind the woman who jolts in surprise when she hears him. She turns around and sees his scary expression, so she runs away in fear, shocking Jiraiya who can only watch.

"I thought you'd take longer to come."

"The princess was convinced quickly."

"I see. Then let's get going, sigh." Jiraiya turns around to walk out of the Gate with slumped shoulders.

But he quickly changes his attitude and runs quickly from trees to trees. Jiraiya leads the way while Zoro is following behind. Though Zoro doesn't run, he is riding on Torao's back after the cat transforms into a tiger-sized form.

"Say, can't you run by yourself?"

"You better not ask him to run by himself or it'll take forever to reach our destination. Surely you know that he can even get lost in a straight path, right?" Torao is the one answering instead of Zoro.

"So are you saying that he will stray away even if he is following me right behind me?" Jiraiya asks with an expression of disbelief.

"He will get lost even if you hold his hand."

Now Jiraiya is speechless and stops asking Zoro to run by himself. Having Torao carry Zoro on his back will make their journey much easier. Though it's annoying that he needs to run while Zoro just sits on an animal's back.

They talk about their strategy for this mission which is quite simple. Zoro will distract the enemies by attacking openly so Jiraiya can sneak into the village.

"Hey, Jiraiya, are you sure that the location we're heading is the correct one?"

"Huh? What do you mean? We are heading to Otogakure, so it must be the correct one."

"....." Zoro is speechless when hearing that.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Jiraiya doesn't know why Zoro looks at him as if he is an idiot.

"You know, Otogakure isn't a village like Konoha or other hidden villages. No, I don't think it can be called a village. Otogakure is scattered all over the Land of Sound. They have many locations, like hideouts. They even have bases located in other countries. That's why I ask if you are sure that we are going to the correct location."

Jiraiya looks surprised when he hears what Zoro says.

"Man, you should gather information from black market more often."

Hidden villages often underestimate the information sold in black market. They don't trust that the information sold in black market is reliable and they're right. Many brokers sell fake information in black market, so hidden villages almost always do their own investigations.

Though in Zoro's eyes, it's just a matter of experience and finding the correct brokers. He was also having a problem with buying fake information in his early days. But now he has found trustworthy brokers and always gets accurate information.

"Let's buy information in the black market first. If we go to the wrong location, it will only alert them and they might relocate the kids, or even worse, dispose of them."

"R-right."

Jiraiya then follows Zoro who rides on Torao's back to the nearest black market. Torao has memorized every black market's location and knows where the nearest one is. Though it still surprises Zoro & Torao that they are better at getting information than a big hidden village like Konoha.

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