Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

A few kilometers away from the town, there is a mass grave. During the chaotic Warring States Period, this was the burial place of unknown people. But with the advent of peace, this place became less visited and the surrounding residents gradually forgot about it.

Deep in this eerie graveyard, there is a cave that does not seem to be naturally formed. A faint light escapes from the cave, indicating that there are people living here.

"Hi~his~his~"

Accompanied by a rustling sound, two figures walked out of the cave one after the other. The one in front was a haggard young man wearing a dark red short-sleeved shirt. His weed-like ponytail hung limply behind his head, and his lifeless eyes were filled with piercing indifference.

Following behind the young man was an ordinary-looking young woman. Her skin, exposed under her tattered robe, was bloodless and her black eyes were expressionless, making her look like an exquisite doll.

“Eat, eat.”

The young woman followed closely behind the young man, and her hoarse mumbling added a bit of weirdness to the already eerie cemetery.

"Machiko, be patient for a while. Once you're full, you'll be able to recover."

The young man walking in front turned his head, his cold eyes carrying unconcealed tenderness as he looked at the puppet-like woman, his tone as gentle as a lover.

“Eat, eat.”

The young woman did not respond, but just kept whispering. The young man did not care and turned around and hugged her gently, ignoring the pungent smell coming from her body, and whispered,
"Mako, I will always be with you and our family."

"Eat God"

After the woman named Mako was hugged, a hint of human sadness flashed in her godless eyes, but was soon shrouded by endless darkness.

In town

Sarutobi Sasuke, who was searching alone, landed on the roof of a tall house, stretched his head vigilantly, observing anything unusual. Just as he frowned and waited, several furtive figures shuttled back and forth in the dark alleys of the street, instantly attracting his attention.

If you dare to go out for a walk so late at night, there must be a ghost!
Sarutobi Sasuke immediately held his breath, slowly blended into the darkness, and headed towards the sneaky figures.

"Captain! We didn't find them."

The furtive figures gathered together and held a small meeting in a dark alley. One of them reported to the man who was obviously the leader.

"That monster needs fresh flesh and blood every month. This town is the only one in the Fire Country that has similar rumors. It must be them."

The leading man said with a sinister look on his face. Under the moonlight, the weed patterns on the forehead guards worn by several people were very conspicuous.

Kusa ninja? Why are they here?

Sarutobi Sasuke, who was lurking not far from the few people, saw the patterns on their forehead protectors clearly, and couldn't help but feel a little confused. Although this town was not too far from the Land of Grass, these Grass ninjas actually sneaked into the Land of Fire so openly. Their purpose was definitely not pure.

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Sasuke's eyes rolled and he decided to investigate. However, the other party was outnumbered and their strength was unknown. He could only wait until the other party was alone and then take him down and torture him.

"Captain, Konoha's ninja is also in this town. It is said that they came here to accept a commission."

Another Kusagakure ninja raised his hand and informed the Kusagakure ninja captain of the information he had collected during the day.

"Konoha. What's the origin?"

The captain of the Kusanagi frowned. The Land of Fire is Konoha's territory. It was against the rules for them to sneak in. If they were caught by Konoha's ninjas, it would be difficult for them to have a good ending.

"A middle-aged ninja brought six children under the age of ten. They didn't seem to be here for a mission, but rather for a picnic."

The Kusagakure ninja provided all the information he knew, and the Kusagakure ninja captain's frown finally relaxed slightly.
"If it's just a group of old and young people, then don't worry too much. If they really come to do something bad, just kill them, but make sure to clean up all the traces."

"Yes!"

Several Grass Ninjas nodded hurriedly.

Phew~ This guy isn't very strong, but he has a big mouth.

Sarutobi Sasuke, who was not far away, heard the words of the Kusagakure captain clearly and couldn't help but slander him in his heart.

"Disperse!"

After arranging several Kusagakure ninjas, the Kusagakure ninja captain waved his hand, and several people disappeared into the night like arrows from a bow.

Sarutobi Sasuke's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he immediately found a Kusanagi who had left and started playing a stalking game.

"It's so troublesome, please don't let me meet that monster"

A grass ninja with a face full of flesh crawled into the dark alley. The damp and cold environment around him made him tighten his coat. Thinking about the goal of this mission, he couldn't help but shudder, with a look of fear on his face.

"Monster? Can you tell me about it?"

Suddenly, a hand quietly rested on the shoulder of the Grass Ninja, and the strange tone of voice in his ear scared him so much that he almost wet his pants, but his ninja qualities made him come to his senses quickly. He took out a sharp kunai from his palm and stabbed it behind him without looking back.

"Bata~"

However, the attack he used with all his strength was easily blocked by the person behind him. With a sharp pain in his wrist, the kunai in his hand fell out of his hand instantly.
"fast"

The shocked Kusanagi knew he was no match for his opponent, so he was about to call for his teammates, but was knocked unconscious by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Sarutobi Sasuke behind him.

"Clap clap~"

After taking away all the ninja tools from the Kusa-nin and checking that there was no poison in his mouth, Sarutobi Sasuke took him to an abandoned house and woke up the unconscious Kusa-nin with a series of slaps.

"Well, I am a grass"

The captured Kusanagi slowly woke up in severe pain. The moment he found out that he was captured, he glared at the strange man in front of him who looked calm and composed. However, after catching a glimpse of the Konoha emblem on Sarutobi Sasuke's forehead, he immediately lost all his arrogance and became obedient.

"What?"

Sarutobi Sasuke lowered his head and asked with a sneer,

"Nothing, nothing~"

Although this Grass Ninja was not very strong, he had a very good eye and was a well-known fence-sitter in the Grass Ninja Village. Seeing Sarutobi Sasuke's unhappy expression, he immediately shook his head like a rattle.

"Tell me, what is your purpose in coming here, Grass Ninja?"

Sitting in front of the Kusanagi, Sarutobi Sasuke took out the kunai he carried with him and gestured up and down.

"Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! We were just passing by~"

Staring closely at the kunai swinging up and down, the Grass Ninja replied with a face full of fear,

Haha, you are still not honest. It seems that you need to be punished~
"You think I look like a fool?"

No, like a monkey.

The Kusanagi's heart tightened as he looked at Sarutobi Sasuke, who looked like a monkey, and he swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

"Now you have two choices, answer the question completely, or answer it after missing a few important parts."

With an uneasy look on his face, Sarutobi Sasuke squatted down, placed the kunai across the eyes of the Kusanagi, and then slowly moved it down until it stopped between his legs. His target was very clear.

"do not want!"

The Kusanagi clamped his legs together in fear, he had been single for thirty years and this part was brand new from the factory, he had never delved into the nest.

"Then will you tell me?"

"Talk about it!"

After weighing the pros and cons between his lower body and his lower life, the Kusanagi replied through gritted teeth.

"Don't try to play tricks on me. I have ten thousand ways to make you live a life worse than death."

Unexpectedly, the Kusagakure ninja surrendered so easily. Sarutobi Sasuke looked him up and down with some suspicion, and then threatened him.

"We Kusagakure have always valued honesty."

Huh? A well-known fence-sitter in the ninja world, he dares to claim to be honest. If you tell anyone about it, I'm afraid the Six Paths Sage would laugh himself to death.

"We are here to look for the rebel ninja from the Land of Grass."

After organizing his words, the Kusanagi slowly began to explain,

"Rebel Ninja?"

"Yes, he is a guy who defected from the Land of Grass before our Kusagakure Village was established."

Seeing that Sarutobi Sasuke was a little unconvinced, the Kusanagi quickly added,
"Why would you go to such great lengths just to fight a traitor?"

Thinking back to the large number of Kusagakure ninjas, Sarutobi Sasuke's doubts only grew.

“That’s because of him.”

The Kusanagi, who was about to explain, seemed to recall something terrifying and his face turned pale in an instant.

"Because of what?"

Feeling that he was close to the truth, Sarutobi Sasuke urged,
"Because he took away a monster, a devil from hell."

Under the threat of the transferred eunuch, the Kusanagi gritted his teeth and told everything he knew.
It turned out that five years ago, a ninja from the Land of Grass secretly took away their important experimental subjects and disappeared since then. The Grass Ninjas searched all the land in the Land of Grass but found nothing.

The following year, due to the establishment of the Kusagakure Village, there was a wave of power changes within the top leadership, and the matter was temporarily shelved until the experiment was restarted in recent years.

The top leaders of the Kusagakure Village then remembered the ninja who defected with the only experimental subject five years ago. They immediately offered a reward for clues and sent out several teams to search for the whereabouts of the traitor and the experimental subject.

"What's the name of that traitor?"

After listening to the bizarre story told by the grass ninja in front of him, Sarutobi Sasuke pondered for a moment and asked,

"Shenhuo, the traitor's name is Shenhuo."

As for the mission target, the Kusagakure naturally knew its information by heart.

"The divine fire? The divine fire, the god of fire!"

Muttering a familiar name over and over again, Sarutobi Sasuke suddenly remembered that Uchiha Kagami had once found out that the wandering ninja who was suspected to have been killed by a demon five years ago was named Kagami.

"So what is that experimental subject?"

Sarutobi Sasuke temporarily suppressed his divergent thoughts and continued to ask for information about the experimental subject.

"I don't know much about the experimental subject. I only heard that she is a monster that returned from hell."

Speaking of the experimental subject, the Grass Ninja visibly flinched, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

"monster?"

"Yes, she is a monster, a man-eating monster, a devil who will go mad without fresh flesh and blood!"

Recalling the scene of the monster eating people, Kusanagi couldn't help but tremble. He once had the honor of guarding that monster and had seen its cruel and bloody side.

Unexpectedly, the culprit of the cannibalism in the town was not a wild beast, but an experimental subject that escaped from the Kusagakure Village. Sarutobi Sasuke naturally did not dare to underestimate this enemy that was beyond common sense. "Not good!"

When he thought about the possibility that the children he was bringing might have to face this kind of monster, Sarutobi Sasuke immediately jumped up in a hurry. He didn't even have time to care about the captured Kusanagi and disappeared on the spot in an instant.

"Ah? Let me go first!"

Looking at the abandoned house without doors and windows, the Grass Ninja shouted in despair, but this place was located in a remote area of ​​the town and no one could find him. Now he could only pray that the monster would not find this place.

"Da~da~da~"

Not long after Sarutobi Sasuke left, the Kusagakure who was held captive suddenly heard footsteps. He was overjoyed and was about to call for help when he heard a hoarse whisper.

“Eat, eat.”

"Well!"

The Kusanagi immediately shut his mouth, with fear flashing in his eyes. He held his breath and didn't dare to make any sound.
Although he had only heard this voice once, he would never forget it in his life. It was the hungry whisper of the monster imprisoned in the prison.

"."

As the footsteps disappeared, Kusanagi heaved a sigh of relief. The luck of surviving the disaster made him smile. However, the shadow that suddenly appeared at the door made his back shiver in an instant.

"Oh, it's an acquaintance!"

The figure standing at the door was the haggard Kagami, or rather the Kagami. With a friendly smile on his face, he slowly stepped into the abandoned hut and greeted the stiff Kusagakure.

"Shenshenhuo, there is no grudge between you and me. I am just following orders. Please leave now. I will pretend that I have never seen you before."

Smelling a fishy and rotten smell, the Grass Ninja was so scared that he almost died on the spot, but the desire to survive temporarily overcame his fear. He immediately gritted his teeth and spoke in a very sincere tone.

"Oh, what a warm-hearted fellow countryman."

Shenhuo's smile did not fade, giving the desperate Kusagakure a glimmer of hope.
"Yes, yes, I am famous for my warm heart in Kusagakure Village~"

"Really? My Mako has had a bit of a stomach cold lately, and she just needs something hot to replenish her body."

However, Shenhuo's next words made the Kusanagi feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and he sat on the ground as if he had lost his soul.

“Eat, eat.”

Shenhuo, who had seen even more desperate expressions than this, shook his head in boredom and made way for the hungry woman behind him. Her eyes turned red and she immediately walked towards the Kusanagi step by step.

"No, don't!"

The Grass Ninja, enveloped by the aura of death, struggled hard, but unfortunately Sarutobi Sasuke had already sealed his chakra. Now he was just a lamb with better meat than ordinary people.

“Eat, eat.”

The woman held up the tearful face of the Kusanagi with both hands and slowly opened her mouth. The darkness that overflowed from it instantly swallowed up the burly Kusanagi.

"Burp~eat.eat."

"Are you still not full?"

Seeing that Mako didn't stop after eating a Kusagakure, Shenhuo rubbed his temples helplessly.
Ever since that incident, Mako's appetite has become bigger and bigger. Normally, she would only need to eat one or two people a month, but now she has to eat at least seven or eight people a month.

“Eat, eat.”

Hey~
With a slight sigh in his heart, Shen Huo turned around and touched Zhenzi's hair, and said in a slightly doting tone,

"It's okay. There are quite a few fellow villagers here this time. It's enough for you to have a full meal."

the other side

Sarutobi Hiruzen and his two companions, who were lurking at the town's exit, began to lose their energy as the night deepened, so they discussed and took turns to keep watch.

"Then I will be the one keeping watch first. You can rest assured and have a good rest."

As the captain, Sarutobi Hiruzen was the first to step forward. Danzo Shimura and Kagami Uchiha had no objections and immediately leaned against the wall and took a nap.

"Huh~ Why is it so cold here!"

The environment in the dark alley was too humid, and soon Danzo Shimura could not bear it anymore. Even though the flesh on his buttocks was thick, it could not resist the biting cold.

"Danzo, you are a ninja, not a squeamish noble. A ninja must adapt to all environments. Look at the mirror, he..."

Hearing the complaints of his childhood friend, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was on guard duty, gave a serious lecture, and pointed at the ever-quiet Uchiha Kagami, intending to use him as an example for Shimura Danzo to watch and learn from. However, he froze in the middle of his words.

"."

In the cold dark alley, Uchiha Kagami was still emitting bursts of heat. Looking at the blanket wrapped around him, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo were speechless.

"Well, if it's cold, I have extra heating blankets here."

Uchiha Jing, who was awakened by the voice, looked at the two classmates with stiff faces, scratched his curly hair a little embarrassedly, and then took out a blanket of the same style from the backpack behind him.
"Hmph! Hiruzen, look at him, for a ninja, he is so extravagant."

Finally, he caught Uchiha Kagami's trick, and Shimura Danzo, who had been angry for a long time, immediately criticized him.
"Jing, you are so meticulous. You are worthy of being a student valued by the teacher!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned for a long time, feeling a biting cold wind, and subconsciously took the heating blanket from Uchiha Kagami's hand. Then he put on an appreciative expression and boasted about it fiercely.

"what?"

Danzo widened his eyes in confusion and touched his ears, thinking he had heard it wrongly.

"Hey! Danzo, you must learn more from Jing in the future and strive to become a well-rounded ninja."

While educating Danzo, Sarutobi Hiruzen put on the built-in heated blanket and felt the warmth like the spring breeze. He was deeply moved and felt more and more that he had not recognized Uchiha Kagami as his adoptive father in vain, and that he would really help him when something happened.

Unlike Danzo, the typical drinking buddy who only plays crickets on the side.

"No, Hiruzen, you..."

Danzo Shimura felt betrayed and was disheartened at this moment. He was the childhood friend of the monkey, so why was the monkey drifting away from him?

Obviously I came first.
"Danzo, it's your turn!"

Just when Shimura Danzo was deeply in emo, Sarutobi Hiruzen came to take over the shift with perfect timing.

"Ok!"

Danzo quickly pulled himself out of his sorrow and immediately took up the position of night watch, but the biting cold wind was not as cold as his heart.

Sarutobi Hiruzen wrapped in a warm blanket fell into a sound sleep.

"hu~hu~"

After a while, Danzo, who had not rested yet, could not help but squinting his eyes. Finally, under the attack of fatigue, he succumbed and fell asleep leaning against the corner.

"Da~da~da~"

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen's team was completely unaware, two figures were slowly walking towards them on the street in the distance. Shenhuo immediately saw Danzo Shimura sleeping soundly against the wall not far away, and a complex look flashed in his eyes.

“Eat, eat.”

"Machiko, babies need to be fat to be tasty, forget about this shriveled one~"

For some reason, the divine fire blocked the true son who reached out from behind and shook his head at her;
"Eat ass"

"what?"

Shenhuo blinked in confusion. It was rare for Mako to say anything else when she was hungry. She immediately looked in the direction she pointed, and saw Danzo leaning against the corner of the wall turned over, revealing his huge and perky butt that was different from that of an ordinary person.

How could Mako, who had eaten countless people, miss such a rare delicacy? He immediately pushed the confused Shenhuo aside and walked towards the sleeping Danzo.

"tsk"

Seeing that Mako was so persistent, Shenhuo had no choice but to follow. He just recognized the Konoha forehead protector on Danzo's forehead, and naturally guessed that he was a Konoha ninja who came to carry out a mission.

"Alas~ we have to move to another place after this meal."

He didn't want to get into this big trouble with Konoha, but he couldn't stop Mako's appetite, so he had to plan where to go after tonight.

"Eat ass"

As she spoke, Mako had already leaned down and stretched out her hands towards the sleeping Danzo. Just as she opened her mouth slightly, a black shadow flew out from the depths of the alley and hit her directly in the face.

"who?"

Shenhuo frowned, not expecting an ambush. Just as he was about to check if the hidden weapon had hurt Zhenzi, he saw a short figure jumping out of the alley.

"monkey?"

Unexpectedly, the ambush soldier was not a human, but a little monkey wearing a tiger skin skirt. Looking at Zhenzi again, Shenhuo realized that the so-called hidden weapon was actually a banana peel that had been eaten clean.

"Ninja beasts"

Shenhuo was knowledgeable and experienced. He immediately determined that the monkey in front of him was not an ordinary wild beast, but a ninja beast raised by ninjas. Not wanting to cause too much trouble, he raised his hand and shot out a sharp gust of wind, sending the little monkey who was about to send a signal to Sarutobi Sasuke back to its hometown.

[Kagekage Style: Breaking Palm]

"It turns out to be a psychic beast. I'm in trouble."

A powerful palm strike turned the little monkey into white smoke. Shenhuo was startled and said to Mako who was playing with the banana peel,

"Hurry up and eat Mako!"

The only thing he could do now was to eat these little ghosts first, and then take Mako away from this troubled place quickly.

"eat"

Upon receiving the order, Mako threw away the banana peel in his hand, and his two scarlet eyes stared at Danzo's buttocks again. His greedy look was beyond words, and his two pale hands slowly reached out to grab the plumpness.

"Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~"

Just when Danzo was about to lose his buttocks, a few cold gunshots suddenly shot out from the dark alley and shot at Mako, who was salivating with greed, at a very tricky angle.

"Pfft!"

Several hand-held weapons instantly hit Mako's chest, but she did not scream. Instead, she stopped stretching her hands and looked down at the hand-held weapons in her chest in confusion.

"Shh!"

Just as she was stunned, two figures flashed out from the alley at an extremely fast speed. Uchiha Kagami, holding a knife in both hands, looked at the two strangers in front of him vigilantly, while Sarutobi Hiruzen hugged Danzo who was still sleeping and pulled him over.

Under this violent movement, Danzo who was sleeping soundly woke up slowly. He looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who was hugging him with doubts, and subconsciously protected his huge buttocks.

"Monkey, I treat you as my brother!" (End of this chapter)