Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

Nothing was said that night, as they still had a long journey ahead.

So after finishing their dinner, they fell into a deep sleep.

For the next two days, they spent most of their time traversing this vast primeval forest.

Along the way, not only were there no enemies, but even wild animals did not bother them.

Finally, they passed through the forest they were almost tired of seeing and returned to the plains.

After running across the plains for half a day, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky.

Seeing this weather, everyone knew that they had finally arrived at the land of rain, where it rains all year round.

But as they went deeper, the three little ones' faces grew increasingly serious.

Because at this time, the Land of Rain doesn't resemble a country at all.

Perhaps it's more accurate to say that this place is actually inhabited.

The places they passed through were all desolate scenes of ruins and rubble.

Kagura remained calm, for he knew very well that everything before him was a remnant of the great battle that had taken place years ago.

That afternoon, just as they were about to find an abandoned house to rest, a series of tragic cries came from not far away.

Chapter 17 Tell Me Your Choice

As the cries and screams rang out, everyone exchanged bewildered glances.

Finally, all three of them turned their gazes toward Kagura.

Seeing the disciples' reactions, Kagura sighed inwardly, then said to them:

"Alright, since we have nothing else to do, let's go take a look."

With that, he took the lead and walked over there.

Seeing this, the three of them followed excitedly.

They were in what should have been an abandoned village.

However, the entire village appears to have been the site of a fierce battle.

The severely damaged walls and the almost entirely uninhabited houses seemed to bear witness to the past tragedy.

However, this village seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and in the rain it looks like a ruin.

This is why Kagura and the others came looking for a place to rest.

The place where the crying came from was not far from them, just a few meters away in a relatively intact house.

A few seconds later, they arrived outside the house.

Although the house in front of us was in relatively good condition compared to other places, its door had long been destroyed and disappeared.

Without hesitation, Kagura led the three of them straight into the house.

Before even reaching the room, a plea for mercy could be heard coming from inside:

Please!

Don't take our food; we only have a little left.

If you take it away, my child and I will starve to death here.

I beg you, please let us go!

The voice that came through was that of a young woman, and along with her words came the cries of a child and the sound of someone kowtowing.

Out of ninja instinct, they did not immediately head towards the room from which the sound was coming.

Instead, they immediately silenced their footsteps and quietly moved closer to the wall.

After passing through the living room, they arrived at the door of a room, where Kagura and the others finally saw what was happening inside.

A young woman dressed in tattered clothes was seen holding a child who looked to be only 3 or 4 years old, and she was repeatedly kowtowing to several figures in front of her.

Opposite her were three men dressed in ninja combat suits.

Although the lights inside the room were unusually dim, Kagura and the others could still clearly see that the three people's headbands bore the symbol of Sunagakure.

At this moment, one of them was holding a cloth bag and cursing. Judging from what the young woman had just said, it seemed to be the only food left in her house.

The other person might have felt a little annoyed by the woman's and the child's cries.

Suddenly, he kicked the woman who was kowtowing to the ground, saying impatiently:

"As I said, we are ninjas from Sunagakure who came out on a mission."

Do you know what a ninja is?

Now we're asking you to contribute food to us, otherwise are you planning to let us go on our mission on an empty stomach?

How incredibly noisy.

He seemed still not satisfied after saying that, and kicked the woman lying on the ground a few more times.

The woman dared not resist; she could only hold her child tightly, gritting her teeth and silently enduring his attacks.

But seeing that the woman had fallen silent, the ninja who had previously complained about her noise seemed to have been angered instead.

They kicked even harder without stopping.

The man on the other side opened the cloth bag in his hand, glanced at it, and said disappointedly:

"Pah, so noisy and disruptive. I thought there was some food."

Aren't these just some rotten cassava?

What bad luck.

Although he complained, after thinking about it, he still put the cloth bag away.

They were a small team that had set off from Sunagakure a few days earlier to carry out a mission in another country.

Unfortunately, while he was on his way yesterday, he accidentally dropped the bag of dry food into a pool.

However, due to the time limit of the mission, they do not have time to return to the village to replenish their food supplies.

So they could only try their luck in this ruined land of rain.

Surprisingly, they actually found survivors in the house.

Although he wouldn't normally eat those cassava even if they were given to him, as a ninja, he couldn't be picky at this moment in order to carry out the mission.

He had no intention of stopping his companion from kicking and hitting the woman.

At this moment, the last of the three spoke up:

"Speaking of which, it's getting late now."

This house seems to be the only decent one around here.

But this woman...

or..."

As he spoke, the man raised his hand and made a throat-slitting gesture.

Clearly, he meant that he found this woman too troublesome and, in order to have some peace and quiet tonight, he planned to kill her and rob her house.

The person holding the food was clearly the leader of this squad.

He pondered his companion's suggestion for a while, and then surprisingly nodded in agreement.

Upon seeing the exchange between the two, the ninja who was kicking the woman revealed a sinister smile.

In fact, this scene is quite common in the ninja world.

Perhaps in her previous life, Kagura saw Naruto's passionate and camaraderie in manga or anime.

But after transmigrating, he realized, having spent years on missions outside, that this was the norm in this world.

In a world with low productivity, the survival of the fittest is an inevitable phenomenon.

Ordinary people simply cannot resist a group with such extraordinary combat power as ninjas.

Keep in mind that even a genin who has just graduated from the ninja academy can easily defeat several ordinary adults.

For a country like the Land of Rain, which has already lost the protection of ninja villages...

The people who remained here were no different from ants on the roadside in the eyes of ninjas from a great power like the Land of Wind.

After figuring out what had happened, the three people beside Kagura couldn't help but show anger in their eyes.

For them, who grew up in a peaceful village like Konoha, what they were seeing was simply unimaginable.

Especially Kushina.

As someone who has been through it, she understands this kind of thing very well.

When she fled from the Land of Whirlpools, she witnessed many similar things firsthand.

So when she saw that those people were actually preparing to kill the woman and her child, she couldn't help but take a step forward.

However, at that moment, an arm blocked the way for the three of them.

At this moment, Kagura's eyes were cold as he looked at the three angry-looking people and said in a chilling tone:

"Let me make it clear first, I will not stop you, but I will not take action either."

But before you take action, I think you should think it through carefully.

As he spoke, he pointed to the three ninjas inside the room before continuing:

"As you can see, those are ninjas from Sunagakure."

"And I believe you all know perfectly well what we're going to Sunagakure for this time."

Upon hearing this, the three of them changed their expressions abruptly.

Kushina, in particular, growled angrily:

"So, are we just going to do nothing and watch that mother and child die?"

Faced with her disciple's questioning, Kagura calmly replied: