Konoha: Resurrected by Orochimaru at the start

"Heh, I thought the plan had gone wrong, and this guy didn't care." A slight smile played on Afei's lips beneath his mask, as if he were laughing at something.

Uchiha Itachi, standing to the side, remained expressionless and showed no reaction. He could roughly guess that this was a conspiracy targeting Reikawa, though it had nothing to do with him...

The key issue is that this guy has been hiding his strength and comes from Yuanxu, giving him an intelligence advantage. Logically speaking, he doesn't need our help.

Afei cautiously emerged from behind the tree, taking small, hesitant steps. Seeing that Reikawa Uzumaki didn't react, he breathed a sigh of relief and waved his wide sleeves. "Then, senior, shall we set off now?"

Uchiha Gen was about to nod when he suddenly seemed to remember something. "Pay me back the money before we leave."

"Huh???" Afei was stunned. What money? And—according to normal logic, shouldn't Uzumaki Reikawa be setting off immediately to rescue people in a hurry?

Seeing this, Uchiha Gen narrowed his eyes slightly. "Don't play dumb. You took almost half of the skewers. Pay me back first." Things are different now than before. There's still a huge difference in the amount. Every little bit helps.

Hearing this, Ah Fei chuckled awkwardly, waving his arms and saying, "...Let's talk about the money first, then we'll save her. If we're too late, that little girl might die!"

"I don't think a little time is too much of a problem. Since he made this request, his target must be me. Until I see him, Karin is safe for the time being."

"..." Afei fell silent for a moment. Damn it, believe it or not, I'll kill him.

Suddenly, the scene became strange again. Because Afei had dropped two skewers in fright, after taking the only change Afei had painstakingly found, Uchiha Gen took two more skewers from the paper tube and gave them to him.

In a sense, Lingchuan's move was actually quite practical? Bullshit!! Afei was somewhat agitated, but outwardly he appeared helpless and dejected. "Shall we leave now?"

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Gen turned to Itachi and said, "Itachi, I probably won't be back for a while. Could you please retrieve the ring for me?"

Hearing this, Itachi didn't speak but just nodded slightly. He had actually been thinking about Orochimaru for a long time. Sasuke's cursed seal hadn't been removed yet, so taking back the ring could be considered a convenient thing to do.

As Uzumaki Reikawa disappeared from sight, Uchiha Itachi seemed to be pondering something. He stood quietly for a while, then suddenly turned into a crow and vanished from the spot.

……

When Uchiha Gen arrived at the scene with Tobi, he saw Karin leaning against a tree, tied to it in a disheveled state. Upon seeing him, she burst into tears, crying, "Is this Reikawa-nii?... Please save me..."

Because she had been looking down, her red hair was now disheveled and covered her face when she looked up, making her look even more disheveled and pitiful.

However, Uchiha Gen remained silent for a moment upon seeing this, then turned and left without a second thought. Just as he was about to leave, several kunai were shot in front of him, blocking his path.

"How did you find out?" Tobi, or rather Obito, asked in a deep voice. The White Zetsu imitated Karin's chakra, and the disguise was almost perfect. Moreover, it was just a cry for help, so there shouldn't have been any flaws. Where did things go wrong?

Seeing that "Abi" had betrayed him, Gen Uchiha showed no surprise whatsoever. "If I said it was just a guess, a random bet, would you be angry?"

Obito "..." (f***)

That's what they say, but the truth is, it's just a bit strange that Uchiha Gen, as the main body, didn't sense the clone.

"Although I don't know how you got information about Karin, let's just assume that the leader cares about me and has too many people to spare, so you're sent to protect her."

If that's the case, then according to the cause-and-effect order, under normal circumstances you shouldn't have led me here; you should have abandoned the mission immediately. In this situation, either you've betrayed me, or—you're the mastermind behind it all!