People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

Yosuke clenched his five fingers, and the sound of bones breaking came from the bodies of the ninjas bound by the Dark Binding. They were all crushed to death by the powerful binding force of the Dark Binding.

The commotion attracted the attention of the other ninjas from Kusagakure, who swarmed over.

Yosuke held Xiang in his arms, looking expressionlessly at the ninjas of Kusagakure, and said, "Now I'm giving you a chance. Retreat, live! Obstruct, die!"

The ninjas of Kusagakure made their choice, drawing kunai and shuriken and aiming them all at Yosuke.

"Deidara, I won't stop you this time."

Deidara's face lit up with an excited smile: "You said it yourself!"

Deidara created a small clay bird, which instantly grew larger as he cast a spell, becoming a giant bird that could be ridden.

Deidara leaped onto the top of the giant bird's head, and Yosuke also boarded the giant bird with Kaori.

Deidara rolled the clay into a ball and threw it directly at the ninja from Kusagakure, where it exploded instantly.

The ninjas of Kusagakure were blown to pieces, and a large hole appeared in the wall.

Deidara piloted the giant bird away from the hospital, soaring into the sky and looking down upon Kusagakure.

Yosuke simply watched all of this silently.

Deidara took out a large lump of clay from his ninja tool bag and made it into a clay doll.

"This is my modified C3? Number 18, infused with my highest level of chakra. It is the most powerful art at this stage, and my art will be sublimated at this moment!"

Deidara threw the clay figure directly into the air, and the clay figure instantly became enormous.

The clay figure accelerates its descent from the sky, just before hitting the ground.

"Art is an explosion! Drink!"

The explosion roared, the ground trembled, and the blinding light seemed to tear through space, illuminating the boundless night as bright as day.

Everything at the epicenter of the explosion was reduced to dust, while buildings outside the epicenter were blown away by the shockwave.

Deidara admired his masterpiece with great satisfaction.

"Only fleeting beauty can be called art!"

Meanwhile, Xiang, who was in Yosuke's arms, had fainted from the shock of the massive explosion.

Yosuke said helplessly, "Deidara, you've gone too far. Forget it, let's go."

Deidara muttered to himself, "You said you wouldn't stop me."

Deidara, controlling the giant bird, disappeared into the sky with Yosuke and Kaori.

In a hotel, Kaori gradually woke up, and when she saw Yosuke and Deidara, her mind cleared instantly, and she got out of bed.

In Xiang's current understanding, neither Yosuke nor Deidara are good people.

Xiang was on the verge of tears. She had just escaped the wolf's den, and now she had entered the tiger's lair. What bad luck!

Yosuke, unaware of Kaori's inner thoughts, asked gently, "Are you hungry?"

Xiang nodded, then quickly shook her head and said, "I'm not hungry!"

Yosuke felt somewhat helpless. It must be that Deidara had gone too far, causing Kaori to become wary of him.

One Deidara was already enough to deal with, and now there's another one, Kaori, who's several years younger than Deidara, giving Yosuke a real headache.

Other organizations recruit strong individuals directly, but mine has become a children's shelter?!

Should everything start from childhood?

Yosuke sighed inwardly and said to Kaori, "There's no need to be wary of us. We're comrades now, aren't we? Get some rest. The food is on the table. Eat if you're hungry."

Hearing the word "companion," Xiang paused for a moment. After the fall of her country, she had lived a life of wandering and hardship, and in Kusagakure, she was treated like a pig or a dog. The adults treated her and her mother like walking blood bags, and the children her age always bullied her, leaving Xiang with virtually no companions.

Hearing Yosuke sincerely call her "comrade," Kaori felt a surge of emotion, and even her guard against Yosuke lessened considerably.

"Ok!"

Chapter 196 Departure from Konoha

Time flies, and a year has passed quickly.

Yosuke also took Deidara and Kaori on a year-long journey through the ninja world.

Through studying the recorded history of the ninja world and learning from the ninjas who survived the wars, Yosuke began to understand the essence of the three major ninja wars in this world.

The essence of the Ninja World War was to achieve the goal of building a new order in the Ninja World, that is, to build a community of shared destiny in the Ninja World.

Specifically, this manifests as a process in which the five great ninja villages lead other forces in the ninja world to achieve partial unification of the ninja world's will, with the most important aspect being balancing the interests of the five great ninja nations.

From the First Shinobi World War to the Third Shinobi World War, this was manifested through annexation.

However, this method of mergers and acquisitions has not been very effective.

Although the five great ninja villages are of varying strengths, they check and balance each other. If one side attacks another, the remaining forces will intervene.

Because if the balance is broken, the power that absorbs the other side will have an overwhelming advantage.

The First Shinobi World War was caused by a coup d'état launched by Kinkaku and Ginkaku during the alliance ceremony between the Raikage and the Hokage, so it was a Shinobi World War involving only two ninja villages.

The Second Shinobi World War was caused by the widening economic gap between countries. Under the pretext of increasing the privileges of fairness, the militaristic forces in each country rose, and Amegakure became the main battlefield of the Five Great Nations.

The Third Shinobi World War was the most extensive war in history, with all five major shinobi villages participating. It was triggered by the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, leaving Sunagakure leaderless. Kumogakure, which had gradually grown stronger, felt that the opportunity was too good to pass up and launched the Third Shinobi World War.

After analyzing the Fourth Shinobi World War, Yosuke sighed deeply: "Indeed, human desires are endless."

"Brother Deidara, wait for me!"

After a year, seven-year-old Xiang has become Deidara's little shadow.

Twelve-year-old Deidara, however, did not mature with age and remained just as troublesome.

"It smells wonderful! Art cannot wait! Every artist longs for that moment of inspiration! But inspiration is fleeting!"

Yosuke, who was flipping through a book on the history of the ninja world, suddenly darkened his face and snapped at Deidara and Kaori, "You two! Have you finished your training for today?!"

Deidara said nonchalantly, "As long as my art improves, my strength will also improve."

Kaori replied matter-of-factly, "Lord Yosuke and Brother Deidara will protect me, so I don't need to train."

Yang Jie felt a sharp pain in his trigeminal nerve.

Because Kaori was a member of the Uzumaki clan, Yosuke used a scroll left by Minato Namikaze to explain Kaori's situation to Kushina Uzumaki.

When Kushina learned of this, she immediately had Minato take her to Yosuke's location and asked Kaori if she would like to become her disciple and learn the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques from her side.

When Xiang met Kushina Uzumaki, a member of the same clan, she was incredibly excited and immediately agreed to become Kushina's apprentice.

However, after hearing that she was to leave with Kushina, Kaori refused to leave and insisted on staying with Yosuke and Deidara.

Left with no other choice, Kushina could only pass on the sealing technique to Yosuke before leaving, and then have Yosuke teach it to Kaori.

When Yosuke asked Kaori why she didn't want to follow Kushina.

Kaori replied, "I will never forget the moment when Yosuke-sama and Deidara-nii rescued me from the abyss. Now that I am a member of the ^ Organization, I will never leave you!"

This answer moved Yosuke to tears but also left him feeling helpless. He was helpless because he still couldn't escape his responsibility of taking care of the child.

Fortunately, Yosuke had previously mentored the Kocho sisters, Kanae and Shinobu, so he wasn't exactly a novice.

Xiang's talent is also quite good; she has already mastered the Four Symbols Seal and the Vajra Lock.

In addition to sealing techniques, he also learned medical ninjutsu such as Palm Healing Technique.

Yosuke discovers that Kaori has the talent to learn the sword form of Love Breathing, so he asks Kaori if she wants to learn it.

Xiang initially agreed readily, but after learning about the demanding training, she spent all her time looking for opportunities to slack off.

Yosuke didn't need to supervise Deidara's training; in fact, he was quite adept at it. If Yosuke didn't keep an eye on him, Deidara would probably slack off somewhere.

"Xiang, if you still can't learn the First Form of the sword technique within a month, you'll be in for a beating!"

Xiang froze instantly, then chuckled awkwardly, "I love cultivating, I'll go cultivate right away."

Yosuke's punishment wasn't physical punishment, but rather that he made Kaori eat dumplings, her least favorite food, for one or two months straight, which was practically torture for her.

After Deidara and Kaori started training, Yosuke finally had a rare moment of leisure.

However, just as Yosuke was about to have some peace and quiet, a ghost crow landed on his shoulder.

After reading the memories of the demon crow, Yosuke's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

The memories in the demon crow's mind were transmitted by Osamu, and they contained information about Orochimaru.

Osamu has already discovered which organization Orochimaru belonged to, based on the clothes he was wearing and the ring on his hand.

Akatsuki.

A mercenary organization that does not belong to any country.

Moreover, every official member of the Akatsuki organization possesses Kage-level strength.

Meanwhile, Osamu had already made contact with the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

Zhi was no match for the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

However, the Akatsuki leader did not kill him, but instead recruited Osamu into the Akatsuki.

Osamu joined the Akatsuki organization in order to learn about Orochimaru.

However, Orochimaru had already left the Akatsuki organization.

Meanwhile, the Akatsuki organization was also hunting down Orochimaru, who had broken away from the organization.

Osamu has now replaced Orochimaru and become the new 'Ku'.

Osamu brought the demon crow to Yosuke's side to ask him what to do next.

Yang Jie was overjoyed; he hadn't expected Zhi Xian to find a clue.

Having a local organization investigating Orochimaru is perfect for Yosuke.

"For now, we'll continue our undercover work within the Akatsuki organization and work with them to track down Orochimaru."

After transmitting the command to the ghost crow, the ghost crow spread its wings and flew into the sky.

However, not long after, another demon crow landed on Yosuke's shoulder.

This time it's Yosuke's disciple, Uchiha Itachi.