Naruto Paradise

On the muddy path leading into the village, Ino seemed to see a blue-haired girl lying in the middle of the road.

Because she had seen too many corpses before, she subconsciously regarded the girl in front of her, whose appearance she could not clearly see, as a corpse.

"No, she should still be alive."

The Uchiha Kage lifted the mud-covered girl from the ground.

The girl's chest was still heaving, and when I looked closer, I found that she had a very delicate face.

Even though it was stained with mud, it did not block too much of the color. Instead, it gave people a feeling of fragility and tenderness.

If nothing unexpected happens, this hair color, this face——

I just picked up... Xiaonan?

So she should be the protagonist of this dungeon mission?

Chapter 128 The God of Death is here to take people away

Nine out of ten houses are empty.

Compared to the previous village, the tragic situation of this larger village in front of her was even more shocking to Ino.

The word "terrible" can no longer be used to describe the scene before me.

In such a big village, there is not even a living creature to be seen.

Yes, not only humans, but even animals that can move cannot be found here.

The corpses of humans and animals that could be seen everywhere were covered with purple and black colors.

The source was a poison in a nearby water source.

"It seems Konoha isn't the only ninja army attacking ordinary people's villages."

There were also corpses that were not poisoned, but they had knife wounds or shurikens piercing their vital parts.

The source was probably the corpse of a ninja wearing a forehead protector from the Iwagakure Village, which was also stained with purple-black poisonous gas not far away.

Uchiha Kage took a few glances and gave up the idea of going into the village.

This special poison will not disappear even after death. I am afraid that if you get even a little bit of it on you, you will end up like these corpses.

"During the Second Shinobi World War, the Land of Rain became the main battlefield for the five major ninja villages, and the fighting continued... This is the only sentence written in the history books, and now it seems really brief."

The ninja armies of the five major ninja villages treated the people of ordinary villages in the Land of the Rain as supply stations, and Hanzo, the leader of the Hidden Rain Village, did not treat the civilians under him as human beings.

Just to wipe out a small enemy force, he poisoned an entire village without hesitation...

There was no need to reason. Just by looking at these corpses and the special purple poisonous gas, Uchiha Kage almost understood what had happened here.

"Well……"

Maybe it was the stench of the decaying corpse or the shocking and inhumane scene before her that made Ino, who had just cheered up for a while on the road, finally couldn't help but squat down and started to retch.

"mom!"

The blue-haired girl who had been rescued from the mud by the Uchiha Kage quickly found her parents among the corpses in front of her after she woke up.

"If I take one more step, I'll die. Even I can't do anything about this poison."

Out of humanitarianism, the Uchiha Kage pulled the blue-haired girl who rushed towards the corpse regardless of anything.

It turns out that the girl who was rescued earlier had escaped from this village.

thump.

Because she was weak and petite, the blue-haired girl fell to the ground again due to inertia.

"I-I know."

The girl wiped the mud off her face, revealing her malnourished and somewhat sallow face.

"It was my mother who told me not to look back and run out of the village, but I was too stupid and kept falling..."

I was frightened, tired and hungry.

She had not been running for long when she fell into the mud and fainted.

Looking at the bodies of her loved ones so close yet untouchable, the girl probably couldn't help wanting to cry, but her tears seemed to have dried up long ago, leaving her with only a desperate, empty, and sad expression.

"What's your name?"

The Uchiha Kage stared at the girl's blue hair.

"My name is Xiaonan...Thank you for saving me."

Xiaonan forced himself to cheer up and politely looked back at the tall boy who saved him.

But soon, she turned to the corpse beside her and fell into her previous sadness again.

"..."

It was indeed Xiaonan.

However, at this time, she should have just been displaced.

After hearing this expected name, Uchiha Kage looked again at the copy mission reminder in his mind.

But to his surprise, the text of the task reminder was still garbled.

"Pitiful."

Ino covered her mouth and walked back to the Uchiha Kage with a pale face. Then she looked at the blue-haired girl standing in front of the corpse and couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Now how to do?"

What happened in such a short period of time made Ino a little confused.

No matter it was a dream or reality, she just wanted it to be over quickly.

"Let's go find a cave in the mountains and spend the night. The Rain Country is already a living hell, and if we go further, there will probably be even more..."

Something that is disgusting to the eyes.

Uchiha Kage was also a little uncomfortable.

Compared to the bloody scenes of war fronts full of shouts and killings that appeared in previous copies, the silent corpses here may be more cruel and terrifying.

"What should she do?"

All the people in the village, including her own relatives, were poisoned and killed, leaving her alone alive. Ino didn't know how she could survive in such a situation, in such an environment full of war.

However, this is not a dream, so do we still need to stay overnight?

But how can I leave here, leave this nightmare place?

"Please… no, please, help me."

As if he had heard the conversation between the two people behind him, Konan bowed his head sincerely towards Uchiha Kage and Yamanaka Ino, and then looked at the corpse not far away.

No matter what, she really didn't want to see her parents' bodies exposed like this.

"I'll do anything, as long as I can find a way..."

"Let's burn it. There's poison everywhere. Burying it in the ground would be a bad thing."

The Uchiha Kage gave advice.

"Burning... is fine... but the body can't be moved. What should I do..."

And the ground is all wet, how can I burn it?

Xiaonan was a little troubled.

"No need to bother."

The Uchiha Kage signaled Ino to take the girl and retreat first.

Then he jumped onto a higher roof alone and began to form fire escape seals.

Fire Escape·The great fire is extinguished!

As the hand seals were completed, the fire spit out by the Uchiha Kage instantly engulfed the entire village.

The sky was full of flames.

The fire wave like a flood swept through every corner of the village.

Not only the corpses, but also the buildings and plants were all reduced to ashes in the sea of fire.

"Has Shadow's ninjutsu reached this level..."

Ino had never heard of a fire jutsu that could destroy an entire village in one go.

"Mom... everyone... and the village..."

On the other side, the blue-haired girl in her arms just stared blankly at the fire that filled her eyes, watching the scene of everything being burned to ashes, and murmured softly.

Then she could no longer hold her eyelids open and fainted again.

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"She's incredibly light. This is the first time I've seen such a thin girl..."

In a cave somewhere in the mountains.

Ino sat in front of the warm fire, whispering to the Uchiha Kage beside her about the blue-haired girl who was still sleeping, while staring at the fire in front of her in a daze.

It was a rare opportunity for the two of them to be alone, but there was no room for ambiguity or to deepen their relationship.

My mind was completely filled with scenes of burning, killing, looting and corpses everywhere.

All they think about are complex wars or philosophical issues.

"It's probably because of the food shortage caused by the war."

The Uchiha Kage was also thinking as he stirred the fire in front of him -

What exactly is this copy mission?

Why is there no message indicating that the task is completed even though I have helped Xiaonan?

And what had been lingering in his mind since the very beginning was why the task prompt was garbled.

What went wrong?

"Will Konoha be like this in the future?"

"Maybe, but it shouldn't be that serious."

The foundation of the five major countries is certainly not comparable to that of a small Rain Country.

"That's terrible. No wonder Mom cried before..."

It turns out that war brings so many problems.

Dead people, hungry, displaced... people are worse than dogs.

Ino had no real sense of war before, but now she is worried because she knows too much.

"Will I die one day too?"

Ino remembered what her mother had said, that if Konoha's foreign war went badly, she, a Genin, might also have to go to the battlefield.

However, rather than dying in war, she would rather die in a more glorious mission.

Ninjas are ninjas, not soldiers.

Moreover, she didn't want to associate with the bandits who had looted the village before.

"will not."

The Uchiha Kage didn't answer 'maybe' to this question.

This inexplicably affirmative answer made Ino, who was feeling sad, feel much more at ease.

"You mean Shadow...will protect me?"

"Ah."

The Uchiha Kage felt that he was just stating the facts.