I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

"Who exactly are you? Has our Kusagakure village offended you?!"

Faced with Li Mo's assessment, the leader of the Grass Ninja Village turned pale but could not refute it. He gritted his teeth and looked at Li Mo, who had killed many of his village's ninjas, but he forced himself not to make another move and tried to calm himself down and resolve the current problem peacefully.

If they could win, the leader of Kusagakure would naturally not be polite. However, he had experienced the Second Shinobi World War and even survived the Third Shinobi World War. He had climbed all the way to the position of leader of Kusagakure and understood what it meant for circumstances to be against him. Even if the opponent had fought his way to Kusagakure and killed countless people, if they were unable to capture the opponent, the leader of Kusagakure and the two remaining elite Jonin behind him would rather swallow their anger for now.

The problem is that the leader of the Grass Ninja Village wanted to swallow his anger and wait until he knew who the other party was before considering revenge. However, Li Mo had no intention of acting according to the other party's wishes. Knowing what the Grass Ninja Village had done in the original story, he directly took ruthless action!

"Who am I? Haha, go ask that question in hell!"

Li Mo, who had just slaughtered the children with his sword, glanced at the leader of the Grass Ninja Village and the two elite Jonin. He raised an eyebrow and gave a very direct refusal. Before his voice had even finished, he had already raised his Tang sword again.

Tsk~!

As Li Mo became slightly more serious, the Tang sword he wielded had a translucent blade that shimmered with pale blue light, directly slicing through ninjutsu, houses, and even human bodies along the way. An elite Jonin who attacked with Lightning Release ninjutsu was directly turned into a cloud of blood mist.

The reason was that the high-ranking member of the Grass Village who had copied the Lightning Release ninjutsu from the Cloud Village and whose strength had reached the level of an elite Jonin thought that his Lightning Release ninjutsu could hit his opponent. Who knew that Li Mo's slash could destroy even a dozen or so lightning balls the size of volleyballs. Before the Grass Village member who was skilled in Lightning Release ninjutsu could react, he was directly turned into a cloud of blood mist, and even the house behind him was reduced to ruins.

Li Mo's brutal attack made the leader of the Grass Ninja Village and another elite Jonin's hearts pound. They quickly used ninjutsu to try to create distance, but Li Mo, who was now serious, used 30% of his strength, which was at least twice as fast as before. Elite Jonin and below could hardly even see it clearly. Elite Jonin could barely discern the direction of Li Mo's attack, but seeing and defending are two different things. The surviving elite Jonin proved this cruel fact.

The last elite Jonin from the Grass Village tried to escape, but his Shadow Clone Technique and Earth Release Technique were useless. Li Mo intuitively determined the direction he was fleeing, and then a sharp slash of his blade flashed, leaving the elite Jonin permanently buried underground. Li Mo then attacked the retreating Grass Village leader, his sharp blue blade forming a net of killing intent.

As for the only surviving leader of the Grass Village, he tried his best, constantly using the Body Flicker Technique, the Shadow Clone Technique, and the Substitution Technique, but all of them were destroyed by Li Mo's sword light, which then cut off the ninja sword in his hand and hit the opponent.

"Do not……"

When the leader of the Grass Ninja Village realized that he could no longer dodge the enemy's swift attack, he could only let out a final, desperate cry before Li Mo swung his Tang sword and severed his head. The headless corpse fell to the ground instantly.

"Run! The leader is dead!!!"

When the leader of the Grass Village and two elite Jonin were killed in battle, the remaining Grass Ninja could no longer endure it. One Grass Ninja shouted and ran away, and the rest of the Grass Ninja all chose to escape.

Are you kidding me? Even if the Grass Village still has several hundred ninjas, after being driven all the way from the main gate to the center of the village by a powerful enemy, and with the Grass Village leader and a group of experts already dead, if they still have the courage to fight Li Mo to the death, then they shouldn't be called "Grass Ninjas" but "Brave Ninjas." And clearly, none of the remaining hundreds of Grass Village ninjas had the thought of bravely facing death; they simply scattered instead of continuing to fight Li Mo to the end.

If it were those major ninja villages, Li Mo felt that at least some ninjas would still have the courage to fight to the end. However, these grass ninjas were already terrified by his ruthless slaughter, and the deaths of their leader and high-ranking members had broken their last psychological defenses!

"Tch! You really are a fence-sitter!"

Seeing the complete rout of the Grass Ninja Village, Li Mo curled his lip, somewhat unimpressed. However, he also knew that the Grass Ninja's behavior was actually quite normal. In his previous life, there were similar cold weapon battles where one person could chase and kill dozens of people without anyone daring to turn around and resist. The reason was that their morale was destroyed and they had no will to fight. In the extraordinary world of Naruto, Kage-level powerhouses could absolutely crush ordinary ninjas.

Li Mo was too lazy to chase after those terrified Grass Ninja. He then stored the souls of the Grass Ninja he had already killed into the [Kage no Kami] and headed straight for a certain direction of the Grass Ninja Village!

Chapter 62 Saving the Vortex Mother and Daughter

In a guarded wooden house near the edge of the Kusagakure village, a haggard-looking red-haired woman was dozing off, holding her three-year-old daughter. But she was immediately awakened by the commotion outside.

However, no one would be surprised if they experienced what this red-haired woman went through!

This red-haired woman was one of the few survivors of the Whirlpool Clan. More than ten years ago, when she was still a little girl, her parents suddenly took her to a shelter in fear, so that she could hide from the war along with the old, young and women of the Whirlpool Clan.

After several days of heart-pounding, oppressive time, an injured Uzumaki clan ninja, looking exhausted, entered the shelter and announced that the so-called staunch ally, Konoha, had not sent any reinforcements at all. The Uzumaki clan was at its last moment and began to organize the evacuation of young children and a few talented ninjas through the refuge passage. She and a few companions, led by the injured Uzumaki clan ninja, managed to escape the Land of Whirlpools by sheer luck.

However, as one of the survivors of the Uzumaki clan, she quickly felt the malice of the ninja world. Not to mention the major ninja villages that joined forces to almost wipe out the Uzumaki clan and the Konoha village that stood by and did nothing, other small ninja villages, wandering ninjas, bounty hunters, and so on were all full of malice towards the survivors of the Uzumaki clan. After the ninja who sheltered several Uzumaki clan children died in battle, she was separated from the others and wandered to the Land of Grass to live.

Now, she, who had been living in seclusion, was unexpectedly discovered by the ninjas of the Grass Village. Knowing how much other small ninja villages were eyeing her as a survivor of the Uzumaki clan, she was already trying hard to think of a way to save herself and her daughter!

"Oh, Kassan..."

Seeing her mother's tense expression, the little girl, who had been woken up by the red-haired woman's accidental tight hug, obediently spoke to her mother.

"Karin, don't be afraid, Mommy's here!"

Hearing her daughter Karin's adorable voice, the red-haired woman seemed to come to her senses. She quickly looked down at her precious daughter and shook her, a hint of tenderness flashing in her beautiful eyes. She gritted her teeth and made a decision.

As a survivor of the Uzumaki clan, the red-haired woman was only a member of the clan who was relatively close to the main family by blood, but had not yet shown any extraordinary talent. Therefore, her more than ten years of wandering life left her with no ability to protect herself, let alone inherit the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques or ninjutsu. The only special ability she awakened in the last two years made her feel that she had a little bit of value in negotiating with ninjas.

Just then, the red-haired woman suddenly heard a faint sound outside. Then, the entire door silently crumbled into pieces, revealing a very handsome, dark-haired young man in a trench coat standing outside, watching her and her daughter…

……

"As expected, they are from the Uzumaki clan!"

Upon seeing the red-haired woman and red-haired little girl inside the wooden house, Li Mo assessed their situation and concluded that he had not made a mistake. The exceptionally obvious Yang attribute chakra reaction was not something that just anyone could possess.

If Li Mo remembered correctly, in the original Naruto storyline, Karin Uzumaki and her deceased mother, who appeared at the beginning of the Chunin Exams, were indeed used as medical blood packs in Kusagakure. Karin's mother was bitten to death by the many injured ninjas in Kusagakure. If Karin hadn't been chosen by Orochimaru during the Chunin Exams, she probably would have suffered the same fate. It seems that he has arrived at the perfect time.

However, Li Mo had many thoughts in his mind, such as whether to train two healing ninjas or sealing ninjas with Yang attribute chakra. But the Uzumaki mother and daughter, who did not know his origin, were trembling with fear, especially when they saw the several corpses behind Li Mo!

"Sir, please don't hurt my daughter! I am a member of the Uzumaki clan!"

Compared to the many thoughts swirling in Li Mo's mind, the red-haired woman spoke with trembling courage, even shielding her daughter's beautiful eyes from the corpses of the elite Chunin squad outside the door. She then tried to demonstrate her worth: "As long as you don't harm my daughter, I can listen to you and even help heal your injuries..."

Well, the red-haired woman had no choice. She had suffered a lot, but unfortunately, she had not inherited the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques and ninjutsu. Even her chakra extraction was something she remembered from childhood. It was barely enough to deal with ordinary people, but to deal with professional killers like ninjas was an extremely difficult task.

Otherwise, given the red-haired woman's awakened Yang-attribute chakra, the fact that she could have someone bite her and drain her life force to heal her injuries is quite remarkable. If she were in Konoha or another major ninja village, she would likely be groomed as a medical ninja and given special training (or even used for bloodline improvement if necessary). However, in the case of Kusagakure, even if she revealed this as her bargaining chip, no one in Kusagakure would dare to let any information about her situation leak out.

joke!

While Konoha Village certainly sacrificed its staunch ally, the Uzumaki clan, as cannon fodder, it couldn't very well ignore the orphan of the Uzumaki clan, given its dual nature of wanting to maintain a facade of innocence. While other major ninja villages might have been able to disregard it, a small village like Kusagakure couldn't simply refuse Konoha's questioning. Furthermore, if Konoha used this as a pretext to attack Kusagakure, the village would likely pay a heavy price, making it an unwise risk.

However, letting go of a mother and daughter of the Uzumaki clan was equally unacceptable to the higher-ups of Kusagakure. In addition, after the Third Shinobi World War ended in the original Naruto storyline, Konoha was forced to end the war and lick its wounds, which led Kusagakure to use the mother and daughter as blood packs. This Uzumaki woman, who is still somewhat naive, died by exhausting her life force in order to protect her daughter.

As for Karin Uzumaki later on, it's possible that the Grass Village thought she didn't know the connection between the Leaf Village and the Uzumaki clan, so they used her like a blood transfusion while still letting her participate in the Leaf Village's Chunin Exams...

"Shut up! Now take your daughter and come with me!"

Although Li Mo was speechless at the red-haired woman's rash behavior, he suppressed the many thoughts that were surfacing in his mind and coldly and rudely shouted at the surviving woman of the Whirlpool Clan.

Even though he felt he had made a profit this time, Li Mo didn't seem to be very easy to talk to. He didn't think he would be happy to be too kind to people when saving them, as it could easily lead to them taking advantage of him. In the current situation, he felt it was better to keep a cold expression and demeanor. He would wait until he had brought the mother and daughter from the vortex to a safe place before considering taking them under his wing.

Hearing Li Mo's words, the red-haired woman dared not say anything more. After all, she had experienced the harsh realities of the ninja world and had been directly imprisoned in her own ninja village by the Grass Ninja Village. Naturally, she obediently listened and followed Li Mo out with her daughter in her arms!

……

"Um, what's your name? And your daughter?"

Li Mo led the way, and the red-haired woman and her daughter walked out of the wooden house. As they stared in disbelief at the completely transformed Grass Ninja Village, Li Mo casually walked towards the outside of the village and asked them a question.

"I...I'm called Uzumaki Kina, and this is my daughter, Uzumaki Karin..."

Upon hearing Li Mo's question, the red-haired woman fearfully revealed her and her daughter's names. Uzumaki Kina then cautiously observed Li Mo's expression, fearing that the handsome young man she was following might be displeased.

There was nothing she could do. Uzumaki Kina had already seen the completely destroyed state of the Grass Village. Not particularly clever but not stupid either, she naturally didn't think that the Grass Ninja were just bored and causing damage to their own village. Moreover, she had obediently gone out and seen the corpses of the ninjas who had been guarding her for the past few days. So, the person who was doing this in the Grass Village now was probably no one but Li Mo in front of her.

In fact, Uzumaki Kina was right. The only thing she couldn't be sure of was whether Li Mo was the only one who did all this, or whether it was a ninja army sent by another ninja village. However, she couldn't find any other ninjas at all. Apart from the occasional corpses and traces of battle, there wasn't a single person in the streets of Kusagakure. It seemed that even the villagers of Kusagakure were hiding in their homes, and there were no warriors peeking through the cracks in their doors to observe the situation outside.

Uzumaki Kina hadn't witnessed the one-sided scene that was like cutting melons and vegetables. The leaders and high-ranking members of the Grass Village were kicked around in one fell swoop, and the Grass Village ninja who had lost hundreds of comrades were terrified. No one dared to appear in front of Li Mo. Even the villagers of the Grass Village were so frightened that they hid in their homes and didn't dare to go out to watch the excitement. They knew that it would likely cost them the lives of their entire families.

Unaware of Uzumaki Kina's thoughts, Li Mo nodded to indicate that he understood her order. He glanced at her, then at the still adorable little girl Uzumaki Karin, and with a wave of his hand, announced directly to Uzumaki Kina and her mother:

"Kina and Karin? Nice names. From now on, you two will be my subordinates!"

Chapter 63 Subsequent Impact

Li Mo's actions were extremely willful, but Uzumaki Kina had no room to refuse. Even though she had been provided with food and lodging by the Grass Village for the past few days, she felt a strong sense of crisis after her husband was killed by ninjas right in front of her. She desperately needed to find a stable Tifa.

There's no way around it; the ninja world is a place where the strong prey on the weak. After carefully analyzing the so-called shonen manga "Naruto," you'll find that the so-called ninjas are actually no different from soldiers who wield guns. One is simply someone who possesses extraordinary power, while the other doesn't have extraordinary power but wields modern weapons. Excluding extremely rare exceptions, how soldiers from modern countries act in enemy countries or their own country is clear from the daily news reports about American soldiers.

In the world of Naruto, ninjas from various villages rarely cause trouble when carrying out their daily missions, except for completing them. However, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, even the ninjas from Konoha, the leader of the five great ninja villages, committed acts of killing innocent civilians. One can imagine the moral bottom line of ninjas from other villages.

Anyway, Uzumaki Kina didn't have a good impression of the Grass Village. She struggled to survive in that remote village in the Land of Grass, where she and her husband gave birth to and raised their daughter, Uzumaki Karin. Their originally peaceful and somewhat impoverished life was disrupted by the flames of the Third Shinobi World War. A group of Grass Ninja who went out to investigate the war situation came to this remote village, and the leader of the group happened to be an experienced Grass Jonin who recognized Uzumaki Kina's identity. As a result, she and her daughter, Uzumaki Karin, were captured and temporarily imprisoned in the Grass Village. Her husband died at the hands of the Grass Ninja while protecting his wife and daughter.

It can be said that Uzumaki Kina did not trust the people of Kusagakure at all. However, she understood that as a survivor of the Uzumaki clan with chakra but no ninjutsu or sealing techniques, she had no right to speak in front of Kusagakure. In fact, her hesitation to reveal her ability to heal injuries was only to give herself and her daughter a little more chance to survive.

Uzumaki Kina wasn't wrong. If Li Mo hadn't saved her and Uzumaki Karin in time, she would have been bitten to death by the Grass Ninja within a few years due to exhaustion of her life force. Even Uzumaki Karin almost met with misfortune, but now Li Mo's intervention has changed her fate!

………………

"Did that guy leave?"

"They seem to have left?!"

"He really left the village..."

After Li Mo led Uzumaki Kina and her daughter away from Kusagakure, almost half an hour later, someone with the courage noticed that the outside seemed too quiet and quietly looked out. Soon after, someone went out to confirm that it was safe.

Undoubtedly, there were still some brave people. Even ordinary people staying in the Grass Village were worried but couldn't completely stay away from going out. As if they were sure that it was really too quiet outside, the first brave person tried to go out and didn't encounter any accidents. So more villagers from the Grass Village mustered up their courage and went out, including a few ninjas from the Grass Village.

The reason is very simple. The few Grass Ninjas hiding in Grass Ninja Village are not because they are very brave, but simply because they cannot bear to leave their families in Grass Ninja Village. You should know that a ninja village is equivalent to a semi-military area. In terms of security, it should be the strongest area in the entire country (perhaps even one of the strongest). The villagers living in Grass Ninja Village are actually related to Grass Ninja Village, just like those in other ninja villages. At the very least, they are people who have contributed money and effort. Otherwise, they would not have the right to stay in the relatively safe Grass Ninja Village.

Li Mo's wanton slaughter had terrified the surviving Grass Ninja. However, apart from those Grass Ninja who were truly scared out of their wits and fled for their lives, some Grass Ninja ran to their homes, wanting to die with their families even if it meant death. However, Li Mo was too lazy to do anything and simply took Uzumaki Kina away without paying any attention to them, leaving them to do their work in vain.

The remaining ninja were pleasantly surprised to find that the Grim Reaper had actually left. The worst-case scenario they had predicted had not occurred, and they and their families had all survived!

"What should we do now?"

When the Grass Ninja who remained in Grass Ninja Village discovered that Li Mo had indeed left, after a brief moment of joy, they suddenly looked at each other, unsure of what to do, until a Grass Ninja with a rather straightforward temper broke the silence.

"...Let's first clean up the mess in the village, at least collect the bodies of our fallen comrades, and then try to contact the others!"

Upon hearing the words of the Grass Ninja, the group of Grass Ninja who had gathered together looked at each other in silence for a while before a special Jonin Grass Ninja spoke up, directly offering what seemed to be the most suitable option at the moment. Then, with a wry smile, he looked at his companions around him and said very directly, "As for thoughts of revenge, I think none of you are so eager to die, right?"

The other grass ninjas initially agreed with the special jonin's suggestion, but when they heard that he wasn't planning to retaliate against Li Mo, the powerful intruder, they exchanged glances and remained silent. Even those who wanted revenge calmed down when they thought of the sharp blade.

With the remaining Grass Ninja in the village reaching a consensus, the Grass Ninja, now under orders, began to help clean up the corpses and damaged buildings. Soon, some Grass Ninja contacted their comrades who had already fled, and those who learned that Li Mo had left the Grass Ninja Village quickly returned. They all tacitly avoided mentioning their escape. Then, after discussing among themselves, several surviving Special Jonin and a Jonin agreed to keep the news a secret, as the impact of this news on the Grass Ninja Village would be too severe and absolutely could not be leaked.

After all, it was still during the Third Shinobi World War. The Grass Village had only managed to remain neutral by relying on its local advantage, as several major ninja villages had tried to win it over. If news of a powerful ninja village being directly defeated by a strongman were to spread, the Grass Village would lose face and be trampled on. With this understanding, the Grass Village tacitly concealed what had just happened, completely pretending that Li Mo had never been to the Grass Village.

As for the other major ninja villages, they were not very aware of the changes in the situation within the Grass Village. It's not that they lacked the ability to investigate, but the Grass Village was simply a weathervane that changed with the wind and was not worth their attention. In contrast, the Rain Village would have paid more attention to it!

……

[Tsk tsk, the Grass Ninja Village is really cowardly, but it's also a good thing. Anyway, we've already got the people and the stuff, so this little ninja village is no longer of any value!]

On the other side, Li Mo took Uzumaki Kina and her daughter with him and used the [Shadow Kingdom] to bring them to the old land of the Land of Whirlpools. He had someone explain the general situation to his two new subordinates and settle them in. While he was using the [Seed of Fusion] to control several Grass Ninja, he noticed that the Grass Ninja Village's response was somewhat speechless. However, looking at the gains he had made, he did not continue to care about the situation of the Grass Ninja Village.

After all, the only things in Kusagakure that caught Li Mo's eye, besides the surviving mother and daughter Uzumaki Kina and Uzumaki Karin, were the "Box of Paradise" which appeared in the movie. Li Mo, having obtained the soul of the Kusagakure leader, simply took this item, which was still kept in the underground chamber of Kusagakure.

As for controlling the Hidden Grass Village?

Sorry, Li Mo has a clear understanding of his own strength and sphere of influence. Given that the Third Shinobi World War has not yet ended, taking control of Kusagakure would be nothing short of asking for trouble. If he were to get really caught up in it, he might find it difficult to extricate himself.

The reason is very simple: the Land of Grass is currently the main battlefield of the three Shinobi World Wars. Villages like Iwagakure, Konoha, and Kumogakure may try to win over the Grass Village to their side, hoping to be a fence-sitter rather than be destroyed. This is only because the Grass Village had excellent methods in the past and its own strength was insufficient. If Li Mo wanted to invest a lot of resources here, it would be easy to be discovered. Investing a small amount of resources would not be worthwhile. It would be a piece of chicken rib that is tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.

Therefore, Li Mo simply took away the mother and daughter Uzumaki Kina and Uzumaki Karin, whom he had his eye on, along with the still sealed [Box of Bliss] and some documents. The Grass Village and the Land of Grass didn't care at all!

Chapter 64 Treasure Hunt in the Ninja World

Li Mo was not interested in the future fate of those Grass Ninja and the Grass Ninja Village. Just as the ninja world is exceptionally cruel to many people, those without power cannot decide their own destiny and are left to be slaughtered like lambs by others!

Compared to the real world before Li Mo's transmigration, and compared to other alternate worlds, the Naruto world is one of the most dangerous. If you are neither a ninja nor a daimyo or nobleman, you will probably spend your whole life as an exploited farmer in the fields. Even if you are extremely lucky and become a merchant or a ninja, the former still depends on a daimyo, nobleman, or a ninja village, while the latter is more likely to become cannon fodder on the battlefield.

The Grass Village and its remaining few hundred Grass Ninja would have been a respectable force in the ninja world, and would have been a force to be reckoned with in the past. However, in the Third Shinobi World War, it was nothing. It wasn't because the five great ninja villages had fought for more than three years and suffered heavy losses, and because of the mutual restraints between them, that any one of the great ninja villages could have easily wiped out the Grass Village.