Naruto: The world has misled me a lot!

Kato's house.

Early in the morning, the sound of a baby crying was heard on the second floor. He somersaulted out of bed, quickly put on his clothes, and came to the door of Kushina's room. After knocking on the door, he opened the door and walked into the room. He saw Aunt Kushina still lying on the bed. He walked carefully to the crib and picked up the crying Naruto.

While coaxing and changing the diaper, the crying soon subsided.

By the time the red-haired woman realized what she had to do to look after the child and sat up from the bed, little Naruto was already eating the prepared milk powder.

"It's Kabuto, it's the weekend today, so I'll leave Naruto to you."

Seeing that Kabuto got up at such a young age to help take care of Naruto, Kushina didn't feel comfortable sleeping any longer, so she got up, got dressed, and took Kabuto downstairs to wash up.

She was really sleepy. Although the room in Kato's house was soundproofed, the Uzumaki clan had strong perception. She wanted to eavesdrop unconsciously, so she went to bed late, which caused Naruto to not eat or drink in the morning and cry loudly.

"If you keep letting Naruto go without a meal like this every day, you might as well release him back to the Senju clan, or give him to Nono to be taken care of in an orphanage. Both are better than what's happening now."

Kato Makoto came down from upstairs with steady and powerful steps. He knew when Naruto would wake up and cry every day. At his level, he didn't need to sleep.

Tsunade and Nono were actually able to do it, but Kato Makoto's cultivation was higher, and when they were practicing together, the two women consumed too much energy and fell asleep.

"Are you trying to say that Naruto is an orphan? You are such a heartless person. After all, you are Naruto's godfather. How can you say that?"

After Kuyukina spit out the mouthwash, mist suddenly appeared in her eyes and she looked like she was about to cry, which made Kato Makoto feel overwhelmed.

Every time he said something bad about Kukona, his sister-in-law would have tears in her eyes, leaving him helpless.

"Okay, okay, do whatever you want."

"Ah...ah..."

Just as Kato Makoto was about to turn around and go to the restaurant to have breakfast, he saw that Kuxingna was about to cry, her tears wouldn't fall, and she kept humming. He hurried forward to hold her.

"what happened?"

"I made too much expression, my face is numb."

Kushina punched Kato Makoto on the back, blaming this guy for making her angry so early in the morning.

"Oh, the chakra veins are repairing themselves. Everything will be fine once the curse seal and the repair veins are completely integrated."

Makoto Kato grabbed her hand, took her pulse, and after finding out that there was nothing serious, he let go of Kuyukina's hand.

"It's easy for you to say that. It's a question of when the chakra meridians will be fully repaired. Am I going to keep this tearful expression on my pretty face?"

Thinking of the miserable days, Kushina was about to cry. She reached out and grabbed Kato Makoto's arm and shook it hard.

"Just be content. Which Jinchūriki died of exhaustion after having his tailed beast extracted? The curse seal can make up for the missing chakra meridians in your body, but it is an external object after all. Now that your chakra system is repairing itself and merging with the rune veins, it's perfect. Just be patient."

Kato Makoto was so annoyed by her that he used his index finger to gather his magical power and touch his forehead, two cheekbones and chin.

Kushina felt that the muscles on her face were becoming less stiff and she could slowly retract them, but she could no longer make other expressions.

"No, you have to find a way to eliminate the side effects. Don't think I don't know that you took advantage of me when you carved the curse. You must take responsibility."

In a hurry, she told the secret in her heart, but she realized something was wrong after she opened her mouth. However, she was not one to admit defeat. With red ears, she put her face close to Kato Makoto and said angrily.

"Well, this is it. Your current condition is mainly caused by the conflict between the curse seal and the chakra meridians. The essence is the mismatch between our chakras..."

"Tell the important point!"

The two of them put their faces close together as if they were fighting. Kushina was the first to be defeated by the hot air exhaled by Kato Makoto and retreated half a step.

"It's very simple. We can solve it by practicing dual cultivation at the same time."

"You mean, it's the same as the last time you carved the curse on me?"

There was a dangerous look in Kushina's eyes, as if if Kato Makoto dared to say a wrong word, she would turn around and go upstairs to expose him to her sister.

"Don't get me wrong, we can do it through the curse. We don't need to do it like last time."

Kato Makoto's eyes are exceptionally clear. He has done nothing wrong and is not afraid of ghosts knocking on his door.

Of course, if they could communicate in depth, things would get better and faster, but he wouldn't say it, after all, he is a decent person.

Seeing Kato Makoto raise his hands to show his innocence, Kuyuki Na put aside her doubts and touched her lower abdomen with her hand, but felt embarrassed.

"You, follow me..."

After a moment's silence, Kushina took action first. She stole a glance at Kado who was concentrating on taking care of the baby, grabbed Kato Makoto's collar, and tiptoed up to the second floor from the other end of the corridor.

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Iwagakure Village.

Oonoki handed the handwritten letter from the Fourth Generation Ai to Han and Huangtu, his face changing from gloomy to bright.

"This guy, Fourth Generation Ai, has bad intentions."

The tall and strong man did not speak after reading the letter. He waited until Huang Tu finished reading before saying:

"Kumogakure has occupied the Frost Country, and even the part of Yu Country north of Ōwakudani. They are gaining the upper hand in the confrontation with Konoha. They want Iwagakure to send troops to Taki Country to help them share Konoha's pressure with just one sentence. It's really a good plan."

There are only four battalions of Konoha ninjas in the Land of Hot Springs, which are insignificant compared to the northern ninja troops stationed in the Land of Rice.

Now the conflict between Kumogakure and Konoha in the Land of Hot Springs can still be covered by the cloak of protecting allies, but when the real conflict comes, the Konoha ninjas in the Land of Rice will be a major concern for Kumogakure.

This led to a handwritten letter from the Fourth Generation Ai, promising to recognize Iwagakure's interests in Taki Country, just as Iwagakure recognized Kumogakure's interests in Hot Spring Country.

"However, what the Fourth Ai said is also correct. If Iwagakure wants to directly threaten the Fire Country's homeland, the Land of Taki is indispensable."

Huangtu couldn't help but sigh that times now are different from the past.

In the past, the Land of Waterfalls, with its crisscrossing rivers and numerous waterfalls and poor roads, would one day become the target of Iwagakure.

Or maybe Konoha is putting too much pressure on the Rain Country and the Grass Country.

Konoha has implemented a policy in these two countries that as long as the Rain Ninja meets the standards and serves under the command of Konoha ninja for three years, their entire family can be transferred to the Fire Country household registration, move to Konoha, and become Konoha's regular ninjas. If they have made meritorious services, the probation period can be reduced.

The Rain and Grass ninjas had long been drooling at the treatment of the Konoha ninjas. How could they withstand such a test? They lined up to be selected by the Konoha's leading ninja.

It can be said that after this policy was introduced, Konoha's front-line troops have never been short of manpower, and everyone is scrambling to kill the Iwagakure ninjas, and they can't wait to go to war with the Iwagakure immediately.

The Rock Ninjas who stayed behind at the front line were all suffering from nervous breakdowns, fearing that they would be killed by the desperate Rain Ninjas and Grass Ninjas who sneaked into the outpost in the middle of the night.

"Huang Tu is right. Even though we know that the Fourth Generation Ai is using Iwagakure, we have to go."

If Takikuni fell into Konoha's hands again, Ohnoki couldn't imagine what kind of dilemma Iwagakure and even the Land of Earth would face.

The trade routes between the Rain Country and the Grass Country have been cut off by Konoha. If the route to the Taki Country is also cut off, the ore from the Earth Country will either have to be dumped into the sea or go through the Wind Country.

These ninjas can only go back to farming. They can't even get enough food to eat, let alone fight a useless war.

The decades of painstaking efforts of the Third Tsuchikage have become a joke.

The only way to break the impasse is to open up the road to the north and connect with the Kingdom of Thunder, thus forming a situation of confrontation between the two military groups in the north and the south. Perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope.

Thinking of this, Ohnoki couldn't help but sigh. It was really a great move for Kato Makoto to take over the Land of Rice.

"Are you planning to send troops to Taki Country?"

The man, whose face was half covered by a mask, spoke in a muffled voice.

"No, if the Fourth Ai wants to plot against us, why can't we use them? Don't forget, it's not the Iwagakure that is confronting Konoha head-on. We can just wait for their conflict to escalate before sending troops to Taki no Kuni."

Ohnoki took out a piece of paper from his desk, picked up a pen and wrote a reply to the Fourth Generation Ai. After writing, he handed it to Huangtu.

"Before that, give Kumogakure the illusion that we are about to send troops to Taki Country, so that they will boldly provoke Konoha."

Huang Tu took the letter, sealed it in an envelope, and sent someone to deliver it to Yunyin Village shortly afterwards.

"Han, I will give you a thousand ninjas to garrison at the border between the Land of Earth and the Land of Taki, ready to attack at any time."