Naruto: The Brightest Star

Chapter 172 Xing's Bribe

"What happened?!"

In Karin's perception, countless dormant chakras became active.

"They, are all alive?!"

Karin informed the people around her of what she sensed.

"Wait? Alive?!"

Tsunade raised her hand and grabbed Karin's arm, wanting to confirm this matter.

"Ok!"

Karin nodded, indicating that was indeed the case.

Hyuga Hinata, who was standing by, and the branch family member who was protecting her, used their Byakugan to observe the surroundings.

"Lady Tsunade, indeed, everyone is alive."

Although it was unbelievable, Hyuga Hinata still told Tsunade the news.

"Lady Tsunade, it's Naruto's side. It seems that Naruto has convinced the other party. Pein's real body used forbidden techniques to resurrect all the people he killed in Konoha."

The slug next to him spoke at this time and told Tsunade what happened on Uzumaki Naruto's side.

"Is that so? That's great."

Tsunade seemed to have lost all her strength in an instant, and sat back on the ground, leaning against the boulder behind her.

On the other side, Uchiha Sasuke leaned against a tree, watching the very special big tree in front of him turn into pieces of paper and fly away.

"It looks like you've already reached an agreement."

Uchiha Sasuke stood up straight and looked at the only two people standing.

"Ah."

Uzumaki Naruto smiled at Uchiha Sasuke, and then Uchiha Sasuke accompanied Uzumaki Naruto to pay homage to Jiraiya's "grave".

After the fight, the two men gradually lost their strength and walked back, supporting each other.

"Sasuke, are you still leaving this time?"

Uzumaki Naruto asked Uchiha Sasuke.

"Don't go."

Uchiha Sasuke said as he walked back with Uzumaki Naruto.

"Really!!!"

Uzumaki Naruto said excitedly.

"Well, the undercover mission has been completed, so there is no need to go again."

Uchiha Sasuke briefly explained why he didn't come back.

"Eh???? Undercover mission? Then why didn't you tell us!!!"

Uzumaki Naruto shouted loudly.

"Idiot, undercover mission, undercover mission!"

"If everyone knows that I'm undercover, will it still be an undercover mission?"

Uchiha Sasuke looked at Uzumaki Naruto as if he was an idiot.

"Hey, don't you still have yours?"

Uzumaki Naruto said with a smile while wiping the tip of his nose.

"idiot."

Uzumaki Naruto said this with a faint smile on his face.

"Hey~ Did you just laugh, huh? Sasuke."

Uzumaki Naruto said jokingly.

"No, you saw it wrong."

Uchiha Sasuke would never admit that he had just laughed.

"Absolutely not! You absolutely laughed!"

Uzumaki Naruto firmly believed that he was not mistaken.

The two kept walking towards the village, passing through a forest, feeling the light before their eyes.

"Naruto! Sasuke!"

Karin shouted happily when she saw Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke coming out.

"elder sister!"

Seeing Karin running over, Uzumaki Naruto immediately let go of Uchiha Sasuke, took a few steps towards Karin, and stretched out his hand.

However, Karin walked right past Uzumaki Naruto and raised her hands to hug Uchiha Sasuke who was behind Uzumaki Naruto.

It's okay, she's okay.

Uchiha Sasuke raised his hands and hugged Karin.

"Hey? Hey hey hey???"

Uzumaki Naruto turned around and looked at the two people hugging each other, his little mind filled with big question marks.

"Why!!!!!"

Uzumaki Naruto pointed at Uchiha Sasuke and Karin.

"You two! You two!"

"Oh!"

A fist hit Uzumaki Naruto on the head.

"Ah~ Sakura, why did you hit me?!"

Uzumaki Naruto covered the back of his head and turned to look at Haruno Sakura in confusion.

"Idiot, is this the time to worry about this?"

Haruno Sakura said this and opened her arms to hug Uzumaki Naruto.

"Welcome back, and thank you."

Haruno Sakura said, letting go of Uzumaki Naruto, took a step back, and said with a smile: "Everyone is waiting for you."

"Hmm? Everyone?"

Uzumaki Naruto was stunned for a moment, then noticed that everyone in the village appeared in front of him.

"How is this going?"

Uzumaki Naruto was a little confused.

At this time, the little slug that had been hiding in Uzumaki Naruto's clothes crawled out.

"It was me who told everyone about your victory in the battle, Naruto. Everyone is very grateful to you, Naruto."

As the slug finished speaking, the villagers began to cheer for Naruto, and some children even ran over to ask their hero what the final boss of Uzumaki Naruto looked like.

Cheer, jump for joy, sing praises, and applaud.

In an instant, the place was bustling with activity.

In their eyes, the bad boy who loved to play pranks, who symbolized the nine-tailed demon fox and made everyone miserable seemed to have disappeared. What appeared before them was the great hero who was willing to risk his own life to protect everyone and the village - Uzumaki Naruto.

"Really? Sasuke has done a lot, too."

Karin rolled up her sleeves and decided to seek justice for Uchiha Sasuke.

"Fragrant phosphorus."

Uchiha Sasuke grabbed Karin's wrist and said, "You know, I don't like this kind of lively feeling."

Uchiha Sasuke said that he would take Karin away from here.

"Sasuke! Where are you going?!"

Uzumaki Naruto, who was at a loss and had been looking for Uchiha Sasuke, noticed at the first moment that Uchiha Sasuke was about to leave.

As Uzumaki Naruto spoke, everyone's attention fell on Uchiha Sasuke in the corner.

"That's Uchiha Sasuke, right? Isn't he a traitor?"

"But he came back specifically to save Konoha."

"I heard that he killed two rebellious ninjas who were endangering Konoha, Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi."

"Then he is also a traitor."

"But he never hurt Konoha."

The villagers were talking among themselves, looking at Uchiha Sasuke with some uncertainty.

“These guys.”

Karin rolled up her sleeves and prepared to get to work.

"Etc., etc!"

Uzumaki Naruto stood in front of Uchiha Sasuke, blocking the villagers' view of Uchiha Sasuke.

"Actually, Sasuke is..."

Uzumaki Naruto was suddenly interrupted by someone before he could finish his words.

"Heroes! Naruto! Sasuke! They are all great heroes! They protected Konoha! They are great heroes!!!"

A voice suddenly shouted loudly in the crowd.

Yes, although he was a defected ninja, everything he did was for Konoha, whether it was killing Orochimaru who once attacked Konoha, killing Uchiha Itachi who murdered his compatriots, or running back to fight Pain with great difficulty in order to save Konoha.

All of this is for Konoha. He has never done anything to harm Konoha. He is the great hero of Konoha!

"Hero! Hero!"

The villagers surrounded Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, then lifted them up, cheering and jumping for joy.

Uchiha Sasuke, who was thrown into the air, was a little uncomfortable with the sudden change.

During the throwing process, Uchiha Sasuke discovered a special villager. Although he looked like an ordinary villager, Uchiha Sasuke felt that he had chakra on him.

Transfiguration?

As if feeling Uchiha Sasuke's gaze towards him, the villager raised his head and looked into Uchiha Sasuke's eyes.

The villager smiled at Uchiha Sasuke, and then disappeared where no one noticed.

Hmm? Why can I sense the teacher's chakra? Is the teacher nearby?

Karin looked around while cheering, but could not find Uchiha Hoshi.

On the other side, Tsunade sat down to rest accompanied by the Anbu.

At this time a villager came over.

"Tsunade-sama."

The villager walked towards Tsunade with a smile.

"Stop!"

An Anbu stood in front of Tsunade, looking warily at the villager who suddenly approached.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just here to deliver something."

The villagers chuckled.

"Let her come here."

Tsunade spoke as she looked at the male villager across from her.

Hearing Tsunade's address to him, the villager couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Yeah~ Looks like you recognized me~

"But....."

The Anbu was about to say something when he saw Tsunade's stern gaze falling on him.

"I understand, Tsunade-sama."

The ANBU said, stepping back and making room.

The villager, namely the Uchiha Star, walked towards Tsunade.

"What are you doing here."

Tsunade looked at the Uchiha Star who appeared in front of her using the transformation jutsu.

"Come and see the excitement, and take a look at people's attitude towards my students."

The villager sat across from Tsunade and chuckled.

"Lively? Humph! I think you are here to see the fun."

Tsunade stared at Uchiha Xing with sharp eyes.

"Hey, hey, don't be so cold~"

Uchiha Xing laughed softly.

"I'm here to make a deal with you."

"What a deal."

Tsunade looked at Uchiha Star cautiously.

"My two students said they wanted to return to Konoha. I also know about Sasuke's situation. His heart has always been with Konoha, and he has passed a lot of information to Konoha. Of course, this doesn't matter to me at all, but in order to prevent information from leaking, I put a seal on Sasuke. He won't tell you about my affairs, and Karin won't tell you either."

"Well~ If it's Danzo, I guess he will definitely try every possible way to get information from Sasuke and Karin. So I want to make a deal with you."

"Protect those two children, and I will give you a good reward."

Uchiha Star chuckled.

"for example."

Tsunade asked, looking at the Uchiha Star.

"You must be in great need of supplies after the war. Whether it's food, medical supplies, or the money you need after the war, I will give you all of them."

Uchiha Xing said, raising his hand and handing a bunch of keys to Tsunade.

This bunch of keys...isn’t this the key to the warehouse that she asked me for last time!

Tsunade pursed her lips and looked towards the Uchiha Star.

She actually started preparing at some point.

[Can you predict the future? I guess.]

Tsunade thought of the information that Uzumaki Naruto and the others brought back from Hotaruga last time.

“You will know the future.”

Tsunade asked, looking at the Uchiha Star.

Uchiha Xing shook his head.

"I don't have that much ability, I'm just prepared for any eventuality."

"Snapped!"

Uchiha Xing snapped his fingers.

"I'll leave them to you, Tsunade~"

As Uchiha Xing finished his words, with a bang, Uchiha Xing disappeared.

Shadow clone? What a cautious person.

Tsunade scratched her hair in annoyance and began to think about how to deal with the matter between Karin and Uchiha Sasuke.

"Aaaaaahhh!!! Forget about that! Let's go check out the so-called supplies first."

Tsunade said as she stood up and walked towards the warehouse complex.

At the same time, a group of craftsmen stood at the gate of Konohagakure Village, looking confused.

"This is Konoha, right?"

The foreman looked at the dilapidated gate in front of him with some disbelief.

"who are you?!"

Shen Yue Chu Yun, who was standing at the door, looked at the group of people outside the gate with a hint of vigilance.

"We are from the Nana-nan Carpenters Office. We were commissioned by Miss Yuori to come here to build. May I ask if Lord Hokage is here? We are here to build, but we have not been told what we are going to build."

Shen Yue Chu Yun listened to the words of the other party's foreman and suddenly remembered the notice posted in the shopping mall some time ago.

"Ah, I see... Um! Wait! Nana-Chi-Mu!"

Shen Yue Zu Yun instantly remembered who they were. They were the best construction team in the Fire Country!

Tell Lady Tsunade right away! There's a construction team!

On the other side, Tsunade picked up the key and opened the door of one of the warehouses.

When I opened the door, I saw a room full of food.

As the doors were opened one after another, everything was displayed before Tsunade.

There were all kinds of things, including food, medicinal herbs, daily necessities, thermal insulation items, tents, sleeping bags, which were all necessities for them at that time.

What was most concerning was that there were only ten scrolls in one of the houses.

In order to protect Tsunade's safety, an Anbu took the initiative to step forward, opened one of the scrolls and unsealed it.

The scrolls contained a full 200 million yuan, and ten scrolls contained almost 2 billion yuan.

Tsk! Really, she really has a firm grasp on the boundaries. These two children really need to be protected, at least their identities must be hidden.

"Lady Tsunade, Lady Tsunade! A construction team appeared at the entrance of the village. They are from the Nana-Chi Carpenters' Office. They should have been hired by Miss Yuori when she planned to build a commercial building."

Gang Zi Tie ran over and followed Tsunade and said.

It's her again. How many things has she prepared?

Tsunade scratched her hair in annoyance.

"Call them in and start the construction of Konoha. Oh, and call some people over to count the food, tents, and other things here, and then distribute them to everyone."

Tsunade issued the order without hesitation.

"Yes! Tsunade-sama!"

After Gang Zitie finished speaking, he immediately left and started calling for help.

It seems that this battle only destroyed the buildings in the village, but at the same time united everyone and changed everyone's attitude towards Uzumaki Naruto.

On the other side, in the Sand Village, an ignored puppeteer walked anxiously and quickly returned to his room.

After making sure that there was no one around, the puppeteer took out a scroll from his arms and opened it.

This scroll was a special scroll he obtained from the bandit leader when he was doing a mission to clean up bandits. At that time, the bandit leader cared so much about this scroll.

It’s not wrong, it’s not wrong. As long as I get the dragon vein, as long as I get the dragon vein, no one will be able to defeat me!

The puppeteer's eyes sparkled with excitement.