Naruto: I, who didn't want to be hacked to pieces, saved the ninja world.

Chapter 164 Heading to the Land of Waves

"Is this where the treasures left behind by the Uzumaki clan are kept?"

After passing through a dense forest, the group of five entered a village that was now in ruins.

Finally, they stood in front of a very dilapidated ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall had collapsed in one corner, the main gate had disappeared, and even the torii gate with the whirlpool clan's emblem on it was crooked and twisted.

"It's right here."

Kaho Uzumaki's eyes were filled with sadness; this was the place where she had lived and grown up.

Now it's all just ruins.

Bai Yunqingye stood beside her and reached out to hold her trembling, cold little hand.

Shirokumo Aoba felt that Uzumaki Kaho's hand was gripping him tightly like a pair of pliers.

A warm feeling passed between their clasped hands.

Gradually, Kaho Uzumaki's body stopped trembling.

The pressure on her hands lessened, and she gently kneaded Baiyun Qingye's small hands.

She seemed worried about hurting him and was trying to relieve his pain.

"Thank you, Aoba."

Kaho Uzumaki thanked Shirokumo Aoba in a somewhat weak voice.

Then he let go of his hand and led the way.

This is the boy her daughter likes; she can't have any strange thoughts about him!

The five of them walked together into the dilapidated ancestral hall in front of them.

The wooden floor had developed many cracks, so much so that they subconsciously treaded lightly.

This made the atmosphere at the scene even quieter.

"These should be our mission objectives, right?"

Shirokumo Aoba immediately noticed the 27 masks with ferocious expressions hanging on the wall.

At the same time, he immediately noticed the Grim Reaper mask that Orochimaru had used in the original work.

Once we get our hands on this mask, there shouldn't be a way to break the Reaper Death Seal.

Kaho Uzumaki nodded. "These masks have been worshipped by the Uzumaki clan for hundreds of years. It is said that as long as you wear them, you can summon the legendary Grim Reaper, but I don't know exactly what their function is."

"We can study its usefulness later. Now that the mission objective has been identified, let's put it away for now."

Shirokumo Aoba took out a sealing scroll from her ninja tool bag.

Hinata and Yakumo also went forward to retrieve the masks hanging on the wall.

"Be careful, don't put the mask on."

Kaho Uzumaki spoke up to remind her.

"it is good!"

All three responded with a sound of agreement.

The three got busy, while Kaho Uzumaki walked around the wall covered with masks and went to the back.

Soon, Baiyun Qingye and the other two put all the masks into the sealing scroll.

At that moment, Kaho Uzumaki also came out dragging a large wooden box.

"Aunt Kaho, what's in here?"

Baiyun Qingye looked at the box with curiosity.

"These are some valuables that the Whirlpool Clan placed here to deal with emergencies."

Kaho Uzumaki formed hand seals and opened the seal on the box.

Immediately afterwards, after the box was opened.

I was almost blinded by the gold and jewels inside.

"Wow...so much gold!"

Yakumo's mouth dropped open.

Kaho Uzumaki also breathed a slight sigh of relief, "Luckily, they're still here, otherwise I'd have to worry about the commission fee I have to pay you."

"So, are we taking all of these with us?"

Shirokumo Aoba asked, feeling as if Karin had suddenly become a little rich woman.

Kaho Uzumaki shook her head. "I'll only take a portion of it, because other Uzumaki clan orphans might come looking for us and we might need them."

Although the possibility is small, it is still possible.

Shirokumo Aoba glanced at the treasure in the box. Even if Uzumaki Kaho only took a little, it would be enough for her and her daughter to live a life of comfort in Konoha.

Although he was somewhat tempted by the box of treasure, he couldn't bring himself to take away someone else's life-saving supplies.

Moreover, he will soon have a huge sum of money coming into his account.

Robbing Gato is a classic Naruto story, a must-do, but I wonder if Gato is still alive now.

In the ninja world, as long as you want to continue being a ninja, you absolutely cannot lay a hand on your employer.

In the original work, even a rogue ninja like Zabuza, who was humiliated by Gato's subordinates for failing a mission, only killed them on his deathbed.

After all, if the news that the ninja killed his employer were to become known to others, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Who knows if you'll kill a second employer after killing one?

Once a chain of trust collapses, rebuilding it is extremely difficult.

I wonder how far the seventh class has progressed in their mission.

However, he remembered that after Kakashi's first encounter with Zabuza, he had to lie down for a while due to excessive chakra depletion.

It's only been two or three days since they set off. Their clients are still ordinary people, and considering the special circumstances Tsunade mentioned, they've probably only just fought Zabuza.

"Now that Aunt Kaho's request has been fulfilled, it's time for us to make a trip to the Land of Waves."

He then looked at Kaho Uzumaki, "Aunt Kaho, do you want to come with us?"

"?"

Kaho Uzumaki blinked, looking somewhat aggrieved. "Does Aoba not want to take me with him?"

"No, it's just that if you want to go from the Land of Whirlpools to the Land of Waves, you can only take a boat, which will probably take a lot of time. If Aunt Kaho wants to go back first, we can take you back first," Shirakumo Aoba quickly explained.

"It's alright for me. Besides, I've never been to the Land of Waves before, so it's a good opportunity to go there and see some scenery I've never seen before."

"That's fine."

After the group carefully put away the sealed scrolls...

Without resting, they headed straight for the port in the northern part of the Land of Whirlpools.

Although the environment within the Land of Whirlpools is in chaos, it still has the necessary ports.

During this time, because they had resolved the problem of the Hidden Cloud Village, no one dared to bother them anymore.

Most wandering ninjas have excellent eyesight; after all, those who lacked it would have already provoked the wrong people and disappeared from this world.

When navigating the world, the people you should never mess with are the elderly, the disabled, women, and children.

The Baiyun Qingye squad alone accounted for half of them.

So, after another day, the group arrived at their destination without incident.

Kaho Uzumaki, who had just suddenly become rich, took the initiative to rent a large boat as their means of transportation.

There were no other passengers on the entire ship besides them.