Traveling through Naruto: I am Haruno Sakura

Chapter 288: Shinobi Group (8)

Captain Hong looked at Marutetsu's back in disbelief. "You're lying! My brother... my brother, was killed in the fire... It was you who killed him!"

Without waiting for Marutetsu to retort, the group of kids got stuck between Captain Todoroki and Marutetsu.

"no!"

"Marutetsu would never kill anyone, he saved us and brother Mingxiong!"

Marutetsu closed his eyes, sighed, and then decided to speak out, "Five years ago, I could no longer tolerate what the Shinobazu Group did, so I couldn't help but pick up Mingxiong. That was the first time I saved a child. He looked at you outside the window and couldn't help but scream. I could only cover his mouth and nose to minimize the inhalation of smoke. As the fire continued to spread, I had no choice but to carry Mingxiong away first."

"I thought if I could save this child, I would be able to change a little bit, but I was wrong... ...there were just more and more victims like Akihiro, so I decided to completely destroy the Shinobazu Group and planned this."

Naruto's eyes widened and he nodded in understanding, "I see."

The children around came forward one by one to ask about Marutetsu's condition. Sakura looked at the children and watched Captain Todoroki standing beside her with the corner of her eye. "These are all orphans left behind by the families attacked by the Shinobazu Group. Marutetsu used the money he robbed to let Akio take care of these children as a brother. It's like a big family with Marutetsu as the center."

Captain Hong murmured in a low voice, "How could it be... that person just over there was..."

Sakura watched Captain Hong walk with lifeless eyes to where Mingxiong was originally, and then suddenly knelt on the ground. The slight sob was still detectable by the ninja's hearing. As the wind blew, the name filled with longing floated in the mountains like the wind.

Sakura looked through the items she had brought with her, took out a handkerchief and handed it to Captain Todoroki, "There is still hope, don't give up on yourself."

Marutetsu looked at the sky, then slowly stood up and walked towards a certain place in the forest.

After seeing Marutetsu stand up, Todoroki looked at him with red eyes, "Where are you going?"

Marutetsu stopped where he was, and then said, "I'm going to the Shinobazu Group's headquarters to take back Akihiro."

Hearing Marutetsu's words, Todoroki's mood became even more complicated, "It's me who wants to take back Akio! You just need to take me to the lair, don't do anything else!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the children's faces were filled with anger. In their eyes, Marutetsu was a good man and their benefactor, so how could they allow others to yell at him?

Naruto frowned, "Tōdai, I understand how you feel, but Marutetsu also saved Akio and these children from the Shinobi Group, and before that, shouldn't you thank him?"

When Todoroki heard that he had to thank Marutetsu, he turned around and looked at Naruto, "Are you kidding?! Even so, this guy is still a member of the Shinobazu Group. The Shinobazu Group killed my parents!"

Sakura's OS: After all, during the days when she was an orphan, she used the scene she saw as motivation to inspire herself for revenge, but who would have thought that the enemy in her eyes would actually be the savior of her own brother?

Marutetsu didn't mind Todoroki's attitude at all, "Yes, the mistakes I made are unforgivable. After rescuing Akio, I will do whatever you want with me."

Upon hearing this, Naruto and Rock Lee volunteered to go together, and Sakura couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Then she heard Naruto looking at her excitedly, "Then Sakura, I'll leave these children in your care!"

“...Okay.” Having said that, Sakura could only agree.

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Looking at this group of children, Sakura was also overwhelmed, but the sky gradually darkened, and Sakura brought the children to the shore.

"Can you lend me your weapon?" Sakura smiled and looked at the child beside her, pointing at the spear in his hand.

"Ah? No problem!" The child handed her his weapon embarrassedly.

"Thank you." Sakura weighed the spear in her hand, which was quite light. She then performed a beautiful fancy move, winning applause from the children.

Sakura scratched her head embarrassedly, aimed at the fish in the water and stabbed them accurately, which made the children look at her with admiration. Some of the children joined in the fishing while the others went to pick up some branches nearby.

Of course, Sakura caught the majority of the fish. After counting the number and finding it was almost enough, Sakura began to process the fish. She pierced the processed fish with branches, sprinkled some simple seasonings on them, and then took out a tinder to make a fire.