Chapter 281: 281

Chapter 281: 281

"The destination of this trip is Konoha."

When Kimimaro heard this, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the name, Naruto Uzumaki appeared in his mind.

He is from the same clan as Karin, but his life is obviously much better than that of Karin. Not only is he the son of the fifth Hokage, he is also the "son of prophecy" mentioned by the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku and has attracted much attention.

Such a genius has one thing in common with Kimimaro. They each have half nine tails in their bodies, and they are both Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

However, nine tails told Kimimaro more than once that it would one day merge with his other half chakra and become complete.

And as known to all, once a Jinchuriki is separated from their tail beast, there is only one end for them, that is death.

Therefore, sooner or later, between Naruto Uzumaki and Kimimaro Kaguya, there will be a battle, and the winner of the two will take away the other half of the nine-tails and become the real Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

As for the loser, everything will be lost for them.

When Kimimaro realized this, he regarded Naruto Uzumaki as the biggest challenge in his life. Although Naruto Uzumaki is the legendary son of prophecy and favored by fate, as the last warrior of Kaguya clan, Kimimaro will never admit defeat easily.

With the blood of Kaguya clan flowing in his body, even if there is only one percent hope of victory, he will use every bit of strength to fight until he falls.

"That guy Uzumaki Naruto must be terrifyingly strong. I don't know if I am qualified to challenge him with my current strength?"

Kimimaro clenched his fists and muttered to himself.

Hearing Kimimaro's murmur, Kisame couldn't help shake his head and smile meaningfully.

Two days later.

In the Land of Fire, in an inaccessible forest, a group of vicious robbers gathered.

This group just robbed a caravan not long ago and brought back a lot of goods and money.

Among the crowd, a tall robber wearing a crossed Konoha ninja forehead guard was particularly noticeable. He exuded a ruthless temperament and at first glance, he was not a character to be offended.

This person was originally the Jnin of Konohagakure. Because he was dissatisfied with the policies of the Fifth Hokage, he secretly took action to "rebel". After the incident was exposed, he escaped from the village and became a traitor.

The forehead guard on his forehead was severely slashed by him with Kunai. Konoha was both his former home and the object of his revenge now.

Just when the group of robbers finished dividing the spoils and were about to spread out, several shuriken suddenly flew out from the depths of the woods, hitting the vital points of several robbers with great speed and precision.

"Ahhhh!"

With a scream, the robbers fell in a pool of blood on the spot, either dead or seriously injured.

"Enemy attack!"

The Jonin was the first to react, and while reminding his subordinates with a sharp shout, he reached out and touched the ninja bag around his waist, he then took out a kunai tied with a exploding tag, and threw it in the direction where the shuriken was flew out.

'Boom!'

After the Kunai flew into the depths of the woods, it quickly exploded, producing a dazzling fire that knocked down a large tree.

'Did I get them.'

The Jonin frowned as he stared at the explosion spot. With the sound of footsteps, three figures came out of the woods and confronted him.

'Um?'

After seeing the appearance of the sneak attackers, his he couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

He originally thought that the enemy might be the Anbu ninja sent by Konoha to hunt him down, or other robbers or rebel gangs, but he never imagined that the opponent would be three children.

That's right, the enemies who appeared in front of them are two boys and one girl. The oldest white-haired boy looked no more than seven years old, and the youngest red-haired girl even looked like four or five years old.

The three are Kimimaro, Haku, and Uzumaki Karin.

"It was you three who attacked us just now? Are you ninjas too?"

The Jonin narrowed his eyes and swept his gaze away from the three and looked at the woods behind them. Obviously, he thought that these three little kids were just smoke screens or bait thrown by the enemy, and the real enemy still did not show up.

"Don't look around, it's just the three of us."

Kimimaro said, as his eyes too swept across the enemies, then he instructed Karin and Haku, "Leave this Konoha's traitor to me, take care of others, the battle must be resolved within three minutes, do you understand?"

"Yes." Haku nodded solemnly and raised his hands to prepare for the seal.

"Yes." Karin too replied quickly, but she looked very nervous. After all, this was her first actual combat, and she is facing many enemies.

"The brazen bastard."

Hearing Kimimaro's words, the Jonin sneered disdainfully. The robbers behind him laughed even more, thinking that the three little kids in front of him were simply crazy or impatient.

But soon, everyone stopped laughing.

'Whoosh.'

Kimimaro narrowed his eyes and attacked instantly. His figure was like an arrow from the string, and he rushed in front of the Jonin in the blink of an eye.

Kimimaro kicked straight forward.

The Jonin let out a scream on the spot, several ribs broke and flew upside down more than ten meters.

At this moment, there was silence, and everyone's laughter stopped abruptly.

"Is she like Tsunade?"

Not far away, Kisame, who was hiding in the woods saw this, thought of something.

He could see at a glance that Karin's punch just now was very similar to Tsunade's attack. It used the powerful Yang Chakra in the body to create destructive power.

However, Karin should be far from being able to master this kind of power at present, and it was just used by mistake.

As expected by Kisame.

Karin's powerful punch was only a flash in the pan, and when she tried to hit the enemy with her fist again, she failed unexpectedly.

'Swish!'

A robber held Kuwu with a backhand stroke, leaving a big hole on Xiang Rin's arm, dripping with blood.

"Ah!" She screamed and fell to the ground.

Seeing that Karin was about to fall into the hands of the enemy.

"Karin!"

Haku let out an exclamation, his figure moved quickly in the ice mirror, rushed over in time, killed several robbers from behind with an ice pick, and rescued her.

"Haku-senpai, thank you. I, I'm really useless"

With tears in her eyes, Karin looked at the corpses of the enemy in front of her, and almost all of them were dealt with easily by Haku. When she thought about it, she who can't even protect herself, had her heart filled with self-blame and depression.

"Karin, your performance just now has been great, really."

Haku touched Karin's head and looked at the wound on the latter's arm. He couldn't help but change his expression and said anxiously and concernedly, "Your arm is seriously injured and it must be treated immediately, otherwise."

Just as he said this.

'Chi Chi Chi.'

Under their surprised expressions, Karin's wound suddenly burst out white smoke, and then it healed automatically at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not only was there no more blood coming out, there was not even a single scar left.

"Haku-senpai, thank you for your concern, I seem to be fine." Karin waved her arm and said happily.

"....."

Haku was stunned.

'It seems that Kimimaro is right, the hidden talent and potential in Karin's body is very amazing, and it is not inferior to him at all.

By the way, Kimimaro is still fighting the enemy.'

Thinking of this, Haku hurriedly looked at the battlefield, only to see the Jonin defeated and falling to the ground.

"How is this possible?"

The Jonin's face was full of unwillingness, he held a broken kunai in his hand, and a bone knife stuck in his back, he struggled for a while in vain, and finally died in despair.

Kimimaro pulled out the bone knife, turned it into a bone, and put it back into the body. He then rejoined Haku and Karin.

"Kimimaro-senpai, you are injured."

The sharp-eyed Karin saw the wound on Kimimaro's abdomen at a glance. It seems that the Konoha's traitor still poses a big threat to him.

"Bite me, my chakra can heal you."

Without thinking much, Karin stretched out one of her arms.

"Karin, I'm fine. Don't forget, I have nine tails in my body, and it's time to collect some rent from it."

Kimimaro showed a rare smile, and while saying this, the wound on his abdomen healed quickly.

'Clap clap clap!'

At this time, a burst of applause came from the woods, and Kisame who had been hiding in the dark to watch the battle finally appeared.

"Not bad. The three of you are doing a little better than I expected and deserve credit."

Kisame walked in front of the three, he first recognized their battle performance, and then changed the subject, "However, there is still a lot of room for improvement."

Under his command, Kimimaro made a seal and put the traitor's body into the storage scroll.

"Remember, we are not Kirigakure's ninjas now, but free bounty hunters. Our goal is to collect the corpses of rebel or bandit leaders like him, and get Konoha to give us money."

Kisame instructed the three and the left the forest and continued on their journey.

As night fell, the team camped in the wild.

After experiencing the high-intensity battle during the day, the three were a little tired, so they entered the tent early and fell asleep.

Kisame stood up, left the camp, and walked a few feet away.

"Come out."

After walking a few dozen meters away, he suddenly stopped and said.