"The property left behind by the Uzumaki clan, is it placed in here?", After passing through the dense forest, a group of five people walked into a village that had already become a ruin.
Finally, they stood in front of a very dilapidated shrine.
One corner of the shrine had already collapsed, the main gate had disappeared, and even the torii outside imprinted with the Uzumaki clan's emblem was already crooked and tilted.
"It's right inside here," Uzumaki Kasui's gaze was sorrowful. This was the place where she had once lived and grown up.
'Now, only ruins remain.'
Aoba stood beside her, reaching out to hold her slightly trembling and cold small hand.
Aoba felt that Kasui's hand was gripping his tightly like a clamp.
A warm feeling passed between their clasped hands.
Slowly, Kasui's body also gradually stopped trembling.
The strength in her hand also relaxed slightly, then she gently kneaded Aoba's small hand.
As if worried about hurting him, trying to ease his pain.
"Thank you, Aoba," Kasui softly said thank you to Aoba.
Then she let go of his hand and took the lead walking ahead.
After all, this was the boy her daughter liked, she couldn't harbor strange thoughts.
The five of them walked into the dilapidated shrine in front of them together.
There were already many cracks on the wooden floor, causing them all to instinctively lighten their footsteps.
Making the atmosphere on site even more silent.
"These should be the targets of our mission, right?"
Aoba immediately saw the 27 ferocious-looking masks hanging on the wall.
At the same time, he also instantly noticed the Shinigami mask once used by Orochimaru in the original story.
'As long as I got this mask, the Reaper Death Seal might no longer have a solution, right?'
Kasui nodded, "These masks were enshrined by the Uzumaki clan for hundreds of years. It's said that just by wearing them, you can summon the legendary Shinigami, but as for their exact functions, I'm not really sure."
"As for the function, we can study it later. Since we've found the mission target, let's store them first."
Aoba took out a sealing scroll from his ninja tool pouch.
Hinata and Yakumo also stepped forward to retrieve the masks hanging on the wall.
"Be careful. Whatever you do, don't put the masks on," Kasui reminded them.
"""Okay!"""
The three responded in unison.
The three got busy, while Kasui walked around the wall covered with masks to the back.
Soon, Aoba and the other two had stored all the masks into the sealing scroll.
At this time, Kasui also came out dragging a large wooden chest.
"Aunt Kasui, what's inside this?", Aoba looked at the box curiously.
"This is the property the Uzumaki clan left here for dealing with unexpected situations," Kasui formed hand seals with both hands, unlocking the seal on the box.
Then, as the box was opened, they were nearly blinded by the gold and jewels inside.
"S-So much gold!", Yakumo's mouth dropped open.
Kasui also breathed a slight sigh of relief, "Thankfully it's still here. Otherwise I'd have a headache about paying your commission."
"Should we take all of this with us?", Aoba asked. He felt like Karin had instantly become a little rich girl.
Kasui shook her head, "I'll only take part of it. After all, other Uzumaki clan orphans might come looking, and they might need it."
Though the chance was small, it was still possible.
Aoba looked at the treasure in the chest. Even if Kasui only took a bit, it was enough for her and her daughter to live without worry in Konoha.
Although he was also a bit tempted by the treasure, he couldn't bring himself to take what was essentially life-saving resources.
Besides, he was about to receive a huge sum of money soon.
Robbing Gato was a classic move for a transmigrator in Naruto, definitely worth trying. The only question was whether Gato was still alive now.
In the ninja world, as long as you still wanted to be a ninja, you absolutely couldn't harm your employer.
In the original story, even defected ninjas like Zabuza, who suffered humiliation from Gato's subordinates after a failed mission, only killed him right before death.
After all, if the news that a ninja killed their employer got out, it would certainly arouse others' suspicions.
Who knew if you killed one employer, would you kill the second?
Once the chain of trust collapsed, rebuilding it would be extremely difficult.
He wondered how far Team 7 had gotten in their mission now.
But he remembered that after Kakashi's first clash with Zabuza, he was bedridden for a while due to chakra exhaustion.
Now it had only been two or three days since they departed. Their client was still an ordinary person. Coupled with what Tsunade had said about special circumstances, they probably had just clashed with Zabuza.
"Since Aunt Kasui's commission has been completed, we should also go to the Land of Waves now," He looked again at Kasui, "Aunt Kasui, do you want to come with us?"
"?", Kasui blinked, her expression a bit wronged, "Aoba doesn't want to bring me?"
"No, it's just that to go from the Land of Whirlpools to the Land of Waves, we can only go by boat, and it might delay us a lot. If Aunt Kasui wants to go back first, we can send you back," Aoba quickly explained.
"I don't mind, and I haven't been to the Land of Waves yet. It's a good chance to see some scenery I've never seen before."
"Alright then."
After packing away all the sealing scrolls, they didn't rest and directly headed toward the northern port of the Land of Whirlpools.
Although the situation within the Land of Whirlpools was chaotic, there were still ports.
During this time, since the problem with the Hidden Cloud Village was resolved, no more troublemakers came to bother them.
Most wandering ninjas had decent awareness. After all, those who didn't had long since provoked the wrong people and vanished from this world.
In the underworld, the people you must never mess with are the elderly, the disabled, women, and children.
And Aoba's team had half of those categories.
So, after another day of travel, they smoothly arrived at their destination.
The newly "rich" Kasui proactively rented a large ship as their means of travel.
On the entire ship, apart from them, there were no other passengers.
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