[Land of Earth]
Yakushi Nono, who was currently lying in ambush, patiently waited.
She was an excellent undercover agent, working to raise funds for the orphanage. She had long been lurking in the Land of Earth, providing information for Root.
In fact, Danzo did not trust these personnel who had been in long-term undercover missions and gathered too much information.
Now that Root was officially disbanded, they needed to completely disappear, and it was a good opportunity to clean out these useless and dangerous pieces.
The last mission that Nono accepted was to come here and kill a traitor. After that, she could return to the orphanage and no longer live undercover.
She had already ambushed herself here early on.
On the other side, Yakushi Kabuto also accepted the same mission, to come here and kill the traitor.
When he arrived here, he keenly sensed that someone was lying in ambush. So he was especially cautious. However, he didn't know that in his own shadow, a pair of eyes were also watching him.
Rengoku tracked all the way using the tracking experience he had learned from his clansmen and finally found Yakushi Kabuto.
Using the Shadow Stealth Technique at night, he successfully hid within Kabuto's shadow.
Sensing movement on the cliff above, Yakushi Kabuto took out a mirror and directly noticed a silhouette from the reflection above.
He immediately dodged the shuriken that was thrown down.
The person above rushed down with a fierce momentum.
Kabuto dodged ahead while flipping over and launched a Chakra Scalpel strike.
Seeing that Nono's chest was about to suffer a serious wound, from Kabuto's shadow, a hand suddenly reached out and pulled him.
The depth of the Chakra Scalpel's penetration into flesh instantly reduced by half.
Nono, after being injured, managed to roll to the side with difficulty.
Kabuto was also a little surprised.
"Who?"
Uchiha Rengoku stood up from Kabuto's shadow, "Stop fighting, this is Danzo's scheme to make you kill each other. The one opposite you is Nono."
Kabuto, having been pulled by Rengoku, had not delivered a fatal blow to Nono's chest.
But Nono was still rendered unable to move.
Kabuto looked under the moonlight and saw that the person across was indeed the nun, his face showing panic.
He completely ignored Rengoku who was standing beside him, scrambling and crawling to Nono's side, "It's really you, Sister! Why are you here? Are you still on that mission from before?"
Kabuto's hands glowed green as he continuously healed Nono.
"Cough cough…", The nun, under treatment, regained some of her consciousness.
She said somewhat dizzily, "Why are you treating my wounds? Who exactly are you?"
Rengoku stood to the side with arms crossed and said, "Nono, this is Kabuto, the child from your orphanage."
"I just said this is Danzo's scheme to make you kill each other."
"Cough cough…", After Kabuto's treatment, Nono's mind was still a bit unclear.
She weakly looked at Kabuto, "You… you're Kabuto?"
Kabuto thought that the nun didn't recognize him because her glasses were broken, so he quickly took off his own glasses and put them on her.
"It's me, I'm Kabuto."
The nun gently shook her head and said, "You're not Kabuto."
At this moment, it was as if something inside Kabuto shattered, and the glow in his hands gradually faded.
Rengoku slapped Kabuto on the back, "Hurry up and continue healing! I already said it's Danzo's plot. It's normal for Nono not to recognize you."
"Treat her first and ask questions later. Do you want to wait until she dies before you regret it?"
Kabuto shuddered. The image of Nono's death appeared in his mind, and the light in his hands flared up again.
He healed while asking without turning his head, "Who are you, and what's going on?"
Rengoku stood behind Yakushi Kabuto with arms crossed. Nono's injuries had been calculated by him in advance.
A bit dangerous, but as long as Kabuto went all out to heal, it would be fine.
To build a connection, one had to appear at the most critical moment to gain the greatest goodwill.
If not for the backing of the entire Uchiha clan, he wouldn't have such rich combat experience and be able to control the severity of injuries so well.
"I am Uchiha Rengoku. You should've heard of my name."
"Nono has always been out on missions and couldn't see you. So your appearance as you grew up was only known through photos sent by Danzo."
"As long as Danzo switched the photo midway, it's natural for Nono not to recognize you."
Kabuto's previous psychological trauma was healed in an instant.
'So it isn't that the sister didn't recognize me, it is that she is deceived.'
As the wound closed up, Nono's dizziness due to blood loss disappeared.
She also heard Rengoku's words just now.
Her face turned pale, and she slowly asked, "You're Kabuto?"
Kabuto replied in a trembling voice, "Yes, yes, I'm Kabuto, Sister."
Nono's external injuries had already been treated with Medical Palm Technique, but at this time, due to severe blood loss, she was still somewhat weak.
Kabuto carefully helped Nono sit up. Nono then reached for the glasses Kabuto had placed on her face, these glasses were the ones she had given Kabuto back then.
Now, Nono also confirmed that the person in front of her was really Kabuto.
She touched Kabuto's face, "Child, you've grown so much."
Kabuto's tears of relief fell, "It's me, I'm sorry, Sister."
Nono lovingly patted Kabuto's head, "It's okay now, child."
"*Sob*, Sister…", At this moment, Kabuto cried out loud.
Just now, he had nearly given up on saving the nun.
Nono gently patted Yakushi Kabuto's back, just like when she used to comfort him when he was a child.
"It's okay. It's all okay now."
After a long while, Kabuto finally calmed down.
He wiped the tears from his face, "Sister, how are you feeling now?"
Nono had now recovered quite a bit of strength. She supported herself and stood up, "A little weak, but nothing serious."
She looked at Rengoku, "May I ask why Lord Rengoku is here?"
Rengoku smiled and said, "I'm Danzo's mortal enemy, so of course I came to recruit you."
Both Nono and Kabuto were people who had essentially died once. They couldn't naively think they could go back to Root for money.
"May I ask what Lord Rengoku wants us to do?", Nono and Kabuto both looked a little worried.
Rengoku pressed down with his hand, "No need to be nervous. We Uchiha are not lacking in intelligence agents."
"What I value is your medical ability. Don't worry, I'll pay you a large reward. Feeding the orphanage won't be a problem."
Nono's expression became a little excited. This was an extremely fortunate matter. Being medical personnel was far better than constantly living a precarious undercover life.
"Thank you, Lord Rengoku."
Nono and Kabuto both bowed respectfully to Rengoku.
Rengoku waved his hand, "Let me explain."
"Danzo has now been overthrown by me. My current position is Konoha's Advisory Elder."
"You should be aware of the relationship between our Uchiha clan and Konoha."
"Our clansmen cannot go to the Konoha Hospital."
"So I'm preparing to build a hospital within our clan, and by then we'll need a lot of medical personnel."
"You can work there long-term. The children from the orphanage can come help too. No one will go hungry."
Nono and Kabuto didn't even know what to say. Rengoku had even considered the orphanage. They were deeply moved.
"The environment here is poor. Let's find a place to rest for the night and let Nono recover. We'll set off for Konoha tomorrow."
"We can talk about everything else on the way."
Nono and Kabuto looked at each other, "Yes, Lord Rengoku."
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