After bringing Hydrangea under her wing, Mirai Uchiha remained in Amegakure for another half a month.
During this time, Hydrangea had already successfully mastered how to extract chakra from her body and boost her spiritual power.
As Mirai Uchiha had suspected, Hydrangea possessed considerable talent.
With proper training, her future potential would certainly be extraordinary.
After all, ninja who showed talent in Space-Time Ninjutsu usually had immense potential.
Meanwhile, as she trained Hydrangea, the reconstruction efforts in Amegakure were gradually gaining momentum, moving forward steadily and methodically.
Amegakure is located at the crossroads of the Land of Earth, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Fire, making it a vital hub in the ninja world.
Therefore, Mirai Uchiha placed great importance on its development.
Only after remaining in Amegakure for such an extended time did Mirai Uchiha finally make plans to depart with Hydrangea.
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Amegakure.
Inside a temporarily built office building.
Nagato looked at Mirai Uchiha, who was ready to depart, and smiled slightly.
"Future, please give Konan my regards. I'll visit her in Konoha once I finish this busy period."
Mirai naturally saw no reason to refuse such a request.
Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko were orphans who had survived wartime by sticking together, their bond having long since grown into something familial.
Now that Nagato had pledged allegiance to the Shen Nation, meeting up with each other was only natural.
Seeing Nagato's hopeful gaze, Mirai nodded. "I will pass your message to Konan."
"Nagato, you seem much more cheerful lately."
Nagato laughed heartily and replied, "Ever since I stopped believing I was the destined messiah of the ninja world, I've felt much lighter."
"All these stressful matters can now be left in your hands."
"Besides..."
"The people of Amegakure are living happy lives now, and I genuinely feel joy for this village that has cried for far too long."
Actually, it wasn't so much that the lives of the shinobi in Amegakure had improved drastically, but rather they now had hope for the future.
Life now had purpose, so naturally people's happiness increased.
Witnessing all of this, Nagato held deep admiration toward Mirai Uchiha.
If he had stood where Mirai stood, he surely wouldn't have achieved such transformation.
At this thought, Nagato couldn't help but exclaim, "Future, I really don't know how you manage to accomplish so much."
"After learning about everything you've done, I feel like I've stepped into some fantasy tale."
From being an orphaned child of a harshly oppressed and widely despised ninja clan to rising rapidly within such a short time—
Defeating the prodigy ninja Kakashi Hatake upon graduation, achieving remarkable feats during the Third Shinobi World War, single-handedly restoring the prestige of the Uchiha Clan, and overthrowing Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had ruled Konoha for decades…
Mirai Uchiha not only possesses overwhelming strength capable of crushing all opposition, but has also successfully established the Shen Nation.
Most importantly…
Under the rule of the Shen Nation, nations no longer wage war on one another, and people across all lands now live in peace and material comfort.
Trains, online videos, steam-powered mechs…
A continuous flow of groundbreaking innovations continues to amaze people, significantly improving and simplifying daily life.
With such an extraordinary legacy, if anyone dared to claim Mirai Uchiha isn't the savior of the ninja world, Nagato would be the first to oppose them.
Thinking this, Nagato couldn't help but speak again: "Mirai, we both wield the Rinnegan—but I truly wonder how you've accomplished so much."
Hearing this, Mirai Uchiha lightly chuckled: "If I had to give a reason, perhaps it's because our approaches are fundamentally different."
"Hmm?"
"What do you mean?"
Seeing Nagato's confusion, Mirai Uchiha chose not to elaborate.
Come on—it's obvious I'm cheating, how could you compare?
After briefly discussing future plans for Amegakure with Nagato, Mirai Uchiha left the village with Hydrangea.
Instead of using [Otsutsuki Teleportation] to return to Konoha, Mirai Uchiha flew eastward through the sky, carrying Hydrangea with him.
From high above, Hydrangea gazed at the scenery below the ninja world, her face showing visible surprise.
Since childhood, this was her first time viewing her homeland from the sky.
How breathtaking!
After watching for a while, Hydrangea curiously asked Mirai Uchiha: "Lord Mirai, are we returning to Hidden Leaf Village now?"
Mirai shook his head: "No. I plan to visit the Land of Grass first."
"The Land of Grass?"
Hydrangea asked, puzzled: "Why go there?"
Upon hearing this, Mirai softly smiled: "Because of you, I was just reminded of another child."
"I intend to bring that kid back to Konoha as well."
"And…incorporate the Land of Grass into the domain of the Shen Nation as well."
The Land of Grass borders the Land of Rain, located to its east.
Since it was on the way anyway, he might as well make a detour now and save himself the trouble later.
At this current moment, he wondered how well Yugao was doing…
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Land of Grass.
Village of Kusagakure.
Dozens of thatched-roof huts were loosely clustered together, with lush green grass covering the ground.
A dozen or so ninja were patrolling around the village perimeter.
They called it patrol duty, but most of these Grass Ninja were just chatting idly with each other, paying no attention whatsoever to watching for enemies.
After all…
Although the Land of Grass covered a considerable area, it was mostly blanketed with forests and thickets. The weather stayed rainy and damp, while mosquitoes, insects, and poisonous ants swarmed the ground. Practically nobody would willingly come here.
Before long, a group of Grass Ninja rushed in from outside at high speed.
Two Grass Ninja carried another severely injured comrade between them, quickly dashing toward a rundown thatched hut.
Crash!
One Grass Ninja kicked open the door of the hut. A woman dressed in tattered clothes immediately hugged a little girl and cowered in a corner of the room.
The Grass Ninja grabbed the woman's hair and muttered angrily, "If I see you run again, I'll kill you!"
"Hurry up."
Trembling violently, the woman stretched out her arm. Immediately, the severely wounded Grass Ninja bit down hard on her.
"Ahh!"
She screamed in pain, beads of sweat breaking out on her forehead.
In contrast, the wounded Grass Ninja visibly started recovering right before their eyes.
Within moments, he stood upright again, showing no sign of injury whatsoever.
"Truly convenient."
"Ever since this woman came to our village, we've basically gained a living safeguard."
Hearing the Grass Ninja laugh, the woman quickly knelt on the ground, begging, "Please… give me a break. Let me catch my breath, or I won't last much longer."
The Grass Ninja snorted coldly, "Can't handle it? Then go ahead and die. I think your daughter will work fine too."
The woman gasped in horror, "My daughter is still young! You can't do this to her!"
The Grass Ninja sneered disdainfully, "Remember who gave you shelter—our Grass Ninja Village. You should feel grateful and do everything possible to show off the limited usefulness you still have."
"If you want your daughter to suffer less than she will, stay alive as long as you can."
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