The dark and damp thatched hut was extremely dilapidated.
There was only a bed and a table.
Besides that, there was nothing.
The woman on the bed was draped in a tattered piece of clothing.
The cuffs and trouser legs had long been torn to shreds, covered with all sorts of bite marks, leaving only the crucial parts covered by the cloth.
Even so, the woman's eyes were still full of concern. The moment the door opened, she looked intently at Karin.
As if Karin was the only oasis in her life.
The war brought pain to countless people.
But for Kusagakure, all the dangers it faced were transferred to a single, weak woman.
Seeing several strong men eagerly about to enter the door to tear at the woman's limbs, Uchiha Kai took a few steps forward and blocked the doorway.
The crimson Mangekyo in his eyes flickered with a demonic light.
"That's enough, all of you."
Uchiha Kai's voice made everyone pause.
It was as if Uchiha Kai had appeared out of thin air.
Before, in their perception, there was no one in that position.
But they didn't care. They grinned, tilted their heads back, and looked at Uchiha Kai with disdain.
"Who the hell are you, brat? How dare you meddle in my business."
"Don't get in the way of my healing. I'm about to die of pain!"
As the only ninjas in Kusagakure, they were used to being arrogant. How could they care about Uchiha Kai?
Especially since Uchiha Kai looked to be sixteen or seventeen, which made them look down on him even more.
A little brat, daring to meddle in adult affairs?
They just treated Uchiha Kai as some fool trying to uphold justice.
Their faces were full of tyrannical expressions. Two hot-tempered Kusagakure ninjas even walked up to Uchiha Kai and reached out to push him away.
The next second.
Clang!
A cold light flashed.
The arms of the two Kusagakure ninjas in front of Uchiha Kai were completely severed.
They formed a parabola in the air and finally landed in front of all the Kusagakure ninjas.
"Ah, it hurts so much!"
"Damn it, who the hell are you?"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"How dare you touch me? I'll kill you today!"
Although they hadn't seen when Uchiha Kai had acted, seeing the long sword he had drawn from its sheath and the blood on its tip, they instantly understood that Uchiha Kai had done it all.
In an instant, all the Kusagakure ninjas stood on a united front.
"Damn it, how dare you attack me."
"Bastard, you dare to attack me for this bitch? Brothers, get him."
The Kusagakure ninjas took out their kunai one by one and surrounded Uchiha Kai.
Seeing this, Uchiha Kai's expression didn't change at all. He didn't take this rabble seriously in the slightest.
Just as he was about to deal with this trash in one go, Uchiha Kai suddenly felt a tug on the corner of his clothes.
Uchiha Kai looked down and saw Karin looking at him with pleading eyes.
At the same time, Karin's soft voice came to his ear.
"Big brother, you should go. I'll hold them back. They just want to bully my mom. You're a good person."
After Karin finished speaking, her small body stood in front of Uchiha Kai.
On her tear-stained little face, a pair of resolute eyes had appeared at some point.
"Bad guys, I'm not afraid of you!"
Seeing this scene, Uchiha Kai's heart was moved, and a warm smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
It was the first time Uchiha Kai had smiled from the bottom of his heart since coming to this world.
After all, his surname was also Uchiha. In terms of being expressionless, he was no worse than the future Uchiha Sasuke or Kakashi.
But at this moment, Uchiha Kai really smiled, a happy smile.
Uchiha Kai reached out and gently stroked Karin's head a couple of times.
He used the most peaceful voice.
"Karin, leave everything to me. Now, close your eyes."
Uchiha Kai said, placing one hand over Karin's eyes, blocking her vision.
Karin didn't know why, but she was full of trust for this big brother beside her, even though she didn't even know his name.
Karin rubbed her small head against Uchiha Kai's hand and answered softly.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, big brother."
After gently rubbing Karin's small face a couple of times, Uchiha Kai then withdrew his gaze from her.
The moment he looked up, the gentleness in Uchiha Kai's eyes disappeared, replaced by endless coldness.
Uchiha Kai said in the coldest tone.
"You... really deserve to die."
Before today, Uchiha Kai had always felt that he was in the world of Naruto as if he were playing a holographic virtual game, without much sense of belonging.
Kushina's pregnancy made him start to take this world seriously and start to think.
This chance encounter with Uzumaki Karin made him deeply feel the warmth of this world.
At this moment, Uchiha Kai felt that he had truly become Uchiha Kai.
He had become a ninja from the Uchiha clan in the world of Naruto.
As Uchiha Kai pondered, the crimson Sharingan in his eyes erupted with an even more demonic light.
At this moment, all the Kusagakure ninjas inexplicably felt that the whole world had slowed down.
Or rather, in their eyes, the world had slowed down.
All they could hear was the sound of a sharp blade cutting through blood vessels and muscles.
By the time they came back to their senses, they found that the world was spinning.
In a daze, they saw their own bodies!
Their bodies were twitching erratically, and their heads were long gone.
This bizarre scene left the Kusagakure ninjas in a daze.
...Is this heaven?
Unfortunately, what awaited them was not heaven.
After sheathing his sword, Uchiha Kai looked at the pile of corpses on the ground.
A faint smile appeared on his lips.
"Heaven? No, I'm sending you to hell!"
Karin's mother's gaze had been on her daughter outside the house the whole time, so she naturally saw the scene of Uchiha Kai's massacre.
Although she didn't know who Uchiha Kai was, his actions made her eyes shine with a strange light.
It was as if she were looking at a savior.
She and her daughter were in hell, and Uchiha Kai was the one who would pull them out of it.
The sunlight shone on Uchiha Kai's body, as if casting a layer of golden light on him.
Uchiha Kai, bathed in golden light, slowly picked up Karin, who was by his feet, and held her in his arms.
This harmonious and beautiful scene was deeply engraved in Karin's mother's mind, making it unforgettable for the rest of her life...