Five days later.

Dressed in black robes, Kaguya Rei reluctantly returned to the town near the ruins of Vortex Village.

Over the past few days, he has traveled through most of the small country of Vortex Country, searching for the whereabouts of the descendants of the Uzumaki clan mentioned in the optional quest, and at the same time clearing out the wandering ninja groups that are more famous in the Vortex Country.

Unconsciously, he had brushed his [Dark Harvest] stack from 30 when he defeated the Konoha Shadow Squad to the current 379 layer, and by consuming a Shimura Clan's Dark Soul Fragment, he raised the [Dark Harvest] stack limit to 999 layers, and also increased the soul strength amplification effect attached to it to the second level.

In this respect, Kaguya Rei's mission to the country of vortex this time can be said to be a lot of money, even if he failed to complete the first optional mission because of the timely rescue of Bo Feng Shuimen, and missed a chance to extract secondary runes.

But unfortunately, Kaguya didn't find any information related to the descendants of the Uzumaki clan in the process of farming herself.

After carefully pulling out her mission requirements and reading them several times, Kaguya Ren decided to try her luck back in Vortex Village before she returned to Japan to participate in the war against Konoha.

Since the battle with that Konoha dark team took place here, maybe the opportunity to find the descendant of the Uzumaki clan is also here, right?

With this in mind, Kaguya Ren walked into this clan that belonged to the Uzumaki clan that had very little ink in the original work, and only one Namien Hall that housed the mask of the Grim Reaper was mentioned.

The battle that took place in the forest outside the village five days ago didn't affect the ruins that few people had set foot on too much, and Kaguya Ren only saw some of the outlying buildings that had already decayed due to the aftermath of the battle, and the rest of them were still the same as when the Uzumaki clan was destroyed.

Walking in such a dead ninja village, the atmosphere is naturally a little depressing, but fortunately, Kaguya Ren has been living in the fog for fifteen years, and the perennial high-pressure atmosphere has honed his extremely tenacious nerves, even if he sees a figure in a black robe flashing in the ruins of the building on the side of the road, he will not have the slightest fear in his heart-

Well?

Wait, a flashing black-robed figure?

Kaguya put away her somewhat absent-minded state and quickly chased in the direction where the black-robed figure had disappeared.

Kaguya's speed was fast, but the speed of the black figure was not slow, and between the dodge and leaping chase, the figures of the two quickly shifted from the west of the ruins of Vortex Village to the east where there were fewer buildings, and the black figure finally stopped in front of a tall building that had collapsed.

"Huh? Don't you take the initiative to attack? Seeing Kaguya's figure stop at a distance of twenty meters from him, the red-haired young man in a black-bottomed robe turned his head in some surprise and looked in the direction where he was, "You chased so closely, I thought you were planning to plot against him......"

"That's not it, I just saw someone here all of a sudden, and I subconsciously wanted to see who it was."

Looking at the red-haired young man's face, Kaguya Ren gasped, and the muscles in her whole body tensed.

Not because of anything else, but because the red-haired young man had an eye with a pale purple background and a pupil surrounded by several circles in the socket of his left eye, which was not covered by long bangs.

Reincarnation Eye.

Nagato!

Although according to the timeline compiled by Kaguya Ren based on the memories of his previous life, Nagato at this time should not have experienced Yahiko's death, and he is still the son of prophecy who believes in the ideals of his best friends and believes that he can build a bridge of peace with something other than violence, but ......

Unprepared, a head-on encounter with Nagato, a man in his heyday who was not dragged down by any injuries, was enough to make every traveler who knew the future feel cardiopulmonary arrest.

Shit system, the descendant of the Uzumaki clan you want me to find, it can't be Nagato himself, right?

Pinching the numb ground, Nagato is not the gua sha master who lacks strong attack methods like Bo Feng Shuimen, his attack will really kill people!

Kaguya secretly complained, and quickly thought about how he should communicate with Nagato in order to prevent him from becoming hostile to him, but to his surprise, before he could think about how to speak, Nagato broke his identity:

"Kaguya's bones...... Are you a ninja of the fog? ”

"Yes," Kaguya renoyed, annoyed that she had overreacted to an unexpected event, silently retracted the bone blade that had slipped out of her palm, and cautiously replied to Nagato, who had not moved, "I'm tracking down the village's traitorous ...... What about you? Judging by the color of your hair, are you a descendant of the Uzumaki clan? ”

"Me? A descendant of the Uzumaki? Nagato thought for a moment and nodded slightly, "You can also count it like that, although this is my first time here." ”

"Are you planning to rebuild Vortex Village? By those eyes, by the power of the eyes of reincarnation? ”

Seeing that Nagato behaved harmlessly, Kaguya Ren continued to ask along the line of thought that he was a fog ninja, this question first made Nagato stunned for a moment, and then shook his head a little helplessly and denied:

"That's right, the Kaguya clan is a long-established ninja clan, so it's not surprising to know about the reincarnation eye...... However, I don't have that idea of rebuilding the Vortex Village or anything. ”

"It's just because a new war is about to break out between Kirigakuin and Konoha that my companions mentioned that someone saw a fierce battle breaking out near the ruins of Vortex Village, so I made a temporary decision to come to this hometown that I have never seen before."

"As expected, this is also a deplorable land ravaged by war and ambition to the point of helpless shedding blood and tears."

Nagato paused, changed his conversation, and asked Kaguya, who was thinking about how to answer:

"Can you answer me a question, Ninja of the Fog?"

"I'll decide whether to answer or not depending on the sharpness of the question you're asking, Uzumaki ......"

"No, I'm not someone from the Uzumaki clan," Nagato shook his head, interrupting Kaguya's speech, then raised his hand and tapped his ninja forehead guard with his thumb, introducing himself in a firm and proud tone, "I'm Nagato, Nagato from the Akira organization in the Rain Hidden Village. ”

"Akatsuki Organization...... Is it? ”

Listening to Nagato, the big boss who is trying to rule the ninja world with nuclear deterrence in the future, introduce this Hatsuki organization that has not yet added the blood-colored red cloud to the black robes of the members in a very proud young tone, Kaguya's expression couldn't help but become a little complicated.

"Kaguya, I'm Kaguya in the fog."

Hearing that Kaguya Ren also reported his name, the guard hidden in the depths of Nagato's eyes was also lowered a little, he took a deep breath, and asked Kaguya Ren in a serious tone:

"Mercy ...... Right? The question I want to ask is...... How long do you think this war will end? ”