Three days later.

Araki and Kushina have reached the Land of Fire, and further on the southeastern border is the Vortex Hidden Village.

"It's almost there."

Kusina looked at the terrain in front of her, and although she hadn't been back for a while, she still felt familiar, and it was the scene she had experienced when she first left the Vortex Hidden Village and went to Konoha Village, and she still remembers it vividly.

I haven't returned to my hometown for so many years, and I still have some thoughts in Kushina's heart.

It's just that she hasn't thought about it this way all along, and she doesn't have such emotions, and when she walks here now, the nostalgia in her heart is instantly ignited, and the past is vivid, constantly floating in her heart.

But......

This also brought her another feeling.

She didn't dare to go forward!

"What's wrong?"

Araki looked at Kushina stopping here, and subconsciously asked, in fact, it was not Kusina who was leading the way, but he was leading the way, because he had obtained the memory of the Thousand Hands Pillar, and then he was very clear about the location of the Vortex Hidden Village.

It's like having a navigation, and you won't go off the rails at all.

When he walked here, Araki already knew that there was the Vortex Hidden Village in front of him, the area where the Uzumaki clan was located.

At the same time, the uneasy feeling in Araki's heart became more and more intense, as if something was happening ahead, so his heart became more urgent, and seeing Kushina standing here, he suddenly had a feeling of wanting to quickly pull Kushina away.

It's a feeling that comes from the heart, and at the same time, Araki feels puzzled, but also a little scared and afraid.

After all, once such a feeling arises, it will govern his behavior, and with these intercolumnar cells entering his body, such thoughts appear for the first time, but he doesn't know if it will be the last, and now that he can come to the Vortex Hidden Village, he is governed by these thoughts.

It's just that for him now, he doesn't know the result of this arrival, so he is willing to choose to believe in this kind of thought for inner use, but if the result of this time does not make him feel particularly satisfied, and there will be other thoughts in the future, then he will choose to do it.

However, there is one thing that Araki knows very well in his heart, and that is that when such thoughts keep popping up in his heart, it may be difficult to refuse.

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"I kind of don't know how to deal with everyone." Kusina stood in place and looked ahead, where the direction of the Vortex Hidden Village was still a little far away, and the Vortex Hidden Village was not visible at all, and then continued: "I've been away for so long, I don't know if the people in the village still remember, and I don't know if the people I care about are still there. ”

Kusina points out a relatively practical problem.

The mortality rate in the ninja world is very high.

People die almost every day in any village, not just because of the war, but because they need to go on a mission, and in the process of carrying out the mission, they will encounter corresponding dangers.

These missions are intertwined, occasionally causing conflicts between villages, but such conflicts also increase the mortality rate among ninjas.

What Kusina said, Araki understands very well.

The same emotions fall on him, if he leaves Konoha Village for a period of time, the concept of this period is a few years, then when he returns to Konoha Village, there may really be many people who are no longer there, and if this time is experienced here, even if someone leaves, it will be gradual, step by step to the present, but suddenly when he goes back, he will feel all the changes, and at this moment he suddenly invades the body.

In this case, anyone will have some feelings in their hearts.

Hometown timidity.

Araki now thinks that Kushina thinks that's what he thinks.

"Let's go."

Araki stepped forward and patted Kushina on the shoulder, if he had done something else, he might have let Kushina slow down and patiently enlighten her to a certain extent.

Now, however, the situation is different.

Araki just had a very strong feeling that something terrible was happening in the Vortex Hidden Village, and every minute and second was to be fought for.

Based on such a situation, Araki felt that it was better to believe in those feelings in his heart for the time being, so he chose to use this way to add some motivation to Kushina's heart, and then took a step forward.

"Hmm."

After Kusina eased in place, the emotions in her heart eased slightly, and it was not as sad as before, and she knew very well in her heart that such emotions were inexplicable, because she hadn't seen anything yet, just unwarranted speculation in her heart.

Immediately, Kushina quickly followed, walked behind Araki, and walked together in the direction of the Vortex Hidden Village.

……

It was some time again.

Araki and Kushina came to the front of a village, looked at it from a distance, and found that although the construction of the village was not as large as Konoha Village, it far exceeded the Sand Hidden Village and Cloud Hidden Village he had seen.

"This is the Vortex Hidden Village!"

Araki looked at the village in front of him, and the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger, until this time, he had not seen any people from the Uzumaki Clan, but according to the information he had obtained, the Uzumaki Clan still existed.

"Yes, that's right, this is the Vortex Hidden Village......" Kushina's mood began to become a little low, and he didn't have the joy and joy of returning to his hometown, as if he had some emotions in his heart.

Followed by.

The two of them began to walk towards the Vortex Hidden Village.

When they reached the gate, two people suddenly appeared and stopped them.

Both of these people wear ninja forehead guards on their foreheads, and the diagram on it is the style of Naruto Uzumaki who rotates in circles, and belongs to the ninja diagram of the Vortex Hidden Village.

"Is there anything you guys are up to?"

The two ninjas looked towards Araki and Kushina together, and when they saw that both of them had the ninja emblem of Konoha Village on their bodies, their faces softened a lot, but they didn't completely let their guard down.

"It's me!" At this time, Kusina spoke, he waved his hand to the two, and wanted to call the name, but he couldn't call it out to his mouth, after all, he hadn't come back for a long time, and the changes between people were a little too big, and it was normal that he couldn't remember the name, so he hurriedly said: "I'm Kushina!" ”

"Kushina?"

The two ninjas guarding the door had a question mark in their heads at the same time, and their events were also focused on Kushina's body, and their brows were furrowed, and they put on a thinking posture.

Kushina.

Konoha Village.

In this way, the two words are superimposed, and it is easy to think of the people who were sent to Konoha Village before.

"You're Kushina Uzumaki?!"

One of the ninjas reacted immediately after a moment, and came to look at Kushina's eyes, and there was a strong shock in his wide eyes, for them, it was a very unexpected thing to be able to see Kushina here.

"Yes, yes, that's me." Kusina nodded again and again, being able to be recognized, which made her heart very satisfied, and there was a feeling that she had not been forgotten by her hometown.

"Why are you back?"

"Is something happening in Konoha Village?"

The two gatekeepers questioned at the same time, and in the process of asking, they gave up the position of the gate together, and walked towards the village with Araki and Kushina.

They were asking, but from their expressions and demeanor, it could be seen that the psychology of the two of them did not relax their guard against them, and they were still very defensive.

"There's nothing I just want to come back to see, I haven't been back for too long." Kusina replied.

Actually, Kusina didn't know why Araki came here, nominally she wanted to see her hometown, but in fact she didn't think it was that simple.

However, even if she wanted to break her head, there was no way to get an accurate answer, which in itself was beyond the scope of his imagination.

Rather than such a random guess, Kusina felt that it was better to let go and follow Araki here, and then he would naturally know what Araki's plans were.

In her heart, Araki has always been the kind of person who has a veil of mystery on her body, not that such a mysterious color will make her feel a sense of distance, but that when she constantly unveils the veil, she will find that there is still this veil behind her, and these mysteries are constantly superimposed and listed together, so that the emotions explored in her heart continue to rise.

"Just homesick?"

The two ninjas guarding the gate still had strong doubts on their faces, for the ninja world, the ninja of any village was changed to another village after being transferred to another village.

After all, beings like Uzumaki Kushina, who left their original village and went to another village, the code of ninja is to obey the orders of the new village, which means that their hometown has also changed.

So this excuse is actually relatively clumsy, and being able to feel that it is not the real purpose of their arrival, but after all, Kushina is also a member of the Uzumaki clan, and there is no need for them to keep Kushina and Araki out.

"If you have any places you want to go, I will take you away, and if you have any questions, you can tell me." After the two gatekeepers exchanged glances with each other, one of the gatekeepers stayed, and the other gatekeeper returned to the gatekeeper area, and secretly sent someone to report the situation to the village.

"I'd like to meet the village chief."

Araki immediately said bluntly, after he entered the Vortex Hidden Village, he found that this village was even bigger than he imagined, even though he had seen the appearance of the village in the memory fragment between the Thousand Hands Pillar, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he still had the feeling of being shocked.

At first glance, it was about the size of four or five Konoha villages, and the streets and alleys were full of people, so he knew that there were quite a few people in this village, and it was a pretty good environment overall.

However, the more prosperous it is, the more unsettling it becomes.

Araki had an extremely strong feeling in his heart that such a beautiful picture would soon be destroyed.

"You want to see the village chief?"

The forehead of the gatekeeper who had just stayed here immediately wrinkled, and his face became less pretty.

Such a request would be unreasonable.

You don't look at who you are!

Just followed Kusina back and made such a request, which made him even more puzzled by the so-called homesickness in Kusinai's mouth.

"Excuse me, are you the messenger of Konoha Village?"

The gatekeeper ninja controlled his emotions very well, and did not express the dissatisfaction in his heart, but there was still a trace of unconcealed disdain in the depths of his eyes.

"No, I'm a friend of Kushina, but I have something very important and I want to meet the village chief." Araki said seriously.

"The village chief like you may not meet you!" The gatekeeper shook his head.

"Please report to the village chief, and say that we are from Konoha Village, and there is something very important." Araki continued.

"There's really no way around this." The gatekeeper shook his head again.

Kusina tilted her head and stared at Araki and the gatekeeper in confusion, her heart wanted to know Araki's specific plans even more, before they arrived here, she didn't know that Araki wanted to see the village chief, until the moment Araki spoke, her heart was also quite surprised.

See what the village chief does?

Kusina blinked and stared at Araki, and said silently in his heart, it turned out that he really didn't accompany himself home!

However, she didn't feel any discomfort, but became more curious about what Araki would do next.

……

Rumble!

！

Just as Araki was talking to the gatekeeper ninja, an extremely strong explosion sounded in the Vortex Hidden Village, and even the ground shook with it, billowing black smoke rising in the direction of the center of the Vortex Hidden Village.

"Village Chief!"

The gatekeeper's face changed drastically, he was too familiar with the terrain of the Vortex Hidden Village, and immediately recognized the location where the explosion occurred, which was the village chief's daily office.

He was extremely anxious in his heart, and wanted to go to see the situation as soon as possible, but there were two people next to him, Araki and Kushina, and he didn't dare to let these two people out of his sight.

"What are you waiting for!"

At this time, Araki quickly appeared beside the gatekeeper ninja, grabbed the latter's arm casually, and the powerful force directly picked up the ninja.

"That's the village chief's location over there, there's such a big commotion, why don't you hurry up and take a look!"

Araki knew where the village chief worked, and he didn't go directly because the gatekeeper ninja was staring at them, so he had to say hello, but now that such an explosion had occurred, the sense of foreboding in his heart became even stronger.

In this way, he couldn't hold it anymore, and he rushed forward with the ninja guarding the door, and Kusina quickly followed.

"You can't be the ghost, right?" The Gate Ninja wondered, he felt that there was a great force in tugging at his arm, which was a force that he couldn't resist even if he wanted to, and made him speak a little more politely.

"What do you think?" Araki gave the gatekeeper an angry look and said, "We were together just now!" ”