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"Pack up your things. We're leaving soon. Tsuay alert otlefield," Shin said, turning to Tsunade.
"If you run into any troublesome situation you 't solve, remember to send word," he added.
Tsunade nodded, a hint of worry flickering in her eyes.
"I know. You guys be careful too, wandering around the Shinobi world. I'm not worried you'll be in danger—but I am worried you might get swindled," she teased with a half-smile.
"Do we really look that gullible?" Kushina muttered, uo hold her tongue.
"I'm not worried about Shin or Mikoto, not even Konan. I'm worried about you," Tsunade said, throwing Kushina a side gnce.
It was obvious she was implying Kushina was a bit...naive.
"Curse you, Tsunade! I'll remember that! ime we meet, I'm so gon you back!" Kushina snapped.
At the moment, Kushina still wasn't strong enough to take on Tsunade. But she believed that one day she would surpass her—then she'd have her moment of triumph.
"That day will never e," Tsunade answered bluntly.
With a chuckle, Shin took out a rge scroll and ha to Tsunade.
"What's this?" she asked, eyeing the scroll curiously.
"It's a copy I made of the Scroll of Seals. It tains nearly all the jutsu recorded in Konoha's version," Shin expined.
Aside from the secret teiques of the major Konoha families, almost everything else was doted in the Scroll of Seals.
Tsunade nodded in uanding, tug the scroll away.
"Alright, Tsunade, guess this is goodbye," Shin said, giving her a casual wave.
"Don't you dare fet me," Tsunade warned, arg an eyebrow. "If you do, Shin, you'll be in serious trouble."
"Rex, Tsunade. You know I've got my Space-Time Ninjutsu. Dropping by to see you is easy enough." Shin grinned.
He then activated Yomotsu Hirasaka, creating a swirling, pitch-bck portal. With a parting wave to Tsunade, he stepped inside, Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan following closely.
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"Huh? Ba Konoha again?"
Kushina looked around the familiar courtyard, stuo find herself at the home they'd been staying in. It was ihe same pce they'd lived all this time.
"Obviously, we came back to pick up a few things," Shin answered with a small shrug.
"Makes sense," Kushina agreed, nodding. "We do have stuff we 't leave behind."
So, while Kushina, Mikoto, and Konan gathered up their belongings, Shin headed off to see Nawaki.
Sihey were about to leave food, he figured he should at least say farewell to an old friend.
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He found Nawaki in the Senju grounds. Ever sihat brush with mortal danger, Nawaki had been rec there.
"Shin, you're back?" Nawaki said, surprised to see him.
"Yeah, I wao talk to you about something," Shin replied, nodding.
"What is it?"
"I'm leaving Konoha. I came to say goodbye."
"Leaving Konoha?" Nawaki repeated, stunned. He couldn't his head around Shin's words.
"I won't be a Konoha Shinobi anymore," Shin said simply, keeping it straightforward.
"What? You're not…a shinobi of Konoha anymore? Why? What happened?" Naressed, growing anxious.
As expected, Shin had guessed he'd react like this. He just shook his head.
"It's plicated. There's no time to go into detail now. I mainly wao let you know I'm leaving, so please be careful while you stay in Konoha."
"No way, you have to tell me why yoing! This makes no sense—why would you—"
"I'm leaving right now, so there's no time," Shin interrupted gently. "Maybe I'll expiime we meet."
"Does my sister know?" Nawaki asked finally, voice taut with emotion.
"Tsunade does, yes. Also, please watch out for yourself in Konoha. If you ever feel things aren't safe for you…you leave, too," Shin advised.
"Why?"
"You're better off not knowing. Just keep a low profile if you don't want to leave."
Just as Shin finished warning Nawaki, Kushina and the others arrived, luggage in hand. They called him over, ready to depart.
"We're leaving now, Nawaki. We'll talk agaiime... whehat is." Shin said.
"I'll walk with you to the gates," Nawaki offered, his tone subdued. He still couldn't figure out why Shin would leave, and it weighed heavily on him.
He felt uneasy, unsure what Shin's reasons were, but his friend was gone.
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"Where are we going?" Kushina asked ohey were on the road.
"We don't really have a destinatio," Shin answered. "Might as well wander around, see the world. How about we start by t the Land of Fire?"
"I'm good with that," Mikoto chimed in, no specific preference.
"Sure. Holy, I don't know much about the Land of Fire beyond Konoha," Kushina admitted.
They'd arrived from the Land of Whirlpools as children, then basically stayed in Konoha. When they did go out on missions, they focused strictly on the assig. They'd never had the ce to truly explore.
Shin started his journey across the Shinobi world, expl the nd and its people.
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ravels fast—word soon reached ōnoki and the e that Uzumaki Shin had left Konoha.
Upon firming its authenticity, they were overjoyed.
Up until then, they'd held little hope in this ongoing war, but now Uzumaki Shin was gone.
Without Shin, perhaps they had a real shot against Konoha—or so they thought.
Reality, however, proved them wrong. After firming Shin's departure, the four vilges unched a bined offensive against Konoha, only to be thhly routed.
Their morale remained shaky after the devastation Shin inflicted, and many of their stro fighters were still nursing injuries or uo battle at all.
ōnoki had suffered a broken bad wouldn't be able to fight for months.
The Third Raikage's heart had almost been pierced, and he also ime to heal.
Hanzō and the Third Kazekage were less injured, but they still o recover.
Konoha, oher hand, still had Hiruzen, Sakumo, Danzō, Orochimaru, and Tsunade. Jiraiya was injured and couldn't fight.
But even so, Konoha was able to defeat the four vilges.
This defeat sobered ōnoki and the others. They realized their greatest weakness was the ck of strong leaders.
Without ao restrain them, Hiruzen and the others could wreak havo the battlefield.
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