Crack!

"Rumble ~~"

The sound of thunder came closer and closer. In the forest, a group of people were jumping between the tall shrubs. The sound of thunder entered everyone's ears. The sudden appearance of lightning made it possible for people to see the human faces in the shadows more clearly.

"Captain! The thunderclouds are coming soon. It's too dangerous to travel at night. Let's find a place to set up camp first."

"There's still quite a distance to the village. Safety first."

A long scar ran through half of the man's face. The scar extended from the corner of his eye to his chin, making his face look even more ferocious when he spoke.

"Yes! Alright, you go set up the traps. We'll rest for the night." The leading man seemed to agree with his companion's suggestion. He jumped onto a huge branch and made a gesture to stop the entire team.

He turned his head to look at his companion. The wooden leaf on his forehead reflected a ray of light. Then, he scanned the surroundings with his pale eyes. After confirming that there was no problem, he heaved a sigh of relief.

"Hehe! Alright."

"Sou!"

The knife-scarred man responded and left in a flash. Not long after he left, several figures flashed out of the forest and surrounded the white-eyed man.

This was an expanded ninja team. Everyone present was a ninja from the Kiba Shinobu Village. The man in the lead was a ninja from the Hinata family, a large clan of Kiba. This mission was very important to Kiba. The third-generation successor had sent two teams of four Jounin to carry out the mission. The leader was Daiteru Hinata from the Hinata family.

"Waaah ~" A child's cry broke the silence of the night, causing everyone who had relaxed to tense up their muscles in an instant and get into a battle stance.

"Sorry, sorry. My brother is awake." The person who spoke was a girl around seven or eight years old. She wore a dirty long-sleeved shirt with a few holes on it, revealing her snow-white skin. Her long red hair covered part of her face, and the swirl icon on the back of her clothes showed her identity.

"Jiuming, be good. Don't cry ~" The girl smiled at the baby in her arms ingratiatingly. At the same time, she shook the baby's hands back and forth, trying to coax the baby to sleep again. However, her smile was so bitter. Other than making the child cry louder, it had no other effect.

………

"So it doesn't hurt to be struck by lightning at all ~"

"It's actually a little comfortable…"

When Whirlpool opened his eyes, he realized that he was not lying on the hospital bed. Logically speaking, someone who had been electrocuted should have been sent to the hospital immediately. He didn't know why he was so unlucky. He had been struck by lightning on his way to work. He had actually encountered a scene that could only happen in a third-rate online writer's novel.

When he opened his eyes and realized that he was not on the hospital bed, he subconsciously shouted. He realized that the sound he made seemed to be different.

"Jiuming, be good. Don't cry ~" A chubby baby face blocked his vision. As the girl comforted him softly, he suddenly felt his "bed" start to shake.

"Who am I?"

"Where am I?"

"Who are you?"

Jiuming's cry turned into a baby's cry, piercing through the night sky. Just as he cried again, another bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky in the distance. A few seconds later, rolling thunder entered his ears.

As he swayed, Jiu Ming felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier. He was clearly not sleepy at all and his mind was very clear. However, in this situation, Jiu Ming closed his eyes again. He wanted to shout, but he couldn't make a sound.

"Ghost pressure?"

"What happened to that face just now? She doesn't look like a nurse!"

His eyes were forced to close, and his vision was plunged into darkness. Just as he was analyzing what had just happened and his situation, a bright light made the darkness in front of him disappear, and in its place was a vast expanse of whiteness.

In a moment, the outline of a baby appeared in his mind. Blue lines began to appear on the baby's body. As the blue lines appeared, Jiu Ming seemed to have control of this body. A numb feeling came from his body.

This feeling…was similar to being struck by lightning…very comfortable…

Although he could not open his eyes yet, his sense of touch, smell, hearing, and other senses had returned. He could clearly hear the conversation outside.

…………

"Captain! The trap has been set." The man with a scar on half of his face returned to the team. When he arrived, only Kushina and the Jounin from the Hinata Clan were left in the camp. Oh, and the baby in her arms, Jiu Ming.

"Alright, go and keep watch." Daiteru Hinata nodded and waved his hand.

This time, he had been ordered to go to Vortex Tidal Village in the Vortex Country. His goal was to bring back a member of the Vortex Tribe who was suitable to inherit the Nine-Tailed Clan. Vortex Tidal Village had indeed cooperated and allowed him to bring two people with him. He had already rolled his eyes at the older girl. She was very suitable…

As for the little one, it was an extra, so he brought it along too ~

"Kyocinna, can I call you that?" Daiteru Hinata took care of the girl's emotions and spoke softly.

"Yes." Swirl Kushina tightened her grip on the child in her hand, as if she was afraid that someone would snatch it away from her.

"Is this child called Jiuming? I heard you call me that just now."

"Is he your brother?"

Daiki Hinata leaned against the tree trunk and said casually. As he spoke, a pitter-patter sound came from the forest. Rain began to fall, rubbing against the leaves and dripping onto the ground.

At this moment, the three of them were resting in a semi-circular building constructed with the Earth Evasion Technique, which could block the erosion of the rain very well.

"Yes, his name is Whirlpool Nine Cry, my younger brother."

"Little brother!"

Uzumaki Kushina now had a very strong sense of self-protection. No matter who she was facing, she was extremely vigilant, even if the person in front of her was a ninja of Uzumaki Tidewave Village, who had been on good terms with her for generations.

"Whirlpool? This person should be talking about me."

"Fortunately, I watch a lot of movies. Otherwise, I wouldn't even be able to understand what others are saying."

"As for why I can learn a language from watching movies but you guys can't, it's mainly because I watch movies with plots and don't drag the progress bar!"

"Kyocinna? Why does the name Kyocinna sound so familiar?"

"Red hair, vortex…"

Whirlpool Whirlwind had already guessed his current identity. At this moment, the outline of the baby in his mind had also become clear. Something seemed to be flowing in the blue veins on the baby's body. White spots appeared in the veins and began to flow along with the flow of matter in the veins.

"Damn, it really is Naruto!"

"I have both parents. Although I'm single, I have a car and a house. My family is about to be demolished and I'm working as a high-paying sign language teacher. Why did I come to Naruto?"

"I don't want to!"

........

Jiu Xinna held the baby with both hands and used her clothes to form a circle around the baby, as if she wanted to block all the wind for Jiu Ming. The wind mixed with the rain and blew the leaves in the forest. The primeval forest was dark without the moonlight, and the environment was so dark that one could not see their own fingers.

The girl curled up in the castle had just experienced a great change not long ago. Her only comfort now was the child in her arms.

"Uncle Dahui, how long before we reach Muye?" Kyocinna asked the darkness.

"With our speed, we should be able to reach by tomorrow afternoon."

"If I carry the child, he will arrive in the morning."

Daiteru Hinata's words came from the darkness. Although the two of them were only about a meter apart, Kushina's eyesight was not enough to see him in such an environment.

"In the afternoon…" Koshina subconsciously avoided the option of carrying her brother.

The voice fell silent, and the night returned to silence.