Naruto: Uchiha Survivor Forced to Save the Shinobi World

The moment she remembered Uchiha Shinji's instructions, Karin felt the immense weight on her shoulders.

"If I fail, the whole world will be destroyed." Thinking of this, she immediately shook her head, "No! I can't fail. Lady Mother, and all my classmates are living in this world. I must not fail!"

After giving herself a boost of determination, she sped up again.

After almost three days of non-stop rushing, she had already entered the Land of Earth and was only a few dozen kilometers away from the anchor point Shinji had told her about.

For a shinobi, this distance wasn't far at all.

Considering that there would be a life-and-death battle once she approached the anchor point, and the fact that night was falling, Karin weighed her options and decided to stop for a rest to adjust her condition for the final battle.

She made a fire and boiled some water.

Under the night sky, Karin ate while thinking about her next move.

Unlike the combined forces at the anchor point of the Land of Fire or Tsunade's squad at the anchor point of the Land of Wind, she was Uchiha Shinji's "attendant." Therefore, she knew the beginning and end of this mission and also knew the weakness of the monsters called demons.

"I'll rest here tonight and head over in the daytime. Leader said that those demons fear sunlight. I'll have the advantage during the day!"

She silently made up her mind.

In the distance, at the Hidden Grass Village camp.

Seeing the obvious firelight between the mountains, the leading jōnin of Hidden Grass shook his head, "That kid doesn't understand anything. She actually dares to light a bonfire at night. Too reckless!"

Another Hidden Grass jōnin asked, "Should we move further away?"

The leading jōnin smiled, "Don't worry, no one can escape my sensory ninjutsu. There are no Akatsuki members around here. I guess the other side must be waiting at the test site, so there's no need to worry for now."

The Hidden Grass jōnin added cautiously, "But this is, after all, Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) territory, so we still need to be careful!"

The leading jōnin chuckled, "If you're that worried, why don't you take the night watch tonight."

Shwip!

Suddenly, a black shadow dropped into the Hidden Grass camp.

"Who's there?!" shouted the leading Hidden Grass jōnin.

All the Hidden Grass shinobi raised their guard, looking towards the shadow that had infiltrated their camp.

The shadow slowly stepped out of the darkness, grinning sinisterly, "You guys must be here for this place, huh? Heh, I can't believe trash like you managed to sever two locations. I have no idea what the guards at those spots were doing!"

The Hidden Grass shinobi were baffled.

What "this place," "those two places," and "sever" meant, they had no clue.

But this confusion didn't make them drop their guard—instead, they became even more alert.

As the figure stepped out of the shadows, they noticed that this enemy, who had infiltrated their camp without making a sound, was emanating an overwhelming stench of blood and had a chakra presence that seemed about to burst forth.

Even more unsettling was the kanji engraved in his eyes: "Upper Moon Six."

"A member of Akatsuki?!" The leading Hidden Grass jōnin swallowed hard, then said, "Sir, this is all a misunderstanding!"

Clearly.

The Hidden Grass shinobi thought this person was a member of Akatsuki. They feared that he had discovered their intentions to secretly aid Karin in passing Akatsuki's test and infiltrating their ranks, so they hurried to explain.

"Upper Moon Six" drew the long sword strapped to his back, walking towards the Hidden Grass shinobi while saying, "A misunderstanding, you say? That's too boring!"

Seeing that the enemy had no intention of hiding his killing intent, the leading Hidden Grass jōnin became furious.

Even though he feared Akatsuki, he thought that since they had the numbers on their side, they might stand a chance against just one enemy.

"Attack, kill him!" he roared angrily.

"Upper Moon Six" laughed, "That's the spirit!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, explosions echoed throughout the Hidden Grass temporary camp.

Karin, who was resting by the campfire in the distance, instinctively jumped up when she heard the loud noises.

She looked towards the direction of the explosions, seeing the continuous firelight and hearing faint battle cries. She quickly activated "Kagura Mind's Eye" to sense the area. Knowing it was the camp of the Hidden Grass shinobi that had been tailing her, she urgently wanted to know what was happening over there.

Soon, she froze.

Through her Kagura Mind's Eye, she sensed that the chakra of the Hidden Grass shinobi was dimming one after another in just a short time.

Undoubtedly, this meant that only moments into the fight, there were already many casualties among the Hidden Grass.

Even more alarming was the enormous chakra of the person fighting the Hidden Grass shinobi. It felt overwhelmingly chaotic and didn't resemble the chakra of a normal shinobi at all.

"Is it a demon?!"

Karin instinctively wanted to go support the Hidden Grass shinobi and eliminate the demon.

But just as she took a step, she remembered Shinji's instructions.

Before leaving the range of Jikibi, Shinji had reminded her once more that the scheming Hidden Grass shinobi were mere pawns to be used.

Shinji wanted her to use the Hidden Grass to pave the way and delay the enemy, while her mission was singular: no matter what means, she must destroy the anchor point located in the Land of Earth.

Remembering this, Karin suppressed the urge to assist the Hidden Grass shinobi, hardened her expression, and sprinted towards the anchor point.

Since the Hidden Grass were holding off the demons guarding the anchor point, now was her best chance to destroy it!

Meanwhile, in another valley leading to the anchor point, Hyuga Hiashi was also intercepted by demons!

A Hyuga clan jōnin shouted, "Clan Head, these monsters just won't die!"

Upon discovering that the enemy couldn't be killed, several of the Hyuga clan members who had followed Hiashi began to panic.

Hiashi, however, remained calm.

With his Byakugan, he noticed that while these enemies couldn't be killed, their chakra would deplete each time their bodies were damaged.

Moreover, with careful observation, he realized that each time they regenerated, they grew a bit slower, and their aura weakened. Feeling more assured, he focused on damaging the demons repeatedly, forcing them to expend chakra and life force to recover. Eventually, he ground down the entire group of demons.

At that moment, a sweaty Hyuga clan member approached Hiashi, "Clan Head, do you think these monsters are part of the test given to Neji by Akatsuki?"

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