Tsukimi Rin walked towards Grass Ninja Village.
His only impression of Grass Ninja Village was its fence-sitting nature, Karin, and Hozuki Castle, which was located on an offshore enclave.
Grass Ninja Village used to be a great nation, possessing vast lands.
The current Taki no Kuni was once its territory, and it even possessed the box of paradise, which was a Six Paths Ninja Tool.
Unfortunately, it seems that a monster from the box of paradise was released a long time ago, leading to internal strife and the loss of its territory, causing it to completely fall into a small nation.
Entering Grass Ninja Village was not difficult; one only needed to register, but usually, they had to state their purpose and be monitored.
However, for Tsukimi Rin, entering through the main gate would be somewhat disrespectful to him; entering Grass Ninja Village by his own skill was the mark of a hero.
Such a small Ninja Village didn't even have a barrier covering the Village, and there were no natural defenses.
If this Ninja Village hadn't learned the skill of being a fence-sitter, it would have been destroyed long ago.
Tsukimi Rin looked at the not-so-large town in front of him, which was Grass Ninja Village.
Grass Ninja were constantly entering and exiting, so it seemed that Land of Grass had a lot of missions.
However, Tsukimi Rin noticed that these Ninja's missions were very simple: herding and guarding against prairie wolves attacking cattle and sheep, and preventing cattle and sheep from eating crops.
On the surface, the Village's finances seemed very healthy, operating on an internal cycle of self-production, self-sale, and self-sufficiency.
Although it was a battleground during the Fourth Shinobi World War, it was also in a good central location in the Ninja World.
To the left, there were cheap industrial products from the Land of Rain; to the north, various mineral supplies from the Land of Earth; and to the west, gold dust from Hidden Sand Village.
It could be said that besides the threat of war, there were no other disadvantages.
Don't let the small size of this Village fool you; it still had a legacy.
They were skilled in Fire Release Ninjutsu, just like Konoha.
Both were 'grass and trees,' and the current leaders were all proficient in Fire Release, which was truly outlandish.
Tsukimi Rin easily enveloped himself in Curse Power and used the abilities of the Great Snake to effortlessly enter Grass Ninja Village.
The Grass Ninja on guard did not notice anything.
Once inside Grass Ninja Village, there would generally be no more inspections.
After all, the Village also had some merchants, and constant inspections would deter business.
On the prairie, various meat and dairy products were naturally indispensable.
Tsukimi Rin disdained 'zero-yuan shopping'; since he had come to Grass Ninja Village, he naturally had to buy some local specialties.
As for money? Would he be short of money?
He directly pulled out a scroll from a toad's mouth, which sealed a million ryo in paper money, and found a luxurious inn to stay in.
First, he ate the beef feast provided by the inn for lunch: golden, oily gravy mixed with plump rice, steaming hot with the exotic aroma of spices.
Tsukimi Rin ate five large bowls with the gravy.
It wasn't that he couldn't eat more, but the food supply in Grass Ninja Village was limited; each person could only eat that much per meal.
This was unavoidable; after all, Grass Ninja Village had limited grain, and they almost had to purchase some rice, noodles, grain, and oil from the Land of Fire to be sufficient.
The main reason was that the prairie climate was not suitable for growing rice; they were lucky to be able to grow some wheat and naked oats.
Although they were close to the Land of Rain, there were only so many places suitable for developing paddy fields.
If not for herding, they probably would have starved to death long ago.
It was already quite good that Grass Ninja Village could eat rice, and this was the best inn in Grass Ninja Village.
As for the commoners of Grass Ninja Village, they were probably only slightly better off than the commoners of Hidden Sand Village, not having to eat sand every day or lack water to drink, and occasionally being able to eat some meat.
It was also a fact that herders could not eat meat.
The main reason was that the pastures and cattle and sheep did not belong to them, but to the nobles of Land of Grass.
However, such purchasing restrictions could not stop Tsukimi Rin.
He only needed to change his face to make multiple purchases.
If he were to be ruthless and make massive purchases, Grass Ninja Village would probably be 'eating wind' for the rest of the month.
That's right, his wealth was enough to temporarily buy out Grass Ninja Village, but doing so would only harm the commoners, and Tsukimi Rin was not so ruthless.
He only bought enough beef, mutton, various jerky, and cheese blocks and yogurt to last him for dozens of days.
If their supervision was not strict, they might not even notice until the end of the month.
Next, he went to find the hospital in Grass Ninja Village to scout it out, then he planned to kidnap her at night.
He wondered if she was married; he imagined she was not.
According to the original timeline, there was still over a year until the start of the Third Shinobi World War.
The Third Shinobi World War lasted two to three years, and Karin and Naruto were roughly the same age.
Kushina became pregnant a year after Minato became Hokage after the Third Shinobi World War, which meant that Karin's birth was still about five or six years away.
Grass Ninja Village, fearing that Karin's mother would be drained and die early, would certainly have her marry and have children early to satisfy the Village's healing needs after her death.
Ninja women came of age at fifteen.
Even if she became pregnant at eighteen or nineteen, she would only be about thirteen at this time, which seemed very young.
However, considering that Minato and Kushina were only eighteen or nineteen now, it made sense.
Thirteen years old, only two years older than Obito.
If Rin hadn't died, her son might even have gone to school with Naruto.
Arriving at the hospital, the first impression was its simplicity.
It was a two-story building with only one or two poor Medical Ninja, none of whom even knew Mystical Palm Technique.
In one of the Medical Ninja's offices, a red-haired girl of about twelve was confined in a small room, guarded by a Grass Ninja.
Currently, with no injured Ninja in Grass Ninja Village, there was no need for Karin's mother to be bitten for healing, so she was just sitting on the wooden bed, feeling a bit dejected.
Looking at the bite marks on her arm, it was clear that her life force had been drained quite a few times already, but they were still relatively sparse, not as terrifying as the dense, widespread bite marks all over her body when she was close to death.
Perhaps it was because she had not learned Chakra refining techniques; although she had immense life force, she had very little Chakra.
Actually, if he forced his way in, he could still take her, but he would be pursued, as his Flying Thunder God Technique was still somewhat unrefined and could not carry people.
Leaving a Flying Thunder God Mark on a tree trunk, Tsukimi Rin planned to come back at night to take her away, but he still left a Shadow Clone to monitor, just in case she didn't stay there at night, which would be awkward.
Next was the much-anticipated treasure hunt.
Gold, silver, treasures, or Ninjutsu Forbidden Technique were all Tsukimi Rin's targets.
He needed to establish an organization, which would require some resources, and the secret vault of Grass Ninja Village was his target.
Furthermore, Grass Ninja Village had some decent legacies; it would be a waste not to take them.
These things were definitely underground.
Ninja World people just loved to dig holes, and they were usually found under buildings similar to the Hokage Building, which was directly beneath where their leader handled state affairs.
Tsukimi Rin explored the entire Grass Ninja Village, and using his Curse Power to sense, he discovered three underground rooms with Sealing Technique barriers and several others without Sealing Technique.
Tsukimi Rin believed they would be furious if he emptied them this time.
However, as an act of righteous robbery of the rich to help the poor and uphold justice, this behavior was perfectly fine.
Robbing the rich of Grass Ninja Village to benefit his own poverty, and incidentally, seeking justice for the mother of his future subordinate, Uzumaki Karin.
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