Naruto: Kushina's Redemption, My Revenge

Jiraiya asked Chinya to stay behind for a private talk.

Chinya accompanied Jiraiya into another room.

"Jiraiya-sama, what did you want to speak with me about?"

Chinya already had a good idea of what Jiraiya wanted to talk about—it was most likely Kakashi.

"Chinya," Jiraiya said seriously, "don't you think Kakashi's current condition seems somewhat problematic? Perhaps he should be given some time off to rest properly."

Chinya replied calmly, "Jiraiya-sama, Kakashi is my disciple. I understand his situation best. His current state is perfectly fine—completely capable of handling this mission."

Jiraiya's expression turned grave. "The Kakashi I once knew wasn't so cold-hearted. He might have psychological issues, Chinya. As his teacher, you must take this seriously."

Chinya fixed his gaze on Jiraiya and said, "Jiraiya-sama, I'll say it again—Kakashi's condition is well known to me. He has simply come to understand a very specific truth."

"What kind of truth?" Jiraiya frowned.

Chinya spoke slowly and clearly, "As ninja, missions are more important than comrades. As long as the mission succeeds, everything else can be abandoned. This was the truth taught to Kakashi through Sakumo Hatake's own life."

Jiraiya frowned even more deeply.

He completely disagreed with Chinya's theory,

Yet at this moment, he seemed unable to refute it.

Because Sakumo Hatake's tragedy seemed to validate Chinya's theory.

"If there's nothing else, Jiraiya-sama, I shall take Kakashi and proceed with our mission now."

Chinya turned and walked away.

At the doorway, he paused and turned sharply to face Jiraiya once more. "If, by any chance, you meet Minato Namikaze in the future, please kindly deliver a message for me."

"What message?"

"Tell him that his theory placing comrades above all else has been proven wrong."

With that, Chinya left the room immediately.

Jiraiya continued to stare after him until Chinya disappeared from sight.

His expression remained heavy.

Jiraiya just couldn't wrap his head around how things had spiraled so far with Sakumo Hatake's tragedy.

Perhaps Sakumo had indeed made a mistake, but certainly not one deserving such severe consequences.

According to ninja rules, Sakumo broke them—but according to the Will of Fire, Sakumo did nothing wrong.

Sakumo never deserved condemnation from everyone.

"How did it turn out like this? It shouldn't have gone this far... Sensei..."

What truly worried Jiraiya was Kakashi.

Now that Kakashi is Chinya's student, he might be molded into someone emotionally detached—just like Chinya and Orochimaru before him.

Sighing softly, Jiraiya realized he could only issue a warning—he couldn't do any more than that.

...

Chinya and Kakashi began their mission in the Land of Grass.

In the days that followed, a rumor began to spread across the Land of Grass.

The Asura with crimson eyes and Kakashi, were ruthlessly slaughtering on the battlefield.

The one called "Crimson-Eyed Asura" was indeed Chinya.

As for the white-haired youth wearing a mask, naturally it was Kakashi.

Although Chinya and Kakashi had been assigned an investigative mission to monitor Rock Ninja movements,

when encountering smaller squads of Rock Ninjas, Chinya and Kakashi would wipe them out entirely.

In this high-frequency combat environment, Kakashi's strength improved almost daily.

Moreover, Kakashi had picked up Chinya's habits as well.

Toward enemies, either beheading or slitting throats—ensuring they were dead beyond resurrection.

Now Kakashi's style had become nearly identical to Chinya's.

The actions of Chinya and Kakashi didn't significantly impact the broader situation.

The Rock Ninjas continued operating as planned.

But even so, the Rock Ninjas couldn't withstand being hunted down like this constantly.

The Rock Village repeatedly formed pursuit units to hunt Chinya and Kakashi.

However, due to Chinya and Kakashi's superior mobility, every attempt at capturing them ended in failure.

Each time Chinya and Kakashi gathered intel on the Rock Ninjas, they immediately used summoned beasts to deliver reports to Jiraiya and Nara Shinei.

Thanks to this timely intelligence support, although a full counterattack wasn't possible, the current situation remained temporarily stabilized.

The Rock Village also disliked seeing their ninjas continuously eliminated by Chinya and Kakashi without purpose. Thus, they issued a new order:

Any squad below seven members from the Rock Village containing only one Jonin could immediately withdraw upon encountering Chinya and Kakashi, with no responsibility to pursue (note: retain original Chinese term here per instruction).

After all, any team with fewer than seven members and only one Jonin stood virtually no chance against Chinya and Kakashi—there was simply no reason to stubbornly engage them head-on.

In the Land of Hot Water, Chinya's reputation had diminished slightly due to Tatsuji Kuroiwa, the leader of the Hidden Hot Water Village.

But now in the Land of Grass, Chinya had gradually built his own reputation—"Crimson-Eyed Asura."

"Crimson-Eyed Asura... really sounds like an ugly nickname."

Chinya sneered slightly with dissatisfaction.

At the same time, Chinya and Kakashi withdrew their ninja swords and short blades respectively from two Rock Ninjas' necks.

Kakashi wiped his short blade clean and remarked sarcastically, "Teacher Chinya, your title is already decent enough. I'm called 'White-Haired Youth'—seriously unpleasant to hear. If Kushina learns about it, she'll definitely laugh at me."

Every time Kushina Uzumaki wrote back, she'd always ask how Kakashi was doing. Therefore, Kakashi now wrote another separate letter to accompany Chinya's when sending messages to Kushina Uzumaki.

In those letters, Kushina particularly enjoyed teasing Kakashi.

So when Kakashi first heard he'd been dubbed the "White-Haired Youth," the first thing that came to mind was Kushina laughing at him.

After resheathing his ninja sword, Chinya replied, "Nothing I can do about that—it's your fate since you're still a kid now. At least it isn't 'White-Haired Child'—that'd be worse. If people really started calling you 'White-Haired Child,' you wouldn't need Kushina; I myself would mock you first."

Kakashi's throat twitched in discomfort—being nicknamed something like "White-Haired Child" would truly be too embarrassing to face the world again.

Kakashi asked, "Teacher Chinya, where should we look next?"

Chinya was holding a map already covered in countless cross marks.

Scratching his head in frustration, Chinya said, "I've got no idea. We've checked every spot we could think of—so where the heck is he? He's definitely not in the Land of Grass..."

Kakashi thought for a moment before suggesting, "Teacher Chinya, why don't we try searching in the Grass Village? After all, it's the most crowded place in the Land of Grass right now."

Shaking his head, Chinya replied, "Someone of Kushina's kin is definitely hiding out. Why would they go somewhere as packed as the Grass Village?"

Kakashi frowned and said, "But sometimes crowded places make better hiding spots."

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