H . R . P Chapter 146: Battle of Kikyo Pass (Finale)
Soon after Kushina beat the Gobi, Jiraya’s battle against Rasa also came to end as well .
Rasa was seriously injured . As Jiraya was about to deliver the final blow, Rasa shielded himself with Gold Sand and escaped .
Finding out that the alliance has been defeated on all levels, from ordinary Ninjas to Kage tiers, Chiyo and Ebizo also chose to retreat .
As these three backed down, they gave orders to the Sand Ninjas to withdraw, and they did so, led by their villages Jonins .
This time, Konoha’s Ninja chose not to let them go, and chased them even after the victory, led by Minato and Jiraya .
The rest of Konoha’s Ninjas, under the leadership of Sakumo and Orochimaru, were to deal with the remaining Rock Ninjas .
However, due to the location of Kikyo Pass, the closest country was the Earth country, so many of the Rock Ninjas retreated in advance, leaving behind only 2000 of their companions .
These two thousands were left alone, so they didn’t intend to go back alive . All of them rushed straight at Konoha’s Ninjas .
In order to reduce any possible casualties, Sakumo and Orochimaru joined the battle .
Two thousand men, led by a few Jonin, were facing 2 Kage tiers . It took no time for them to be completely annihilated .
The next step was clearing the battlefield .
Orochimaru was directing the actions of all Ninjas, while Ryo led his medical team to look for any survivors that can be rescued .
The medical team searched for survivors, witnessing the cruelty of war . At this time, near body of a Sand Ninja, the figure of a small arm moved .
A woman in the medical team noticed this struggling arm . But she hesitated to rescue it, as it was near the corpse of an enemy Ninja .
Ryo sensed she was acting abnormally and looked back at her .
Ryo didn’t have any impression of this medical Ninja . She wasn’t one of the medics that he had brought . However, he asked about what was bothering her anyway .
She mentioned the small arm, and Ryo used his perceiving abilities and sensed that there was really life in there . Ryo motioned Ming Hyuga to hold the child up and bring him .
Because they were on the battlefield, the medical Ninjas were even nervous when approaching injured children .
However, after the kid was brought by Ming, they were relieved to see that this child should not be feared . What kind of threat could a 3 or 4 year child pose to them?
Ryo began his treatment immediately . The kid’s injury was not heavy, but his head received a heavy blow . With Ryo’s treatment, he quickly regained his consciousness .
At this time, Ryo felt that the child was familiar . He kept looking at him, thinking that he had seen this silver-gray hair before .
The female Medical Ninja saw the child wake up, and asked him very gently: “Child, who are you? What’s your name? where is your family?”
The kid looked clueless, as a fool, looking at the sky, and not answering .
After a good while questioning the child, he did not answer . Ryo could only leave him in the care of the female Ninja .
He went on, and continued his search for other survivors .
After a long search, he returned, and found the female medic holding the sleeping boy .
“So, has this child been identified?” asked Ryo, whispering .
“Ryo san, this child has lost him memory . He remembers nothing . I intend to adopt him into my orphanage . ” The medic answered .
“Your orphanage? What is your name?” Ryo thought of something, but he wasn’t sure .
“My name is Nono Yakushi, the caretaker at the village’s orphanage . ” She answered .
Hearing her name, Ryo understood why that child looked familiar .
In the Manga, he was another one besides Naruto to successfully achieve Sage Mode; he had used Edo Tensei to launch the Fourth world war, and he was able to give the two Uchiha brothers a hard time .
If it wasn’t for the strength of the amazing Genjutsu, Izanami, Kabuto might have been able to erase Itachi’s consciousness, subdue Sasuke, and rewrite the fate of the world of Shinobi .
Thinking of the future, the idea of killing this child popped into Ryo’s mind, but he quickly dismissed it .
No matter what happens in the future, Kabuto right then was still just a child, and Ryo could not bring himself to do such a thing .
Moreover, Ryo was very confident in himself . Even if Kabuto did turn bad, Ryo was confident in his ability to kill him without needing a Genjutsu such as Izanami .
Therefore, Ryo didn’t question the matter of Nono taking this child . And let her take him away .
Just like in the Manga, she named the child Kabuto Yakushi, and took him back to the orphanage .
The battlefield was almost cleared, and Minato and Jiraya came back .
In their pursuit, they killed over 2000 Sand Ninjas, and Chiyo’s puppets were destroyed by Minato . Hearing that, Sakumo breathed a sigh of relief .
After they returned to Konoha camp, Sakumo and Orochimaru wrote their reports on the battle and sent them to the 3rd Hokage . For the meantime, they only needed to stay on standby .
A few days after the battle of Kikyo pass, the Sand village surrendered and sent ambassadors to Konoha to sign a peace treaty .
Sakumo also received order from the 3rd to immediately return Bunpuku to Konoha .
The Ichibi was subdued by Orochimaru and didn’t get to escape . It was sealed within its Jinchuriki by Kushina .
A Jinchuriki was a great bargaining card . Of course, Konoha was not going to let go of such an opportunity . Minato used Flying Thunder God and delivered Bunpuku to the 3rd’s Abnu . Later, the two sides, shall discuss the appropriate compensation .
As the ones defeated, it would be reasonable for the Sand to offer land to the Fire Country . But such a country, that’s mostly desert, would have their people starve to death by giving whatever fertile land they had . Konoha was very aware of this .
Konoha’s requirements were very simple . From now on, any rewards for any mission performed by the Sand would have 20% of its revenue given to Konoha . The Sand representative heard the demands with his heart bleeding .
Nevertheless, this demand was actually more humane than other alternatives, the Sand unwillingly had to agree .
At this point, the only two countries still in war with Konoha were the Earth and Water country .
After the negotiations ended, the 3rd announced that all of Konoha’s Ninjas in Kikyo Pass could return to Konoha .
Some of these Ninjas had been fighting in the Wind Country ever since the war began, and hadn’t seen their families for over half a decade .
So they were eager to return, and couldn’t wait to reunite with their families .
Sakumo understood their feelings very well, as he hadn’t seen Kakashi’s mother for a long time .
So as soon as he received the 3rd’s letter, he held a public meeting in which he announced: that everyone shall return to Konoha!
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