Kagura Heart Eye.
The Ninja World's most powerful perception jutsu.
This name sounds somewhat like Akihara Kagura's exclusive ability, but in reality, it is an exclusive ability of the Uzumaki Clan, and only those with a high purity of bloodline within the Uzumaki Clan have a chance to awaken it.
Besides being able to sense abnormalities within tens of kilometers, the Kagura Heart Eye can even sense the number of enemies; if one knows the enemy's Chakra signature, they can sense the enemy's exact location and movements; this terrifying perception ability even surpasses that of the Hyuga Clan!
The most terrifying aspect is...
This special perception ability of the Kagura Heart Eye can also determine if someone is lying through the fluctuation of their Chakra.
"Sometimes I can see, sometimes I can't..."
Karin still doesn't understand what her Kagura Heart Eye really is, it works sporadically, mostly only showing up when she's extremely frightened.
"Come with us."
Akihara Kagura stood up, not caring if Karin would refuse: "Since you have a special ability, there's no rush to send you back to Konoha, first come along with us to perform a task, let's see if you can be of any use..."
Akihara Kagura glanced back at Karin, a cold expression on his face: "If you're useless, once we get back to Konoha, I'll send you to a terrifying place."
"I can be useful!"
Frightened, Karin hurriedly indicated that she was still of use!
"Hey, hey, hey, don't scare the kids!"
Kakashi Hatake helped clean up the corpses for a while, handed over the task of burning the bodies to Uchiha Itachi, and came over just in time to see Akihara Kagura scaring the little girl.
Kakashi Hatake looked down at Karin, softly comforting her: "Don't be afraid, Kagura is just a little extreme in character, he actually stayed behind to save you after eavesdropping on your story with your mom in the forest..."
"Ah? Wh...why?"
Karin looked at Akihara Kagura in some confusion.
"Because you seem to be of use."
Akihara Kagura nonchalantly spoke the truth.
"Because of your pitiful life story!"
Kakashi Hatake sighed helplessly, looking at Akihara Kagura: "Clearly doing a good deed, don't always make yourself look like a villain..."
"Hmph, talkative."
Akihara Kagura's face seemed somewhat displeased at having his true intentions exposed.
"Not really sending her back to Konoha?"
Kakashi Hatake recalled what Akihara Kagura had said, speaking up: "We're going on a reconnaissance mission to the Land of Earth, it's very likely to encounter unimaginable danger, didn't you say you'd use the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to send her back to Konoha?"
"If she's only for recovery, then she's useless to me, but she also has a magical perception ability that will be very helpful to our mission."
Akihara Kagura gave Kakashi Hatake a look, as if reminding him not to forget last night's topic: "Besides... Konoha can't exactly be considered safe for her either."
After Akihara Kagura finished speaking, he looked down at Karin, asking: "Little one, do you want to go to Konoha or follow us?"
"Follow... you guys."
Karin timidly lowered her head, nervously clutching her clothes: "I'm very useful, don't leave me behind..."
"Then let's go."
Akihara Kagura picked up Karin by her collar: "Train your Chakra well on the road, once we reach the Land of Earth, use your ability to help me find where our target is hiding."
"I might not be able to see..."
Karin looked fearfully at Akihara Kagura.
Although the little girl just learned from Kakashi Hatake that Akihara Kagura might not be a bad person, Akihara Kagura's demeanor was indeed a bit intimidating!
"Can't see?"
Akihara Kagura looked down at the little one in his hand, continuing to intimidate: "Didn't I say if you're useless, you'll have to go to a terrifying place."
"Hospital?"
Karin recalled her experiences.
In this world, the most terrifying place is probably the hospital? The wounded there always want to drink her blood to heal their injuries.
If she can't see the target's location, her only use would be her blood's ability to heal the injured, wouldn't it?
"Didn't you say not to send her to Root?"
Kakashi Hatake couldn't help but softly remind Akihara Kagura: "You said that once back, she'd be a companion to young Naruto Uzumaki, right?"
For Kakashi Hatake, the most terrifying place for a child should be Root, clearly last night it was agreed not to let this child fall into Shimura Danzo's hands.
"Who said I'm sending her to Root?"
Akihara Kagura looked at Kakashi Hatake in surprise.
Kakashi Hatake thought for a moment, somewhat puzzled: "Besides Root and the Dark Department's interrogation room, what other terrifying place does Konoha have?"
"Ninja Academy."
"...Eh?"
"The little one still needs to go to school properly!"
Akihara Kagura looked at Karin in his hand, showing a timely trace of envy, and scolded: "If you don't study well, you'll end up like me, barely surviving in the darkness, making mistakes during missions and being questioned..."
"..."
Kakashi Hatake understood Akihara Kagura's gaze, is this guy regretting not having studied at the Konoha Ninja School?
No.
To put it normally.
Akihara Kagura never had the experience of a normal child's life at Konoha, so is he wanting this child Karin to fulfill his regret?
"Captain Kakashi."
After Uchiha Itachi disposed of the bodies, he looked at Akihara Kagura with some surprise at the Karin he was holding: "This little girl is..."
"This is..."
As Kakashi Hatake opened his mouth to introduce Karin, Akihara Kagura's voice suddenly interrupted what he intended to say.
"Uchiha Itachi."
"This has nothing to do with you guys."
Akihara Kagura spoke in a cold voice, changing his words to Uchiha Itachi: "This is a gift I'm giving to Lord Danzo, you don't need to concern yourself."
If Uchiha Itachi knew about Karin's ability, he would eventually tell Shimura Danzo, as he wanted to gain the trust of Konoha's higher-ups, he would likely not hide this from Shimura Danzo;
So Akihara Kagura might as well make it clear that he was handing the little girl to Danzo, later he could shift the blame of Karin not joining Root onto Kakashi Hatake.
"..."
Uchiha Itachi felt Akihara Kagura was being extreme again.
This teammate always thought he was trying to compete with him for Shimura Danzo's favor.
"Stay away from her."
Akihara Kagura looked at Uchiha Itachi, sternly warning: "She is a future member of Root, and you have no say over this, the matter of us two competing for the leadership of Root hasn't even been resolved yet!"
"I'm not..."
Uchiha Itachi could only try hard to explain.
Shimura Danzo never said he'd hand over Root's leadership to him!
"You too, stay away from him."
Akihara Kagura turned to Karin, advising: "He is a demon who won't even blink when killing, I am the one who saved you, got it?"
"..."
Uchiha Itachi didn't want to refute, nor had the strength to refute Akihara Kagura's slander.
At least when the Uchiha Clan confronts an enemy, they always keep their eyes open using the Sharingan, Akihara Kagura's statement left him with no comeback.
"Got it!"
Karin hurriedly nodded.
Though she didn't know why Akihara Kagura kept saying different things, and it seemed like her future held different outcomes... but wherever she ended up, it was much better than the hospital.
"Kagura, stop mocking Itachi."
Kakashi Hatake scolded Akihara Kagura.
Although Kakashi Hatake didn't quite understand why Akihara Kagura wanted to hide Karin's affairs from Uchiha Itachi, he still didn't fully disclose Karin's situation.
"I'm not mocking him."
Akihara Kagura looked deeply at Uchiha Itachi, saying: "I've warned him plenty of times already, to also stay away from Lord Danzo..."