Chapter 57: The Sealing Of Uchiha Hikari
Uzumaki Kushina’s gaze fell on the fair wrist right before her eyes.
She was dazed for a moment, then looked in shock at the White Three-Eyed Fox Mask so close at hand, scrutinizing back and forth over the mysterious person’s black hair.
“Lord…” She had just opened her mouth when she was interrupted by the other’s cold and stern voice.
“I told you to bite.” Menma’s tone was beyond doubt.
“Your bloodline is much stronger than your daughter’s. To unlock the Uzumaki Clan’s sealed chamber, your bloodline is indispensable, so you can’t die yet!”
This seemingly cold speech that only wanted to use her and her daughter sounded like another kind of warmth to Uzumaki Kushina.
She trembled, opened her pale lips, and gently bit down.
The instant her teeth touched the skin, a vast life force surged into her mouth like spring water, rushing along her meridians to her limbs and bones.
This feeling was like cracked earth suddenly receiving sweet rain, with every inch of flesh greedily absorbing the chance of survival.
Uzumaki Kushina felt refreshed all over and wanted to pull back, but her head was held in place.
“Continue.” The voice from above was still cold, yet carried an irresistible power.
Though she didn’t know who he was or why he was saving her and her daughter, this vast life force and special healing method were clearly the physique unique to the Uzumaki Clan!
Even though the mysterious masked man repeatedly said he wanted to use her bloodline to open the Uzumaki Clan’s secret treasure, and his voice pretended to be cold, it sounded so warm to her.
In front of the bed, Little Karin knelt and sat with wide eyes, not knowing what was happening between the two, but her little eyes saw her mother’s complexion visibly improving.
Moments later, sensing that Uzumaki Kushina’s physical condition had turned good, Menma released his hand and withdrew his right hand bearing teeth marks.
Though he was currently in Transformation Jutsu state, the transmission of chakra and life force could be done directly through this primitive method.
Late at night, the campfire crackled.
Menma used the wandering ninja camp’s cooking utensils to boil a pot of water, then took out several pieces of bread from the storage scroll he carried.
He brought them to Uzumaki Kushina and Karin Uzumaki, who were lying on the bed.
Uzumaki Kushina poured water into a cup, carefully blew the warm water cool before feeding it to her daughter.
“Rest well tonight. Tomorrow, come with me to open the Uzumaki Clan’s secret treasure.” After leaving these words, Menma stood up and walked toward the campfire.
He leaned against a ruined wall by the campfire and sat down.
On the side of his shoulder unseen by the Uzumaki Kushina mother and daughter, the Little Nine-Tails poked out from Menma’s fur collar.
The Little Nine-Tails tilted its head and sneakily glanced at Uzumaki Kushina, who was taking care of her daughter eating bread, then suddenly leaned close to Menma’s ear and whispered, “You say you’re using them, but you’re gentler than anyone.”
Even breathing sounds came from under the mask, as if the owner was already fast asleep.
The Little Nine-Tails chuckled stealthily twice, then burrowed back into the warm collar.
Not far away, after feeding her daughter Karin until full, Uzumaki Kushina began to eat the remaining food in small bites, occasionally glancing at the mysterious masked man sitting by the campfire.
The firelight coated the white fox mask in a layer of orange-red, and Uzumaki Kushina stared at that figure in a daze.
Uzumaki Kushina, imprisoned by Kusanagi Village for many years, had countless times fantasized about a hero coming to save her and her daughter from that hellish cage.
When the hero truly descended and saved her and her daughter, Uzumaki Kushina feared that everything before her eyes was an illusionary dream.
This hero was somewhat ruthless in battle, easily destroying half of Kusanagi Village, with a cold voice that brooked no refusal, but for some reason, Uzumaki Kushina always felt that the other person’s age didn’t seem very old.
After eating her fill, Karin Uzumaki shrank into her mother’s quilt and fell asleep in a very cute manner.
Uzumaki Kushina looked at her daughter in her arms, only hoping to watch her grow up smoothly.
Fatigue gradually came over her, and Uzumaki Kushina held her daughter and entered dreamland.
The next day, as the sky was just brightening, the morning sunlight shone on Uzumaki Kushina’s face.
She slowly woke up, felt the emptiness beside her, couldn’t touch Karin, and suddenly startled, hurriedly got up, only to see an unforgettable scene.
By the extinguished campfire not far away, a black-haired boy leaned against the ruined wall, with Karin sitting in his arms, playing with a fox mask.
Giggling laughter scattered with the sea breeze.
This unrealistic scene reminded Uzumaki Kushina of yesterday’s events.
A mysterious masked man had destroyed Kusanagi Village and saved her and her daughter.
Looking at the boy now playing happily with her daughter, Uzumaki Kushina felt as if she were in a dream, and gradually, tears surged from her eye sockets, impossible to stop.
“Mama!” Karin saw her mother wake up, got up from Menma’s arms, and bounced over.
The campfire was relit.
After resting one night and recovering somewhat, Uzumaki Kushina took the initiative to use the camp’s cooking utensils to heat food.
“I haven’t asked for Lord’s name yet?” Uzumaki Kushina handed a simple breakfast to the boy opposite.
The Uzumaki Clan’s life force recovery speed far exceeded ordinary people. Uzumaki Kushina, who was barely alive yesterday, after receiving supplements of life force and chakra and resting one night, her body was gradually self-repairing, and it wouldn’t be long before she could be like a normal person.
“Outside, call me ‘Shura’.” Menma took the bowl handed by Uzumaki Kushina, which contained some porridge-like food.
He then added, “In private, you can call me Menma.”
“Yes, Lord Menma!” Uzumaki Kushina tucked a strand of red hair behind her ear, her eyes full of reverence.
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After breakfast, Menma brought the Uzumaki Kushina mother and daughter to the depths of Uzu Village Ruins.
“How much do you know about Uzu Village?” Standing in the stone room deep in Uzu Village Ruins, Menma slightly turned his head to look at Uzumaki Kushina.
“I’m sorry, Lord Menma.” Uzumaki Kushina held her daughter Karin’s hand, her voice hoarse: “I’ve been fleeing with my parents since I was six, living a life of displacement for over a decade. Because of this head of red hair, I encountered many misfortunes, even Karin’s father died because of it, and I had no choice but to seek refuge in Kusanagi Village.”
Uzu Village was destroyed about seventeen years ago. Uzumaki Kushina was still very young then, and over a decade of displacement had made her memories chaotic, and she hadn’t even learned many of the Uzumaki Clan’s secret techniques.
After her parents died, she could only seek refuge in a ninja village to find a way to survive.
“No matter. Try injecting chakra into this stone wall.” Menma only had the mindset of letting Uzumaki Kushina give it a try.
“Yes, Lord Menma!” Uzumaki Kushina let go of her daughter’s hand and walked to the stone wall.
She raised her right hand, touched the stone wall, and injected chakra into it.
A chakra fluctuation bloomed from the stone wall, and the stone room gradually rippled with golden light runes, enveloping the entire stone room in golden light.
Menma sensed the chakra fluctuation of space-time ninjutsu. It seemed the pure bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan had unlocked the stone room’s seal.
A golden door appeared before the three.
As chakra was injected, the seal runes above the door slowly peeled off.
The golden door opened, and a black-haired girl with tightly closed eyes floated in the air.
She had a sleeping beauty-like stunning face, black hair reaching her waist, a deep blue robe concealing her figure, but the bandages and chains on her ankles were so out of place.
The girl slowly opened her eyelids, a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan blooming like blood flowers!
“Tch, I wanted to dig up the Uzumaki Clan’s secret treasure, but ended up digging this up…” Menma looked at Uchiha Hikari gradually awakening, feeling a bit of a headache.
