Chapter 31: Mutual Destruction
Yuka Uzumaki quickened her pace a few steps and arrived behind the Uzumaki Clan Elder.
“Elder, I’ve thought it over and over, and I feel there’s something very suspicious tonight. Our reconnaissance squads on the coasts of the Land of Waves and the Land of Whirlpools were all cleansed at the same moment, without sending back any information.
There’s only one possibility: the Mist Ninja and Cloud Ninja obtained accurate intelligence and killed all the reconnaissance ninja at the same time.
Either there’s a spy in our village who leaked the information, or Konoha deliberately handed over the intelligence!”
The elder was very old, with somewhat cloudy eyes, but upon hearing Yuka Uzumaki’s speculation, they suddenly brightened.
In recent times, too many strange things had happened around Hidden Whirlpool Village, all starting after Danzo Shimura arrived in the village.
After Danzo came, he first proposed two unreasonable demands: one was to send Princess Kushina to Konoha, and the other was to share the Sealing Secret Jutsu.
Both demands were rejected by the clan head. Princess Kushina should become Hidden Whirlpool Village’s jinchuriki, Princess Mito had guarded Konoha for decades, and in the end, Hidden Whirlpool Village got nothing.
As for the Sealing Secret Jutsu, it was even more impossible to give to Danzo.
Danzo then said that the Konoha Anbu needed to investigate the Cloud Ninja in the Land of Waves, so he took the distribution map of the reconnaissance squad to coordinate with Hidden Whirlpool Village’s reconnaissance squad.
If… if Konoha…
Unimaginable, unbelievable.
The elder suddenly felt chilled to the bone.
“No! It could also be that a spy appeared in our village! Or someone defected!”
The Uzumaki elder could only say this, and could only think this way.
Princess Kushina was flying toward Konoha Village. Kushina was the future of the Uzumaki Clan, the only hope.
In the village, Kushina Uzumaki had the highest talent. She had the ability to inherit and carry forward the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu.
As long as the Uzumaki Sealing Jutsu still existed, the Uzumaki Clan would eventually overcome the low point.
Yuka Uzumaki didn’t know why the elder insisted that Konoha had no issue. She tried asking:
“Elder, how about we probe a bit?
I can make my Long Spear Egret change direction, right? Should I still send the Long Spear Egret to Konoha?
Konoha’s intelligence capabilities are stronger, yet Konoha didn’t detect the movements of so many Mist Ninja and Cloud Ninja, which is already suspicious.
Now all the Konoha Anbu are chasing Princess Kushina, and they haven’t provided us with any rescue.
We…”
The Uzumaki elder had originally insisted on safely escorting Kushina Uzumaki to Konoha Village, but upon hearing Yuka Uzumaki’s suggestion, she also felt some unease.
She also wanted to know the truth.
“Yuka, try making your Long Spear Egret change direction. Don’t come back, but don’t head straight to Konoha either.”
“Okay.”
Yuka Uzumaki summoned a Long Spear Egret about the length of an arm. This egret was extremely fast and left carrying Yuka Uzumaki’s orders.
Half an hour later, while fleeing, Yuka Uzumaki suddenly froze.
“Elder, my Giant Long Spear Egret is dead!”
The Uzumaki elder painfully closed her eyes.
After changing direction, the Konoha Anbu killed the summoning beast.
Danzo’s Wind Release was very powerful, fully capable of killing a flying summoning beast.
“Elder, are we still going to the Land of Fire?”
The Uzumaki elder only hesitated slightly before steeling her resolve.
“Yuka, you must listen carefully to what I say next.”
Yuka Uzumaki nodded hurriedly.
“We can’t go to the Land of Fire.
I’ll select 8 Uzumaki Clan Members, with you as the leader.
The rest, including me, will cover your retreat.
You must escape to somewhere else.
You absolutely must find a way to contact Kushina, who was captured by Konoha.
Kushina knows nothing at this point; she doesn’t know the truth of the Uzumaki Clan Annihilation.
You must also be careful. Konoha will absolutely not let Kushina contact any Uzumaki Clan Members.
She cannot become Konoha’s tool unknowingly. The Uzumaki Clan cannot be annihilated by the three great ninja villages in such a tragic way.
Lord Tobirama died for his six disciples, yet those six disciples destroyed his foundation.
Konoha was previously an open ninja village, maintaining ally relations with Hidden Whirlpool Village and Hidden Rock Village.
Now Konoha is weak in strength, having become conservative and cruel.
Yuka, you are as important as Princess Kushina. You must be careful of the Konoha Anbu’s chase and kill.
The truth of the Uzumaki Clan Annihilation is now in your hands.”
Yuka Uzumaki’s tears flowed uncontrollably.
The elder took out a scroll and handed it to Yuka Uzumaki, saying:
“The Scroll of Seals from Hidden Whirlpool Village was taken to Konoha by Princess Kushina. This is my Sealing Jutsu Research Notes, which can also be considered part of the Uzumaki Clan’s legacy.
Yuka, you’re not yet 20 years old, yet you must bear such a great responsibility.
I hope you, like our Uzumaki Clan’s great ancestors, will lead the Uzumaki Clan through this crisis.
Go to the Land of Waves first. The Land of Waves still has guardian ninja and some Uzumaki ninja on missions. Rendezvous with them and find a way together.
Kanon Uzumaki, who excels in healing jutsu, will go with you. She doesn’t need to stay with me.”
Kanon Uzumaki had a special bloodline limit ability: as long as one bit her arm, injuries could recover.
The Uzumaki elder selected 8 female ninja Uzumaki and had them follow Yuka as leader, fleeing across the sea to the Land of Waves.
“Summoning Jutsu!”
The Uzumaki elder used a summoning beast. After white smoke, Yatagarasu appeared above them.
“Elder, with Yatagarasu here, then what about Princess Kushina…”
“Don’t worry, Danzo won’t let anything happen to Kushina. Kushina is alone, and Danzo will protect her well. Go, climb onto Yatagarasu’s back, hurry!”
The Uzumaki elder then stopped with the others, turning to face the Mist Ninja.
The Kurozaru Squad Leader was somewhat surprised. He ignored the Uzumaki elder and led Yoru and the other two in a wide detour, avoiding the Uzumaki Remnants and heading toward Yatagarasu.
Yatagarasu and Yuka Uzumaki must have something very important on them, otherwise the Uzumaki elder wouldn’t use her life to strive for this opportunity.
The Uzumaki elder was going to fight to the death; they had to stay far away.
Bypassing the Uzumaki elder from afar, Yoru turned his head to watch her from a distance.
This very old female ninja, with red hair mixed in her white hair, formed hand seals with both hands.
Vast chakra surged around her, distorting the line of sight.
Over a hundred chakra chains suddenly burst from her abdomen.
The several battalions of Mist Ninja opposite were mostly pierced by the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
These Adamantine Sealing Chains carried powerful sealing power. The pierced Mist Ninja couldn’t move at all. The swept Mist Ninja moved sluggishly, extremely hard to break free.
The remaining female ninja Uzumaki threw kunai and exploding tags one after another, killing the Mist Ninja suppressed by the Sealing Jutsu.
In just over ten seconds, over a hundred Mist Ninja had died.
The Adamantine Sealing Chains weakened, snapping one by one as the chakra dissipated into the air.
Yoru secretly clicked his tongue. Fortunately, he had stayed far away, or he would definitely have died.
The Uzumaki elder slowly fell backward, lying face up toward the sky.
Her hair had completely turned snow-white.
The remaining twenty-plus Mist Ninja stood hesitating in the distance, intimidated by the Uzumaki elder.
It wasn’t until three minutes after the Uzumaki elder completely died that the Mist Ninja probed forward.
The Whirlpool Ninja were all killed by the Mist Ninja.
The Uzumaki elder’s corpse was carried back by the Mist Ninja for dissection and intelligence analysis.
The Kurozaru Squad Leader didn’t even turn his head. He knew neither the Mist Ninja nor the Whirlpool Ninja would meet a good end.
After chasing Yatagarasu for over ten minutes, the Kurozaru Squad Leader turned his head and said:
“Can’t catch up. It’s roughly heading toward the Land of Waves.
Fox, you go find the Kiiroinu Captain and report what happened here.
Yatagarasu took away 8 female ninja Uzumaki, including Yuka Uzumaki favored by the Uzumaki Clan Elder, and also Kanon Uzumaki, the Uzumaki Clan’s unique medical ninja.
The Land of Waves still has quite a few Uzumaki Remnants, and the Land of Waves daimyo guardian ninja captain is a Whirlpool Ninja.
Please ask the Kiiroinu Captain to decide and quickly dispatch support troops to chase and kill the remaining Whirlpool Ninja!
I’ll write you a set of tracking code now, to make it convenient for the Anbu to pursue later.”
Once the squad leader finished writing the code scroll, Yoru turned and ran toward the Land of Fire.
