Hidden Leaf Year 36, Autumn.
Western coast of the Land of Whirlpools, three dark figures approached from afar, treading the waves.
In just a few minutes, the tiny black dots, as small as foxtail millet, magnified into three figures, two men and a woman, successfully landing.
At the forefront was a tall young man, dressed in black combat attire, with a resolute face and healthy wheat-colored skin, a mane of lion-like white hair, and two blood-tear-like facial markings drooping from his eyes.
"Tap, tap."
The sound of high-heeled ninja boots landing came from behind, it was a tall female ninja.
Her face was beautiful and charming, a simple white dress and red skirt perfectly highlighting her devilish figure, her bright golden hair was styled into natural pigtails, and a light purple diamond-shaped mark adorned her fair forehead.
Behind her followed a boy wearing a Hidden Leaf Headband.
The boy had neat short hair and a delicate appearance, with a seventy percent resemblance to the woman. As soon as he landed, he couldn't help but gasp for breath.
Clearly, this trip across the sea was not so easy for him.
But soon, under the blowing sea breeze, the fatigue on his face was replaced by full of energy.
"Wow, is this the Land of Whirlpools, grandmother's hometown?"
The boy looked left and right with curiosity, the Crystal Pendant on his chest swaying slightly with the rise and fall of his chest.
"That's right, speaking of which, I've only been here once when I was very young." The woman looked at the vague outline of the distant village, her eyes revealing a little reminiscence.
Her slightly furrowed eyebrows also faintly revealed a trace of worry.
"Sister, don't worry, this is your Younger Brother's first mission, he will definitely complete it beautifully!" The boy gave a thumbs up and smiled breathlessly.
"Haha, Nawaki, as expected of my disciple."
Jiraiya strode over, rubbing the boy's head with his wide palm, his eyes full of relief as he looked at him.
Tsunade looked at the master and apprentice who were grinning at the same time, revealing 24 big white teeth, and couldn't help but feel a little speechless.
Three days ago, Uzumaki Mito sensed that her end was approaching. As the only Jinchuriki in the Hidden Leaf Village, she was worried that after losing her restraint, the Tailed Beasts in her body would completely run wild. Therefore, she had to announce this helpless fact.
After learning this news, Sarutobi Hiruzen gathered all the high-level officials overnight and held an emergency meeting. The Hidden Leaf Village needed a new Jinchuriki.
No one knew the seriousness of this matter better than him, the Hokage, because what was sealed in Uzumaki Mito's body was not just the Seven-Tails!
During the war that year, the Hidden Leaf and Cloud Village almost moved out in full force, maneuvering on two battle lines. Both sides exhausted all their strength. In order to avoid the ending of dying together, they finally ended the peace talks.
As a condition for releasing Kinkaku back to the village, the Hidden Leaf Village detained the Cloud Village's Two-Tails for 30 years as a restraint to ensure that the two countries would not violate each other during the treaty signing period.
For the equally violent Two-Tails, the Hidden Leaf Village could only use means to forcibly suppress it, because they could not find a more suitable Jinchuriki other than the Uzumaki Clan. It cost a lot of manpower and material resources at that time.
This was originally a clever move to coerce the Cloud Village, but it had the opposite effect.
Many Hidden Leaf Village villagers were panicked when they learned that a Tailed Beast was being held in the village, and they couldn't help but complain.
The pressure quickly fell on the high-level officials.
In the Hidden Leaf Village of that year, the Second Hokage had been assassinated and died not long ago, and the entire high-level was in a state of leaderlessness. Therefore, they had to push out a scapegoat.
That was Danzo, who advocated the detention of the Two-Tails.
Danzo quickly came up with a solution, but this solution wasn't meant to solve the problem.
He controlled public opinion, widely proclaiming that the Second Hokage's death was related to Uchiha Kagami, thereby shifting the public's attention. At the same time, he instigated Sarutobi Hiruzen to run to the Uzumaki Shrine to sell misery and complain, stirring the waters even more.
Left with no other choice, Uzumaki Mito, as the matriarch of Hidden Leaf Village, had to step in again. Relying on her superb Sealing Technique and strong physique, she forcibly sealed the Two-Tails back into her body.
That day, she exhausted almost all of her Chakra. The moment the sealing was completed, she completely fainted.
Previously, she only had the Seven-Tails in her body. Not only could she suppress it obediently, but she could also extract Tailed Beast Chakra with the Sealing Technique, thereby controlling the power of the Seven-Tails.
Now was different from the past. Now that there was an additional Two-Tails, she needed to stabilize the seal while separating the two, preventing them from affecting each other. This required her to spend a considerable amount of time repairing the technique, so she could only concentrate on seclusion and ignore worldly affairs.
By the way, it was during this period that Uchiha Kagami's reputation stank, and he was forced to death by the higher-ups.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. Three months later, Uzumaki Mito finally balanced the two Tailed Beast powers in her body. To ensure that they would not go berserk easily, she also personally set up a five-layered Uzumaki Barrier centered on the Uzumaki Shrine, applying formations to suppress the Tailed Beasts in her body, and from then on, she lived in seclusion, restraining herself.
Her self-sacrifice earned the Hidden Leaf Village 22 years of peace.
Now, Mito was nearly seventy years old. Although she was from the long-lived Uzumaki Clan, sealing two Tailed Beasts at the same time was also rapidly burning her life force, and now, her lifespan was coming to an end.
Long-term comfort made the higher-ups ignore the risk of the Tailed Beasts, and only today did the alarm bells ring.
At the meeting, everyone first shirked responsibility. After some bickering, they began to propose and vote, and finally unanimously decided:
To go to the Land of Whirlpools and ask the Uzumaki Clan for help.
As everyone knows, the Hidden Leaf Village and Whirlpool Tide Village are allies, and the Senju and Uzumaki have been friends for generations. It stands to reason that in such a critical moment, they must help each other.
But Hiruzen, the Hokage, felt uneasy in his heart.
A few years ago, Anbu spies sent back a secret piece of information: Sand Ninja, Hidden Stone Village, and Hidden Mist seemed to have launched an operation against the Uzumaki Clan. Because the classification level was too high, even the spies didn't know what their purpose was, only that even the Kage had been dispatched.
Those who took action were all Great Shinobi Villages with Tailed Beasts. The experienced Hiruzen vaguely guessed what these people wanted to do, and couldn't help but feel shocked.
He immediately convened a secret meeting and proposed the idea of protecting the Uzumaki Clan, but it was quickly rejected by Danzo and other higher-ups.
After the last Shinobi World War, the Hidden Leaf Village had already formed a feud with Cloud Village. If they were to protect the Uzumaki Clan at this moment, it would be tantamount to openly standing on the opposite side of the other Three Great Shinobi Villages, making enemies everywhere, which was unwise.
Moreover, since the other party had already dispatched the Kage, it would be even more difficult to intervene. Once they fought, it would easily lead to war.
The Hidden Leaf Village at that time couldn't withstand the torment.
The higher-ups argued for a long time, and finally, under Hiruzen's insistence, they sent a small team, hiding their identities and heading to the Land of Whirlpools, trying to save a few Uzumaki clansmen in the chaos.
But what they didn't expect was that a few days later, news came from across the sea that the Uzumaki Clan had been attacked, but the losses were not heavy. Instead, the team sent by Hiruzen disappeared without a trace.
This matter once confused Hiruzen.
Could it be that the strength of the Uzumaki Clan had reached this level?
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