Dark waves crashed above the buried remains of Uzushiogakure, the Hidden Eddy Village—the surviving secrets hid deep beneath, locked tight.
Uzumaki Maria moved steadily down into the ocean depths. At 130, her body looked fifty, a result of decades cultivating a Yin Seal that strengthened her skin and spirit. Her dark hair floated behind her in the murky water, robes soaked crimson with the blood of those she had struck down.
She was once a radiant beauty, taken captive at 28 by Uchiha Indra—the demon now sealed below. No one came to save them as their village fell to ruthless clans. Children had died. Only a few like her still fought on.
Maria reached the cliff-like stone coffin forged from Kongō Fūin Hagane — Diamond-Sealing Iron, the legendary chakra-reactive alloy only the Uzumaki could craft. The metal was known to resist taijutsu shockwaves, chakra-jamming, even the thinnest muscle twitches and internal vibrations. It was a prison no jutsu could break.
The coffin was made of four rare materials:
Tetsumon Iron Sand from whirlpool trenches near Uzumaki Island, ultra-fine and highly chakra-sensitive.
Black Meteor Core, remnants of an ancient star buried beneath the Land of Whirlpools.
Sacred Coral Dust from the Maelstrom Trench reef, resonating with blood chakra.
Infused with Royal Uzumaki Blood, enabling the metal to detect Uzumaki chakra and respond.
Maria glanced at the Blood Matrix Sigil etched into the lid's center. It absorbed fresh Uzumaki blood drops, renewing the seal automatically.
Above, the crane ship creaked. Iron chains were cast into the ocean. Divers plunged in one by one, but none would survive the trench's crushing depths and chakra-disrupting fields blocking Water and Earth escape jutsu.
The ritual could only begin when a person reached the stone mountain—heavy, sealed, and impossible to lift.
Maria's thoughts wandered to Indra—the times they shared, harsh and tender moments in the shadows. Her heart quickened.
She began the ancient words.
In silent darkness, Uchiha Indra awakened inside his coffin.
"Huh. After all this time... someone has come."
Inside his mind lay his palace, born of endless meditation and pain—a world within worlds he built to survive.
Months passed in endless creation—writing, imagining new jutsu and breathing methods.
Six months in, madness clawed the edges of his mind. The solitude was unbearable.
But from suffering came strength.
Now, he waited.
His mind seethed with revenge.
"Senju Tsunade... your bloodline I'll claim.
Uzumaki Mito, your clan shall be mine.
Uchiha Madara, my brother Izuna will be my eunuch, my servant.
Tobirama... your disciples will suffer eternal torment.
I will summon your souls and make them pay for all eternity."
His scheme now set, Indra vowed to erase all of Konoha.
"Sasuke and Naruto mean nothing. The real devil has awakened."