Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

The first thing Kushina did after becoming a ninja master was to adopt a Daoist name—the Sage of the Uzushio Tide.

Uzushio is the village of Uzushio in the Land of Whirlpools. Kushina wanted to use the name Uzushio to remind everyone that the second leader of the Ninja Clan was a member of the Uzumaki clan.

The Uzumaki clan members became the Ninja Sages, standing at the pinnacle of ninjas; the Uzumaki clan did not perish.

Being a leader is great; even Minato has to bow to Kushina now.

Kushina said to Tobirama, "Grandpa Tobirama, does this mean I can go wherever I want from now on?"

Kushina was imprisoned in the village because she was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Even in Konoha, she was bound to a fixed-range barrier.

The farthest place I've ever been is probably the farmers' market.

So Kushina has always wanted to travel around, to see the mountains, to see the water, and to see the outside world.

Tobirama nodded: "Yes, Kushina, from now on you can do whatever you want!"

"Even I have to obey your orders."

Kushina laughed heartily, "Okay, okay!"

Kushina then issued her first order to become the leader of the Ninja Clan.

Everyone thought Kushina would pull some kind of prank, given her rather unconventional personality.

As long as it's not too outrageous, everyone will go along with her.

But they were wrong; Kushina was using her position to settle a personal score.

Her expression became more serious than ever before: "I will punish the country and ninja village that destroyed the Land of Whirlpools back then."

These words immediately froze the festive atmosphere, especially among the able-bodied ninjas of Kirigakure, whose faces all turned grim.

Kushina—she's going to get her revenge!

Why did the higher-ups in Kirigakure change their expressions when Kushina said she wanted to avenge the Uzumaki clan and the Land of Whirlpools?

Because you have a guilty conscience!

The textbooks of various countries state that the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools was due to the powerful sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, which led to the combined forces of nations and ninja villages that feared the Uzumaki clan to destroy them.

This couldn't have been done by a small country; it could only have been orchestrated by a large country or a major ninja village.

The geographical location of the ninja world makes it easy to deduce the forces behind the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools.

The Land of Whirlpools is located southeast of the Land of Fire. The nearest major country to it is the Land of Water, followed by the Land of Lightning.

The Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning is a suspect, because the Hidden Cloud Village has a penchant for stealing and robbing other villages' secret techniques and bloodline limits.

The Cloud Village is very domineering; they want to snatch anything good they see.

However, the seal on Killer Bee's body, the Eight-Tails' seal, is the Iron Armor Seal, and Killer Bee himself has said that his seal is not as good as Naruto's.

The Iron Armor Seal is an ancestral technique of the Hidden Cloud Village, whose research on tailed beasts began at the very beginning of the village's founding.

The Eight-Tails has wreaked havoc several times, and it was only through the powerful force of the successive Raikage that it was suppressed.

If Kumogakure truly obtained the Land of Whirlpools' legacy, the Eight-Tails wouldn't be able to act recklessly thanks to the Uzumaki clan's powerful sealing techniques.

The Land of Lightning is only a suspect.

The Land of Water is definitely the prime suspect.

The Blood Mist of the Water Kingdom is ruthless to themselves, and even more ruthless to others.

The Land of Whirlpools is a bridgehead to the southeast of the Land of Fire, and the Hidden Mist Village must pass through the Land of Whirlpools if it wants to attack Konoha.

The Hidden Mist Village has every reason to destroy the Land of Whirlpools.

Also, Kirigakure has two tailed beasts, the three-tailed Isobu and the six-tailed Saiken.

There has never been any news of tailed beasts causing trouble in Kirigakure, and Yagura is still a perfect Jinchuriki.

Killer Bee was also a perfect Jinchūriki because of the Hidden Cloud Village's exploration of the Tailed Beasts.

The experiment on the Eight-Tails by Kumogakure was not accomplished overnight; it involved the deaths of eight selected Jinchuriki.

One of them is Brupi, the cousin of the Fourth Raikage.

The Hidden Cloud Village had eight failed attempts, and it was only through the secret realm on Turtle Island that they were able to cultivate a perfect Jinchūriki.

How are perfect Jinchūriki cultivated in Kirigakure?

The Three-Tails is relatively gentle, and Yagura understands the Three-Tails' heart and gains its trust.

That's one reason, but sealing techniques also play a significant role.

The sealing techniques used by Sunagakure were too crude, which caused Jinchūriki to be unable to sleep at night and to have unstable mental states.

The sealing technique used to seal the Three-Tails and Six-Tails in the Hidden Mist must be a high-level sealing technique, just like the Four Symbols Sealing Technique.

So here's the question: where did Kirigakure get their advanced sealing techniques?

You picked it up from the field?!

Kushina sensed the malice coming from Kirigakure using the Nine-Tails' chakra and its ability to sense malice.

She looked at the people of Kirigakure: "You seem to be very dissatisfied with me as your sect leader? My words have made you hostile."

Ao snorted: "The destruction of the Land of Whirlpools happened more than a decade ago. Isn't it a bit late for the Sect Master to bring up the Land of Whirlpools now?"

"presumptuous!"

It wasn't Kushina who spoke, but Shima, who unleashed a powerful Sage Chakra, directly suppressing Ao to the ground.

"A mere Jonin, is this how you speak to the leader of the Ninja Clan?"

Shima seems to have become Kushina's biggest supporter.

Qing fell to the ground in a sorry state, and no one was willing to help him up.

Everyone seemed to realize that Kirigakure was highly suspected of being responsible for the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools and the Uzumaki clan.

Mu, arms crossed, looked at Kirigakure with a hint of schadenfreude: "Little Mustache, you were involved in the Uzumaki clan's scheme, weren't you!"

Huan Yue sneered, "Are you a pig-brain? You and I died together in the First World War."

The Land of Whirlpools was destroyed on the eve of World War II, when Kushina was about ten years old. At that time, the grass on Hozuki Gengetsu's grave was already several meters high.

Wu was scolded by Huan Yue, but fortunately his face was wrapped in bandages, so no one saw how bad his expression was.

"snort!"

He sneered, "Even if it wasn't you, it was still your Kirigakure. The Land of Whirlpools is the southeastern defense of the Land of Fire. If your Kirigakure wants to attack the Land of Fire, you must first destroy the Uzumaki clan."

"..."

Huan Yue paused for a moment, then said that Wu's words made a lot of sense; Wu Yin had too many reasons to annihilate the Uzumaki clan.

Huan Yue glanced at her juniors out of the corner of her eye; some were bewildered, while others looked away.

Young ninjas like Mei Terumi, Mangetsu, and Zabuza were completely bewildered, unaware that the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed by Kirigakure.

That's normal. When the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed, they were probably still very young, or even not yet born.

However, ninjas in their thirties and twenties, especially those in high positions, tended to look around and avoid eye contact.

The head of the Hozuki clan, Hozuki Yoshitaka, his own descendant, lowered his head, not letting anyone see his expression.

Gengetsu knew at a glance that it was his own village that did it, and that the Hozuki clan was also involved.

The Third Mizukage was in charge of all this, but with the Third Mizukage gone, who will take the lead?

Fourth generation.