Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

Just as Konoha and Kirigakure were about to clash, Ryoryu stopped Mangetsu: "Mangetsu, step back!"

"But Uncle!"

"obedient!"

"yes!"

"Lord Gengetsu, step back! It's all my fault. We finally defeated Madara Uchiha; we can't afford to have internal strife!"

Huan Yue sighed and stepped back, also ordering the Hidden Mist ninjas to leave.

"Everyone from Kirigakure, step back. None of us are a match for Kushina. Don't make a pointless sacrifice."

Ryotaka bit the hilt of his sword and said to the resentful Mangetsu, "Mangetsu, and the members of the Hozuki clan, you are not allowed to resent the sect leader after I die."

"The annihilation of the Uzumaki clan was my fault alone. I ask that after my death my head be placed in the Land of Whirlpools, and that my sinful blood be used to bring peace to the souls of the Uzumaki clan."

The people of Kirigakure all lowered their heads, feeling both ashamed and resentful that Kushina had gone to such extremes.

They, the ninjas of Kirigakure, should not commit suicide like prisoners.

This is a slap in their face.

Lianglong closed his eyes and stabbed himself in the chest with a knife.

The village leaders just watch and see, and that's fine.

The death of the Hozuki clan leader allowed Kushina to vent her anger, gave Konoha and Kirigakure a way to save face, and also allowed Kushina to demonstrate her authority as the clan leader.

She possesses the Nine-Tails and is the strongest ninja in the Allied Forces.

The strong can do whatever they want.

But Kushina caught the ninja sword that Yoshitaka used to commit seppuku.

Ryotaka opened his eyes in confusion and saw Kushina who had snatched the ninja sword.

Kushina turned her back and said, "If you die, can my people be resurrected?"

"..."

Lianglong remained silent.

The Land of Whirlpools has been destroyed for over a decade. The corpses of the Uzumaki clan are either abandoned in the wilderness, eaten by birds and beasts, or collected for research.

They can no longer be resurrected like Gengetsu and the Third Raikage.

Kushina touched her red hair and said with some reminiscence, "If I weren't the leader of the Ninja Clan, I would have killed you with one punch and dragged out and killed everyone who participated in the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools."

"But I am now the second leader of the Ninja Clan. I must inherit Grandpa Hashirama's Will of Fire and guide the Ninja Clan to bring peace to the world."

Kushina looked at Hashirama's body at the front: "Grandpa Hashirama left with a smile! He dedicated his life to peace."

"The establishment of Ninjutsu and the union of the five great ninja villages are the legacy of Hashirama after his resurrection. I cannot squander this legacy."

Kushina turned to look at Yoshitaka: "Yoshitaka Hozuki, if I were to kill you because of my personal matters, the people of Kirigakure would definitely resent me and harbor thoughts of betrayal."

"I can't do that! I can't ruin the unity of Shinobi Sect in front of Grandpa Hashirama."

Tobirama looked at Kushina in surprise. He was wrong. Kushina was not a political novice, but a person with high emotional intelligence.

By the way, Kushina was with Mito when she was a child. Politics is about people's hearts. At this time, Kushina was able to sense malice by using the Nine-Tails' chakra, so she had control over people's hearts.

As expected, Kushina's ability to let go of her hatred in front of her enemies resolved many conflicts, and the people of Kirigakure harbored much less malice towards her.

Ryotaka looked into Kushina's eyes, trying to confirm if this was some kind of political maneuvering by Kushina, such as the Second Hokage secretly sending her a telepathic message.

Kushina said it like that: "Slap me, then give me a treat."

Ryoryu was also the Mizukage of Kirigakure, and had spent half his life studying political maneuvering. He was not someone who could be easily moved.

But Kushina's eyes were so clear that Yoshitaka even saw his own reflection in them.

This girl—truly forgave herself!

Lianglong touched his face and laughed.

Ryotaka is a ninja who fought his way out of an environment like the Blood Mist. The number of people he has killed could be piled up into a mountain, but he found a sense of authenticity in Kushina.

A truth that can never be found in a bloody mist!

Ryotaka gave Kushina a thumbs up: "Sect Leader, I underestimated you. You will definitely become a great ninja like Lord Hashirama."

Kushina snorted and ignored Yoshitaka's flattery.

"However, a life for a life, and a debt for a debt. I am willing to give my life to exchange for the sect leader's forgiveness of Kirigakure."

After saying this, Lianglong gave no one a chance to stop him. He immediately collapsed to the ground, bleeding from all five orifices, and died.

"uncle!"

Full Moon knelt on the ground, looking at the lifeless Liang Long with heartache.

"Cough cough..."

Extreme anger and grief directly triggered Man Yue's bloodline disease, causing him to cough uncontrollably.

Kushina stared in shock at Yoshitaka's dead body on the ground, somewhat at a loss for words: "I didn't kill him, he's trying to frame me!"

Gengetsu sighed and said, "Kushina, you didn't kill him. It was Yoshitaka who used the Hozuki clan's Water Release technique to explode his own internal organs, causing his death."

Kushina was filled with self-blame and guilt: "I drove him to his death, I drove him to his death!"

Kushina didn't feel any satisfaction from avenging her family. As Naruto's mother, she shared Naruto's personality. He was just an enemy who had wiped out her clan, so of course she would forgive him.

Minato approached Kushina and took her hand to comfort her.

Everyone found this very strange. Ryotaka was Kushina's enemy who had wiped out her clan. Kushina wanted him dead, but then suddenly forgave him.

But Yoshitaka refused Kushina's forgiveness and committed suicide in front of her.

Kushina felt guilty about this.

You know what a mess this is.

Huan Yue looked at Man Yue coughing up blood and suddenly felt something was wrong. Even in the deepest grief, one wouldn't cough up blood as if their lungs were about to come out.

He hurriedly crouched down, looking at Hozuki Mangetsu's body: "This is... a bloodline disease of the family?"

The Hozuki clan is a family of secret techniques. They do not have a bloodline limit, but their water transformation technique is comparable to a bloodline limit.

The Water Transformation Technique is a forbidden technique that allows one's body to become water-based, thus granting immunity to physical attacks.

Forbidden techniques all have huge side effects.

The water-refining technique liquefies the entire body, which is a transformation of the body. However, it causes dehydration, and long-term dehydration can cause significant damage to the internal organs.

In the original work, Hozuki Mangetsu died young from an illness.

"Where's the medical ninja? Get him here now!"

The Hozuki family sent a medical ninja from Kirigakure to treat Mangetsu.

But even the medical ninjas from Kirigakure couldn't alleviate Mangetsu's severe cough.

"No, Lady Manyue's heart and lungs are already exhausted."

Full Moon relies on water to transform its body, resulting in a long-term imbalance of water and osmotic pressure within the body, which continuously damages the heart and lungs.

The desperate fighting in the previous battles accelerated his bloodline disease.

Even without the war with Madara, he would have died a few years later due to the breakdown of his cardiopulmonary function.

"Let me take a look!"

The medical ninja from Kirigakure looked up and saw Kushina's beautiful red hair.

"..."

The ninjas of Kirigakure all fell silent.

Kushina? !