Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 370 Promise

"Let's go!"

He gave Kushina a long look from afar.

The Raikage withdrew his gaze, lingering for a moment on the faces of Toshiro and Nara Shikaku.

He then led his men away without looking back.

He didn't even care about his own younger brother.

The Konoha members who remained in place did not give chase.

"It's been a long time, Kushina-senpai!"

Seeing the Raikage leave, Toshiro didn't chase after him. Instead, he faced the red figure that had come from afar.

"I never expected the Third Hokage would send you to provide support; it's truly a waste of your talent!"

"Toshiro, you're too kind. It seems I'm a bit late; I haven't been of much use, and you've already won!"

Without even looking, she sensed the Eight-Tails inside Killer Bee and the identity of the burly man who had just left; she also had some guesses about it.

It's probably pretty close to the truth.

"We still need Kushina-senpai to make the final decision there!"

"Kushina, it's been a long time!"

Just as Toshiro and Kushina were exchanging pleasantries, Shikaku and the other two also stepped forward to greet Kushina.

"Yes! Long time no see..."

Just as Toshiro and his friends were greeting each other.

"Raikage-sama! Raikage-sama!"

"Quickly, medical ninja...come and check on the Raikage's injuries!"

They had just returned to the Cloud Ninja camp after reuniting with the Raikage and his main force.

Before Rui and the others could even breathe a sigh of relief, Raikage, who had just stepped into the central tent, collapsed to the ground.

This greatly frightened Tutai, Darui, and the others who were following nearby.

In truth, the Raikage was already struggling after being struck by Toshiro's sword. The attack not only pierced his chest but also caused considerable damage to his internal organs.

But he still held on, forcibly activating his chakra to withstand Toshiro's Great Fireball, saving Tsuchida while also confronting the people of Konoha for the safety of his younger brother.

Upon seeing Kushina's arrival, he had no choice but to retreat with his subordinates.

With his fiery temper, he couldn't withstand such stimulation. After settling his subordinates, he finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed.

Early the next morning.

Having just emerged from Killer Bee's tent, Toshiro looked refreshed.

Having collected three-thirds of the tailed beast's chakra, he is one step closer to his goal.

"Toushiro-sama!"

"Um!"

With a casual "hmm," Toshiro ignored the guards at the entrance and walked towards the central tent.

"Uchiha Jonin! This way, please~"

Just as they arrived at the tent entrance, a Jonin from the Nara clan led Toshiro to his position.

"I wonder what brings Class Representative Nara here?"

As soon as he sat down, Toshiro didn't stand on ceremony and looked directly at Nara Shikaku across from him to ask him questions, while also nodding to Kushina, who was also in the tent.

"...Actually, it was Kushina who summoned the Uchiha Jonin this time. I'm also a little curious about what she wanted to see you about!"

"Oh! I don't know Kushina-senpai..."

He turned to look in Kushina's direction.

I had some connection with Kushina because of Minato's disciples and the Fourth Hokage, but we didn't really have any interaction with each other!

"It was the Third Hokage. He entrusted me to deliver a scroll from the Uzumaki clan to you!"

As she spoke, she smoothly formed several hand seals, and then a scroll with a diameter of 30 centimeters and a length of 60 centimeters appeared in her hand.

"Well…"

This put Toshiro in a rather awkward position.

After all, Kushina was the rightful heir of the Uzumaki clan, and what he really wanted was her family's ninjutsu, which made him feel somewhat embarrassed.

Also, what does "Third Hokage" mean?

By having Kushina hand over this scroll, was she trying to tell him that besides Jiraiya, Konoha had another Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who could suppress him?

"Toshiro, there's no need to be embarrassed. The Uzumaki clan has been wiped out. Being able to pass on these secret techniques is one of my wishes!"

"Toshiro is also a Konoha ninja, so I can rest assured leaving him in your care."

Kushina touched the swirl symbol on the scroll, a hint of reminiscence in her eyes.

"In that case, thank you!"

Taking the scroll, which was clearly old-fashioned, Toshiro glanced at Kushina and continued:

"As far as I know, there are still quite a few remnants of the Uzumaki clan in the ninja world... Now that I've accepted the Uzumaki clan's treasures, I'll try to find them in the future!"

If the Third Hokage had given him the scrolls, he naturally wouldn't have bothered with it, but Kushina was, after all, the owner of these scrolls.

If you take something from someone, you'll feel a little guilty if you don't offer something in return.

"Well then... I'll thank you in advance!"

Upon hearing Toshiro's words, Kushina's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again, as if she were recalling some past events.

To be honest, the annihilation of the Uzumaki clan can't really be blamed on the Third Hokage.

The root of this matter was planted by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

He distributed the Tailed Beasts to various ninja villages, along with a set of sealing ninjutsu to help these ninjas seal the Tailed Beasts.

However, the profession of ninja is full of deceit and darkness.

Regardless of which ninja village it was, they all kept their distance from the First Hokage's goodwill, fearing that it might involve some conspiracy or trickery from Konoha.

Instead of using the sealing technique given by the First Generation, they opted for a more reliable, makeshift method. This eliminated the possibility of the sealing technique being tampered with by others.

However, incidents of tailed beasts going berserk occur from time to time.

This led the major powers that possess tailed beasts, especially the Water, Lightning, and Earth powers, to have another idea.

Since my sealing techniques don't work, why not find someone who does, kill them, and then take over their sealing techniques?

Therefore, the major ninja villages launched a rare joint operation, completely wiping out Uzushio Village and taking the sealing data of Uzushio Village with them.

The Kingdom of Wind, located in the desert, was the only one that did not participate.

They felt that the ninja temples of the Land of Wind had special sealing methods, and since they only had one tailed beast, it wouldn't be a big problem, so they didn't participate.

This also led to the Sunagakure Village gradually losing its ability to suppress Shukaku after its strength declined.

As for the Third Hokage, his mistake was not taking in the Uzumaki clan refugees when they scattered and fled.

Of course, he had his own reasons.

Who knows if there are spies planted by other villages among these survivors of the Whirlpool Country!

Don't tell me things like you can tell by bloodline; there are too many ways to control someone to work for you.

(End of this chapter)