The Shadow of Konoha

The Land of Whirlpools is a small island country off the eastern coast of the Land of Fire. It is close to the mainland coast and has a tiny territory. The Uzumaki clan of the Land of Whirlpools is a distant relative of the Senju. Since the establishment of Konoha, the Land of Fire and the Land of Whirlpools, as neighboring countries, have maintained a relationship far beyond friendship.

Well, more than friends, but not yet lovers...it's also full.

The Uzumaki clan and the Senju clan are a two-in-one alliance connected by blood and marriage ties. The wife of the First Hokage, Mito Uzumaki, is from the Uzumaki clan. After the death of the First Hokage, the relationship between the two sides not only did not crack, but deepened.

On the one hand, Uzumaki Mito still stayed in Konoha. Her dual identities as the Hokage's wife and a member of the Uzumaki clan made her have a profound influence on Konoha and the Uzumaki clan. On the other hand, the Second Hokage also particularly trusted and relied on the Uzumaki clan and... the Uzumaki clan's secret techniques.

The reason is that after the loss of Hashirama Senju, who could control the Nine-Tails like a mouse, Konoha needed the Uzumaki clan's secret technique to control the Nine-Tails even more - since Uzumaki Mito, all generations of Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were members of the Uzumaki clan. The Uzumaki chakra has unique features in controlling the tailed beasts that are unimaginable for other bloodlines.

Because of the close relationship between the two sides, it is not surprising that the Uzumaki clan sent envoys to Konoha at this time.

At the same time, Konoha's attitude towards the Uzumaki is very friendly, even friendlier than the Uchiha from the same village... In fact, apart from being in the Land of Whirlpools, there is not much difference between the Uzumaki people and the Konoha ninja at this time. In fact, in many cases, the former can be equated with the latter.

It is New Year, and Mito Uzumaki , cannot leave Konoha, so her Uzumaki family will of course come to visit her. At the same time, as Konoha's allies, the Uzumaki family is naturally very concerned about Konoha's changes. After the new Hokage takes over, they also need to understand whether Konoha's foreign policy has changed, so this group of people are also very serious messengers... No one knows whether the Third Hokage will become after taking over, and it is possible that he will desperately attack his allies.

"That is to say , at least until now, the Uzumaki Country has not been destroyed?" Seeing the Uzumaki clan's envoy team passing through this street towards the depths of the village, Hanyu retracted his gaze and thought so.

Come to think of it, as a jinchūriki, Uzumaki Mito was actually a very long-lived person. She died of old age only after the new Nine-Tails jinchūriki, Uzumaki Kushina, came to Konoha. Judging from the latter's age when she came to Konoha, it was at least thirty years later.

When Uzumaki Kushina came to Konoha, it was around the time when the Uzumaki Country was destroyed, which means that it should be more than ten years later... The Uzumaki clan still has a lot of years to live.

After the Uzumaki clan passed by, the street returned to its original appearance. Hanyu followed the crowd, and all he could think about was Uzumaki's fiery red hair, which was really eye-catching.

Hanyu did not see with his own eyes the power and sage body of the first Hokage, but he saw Uzumaki's powerful chakra.

Just imagine, when Uzumaki Mito was old, even her iconic red hair disappeared, but her chakra still had the power to balance the Nine-Tails, which is enough to show how powerful she is.

The first Hokage and Uzumaki Mito are truly the case of "if they are not from the same family, they will not enter the same door".

"It's a pity that the First Hokage and Uzumaki Mito both have such powerful strength and blood ties, but..."

What a pity, but what? Hanyu just pondered but ultimately did not say anything.

The demise of the Whirlpool Country and the Uzumaki Clan actually felt inevitable. On the one hand, this was because the small country and small ninja village itself lacked living space, and their close relationship with Konoha had brought them benefits as well as disasters. On the other hand, the situation of the Whirlpool Country was actually very much like that of a country that had no strategic depth but possessed nuclear weapons. It would be a miracle if it was not wiped out in the end.

Even if the Whirlpool Kingdom has a land area as large as the Rain Kingdom, they can be considered to have strategic depth. However, in reality, the Rain Kingdom is at least as powerful as ten Whirlpool Kingdoms.

What's more, although the Uzumaki are very strong, their strength is very one-sided and cannot be said to be as strong as thermonuclear weapons.

"Sealing technique."

Hanyu thought of the unique skills that made the Uzumaki clan famous. When it comes to attainments in sealing techniques, no one in the entire ninja world can match the Uzumaki clan. It is no exaggeration to say that the foundation of the sealing techniques of the Hidden Leaf Village is built on the secret techniques of the Uzumaki clan.

It's just a pity that Hanyu had already determined that he had no talent in the sealing technique. Lacking the construction and calculation abilities, he achieved half the result with twice the effort when learning the sealing technique... Hey, it's so easy to use and so powerful, why don't I have talent in this area, Hanyu asked himself.

But... that's okay. One shouldn't be too greedy. It's impossible for him to learn everything and know everything.

In fact, it's not that his question is unanswerable, it's just that the previous person's sealing technique was too strong, so when it was his turn, he couldn't do it very well.

Hanyu continued to wander around Konoha while thinking about random things. Unconsciously, he left the crowded streets as usual and gradually walked to the area where the training ground was located.

He was just walking over here out of habit, but he didn't expect to actually see someone here still training hard during the New Year.

So Hanyu simply found a bare pillar around the training ground, cleared the snow off it, and sat on it to watch the other player mess around.

"Spying is not a good hobby, Hanyu."

Although the other party was quite focused in training, he soon discovered Hanyu, the uninvited guest.

"Jiraiya, first of all, this is not peeping; secondly, I just didn't expect you to be so diligent even though it's New Year; finally, there's no need for you to be so stingy. You still hold a grudge about what happened last time." Hanyu said condescendingly, looking down at Jiraiya below.

This kid is as tired as a dead dog. He should have started training here very early today. As the "dumbest" one among the three Hokage disciples, I think he also understands the meaning of hard work to himself.

Jiraiya squinted at Hanyu and said with some resentment, "You dare to bring up what happened last time. It would have been fine if you had thrown me off the tower, but you also lied to the Third Hokage that I was AWOL, causing my reputation to be damaged... Do you understand what it means for a ninja to be labeled as AWOL?"

Hanyu was speechless. It turns out that throwing someone down from the city wall is not a big deal...

As for the issue of leaving his post without permission that Jiraiya mentioned later, for an ordinary ninja, such an assessment would definitely be fatal, but it is not true for Jiraiya at all. First of all, the Hokage knew exactly what happened in the Daimyo Castle incident last time. He knew that Jiraiya was just an excuse for Hanyu to pass the information to him. He did nothing wrong, he was just a tool being used . Besides, Jiraiya is the Hokage's disciple, so all the problems are not a problem just for this reason.

"So didn't I apologize to you a long time ago? I also explained everything to you, and you understood it, didn't you?"

"Yet your apology lacks sincerity."

As Jiraiya spoke, he had already drawn something like a formation in the snow, and then he began to make hand seals with his hands.

Wait, this technique seems familiar to me?

However, Jiraiya missed a step, which was spilling blood. Shouldn't he have spilled blood?

Oh shit.

"Jiraiya, confirm your technique..."

"ah?"

Before Hanyu could finish his words, Jiraiya disappeared into the formation he had drawn with a puff - the technique he just used was the summoning technique.

To be precise, it should be a summoning technique without signing any summoning contract... It's just a simple chaotic and disordered space-time ninjutsu. With the method Jiraiya used, most ninjas would be crushed by the dislocated space, and a small number of guys with extra luck would randomly fall to any corner of the ninja world and be half killed.

Therefore, Hanyu was nervous at first about Jiraiya's disappearance, but he immediately figured something out... Jiraiya's luck on this trip can only be described as off the charts.

Fate is wonderful beyond words.

Jiraiya's life was, after all, a life of love and affection with the toads of Mount Myoboku.

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