What Should We Do When the Country Is About to Be Destroyed?

After the chaos of the Warring States Period ended, the major nations successively established shinobi villages, implementing the one-country-one-village policy. Among them, the five strongest nations—the Land of Fire, Land of Wind, Land of Water, Land of Lightning, and Land of Earth—each established the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

The First Great Ninja War was slowly drawing to a close, yet the entire ninja world remained far from peaceful.

The Land of Whirlpools was a small island nation bordering the Land of Fire. Its territory was tiny, surrounded by sea on all sides, sparsely populated, and militarily weak—a small country that could not survive even one war. At this moment, however, the entire nation was steeped in gloom.

"Prince Xun, the Daimyo wants you to return at once." A shinobi looked respectfully at the red-haired child beside him, who was about seven years old. "The Land of Whirlpools hasn't been very safe lately."

"Mm." Xun Uzumaki's young face creased into a frown. He nodded and said, "I'll return shortly. Please tell Father not to worry."

"But..." The guard wanted to say more, but Xun Uzumaki interrupted him.

"Don't worry. I'll stay inside Uzushio Village." Xun Uzumaki waved a hand, indicating that he would not wander off. Besides, the island was not very large. Apart from the small area inhabited by the clan and the citizens, the rest was all barren mountains and wilderness. It made little difference where he went.

In the end, the guard could only nod unwillingly and arrange for someone behind him to report back to the Daimyo.

Xun Uzumaki looked at the nation that had once been tranquil and peaceful, now gradually shrouded in a heavy silence.

Yet beneath that oppressive atmosphere, hope still lingered in the eyes of the citizens.

That was because they knew they had a best friend, a friendship forged since ancient times—Konoha Ninja Village.

Konoha would definitely come to help them. After all, Konoha's emblem even bore the whirlpool of Uzushio Village! What did that mean? It was a symbol of friendship! How could Konoha possibly refuse to help? As long as Konoha came, nothing would happen to them, because...

Konoha was incredibly strong. The war was about to end, and anyone could see that Konoha had already emerged victorious. As for the defeated Kirigakure, the two shinobi villages could easily surround them and blow them apart.

However...

They did not know that when the Clan Head of the Uzumaki Clan went to seek Konoha's aid this time, he would return with a rejection. The Land of Whirlpools would be destroyed, the Uzumaki Clan would become subjects of a fallen nation, wandering the ninja world and living miserable lives...

In the end...

The pure-blooded Uzumaki Clan could practically be considered extinct. The red-haired Uzumaki were forcibly turned into blondes.

Xun Uzumaki gazed gloomily around Uzushio Village. As a transmigrator, not only had he failed to transmigrate to Konoha, he did not even have a cheat ability. Instead, he had transmigrated into the Land of Whirlpools, a country about to be destroyed. That made him pretty miserable too! Especially since he was the son of the Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools, the person meant to inherit the country. Asking him to watch helplessly as the Land of Whirlpools perished before running to Konoha to become an orphan was absolutely impossible.

And he absolutely did not believe Konoha had nothing to do with the destruction of the entire Uzumaki Clan.

It could be said that ever since Uzumaki Mito successfully became a Jinchuriki, the entire Uzumaki Clan had begun to face unrest. Konoha absolutely did not want to see Jinchuriki appear in other shinobi villages.

Konoha only needed one member of the Uzumaki Clan.

While other nations adopted the one-country-one-village policy, the Land of Whirlpools was one-village-one-country. Yet it was still destroyed by Kirigakure. The entire Land of Whirlpools had only one clan—the Uzumaki Clan. Even the Daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools was from the Uzumaki Clan. With the strength of the entire nation and the entire Uzumaki Clan combined, they still could not stop Kirigakure.

Whoever had pulled strings behind the scenes...

Xun Uzumaki could only sneer!!!

On the other hand, it was probably also caused by the Uzumaki Clan's nature. The Uzumaki were kind, straightforward, and a little dense, but they also had terrible tempers. At the slightest provocation, they would charge in without thinking. Perhaps that was why the Uzumaki Clan failed to make use of their own advantage—the terrain. When resisting Kirigakure, all it took was a few taunts and some ridicule for them to start howling and rush forward. Otherwise, how could they have had their nation destroyed on their own turf?

The Uzumaki Clan was a long-lived clan, an ancient race passed down since antiquity! Barring accidents, they could probably live to over a hundred years old. The Uzumaki Clan definitely had deep foundations and many powerful elders, yet they were still beaten until their nation was destroyed and their clan wiped out on their own land.

It was simply...

"Brother Xun." Just as Xun Uzumaki was thinking about how to save the country, a cute voice came from behind him. A faint smile appeared on his face as he said, "Kushina? What is it?"

A cute little girl with red hair, around five or six years old, walked up to him. Xun Uzumaki rubbed her head. "Why do you look so unhappy? Did someone bully you?" The girl before him was Kushina, the future mother of the Child of Destiny, also known as Crimson Pepper. But right now, she really was just an adorable little girl. Xun Uzumaki guessed that her violent personality in Konoha was also meant to protect herself. After all, she had personally witnessed her country's destruction, then been mocked and bullied by other students at the academy. That was probably why she became so short-tempered.

"Dad came back, but he ignored me." Kushina pouted unhappily. "He looked really angry."

Hearing Kushina's words, Xun Uzumaki froze for a moment, then let out a melancholy sigh. It seemed history had not changed after all! He looked at Kushina with pity. Although she would later meet a good man who loved her and become the village chief's wife, she would receive her death sentence before she could enjoy the life of a leader's wife.

And ever since becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, she had been placed under Konoha's disguised imprisonment. She would be bullied and mocked by the people of Konoha, and during childbirth, someone would even attack her from the shadows. Thinking of this, a cold glint flashed through Xun Uzumaki's eyes. Damn it. Just let me get through this crisis. As long as the Land of Whirlpools survives, I'll start helping develop the country's strength. If Konoha comes again with that nonsense about Konoha and the Land of Whirlpools having always been friendly companions, I'll spit right in the Third Hokage's face.

"Maybe Clan Head uncle ran into something upsetting!" Xun Uzumaki comforted her as he rubbed Kushina's little head. "He didn't ignore you on purpose."

"Really?" Kushina raised her head and looked at Xun Uzumaki expectantly.

Seeing this, Xun Uzumaki smiled. She was still a child! Children all craved their parents' attention. "Of course. Kushina is so cute."

At Xun Uzumaki's words, Kushina's whole little face turned red, and she lowered her head shyly.

Were children these days all so precocious?

"By the way, where is Clan Head uncle now?" Xun Uzumaki asked. Things could not go on like this. If they did, the Land of Whirlpools would truly be destroyed, and its territory would eventually become a country that barely even had any shinobi—the Land of Waves!

And as a transmigrator and heir to a nation, if he was beaten into wandering the ninja world—or even killed—before he could oppress the locals and surround himself with wives and concubines, that would be far too pathetic. It would be utterly humiliating!

This is forcing me to smash the ninja world apart!!

Xun Uzumaki sighed inwardly, but he did not have much ability yet! Even if he was a genius, his age limited him. His current strength was only that of a Chunin, and even the system... sigh—it could not be activated. He had transmigrated here automatically. When he discovered he had a system as a child, he had thought the peak of his life had arrived. He had even set himself a goal: smash the ninja world apart at seven and beat the Sage of Six Paths to death. But...

The system could not be activated!!

Now he could not even add points. How was a transmigrator like him supposed to become the God of the Ninja World at seven and smash the ninja world apart?!

"They're... they're in the meeting room. It seems they're notifying the Clan Elders to hold a meeting." Kushina was still blushing as she lowered her head.

Hearing that, Xun Uzumaki frowned in thought. It seemed they needed to begin war preparations. He said to Kushina, "Brother has something to discuss with Clan Head uncle. I'll play with Kushina next time." He absolutely would not let the Uzumaki Clan perish, nor would he let his clansmen become subjects of a fallen nation. And Kushina...

She would live happily in the Land of Whirlpools as well.

"Mm!!" Hearing that Brother Xun had something to do and could not play with her, Kushina was a little disappointed, but she still nodded. Though young, she was very sensible. Seeing that Brother Xun did not have his usual smile, she knew he truly had something important to handle.

"Damn Konoha! How could they do this?!"