Ninja World Version of Cleaving the Mountain to Save Mother

"Seal the Three-Tails, then retreat immediately." The Great Elder looked at the surrounding Clan Elders and said.

Though they were surprised by why Little Xun had suddenly become so powerful, they had no intention of asking too many questions. As long as they knew he was one of their own and the person who would lead the Uzumaki Clan and the Land of Whirlpools toward greatness, that was enough.

The Clan Head gave the freed Six-Tails a deep look. Though he did not know why Little Xun had told them to stop binding the Six-Tails—after all, they knew full well how terrifying Tailed Beasts were. Back then, there had only been two people in the entire ninja world capable of taking on a Tailed Beast alone.

But he still had his clansmen carry out the order.

Once the Six-Tails was freed, it did not move recklessly either. That child had warned it before leaving. With those terrifying eyes and that terrifying ninjutsu, who knew whether he might suddenly fly over and blast it with another attack!!

It was absolutely possible...

That kid had Space-Time Ninjutsu! It had not had enough freedom yet—how could it return to the sealing furnace so soon?

And over on the Mist Ninja side...

Holy shit!! They were retreating?

Seeing the Uzushio ninja's movements, the Mist Ninja immediately panicked. And the Tailed Beast was actually about to be captured by someone else—this was a huge deal! Just imagine someone trying to steal your nuclear weapon. How could they not panic?

Especially Hozuki Gengetsu...

Not only had they failed to take down the Land of Whirlpools, but if their fleet was destroyed and even the Tailed Beast was captured, then Kirigakure would suffer a devastating loss this time! The kind of loss that made them bleed red—enough to cost the Hozuki Clan their lives!

He hurriedly shouted, "Recover the Tailed Beast! Sealing Squad, recover the Tailed Beast!!"

He could no longer worry about that hidden child. They had to recover the Tailed Beast immediately! So what if you had the Flying Thunder God Technique? If you've got the guts, kill me in one shot!

Otherwise...

Fuck, why was his heart pounding so hard?! That child had not blasted the Six-Tails, which meant that technique could not be used casually!

So long as it could not kill him in one move, everything would be fine!!

And the Six-Tails...

Fuck, Kirigakure was the reason it had ended up like this! It charged toward the Mist Ninja and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at them!!

Tailed Beasts would never be slaves!!

The Tailed Beast had gone berserk again. Although it seemed to be focusing most of its attacks on the Mist Ninja, its area attacks were simply too vast, and some Uzushio ninja had been injured as well. Following the Clan Elders' arrangements, they left behind Shadow Clones and retreated at top speed. Their Prince Xun was so damn incredible—there had to be a reason for his arrangements.

"Retreat!!"

"Retreat, retreat!!"

"..."

They shouted excitedly as they ran. The Land of Whirlpools had this victory in the bag! They refused to believe Kirigakure would dare release the Tailed Beast again. If they did, it would only take one technique from Prince Xun. And if they did not...

Prince Xun was so powerful that he was at least evenly matched with the Mizukage!!

So how could they possibly lose?

Their Uzumaki Clan had finally produced a Kage-level expert! Would they have to start calling Prince Xun Lord Whirlpool Kage?

That name sounded great! Perhaps Uzushio Village could become one of the Six Great Ninja Villages?

Just thinking about it thrilled them!

The main story of Naruto was about an unfilial son imprisoning his beautiful mother, while a supremely filial orphan set out on a journey to save his mother. Strip away all the glorification and opinions, and look at it from an observer's perspective—it was clearly a tearjerker about filial devotion that moved the entire ninja world! Just like those Chinese mythology films about Erlang Shen Cleaving the Mountain to Save Mother, or Chenxiang Cleaving the Mountain to Save Mother!!

If Black and White Zetsu had not been such an idiot, would it really have ended up doing so badly?

It should have written the script from the victim's perspective from the very beginning.

If the script on the Stone Tablet had been written like this back then...

In ancient times, there was an Evil God known as the Sage of Six Paths, who imprisoned a kind deity. Before she was mysteriously imprisoned, she left behind a hope—her child. Only when her child gathered the Nine Tailed Beasts could he defeat the Sage of Six Paths and save his mother, allowing peace to return to the ninja world. Along the way, he would gather a group of righteous companions to help him defeat the Sage of Six Paths.

If it had been written that way, there would have been no need to fool Madara, Nagato, or Obito. They would have honestly helped you on their own. Even a whole group of companions who saw themselves as righteous would willingly aid you. Then, after rescuing Kaguya, you could lead a band of righteous allies in a counterattack against the ninja world. Just thinking about it was exciting!!

Fuck, it had defined itself as the mastermind and the villain from the very start. How could it possibly succeed?

And Xun Uzumaki did not understand why Madara believed that reclaiming Chakra and returning the ninja world to its original state would bring peace. History had taught them that unless resources were unlimited and everyone was equal, true peace was impossible. But...

Chakra could clearly achieve that dream gradually!

Why take it back?

What was Chakra? It was a non-polluting, renewable source of energy! And practically everyone possessed Chakra, only in varying amounts. Yet someone actually wanted to destroy it?

Was that a joke? Were oil and coal energy somehow better?

Did they want smog or desertification?

But Xun Uzumaki knew he could not reason with Madara about this, because...

There was an idiot behind Madara giving him advice!

And as for Kaguya?

As long as they could suppress her and make her understand that aliens were nothing more than a matter of a mouthful of spit, they could beat them down without needing her to gather all the Chakra and fight them head-on. She would probably sit down and talk things over calmly. After all, she could not beat them anyway.

So there was absolutely no need to bully her. Just think how pitiful she was!

She met a scumbag during her naive years—the undisputed number one scumbag in the ninja world! Because he could not defeat someone, he actually gave his own wife to another man. If someone like that existed in the real world, he definitely would not survive past the next day!!

If he wanted to live, there was no other way but to send him to Thailand.

Then there was the single mother, struggling alone to raise two young children. In order to protect the ninja world, she wanted to reclaim her Chakra—but when the children grew up, they got carried away. A single frog's provocation, and they started going on about the ninja world, peace, and communication from heart to heart, even imprisoning their own mother!!

Just thinking about it, Kaguya was already pitiful enough!

In the end, she only had one relative left. Didn't she seem as though she had remembered her own children when she saw Prince Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke?

Her eyes had practically filled with tears, hadn't they?

I worked so hard to raise you all, and yet you turned out this unfilial!!

In the real world, this would have gone to court too!!

So, when it came to Kaguya...

Xun Uzumaki could only sigh for her silently in his heart. Unfortunately, he was not strong enough yet. He did not want to become Zetsu! If he wanted to talk ideals and life with her, he would have to wait until he was strong enough.

Sigh—!!

Talking about peace without strength just made you an idiot!!!

Xianyu planned to update early so everyone would have time to watch the Lunar New Year Gala. On New Year's Eve, what kind of person spent the night reading novels? You should spend time with your family and watch the gala instead!!!

Lastly, I wish everyone a Happy New Year, booming business, good health, and success in everything. May you get rich!!!