Eastern Land of Fire, former site of the Land of Whirlpools.
After the country had been destroyed, this place had been incorporated into the Land of Fire. However, the Uzumaki Clan had scattered and fled during that catastrophe long ago. The area was sparsely populated, and its residents had all moved here afterward.
Tobirama traveled far and wide before arriving here.
The Uzumaki Clan and the Senju Clan were distant relatives. His elder brother's wife, Uzumaki Mito, had been an Uzumaki. Tobirama had visited the Land of Whirlpools many times before, but now everything had changed beyond recognition.
Being close to the sea, the residents here made their living through fishing. Yet the region was remote and underdeveloped, with few ninja or armed forces.
Tobirama wandered all over the area. Only broken walls and crumbling ruins remained to prove that people had once lived here.
In the end, he arrived before a dilapidated building. This was the Offering Shrine of the Uzumaki Clan, and it too had been ruined beyond recognition.
When the Uzumaki Clan still existed, it had two important sites. One was the Mask Storage Temple, where masks were kept, and the other was this Offering Shrine.
Tobirama had already visited the Mask Storage Temple. It was not far from Konoha, and it was equally ruined. However, Tobirama discovered that someone had already been there—the Shinigami Mask had been taken.
He had studied the forbidden technique Reaper Death Seal in the village. His original intention had been to release the soul of his disciple, Hiruzen Sarutobi, from the Shinigami's belly, sparing him the suffering of being unable to enter reincarnation.
The anomaly at the Mask Storage Temple had made Tobirama feel that something was wrong.
Half of the Uzumaki Clan's Offering Shrine had collapsed, while the other half