Uzumaki Clan

There were no mishaps on the way back. After leaving the toxic perimeter of the Land of Rain, they rendezvoused with the Kusagakure ninja.

Filled with anticipation...

Fusang set off for the Land of Grass with Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko, following Kusana.

Of course, when she learned that Kusana was actually the leader of both the Land of Grass and Kusagakure, Fusang had been stunned as well.

She simply could not understand why the leader of a country had infiltrated the Land of Rain to bring out a few ordinary civilians like them.

If it had only been her and Nagato, she might have thought Lord Mang had been coveting her... and Nagato's bodies.

After all, the Uzumaki Clan's constitution...

That was the only thing of value she and Nagato possessed.

Thinking back to that night, Fusang's face flushed again, and she seemed somewhat embarrassed.

How humiliating!

At that moment.

"We're here." Kusana smiled and pointed ahead. "Starting today, you'll be living here. Although the Land of Grass is rather small, and the country has only just been rebuilt, I'm sure you'll come to like it here."

As he spoke, he looked curiously at Fusang beside him, whose face had inexplicably turned red. "What's wrong?"

"N-No! It's nothing!" Fusang came back to her senses and shook her head. Then she raised her head to look at the Land of Grass before her, and a smile immediately appeared on her face. "Thank you, Lord Mang. I'll be in your care from now on!"

"Just call me Mang! No need to be so formal. I'm planning to take Nagato and the others as my students."

"Really?" Hearing that, Fusang immediately broke into a delighted smile. Her mature, gentle smile even made Kusana pause.

Unlike Kana's gentleness, Mrs. Fusang did not look particularly old, but she carried an additional touch of maturity, like an older sister.

She bent at the waist. "Then I'll have to trouble you. I'm truly grateful!"

"No need!"

Kusana waved his hand and shook his head with a smile.

Who said all Uzumaki Clan women were violent because of their Chakra?

Weren't Kana and Mrs. Fusang both quite gentle?

After sighing inwardly, he continued, "Don't be so restrained. There are members of your clan in the Land of Grass too!"

"Clan members?"

Fusang had barely voiced her confusion.

When Kusana spoke again, "Kana, come over!"

"Mang, you're back?"

A gentle, delighted voice came from not far away, and Fusang immediately looked up.

She saw a beautiful young girl with a gentle smile.

And her hair...

Was the exact same red as hers!

A survivor of the Uzumaki Clan?!

That night.

After meeting another member of their clan, Kana and Fusang both had red-rimmed eyes. Though Kana had not experienced the destruction of her country as a young girl like Fusang had, the Land of Eddies had fallen when Kana was still very, very young. But no matter what... that had been their country!

Only after experiencing the destruction of their country had refugees like them understood... just how difficult it was to survive.

Now that they had suddenly encountered a fellow clanswoman, they naturally had countless things to say.

Helplessly.

He had to prepare dinner himself.

Then.

Without disturbing the two of them, after having the two children eat a simple dinner, he sat in the courtyard to rest.

As for Yahiko... Mujie had taken that boy away. After all, Yahiko was nominally his adopted son.

Fusang, Nagato, and Konan were temporarily staying at his house. After all, the Land of Grass was being rebuilt, and there were not yet many vacant homes. Many civilians in the Land of Grass could only temporarily live in thatched huts.

"Mang, does that mean I'm from the Uzumaki Clan?"

Kusana had been quietly lying down and looking at the stars, ready to relax for a while, when he heard Nagato beside him. He turned his head and saw hesitation and conflict on the young boy's face.

It seemed that after learning about his clan, this confused young boy had begun to grow curious.

As for Konan... she lay to the side, quietly blinking, seemingly unconcerned about this.

Easily satisfied, she was already very happy with her current life.

"Yes." Kusana nodded and said with a smile, "After the Land of Eddies was destroyed, the Uzumaki Clan began fleeing across the ninja world. To avoid being assassinated by other ninja, most of the Uzumaki who escaped chose to conceal their names and scatter across the ninja world to survive."

"I see~ The Land of Eddies was destroyed. No wonder Mom was always so careful no matter what she did when I was little! I thought she was just timid, and I was planning to protect her once I grew up!"

So that had been the reason.

Mom must have been terrified of being discovered!

Nagato froze for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Then why are they still hunting down the Uzumaki Clan?"

"Because they feared the Uzumaki Clan's abilities and were afraid the Uzumaki Clan would rise again!"

"???"

"You'll understand once you become a ninja." Kusana shook his head and did not elaborate. He frowned slightly and fell into thought.

A school...

Come to think of it, Kusagakure's school had not even been established yet!

Other than the major nations and major ninja villages, ordinary small nations and small ninja villages in the ninja world generally did not have ninja schools. They basically relied on their clans or apprenticed themselves to some ninja teacher to learn ninjutsu.

However, because the daimyo of the Land of Wind had stopped funding Sunagakure and entrusted most missions to Konoha, Sunagakure had been forced by its lack of money to adopt an elite training model.

There were few students, and each received specialized one-on-one training from a jonin in the village!

As for Kirigakure...

That place was raising poisonous insects!

Better not mention it!

Therefore.

"The Land of Grass needs to build its school as soon as possible!"

His words had barely fallen.

"Tap, tap, tap~"

Footsteps sounded. It seemed Kana and Fusang had finished talking.

"Lord Mang." x2

Both women had slightly red eyes. They had probably cried just now.

Fusang also pulled Nagato over, bowed deeply, and said seriously, "Thank you so much! No matter what you need me to do, I will never refuse!"

"No need!" Kusana waved his hand, then looked at Kana. "Are there any other members of the Uzumaki Clan?"

He was quite eager for this wandering great ninja clan!

If he could bring them all to the Land of Grass, they could make up for the country's current lack of bloodline limits.

"After we arrived in the Land of Rain, Konoha ninja suddenly appeared and took away a girl from our clan. The Third Elder was worried that the Uzumaki Clan would be discovered if we gathered together, so he had me remain in the Land of Rain. Besides, I was only an ordinary person. As long as I lived quietly, I would not be easily noticed." Fusang shook her head, pondered for a moment, and said softly, "The Third Elder... seemed to have gone north!"

"I was with the Fifth Elder and Seventh Elder." Kana lowered her head sadly and added, "But the Fifth Elder was killed after being besieged by a group of ninja, and everyone scattered! I originally wanted to go to Konoha, but I ended up wandering here."

"..."

It seemed that after the various clans had suddenly joined forces to attack them, quite a few Uzumaki had escaped, both civilians and ninja.

But after the Land of Eddies was destroyed, they had continued to be hunted.

Now, no one knew where they had fled.

Kusana shook his head in disappointment, then smiled. "Forget it. I'll arrange for ninja to investigate. Perhaps we'll find something else. It's getting late, and Fusang, Nagato, and Konan must be tired too. Get some rest early! Kana, arrange everyone's accommodations!"

He had been away for so many days. There were still many matters to handle tomorrow!

"Oh, right! You haven't had dinner yet, have you? I saved some for you. It's on the table!"

With that said.

He yawned and turned toward his room.

"Lord Mang really is such a gentle person!"

As soon as the words fell.

Fusang watched Kusana's retreating figure, and the memory of that night involuntarily surfaced in her mind. Her face immediately flushed faintly again.

"He really is very gentle!"

"Yes! Mang is a good person!" Kana nodded beside her. Then, as she turned to arrange everyone's rest, she looked in surprise at Fusang's flushed face. "Sister Fusang, what's wrong? Your face is so red?"

"I-I... I might be a little hot."