Six Paths Ninja Tools

Dodai said calmly, "Senior, you don't need to use this to test your junior. If Konoha could truly accept the Uzumaki clan, senior wouldn't have rejected the Third Hokage's invitations three times."

If the Uzumaki clan really migrated to Konoha, many people would probably sleep uneasily, including that Third Hokage.

The junior guesses that what that Third Hokage wants more is a new-generation Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to succeed the aging First Hokage's wife, preferably someone with no family or connections, so that it would be convenient for him to control.

Because of the First Hokage's wife's existence, the Senju clan has been very powerful in Konoha these past few years, causing quite a bit of trouble for that Third Hokage.

The upcoming Great Ninja War will inevitably be a great catastrophe for the Senju clan. Once the First Hokage's wife dies, the Senju clan will inevitably be wiped out in the Great Ninja War. None of our Four Great Shinobi Villages wish to see another Hashirama Senju appear among the Senju clan—this is our shared tacit understanding.

Those people in the Senju clan, who possess the original Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, cannot tolerate them, let alone the Uzumaki clan. We received intelligence that over a hundred ninja secretly left Konohagakure and headed toward the Land of Whirlpools. Judging by their traveling speed, they are all jonin.

Senior might as well guess whether this batch of Konoha ninja is here to rescue Uzushio Hidden Village or to wipe out the clan?

Furthermore, Konoha happened to discover our Four Great Shinobi Villages' ninja operating at the border a while ago, and ahead of time dispatched the elites of major ninja clans as vanguards to various border areas. The Senju clan is over on the side of the Land of Earth, the furthest away from the Land of Whirlpools, so even if they receive the news, it will be difficult for them to rush back in time. Senior wouldn't think this is a coincidence, would you?

In fact, senior should have anticipated the current situation of the Uzumaki clan back when you learned that the First Hokage's wife became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

Uzumaki Ashina's expression grew increasingly gloomy, especially at that last part about wiping out the clan, which weighed heavily on his heart.

"How many of our clansmen can your Kumogakure accept?"

After pondering for a long time, Uzumaki Ashina ultimately compromised.

The current situation is very obvious: they cannot go to Konoha, so they can only choose the Four Great Shinobi Villages, and at this stage, only Kumogakure has come to extend an invitation.

At the very least, it is a path.

What this Kumogakure youth said is right. Back then, when he learned that Mito used her own body as a vessel to seal the Nine-Tails for Konoha and became that Jinchuriki, he had a premonition that something bad would happen, and even went to Konoha in person to scold that eldest niece of his.

This was bringing disaster upon their Uzumaki clan!

Seeing that Uzumaki Ashina had indeed compromised, Dodai let out a breath and said with utmost sincerity, "Kumogakure can accommodate underage and single Uzumaki clansmen whose ideology is not extreme. In fact, single ones can immediately marry single ninja in our village to form families.

Our Kumogakure sincerely hopes that the Uzumaki clan can spread their branches, leave leaves, and integrate into our village.

Our Kumogakure is also the only one among the Five Great Ninja Villages that has constantly recruited outside talent, and we will grant the Uzumaki clan corresponding benefits and treatment, absolutely treating everyone equally.

Moreover, some of our village's development plans urgently need the talent of the Uzumaki clan to join. Your status in the village in the future will definitely not be low, and you can even become high-ranking members of the village.

In addition, our Kumogakure will also guarantee that Uzumaki clansmen will not be sent to the frontline to participate in combat. We have other arrangements for you, and it will be very safe."

They could not accept the entire Uzumaki clan; that was unrealistic.

Those adults would all have their own thoughts, and some might even be hostile to Kumogakure. Bringing those people over would only become a source of trouble and hidden dangers.

Uzumaki Ashina was not surprised by this, and actually felt an added layer of trust.

Viewed this way, Kumogakure truly wished to acquire their Uzumaki clan, and their sincerity was also very ample.

"Does the development plan you mentioned include Tailed Beast Jinchuriki?"

Inquiring further, the current great catastrophe of their Uzumaki clan stemmed from that brainless, foolish niece, and the joint secret attack by the Four Great Shinobi Villages this time was also to forge a perfect Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.

And their Uzumaki clan was the most suited to become Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.

"We have other plans for the utilization of the Tailed Beasts; we do not need Uzumaki clansmen to become sacrifices, as that would bring more misfortune than fortune for you."

Dodai rejected the idea. They could not possibly let the Uzumaki clan become Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, at least not before the Uzumaki clan truly integrated into the village.

Furthermore, they no longer needed that kind of complete Tailed Beast Jinchuriki nowadays. The split-vessel plan was very good; even if one went berserk, it would be easier to suppress and would not cause excessive losses.

Anyway, as long as those split-vessel Tailed Beast Jinchuriki could condense Tailed Beast Bombs and launch bombardments, that was enough. Their own strength did not matter.

"How much force can you provide this time to assist us in getting through this disaster?"

Uzumaki Ashina inquired further. Whether they became Tailed Beast Jinchuriki or not was unimportant; what mattered was Kumogakure's attitude.

"We have gathered one hundred jonin and one thousand chunin who can be deployed into battle at any time. In addition, the Third will also descend at a critical moment to join this war."

Dodai stated the force they could mobilize, making Uzumaki Ashina quite satisfied.

"It is not easy to make us abandon our homeland of a millennium; at the very least, we must fight it out here. Your Kumogakure can join in and fight together with us. Some of our clansmen still harbor illusions about Konoha, and we must wake them up.

If all else fails in the end, bring the children to your Kumogakure. Old man, I will prepare a complete set of Uzumaki Sealing Techniques for you, including the sealing techniques Mito developed for the Nine-Tails."

"Our Kumogakure respects the choice of senior and Uzushio Hidden Village!"

Dodai solemnly agreed. He himself thought this way as well—a battle had to be fought here in the Land of Whirlpools.

Only by doing so could they force Konoha to show its hand, severing the ties between the Uzumaki clan and Konoha. At the same time, a war was needed to consume the adult ninja of the Uzumaki clan, so that they could ultimately take the underage children and leave.

Although it was cruel, this was the reality of the ninja world.

At the same time, he also understood that this Uzumaki Great Elder actually still harbored hope for Konoha, or rather, for the Senju clan and the First Hokage's wife.

It was just a pity that the ones running Konoha nowadays were not the Senju clan, nor that First Hokage's wife, but rather the faction of the Third Hokage.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō truly had the heart to wipe out the Uzumaki clan, they would certainly make every arrangement and would never let the Senju clan come to reinforce them.

At least they would not arrive in time, otherwise if they really let the Senju clan use this opportunity to welcome the Uzumaki clan into Konoha, their strength would inevitably increase greatly, which was something Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others did not wish to see.

"In addition, there is one more matter. Has senior ever heard of the Six Paths Ninja Tools?"

With the official business concluded, Dodai brought up the matter of the Six Paths Ninja Tools.

"Our Uzumaki clan knows more about those few ninja tools than you do."

Raising an eyebrow, Uzumaki Ashina was naturally no stranger to the Six Paths Ninja Tools, because they were descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, and the classics within their clan even recorded the existence of the Ninshu Sect. Naturally, they had detailed records of the Six Paths Ninja Tools.

"Four Six Paths Ninja Tools were psychically sealed by the previous two wielders right before they died. If senior is able to break the seals, those four Six Paths Ninja Tools can be lent to your noble clan to deal with this war."

While speaking, Dodai retrieved a storage scroll and unsealed it, revealing hearts sealed inside two nutrient cans.