Little Fiancée

The Third Raikage immediately raised a hand, wiped the blood flowing from his wounds onto the Summoning Scroll, and wrote down his name.

"Begin!"

After writing his name, the Third Raikage smeared the blood onto Enma's hand, then nodded to the twin brothers.

The two did not delay. Using their Sharingan Dojutsu Power, they controlled Enma to undo the Summoning Technique and return, then used the Reverse Summoning Technique on the other side to summon the Third Raikage over.

"Such fine materials!"

Looking at the monkeys covering the mountain, the Third Raikage's expression turned savage before he began slaughtering them.

These were Summoning Beasts that had been allied with the Sarutobi Clan for generations. There was no chance of subduing them, so they could only be slaughtered.

Moreover, this part of the Summoning Realm was quite good. They could claim it and use it to cultivate Summoning Beasts of their own.

Summoning Beasts with a Summoning Realm were far more useful than those without one. For example, they could use the Reverse Summoning Technique within the Summoning Realm, which could save their lives at a critical moment.

Of course, using the Reverse Summoning Technique was not easy either. At the very least, the beast needed paws or claws capable of forming hand seals and sufficient intelligence.

Such Summoning Beasts were rare in the Ninja World. Only the legendary Three Great Sage Lands and the Monkey Clan of the Sarutobi Clan possessed them.

Unfortunately, the Monkey Clan could not be subdued and could only be slaughtered. They would have to search for suitable Summoning Beasts later.

Leaving aside the Third Raikage's rapid slaughter in the Summoning Realm, Tamura Hiroshi had already arrived at Uzushio Hidden Village with the main force, only to find nothing but ruins.

"Grandfather!"

"Father!"

"Mother!"

Uzumaki Kushina, who had come along, saw her devastated home and immediately burst into tears. She wanted to rush inside to search for her grandfather and father, but Tamura Hiroshi grabbed her with one hand.

"Don't panic. There may still be danger inside."

Tamura Hiroshi offered a word of advice, then looked toward the four Anbu Ninja reporting to Dodai, as well as the youth they had brought back.

The youth was in a miserable state. Both his legs had been blown off, and he had numerous injuries across his body. He had also fallen unconscious, but judging by the remnants of his clothes, he was the one who had accompanied Sarutobi Shinnosuke on the diplomatic mission to Uzushio Hidden Village that morning.

"So it was him!"

Tamura Hiroshi understood. This person really was the killing move Shimura Danzō had prepared for Uzushio Hidden Village.

Those nano poison insects truly had no solution and were difficult to guard against.

After learning the situation, Dodai summoned a genjutsu ninja to forcibly control the severely injured youth, manipulating his body to form hand seals and using Chakra to remotely command the poison insects into dormancy.

"Good. Everyone, enter the village and search for survivors. If you feel unwell, report it immediately and return here so he can draw out the poison insects inside you."

Only after receiving confirmation from the genjutsu ninja did Dodai order the rescue operation to begin.

Tamura Hiroshi released Samehada, who had long been impatient, while he followed Uzumaki Kushina toward the depths of the ruins.

At the deepest point stood a square barrier. Within it were two figures slumped on the ground: Masahiko Uzumaki and Uzumaki Aloe.

They were the only two people remaining in the village. They had survived the explosion only by relying on that barrier, but they could not hold on much longer.

The poison insects inside their bodies were too troublesome. Even with their Chakra and life force, they could not endure for long. Their internal organs had already been gnawed away considerably.

"Grandfather!"

Seeing her grandfather collapsed there, Uzumaki Kushina hurried over, tears streaming down her face without end.

"Kushina!"

Seeing his granddaughter arrive, a trace of a smile appeared on Masahiko Uzumaki's numb face. He dispelled the barrier he had formed and let her enter.

"Grandfather!"

Seeing her grandfather's deathly pale face and the large pool of black blood before him, Kushina cried even harder in panic.

"Don't cry. Grandfather is only going to find your grandmother."

With difficulty, he raised a hand to wipe away the tears from his granddaughter's face. He was very happy to see her at the very end, but that happiness quickly vanished.

"You damned brat!"

Masahiko Uzumaki looked toward a figure standing a hundred meters away, his face twisting savagely.

Though the appearance had changed, the Chakra had not. It was that despicable, shameless little brat.

"Brat, get over here!"

He shouted coldly. He hated that brat to the extreme.

"No!"

Tamura Hiroshi decisively refused and even retreated another ten meters.

"Get your ass over here right now!"

His expression grew even more ferocious. Masahiko Uzumaki wanted nothing more than to split that damned brat alive.

"No way!"

Tamura Hiroshi retreated another ten meters. There was no way he was getting close to that old man.

Even from this distance, he could tell the other man was full of ill intent. If he really went over, he would definitely get beaten senseless.

Unfortunately, he had clearly underestimated the Uzumaki clan's capabilities. An Adamantine Sealing Chain suddenly shot up from the ground, binding him tightly before hauling him over to Masahiko Uzumaki.

Staring at that ferocious old face, Tamura Hiroshi forced himself to calm down and threatened, "Old man, don't do anything stupid. If you bully me now, I'll bully your granddaughter in the future."

In the world of Naruto, bonds were incredibly useful. As long as one grasped those bonds, anyone could be controlled.

Sure enough, upon hearing that threat, Masahiko Uzumaki was furious, but he really had no way to deal with the brat.

He could not ruin his granddaughter's future just to vent his anger. One look at this brat told him he was no good; there was no telling what he might do.

"Shameful!"

Uzumaki Ashina shot his grandnephew a disdainful glance, then curiously sized up the youth dangling in the air.

His grandnephew had just explained the matter to him. He had not expected the man to be fooled by a mere brat, even handing over both his granddaughter and the clan's accumulated wealth.

How embarrassing!

"Young man, Kushina will be your fiancée from today onward. Once you come of age, arrange the marriage as soon as possible."

The more Uzumaki Ashina looked, the more satisfied he became. He took it upon himself to betroth Kushina to him.

With the clan's integration into Kumogakure now a foregone conclusion, they needed to find someone reliable within Kumogakure to guide them.

Though this little fellow was young, he was remarkably intelligent. Moreover, he had accompanied the Raikage's Assistant on a diplomatic mission to Uzushio Hidden Village, so his status was certainly not low. He was the best possible candidate.

Masahiko Uzumaki's old face darkened, but he did not object.

"I don't want to marry that despicable bastard!"

Uzumaki Kushina, who had been crying miserably, instinctively objected. Even if she remained single for the rest of her life, she would never marry that despicable bastard.

"She's too stupid. She'll affect our descendants' intelligence."

Tamura Hiroshi decisively refused as well, drawing an angry glare from the young girl.

"The two Sealing Scrolls bear our clan's special Sealing Jutsu Formulas. Without the correct method, they cannot be opened."

Uzumaki Ashina said with a chuckle.

Although his grandnephew had been thoroughly deceived, he was not an idiot. Both scrolls had been reinforced with special sealing jutsu, and no outsider could open them.

Trying to forcibly break them would only destroy everything inside.

"So you really did leave yourselves a backup plan!"

Tamura Hiroshi remarked, unsurprised.

"Then I'll reluctantly take this stupid girl!"

In the end, he could only compromise. The old really were more cunning.

"Damn brat!"

Masahiko Uzumaki gritted his teeth at that attitude. The brat had gotten a bargain and still acted as though he had been wronged.

"You're the stupid one! I'll never marry you."

Uzumaki Kushina was furious as well. She was not stupid.

"Damn brat, remember this!"

Masahiko Uzumaki set the brat down and raised his hands to form seals—the hand signs needed to undo the seals on those two Sealing Scrolls.

Tamura Hiroshi did not try to memorize them. Instead, he found a roof tile nearby and quickly used a kunai to carve numbers into it, each number corresponding to a hand sign.

A good memory was no match for a bad pen. It was safer to record them directly.

"The hand signs are only one part of it. You also need the Chakra of our Uzumaki clan to work with them. Otherwise, the Explosive Tags inside will be triggered and ignite, blasting everything to pieces."

After completing the seal-release hand signs, Masahiko Uzumaki gave one final reminder.

He had indeed left a safeguard back then. He had thought that even if Uzushio Hidden Village fell, his elder sister would be the one to open them, so they would not fall into outsiders' hands. Yet who could have expected that it still had not been enough? He even had to personally teach someone how to undo the seals. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Damn brat!