Look, the Uzumaki Clan's Abilities!

"Calling Moon Worm, calling Moon Worm. Please respond, ver."

Fuyuki, sitting in a massage chair and looking over the accounts, froze. He replied through the same telepathic link, "This is Lord Eclipse. What can the Yin-Yang Spirit do for you? Ver."

Fuyuki's telepathy came from the contract. Anyone who had signed a Summoning Contract with him could communicate with him telepathically through it. He could also use that telepathic link as a network connection to project his will into someone else's body.

"I've arrived at Kusagakure. Is Karin the timid little girl with a head full of red hair? Ver!"

"That's right. Sign a Summoned Beast Contract with her and make her a contractor of the Land of Elemental Dawn."

The Yin-Yang Spirit sounded troubled. "Lord Moon Worm, there's something unusual about this red-haired girl. Why don't you come and see for yourself? I don't know what to do with her."

Fuyuki didn't hesitate. He projected himself through the network into the Yin-Yang Spirit's body and saw young Karin standing in front of a gravestone, tears welling in her eyes, her hands clenched into fists as she cried silently.

A person dressed as a medical ninja stood nearby, smoking impatiently and complaining to a colleague that without Karin's mother, their workload would increase again.

"If you don't want to work, then go die. Worthless trash like you doesn't deserve to live in this world. Your existence only drives up the price of rice."

Black chains lashed out like venomous snakes, sending the man who had been complaining about Karin's mother's death flying a hundred meters. The Yin-Yang Spirit, dressed in black robes and wearing a mask, dropped from a tree and instantly wiped out the medical ninja team.

"As medical ninjas, you don't even have the most basic professional ethics. You rely on the Uzumaki bloodline to heal injured ninjas. I truly don't understand why Kusagakure's leaders keep you around. Or perhaps your leaders are just as worthless as you are?!"

For the first time, Fuyuki felt genuine anger. Since the day he was born, the most he'd ever felt was impatience.

But he had to admit, the medical ninjas of Kusagakure had a real talent for provoking people. Just a few words were enough to ignite his fury.

"You..."

Karin was stunned. She instinctively backed away, wanting to get as far as she could from the terrifying man in black, whose back had sprouted several chains and who had just killed Kusagakure's hospital leaders in an instant.

"Why are you afraid? These are the Adamantine Sealing Chains, the very ability our Uzumaki Clan relies on to survive! Even if you've never seen the Adamantine Sealing Chains, surely your elders have told you about this bloodline ability?"

Fuyuki didn't approach Karin rashly. He was afraid he'd frightened her with what he'd just done.

So he stayed where he was, planning to talk her out of fearing him before taking her away from Kusagakure.

The Adamantine Sealing Chains were famous. Only members of the Uzumaki Clan with the purest blood could use them.

"Use your Mind's Eye to sense me. Chakra is the bridge that connects our Uzumaki Clan!"

Pure-blooded Uzumaki could not only awaken the secret art hidden in their bloodline, the Adamantine Sealing Chains, but also use the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to sense another person's chakra and determine whether they were lying!

The Uzumaki Clan's Sage Body was ridiculously overpowered. First, they had the Adamantine Sealing Chains, which could both attack and defend. Then they had the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, which could sense chakra from dozens of kilometers away. With enough fine control, they could even identify someone by their chakra and tell whether they were lying.

And that wasn't all. They came with their own healers. The Uzumaki Sage Body had an ability called Physical Healing, which could restore injuries by biting someone's skin. Its healing power was no weaker than that of a top medical ninja giving it everything they had.

Combined with the vitality granted by the Sage Body, Uzumaki Clan members were stronger than strong. Sadly, there were too few pure-blooded members. Otherwise, the Land of Whirlpools would never have been destroyed.

The Uzumaki Clan members who escaped the war that destroyed their country were mostly those whose elders had fought desperately to save them. They had purer blood, and their elders had hoped they could carry on the Uzumaki Clan.

Hearing Fuyuki's words, Karin glanced back as she fled. The masked man hadn't followed her; he was still standing motionless where he'd been. Gritting her teeth, Karin stopped running, closed her eyes, and activated the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to sense him!

In truth, the moment she saw the black chains, she'd already begun to suspect who he was.

Only the Uzumaki Clan could grow chains from their backs, but she hadn't dared approach a powerful ninja without caution.

Still, the masked man didn't seem to bear her any strong ill will.

If... if he really is an Uzumaki, he can save me from this hell called Kusagakure.

Her perception activated. The masked man's chakra was so vast it was almost unbelievable. Karin had only ever felt anything like it from her mother, back when she was still healthy. The second thing she sensed was that the masked man felt both incredibly warm and extremely cold. But Karin knew this was simply the nature of his chakra, not a sign that he meant her harm.

It was chakra of the utmost Yin and Yang.

"You..." Karin opened her eyes and saw that the masked man hadn't moved an inch. "Can you save me? Can you take me away?"

"If I weren't here for you, do you think there's anything in this Kusagakure that could interest me?" Fuyuki glanced at Karin's mother's grave and shook his head. "I'm afraid I still came too late. She's been dead for quite some time."

"Come on. Kusagakure isn't where you belong. You don't even have the most basic dignity here, and I don't think a bunch of trash have any right to lecture an Uzumaki." Fuyuki held out his hand, waiting for Karin to come take it.

Helping the unfortunate members of the Uzumaki Clan was a goal Fuyuki had always held dear!

The Uzumaki Clan's chakra really was delicious!

Karin approached one step at a time. She went from being cautious to running into Fuyuki's arms in just ten seconds.

"Save me, please!"

"Mm." Fuyuki took Karin's hand and led her toward the village. "Before we leave, we should thank the trash in Kusagakure. Our Uzumaki Clan cares a lot about its reputation in the Ninja World. We always repay kindness with kindness."

"No, there are too many people from Kusagakure!" Karin was a little afraid. She worried that the masked Uzumaki would do something rash.

"Karin, you're still young. You might not understand the difference between a ninja and a god. But remember: people's bodies are different. There was once a dancing king who, in a state of supreme ecstasy, summoned more than twenty Susanoo and wiped out his enemies in seconds."

Beneath his mask, Fuyuki's expression was utterly calm. The Yin-Yang Spirit still had a third of its Chakra Candy left. Destroying Kusagakure wasn't realistic, but swaggering through the village with Karin was easy. Today, he was going to walk straight through Kusagakure and see who dared stop him!

He refused to believe anyone in Kusagakure could withstand a Mini-Tailed Beast Bomb!

And if someone really could, his Ancestor would warn them with a space-bending Yomotsu Hirasaka and an Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!

Fuyuki led Karin into Kusagakure. The graveyard where Karin had been standing wasn't actually part of the village. Outsiders weren't allowed to be buried in Kusagakure, even if they'd saved many of its ninjas. Karin's mother had always been an outsider. She wasn't allowed!

"Karin! Who's he?!"

As they entered Kusagakure, the ninja guarding the gate frowned and snapped at her.

"Me? Well... you can call me Eclipse, or Uzumaki Lelouch. I like my little sister!"

There were three updates today, too, but the third one might not come out until midnight.