The Two Sides Converge

Tokiju formed the Ram seal, and with a poof, a figure identical to him emerged from the white smoke.

The shadow clone that had been summoned naturally knew the original's thoughts, so she immediately sat cross-legged and began to connect her consciousness to Sigurd.

Soon, Sigurd rebooted, and from the surface, there was no difference from before.

At this moment, Shizune was startled when she saw Sigurd suddenly move.

Then, seeing that it was Tokiju's shadow clone controlling him, she finally relaxed.

"What an amazing puppet! It's completely incomparable to the puppet techniques of Sunagakure," Shizune remarked casually.

Tokiju, standing to the side, heard this and just smiled without saying a word, thinking to himself: Young lady, do you know what system technology is? It's soul-shaking stuff.

Focusing his gaze back on Sigurd, Tokiju asked, "How does it feel? Is there anything unusual?"

Since the shadow clone's consciousness was entirely within Sigurd, he could just ask him directly.

Sigurd heard this, carefully sensed his body, then shook his head at Tokiju and said, "There is nothing unusual; it is exactly the same as when you were controlling it."

Tokiju felt reassured and continued, "Very well, then proceed according to the plan. Find a time tomorrow to dispel it yourself; I want to see if the day's worth of information causes a significant mental impact."

Shizune, listening from the side, quickly understood Tokiju's plan and thought it was a brilliant idea.

Just as Tokiju and Sigurd were discussing the details of the plan, Tsunade's voice suddenly rang out: "Oh, so this is the puppet you were talking about? Not bad, not bad at all. It looks nothing like you, so I can rest easy."

Hearing Tsunade's voice, Tokiju immediately turned around to see Tsunade looking at Sigurd with great curiosity, while Uzumaki Miku stood obediently behind her.

Seeing Tsunade like this, Tokiju cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, let's talk about Sigurd later."

"The most important thing right now is Miku's physical condition. Big Sister, tell me, how is she doing?"

Tsunade heard this and immediately withdrew her gaze from Sigurd, saying, "Her external injuries have mostly healed, but her internal vitality is severely depleted. If she wants to give birth to a healthy child, she will need a long period of medicinal and nutritional supplementation."

As she spoke, Tsunade pressed a hand onto Tokiju's head and praised, "I have to mention your miraculous Starlight here. It not only healed her external wounds but even stabilized her internal depletion; otherwise, this would have been truly difficult to handle."

Uzumaki Miku's body had been depleted for too long. If she weren't pregnant, it would have been fine; she would just need a few years of slow recovery.

But she was pregnant now, and pregnancy itself requires absorbing sufficient nutrients to provide for the fetus.

Furthermore, a woman consumes a massive amount of energy during childbirth.

Given Uzumaki Miku's current physical state, even with ten months of recuperation, she wouldn't be able to return to a healthy state.

Giving birth in this condition would inevitably consume her future lifespan.

But now, thanks to the nourishment of the Starlight, Uzumaki Miku's body was slowly recovering.

Coupled with the powerful constitution of the Uzumaki Clan, she would be able to fully recover her health with just five or six months of proper care.

Thinking of this, Tsunade was once again shocked by the Starlight that Tokiju summoned.

Ever since she received the Starlight blessing that day, she felt that the amount of chakra in her body was increasing every day, as if she had entered a second youth.

If it continued to increase at this rate for a few years, she might be able to use the Strength of a Hundred Technique and Creation Rebirth without even needing to open the Yin Seal in the future.

After hearing Tsunade's words, the silent Uzumaki Miku also looked at Tokiju with gratitude.

She had already heard about her physical condition from Tsunade earlier, knowing that without Tokiju, she might have died shortly after giving birth.

Therefore, she was extremely grateful to Tokiju for allowing her to accompany her child as they grew up with a healthy body.

Tokiju was naturally well aware of Uzumaki Miku's gratitude; this was the result he had wanted all along.

The Uzumaki Clan, especially those with excellent bloodlines, were incredibly useful.

Just look at Sunny Sasuke; if it weren't for Karin, he would have died eight hundred times over.

(Sunny Sasuke, specifically referring to Sasuke during the Five Kage Summit.)

Moreover, with Uzumaki Miku as a member of the Uzumaki Clan, Tokiju could better swindle sealing technique scrolls from Kushina.

Although Uzumaki Mito had given him a large amount of sealing technique data before Tokiju was summoned into the sealing space, Tokiju had been too young at the time, and some of the more dangerous sealing techniques were not given to him.

Therefore, although Tokiju's current attainments in sealing techniques were high, he knew very little about soul-level sealing techniques and really needed to delve into them.

Although his mental age was quite advanced, he could not escape the fact that his body was only six years old.

A six-year-old body made adults subconsciously think he was still young and unsuitable for receiving dangerous knowledge.

Therefore, to obtain the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, Tokiju had to find another way.

Pulling back his wandering thoughts, Tokiju looked at Tsunade again and asked, "So, Big Sister, what do you plan to do next?"

Hearing Tokiju's question, Tsunade answered without hesitation: "Of course, we're going back to Konoha. Only Konoha has enough medicinal herbs to buy."

"Eh, Lady Tsunade, are we going back to Konoha?"

Before Tokiju could react to Tsunade's words, Shizune was the first to lose her composure, hurriedly asking with excitement.

Ever since she was promoted to Chunin, she had been taken away from Konoha by Tsunade, and three or four years had already passed.

She naturally missed her hometown very much.

It was fortunate that Tokiju didn't know Shizune's thoughts; otherwise, he would definitely have retorted: Young lady, you're happy too early. If it weren't for my own reasons, you would still be drifting out there with your master for another dozen years.

Tsunade nodded at Shizune and instructed, "Shizune, go to the nearest town and see if there are any carriages or anything of the sort. If there are, hire one, and we will wait for you here."

Hearing this, Shizune nodded happily and hurriedly replied, "Understood, Lady Tsunade. I will go handle it right away."

Seeing Shizune turn to leave, Tokiju quickly called out to her, saying, "Sister Shizune, take Hikari with you. It's better to have each other for support."

Shizune nodded at his words, then left the room without looking back, giving off the impression that she couldn't wait to get going.

After Shizune had departed, Tsunade looked at Tokiju and said, "Come out with me. I have something I need to ask you."