The Last Uzumaki of the Ninja World

The plot unfolded exactly as in his previous life.

"Fox! Hold the rear!"

After breaking through the Cloud Ninja's defense line, the Black Gorilla Squad Commander once again ordered Yagami to cover the retreat.

Yagami turned, predicted the movements of two Cloud Ninjas, cut them down, then carefully watched the Cloud Ninja Squad Leader not far away.

The Cloud Ninja Squad Leader's attention was drawn to Yagami again.

He charged, leaped, and brought his blade down in a vertical slash.

The sword style shifted mid-air, changing from a downward chop to a horizontal cut.

Clang!

The sound of striking iron rang out.

Yagami's ninja sword blocked the Cloud Ninja's blade.

The Cloud Ninja's face changed drastically. He trained in Cloud Style Swordsmanship daily, his strikes unpredictable and hard to read—how could this Konoha Anbu block them so easily?

The horizontal sweep turned into a downward thrust.

Clang!

The forward thrust became an upward slash.

Clang!

His ears filled with the ringing of metal, the Cloud Ninja burned with inexplicable rage.

Had this Konoha Anbu specifically studied him? Why was he so familiar with his sword techniques?

A stalemate, no disadvantage—Yagami felt greatly reassured.

Do you know what clang-clang-clang means?

Clang-clang-clang means... every single one of your strikes, I've seen through.

Yagami glanced left and right, searching for a place to hide.

When the Cloud Ninja struck next, Yagami didn't parry. He feigned a retreat and jumped through the window of a house behind him.

The Cloud Ninja rejoiced. In a cramped space, his Cloud Style Swordsmanship was even sharper.

Flexible joints and muscles suited small-scale dodging and maneuvering.

Without hesitation, the Cloud Ninja also leaped through the window into the house.

Once inside, he saw the Konoha Ninja forming Hand Seals.

Fast! He had to be fast! Faster than the Konoha Anbu's jutsu!

His ninja sword thrust straight forward.

But it stopped three centimeters from Yagami's chest.

In the unseen room, a curse seal crawled up the Cloud Ninja's legs, waist, and arms, locking all his joints.

The seal couldn't last long. Yagami surged forward, grabbed the sword he'd just stabbed into the ground, and drove it through the Cloud Ninja's heart.

Pulling out the ninja sword, Yagami casually picked up a handkerchief from the nearby table and wiped the blood from the blade.

The feel under the handkerchief was terrible. After clashing swords with the Cloud Ninja, the edge had several nicks.

After this fight, he needed to replace his sword quickly.

The reason ninjas were poor was that weapon consumption ate up most of their expenses. To survive, no one dared skimp on their gear.

A good ninja sword cost a fortune—tens of thousands of ryo.

Kunai were much cheaper; a single Kunai only cost a few thousand ryo.

Ninja swords were weapons for rich ninjas; Kunai were for poor ones.

Cloud Ninjas were all richer than Konoha Ninjas—it was infuriating.

Yagami sniffed the air, catching a very fragrant smell.

He finally turned to look at the room.

Inside were two corpses, a mother and daughter.

Both had their throats slit, two large pools of blood staining the floor.

The fragrance came from the stove.

A chicken was stewing there.

Yagami lifted the lid, and the aroma hit him.

The broth had long since dried up. The bottom of the chicken was a bit charred, but the top was still fine.

He grabbed a drumstick and stuffed it into his mouth—what a treat.

Soldier Pills were garbage. Being able to eat a hot chicken on the battlefield boosted his confidence by several notches.

After finishing half the chicken in the dark room and wiping the grease from his mouth, Yagami finally jumped back out.

Killed three people, exceeded the mission quota.

After coming out, Yagami leaped onto the rooftop and took in the squad's situation.

The Yellow Dog Squad had pushed deeper, locked in fierce battle with the Mist Ninja outside the Four Violet Flames Formation.

Those Mist Ninja were using Water Release to drain the formation's energy, churning up thick water mist.

Yagami didn't head toward the Mist Ninja. He stayed put in the rear, clearing out stragglers for the Black Gorilla Squad.

Whenever he encountered a Cloud Ninja, Yagami would lure them into a building and kill them inside with the Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal.

After killing three more Cloud Ninja, Yagami felt the Yellow Dog Squad was moving way too slow. If they didn't wrap this up soon, he'd... die of overeating.

Besides half a chicken, Yagami had already downed a pot of ribs, three rice balls, and a bowl of drunken shrimp.

The Uzu Hidden Village's drunken shrimp was well-made, but the alcohol kick was a bit strong.

On top of that, he'd scrounged up over five hundred thousand ryo, stuffed into his ninja tool pouch. He needed cash if he was going to cut loose at Tsurutsuki Izakaya later.

If they could clean out Uzu Hidden Village, he'd become filthy rich in an instant.

As Yagami's mind wandered, he glanced at the Yellow Dog Squad. He noticed only ordinary members were fighting—the Squad Leader and Squad Commanders weren't joining the battle.

At this rate, when would they ever clear out the Mist Ninja near the barrier?

Compared to Konoha Anbu, the Mist Ninja were fighting with everything they had. With their Mizukage dead, they had that desperate, grieving edge—their combat strength was sky-high.

Over ten minutes later, Yagami killed another Cloud Ninja with his swordsmanship and heard a roar behind him.

The Four Violet Flames Formation at the Uzumaki Clan shrine... broke!

The relentless Water Release had finally drained the last of the formation's energy.

At the four corners, the Uzumaki Ninja collapsed, gasping, faces pale.

The Mist Ninja charged in, slaughtering the Uzumaki Clan's women and children wholesale.

Red-haired girls were cut down one after another.

Some still wore their nightclothes; a few little girls had on cute pink dresses.

In the Mist Ninja's eyes, every red-haired Uzumaki was a murderer of the Mizukage.

Uzumaki Yuka appeared. She summoned the White Spear Heron and bound the crying Uzumaki Kushina to its leg.

"Fly! Fly to Konoha!"

The White Spear Heron took off, fast, heading northwest.

The Yellow Dog Squad Leader didn't immediately order a pursuit. He stood there, staring at the Mist Ninja nearby as they massacred the Uzumaki women.

The squad's other ninja also slowed down, letting many Mist Ninja pour into the shrine.

That attitude... it seemed one of the Yellow Dog Squad Leader's objectives was those ordinary Uzumaki women.

Yagami blocked a Cloud Ninja's blade, then turned and stabbed him dead with Cloud Style Swordsmanship.

He suddenly understood something.

For Konoha, what kind of Uzumaki Kushina was easiest to control?

Of course, one who was completely alone—the last Uzumaki in the ninja world.

If there were still many Uzumaki in the world, Kushina wouldn't devote herself wholeheartedly to Konoha. She'd naturally lean toward her own clan.

The Uzumaki Clan's extinction wasn't just something the Mist Ninja had to accomplish—it was what the Cloud Ninja wanted, and now it also served Konoha's interests.

Konoha couldn't have a second Uzumaki. The ninja world shouldn't have a second Uzumaki. That way, Uzumaki Kushina had no other choice.

Only then could the Nine-Tails be safely entrusted to her.

In the original story, Nagato and his parents were in the Land of Rain; Karin and her parents were in the Land of Grass. It was possible that the Uzumaki survivors in the Land of Fire had long been secretly executed by Konoha Anbu.

The White Spear Heron carried Uzumaki Kushina far away. One Anbu squad gave chase.

On Uzumaki Kushina's back was a massive scroll, like Uzu Hidden Village's Forbidden Scroll.

One Konoha Anbu squad took the lead in chasing after Uzumaki Kushina.

The Cloud Ninja saw the Uzu Hidden Village's Forbidden Scroll and chased after it too.

The Yellow Dog Squad didn't move. They stayed outside the shrine, fighting the Mist Ninja in a battle that was neither intense nor easy.

The Mist Ninja ahead even charged into the shrine's main hall, killing freely.

A squad of Uzumaki female ninja formed up and also fled northwest, Uzumaki Yuka among them.

Only when the Mist Ninja pursued that squad of Uzumaki female ninja did the Yellow Dog Squad follow.