Waterfall Ninja, Offer Up Your Hearts

"Can you be more specific?"

"Powerful corpses? A resurrection secret technique? What exactly are you talking about?" Uchiha Yan pressed.

Toji offered no further explanation. He simply said, "When the time comes, I'll notify you. You only need to wait."

He estimated that the First Shinobi World War would break out within half a year at the latest. By then, Uchiha Yan would have plenty of opportunities to join the war and draw enemy fire.

"Take this."

Toji sealed the reanimated Tomoaki into a sealing scroll, then tossed Uchiha Yan the rubbing of the Cat Curse Mark that had been left behind when Matsumoto Kazuka died.

"This is...?"

"A special Curse Mark that lets a ninja temporarily gain cat-like traits. I've recorded all the instructions and methods inside. Use it on your people if necessary."

After giving his instructions, Toji did not rush to leave the cave.

He lowered his head and looked at his lower abdomen—the Four Symbols Seal there was far too conspicuous.

Having a Four Symbols Seal on his lower abdomen before marriage was no big deal, but after marriage, the person sharing his bed would inevitably see his body.

It was too obvious, like discovering a succubus mark on his lower abdomen on his wedding day. No questions needed to be asked to know there was a story behind it. Even the most love-addled person would realize something was seriously wrong.

The traces of this seal had to be erased.

Toji sat down cross-legged, slowly closed his eyes, and began trying to alter the seal formula of the Four Symbols Seal, turning it into something similar to the Yin Seal.

While Toji was altering the Four Symbols Seal—

Another group arrived at Akatsuki Ninja Village.

A Kumogakure spy team had infiltrated the village. They had come