Taking Hikari, who had already recovered, they headed toward a city in the Land of Whirlpools.
After Chiri's brief explanation, Yuan Ming already knew that the Third Mizukage had been freed from the genjutsu and had switched sides to help them.
When he heard this news,
Uchiha Genmei was delighted:
"Excellent. Now I can really make good use of this."
Swallowing up the Uzumaki Clan wouldn't be easy.
If they had a choice, they'd most likely rather stick with their closer relatives... the Forest of Senju.
He'd already planned to take them by force. This was like a pillow arriving just as he was getting sleepy.
"Let's go see the Third Mizukage first."
"Hm? Yuan Ming... see the Third Mizukage first?" Uchiha Chiri asked, her eyes full of confusion. "Shouldn't we reassure the Uzumaki Clan first?"
"Don't overthink it. You'll understand soon."
Before long, with the ninjas moving at a swift pace,
Uchiha Genmei and the others...
arrived before the Third Mizukage.
He looked around at the Mist Ninja, who stood obediently surrounded by the Uchiha.
Uchiha Genmei was pleased. These Mist Ninja were quite well-behaved.
Then—
he spoke directly to the long-haired man before him:
"Lord Mizukage, I am Uchiha Genmei, currently the head of the Uchiha Clan."
The Third Mizukage slowly nodded in acknowledgment, his heart filled with mixed feelings.
As a ninja who had lived through the Warring States era, he knew better than anyone just how powerful Uchiha Madara was.
Not to mention... until recently,
he had been controlled by Madara's ocular powers for a long time.
Now, seeing a ninja who could rival Uchiha Madara—and who was himself an Uchiha—left him feeling somewhat bitter.
As the leader of a village, his ability to sense chakra might not match that of a ninja who specialized in