The mission to reinforce the Land of Whirlpools was extremely urgent; less than half a day passed between receiving the assignment and setting out.
Tsunade was conspicuously among the group, her expression grave.
As the granddaughter of Hashirama Senju and Uzumaki Mito, part of her bloodline came from the Uzumaki Clan as well.
With the Land of Whirlpools under attack, she had to go, both emotionally and logically!
Thinking back to her grandmother Mito's instructions before she left, Tsunade clenched her fists.
"Sunagakure, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure..."
Tsunade bitterly recited the names of those ninja villages. Every last one of them had taken part in this invasion!
When they stopped to rest along the way, Mikoto could not help but feel puzzled.
Judging by the Land of Whirlpools' location, it lay far from the battlefield. Mikoto simply could not understand why anyone would target such a small country.
Tsunade did not understand it either. The only explanation she could think of was retaliation.
Unable to gain any advantage against them on the main battlefield, their enemies could only resort to this underhanded sneak attack on the Land of Whirlpools as revenge!
Jo, who was resting beside Tsunade, had more deductions of his own.
The core reason those ninja villages had invaded the Land of Whirlpools was likely the Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques.
The Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques were renowned throughout the ninja world. They could be called the best choice for sealing tailed beasts.
The sealing techniques other ninja villages used for their tailed beasts were mostly mediocre, nowhere near as effective as Konoha's.
Now that Konoha was fighting fiercely on the front lines and its rear was left vulnerable, those villages had been given the perfect opportunity to strike.
Every ninja village that possessed tailed beasts wanted the Uzumaki Clan's