Splash...
Massive waves struck the shore, kicking up countless splashes of water and flying sand.
The wind rolled the remnants of the waves, bringing forth thousands of pale white crests.
On the eastern pier of Whirlpool Country, the current head of the Uzumaki Clan, Uzumaki Ashina, wore a cyan combat robe with a blue layered battle armor over it, two three-foot curved blades strapped to his back.
Due to his advanced age, Ashina's mop of red hair had turned completely white, but a pair of hawk-like eyes on his wrinkled face remained full of spirit as he gazed at the rising and falling tides before him, his thoughts immersed in memories of the past.
Ashina was now over sixty years old, an age that could completely be considered a ripe old age in this day and age, and over the course of these long sixty-odd years, Uzumaki Ashina had single-handedly brought the Uzumaki Clan to a brand-new height.
As early as before Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara were born, the entire Shinobi World only had the Uchiha Clan that could be called a super-first-rate family, while the rest—like the Senju Clan, the Uzumaki Clan, and the Hyuga Clan—were merely first-rate families.
At that time, Uzumaki Ashina decisively chose a side, leading the Uzumaki Clan to ally with the Senju Clan to jointly oppose the Uchiha Clan, and once Senju Hashirama grew up, he even betrothed his own daughter to him.
Facts proved that his choice was not wrong. Under the leadership of Senju Hashirama, the Senju Clan leaped up to become the second super-first-rate family and successfully defeated their mortal enemy, the Uchiha; just as the saying went, when one man gains the Way, his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, and with the help of the Senju Clan, Uzumaki