Ramui

Senju Ancestral Home

"N-no way... an old woman with one foot in the grave actually..."

The Kumogakure ninja wore looks of disbelief. Their orders had been to cause chaos in Konoha, buying Lord B time to seize the kekkei genkai and the future jinchūriki in the forest.

But their orders hadn't forbidden them from taking the opportunity to plunder valuable resources for their village, either. So they had set their sights on the former residence of Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage hailed as the God of Shinobi—the Senju Ancestral Home.

Yet the moment they set foot there, an immensely powerful surge of chakra pressed down on them, leaving them struggling to breathe. When they barely managed to raise their heads and see who stood before them, the shock on their faces refused to fade!

That red hair—there was no mistaking it. She had to be Hashirama Senju's wife, Mito Uzumaki!

"Damn it, didn't they say Mito Uzumaki had already handed the Nine-Tails over to that brat named Ryuuzaki Eiji? Was the intel fake?"

But how could they explain the massive explosion from Konoha Forest earlier?

If that hadn't been a jinchūriki's attack, what else could it have been?

Surely that brat's kekkei genkai couldn't have caused such destruction?

Mito Uzumaki fixed the intruders before her with a piercing stare.

"You dare invade the place where Hashirama and I lived? Since the Warring States Period, very few have dared treat me with such disrespect. Are you prepared to pay the price?"

Her stern tone, coupled with that overwhelming, domineering chakra, sent the Kumogakure ninja retreating step after step.

Bubble, bubble...

Red chakra bubbles gradually rose around Mito Uzumaki's body as the power of the Nine-Tails within her began to stir restlessly.

Inside Mito Uzumaki's mental world, the Nine-Tails' head, limbs, and