The Uzumaki Clan's New Generation Clan Leader was remarkably obstinate. After learning of Yanbai's response from Mito Uzumaki, he loudly condemned Konoha Shinobi Village and decided to muster all the forces in the Land of Whirlpools to face the coming war alone.
Yanbai respected him as a complete moron, then put the Uzumaki Clan out of his mind.
Moral blackmail?
Yanbai never cared what others thought of him. He had no morals, so moral blackmail couldn't touch him.
The Uzumaki Clan had failed to get a free ride and lashed out in humiliation, and its clan leader was leading the entire population of the Land of Whirlpools to their deaths. What did that have to do with Yanbai? He was just a stingy old man living alone.
Yanbai's stance mattered enormously. If even he wouldn't help the Uzumaki Clan, then Konoha Shinobi Village-and indeed the entire Land of Fire-certainly wouldn't dare interfere.
If the Land of Whirlpools couldn't withstand the other countries' joint assault, it was truly doomed.
Since the end of the Warring States Period-or even during it-the Uzumaki Clan had barely participated in any wars.
The Uzumaki Clan had always been more valuable for its vitality and reproductive potential than its fighting ability, and it was distantly related to the Senju Clan.
There should have been some affection between them.
In the past, the Senju Clan would help the Uzumaki Clan because of their distant kinship. People like Hashirama Senju and Butsuma Senju would surely have said, "The Uzumaki Clan doesn't want to be so weak, either. We're relatives, after all. We should stay in touch and help them when we ought to."
But now, Yanbai was a member of the Senju Clan who wouldn't acknowledge even his own kin.
As Yanbai saw it, the Uzumaki Clan was