Cherry Ink spoke that name in a very casual tone.
It seemed Cherry Ink did not want to say much about the matter.
Yanbai did not press him. Knowing whose child Junrin Senju was would suffice.
Seeing that Yanbai asked no further questions, Cherry Ink quickly changed the subject. He said Kirigakure had taken advantage of Konoha's war against the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning to attack the Land of Whirlpools.
The Uzumaki Clan, who had been gloating and planning to watch from the sidelines, had been forced into a war to defend themselves.
Konoha High Command followed Yanbai's instructions and refrained from readily sending reinforcements. Moreover, Yanbai had instructed Konoha's publicity department to deliberately paint a tragic, heroic picture of the fighting against the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, making the entire shinobi world believe Konoha and the Land of Fire were struggling desperately to resist.
Just like that, Konoha had plenty of excuses not to "support" the Uzumaki Clan.
The Uzumaki Clan had no face left to ask for help again, either.
In Yanbai's own words: the Uzumaki Clan lacked the courage and conviction to rule independently. Whenever something happened, they relied entirely on others, yet refused to pay the corresponding price. Freeloading required strength. At the slightest unexpected turn, the Uzumaki Clan would be the first to collapse.
Looking across the entire shinobi world, the Uzumaki Clan's most awkward problem was that they were neither strong nor weak. They were not strong enough to stand like Konoha, nor weak enough to be an ordinary small clan within a shinobi village.
Stuck in the middle, inferior to those above yet better off than those below-that was the Uzumaki Clan's greatest source of anguish.
If the entire Uzumaki Clan joined Konoha, their strength