"His name was 'Nameless.' It didn't say what abilities he had, only briefly recorded that his abilities were so terrifying that the Senju Clan plotted against him and had him sealed in a valley.
"So much time has passed that even we no longer have any information on him."
"Since it's been so long, is he still alive today?" Seiichi was filled with questions.
As time quietly passed, even the clan's own records had gradually vanished into the river of history. Was this person still alive now?
"According to the surviving records, he was so powerful that ordinary Sealing Jutsu probably couldn't hold him.
"So dozens of Sealing Jutsu experts from the Senju and Uzumaki clans worked together to cast a super Sealing Jutsu, finally managing to seal him away.
"However, that Sealing Jutsu has since been lost. But judging by the records, it could not only seal off space, but also freeze time.
"That was why Nameless's consciousness and physical development were both frozen at that instant."
Shana took a sip of tea, then continued.
"And the records clearly stated that this jutsu had both advantages and disadvantages.
"The advantage was that, without outside interference, Nameless himself wouldn't realize he had been sealed, nor would there be any possibility of him breaking the seal and escaping on his own.
"However, that was also its disadvantage.
"Because space and time were sealed, Nameless would be unable to age and eventually die inside it.
"Whatever state he was in before being sealed, he would remain exactly the same when the seal was lifted.
"Ah... Not only was he forgotten by his own clansmen, he even became someone forgotten by time itself!"
As Shana mentioned this unknown clansman, he could not help feeling a surge of emotion.
"To us, those are all advantages! This clansman won't be tormented by endless time or harmed by its merciless passage.
"Give me the address!"
Seiichi placed great importance on his clansmen.
As long as you weren't a coldhearted, ungrateful clansman like Obito, Seiichi would never be stingy with his warmth toward you.
Now that he knew, he would certainly set off to rescue him immediately.
"This is the location of the sealing site."
Shana handed Seiichi a slip of paper.
Seiichi unfolded it and took a look. There was a line of writing inside—an address.
Shana had also prepared a detailed map of the Shinobi World for Seiichi. He carefully spread it flat on the table and pointed to a particular spot, gesturing for Seiichi to look closely.
The place was quite far from Konoha, in the southeastern corner of the Land of Fire, almost bordering the Land of Bears.
"Are you really sure it's here?" Seiichi asked doubtfully.
"Not completely, but judging by the historical records we have and the address left behind, this location should be correct. As long as those records aren't wrong, the address won't be wrong either." Shana was quite frank.
Sigh...
Yet with that soft sigh, Shana was suddenly the only one left in the tearoom, while that inexplicable sigh seemed to have no source at all.
Seiichi's instantaneous movement differed from the ordinary Body Flicker Technique.
Apart from making some noise when he landed, he was almost completely silent while moving.
People could only see a dark shape suddenly flash into view, and before they could get a clear look, it would vanish without a trace again.
The effect of this instantaneous movement was like giving other people a "physical illusion"!
After a long stretch of constant flickering and instantaneous movement, Seiichi finally reached his destination.
"This is a fucking valley?!" Seiichi stood at the foot of the mountain, staring up in astonishment at the towering peak before him as it pierced the clouds and thrust into the sky. He fell completely silent.
He took a deep breath, his Eye Power surging sharply, and called out in a low voice, "Susanoo!"
With a blaze of light, an enormous purplish-black Susanoo appeared.
Yet astonishingly, this towering Susanoo did not even reach half the height of the mountain before it!
Seiichi paid no attention to such minor details. He controlled Susanoo and flew into the air, gazing into the distance to get a clear look at his surroundings.
As far as he could see, apart from the solitary peak before him, the surroundings were nothing but a vast, boundless plain, as flat as a mirror. He could not even find a small pit.
For such a majestic mountain to suddenly rise from a plain like this might not have been all that unusual.
And it also seemed reasonable enough for a tall mountain to happen to stand at the sealing site.
However, when this extraordinarily out-of-place mountain stood on the plain where the seal was located, everything became unusual.
That sense of incongruity gave Seiichi a clue.
Could this mountain be a signpost?!
At that thought, Seiichi's eyes lit up. He already had a plan.
He acted at once. It was just a mountain. If it was gone, it was gone. It wasn't his, so he wouldn't feel bad about it.
Seiichi reached out and closed his hand around an imaginary sword at his waist.
Susanoo mirrored Seiichi's movements, reaching out to grasp Shusui Parting Clouds at its waist. With a flick of its wrist, the blade leaped from its sheath like a dragon bursting from the sea.
Seiichi lightly ran his fingers along the blade. Although Susanoo could not feel its cold surface or sharp edge, that did not stop the corners of his mouth from lifting slightly.
Then he swung his arm sharply, the blade tracing an arc through the air and whipping up a fierce gust.
In an instant, a layer of purplish-red light rose over the blade, as dazzling as blazing flames.
Of course, that flashy move was really just some flourish Seiichi had added himself in a bout of adolescent theatrics.
In reality, there was no need to go to such trouble to unleash this move. He only had to will it and activate his Eye Power.
The next moment, Susanoo responded with the same movement as Seiichi.
Like a god of war descended to earth, it stood imposingly in place, holding Shusui Parting Clouds.
Then Susanoo began swinging its long blade wildly, sending waves of incomparably fierce blade energy flying toward the mountain as densely as raindrops.
For a moment, the entire space was filled with blade energy and the piercing shrieks of it slicing through the air.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...
The blade energy struck the mountain again and again, setting off a series of earth-shaking explosions.
Smoke immediately filled the area and dust billowed into the air, as though the end of the world had arrived.
Seiichi kept swinging his blade like this, venting the frustration in his heart.
However, after some time, he suddenly stopped.
Looking at the mountain he had hacked full of holes, he suddenly felt like such an idiot.
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