Konoha-Takahashi Farm
It was already the third day since Uzumaki Shui Ling had exhausted her life force and closed her eyes.
For this Uzumaki elder whose life had been plagued by hardship, Takahashi Yū had chosen a resting place beside the mountains and water, with an open view.
The outline of the Farm Estate could even be seen in the distance.
Not many people attended Uzumaki Shui Ling's funeral. Those present were all people relatively close to Takahashi Yū.
Mizuki Uzumaki and the two little redheads sobbed uncontrollably. This Uzumaki elder had, quite literally, used her life to bring them out of the flames of war and fight for a chance for them to survive.
Kushina also stood silently to one side.
There were no speeches, no ceremony. White-haired Uzumaki Shui Ling simply lay peacefully in a coffin covered in seals.
Takahashi Yū shoveled the first scoop of earth, and the others hurried forward to help, piling up the grave.
Nawaki respectfully knelt and touched his forehead to the ground before the grave. The seal on his abdomen had already become an Eight Trigrams Seal composed of two Four Symbols Seals.
This seal could convert the Nine-Tails Chakra leaking between the Four Symbols Seals into Nawaki's own chakra.
It opened a channel connecting Nine-Tails to the outside world. No one knew what Shui Ling had seen inside the seal, but after completing everything, she had departed with a smile.
With one arm, Takahashi Yū held the two weeping little redheads against his chest. They buried their heads in his embrace, crying so hard they could barely breathe.
With his other hand, he led Mizuki out of this place shrouded in a heavy atmosphere.
Even Simba trailed slowly behind everyone with his tail drooping.
Takahashi Yū did not know how to