The Door-Door Fruit was indeed a support-type fruit, and its power had no offensive traits of its own. How strong it was depended entirely on the strength of its user.
If Garp had a Door-Door Fruit, the manga Pirate King might have to be renamed Marine King.
If it had to be compared to a Ninjutsu from Hokage, the Door-Door Fruit was equivalent to the Six Paths Power technique Yomotsu Hirasaka!
It could create a space anywhere that its user could enter and leave at will. It was much stronger than another Space-Time Ninjutsu, Kamui, and could be considered a Pirate Version Yomotsu Hirasaka.
More specifically, the Door-Door Fruit was an improved version of Yomotsu Hirasaka.
After all, the Door-Door Fruit attacked very quickly, a fundamental difference from Yomotsu Hirasaka, which needed a long charge time to activate.
The Door-Door Fruit could even achieve the effects of another Space-Time Ninjutsu, Flying Thunder God.
Spatial teleportation, for example, as well as diverting enemy attacks. Anything Flying Thunder God could do, the Door-Door Fruit could do too, and it was even more convenient.
After all, Flying Thunder God required a mark, while the Door-Door Fruit did not. As long as Ziyun wanted to, he could teleport anywhere.
With such a generous reward, Ziyun was determined to complete this mission.
After arranging Mikoto's residence in the Yeyue Clan, Ziyun set off for the Land of Whirlpools with Kushina Uzumaki without taking any rest.
To be safe, Ziyun told no one about the trip except the Third Raikage, who was still recovering from his injuries.
The Third Raikage said nothing else, only telling Ziyun to be careful.
With Ziyun's current strength, no one could catch him as long as he wanted to escape. That was also why the Third Raikage felt reassured.
"Ziyun, thank you for coming to the Land of Whirlpools with me. You didn't have to."
Kushina was deeply moved that Ziyun was accompanying her to the Land of Whirlpools.
He had just fought a major battle with Konoha, yet he was going with her to the Land of Whirlpools without resting at all.
Ziyun had no real connection to the Uzumaki Clan and had no need to go to such trouble, so Kushina was deeply touched.
"It's all right... I don't want to see the Uzumaki Clan wiped out like this either."
Ziyun didn't explain to Kushina that he was accompanying her to the Land of Whirlpools because of the mission reward.
He was getting a favor for free, and from Kushina Uzumaki at that. Wasn't that great?
The two then set out for the Land of Whirlpools.
The Land of Whirlpools was an island nation. It was small and not very powerful, and it didn't even have a ninja village.
But because the famous Uzumaki Clan lived there, the Land of Whirlpools was considered a peaceful country.
Hidden Cloud Village happened to be situated so that they could travel directly to the Land of Whirlpools by sea, so Ziyun and Kushina arrived in less than half a day.
With Kushina leading the way, the two soon reached the Uzumaki Clan grounds.
"Lady Kushina! It's Lady Kushina!"
"Quick... quick, go tell the clan leader."
When they arrived at the gates of the Uzumaki Clan grounds, the two Uzumaki Clan Members guarding the entrance recognized Kushina at once. Overjoyed, they hurried to inform the Uzumaki Clan Head.
Ziyun, meanwhile, had already used his fruit power to assume someone else's appearance rather than show his true face, so he didn't attract the Uzumaki Clan Members' attention.
After all, he had made a name for himself. With the Uzumaki Clan being allies of Konoha, they would certainly be wary of him if he showed his real face.
Ziyun didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble either.
Soon, upon hearing Kushina's name, the Uzumaki Clan Head, Zō Uzumaki, came jogging out.
"Kushina, why are you back? Weren't you taken away by the people from Hidden Cloud Village?"
As soon as he saw Kushina, Zō Uzumaki gave his granddaughter a big hug.
When he first heard that Kushina had defected with Hidden Cloud Village, he had been very worried, thinking he would never see her again in his lifetime.
He hadn't expected to see her again so soon.
"Lord Yeyue Ziyun, the hero of Hidden Cloud Village, ordered me to escort Kushina back."
"After all, she was sent to Konoha Village to succeed Mito Uzumaki as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Lord Ziyun thought that was a tragedy, so he brought Kushina out of Konoha."
Ziyun, still disguised, said shamelessly from the side.
"Thank Yeyue Ziyun of Hidden Cloud Village for me," Zō Uzumaki said with a nod, his favorable impression of Ziyun improving somewhat.
In fact, Zō Uzumaki hadn't wanted to send his own granddaughter to Konoha to become a Jinchūriki either, but he had no choice if he wanted to avoid offending Konoha.
He hadn't expected Kushina to come back after all that. He supposed he owed Hidden Cloud Village a favor.
Kushina wasted no time and said, "Grandpa, I received word that the Uzumaki Clan may well be destroyed soon."
Without beating around the bush, Kushina came straight out and said that the Uzumaki Clan was going to be destroyed.
Zō Uzumaki's expression immediately turned serious.
"Silly child, what are you saying? The Uzumaki Clan is doing just fine. How could we be destroyed?"
"Grandpa, has Konoha sent anyone to ask you for Sealing Jutsu recently?"
Kushina abruptly changed the subject and asked.
Of course, Ziyun had told her to ask all this beforehand. Otherwise, how could a six-year-old kid like Kushina know about such things?
"They have. They've come four or five times in the past few days, saying they want us to hand over our Sealing Jutsu to deal with Yeyue Ziyun, because only Sealing Jutsu can deal with him."
Zō Uzumaki didn't think anything was amiss and told her the details.
After all, he had nothing to hide from his own granddaughter.
"Then did you hand it over, Grandpa?"
"Of course not. How could we casually hand over secret techniques that our livelihood depends on?"
Zō Uzumaki smiled faintly.
"That's it, then. Konoha might hold a grudge against the Uzumaki Clan because of that and wipe us all out," Kushina said in some surprise.
The way things were unfolding matched what Ziyun had told her exactly!
"Silly child, don't overthink it. I've already sent more than a dozen Uzumaki Clan Members skilled in Sealing Jutsu to Konoha. How could they hold a grudge against us? Honestly, how did one trip to Konoha fill your head with all these schemes and plots?"
Zō Uzumaki affectionately stroked Kushina's red hair, his heart aching a little for her.
Konoha, oh Konoha. His own granddaughter had spent less than half a year there, and she had turned out like this.
This time, he had to keep Kushina well hidden so the people of Konoha wouldn't find her. Otherwise, they would surely come demanding her again.
"But... Grandpa, everything I said is true." Seeing that Zō Uzumaki didn't believe her, Kushina was so anxious she was on the verge of tears.
According to Ziyun's prediction, the Uzumaki Clan would be destroyed within seven days.
"Don't think about it anymore, Kushina. The Uzumaki Clan will be fine. Someone, take Kushina back to her room."
The Uzumaki Clan Head waved a hand, feeling there was no need to say any more to Kushina.
She was only six. Her head shouldn't be full of such dark thoughts.
"Uzumaki Clan Head, I'm Yeyue Ziyun. Given the kind of men the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura are, do you think they'll simply pass up this chance to obtain the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu?"
At that moment, Ziyun resumed his true appearance before Zō Uzumaki.
He felt the time had come.
"Y-Yeyue Ziyun!"
Upon seeing Ziyun's true face, Zō Uzumaki recoiled several steps, his face filled with shock and fear.
The Uzumaki Clan Members present also couldn't help retreating several steps, their expressions grave and their guard at its highest.
A genius who possessed the power to destroy all of Konoha at just ten years old was someone anyone would be wary of.
"Don't worry, Uzumaki Clan Head. I'm not here to demand Ninjutsu from you. I'm only here to inform you that the Uzumaki Clan is very likely facing annihilation."
Ziyun spoke slowly.
"You..." Zō Uzumaki wanted to call it bullshit, but he held back.
The man before him was a Kage Level powerhouse with the strength to destroy an entire village.
If he offended him, the Uzumaki Clan really would be wiped out.
"What makes you say that, Lord Ziyun?" Zō Uzumaki used an honorific, an unusual gesture for him.
In the Shinobi World, strength reigned supreme. Zō Uzumaki's strength was Elite Jonin at best, so there was no shame in using an honorific for a Kage Level powerhouse.
Besides, Yeyue Ziyun had rescued Kushina from Konoha's clutches and personally escorted her back to the Uzumaki Clan.
All told, he owed Yeyue Ziyun a great favor.
From any perspective, the man before him deserved the honorific.
Hearing how Zō Uzumaki addressed him, Ziyun's heart stirred.
It looked like there was a chance of winning over the Uzumaki Clan.
"It's simple. Although you sent clansmen skilled in Sealing Jutsu to support them, given the kind of men Danzo Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi are, they couldn't possibly pass up this chance to obtain Sealing Jutsu."
"You should know very well, Uzumaki Clan Head, that the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu is something they dream of obtaining. I imagine this isn't just a recent matter. Konoha must have sent people to ask you for the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu plenty of times before, haven't they?"
"Under those circumstances, sending a few clansmen who know Sealing Jutsu won't satisfy their desires at all, will it?"
Ziyun spoke unhurriedly.
Hearing this, Zō Uzumaki, unusually, did not argue.
The facts were exactly as Ziyun had described.