After Uzumaki Kongming and Kushina's descriptions, Shin'yu and the others had a basic understanding of what had happened.
In recent years, although almost no one in the Shinobi World dared to directly attack the Land of Whirlpools, Uzumaki Clan Ninja who went out alone still faced varying degrees of danger. Almost every two years, members would disappear for no reason.
The entire Uzumaki Clan was furious about this, but they were helpless because they realized they couldn't do anything except be angry.
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Some people in the clan suggested seeking help from the Hidden Leaf Village, but the Hidden Leaf Village's inaction during the Uzumaki Clan's destruction had already hurt the hearts of a considerable number of clan members. Even Uzumaki Kongming, the Clan Head, had a very cold attitude towards the Hidden Leaf Village.
For the sake of survival and the future of the Uzumaki Clan, some of the elders in the clan still sent people to the Hidden Leaf Village, but the feedback they received was disappointing.
"The situation of Ninja going missing is very complicated, and it's difficult for us to handle. Which Ninja Village hasn't lost Ninja? Besides, your Land of Whirlpools is not only poor in resources, but its position in the Shinobi World is also very awkward. It's possible that they actively defected and left the Ninja Village..."
Faced with the Hidden Leaf Village's perfunctory and sloppy reply, the Uzumaki Clan was extremely angry and felt greatly humiliated.
And Uzumaki Mito, the Great Princess whom they had placed high hopes on, was now old and frail, living in seclusion in the Uzumaki Shrine all day long, not asking about worldly affairs, and entering retirement life ahead of schedule.
Out of desperation, in order to prevent similar disappearances from happening again, Uzumaki Kongming could only try to reduce the clan members' access to the outside world as much as possible, and would not go out easily unless it was absolutely necessary.
But this also caused the Land of Whirlpools to isolate itself and slowly become out of sync with the Shinobi World era.
Just a while ago, they suddenly received information about the clan members who had disappeared in previous years, and Uzumaki Haruna, as a member of the Hidden Whirlpool Village's reconnaissance team, was sent to Rain Country to find out the whereabouts of the clan members.
Before the information could be received, Haruna's three-person team directly lost contact.
Another team disappeared without a trace in the eastern sea area of the Land of Whirlpools while going out to fish.
"If that's the case..." Shin'yu stroked his chin, lost in thought.
Losing contact in Rain Country made the situation very complicated, because the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Earth all bordered this small country, and it was difficult to guess who did it.
The Hidden Stone Village was unlikely because Ōnoki knew that the Uzumaki Clan was standing behind him. This behavior was tantamount to openly challenging him unless he was tired of living.
The Hidden Sand Village had a high probability of taking action, and Shin'yu was also suspicious of the Hidden Leaf Village.
Of course, there was also the possibility that Hanzo, the leader of Rain Country, took action, but the possibility of this happening was very small. As a small country, he had neither Tailed Beasts nor strong strength to support him, so there was no reason to attack the Uzumaki Clan.
As for the team that lost contact in the eastern sea area of the Land of Whirlpools, Shin'yu could immediately determine that it was the Land of Water that did it.
Back then, although Shin'yu "righteously" took action to help the Hidden Whirlpool Village solve the Three Great Shinobi Villages' action teams, thus establishing a "friendly and mutually beneficial" relationship with the Uzumaki Clan, this did not mean that all enemies had completely let go of the Uzumaki Clan.
Although this move made the Three Great Shinobi Villages suffer, because Shin'yu only let Ōnoki escape in disgrace, only the Hidden Stone Village knew how deep the Uzumaki Clan's water was.
Under Shin'yu's invisible deterrence, this group of Stone Ninja indeed did not dare to act rashly, at least not openly against the Uzumaki Clan.
But the other two Great Shinobi Villages, which suddenly lost their Shadow, didn't know. It seemed that the cunning Ōnoki didn't publicize this news, just like the Second Earth Shadow didn't publicize Shin'yu's night attack on the Hidden Leaf Village to challenge Hashirama.
It could only be said that they were worthy of being master and disciple who had lived through the Warring States Period, and even their style was exactly the same.
This resulted in the Hidden Sand Village and the Hidden Mist Village seeing their Shadow personally leading an assassination team to the Land of Whirlpools, but all of them died overnight, and hatred arose spontaneously.
Shin'yu pondered for a moment and said to the little Kushina sitting on his lap, "Kushina, is Haruna a very important friend of yours?"
Kushina raised her small face, her voice clear, "Yes, Haruna-neechan always brings me back a lot of strange little things from outside. She's the only one who doesn't treat me like a child... It's just a pity..."
As she spoke, her eyes dimmed.
"Don't worry, I don't think her life should be in danger for the time being," Shin'yu said softly.
"Huh? Why?"
Because the living Uzumaki are more valuable... Shin'yu smiled, "Uncle has a way to save her."
As soon as these words came out, not only Kushina, but every Uzumaki in the seating area was shocked, and Uzumaki Kongming looked even more incredulous.
In their eyes, Shin'yu's status was undoubtedly no different from a savior. This kind of ability should only be used when the Uzumaki clan is on the verge of extinction, right?
"Lord Shin'yu, are you serious?" Uzumaki Kongming couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, I'm serious." Shin'yu glanced at him indifferently.
"But... but... how could such a small matter trouble you to take action..."
Kushina immediately cheered up, hugging Shin'yu's arm with her little hands, rubbing her chubby cheeks against him, "If Uncle can save Haruna-neechan, then you will be Kushina's benefactor!"
"Ah, that's not right!" She shook her head, her little eyebrows furrowed together, "You are already Kushina's benefactor, so that makes you... a super benefactor! Kushina is willing to dedicate everything to you!"
Shin'yu reached out and rubbed her head, his tone gentle, "Do you have a photo of Haruna?"
Kushina thought about it seriously and nodded like a pecking chicken, "I do!"
With that, she jumped off Shin'yu's lap and ran away "pat-pat", quickly returning from her room with a photo.
It was a two-person photo, with Kushina riding on the neck of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, holding a golden sunflower high in her hand. Both girls had bright smiles.
This delicate-looking girl was Uzumaki Haruna.
After Shin'yu looked at it, he directly handed the photo to Uchiha Nen.
Nen immediately understood, opened his Mangekyo Sharingan, and the pattern in his left eye rotated gently. "Kuenbiko" was activated, reflecting the girl's face into his eyes without any difference.
In that instant, his vision seemed to travel through time and space. Everything around him disappeared, and only countless mirror-like spaces folded continuously until he clearly "observed" everything around the girl.
It was a dark and dry bunker. Two bloody people were lying in a cage, both with red hair, and Uzumaki Haruna was helplessly lie proneing beside her companion, sobbing.
Outside the prison, a strong man was threatening her, and on his gray-white headband, he was wearing a Hidden Sand Headband!
Nen watched for a while before dispersing his Eye Power, returning his vision to reality, and nodded to Shin'yu.
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