Vortex Yuka quickened her steps and arrived behind the Uzumaki Clan Elder.
"Elder, I've thought about it again and again, and I feel there are many peculiarities tonight. Our reconnaissance teams on the coasts of the Wave Country and Vortex Country were simultaneously wiped out, with no intelligence relayed back.
There's only one possibility: Kirigakure and Kumogakure received accurate intelligence and killed all the reconnaissance Ninja at the same time.
Either there's a Spy leaking secrets in our Village, or Konoha deliberately sent the intelligence!"
The Elder was very old, her eyes originally a bit cloudy, but upon hearing Vortex Yuka's conjecture, her eyes suddenly brightened.
For some time now, too many strange things had been happening around Uzushiogakure, all starting after Danzo Shimura came to the Village.
After Danzo arrived, he first proposed two unreasonable demands: one was for Princess Kushina to go to Konoha, and the other was to share the sealing jutsu secrets.
Both demands were rejected by the Clan Head. Princess Kushina should become the Jinchuriki of Uzushiogakure. Princess Mito guarded Konoha for decades, and in the end, Uzushiogakure gained nothing.
As for the sealing jutsu secrets, it was even more impossible to give them to Danzo.
Danzo then said that Konoha ANBU needed to investigate Kumogakure in the Wave Country, and therefore took the distribution map of the reconnaissance teams to coordinate with Uzushiogakure's reconnaissance teams.
If... if Konoha...
She dared not imagine, dared not believe.
The Elder suddenly felt cold all over.
"No! It could also be that a Spy appeared in our Village! Or someone betrayed us!"
The Vortex Elder could only say this, and could only think this way.
Princess Kushina was flying towards Konoha Village. Kushina was the future of the Uzumaki Clan, their only hope.
In the Village, Uzumaki Kushina's talent was the highest; she had the ability to inherit and develop the Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu.
As long as the Whirlpool sealing jutsu remained, the Uzumaki Clan would eventually overcome this low point.
Vortex Yuka didn't know why the Elder insisted that Konoha had no problem. She tried to ask:
"Elder, why not test them?
Can I have my Spear Egret change direction? Should Spear Egret still go to Konoha?
Konoha's intelligence capabilities are stronger, and the fact that Konoha didn't discover such large movements of Kirigakure and Kumogakure Ninja is already strange.
Now all Konoha ANBU are chasing Princess Kushina, and they haven't provided us with any rescue.
We..."
The Vortex Elder had originally insisted on safely sending Uzumaki Kushina to Konoha Village, but upon hearing Vortex Yuka's suggestion, she also felt uneasy.
She also wanted to know the truth.
"Yujia, try to make your Spear Egret change direction. Don't come back, but don't head straight for Konoha."
"Okay."
Vortex Yuka summoned a Spear Egret about an arm's length. This White Heron was very fast and left with Vortex Yuka's command.
Half an hour later, Vortex Yuka, who was on the run, suddenly froze.
"Elder, my giant Spear Egret is dead!"
The Vortex Elder closed her eyes in pain.
After changing direction, Konoha ANBU killed the summoned beast.
Danzo's Wind Release was very powerful, fully capable of killing flying summoned beasts.
"Elder, are we still going to the Land of Fire?"
The Vortex Elder hesitated only slightly before making up her mind.
"Yujia, you must listen carefully to what I'm about to say."
Vortex Yuka nodded hurriedly.
"We can't go to the Land of Fire anymore.
I'll choose 8 Uzumaki Clan members, with you as their leader.
The remaining people, including myself, will cover your retreat.
You must escape, escape to other places.
You must try every possible way to contact Kushina, who was captured by Konoha.
Kushina knows nothing at this moment; she doesn't know the truth about the Uzumaki Clan's extermination.
You also need to be careful; Konoha will absolutely not allow Kushina to contact any Uzumaki Clan members.
She cannot become Konoha's tool without knowing anything. The Uzumaki Clan cannot be so tragically exterminated by the Three Great Ninja Villages.
Lord Tobirama died for his six disciples, yet his six disciples destroyed his foundation.
Konoha was previously an open Ninja Village, maintaining allied relations with Uzushiogakure and Takigakure.
The current Konoha is weak in strength, becoming conservative and cruel.
Yujia, you are as important as Princess Kushina. You must be careful of Konoha ANBU's pursuit.
The truth of the Uzumaki Clan's extermination is now in your hands."
Vortex Yuka's tears flowed uncontrollably.
The Elder took out a scroll and handed it to Vortex Yuka, saying:
"Uzushiogakure's Sealing Book was taken to Konoha by Princess Kushina. Here are my sealing jutsu research notes, which can be considered a partial inheritance of the Uzumaki Clan.
Yujia, you are not even 20 years old, yet you must bear such a great responsibility.
I hope you, like our Uzumaki Clan's great ancestors, will lead the Uzumaki Clan through this crisis.
First, go to the Wave Country. There are still Guardian Ninja there, and some Whirlpool Ninja on missions. Converge with them and find a way together.
Whirlpool Xiangyin, who is skilled in healing jutsu, will also follow you. She doesn't need to follow me anymore."
Whirlpool Xiangyin had a special bloodline ability: by biting her arm, one could recover from injuries.
The Vortex Elder selected 8 Whirlpool female Ninja, making Yujia their leader, and had them escape across the sea to the Wave Country.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
The Vortex Elder used a summoned beast. After the white smoke cleared, Yatagarasu appeared above their heads.
"Elder, Yatagarasu is here, so what about Princess Kushina?"
"Don't worry, Danzo won't let anything happen to Kushina. Kushina is alone, Danzo will protect her well. Go, climb onto Yatagarasu's back, hurry up and go."
The Vortex Elder, meanwhile, stopped with the others and turned to face Kirigakure.
Captain Black Ape was somewhat surprised. He ignored the Vortex Elder and instead led Night Light and another person to bypass them from a distance, avoiding the Vortex Remnants, and turned towards Yatagarasu.
There must be something very important on Yatagarasu and Vortex Yuka, otherwise the Vortex Elder wouldn't risk her life to gain an opportunity.
The Vortex Elder was going to fight to the death; they had to keep their distance.
Bypassing the Vortex Elder from afar, Night Light turned to watch her from a distance.
This old female Ninja, with white hair mixed with red, formed hand signs.
Vast Chakra surged around her, distorting the very vision.
Hundreds of Chakra chains suddenly burst forth from her abdomen.
More than half of the several Kirigakure squads opposite were pierced by the Adamantine Chains.
These Adamantine Chains carried powerful sealing power; the Kirigakure Ninja who were pierced couldn't move. The Kirigakure Ninja who were swept by them moved slowly and were extremely difficult to break free.
The remaining Whirlpool female Ninja threw Kunai and Exploding Tags, killing the Kirigakure Ninja suppressed by the sealing jutsu.
After more than ten seconds, over a hundred Kirigakure Ninja had died.
The Adamantine Chains became weak, breaking one by one, and the Chakra dissipated into the air.
Night Light secretly clicked his tongue, glad he kept his distance, otherwise he would surely have died.
The Vortex Elder slowly fell, lying on her back.
Her hair had completely turned white.
The remaining twenty-odd Kirigakure Ninja stood in the distance, hesitating, intimidated by the Vortex Elder.
It wasn't until three minutes after the Vortex Elder had completely died that the Kirigakure Ninja cautiously charged forward.
The Vortex Ninja were all killed by Kirigakure.
The Vortex Elder's body was carried by Kirigakure to be dissected and analyzed for intelligence.
Captain Black Ape didn't even look back. He knew that neither Kirigakure nor the Vortex Ninja would have a good outcome.
After chasing Yatagarasu for over ten minutes, Captain Black Ape turned around and said:
"Can't catch up. It's roughly in the direction of the Wave Country.
Fox, go find Captain Huang Quan and report what happened here.
Yatagarasu carried away 8 Whirlpool female Ninja, including Vortex Yuka, whom the Vortex Elder favored, and also Whirlpool Xiangyin, a unique medical Ninja of the Uzumaki Clan.
There are still quite a few Whirlpool Remnants in the Wave Country. The Leader of the Guardian Ninja Squad of the Wave Country' Daimyo is a Vortex Ninja.
Please, Captain Huang Quan, make a decision and quickly dispatch support troops to pursue the remaining Vortex Ninja!
I'll write you a set of tracking codes now, for convenience during future Anbu pursuit."
Once the Squad Leader had finished writing the code scroll, Night Light turned and ran in the direction of the Land of Fire.