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Chapter 40 You are the most beautiful girl from the Land of Whirlpools I have ever seen; this is the gift I leave for you. [Please continue reading]

"Hozuki Shingetsu, the foreign affairs officer of Kirigakure, has stirred up chaos in the ninja world as soon as he took office. He truly lives up to his reputation!" Uzumaki Takumi slowly sat down, looking at Aburame Ryoma's corpse, his face revealing neither joy nor anger.

"Clan leader, are we just going to let him go like this? Do you really think we're afraid of Kirigakure?" an elder of the Uzumaki clan said angrily to Uzumaki Takumi.

"Leave?" Takumi Uzumaki glanced at Elder Uzumaki, his tone indifferent. "Then go and kill him!"

"This..." Elder Whirlpool paused, he was just going along with the atmosphere, why aren't you following the script!

Takumi Uzumaki sighed inwardly. This was the tragedy of a small, sparsely populated country. If this were Konoha, and Shingetsu Hozuki dared to do such a thing, he'd be guaranteed to never leave the Hokage Building. Forget about the rule of not killing envoys in times of war; that's the confidence Konoha had.

"The one who tied the knot must untie it. Since Konoha caused this trouble, let Konoha handle it. Why should we get involved?"

Takumi Uzumaki looked at the elder who had spoken and asked him to contact Konoha.

"Just a warning to Konoha, if they try to overstep their bounds again, I'll chop them all up!" Takumi Uzumaki said calmly. "Then have them send a few strong fighters this time, like that Sakumo Hatake or Hiruzen's three disciples. Once these Kirigakure people leave Uzushiogakure's territory, kill them all!"

"Killing someone right in front of me? Do you think I have no temper?" Takumi Uzumaki glanced at Ryoma Aburame, who had stopped convulsing, and snorted coldly.

For the sake of the bigger picture, he couldn't kill Hozuki Shingetsu in Uzushio Village, but since this was outside the scope of Uzushio Village, if people from Kirigakure died, he couldn't blame the Uzumaki clan, could he?

If they insist on using this as an excuse to demand an explanation, the Uzumaki clan is the weaker party compared to Kirigakure, but if Kirigakure dares to open their mouths, the Uzumaki clan can still knock their teeth out!

Do you really think that the Uzumaki clan, as the only clan in the ninja world that has emerged from the Warring States period and now stands alone in establishing its own country, lacks any fighting spirit?

As for the deal involving the sealing technology of the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki?

Everyone present wisely refrained from mentioning the matter.

If they're already planning to kill someone, how can this deal possibly be done?

Clearly, they were just trying to appease Hozuki Shingetsu and his group before, and once the people from Konoha arrived, they were immediately sent away!

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"I have to say, in terms of trade, Uzushio Village is indeed stronger than Kirigakure Village now." Yagura Karatachi observed the flow of people on the road and came to this conclusion that made him feel sad.

As an island nation, the Land of Water built its fortune on trade, and such bustling scenes were once commonplace in Kirigakure. However, ever since the Daimyo and the Third Mizukage issued orders to close the country off from the world, such scenes have never been seen in the village again.

The thought that many of these people might have been traders in Kirigakure before made it even harder for Yagura Karatachi to suppress his murderous intent towards Ren.

"Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him!"

Just then, the sound of a group of children playing by the roadside caught the attention of Hozuki Shingetsu and his group.

The one shouting was a boy being repeatedly beaten while pinned to the ground, and surprisingly, the one beating him was a girl who looked to be the same age as him.

The bright red hair on their heads indicates that they are both pure members of the Uzumaki clan. Judging from their ages, they should both be students at the Uzumaki Village Ninja Academy.

After Tobirama Senju established the Ninja Academy, this model was quickly implemented in various ninja villages, including Uzumaki Village, an ally of Konoha. However, unlike other ninja villages, the students in Uzumaki Village's Ninja Academy were all members of the Uzumaki clan.

"What did you say before? That women are inherently weaker than men?" The girl, straddling the boy, rained punches on his face, her red ponytail bouncing with each blow as she yelled. "Now tell me, who's the school bully?"

"You are! You are the boss!"

The boy who was being beaten could not bear the violence for long and quickly gave up.

The girl, who had received a satisfactory answer, stood up and looked disdainfully at the boy who was slumped on the ground.

"You were so arrogant, I thought you were something special, but this is all you've got? Remember what you said: shut your mouth at school, you hear me!"

"Wow, Kushina, you were so cool just now!" Just then, a group of little girls who were watching also surrounded her, praising her like a hero.

"What's wrong with the new moon?"

The group, who had just noticed that it was just a few children fighting, were about to leave when they saw Hozuki Shingetsu standing there, looking thoughtfully in that direction as if he had discovered something.

"Hey, you guys, what are you doing here instead of going home after school?"

Children fighting is common, but perhaps because outsiders like Hozuki Shingetsu saw the village in such a sorry state, they felt embarrassed. To avoid "surprise from friendly nations," Uzumaki Oji, who was leading the way, quickly came to the roadside and helped the boy up.

"Kushina Uzumaki, it's you again? Why are you always fighting outside of school?" Clearly, from Uzumaki Osamu's words, it's evident that the girl who gets into fights is also a celebrity.

However, judging from the way Kushina Uzumaki looked up, she clearly did not agree with what Osamu Uzumaki said.

"It has nothing to do with Kushina, he started it all." The group of girls chattered as they recounted what had happened. Basically, the boy had made some rude remarks at school, saying that girls shouldn't go to ninja academies or become ninjas, that girls were inherently no match for boys, and so on.

Then Kushina Uzumaki, who overheard this, cornered him and beat him up.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and apologize to them, then go home!" However, Uzumaki Osamu clearly didn't care about any of that. He only cared about losing face in front of outsiders and wanted to quickly regain it and show off the brotherly harmony of Uzumaki Village in front of them.

"Why should I? I don't think I'm wrong!" Kushina Uzumaki retorted, refusing to bow her head.

"I also believe that this young lady did nothing wrong." A gentle voice rang out, and Kushina Uzumaki looked up to find a white-haired boy watching her from a short distance away.

Hozuki Shingetsu stopped Uzumaki Osamu in his tracks, walked over, and looked down at Uzumaki Kushina.

Hozuki Shingetsu leaned over, whispered a few words in Uzumaki Kushina's ear, left her a kunai, and then, without lingering, led everyone away.

Kushina Uzumaki, her face flushed, was left standing there, stunned.

"New Moon, what did you whisper in her ear?" Yukina asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I just said a few simple words that came to mind."

Hozuki Shingetsu smiled slightly and repeated his words amidst the puzzled looks of the crowd.

"You are the most beautiful girl from the land of whirlpools I have ever seen."

"Your eyes are just like the stars in my hometown."

"May I know your name?"

"This is a gift I'm leaving for you."

(End of this chapter)