The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

And don't forget that you're the same age as him, right?

This makes it incredibly easy to subdue a ninja village, one that was once second only to the Five Great Nations in size and resources. This is definitely something to be surprised about.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Continue your patrol. Also, go and call Wugou and Duolan over here."

Mianma nodded slightly and said.

"Yes, Lord Menma!"

After the Takigakure ninjas responded in a deep voice, one of them quickly slipped out of the ranks and sped off in another direction, while the other Takigakure ninjas got up and resumed their routine patrol.

He completely ignored Naruto, who was standing beside Menma and was still firmly restrained by a thick, long golden chain.

Menma nodded in satisfaction, and then led Naruto directly to the largest room in the base that was exclusively his.

It is the most important area on the front line bordering the Land of Fire.

In the past, the previous leaders of Takigakure had already built a sizable stronghold here, not only for defense, but also for a time when they considered the possibility of attack.

In the first ten years after its founding, Takigakure was a force to be reckoned with, with its peak number of Takigakure ninja reaching seven or eight thousand. It was only natural that they had some ambitions.

However, the decline of Takigakure Village was like a dam bursting open, flowing uncontrollably.

Although the village is constantly declining and its power is decreasing year by year, the strongholds it built are still there. Under normal circumstances, the five great nations would not provoke Takigakure, a ninja village located below, which is still a large and powerful entity.

With three or four thousand Takigakure ninja and a tailed beast, their destructive power and deterrent force are considerable.

After Menma arrived in Takigakure, and especially after he gradually became involved in the village's high-level affairs, he intentionally strengthened the defensive attributes of the stronghold, and further built joint defense strongholds on both flanks.

That's all for today.

This was all to guard against Konoha Village.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 324 Order

Natural geographical advantage.

Excellent artificial facilities.

Furthermore, there's a medium-sized sensory barrier that Menma set up a month or two ago. Unless someone takes a really long detour, going from the Land of Grass in the south or the Land of Iron further north through the Land of Earth, it's unlikely they can bypass this defense line that Menma specifically built and invade the Land of Waterfall.

Otherwise.

It was absolutely impossible for a large-scale attack to escape the detection of the Takigakure forces.

While a surprise attack by a small elite force might make it less likely to be detected, its deterrent effect is limited. Furthermore, once discovered, it would inevitably fall into the encirclement of the Takigakure ninja set up by Menma, at which point it would be truly impossible to escape.

Mianma is quite confident in the defensive system he has built.

Naruto followed behind Menma, looking with curiosity at the facilities and personnel they encountered along the way.

At first, he found it novel, but after only a short while, Naruto couldn't help but think that many of his own village's ninjas were in another camp not far away, and that a great battle was about to break out, and many people would die as a result. Naruto's face changed color from blue to red.

The moment they stepped into Menma's private earthen house.

"Brother, I think..."

That was Naruto, who wanted to say something.

"Think it over before you speak. If you say something meaningless again, don't blame me for being impolite. I'm still giving you some freedom for now, but if you anger me, you'll be locked up in a closed space forever. Then I'll make sure you don't even have a chance to speak!"

But he hasn't said what he was going to say next yet.

Menma stopped in his tracks and looked coldly at Naruto.

After being confronted by Menma, Naruto lost all his courage and was immediately put in solitary confinement? And it was the kind of permanent confinement where he couldn't speak?

Just thinking about that scene...

Naruto couldn't help but shudder.

He couldn't accept such a scene, and he was planning to try to persuade Mianma again after learning more about her. Once she was locked up, who knew if he would have such an opportunity again?

Mianma clearly meant what he said.

Naruto wouldn't dare to test the law himself.

Right then and there, they started shaking their heads wildly, like a rattle drum.

Seeing Naruto calm down, Menma's expression softened considerably. He then walked to a cabinet on the far left of the room, opened it, and took out a special dark chain strap with five red lights embedded in it.

Each one is also engraved with different black runes.

Menma took the chain and walked to Naruto's side. Under Naruto's curious gaze, he put the chain on Naruto's body while releasing the Adamantine Sealing Technique.

With numbness on his face, he formed a mudra with both hands.

Gently tap the red light in the middle of Naruto's chains.

"Buzz!"

A flash of red light followed.

The black runes on the chains seemed to come alive, and the next second, the five red lights flashed in unison.

"seal!"

Accompanied by a deep shout from Mianma.

Naruto suddenly felt a heaviness all over his body, and what was most terrifying was that at that moment, Naruto could not sense the flow of chakra in his body at all.

It was as if it had vanished into thin air.

"Huh? What is this? Why has my chakra disappeared? Brother!?"

Naruto was immediately surprised, and the right hand he instinctively wanted to raise was clearly much more difficult than usual.

"These are specially made sealing chains. The unique sealing technique on them can restrict the chakra of the bound person. Did you really think I would let you move completely freely? Furthermore, these chains are made of the most special chakra material and weigh a whopping 800 kilograms. Without my release technique, these chains cannot be easily removed. For the foreseeable future, you will have to stay with them. I will also send people to follow you closely. Naruto, if you can escape under these circumstances, I will definitely praise you."

Menma said in a calm tone.

Since arriving in Takigakure, Menma has been doing everything he can to strengthen the village's power, including in terms of technological innovation. He has been scouring other ninja villages for equipment and technological innovations, making the most of the advantages from the original story. This special chakra-restricting chain is a technology that Menma obtained from the Land of Snow through special channels.

The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito, who was captured earlier, was also bound in the same chains and sealed in an extremely secluded underground chamber. The surrounding area was not only heavily guarded, but also had sealing techniques and defensive barriers specially set up by Menma.

They also used drugs and illusions.

Try to put Yugito into a deep sleep.

Even though Nio Matatabi has reached an agreement with Menma, necessary measures still cannot be omitted, and every effort must be made to ensure that no problems arise.

It's worth mentioning that the sealing chains were just a side effect.

Menma's main purpose in sending people to the Land of Snow was to utilize the Chakra Armor, which demonstrated extremely high tactical value in the original work.

That thing doesn't really boost combat power above the Kage level.

However, for battles at the lower and middle levels, even those at the Jonin level, there is an extremely high boost to combat power.

Since the number of ninjas cannot be increased in a short period of time, we must put as much effort as possible into their equipment.

Menma couldn't possibly miss out on something like the Chakra Armor, which guarantees a 100% enhancement of his own ninja village's power.

In other words, the cost of a chakra armor is quite high.

Currently, only a small portion of the entire Takigakure village can wear it; otherwise, if all the Takigakure ninjas could have one each...

Menma was confident enough to lead the Takigakure ninja in a strong charge against the 8,000-strong allied forces from Konoha and Kirigakure.

Doubling combat power is absolutely not an exaggeration.

"What? This thing can restrict chakra? And it weighs 800 kilograms? That's so heavy! That's even more exaggerated than Lee's entire load..."

Naruto's eyes widened, a look of utter disbelief on his face.

"What else did you think? Naruto, recognize your place. You are a prisoner now."

He said with a numbed expression.

"Oh."

Naruto nodded with a sorrowful expression.

Naruto is a bit straightforward, but he's not stupid. He can really tell that his older brother doesn't like him at all, which makes Naruto's heart clench a little. After all, back in the Ninja Academy, they were assigned to the same team after graduation, and their relationship seemed to be quite good.

That sudden change in attitude afterwards.

It really hit Naruto hard.

This is why Naruto always thought Menma was blinded by hatred, but now it seems that's not the case. So why is there such a big change?

It can't be that you're born hating him, right?

This thought popped directly into Naruto's mind.

He immediately shook his head to banish the absurd thought from his mind.

How is that possible?

Naruto comforted himself internally.

"Da da da da da"

Just as the two brothers finished another round of 'special communication', footsteps of varying intensity came from outside the room.

"Menma-sama."

Two people stepped forward.

It was Muko and Taran who Menma had specifically summoned.

Upon arriving at the location of Mianma, they all simultaneously knelt on one knee, bowing respectfully in greeting.

"Hmm, no need for such formalities. During the short time I was away, everything went smoothly, didn't it? What operations did Konoha and Kirigakure undertake?"

Mianma waved his hand gently and said.

"Yes, Lord Menma. So far, there seems to be no particular action from the other side. The information from the front-line reconnaissance is that both ninja villages are setting up camp. In terms of location, Konoha is in the northeast, while Kirigakure is in the south. However, the distance between them is at most ten minutes."

After the two stood up at the same time, Duolan responded with a calm expression.

"Hmm, it seems that it's not too different from what was expected. So, has any special information come from Utakata-san and Shibuki-san?"

Mianma nodded slightly and asked.