The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

"Ah? Oh, I see."

Upon hearing Menma's words, Shion paused for a moment, then nodded slightly.

It's a feeling I can't quite describe.

It's like there's a sense of emptiness inside me.

Perhaps because the demons were eliminated, Shion now seems to have developed a slight dependence on Masa.

It's just this kind of feeling.

Even Shion herself had not been able to detect it.

Needless to say, the dough is even more sesame-coated.

"The rest of the matters concerning the Land of Demons will be the same as in the previous talks. Princess Shion, you may wish to continue staying in the Land of Demons. All autonomy rests with you. Just remember not to violate the basic regulations of the new order that will be announced soon."

Mianma said with a smile.

"Ah."

Ziyuan nodded slightly and replied in response.

"Then let's go!"

How heavy the burden was when it came.

How easy it is to leave.

For Shion, from today onward, every day will no longer be gloomy like before; she seems to be able to see her bright future.

In this brand new world!!!

After safely escorting the priestess back to her own private palace.

Menma then led Muku and his group westward toward the more remote Swamp Country.

As a small country located in a desolate region on the western side of the continent, even more remote than the Land of Demons, the Land of Swamp is truly one of the top countries in the world in terms of area, population, and economic level—well, one of the bottom few.

The reason such a country can still exist is simply because the major powers have no interest in it, and some people cannot leave their homeland, so there is a little bit of labor available. Otherwise, this land might just be a place to seal away the bodies of demons.

"It really is desolate."

Menma stood on a loess slope. Looking around, there was hardly any life in the world. Menma hadn't seen many people along the way. Just like the Snow Country on the other side of the sea, this kind of country was truly a place rarely visited by people.

Small countries simply do not have the capacity to develop such land.

Even if there are some special and rare resources, they still cannot be developed.

There must be a large, centralized country to concentrate resources on developing a specific region.

For example, the country where Menma lived in her previous life had undertaken many large-scale projects that contributed to regional development.

'The road ahead is still long.'

Mianma thought to himself silently.

"Let's go!"

"Yes!"

Then, he led Wugou and the others towards the location of the largest volcano in the northernmost part of the Swamp Country.

The body of the demon is sealed beneath the altar there.

This place was specially chosen by the previous generation of priestess, Miroku. It is far from human habitation, so ordinary people would never be able to come here. In addition, the natural volcanic terrain makes it even more inaccessible to ordinary people. In the innermost part, there are even more natural road barriers, which are the best ways to block access.

Maitreya also set up different sealing techniques on both the outer and inner sides.

This is to prevent those with ulterior motives from breaking the seal on the body of the demon. Even without a soul, the body of the demon alone could be a great disaster if exploited by someone with malicious intent.

At least in the eyes of priestesses throughout history, the threat of demons was enough to destroy the world.

Having verified his ideas in the sealed land of the demon's soul, Menma was much more casual when he came to the sealed land of the demon's body this time.

The seal was broken by brute force (after all, it wasn't the Land of Demons, and there wasn't a soul in sight around).

It penetrates directly into the interior of the dough.

Standing atop layer upon layer of lava, one can clearly 'see' the demonic body sealed within a separate space at the bottom layer.

It's really quite large in scale.

In terms of size alone, it's bigger than all the Tailed Beasts.

However, the inner core power is not as exaggerated as Menma imagined.

Is it because it's sealed away? Or does it require a union with a soul?

Mianma stood on the altar that he had forcibly broken open, looking through the deep hole at the enormous demonic body below, his brows furrowing slightly as he thought to himself.

However, you can't be sure of anything just by looking at it.

We'll have to go back and conduct some experiments to find out the reason. At most, it's just that the amount of food consumed has decreased and the level of one's own strength has decreased a bit.

Of course, there is another issue involved here.

The Otsutsuki clan absorbs planetary energy through the Divine Tree and converts it into chakra for their own consumption. However, since I don't use the Divine Tree to absorb and filter this special power, I need to repeatedly verify whether I can successfully consume it.

therefore.

I didn't dwell on that.

"seal!"

He directly used Yin-Yang Escape to compress the enormous body of the demon in sync, and then sealed it into his own body.

Such a thing exists.

It's impossible to take it away with a sealing scroll; we don't have that ability. The only thing we can do is use Menma's own body as a container to store it.

Fortunately, with Menma's current strength, sealing more of these things into his body shouldn't be a problem.

The 'tenants' might have some minor complaints.

"Hey! Menma, stop throwing all sorts of things into your body, okay?! It's affecting the living environment!"

On his numb shoulders.

A tiny, fiery red fox appeared, its upright, blood-red eyes revealing great dissatisfaction.

Although in theory...

As long as Menma is strong enough, the space inside his body can be expanded infinitely, but ultimately it is still within one space.

The power of demons and monsters.

Nine-Tails doesn't care.

However, Nine-Tailed Fox really didn't like that aura, as it was the same as the aura of enlightenment on Wugou's body.

Nine-Tails really dislikes this kind of thing.

"Exactly, exactly, why not just wipe out that kind of thing? Why absorb it at all? What's the point?"

On Menma's right shoulder, a miniature form of the One-Tailed Shukaku was also displayed. The two tailed beasts, who disliked each other the most, reached an agreement this time, which was rare.

The brothers already have so many conflicts living together, and now this piece of junk has to be added in. It would be a miracle if anyone could accept it.

"Haha, Kurama, Shukaku, just bear with me for a little while. It'll only be a short time. Once I've dealt with everything and returned to the village, I'll take the demon out."

Mianma laughed and said.

While there had been a promise to give the Tailed Beasts more autonomy and freedom, it was not for the time being. One reason was that Menma still needed the power of the Tailed Beasts to help him fight his enemies, and the other was that the reform of the ninja world had only just begun. At least a relatively stable period was needed before these Tailed Beasts could be released to live freely in the ninja world.

Furthermore, certain rules and regulations still need to be established.

Humans cannot freely access the living environment of the Tailed Beasts, and the Tailed Beasts cannot easily enter human society.

It's roughly on par with the three great holy lands.

Of course, it is even more important to make humans fully aware of the Tailed Beasts.

This approach has both advantages and disadvantages. The specific implementation will depend on the subsequent arrangements, as it is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

"It will take some more time."

Shukaku clearly spoke with great displeasure.

"Hmph, then you'd better get rid of it as soon as possible, Mianma."

Nine Lamas also gave a light snort.

"Also, when do you plan to deal with that Otsutsuki you mentioned, who exists above the ninja world? It seems we can't keep putting it off, can we?"

After a slight pause, Nine-Lama asked with a very serious expression in his fox eyes.

"Of course we can't drag this out indefinitely, but a thousand years have already passed, so a little more won't make a difference. We need to let Sasuke and Naruto get used to their powers first, especially since the Rinnegan with the tomoe will play a very important role. I also need some time to prepare. After being ambushed once a thousand years ago, this old fox will definitely be more cautious and careful. We probably only have one chance to catch him. Once we miss it, it will only be more troublesome in the future."

Mianma gently shook his head and said.

Isshiki Otsutsuki was originally a member of the main Otsutsuki family, and was a being of higher status and greater strength than Kaguya.

If it's not because of arrogance...

Even if Kaguya launched a sneak attack, she might not be able to defeat Isshiki. After that sneak attack, even if this member of the Otsutsuki main family was arrogant, he would change his mindset to some extent.

Therefore, Menma really can't rush things and can't reveal that she already knew about his existence in advance.

Menma estimated that by the time he returned, the power of the ninja village, as well as the power of Sasuke and Naruto, should have been initially integrated. At that time, they could launch a comprehensive search of the entire ninja world.

Once discovered.

Then surround him immediately and take him down!

"I see. Just keep that in mind."

Nine Lama paused for a moment, then slowly nodded and said.

So, where else are you going?

Shukaku, standing to the side, easily discerned the subtext in Menma's words and widened his eyes to ask.

"Ah, at least we still need to go to one place, and that place is more important than this one!"

Mianma nodded.

Turning his head to look at a certain place in the southern part of the Land of Swamps, if he had to say, Menma's main purpose for this trip was not actually to deal with the demons, but simply because this place seemed to be the easiest to handle, and he also had Shion's invitation.