Start with the Mangekyo Sharingan: Follow Lord Madara out of Konoha

"Hikari sure seems willing to tell you anything…"

Looking at his great-nephew winking at him, Kamihane fell into deep thought, wondering if he should establish some ground rules with Hikari in the future. Otherwise, his carefully cultivated image as a mysterious and reliable "Uncle" might ruin one's image.

Thinking this, a sense of apprehension suddenly struck him.

Hikari's personality was the type that was 100% outwardly tough but inwardly gentle. On the surface, she was aloof and cold, graceful like a fairy under the moon, giving off a "stay away" vibe. But in reality, she was very kind-hearted.

Sometimes she could be stubborn, but even her stubbornness was adorable. Even when facing a crisis, her first thought wasn't for herself.

Kamihane and Madara both knew this aloof-cat personality very well. So, they were both very clear that once you truly entered her heart, she would give you an equal amount of trust.

Right now, Hikari was in the private laboratory in the Land of Iron, assisting Orochimaru and Hiruko with the gene fusion experiment. Once the experiment succeeded, she would also possess the power of Hashirama Cells.

Kamihane couldn't help but worry. What if she also established friendships with his two disciples and told them about his past embarrassing moments?

In that case, wouldn't even his profound and unpredictable, carrot-and-stick "Master" image be impossible to maintain?

He wasn't worried about Orochimaru. He was inherently a calm and reserved person. As long as it wasn't something related to eternal life, he was pretty laid-back.

Hiruko was different. The longer he spent with him, the more Kamihane realized that this kid wasn't as honest as he seemed on the surface. His ambition was in no way inferior to Orochimaru, and he had a lot of ideas and strong opinions, and a kind of reckless spirit. He had his own stubbornness about certain things.

In the course of research, they would often encounter experiments that even Orochimaru was reluctant to continue pushing forward. After all, every step required a large amount of data to prove that the error was within a controllable range before formal experiments could be carried out.

But Hiruko dared to act. He believed in his own intuition, and relying on his understanding of the Oniyara Specimen, he was good at using strong medicine. Strangely enough, this "crude" behavior rarely resulted in failure.

Given this guy's personality, what if he learned about his little secrets from their "Mistress" in the future? Would there be any hidden dangers?

Kamihane pondered for a long time, then turned to his nephew and said, "See what your aunt is doing."

"Um, Uncle, I don't dare to look."

Nian, who always listened to Kamihane, actually looked troubled at this moment, with a look of distress on his face.

"Experts like you, during Kuebiko observation, will be aware of it. Aunt said last time that unless she encounters a strong enemy and has no choice but to use her ability, she can watch and copy. It's not very good to watch rashly…"

Nian said cautiously, noticing that Kamihane's emotions had eased slightly, and he pressed his advantage. "You see, as a junior, it's not particularly appropriate for me to observe my elders at will…"

"That makes sense…" Kamihane nodded thoughtfully. "Then take a look at what that kid Hiruko is doing."

Nian breathed a sigh of relief and immediately activated his dōjutsu. As the Mangekyō Sharingan pattern in his left eye rotated slightly, everything Hiruko was experiencing thousands of miles away was before his "eyes."

"He's messing with the Oniyara Specimen, and he's still looking up information related to celestial phenomena… Judging by this, he might have some new ideas?"

Kamihane nodded. Since there was nothing abnormal, he was too lazy to pry into his disciple's little secrets. "Mm, that's enough."

Nian immediately closed his Sharingan, reopening his dark eyes, looking harmless.

"They have their missions, and we have ours."

Kamihane raised his right hand, staring at the diamond-shaped mark on his palm. A faint light flashed in his crimson eyes behind his sunglasses, and a light purple flowed in the depths of his pupils.

The Land of Whirlpools was a veritable island nation.

It did not border any land. The territory within the country was quite small, but it was not under the command and jurisdiction of the daimyō like other countries. There was not even a similar institutional system, so the customs were quite free.

The so-called daimyō were people who owned large areas of land and estates in the early Warring States period. In order to consolidate their position and protect their territory from encroachment and threats, they used a lot of funds to hire shinobi to arm themselves. Over time, they gradually expanded their scale like a snowball, and then became lords who ruled a country, established systems, and accepted residents. This was the origin of the daimyō.

Thanks to Hashirama Senju's efforts, the first shinobi village was established in the Land of Fire. The other countries discovered that this system not only did not diminish the power of the daimyō, but was mutually beneficial and increasingly powerful, so they followed suit. This was the reason why Hashirama Senju was praised by later generations in addition to his strength.

But the Land of Whirlpools was quite special. It had no daimyō and was not within the rule of any major country. The only leader was the village chief of the shinobi village.

The Uzumaki Clan had lived here for generations. Although it was an island nation, it still had a certain amount of resource production. The reason why it had stood the test of time without being invaded was largely because of the Hidden Leaf Village.

As the Uzumaki Clan, which also inherited the bloodline of the Sage of Six Paths, was already distantly related to the Senju Clan, and they had been on good terms for generations, intermarrying with each other. During the founding of Konoha, Mito Uzumaki married Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, and the "Uzumaki" clan emblem was also used by Konoha shinobi as proof of their friendship with Konoha for generations.

With this relationship, the Fire Country daimyō also had to give face, allowing the nearby island nation to develop freely. After all, the Hidden Leaf Village was the foundation of the Fire Country's strength, and there was no need to abandon the fundamentals for the sake of a tiny island nation.

Other countries thought the same way. To this day, the Hidden Leaf Village was still the strongest shinobi village on the surface. From the perspective of the daimyō of various countries, no one wanted to antagonize the Fire Country's Hidden Leaf Village for the sake of a mere a tiny island nation.

The tacit understanding between the countries, coupled with the fact that the Uzumaki Clan had a long history and a low-key and gentle disposition, had allowed the Land of Whirlpools to develop to this day, unconstrained.

Although the Uzumaki Clan's population size was not large, it was, like the Uchiha and Senju, a powerful and fearsome clan with a strong bloodline in the shinobi world.

Like their distant relatives, the Senju Clan, they had both inherited the Sage of Six Paths's Sage Body, not only possessing a huge amount of chakra, but also having considerable vitality. Therefore, people in the clan were generally very long-lived.

Of course, what the Uzumaki Clan was most praised for was their miraculously skilled, unreasonably powerful Sealing Jutsu. In the Uzumaki Shrine, there was even a Shinigami Mask that could summon the God of Death.

The reason why Mito Uzumaki was able to overpower the Second Raikage and ultimately kill him in the shinobi World War more than a decade ago was not because of the Seven-Tails in her body. Her true reliance was her own powerful Sealing Jutsu and chakra reserves.

And Kamihane's current goal was the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu.

He couldn't guarantee 100% that the Uzumaki's Sealing Jutsu would definitely suppress the thawing of the Karma. After all, the Ōtsutsuki were extremely special beings. In the original timeline, Naruto was helpless in the face of Boruto's Karma mark.

But one should always try. The Uzumaki Clan hadn't been wiped out yet, so there might be a chance.

Kamihane smiled slightly. If he couldn't grasp even this little opportunity, he wouldn't have been able to get to where he was today.

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