Cave...
"Achoo, achoo!" A young man with a pure white body and a spiral face, completely lacking eyeballs, lay on the damp, rocky floor. He rubbed his nose and then seemed very uncomfortable, tossing and turning...
Finally...
"So hard!" The young man sat up impatiently, propping his chin with his hands. His hollow single eye seemed to stare quietly ahead as he muttered, "How did Lord Madara manage to sleep on this back then?"
And he slept so soundly too!
He would basically only wake up every few months, or even years. Truly...
"Lord Madara was really someone who could endure hardship!" Tobi sighed and murmured, "It's just his temper was a bit bad, and he had no sense of humor like mine!"
Then, he stretched, stood up, and walked over to a rock wall nearby...
"One, two, three..." Tobi counted the tally marks on it. After a short while, he scratched his head and said, confused, "Has it been that long already?"
Boss Madara...
Looking at the hundreds of tally marks before him, Tobi suddenly fell silent...
Has it been over three hundred years since he died?
Then...
He slapped his own smooth, white head hard...
"Counted wrong again!" Tobi walked to the side, looked at the tally marks on another wall, and said, "This is the right one. That one just now..."
What was that for?
How could he have forgotten?
He sighed helplessly inside. Sure enough...
Without Lord Madara's Great Fireball, he had become much dumber!!
Tobi scratched his head in distress. Just as he reached out his hand to count the tally marks above...
He unconsciously lowered his hand again.
He silently stared at the tally marks above...
"Why is Tobi counting these?" Tobi looked quietly at the tally marks he had drawn over so many years and murmured, "Lord Madara is already dead..."
Lord Madara...
Tobi listened to you. I found a place to hide, and didn't return to the Land of Whirlpools!
Although I really miss the sweet tofu pudding from the Land of Whirlpools...
Tobi resisted the urge...
But...
Tobi didn't know where else to hide, so I could only come back to this cave...
Lord Madara probably wouldn't be angry, right...
Tobi's hollow single eye stared... stared quietly at the wall...
"So boring!"
"Might as well draw a bit more after pooping, then go back to sleep."
He didn't know since when...
He had started to like sleeping very much, just like Lord Madara back in the day...
Then, he walked over to the wall with the hundreds of tally marks he had just counted, and casually added one more mark...
...
Year 47 of Konoha's calendar, end of Red Year 19...
Today was the last day of Year 47. While the people of the Land of Whirlpools were still immersed in the joy of celebrating the New Year as usual, the higher-ups of the Land of Whirlpools were filled with anxiety...
"It's already the fifth day, and Jun still hasn't returned?" The Clan Leader frowned as he looked at the surrounding higher-ups of the Land of Whirlpools and said, "Have we asked Nagato?"
"We have asked." Nagato nodded with a serious expression and said, "Nagato said Brother Jun went to search for the Dragon Vein. After that..."
He shrugged helplessly...
"We don't know."
"What about Hibiki?" The Clan Leader was silent for a moment, then asked, "Have you asked everyone?"
"We have asked them all." Uzumaki Riki nodded and said helplessly, "None of them know where Jun ran off to."
He's already a father, yet he's still so unreliable, disappearing without a reason!
You should know...
You're about to be the father of three children soon...
"Didn't Jun leave any message?" The Clan Leader frowned, worried, and said, "Although Jun often appears and disappears mysteriously, he has never been like this time, without leaving any message at all."
Could something have happened?
But given Jun's true strength, who in the ninja world could possibly stop him?
"No!" Riki shook his head and said, "Mikoto also said the same thing, that Jun just went to search for the Dragon Vein."
As for anything else...
There wasn't any.
He sighed helplessly inside...
It's New Year's Eve today. Based on Jun's character, he should have returned long ago. What could have happened that prevented him from coming back?
As a father...
Uzumaki Riki was really worried inside!
"Impossible!" Kakuzu shook his head and said, "Based on that kid's strength, he's even more of a God of Shinobi than the God of Shinobi himself. Probably no one in the ninja world is his match, let alone capable of stopping him."
So...
That brat probably intends to secretly prepare some scheme in the shadows again!
As a former companion who sold military supplies together, he understood Uzumaki Jun's strength, and that blackened heart of his, even better...
There was definitely a scheme behind this!
It's just that this time, he actually didn't discuss it with him, the God of Shinobi who fights evenly with anyone...
Kakuzu immediately fell silent...
This was really quite abnormal!
As for whether something happened to that kid, Kakuzu wasn't worried at all...
"What exactly is this Dragon Vein?" The Clan Leader, after hearing the words of the higher-ups, fell silent for a moment, then said with a serious expression, "Have we dispatched people to investigate?"
"Already dispatched." Muroto Jōmon adjusted his sunglasses and said, "We also contacted Nagato over there to see if we can find any clues."
No information has been sent back, and the phone calls don't go through...
Just what kind of person could take the monstrously strong Lord Jun away so quietly without a trace?
"This kid... cough..." The Great Elder, with graying hair and an aged appearance, coughed twice and said slowly, "He's already a father, yet he still causes so much worry!"
Then, his expression changed, becoming serious as he looked around...
"Although we don't know what matter has detained Jun and prevented him from returning, since that kid has entrusted the Land of Whirlpools to us, we must protect the Land of Whirlpools!"
The Great Elder's eyes swept sharply over the higher-ups of the Land of Whirlpools present...
"I do not wish to see any chaos during this period!"
He did not want the current favorable situation of the Land of Whirlpools to be destroyed. If anyone dared to cause trouble during this time...
Don't blame him for being merciless!!
"Understood!" Everyone's eyes focused, and they nodded, saying, "We will absolutely not allow any chaos to appear!"
Everyone knew...
Peace did not come easily, especially for the current Land of Whirlpools...
They alone knew how much had been paid from the days of a small country to becoming the leading Red country today...
Therefore, for anyone who dared to bring harm to the Land of Whirlpools, they would personally...
Kill them!!
"Seal the news of Jun's disappearance!" The Clan Leader thought for a moment and said, "It absolutely must not become known to the ninja world. Simultaneously, use all efforts to search for any news regarding Jun."
"Whatever it is, as long as it's related, treat it as an urgent mission."
Now...
Was not the time for soft-heartedness...
"And starting today, the Land of Whirlpools will fully enter a state of combat readiness!"
After all, no one knew how long this news could be kept secret...
"Yes!" Everyone accepted the order with utmost seriousness...
They all knew that if the Five Great Shinobi Villages found out that Lord Jun had disappeared, then...
War would inevitably erupt again, and...
It would be more severe than before!
After receiving the orders, no one delayed for a moment, quickly leaving to carry out their tasks...
"Wait, Riki!" Suddenly, the Clan Leader stopped Uzumaki Riki, his face filled with concern, and said, "The children on your side..."
"Don't worry, I will keep it from them." Before the Clan Leader could finish speaking, Uzumaki Riki said with a serious expression, "And I will increase their protection."
After all, they are pregnant women. If they were to suffer a shock...
It would really be a headache!
Thinking of this, Uzumaki Riki walked out, filled with indignation...
If that damn kid came back at this moment, he would definitely give him a good thrashing!
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