Chapter 513 [Izuna]: No, it will shorten my life.

"Eh - so they were swapped? I was wondering why Izuna didn't provoke Tobirama once on the way back, so that's how it is!"

Uchiha Hikaru clenched his right fist and pounded it on the palm of his left hand, showing a tendency to enjoy the fun and not mind making trouble. "Master, you have always wanted to kidnap people, so why not take this opportunity to bring both of them back!"

"How is it possible—" Ling barely suppressed the confusion in his heart, raised his hand and pinched his forehead, "I want to win over Xiao Tobirama to promote the alliance, not to start a complete war."

As he was speaking, Uchiha Hikaru had already bypassed the still dazed Madara and Hashirama and approached Izuna and Tobirama, comparing the two repeatedly with his scarlet Mangekyō. "By the way, Master, how did you find out that they were different? I've sensed their chakras, and checked if Izuna's - I mean, Tobirama's - Sharingan could be opened normally. Everything seems to be the same as usual."

"Don't use chakra, mobilize pure spiritual energy to sense. Everyone's spiritual fluctuations are completely different." Ling raised his hand to his forehead, his expression could not hide his sorrow but he still answered seriously, "Xiao Tobirama's spiritual fluctuations are very stable and gentle, while Izuna's spiritual fluctuations are more turbulent and cold. If you are familiar with them, you can also sense the extremely strong emotions when they face you... Do you understand what I mean?"

Uchiha Hikaru's eyes were empty, "...Master, I am not Senior Yashu, who can understand what you are trying to say in just one or two sentences."

"Then let me think about it again. I'll teach you after I've sorted out my thoughts—" Ling put his hand down and touched Tobirama's face uncertainly. After confirming that his perception did not match the facts, he took a deep breath, quickly calmed down, and turned to the direction of Senju Momoyama, "Who did the Uzumaki clan send to solve this problem?"

"We haven't communicated on this yet," Momoyama Senju glanced at Tobirama, who was pinching the corner of Ling's clothes and looked aggrieved, and then looked at Izuna, who was standing aside with his arms folded and a blank expression, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice, "But I will send a letter again to confirm whether the person who came has the ability to remove this technique."

"Senior, do you know this technique?"

Senju Momoyama sighed and nodded, "It is said that this technique was developed to help children better understand the habits of each creature - but because they cannot subjectively reveal any information belonging to themselves, it will modify their subconscious to confirm over and over again that they are the transformed creatures, causing several children to almost lose themselves when learning. In the end, they were classified from teaching sealing techniques to sealing techniques for punishment and torture... I don't know who did this and didn't notify us."

Ling frowned fiercely, but his hand never stopped stroking Tobirama's fur, "I understand - Madara, tell the patrolling tribesmen to step up inspections in the next few days and pay attention to whether there are whirlpools around. If there are any, don't cause any conflict, but bring the people directly to the main camp."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Madara patted Tobirama's shoulder with a conflicted look, and was about to walk around the crowd to go out, but Ling grabbed the back of his collar and said, "...Brother?"

"Don't go right away. Wait until today is over and find a chance to tell the tribe members." Ling still had a worried look on his face, but more of a helpless one. "If you leave now, who will follow up on this matter?"

"If it weren't for my brother being here - Ouch!"

"Hasn't Madara realized his changed status yet?" Ling tapped his brother's forehead in anger and amusement. "Brother has tried so hard to avoid suspicion, but you still can't break away from the inertia of following my thinking - is it possible that even though brother is like this, Madara still wants brother to take the position again?"

"So, there's no need for my brother to hide from me," Ban covered his forehead and muttered unconvincedly, "I won't be suspicious of my brother..."

"But there can only be one person in charge of a clan, unless you want to divide your clan," Izuna said with a sympathetic expression, "The issues of succession of Uchiha and Senju are exactly the same and worrying."

Ban's face twitched, and before he could say anything, he heard Hashirama's laughter, "Hehehe, that's true, this can be considered as like-minded, right?"

"You actually took this as a compliment..." [Tobirama] looked at [Izuna] with a dark face and couldn't help but snort a laugh, "It seems that the Senju are more worrying than the Uchiha."

[Izuna]'s complexion instantly turned darker.

Uchiha Hikaru looked around and spoke thoughtfully, "What a magical technique... Although his words and actions are different from usual, they are still within my scope of action. Master, how are you going to deal with this? The children of the two families are completely wrong.

It would be fine if it was Hashirama, after all, he has the Wood Style Bloodline of the Thousand Hands, and compared to Izuna's Sharingan, it can be considered an exchange between the two parties, but although Tobirama is smart, he himself has not been able to complete the evolution of the secret technique to the bloodline, so we are at a big loss."

[Izuna] pursed her lips slightly when she heard that, raised her eyes to look at the few people of the Senju family, then looked at [Tobirama] who had grabbed the corner of Ling Yi and refused to let go, sighed, and said, "I can stay--"

"It's okay, let's just go back to our own homes. After all, they are still children. It would be more reassuring to stay with familiar people at a time like this, right?"

Ling placed his hand on Tobirama's shoulder and chuckled in the direction of Izuna. "But research should be done in moderation. If you don't understand something, you can come and ask me directly. I will spend most of my time in the interrogation department to deal with the remaining prisoners. I am easy to find. Although I have been blind for several years, I am still someone who has mastered the three magatama. It may be a bit arrogant to instruct my own family, but it is no problem to instruct a foreigner."

[Izuna] was stunned, "You don't mind? This is a bloodline limit after all..."

"After all, that is my brother's body. Even if it is you inside now, I don't want him to be hurt unnecessarily, and..." Ling laughed softly, "Even if you use the Uchiha's body to reduce the burden on the Sharingan, the Sharingan is still not a good thing for outsiders, not to mention that you are so smart... I believe that the more you study, the more you want to stay away from it."

[Izuna] stared at Ling for a while, then walked to Senju Momoyama, and her tense shoulders finally relaxed a little. "I understand. I will take good care of this body, and...thank you."

"You're welcome—" Ling's smile spread, "After all, I really want to win you over, you can be arrogant because of my favor, okay?"

The slight touch and awkwardness on Izuna's face instantly turned into numbness, "No, it will shorten my life."