Chapter 123: Successful Planning

Just when the Uzumaki clan was in a state of panic, the offensive of the Hidden Cloud Village became more fierce. It seemed that their spies should have also reported that Konoha had not sent any ninjas to reinforce the Land of Whirlpools recently. Although the details were unknown, this was great news for the Hidden Cloud Village.

Without Konoha's interference, they can be more unscrupulous, so they keep urging the Hidden Mist Village to join them in destroying the Uzumaki clan as soon as possible.

And Kiyoshi also felt that the time was right. He believed that Uzumaki Ashina, as the clan leader, should have made his choice by now. So, late at night, Kiyoshi entered Uzushio Village again and came to Uzumaki Ashina's home.

Seeing Uzumaki Ashina sitting upright and looking at him with burning eyes, Qingsi knew that it should be safe.

"Ninja from the Kirigakure, I have been waiting for you for a long time." Uzumaki Ashina said lightly. After Kiyoshi left last time, he strengthened the function of the Uzushio Village barrier in sensing space fluctuations. Therefore, when Kiyoshi used "Takama-ga-hara" to enter the Uzushio Village, Uzumaki Ashina knew it immediately.

"With your strength, your status in the Hidden Mist Village should be quite high, right? Since we want to cooperate, should you let me know your identity?" Uzumaki Ashina did not give Kiyoshi a chance to speak and continued to ask.

Hearing what Uzumaki Ashina said, Seiji couldn't help but smile bitterly under the mask. He was indeed negligent in this matter. Although he was now powerful enough to be fearless of the Kaguya clan, before he took revenge on his enemy Kaguya Musashi, wearing a mask to hide himself had become a habit.

However, Kiyoshi didn't know that Kaguya Musashi had actually almost confirmed his identity. In the battle of Rain Country, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist Village became famous in one battle, and their basic information had basically spread throughout the ninja world.

Even the Kaguya clan, who usually had no contact with the village, learned the news. Especially when Kaguya Musashi learned that the captain of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen was named Kiyoshi and had the ability of Corpse Vein, Kaguya Musashi, who once regarded the Genji as a serious threat, immediately realized Kiyoshi's identity.

However, at present, Seiji is not in Kirigakure or even in the Land of Water, so Kaguya Musashi has not taken any action and has been silently preparing in secret.

Kiyoshi slowly took off his mask, revealing his handsome yet enchanting face, "Well then, Ashina-senpai, let's formally meet each other! The Jonin of the Hidden Mist Village, Otsutsuki Kiyoshi!"

"Otsutsuki? A strange last name, but I seem to have heard it somewhere..." Uzumaki Ashina didn't speak for a while, lowered his head slightly, and fell into deep thought. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, raised his head and looked at Seiji, his pupils slightly contracted.

The Uzumaki clan has been passed down in the ninja world for thousands of years. Although their history has been lost in the continuous conquests, they have the distant relative the Senju clan as an ally, they themselves are not aggressive, and they have a very powerful sealing technique inheritance. In addition, they live on a small island in the Land of Whirlpools which is not fertile and has few resources. Therefore, few ninjas would provoke them. Therefore, some rather secret information is passed down orally among the successive patriarchs of the Uzumaki clan.

Uzumaki Ashina had an impression of the surname Otsutsuki. When he succeeded as the patriarch of the Uzumaki clan, the previous patriarch told him some secrets of their clan, including the origin of their bloodline and the surname of the common ancestor of their clan and the Senju clan, which was Otsutsuki!

(In fact, I think that information about the origin of a clan should be recorded in the long-standing ninja clan, but it was lost for various reasons, or it may be known only to a limited range of people, such as the sudden death of the previous clan leader, and the information was not passed down in time. For example, the Uchiha clan has a stone tablet that records various secret information, although it was tampered with by Black Zetsu.)

However, this memory was too old, and decades had passed, and Uzumaki Ashina had never heard of the name Otsutsuki in the ninja world. So, when Seiji mentioned Otsutsuki, Uzumaki Ashina felt that she had heard of this name at first, and then searched for relevant information deep in her memory.

"Otsutsuki Seiji... I understand." Although Uzumaki Ashina was shocked in his heart, he did not show it on his face. However, at this moment, he had completely made up his mind. Seiji, who had the same surname as his ancestor, entrusted the younger generations of the Uzumaki clan to him, which must have a good result. However, he still decided to give it one last try.

"Kiyoshi-kun, I will call you that." Uzumaki Ashina continued, "I have one last question. Have you ever heard of the name Yuyi?"

Qingsi's heart skipped a beat, and then he suddenly realized that since the Hyuga clan could pass down some information about their ancestors, it made no sense for the Uzumaki clan, who were also descendants of the Otsutsuki clan, to have no records of these.

Qingsi understood the hidden meaning of Uzumaki Ashina and knew what Uzumaki Ashina wanted to ask, but he did not give a direct answer. Instead, he said something that sounded irrelevant, "The name of the ancestor is Otsutsuki Hamura!"

"Hagoromo...! Hamura...!!!" Uzumaki Ashina's expression became serious, and he also understood what Seiji wanted to express.

What Uzumaki Ashina wanted to test was whether the surname Qingsi was really related to his ancestor, and what Qingsi wanted to express was that you can rest assured, my Uzumaki people, you see, the name of my ancestor is almost the same as yours, with only one character different.

"Well, Seiji-kun, the cooperation is achieved! I hope you can treat the members of my Uzumaki clan well!" Uzumaki Ashina slowly closed his tired eyes, and his mind and eyes opened at the same time.

"Don't worry, Senior Ashina, the Hidden Mist Village will treat the Uzumaki clan well, and the Hidden Mist Village will fulfill all reasonable requests of the Uzumaki clan!" Kiyoshi made his promise.

With the perception of Kagura's mind's eye, Uzumaki Ashina knew clearly that what Kiyoshi said was not false at all, but all true. In addition, she sensed that Kiyoshi's powerful strength did not belong to the Third Mizukage, and no matter what, Kiyoshi could barely be considered a distant relative of her family. With multiple guarantees, Uzumaki Ashina finally felt relieved.