Naruto: Cultivating to Immortality

Chapter 8 Uzumaki Kushina

Two years have passed since he enrolled, and Hinata Kanan still maintains a perfect record of losing all his sparring matches, and still seems indifferent to everything at school.

Just as she entered the classroom on time, Hinata Kanan quietly sat down in her last seat and began to cultivate her spirit-nourishing technique with her eyes closed, ignoring the noise from the other students in the classroom.

Suddenly, the teacher pushed open the door and entered. The classroom immediately fell silent. The students all pretended to sit up straight, acting like good little kids, clearly not wanting the teacher's 'loving encouragement'.

What was different today was that the teacher didn't come to the classroom alone; a girl followed behind her. The girl's long, fiery red hair was quite eye-catching, and her round face showed unease and a hint of shyness, making her look like a well-behaved girl.

The teacher led the girl to the podium, first giving the little girl a kind smile, then turning to the students in the classroom with a serious expression.

"Today, our class will welcome a new transfer student, a companion from our ally, the Land of Whirlpools. I hope everyone will uphold the spirit of unity and friendship of Konoha and help our new companion well. Come over here, don't be shy, introduce yourself."

As she spoke, the teacher led the little girl standing beside her to the podium in front of her, while taking a half step back herself, waiting for the girl to introduce herself.

"I, I am Kushina Uzumaki from the Land of Whirlpools, and I will become the first female Hokage of this village."

The girl, who looked like a well-behaved girl, was a little reserved at first, but she spoke louder and louder as she went on to introduce herself. In the end, she seemed to lack confidence and used a loud voice to embolden herself.

Hearing her self-introduction immediately provoked dissatisfaction among the students in the classroom. Some protested loudly, some sneered, some looked dissatisfied, and some looked puzzled. Only two students had different expressions from the others. One was Minato Namikaze, who looked appreciative and smiled. The other was Kanan Hyuga, who was still with his eyes closed. He seemed not to have heard anything, not even opening his eyes, and his expression remained unchanged.

Seeing the somewhat bewildered girl, the teacher remembered the Second Hokage, Lord Senju's, instructions and then loudly shouted at the students in the classroom, "Quiet!"

The students in the classroom immediately fell silent, though some still showed dissatisfaction in their eyes.

"Where is your unity and friendship? Is this how you treat new students? Do you even have the demeanor of a successor of the Will of Fire?"

After scolding her, the teacher smiled and said to Kushina Uzumaki, "Don't worry too much. You'll discover the friendship among your classmates once you get to know them."

"You can sit next to that student!"

The teacher pointed to a female student next to her and said to Uzumaki Kushina.

Kushina Uzumaki nodded to the teacher, walked to her seat, and looked somewhat lost.

Then, the teacher began today's lesson. However, the students' expressions varied, and they seemed somewhat distracted.

"get out of class dismissed!"

After the teacher finished speaking, he strode out of the classroom.

As soon as the teacher stepped out of the classroom, the students began to talk loudly. The brown-haired boy sitting behind Kushina Uzumaki shouted at her, reaching out to tug at her blood-red hair.

"From today onwards, you'll be called Tomato. Your chubby round face and red hair are just like a tomato."

"Yeah! Yeah! It's just a tomato. How could a tomato become Hokage!"

The student next to the airplane head echoed this, while also reaching out to pull on Uzumaki Kushina's red hair.

"Who are you calling 'tomato'?! Let me make it clear beforehand, I hate tomatoes too!"

As Kushina Uzumaki spoke, she suddenly stood up, grabbed the boy with the pompadour hairstyle by the hand, and instantly spun him around like a top, knocking several students who were watching the commotion away. She then threw the boy to the ground, straddled him, and began to relentlessly pound his head with her fists. While punching him, she shouted, "Who's the tomato?! Who's the tomato? Anyone who calls me 'tomato' will regret it!" At the same time, she looked around, her eyes scanning the surroundings. Suddenly, her anger flared even more when she saw the blond-haired boy smiling at her.

"What are you looking at, you blond kid? What's so funny?"

Minato Namikaze had intended to offer a friendly smile, but was immediately startled by Kushina Uzumaki's fiery words and quickly turned his head away, though he still secretly glanced in their direction.

Hyuga Kanan was practicing the Taoist cultivation technique with his eyes closed when he was interrupted by the loud shout from the man with the airplane hairpin. He opened his eyes to check the qi situation and was slightly surprised to see the red-haired girl's actions.

"What a powerful physique! It's even stronger than when I practiced body-refining techniques. Without using chakra, its strength and speed alone are terrifyingly powerful."

Hyuga Kanan narrowed his eyes slightly, and at the same time, his soul power began to scan the girl's internal body. The girl opposite him had extremely strong cellular activity and abundant physical energy. As long as she cultivated and extracted chakra, she would be one of the most robust "leeks" in the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths.

Listening to their conversation, I understood. This was Uzumaki Kushina of the Uzumaki clan, the chosen successor to the second Jinchuriki of Konoha. It seems the Uzumaki clan is about to be harvested. Thinking about it, it makes sense; with such powerful physical energy, the Sage of Six Paths endured so long without harvesting them, perhaps wanting a long-term, sustainable harvest. It's likely that the Uzumaki clan discovered something amiss, creating the Reaper Death Seal, a sealing technique that connects to the Shinigami, which is why they're taking such drastic measures.

Consider the principle behind the Reaper Death Seal technique: it uses the Grim Reaper to seal a person's soul. The Grim Reaper can also be seen as a manifestation of the will of heaven and earth; anything sealed by it has its soul and will sealed as well. Therefore, the will within a ninja's chakra is also sealed, preventing the Sage of Six Paths from harvesting this sealed energy. If the Uzumaki clan were to continue developing this technique, gaining more access to the will of heaven and earth, and having more of the will within a ninja's chakra absorbed by the will of heaven and earth, how could the Sage of Six Paths continuously harvest ninjas? Therefore, how could the Sage of Six Paths allow the Uzumaki clan to survive indefinitely? By effectively utilizing his current pool of ninjas, annihilating a small Uzumaki clan would be easy, while simultaneously harvesting the energy of all its members.

As long as a large number of Vortex Clan members are not allowed to survive, a few survivors will not be able to affect the overall situation. Furthermore, those with abundant physical energy in their bloodline can be left behind, and with guidance from the demonic beasts of the other clans, there will be an endless supply of harmless "leeks" to be harvested.

Thinking about it, Hinata Kanan looked at Uzumaki Kushina with a hint of regret, but she didn't dare to meddle in other people's business.