Uzumaki Kana: "Karin, don't believe it! That crow must be deceiving you, you absolutely must not trust it!"
Uzumaki Karin: "But..."
Karin looked at the Sky Screen, a deep sense of longing appearing in the depths of her eyes. What if that crow really wasn't lying to her?
[Karin fell silent, not because the conditions mentioned by Mr. Crow were too difficult, but on the contrary, because they were far too simple. After all, it was just hair and blood; what kind of price was that? She began to suspect she was being played by this crow. Humans are like that: when the price of something is immense, you don't doubt its authenticity. But if the price is pitifully small or nonexistent, you start to wonder if the matter is real.
"It seems you still don't know what the name Uzumaki represents." As if seeing the suspicion in Karin's eyes, Mr. Crow explained patiently. "It is one of the three major bloodlines inherited from the Sage of Six Paths, a part of the Sage Physique. Currently, among the living Uzumaki, your bloodline is the purest."
"Sage of Six Paths? Sage Physique?" Karin wore a look of confusion. How had she become involved with the Sage of Six Paths? However, she understood one thing. "In other words, my bloodline is very precious, right?"
A flash of pain crossed Karin's eyes. She and her mother both possessed a special constitution that allowed people to obtain massive amounts of vitality and chakra by biting them, thereby healing injuries and replenishing chakra. Because of this, her mother had been bitten to death by the people of Kusagakure. Even she had not escaped this fate.
"Correct. We have already obtained the Senju bloodline, and we already have a candidate for the Uchiha. Only you are the most suitable for the Uzumaki."
Senju, Uchiha, and Uzumaki—these had been extremely powerful clans since the Warring States Period. Even the chaotic Warring States Period had not made these three clans vanish. Instead, with the arrival of the Ninja Village Era, these three clans perished one after another. Now, only a few stragglers remained of these once-renowned families.
Uzumaki Karin never expected her bloodline to have such a terrifying origin.
"Fine, I promise you. When can you resurrect my mother?" Karin took a deep breath, the hesitation in her eyes gone. Even if it was a scam, she was willing.
"Anytime."
"Anytime?" Karin looked stunned. Would they not even try to make the lie sound convincing?
Nonetheless, Karin used a kunai to cut a lock of hair from beside her ear. Meanwhile, Mr. Crow produced a test tube from somewhere. Without hesitation, Karin sliced her palm, letting her blood fill more than half the tube.
"Rest assured, the Herrscher of Reason is as good as her word. You will see your mother soon. However, considering that the resurrection of the dead will draw immense attention, your mother will return to your side in another form."
After collecting Karin's hair and blood, Mr. Crow flew from the window into the night sky and vanished. Karin stood by the window, staring at the silent night sky with hollow eyes, her thoughts unknown.
At the same time, in the newly built cemetery of New Konoha, a snow-white cat crawled out from an unremarkable grave mound. Even after crawling out from underground, the white cat's fur remained bright and sleek, without a speck of dirt. Most notably, a bone was curled in the cat's tail, seemingly dug up from this very grave.
"Damn guy, making me do this kind of work. Logically, shouldn't he be the one digging the grave while I do the negotiating?"
The white cat grumbled under her breath, but her movements did not pause. She stuffed the bone into a previously prepared sacrifice and activated the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation. Consequently, an unremarkable corpse transformed into an Edo Tensei Body with bright red hair, covered in cracks, and radiating a maternal aura.
But before she could open her eyes, a transparent figure drifted out of the Edo Tensei Body. Then, it was stuffed into the body of a calico kitten that had appeared out of nowhere.
"Finished. Next is delivering her."
Thus, the white cat picked up the calico kitten in her mouth and ran toward the residential area of New Konoha, vanishing into the darkness in a few leaps.
"Meow~" Karin was attracted by a cat's cry. Looking down, she saw a white cat had jumped onto her windowsill at some point, dropped a kitten, and left. Looking at this kitten that seemed to have just been weaned, an unbelievable guess surfaced in Karin's mind.
"Could it be... no, it shouldn't be. Right, I'm overthinking it. Yes, I'm overthinking it."
Trembling, Karin pulled the calico kitten into her arms, not daring to use too much force for fear of hurting her.]
Unknown Ninja: "Is resurrecting someone really that simple?"
This was the thought in almost everyone's mind after seeing the white cat's actions. Because the white cat made the resurrection look so effortless, it created an illusion for many—an illusion that bringing back the dead had become easy.
Unknown Ninja 1: "No, aren't you guys focusing on the wrong thing? Shouldn't you care more about what that crow said? Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki... these are all bloodlines of the Sage of Six Paths! That's the most important part!"
Black Zetsu watched the crow's words on the Sky Screen, a gloom flashing in his eyes. Finally, his greatest fear had come to pass. On the Sky Screen, that crow claiming to be a vassal of the Herrscher of Reason even knew about this. Just how much did that Herrscher of Reason, that Uchiha Hoshi, actually know?
No, the Eye of the Moon Plan must be moved forward! Otherwise, if the true details of the Eye of the Moon are exposed, it will be too late for everything!
Many people, such as Uchiha Madara and Obito, already knew that the Uchiha and Senju were brothers, but the inclusion of the Uzumaki was something they hadn't expected. But on second thought, the Uzumaki and Senju were distant blood relatives, possessing vast chakra and immense vitality; it did indeed seem extraordinary.
Uchiha Madara wondered if he had supplemented his missing Uzumaki bloodline back then, would he have awakened the Rinnegan even faster? But that was mere speculation; besides, it was too late for anything now. He also wondered to what extent the Eye of the Moon Plan had progressed in the outside world.
As for the secrets of the Sage of Six Paths' bloodline, no one in the entire Ninja World failed to be shocked. After all, that was the legendary Sage of Six Paths!