The three people walked into the Uzumaki clan's temple.
Then, the Uzumaki clan leader and Uzumaki Mito walked through the front hall and stepped into the main hall of the clan temple, and then he paid homage to the ancestors of the clan.
At this time, Hanyu was just standing at the door of the main hall as a door god... It was impossible for him to pay homage, as his reincarnation skills in this life were still not up to par.
However, the two Uzumakis were just expressing their thoughts at this time, so their worship was not complicated, but very simple. So after only a short while, Uzumaki Mito walked out of the main hall.
She motioned for Hanyu to follow her, then turned right and entered the side hall on the right.
After just a glance, Hanyu felt somewhat familiar with this place, not only because there was a similar scene in his memory, but also because when he became an Anbu a few years ago, he had seen a similar place in Konoha... There was nothing superfluous in this side hall, only masks hanging on three walls.
This is the Namen Hall of the Uzumaki clan.
So the question is, as a person who knows the "plot", can Hanyu find the Grim Reaper mask that can be used to unlock the Shikigami Fūjin from so many masks?
...It's unlikely. All the masks here look similar, and so much time has passed. It is impossible for Hanyu's memory to accurately record the "details" that lack attention in the first place.
Fortunately, there was no need for Hanyu to choose now. Uzumaki Mito walked forward, stretched out her arm, and with a light hook of her fingertips, she took in her hand a mask with an exceptionally bright smile, a white face, double horns and a middle-parted hairstyle.
The overall shape of this mask does not look very recognizable, but it is indeed the most important one among all the masks in this room. To some extent, the other masks here even exist to hide it.
Uzumaki Mito put the death mask into her wide sleeves, then she raised her head and took down twelve masks from the top row in succession. Then she stacked them together as if she was buying them wholesale and stuffed them into Hanyu's arms.
"Lord Mito, this is..." Hanyu was a little confused.
"Take it first, you will understand it in a moment."
Uzumaki Mito did not elaborate, and then took Hanyu out of the Nanmen Hall. The two turned to the left, and at this time the Uzumaki clan leader came out from the side hall on the left, and he also brought out a huge scroll... The size of the scroll seemed to be much larger than Hanyu's previous contract summoning scroll.
The height of the scroll is as high as Hanyu's current height, which means it must be at least 1.5 meters, and its diameter must be around 80 meters.
"Did you get the mask, Mito?"
"Got it, Patriarch."
The Uzumaki clan leader nodded and then handed the excessively heavy scroll to Hanyu.
"Hanyu, our next mission is to bring this scroll back to the village... This is something that cannot be lost, you understand." Then, Uzumaki Mito said this to Hanyu.
The scroll was tied with a palm-wide strap, which was just enough for Hanyu to carry it on his back.
Hanyu thought, can I transfer this thing to the Wet Bone Forest and then send it back to Konoha? Since this scroll is so important, isn't this the safest approach?
You have to know that behind him there is a sword and a ninja tool bag, which is also used as a habitat for slugs from time to time, so there is no extra equipment slot left.
But Hanyu understood what this scroll represented. Since Uzumaki Mito and the Uzumaki clan leader were so serious about this, Hanyu's attitude could not be careless. "I understand. Before returning to Konoha, I will stay with this scroll."
This answer made the clan leader and Uzumaki Mito look at each other, and then they nodded imperceptibly at the same time. They were both quite satisfied with Hanyu's attitude.
And when Hanyu carried the scroll horizontally on his back... he couldn't carry it otherwise, but if he carried it vertically because of his height, he would either hit his feet or drag on the ground... When he walked out of the Uzumaki clan's temple with the mask in his hand, he suddenly found that someone was already waiting for him outside the temple.
The person in front was Zicho, and behind her were twelve members of the Uzumaki clan, seven men and five women. They all looked very young, with all of them between the ages of fifteen and twenty.
"Lord Hanyu, the person in front of you is the most outstanding ninja among the younger generation of the Uzumaki clan." Shiko spoke and introduced Hanyu to him.
Hanyu's eyes first swept over the twelve young Uzumaki ninjas standing in a row, then he looked back and found that the clan leader and Mito were still at the door of the main hall of the clan temple, and had no intention of following them out.
In other words, now Hanyu is facing these young people alone, and the two big men have given him all the opportunities and current matters. Hanyu counted the number of Uzumaki ninjas, and then looked at the mask in his hand, and then he understood what Uzumaki Mito meant and what he should do next.
Holding the mask in his hand, Hanyu walked to the leftmost side of the row of Uzumaki ninjas and stopped. What should he say next? Hanyu glanced at Shikou who was standing beside him... Yes, her name was Shikou.
Then, Hanyu handed the two masks in his hand to Shiko and Shikou, and said to them:
"Ginger, white ginger."
Then Hanyu distributed them to the right in order until the end.
"Cloves and woods."
"Hakaku, Sanai."
"Mulan, Baizhi."
"Big pepper and fennel."
Distributing masks and giving code names should be considered a ceremony. From then on, these Uzumaki members are no longer just Uzumaki members, they have also become members of the "Shadow Stream". If Shiko is included, and if Hanyu and Hatake Sakumo are added, then this organization already has fifteen people.
Fifteen people are enough to form the core of an organization and realize its basic functions.
Normally, the smaller a country is, the higher its rate of rapid military expansion is. In the Land of Whirlpools, this situation seems to be no exception. The exception is that the bloodline of the Whirlpools is the most special. Therefore, although ninjas of the level of Uzumaki Mito are extremely rare, it is undeniable that the probability of excellent ninjas being born in the Uzumaki clan is very high.
The twelve young men in front of Hanyu were selected from the best of the best, so what else can he say except "delicious"?
So inspired by Shiko's name, Hanyu came up with a series of code names that are very suitable for them.
A slightly strange atmosphere suddenly filled the solemn and mysterious organization formation ceremony. Well, normally, people would call this atmosphere...
kitchen.
Or the cafeteria.
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