A month passed by, Sasuke is finally born.

Fugaku threw a large party to celebrate the occasion. They invited nearly all clansmen and other clan heads to the party.

I attended the party together with my family. Even Minato and Kushina got an invitation. Well, Minato is Hokage and Kushina seemed to be a close friend of Mikoto.

Baby Sasuke looked way too cute. Itachi carried Sasuke in his arms and Sasuke giggles.

'Bro-con! Itachi is a bro-con.'

I remarked at their interactions. I have grown up from the stage of molestation by the frantic group of aunties and Grandmas. Itachi can avoid this because of Sasuke.

'I won't allow Sasuke to turn into an Emo again. Look at this cute child, some schemes of Danzo or Obito can 't ruin him.'

I tickle Sasuke slightly on his cheeks. Sasuke grabbed my finger and giggle.

"Nii-san, he likes you." Itachi and Shisui remarks.

Itachi seems to hesitate on something as he silently mutters to himself,

'But I am his real brother!'

I sweat-drop at Itachi.

'I can hear you, Itachi.'

We are interrupted by some disturbances; I turn around and get freaked out by creepy Hyugas. Hiashi and Hizashi appeared with a bunch of Hyuga elders.

I spot two pretty Hyuga women with them. One of them is holding a small kid in her arms.

'If my guess is correct, then they are the wives of Hiashi and Hizashi and that small kid is Neji. He is about to turn a year old.'

Mother, Aunt Mikoto, Aunt Fumiko, and Big Sister Kushina welcomes them as they form a lady union of their own.

'There are only two creepy things in the village which can freak me out. First is Hyuga with their Byakugan and second is Aburame's with their insect littered bodies. I still can't get used to them.'

Another commotion occurs and speaks of the Devil. Aburame clan members have arrived. Shibi walks near me and asks,

"How are you doing, kid?"

"You remembered me, Shibi-san," I question him.

"You were too outstanding to be forgotten. Also, everyone in the village is aware of 'Silent Shinigami'. You are quite famous kid." Shibi answers me as he moves on to greet Fugaku.

Similarly, Choza arrived with Akimichis and greeted me. With the arrival of Hiruzen, the party starts as it turns quite noisy.

Sasuke cries in agitation. I tickle his cheeks to cheer him. Itachi grudgingly looks at me. I ignore him as we walk to a quiet corner.

The party continues as the celebration lasts until midnight.

--

The next day,

I pay a visit to Big Sister Kushina. Kushina is surprised by my visit and she pretends to be upset at me.

"Big Sister Kushina, how are you? I really missed you."

Hmph…

Kushina snorted as she ignored me. She starts to mumble to herself.

"Izuna has been a bad boy recently. He has already forgotten about his Big Sister Kushina, if not he would visit her often. Sob…sob…I missed him so much."

I try to appease her,

"It wasn't my fault, Big Sister Kushina. It is all Minato-san's fault. He has given me lots of missions recently. I hardly have any vacation in between them." I sigh and puts all blame on Minato.

'I am sorry, Minato-san. Bite the bullet this time.'

"That Minato. Wait for him to return home. I will give him a piece of my mind. There is no dinner for him today."

Kushina angrily gnashes her teeth.

'A moment of silence for Minato-san.' I close my eyes to pay my respects to Minato's poor soul.

"Anyway, Izuna-kun, what brought you here? You aren't here to just meet me, right?" Kushina glares at me as she questions me threateningly.

Have she figured out my lie? I have to act natural.'

"What are you talking about, Kushina Nee-san? I just came here to pay a visit to you, since I was free." I try to convince her.

She smiles at me and walks up to me. She grabs and twists my ear.

"Aww…aww…it hurts Kushina nee-san."

"Give me a hug and I will consider it even."

I grudgingly comply with her. She hugs me tightly and snuggles with me.

"You are the only person left after Obito and Rin's departure. Don't die too early." Kushina hugs me, a drop of tear falls from her eye.

I just allow her to embrace me for a while to calm her down. I console her for a while.

"Ok! Izuna-kun, now tell me the real issue."

"Big Sister Kushina, I want to investigate the remains of Hidden Eddy Village or Uzushiogakure. I have a hunch that it involves many suspicious things with the Uzumaki clans' extinction.

Also, I want to know more about Fuinjutsu as I have already reached the Grandmaster level in Fuinjutsu. I think there is much more to Fuinjutsu and I can still progress further."

Kushina immediately congratulates me,

"Congratulation! Izuna-kun. It seems that your talent in Fuinjutsu is even higher than many direct descendants of our Uzumaki Ancestor. It can be considered comparable to the Great Ancestor.

It took me around five years to reach the Master level and another seven years to reach the Grandmaster level. Minato surprised me a lot when he took the same amount of time as me. But you Izuna-kun, you reached Grandmaster level just in four years.

That is a monstrous rate of progress, even according to Uzumaki standards. You are such a little monster, Izuna-kun."

Kushina hugs me again as she snuggles with me. After snuggling for a while, she leaves me from her embrace as she continues,

"I had my own doubts, too. My Uzumaki clan got annihilated despite the protection of Konoha and Grandma Mito. I investigated this matter for many years, but I still couldn't figure out the identity of the Culprit.

If you can find something from your investigation, then sure I will help you."

I question many things regarding the Uzumaki clan from Kushina, and she answered all of them.

"I have one last question, Kushina nee-san. I would like to ask about the origin of the Uzumaki clan. From Uchiha's records, I came to know that Senju and Uzumaki were blood-related. At some point, they separated into these two clans.

I would like to know the exact details of the origin of the Uzumaki clan. If you are fine with it, then please answer my question."

I am really curious about the origin of the Uzumaki clan. There is no clear cut mention of their origin in the original story. I wonder what there origin story in this world.

Kushina nods and answers me,

"This is not much of a secret, as my clan is almost extinct now. There is no harm in telling you. Also, even I am not sure about the origin of my clan, but from various rumors which I heard as a child, I have some idea about our origin.

A few centuries ago, one of the direct descendants of the Senju clan left the clan as he had no talents for Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. The ancestor journeyed through the entire world and finally found his talent in Fuinjutsu.

There are various stories about his fortuitous encounter, one of the states that he found a certain artifact which granted him the knowledge of Fuinjutsu and was the reason for the long-lives and an extensive amount of Chakra of Uzumaki's.

Another story states that at some point during his journey, the ancestor made a summoning contract with Reaper which blessed him with large amounts of Chakra, a long-life span, and the knowledge of Fuinjutsu.

I am not entirely sure of the details, but these are the various stories and myths I heard during my short stay in the clan. If you want, I can give you the sealing formula to access the Uzumaki clan compounds present in Konoha. They were previously maintained by Grandma Mito, and I stayed there for a while before moving with Minato after our marriage.

There is also an Uzumaki shrine located on the outskirts of Konoha, which was built by Grandma Mito to honor our ancestors. You can also pay a visit to it. I will also give you a map to the location of Uzushiogakure as it is hidden in the Land of Whirlpools.

Without a proper map, you will get trapped in the whirling death pools of the Village. There is only one correct way to access the village."

After searching for a while, Big Sister Kushina hand over a scroll and a map to me.

"Use this scroll to access the Uzumaki compounds and the Shrine. Also, stay safe during your journey and inform Minato about your departure."

I walk out of her house as I start to inspect the key to the barrier formula of Uzumaki compounds.

'This is quite a complex formula, even more complex than the barrier of Village. It will take me a lot of time to decipher this formula. I guess Mito Uzumaki was at the pinnacle of Grandmaster level in Fuinjutsu.'

I stow away the seal and map as I return home. Tomorrow, I will start my journey to Land of Whirlpool and hopefully, I can find a solution to the 'Sin Seal'.

I start my search from Uzumaki compounds. Using the seal given by Kushina, I easily bypass the barrier and start to fumble around the compounds to search for any clues.

My search is futile, even after two hours of a thorough search. I was about to give up and return when my gaze fell on a small shrine similar to the outer shrine.

I ransacked the shrine and found an Oni mask inside it. I inspect the mask to find any seals or as such. Soon, I spot a complex sealing formula near the forehead. It is very intricately designed and is hard to notice.

'This is a summoning formula.'

After careful examination, I conclude that this is the summoning mask for 'Dead Demon Consuming Seal'.

'Strange, very strange. So, there were two such masks, the other being located in the outer shrine. Perhaps this one got destroyed during the pain invasion and Orochimaru wasn't aware of it.

Also, Uzumaki would have kept some kind of replica with themselves. Only after inspecting both of them could I figure out the Original Mask.'

I pocket the mask and move out of the Uzumaki compounds to the outside of Konoha.

Soon, I reach on the outskirts of Konoha in front of Uzumaki Clan's Shrine or Uzumaki Clans Noh Mask Hall. There is a giant replica of the clan's symbol at the entrance of the Shrine.

There is another powerful barrier protecting the Shrine.

'Hmm, Strange, there shouldn't be a barrier here. Orochimaru and the rest of the Taka team easily trespassed the Shrine. Maybe, over time, the barrier got destroyed.'

The seal given by Kushina allowed me to enter inside the Shrine. Within the temple at the center is a podium of sorts where several Oni-masks hung beneath three connected symbols of the clan, under all of which are ornate, black flames.

I start to inspect these masks one by one to check for any secret. But all of them were just porcelain masks, and only one was real. I pick up the real one and compare it with the previous mask.

'Hmm…there is no difference between them. Both of them are made from the same material and at the same time. I wonder why the Uzumaki clan placed a dangerous object as this mask on the outskirts of Konoha.

Then again, not many people are insane to allow Shinigami to possess them and then slice themselves to release sealed souls.'

I pocket this mask as well.

'I will return you to your position after my journey is over.'

I flicker towards Hokage Office to inform Minato about my departure.

"Minato-san, I will be out of Konoha for a while. I have planned to visit Uzushiogakure to investigate the remains of the Uzumaki clan for clues regarding their extinction.

Also, I would like to further improve my Fuinjutsu skills. Maybe the abode of the Uzumaki clan could provide me with some inspirations."

Minato nods to me and replies,

"Kushina informed me about this. I am surprised you reached the Grandmaster level in Fuinjutsu so quickly. Your talent in Space-time Ninjutsu is higher than mine and even your Nature Transformation Skills.

Sigh… Really, Izuna-kun. Your team is still undergoing treatment from the previous mission. Tsunade-san has figured out a way to treat them. But the damage has already been done, she can only prevent further harm to their body."

I leave the Hokage-Office as I inform my parents about my departure. Mother packed lots of food for me and reminded me to stay safe. Father encouraged me to go and explore the world.

My journey towards the Land of Whirlpool starts. The Land of Whirlpool is a small island nation located in the Mist Sea. The journey to Uzushiogakure will take two days at my normal pace.

I moved at a steady pace as I looked at the 'Sin Seal'.

'Your secrets will be revealed soon. I will figure out your purpose from the remains of the Uzumaki clan. Hopefully…'

My thoughts were conflicted regarding 'Sin Seal'. This seal allowed me to learn Darkness Release. Also, I was stuck at the Master level in Fuinjutsu for the entire two years with little progress. After I got branded by this seal, somehow my understanding of Fuinjutsu increased by a lot.

The previous complex sealing formulas became easier, everything came naturally to me, and within just seven months of this seal, I reached the Grandmaster level in Fuinjutsu.

To be honest, I am really curious about the nature of this seal. From the Grimoire and the name 'Sin' and other hints, I could only relate it to 'Seven Deadly Sins'- a concept I read about in my previous life.

'This kind of power is related to Demonic beings or Demons. I wonder if there were Demons in Naruto World. I think there were Demons in Naruto World, there is a demon sealed somewhere in the Land of Demons.

Naruto defeated a demon in the movie. I should check out that place too for further clues. All kinds of strange powers exist in this world.'

The Journey lasts for two days and I finally arrive at the shore of Land of Whirlpools.

The map given by Kushina came in handy. I start to walk inside Hidden Eddy Village while looking around.

The Village seemed to have been composed of several high-rise buildings. A wide river ran through the village and it is gapped by large bridges. The surrounding countryside is dominated by steep hills.

Now only ruins remain of the once exalted village. The buildings are torn apart, the bridges are dilapidated, and not even a single building is intact.

'How ironic it is, the 'Village of Longevity' couldn't last long enough and became history.'

I start to walk among the ruins of the Village and investigate for any clues for a secret chamber or something like that.

To my disappointment, even after two hours of thorough investigation through the village, I can't find anything.

'I should have expected this much. When the village was annihilated, the invaders must have even dug out the graves of the ancestor of Uzumaki's to find any secrets or valuable.

How could they allow the treasure trove of such a powerful clan to get away scot-free? As for the rest, the village head and elders must have destroyed the important secrets to not allow them to fall in the hands of their enemies and benefit them. But still, there has to be something which can help me progress further.'

I investigate once again but couldn't find anything.

'There has to be some sort of hidden underground passage, cave or something. It usually is there in such kind of settings.'

I sat inside the remains of one of the largest buildings of the Village as I flipped the masks in my hand while contemplating. I thought of these masks as some sort of keys which will automatically direct me towards my destiny.

But reality hit me hard. There were no reactions from these masks. They didn't even budge a little, much less point out a direction.

As I was playing with the masks, one of the masks accidentally slipped from my hand and fell on the ground. I bent down to pick the mask.

Suddenly, I noticed something from the cutouts of the masks. There are various tiny Fuinjutsu seals placed all around the floor.

The eye gaps of the mask magnified them in my vision. I picked up the mask and pocketed it and activated my Sharingan.

After using the magnifying powers of Sharingan, I noticed a large numbers of Fuinjutsu seals engraved all over the floor of the building.

The Fuinjutsu seals formed one massive seal which covered a large area. To get a better view, I jumped high up in the air.

A large seal appeared in my vision. This Fuinjutsu seal is shaped in the form of the Uzumaki Clan symbol.

'This is the most complex seal I have seen so far. I wonder what level the creator of this seal was at. If I try to decipher it now, it will take me months to just study this seal and then I would have to figure out a key for this seal, which is even harder.

What kind of secrets are buried within this seal? Can't I just smash everything apart and forcefully enter my way in. But what if this seal triggered and destroyed whatever is hidden beneath it?'

My thoughts are conflicted as I look at the seal.

'This won't go anywhere. Let me try to brute force my way in.'

I start to create a 'Big Ball Rasengan' in my hand. After completing the jutsu, I smashed it on the seal as I wait for the ground to tear apart.

Silence… Utter Silence…

After coming in contact with the seal, the Rasengan just vanished without any trace. The seal absorbed the entire Chakra of the Jutsu.

'If Ninjutsu won't work, what about Taijutsu?'

'Eight Inner Gates: First Gate, Second Gate, Third Gate: Gate of Life… Open'

I activated three out of Eight gates. This is my limit for now. I have only mastered three gates in a year. My body can't handle the burden of the rest of the gates even with Hashirama cells, and I don't like the masochistic feeling of continuous pain and healing.

I jump in the air to build some momentum for my attack as I rotate in mid-air.

'Leaf Hurricane'

I smash my feet on the floor.

Crack…

Crack…

Soundof something cracking echoed in the surrounding.

'Did I successfully breakthefloor?'

An instant later, a sharp painranacross my leg all the way to my brain.

'Fuck! I broke my leg.'

I immediately sat on the ground and inspect my leg with X-Ray. I broke the bone near my ankle from the impact.

The bone connects as my healing factor kicked in. After a few seconds, it returned to normal. I stood up and checked the point of impact on the floor.

There is no trace of any damage to the floor. It is still intact and appears brand new.

'Fuck! What kind of material is this? It is so hard. Let me try again, this time with my Susanoo.'

I created my Susanoo. A large humanoid skeletal construct of Chakra surrounded me. I clenched my fists tightly, and the Susanoo followed my lead.

Bang…

I smashed the fist of Susanoo on the seal. A large amount of dust and debris rosefrom the impact. The dust settles to revealthe seal.

There is a slight dent on the floor.Some strange Chakra leaks from the ground andstarts to fix the dent. Within a few seconds, the floor returns to normal with no sign of any prior damage.

'It even has a restoring seal within the mix. How will I decipher this seal?'

Something clicked in my mind. I ransacked my storage scroll and fished out a vial with some blood inside it.

This vial contains the blood of SisterKushina. She gave it to me while teaching some blood-related Fuinjutsu seals. I carefully took out a drop of her blood and placed it on top of the seal.

'Now, I have to wait for some sort of mechanism to trigger which can detect the blood of Uzumaki's and open the passage forme.'

Fifteen minutes passed by and there is no reaction from the seal.

'Seriously, How the fuck. I decipher this fucking seal. Shouldn't the seal open with theblood of an Uzumaki descendant. Kushina Nee-san is an Uzumaki princess at that, but there is no response from the seal.'

I have tried every possible way to decipher this seal, but I failed constantly. My hopes start to crumble and I almost gave up on this seal.

I take out those Oni-mask once again to see any reaction from them. I even peeked through the eyeholes of the masks to examine the seal. But it only ends in failure.

'Damn! I have wasted my timeon this trip to the Land of Whirlpool. After I grow stronger, I will return to break this damn seal.'

The mask accidentally slips from myhand and fell towards the floor.

'This mask is quite sturdy, it won't break from these minor falls.'

The mask fell on the floor and shatterinto many small pieces after the impact with thehard floor.

"What? How is this possible? That's a Shinigami summon mask. How it turned so fragile suddenly…"

The remaining words left stuck in my throat as I stare at the remains of the mask with wide-eyes. The strange Chakra from the ground seeps out again and coats all pieces of mask in it.

The Chakra pulls the pieces and arranges them in a certain pattern. After a while, thestrange chakra settles down.

'So, that's the real purpose of this mask. This is the reason these masks were placed inside Konoha. Uzumaki clan preserved their heritage by hiding the keys inside the Konoha in form of Noh Masks. How smart of them?

Let me take a look at their heritage. In the future, I will bring Kushina and Naruto to take a look at this. Naruto never inherited his Uzumaki heritage. There is so much potential in Fuinjutsu. Naruto had Uzumaki bloodline, he should have a decent talent for sealing.'

I take out the other Oni-Mask and throw it on the ground. The Oni-Mask shatter andcomplete the key. The seal lights up and activates.

The ground rumbled as the seal opens in a spiraling matter similar to the seal to reveal staircases. I activate my Sharingan and carefully walk inside the passage using stairs.

There can be many Fuinjutsu traps within the passage, and I don't want to accidentally trigger them and blow up myself. After descending the stairs, I face four different passagesleading to different locations.

'Such tricks are old game.'

'Shadow Clone Jutsu'

I make four shadow clones and send them to respective passages. After a few minutes, some information enters my brain as three of my clones are dissipated.

They are destroyed by some traps laid withing the tunnel. I continue along the safe path and reach yet another hallway with fourdifferent passages.

"Ah, shit! Here we go again."

I make another four shadow clones and continue along the next safe passage. Finally, I reach the end of the passage and enter a hall.

There are various shelves with many scrolls, weapons, and other strange items laid on these shelves.

Without hesitation, I move towards scrolls. I activate my Sharingan to scan for traps. After ensuring the absence of traps, I start to read these scrolls.

"Holy Shit! So many powerful A-Rank and S-Rank seals. This is a treasure trove, the real inheritance of Uzumaki clan."

I frantically start to copy these jutsus in my memory using my Sharingan. After five hours of study, I sit in the center of the room as I start to digest a large amount of information.

A large grin appears on my face as I can feel a rapid improvement in my expertise in Fuinjutsu. These complex seals appear simplifiedin my mind as I decipher and learn them one by one.

Another ten hours pass and I have finally digested and learned the entire list of seals.

"Now, I only need to practice them. I will make a copy of them and give them to Minato and Kushina. It will increase their chance of survival in case something happens to me."

I notice another scroll encased within a glass.

'That must be another powerful Fuinjutsu technique. Maybe the most powerful among them.'

I try to touch the glass, but my senses warn me of danger. I inspect the glass carefully and I find a Bloodline seal on the Glass. I drop another drop of Kushina's blood on the seal.

The seal starts to glow brightly, and the glass panel separates in half to reveal the scroll. I carefully pick the scroll while on guard against any trap.

I open the scroll and start to read it. I am surprised by the contents of this scroll.

'This is the hidden technique of Uzumakiclan passed through their bloodlines.

'Adamantine Sealing Chains'

One of the most powerful sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan capable of sealing evena tailed beast with its power. This is a good grab, I should memorize this technique and practice it.'

It read the scroll, and the technique seems very familiar to me.

'Hmm… isn't it similar to my 'Corrosion Chains' technique? I got that technique whenI unlocked the Darkness Style due to 'Sin Seal'. 'Adamantine Chains' appears to be a variation of 'Corrosion Chain'. Are they somehowrelated?'

I carefully inspect the jutsu formula of 'Adamantine Chains' and it appears more and more similar to 'Corrosion Chains'.

'Is this a coincidence?'

After memorizing this hidden technique, I place the seal back in the glass panel. The panel closes on its own and seals the scroll again.

'So far, I haven't managed to find any clue regarding 'Sin Seal', but I had harvested plenty of powerful sealing Techniques to compensate for that.

Now, let's choose a suitable weapon. Myprevious weapons keep on degrading due to my potent chakra. I search among various weird weapons and finally select a blade and a scythe.'

I search around to look for any other useful things. I accidentally press a lever and trigger a mechanism. I infuse lightning chakra in my new blade and get ready to face the enemy.

In the center of the room, the spiralUzumaki symbol opens up and a pedestal start to rise from the ground. There are variousAdamantine chains wrapped around the pedestal.

The 'Sin Seal' on my hand starts to heat up. I feel a strong attraction towards the pedestal. The 'Grimoire of Sin' appears on its own. I catch the grimoire to inspect the abnormality.

The Grimoire struggles in my hand and shoots towards the pedestal. The pedestal starts to shake violently as if an uncaged monster is about to be unleashed in the world.

The Grimoire opens up and starts to suck the 'Adamantine Chains' wrapped around the pedestal. I try to pull the Grimoire to prevent it from eating the chains to no avail.

'What kind of thing is sealed beneath this pedestal? It must be something terrifying to be sealed in these many 'Adamantine Chains'. What kind of trouble have I invoked again?'

Help!...Someone. God help. One 'Sin seal' is enough to make my life miserable.'

The Grimoire eats up all the 'Adamantine Chains' to reveal a black color box with many symbols and seals on it.

The 'Sin Seal' on my hand starts to pull me towards the Box. The hidden chains of the Grimoire appears. These chains start to bind the box and pull it towards the grimoire.

The chains stretch the box and start to reshape it. The box is reshaped in the form of an hourglass. An eye opens in the middle of the hourglass as it stares deeply into my soul.

The chains start to pull the hourglass seal towards the grimoire and fuses with it.

Various strange runes crawl out from the grimoire and creeps in Izuna's left eye. His left eye turns into Mangekyo Sharingan and absorbs these runes.

Aah…

Izuna's vision blurs as intense pain assaulted him. Lots of unknown information is forcefully injected in Izuna's mind. The strain from information over-load causes his vision to turn blurry and his head spins.

His consciousness fades as he slumps down on the ground. The chains connected to Grimoire rattle and blue energy channels through them.

'Freedom'… Freedom from constraints of time.

These words echoed in Izuna's ears before he lost consciousness. His body rises from the ground and passes through the roof as he floats on top of the large Uzumaki seal.

A large pillar of blue energy rises from the Grimoire. The large pillar of light shoots in the sky and pierces through it. It passes through a spatial opening in the sky and disappears.

The Grimoire closes and the new seal attaches itself into one of the left slots on the Grimoire. Another five slots are still empty. The Grimoire disappears and various totems and runes on Izuna's body retract.

--

In the vast void,

A blue beam of energy travels through the plane while drilling a hole through some sort of barrier as it enters inside a dimension. The beam enters inside the dimension and travels towards a massive pillar of unknown size and strikes it. The pillar lights up in blue light and various chains appear around the pillar.

Inside a castle somewhere in the dimension, a cloaked figure sits on a large throne with his hands cupped under his chin. He seems to contemplate some issues while looking in a certain direction.

"The war has been waged for almost a century. We have lost a lot in this war, our power has declined a lot during this time. We can't allow those damn parasites to win and take hold of our homeworld. We will struggle to the bitter end and will drag them down with us."

The cloaked man smashes his hand on the armrest of the throne. The throne is crushed from the impact of his attack. The entire castle shakes and collapse. Ignoring all of this commotion, the cloaked man looks intently at a ring in his hand.

The ring in his hand is shining brightly with blue light.

"It has appeared. It has finally appeared. Summon -x-x-x-x-."

The cloaked figure bellows loudly. A short while later another purple-cloaked man appears in front of the person sitting on the throne.

"It has finally reappeared. The 'Grimoire of Sin' has finally appeared once again. I can feel its presence. You are the most suitable candidate to retrieve it back.

Eighty years ago, in that deadly fight, we lost our most powerful warrior, and we lost the most prized possession of our race in spatial fractures. We could not sense the presence of the Grimoire until now."

The cloaked man clutches the ring in his right finger tightly.

"I have detected the presence of 'Grimoire of Sin' in one of the lower dimensions. Your task is to retrieve the 'Grimoire' back to our clan at any cost.

With the help of the Grimoire, we can easily turn the tides of war and score a victory against those parasites. Now, return to clan only when you have successfully completed the mission. Failure isn't an option in this mission."

"Yes, my lord. I won't disappoint you."

The purple cloaked man bows and salute in one of his knees as he reassures the cloaked man.

He stands up and disappears from the ruined castle. The cloaked man returns to contemplation as the castle returns to its previous form.

'We have a chance now. By utilizing the power of this artifact, we can repel the enemy forces once again. We weren't the only ones who lost their powerful warrior in the previous battle. It was an equal exchange and with the 'Grimoire' back in our hand, we will have an edge against those parasites. I despise their existence from the very core of my existence.'

--

The purple cloaked man leaves the castle and arrives before the large pillar present in the middle of the dimension. There is a large spatial rift above the pillar. Violent space turbulences occur inside the spatial rift.

The Purple cloaked man touches the large pillar and tries to sense the remains of energy from the large pillar.

"Found you."

The purple cloaked man floats in the air and reaches the entrance of the spatial rift. He touches the rift with his bare hand but gets repelled by the space turbulences inside the rift.

"Those damn traitors, using the sealing formula of clan against the clan. If I get my hands on them, I will tear them apart in a million pieces. Thankfully, this sealing formula can't restrain me."

The purple cloaked man stretches out his hand. A strange seal appears on his left hand. The seal glows and coat the body of the cloaked man in cyan-colored energy cloak.

The cloaked man reaches near the barrier and touches it. His hand passes through the barrier, following which he easily crosses across the barrier.

"Now, time to retrieve the Grimoire. I can't delay any further for the sake of the clan."

The cloaked man travels through the void. His destination 'The Shinobi World'.

--

Argh…

'My head hurts like hell.'

Izuna wakes up and clutches his head tightly. Slowly, as the pain subsides, he looks around. He is present inside a completely white space.

'So, I am inside my mindscape.'

Izuna stands up and walks towards the center of his mindscape. He notices many new floating orbs beside the ten original Orbs.

A cyan orb, a light grey orb, a dark grey orb, a dark yellow orb, a dark green orb, and a pale yellow orb floats in the air.

One by one, Izuna inspects them and concludes about their nature.

'So they are Radiation release, Shock Release, Storm Release, Swift Release, Wood Release, and Black Lightning respectively.

Then what new powers have I gained again to abruptly enter my mindscape after that second seal. Izuna inspects the room closely to search for any changes.

After a while of inspection, he notices a large blue blackhole hovering near the Space blackhole. He tries to urge the black hole to move towards him. But the blackhole doesn't budge from its position.

Giving up on his futile attempts, Izuna walks towards the blue blackhole to inspect it closely. He tries to touch the blackhole but is violently repelled by the blackhole.

His Mangekyo Sharingan activates on it's own, and the ability of his left eye activates.

Everything slows down for him. His body is suspended in mid-air as he stares at the blue blackhole.

'I see. This makes sense.'

Izuna deactivates his Mangekyo Sharingan and sits down in his mindscape and compiles the recent information which popped up in his brain.

An unknown amount of time passed. Izuna opens his eyes, his Mangekyo Sharingan activates on its own.

"I have gained a lot from this trip. It's time to return to Konoha. Thankfully, I can just teleport to the village by using 'The Flying Thunder God Jutsu'. My understanding of space-time increased a lot during this trip and I can reach the next level of Fuinjutsu at any time.

I have to test my new abilities. The Nine-tails attack will happen soon in the future. That will be the perfect opportunity to test my powers."

Izuna teleports to the outskirts of Konoha, near the Uzumaki Shrine. He had already collected the 'Oni-Masks' from the Uzumaki seal.

'Let me return one of the masks to the Shrine.'

Izuna appears on the outskirts of Konoha. He is welcomed by a large Tailed beast bomb right in front of him.

"Nani?"

Wasting no moment, Izuna immediately activates his Mangekyo Sharingan.

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