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“Obito Uchiha is useless… It’ll take him forever to capture Naruto Uzumaki. Looks like I’ll have to tell him another way—”
Shin stroked his chin, thinking. If he kept waiting for Obito Uchiha to act, who knew when the Eye of the Moon Plan would be completed.
Shin was still a bit curious about the legendary Rabbit Goddess—Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. He was waiting for the Eye of the Moon Plan to be completed.
And with the Eye of the Moon Plan, it was unlikely that the hidden Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki wouldn’t appear.
Leaving the Valley of the End, Shin didn’t return to the Land of Whirlpools but went to find Obito Uchiha.
Obito had returned to the Land of Rain. Though the Akatsuki was practically defunct, Obito still used it as a base.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was also there.
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“We meet again so soon. Aren’t you surprised, Obito?” Shin asked Obito.
Obito Uchiha’s face turned ashen.
Surprised? Obito Uchiha was furious to the point of death.
“What do you want?” Obito asked stiffly.
“Obito, do you remember the other half of the Nine-Tails sealed by Minato Namikaze?”
Shin wasn’t here to chat with Obito Uchiha. He got straight to the point.
“I remember.”
Obito frowned, wondering why Shin Uzumaki was bringing this up. ‘Is he trying to mock me for killing my teacher??’
Obito Uchiha was overthinking it. Shin didn’t have the time to mock him. He’d rather spend time chatting with Konan and the others.
“As long as you break the Reaper Death Seal, you can release the other half of the Nine-Tails that was sealed.”
Shin looked deeply at Obito and told him.
“Break the Reaper Death Seal? That’s impossible… That sealing jutsu can’t be broken.”
Obito shook his head. From his understanding, the Reaper Death Seal was absolutely unbreakable—
“Heh. The Reaper Death Seal is an Uzumaki Clan sealing jutsu. Even I haven’t said it’s unbreakable. What right do you have to say so??”
Shin mocked Obito Uchiha’s presumption.
Obito Uchiha’s face flushed red. He glared at Shin with anger and shame but didn’t dare to speak.
In Obito Uchiha’s heart, Shin was the image of a “Great Villain.”
He remained silent, waiting for Shin’s next words. Perhaps Shin Uzumaki would reveal the method to break the Reaper Death Seal.
Honestly, Obito Uchiha was quite curious. After all, the Reaper Death Seal was a famous sealing jutsu, and Obito Uchiha was even more familiar with it.
Obito’s familiarity wasn’t from personal experience—if he had personally experienced it, he wouldn’t be here. He had learned about it after knowing Minato Namikaze had used it to seal the Nine-Tails.
It was because he was familiar with it that he knew how powerful the Reaper Death Seal was.
“To release the Reaper Death Seal, you just need to get the Shinigami Mask, guide the Shinigami to possess you, and cut open its stomach to release the sealed souls.”
Shin told Obito Uchiha the method to release the Reaper Death Seal. This method was absolutely true. Whether Obito Uchiha would do it or not was up to him.
“There must be a price, right?”
Obito Uchiha asked Shin cautiously. He didn’t believe releasing the Reaper Death Seal would come without any cost.
“Indeed. You haven’t lost your head. Releasing the Reaper Death Seal does have a price. The user will die.”
After Shin finished speaking, he didn’t care what Obito Uchiha chose. It didn’t matter what Obito chose anyway.
And Shin believed Obito Uchiha would definitely do it. The user would die, but Obito didn’t have to be the user.
With the Mangekyō Sharingan, controlling a ninja was simple. He didn’t need to do it himself.
“Good thing I asked about the price…” Obito Uchiha breathed a sigh of relief. If he had done it without asking, he might have died himself.
Then, Obito Uchiha left the Land of Rain and headed for the Uzumaki Clan Mask Storage Temple in Konoha.
The Shinigami Mask was there.
It was originally in the Land of Whirlpools, but after the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed, Konoha ninja moved it to Konoha and built a storage temple.
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After leaving the Land of Rain, Shin returned to the Land of Whirlpools.
Upon returning, he saw Karin glaring at him resentfully, clearly blaming him for not taking her out.
He coughed lightly, then ignored Karin and walked into the room…
“Shin-sama ignored me!! Was it on purpose??” Karin felt even more frustrated, her gaze towards Shin becoming even more resentful.
Perhaps because Karin’s resentful gaze was too powerful, Shin couldn’t help but quicken his pace and hurry into the room.
“Oh, you’re back.” Kushina looked up at Shin.
“What are you all doing?” Shin looked at Kushina and the others, who were busy, and couldn’t help but ask.
“Can’t you see? We’re making dumplings, of course.” Kushina wiped some flour from her hands onto Shin’s face, leaving two white streaks.
“…” Shin wiped the flour from his face, then said with a strange expression, “Are these really dumplings? My knowledge is limited; don’t try to fool me.”
The various bizarrely shaped dumplings left Shin speechless. They must have invented them themselves…
Konan’s dumplings were still good. After all, Konan’s greatest hobby was origami. She applied this skill to making dumplings.
“If your knowledge is limited, what are you still doing here? Go read a book,” Tsunade said, knowing Shin was mocking them, and couldn’t help but give Shin a big eye-roll.
“Oh, sorry. I don’t like reading—” Shin sat down and watched them make dumplings.
“By the way, where’s Mikoto?”
Shin just noticed that Mikoto, the master chef, wasn’t here. This was a bit strange.
“Mikoto and Hinata went to guide Hanabi’s training. I think Mikoto works quite hard cooking every day, so today I’m helping her out.”
Hearing Mei Terumī’s words, Shin’s eyes showed a flicker of hesitation. Since Mikoto didn’t make them, could the dumplings they were making even be edible? That’s the real question…
“Shin-nii, Mikoto-neechan prepared the filling,” Konan, likely guessing what Shin was thinking, said to him.
Hearing Konan say that, Shin instantly relaxed.
So Mikoto prepared the filling. That was fine.
If Kushina or Tsunade had prepared it, Shin really wouldn’t dare to eat it.
Who knew what they would put inside?? But if Mikoto prepared it, he could eat it with peace of mind.
At most, the dumplings would just look a bit ugly.
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