Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Settling In
"How many refugees have arrived here, Martha?"
I look at my Sun Guardian, who gives me a piece of paper.
"About three thousand people are settling here, my lord. About two hundred of them are active shinobi, and seven hundred more have good chakra pathways that lead them to shinobi."
"How many of them are injured?"
"About eighty-five percent of people coming here are injured. About two hundred of them need the heavy-duty healing chamber."
Heavy-duty healing chambers are the best healing chambers we currently have, and we only use them when someone is about to pass away.
"Is five of them enough? Do I need to help?"
"Ah, don't worry, my lord. We only use them to make sure they stay alive. That means we only use it for a few seconds for each person."
"Ah, they are more stabilizing instead of healing, huh?"
"That is correct. Not only that, but the Uzumakis also help us heal them. Some of them have healing blood. It is very effective because it contains Natural Energy that can be easily ingested by the body to boost the regeneration of one body."
Just like Karin, huh? It looks like what she has is blood with Natural Energy in it to make the blood into healing potions.
"Can you take some of them to the R&D department?"
"I already did, my lord."
"Perfect. How about the location of the village? Have they already chosen which place they want to pick?"
I give them a choice of a village near Constanta, Bran Castle, or Vindice.
"Sir Matsuda says that they want to stay near us. They don't want to be alone at the moment and rather want to stay near us. He wants to ask you to build the village around the magic circle that connects Vindice and Kyoto."
"Oh? Why?"
"He has an idea to let them be the ones monitoring the people who enter and out of Vindice. It is almost impossible to monitor all the airports in Romania, but it is possible to monitor the teleportation point."
"Hmm, let them do it."
I can feel a connection to them after I rescue them from the war. They are now part of my clan and about to awaken their aura. They are now part of the Millefiore Family and part of the Silver Faction.
"I shall inform him of the good news. The last one for the day is news from Kyoto, my lord."
"Oh? Is there something happening there? Is Yasaka okay?"
"She is fine, my lord. However, there has been a report of an attack on the Kyoto Prefecture. It looks like a Cult of Shuten-douji attacked Mt.Ooe. They manage to kill all of the Onmyouji and take over the entire mountain. There are hundreds of casualties, and even the Onmyouji clan asks help from Yasaka to kick the Oni out of the mountain."
"Does she need any help?"
"Not at the moment. However, she admits that she will ask you for help because, according to her, your Senjutsu sense is better than her."
"Tell me when she needs our help."
"Yes, my lord."
"Anything else?"
"Not at the moment."
"Good. Then you can have some time off, Martha. Today is a long day, and you deserve some rest."
She smiles at me and says.
"Of course, my lord. You don't need to worry about me."
I nod and watch her leave.
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"You want to make a contract with the toad, Matsuda?"
The clan head of Uzumaki nods his head and says.
"Yes. With the help of the toad clan, we manage to rescue the people in the frontline."
Ah, I remember that day. With the help of the toad that I summoned, we managed to rescue a lot of ninjas on the frontline who were ready to fight to death. They are not the strongest, but they are fast. According to Fukasaku, they are as fast as high-level chunin specializing in scouting and message delivery.
"Sure. You can ask Pa if he is willing to open a contract with the Uzumaki clan."
I slam my hand on the ground, and I can see Fukasaku appear in front of me. He looks at Matsuda and me before saying,
"What is it, Vale?"
"Sir Matsuda over here wants to ask you a question."
Matsuda looks at Fukasaku and says,
"Lord Fukasaku, we will be honored to sign a pact with your clan. We are in debt to your clan, and we wonder if we can deepen the relationship between our two clans."
Fukasaku looks at him for a second and grins.
"Sure. We are more than happy to have your clan to summon us. We can talk about the agreement later. For now, I need to prepare for the scroll."
He looks at me and says.
"Summon me back in three hours."
And he disappears after saying that. I look at Matsuda and grin.
"Well, there we go."
"Thank you. Your help is truly appreciated. If you need something, please tell us. We, Uzumakis, will always help our friend and ally. Especially our savior."
I nod my head and say.
"How is the village?"
"We are impressed you can build the village this fast. Magic is truly a very convenient thing to have. The village is perfect, and we are about to be ready to build seal formation around the city and our village."
"What kind of seal will you guys build?"
He thinks for a few seconds before saying.
"Depending on the structure of the land, my lord."
"Lord?"
"You are our lord from now on. Uzushiogakure is now under the rule of the Millefiore Family, after all. Our new power is proof of it."
Right. They already awaken the power of the aura and officially become part of my clan. They only need to awaken the flame and become formally the outer circle members. How about the inner circle? It is only reserved to my guardians and only my Sky Flames, who can decide who decides who will join.
"How is the power, by the way?"
"We are still practicing how to use it, and I must say it is a very useful power."
"Continue to practice, and that power can be a key to any battle you fight."
"Don't worry. We will continue to practice."
"Great. What about–"
Before I can say something, Martha walks toward me and says.
"My lord! There is urgent news from Kyoto!"
"What is it?"
"Lady Yasaka requires your help in tracking the Oni who manage to run away from Mt. Ooe. She asked for a group of people who knew Senjutsu and tracking techniques. The Oni use a guerrilla tactic, and it works against them. She already lost quite a bit of people in this fight.
I nod and say.
"Gather them, and I will join them in a moment."
"Yes, my lord."
As she leaves, I look at Matsuda and say,
"I am sorry to end this conversation short, but our allies need our help. Please enjoy your stay here while I take care of the problem."
Matsuda grabs my shoulder and says.
"Take us with you. We will help in this mission."
I look at him for a few seconds and say.
"Are you sure? You guys just arrived here, and the barrier is not even done."
"Don't worry about us, my lord. We are a tough bunch and have already recovered enough to take this mission."
I nod and say.
"Very well. Come on. Let's help our ally."