A chance encounter with Zenitsu

This kind of ninja who has a small amount of chakra and can only throw shurikens and explosive seals will not be qualified in the five great ninja villages of later generations and is not worthy of becoming a ninja.

However, during the Warring States Period, due to the cruel living environment, everyone took up arms and was forced to become ninjas.

Therefore, during the Warring States Period, the average life expectancy of the population was only thirty years, which is no joke.

In later generations, thirty years old was the peak period of a ninja, but in this era, thirty-year-old people are already quite qualified to call themselves elders.

"Huh~ I'm so exhausted."

After leaving the street, Shigeru rubbed his cheeks that had stiffened from the smile he was wearing.

He really underestimated the enthusiasm of these people. He didn't meet many people along the way, but they still had to force him to eat.

In the end, Shigeru could only accept some smaller food. Along the way, he felt like he didn't even need to eat lunch.

Unknowingly, Shigeru arrived at the clan's gate.

Speaking of which, it's been over a month since he traveled to this world. Aside from fighting and performing tasks, he hasn't been to the area yet. Now that he's here, he just wants to tour around and familiarize himself with the environment around him.

"Young patriarch?"

Just as Shigeru was about to leave, a voice suddenly came from behind him. He turned around and looked, "Zenitsu-San? What are you doing here?"

Shigeru turned his gaze towards Zenitsu and the people behind Zenitsu.

One of them that he knew was an elite jounin of the clan, but he was not a top-tier elite jounin. He could only be said to be quite good among elite jounin.

He didn't recognize the people following him and could only sense them based on their chakra. Two of them were jounin and the remaining five were chuunin.

Such a powerful team is still led by Zenitsu, who has the level of a clan leader. What is he going to do? Going into such a big battle?

In response to Shigeru's question, Zenitsu said without hesitation: "Grand Elder Ryōzan promised our newly discovered iron mine to the Uchiha clan. However, due to the war, this iron mine has been hidden away and was not handed over to the Uchiha clan. Now that the war has ended, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the clan sent me to the Uchiha clan to hand over the location of the mine."

To be honest, the benefits that such an iron mine can bring to the Hagoromo clan are not small.

After all, simply being self-sufficient in weapons can save Hagoromo a lot of money each year, not to mention that these weapons can be sold, generating even more economic benefits.

At the very least, just by looking at the Uchiha clan, you can see how amazing the profits generated by the iron mine are.

Because the Uchiha clan is supported by an iron mine, although the Uchiha often fight with their old enemy the Senju, the clan remains very wealthy.

Therefore, if it were possible, no one from the Hagoromo clan would want to hand over this iron mine.

But now we can't do anything, the situation is stronger than the people.

The Hagoromo clan has become a mortal enemy of the super-powerful Senju clan, and the two second-rate ninja clans to the west, Shimura and Sarutobi, also have a deep hatred against them.

Under such circumstances, if the Hagoromo clan dares to renege on the deal with the Uchiha clan and offend another super strong clan like the Uchiha clan, then they will really be like an old man eating arsenic and seeking death.

Therefore, the Hagoromo clan immediately decided to hand over the iron mine to the Uchiha clan after the war.

As for why Zenitsu, a ninja with the power of a clan leader, was sent there, it was also to show the strength of the Hagoromo clan to the Uchiha.

They want to use this method to tell the Uchiha that although the Hagoromo clan has suffered great losses, there are still three ninjas at the level of powerful clan leaders in the Hagoromo clan.

The Hagoromo clan has not been reduced to the status of a small clan. Over time, they will continue to be a first-class ninja clan in the ninja world.

After all, the Uchiha clan is not a clan of saints. No one knows if they will take advantage of the Hagoromo clan's weakness to come and strike a blow against the Hagoromo.

Therefore, at this juncture, the Hagoromo clan had to show their remaining muscles to the Uchiha to prove that they still have some amount of strength to avoid being betrayed by them.

After hearing what Zenitsu said, Shigeru thought for a moment, then looked at him "Zenitsu-San, I'll go with you too, just to see how strong the Uchiha clan is." Originally, he had planned to go out for a walk and now that he met Zenitsu it seemed like a good idea to follow him.

After all, with Zenitsu, a ninja with the level of a clan leader, he is not afraid of encountering any danger. He can just go and see how powerful the Uchiha clan is, one of the two super clans in the current ninja world.

Of course, the most important thing is that he wants to meet Uchiha Madara.

When he was watching Naruto, the scene where Madara Uchiha kicked the board out of his coffin, then faced the ninja alliance alone and danced in the ninja war, made Shigeru emotional.

Now that he has traveled to this world, how could he miss this opportunity to meet Madara?

"This…"

Seeing that the young patriarch wanted to join him, Zenitsu was a little unsure of his decision.

If the young patriarch goes out with him, what if he encounters some danger?

He was not willing to let the young patriarch take any risks.

Seeing Zenitsu hesitate, Shigeru said, "Zenitsu-San, aside from handing over the iron ore this time, don't you just want to show off the strength of the Hagoromo clan? I'm not bragging. In terms of strength, I definitely can't lose to any genius of the Uchiha clan, aren't the younger generations of ninja the best choice to demonstrate a clan's strength?"

Actually, this is not Shigeru's arrogance.

Remembering Senju Tobirama he met before, Uchiha Madara should be the same age as him now.

No matter how talented Uchiha Madara is, he can only reach the level of a jounin at most.

As for Shigeru, with the blessing of space ninjutsu like ice jumping, his strength is fully capable of killing an elite jounin.

Therefore, if he faces Uchiha Madara, it is not difficult to defeat him at all.

Of course, if it's a life-or-death battle, that's not necessarily the case.

After all, no one can guarantee that Uchiha Madara's father in his previous life, the Sage of Six Paths, would send Uchiha Madara a message from the air at a critical moment.

Therefore, if the two were to fight to the death, Shigeru really had no confidence in being able to kill Uchiha Madara.

Of course, Zenitsu certainly didn't know these thoughts.

After hearing Shigeru's suggestion, he couldn't help but think about it. What the young patriarch said seemed to make sense.

-Okay, young patriarch, come with us.

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Zenitsu immediately agreed to Shigeru's wish to go together.

At this moment, the elite jounin behind him said, "Zenitsu-Sama, shouldn't we inform the patriarch?"

Zenitsu's eyes fell on Shigeru "Young patriarch, what do you think?"

Shigeru looked at the elite jounin and nodded "Then go and talk to my father."