Hell Valley, shrouded in a bloody mist.
Inside a certain house.
Oyakata En knelt by the bed, holding a swaddled infant in his arms, his expression grief-stricken as he looked at his recently deceased wife. His crimson eyes were filled with pain.
Behind him, however, the seven or eight elders of the Chinoike Clan couldn't hide their excitement.
"Excellent! En's ocular power has increased again!"
"His ocular power now is probably not much worse than the clan head's!"
"It's time to seek revenge on the Uchiha!"
"The clan head had a sparring match with the Raikage candidate who came to persuade him last time, and the difference wasn't that great. With En joining in, we might even be able to fight the Five Kage!"
"I told you, only such extreme pain from losing a loved one can awaken the Ketsuryugan's most powerful abilities. That's how En will become stronger."
The elders chattered on, their faces flushed, until the very last sentence was uttered.
Oyakata Yo, the current head of the Chinoike Clan, raised his hand, and the room fell silent.
Even within this clan, those who awakened the Ketsuryugan were as obsessive and fanatical as the Uchiha. They eagerly discussed these matters.
Anyone would find it unbearable.
Even this group of Chinoike Clan members, whose minds were even more twisted from enduring the harsh environment of Hell Valley, found it so.
Especially that last sentence, which practically told Oyakata En, your wife's death? We arranged it on purpose so you would feel pain and increase your Ketsuryugan's ocular power.
"So… you old geezers intentionally caused her death? I wondered why, even with a Medical Ninja from Cloud Hidden Village, she couldn't be saved."
Oyakata En slowly rose, holding his infant daughter in his arms.
"It's alright, En. She was just a woman who couldn't awaken her eyes, after all. From now on, you can pick any woman in the clan you want!"
Oyakata Yo said, placing a hand on Oyakata En's shoulder.
"Including your wives and daughters?"
Oyakata En's face showed mockery.
"En, watch your tone!"
An elder of the Chinoike Clan tapped his cane.
"Of course, including them."
Oyakata Yo noticed signs of Oyakata En's ocular power becoming unstable and quickly interjected.
"Now is the time for us to leave Hell Valley and take revenge on the Uchiha! With the power of Cloud Hidden Village, we will defeat Konoha and repay the pain the Uchiha inflicted on us tenfold! At that time, not only the women in our clan, but also women from outside will be yours for the taking."
"The Uchiha… they do deserve to die, but did my wife… did she deserve to die?"
Oyakata En looked at his daughter in his arms.
His wife was already dead.
He couldn't lose his daughter too.
Even if he had to do something, he needed to get his daughter, Chino, to safety first, and then he could consider his next steps.
"She didn't deserve to die, but for the clan to have the power to avenge itself on the Uchiha, she had to die! The ones who truly deserve to die are the Uchiha! The reason our clan is in this situation, the reason your wife suffered these things—the root cause of everything is the Uchiha!"
Oyakata Yo said earnestly.
"Actually, to defeat Konoha and get revenge on the Uchiha, I think the Sand Village would be a better choice than Cloud Hidden Village."
Suddenly, a young voice sounded from outside the door.
"Who's there?"
An elder of the Chinoike Clan shouted towards the door.
The door opened without wind, revealing the figures of Qingshui and his three companions.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Qingshui. We are from the Sand Village, and we sincerely invite you all to join us."
Qingshui had a polite smile on his face, his hands in his pockets, and gave a slight bow.
"Where did these young brats come from? Who gave you the nerve to trespass into Hell Valley..."
A slightly corpulent Chinoike elder beside them reached out to grab Qingshui.
"Don't!"
Oyakata Yo urgently shouted.
But faster than his shout was Pakura's action.
A fiery Scorch Release fireball instantly flew out.
A scream rang out, and the Chinoike elder reacted quickly, drawing his sword and severing his own arm.
A sizzling sound drifted up, and a shriveled, mummy-like arm dropped to the ground, completely dehydrated.
At once, Oyakata Yo and the several Chinoike Clan elders in the room couldn't help but look grim.
While the strength of this disarmed elder was indeed among the lower ranks of the elders, he had lost an arm in an instant. This indicated that this young female ninja, who appeared to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, possessed strength that no ordinary Jonin could match.
He might not be much worse than their clan leader.
Qingshui's expression was calm.
He also felt that Pakura had gone a bit too far. After all, they were there to invite the Chinoike Clan to join the Sand Village, and Pakura's actions were essentially pushing them away.
But it didn't matter; he also found these mentally unstable old men displeasing.
All they needed to do was eliminate them and replace them with new spokespeople.
The strength of this one-armed elder was probably only at the Special Jonin level.
With Pakura's current Elite Jonin strength, fighting him was like Baki fighting Gekko Hayate in the original timeline—she could practically instantly kill him. The fact that she left one alive meant Pakura had already shown restraint.
Hmm, even though she showed restraint, crippling an elder's arm right at their first meeting is still pretty ruthless.
It was clear that Pakura really disliked these Chinoike elders.
They had been hiding in the distance, eavesdropping for a long time.
The reason these fairly strong members of the Chinoike Clan hadn't discovered them was because they were hiding several hundred meters away.
Their eavesdropping relied on Qingshui's Airflow Manipulation ability, which directly transmitted the vibrations of the air inside the building to everyone's ears without any loss.
This ability was very convenient for gathering intelligence. Combined with Qingshui's Transparent World, which allowed him to perceive distances up to a thousand meters, he could basically gather any information he wanted within that range without anyone knowing.
"Gentlemen, Hell Valley does not welcome you. We have already signed a contract with Cloud Hidden Village and are preparing to join them."
Oyakata Yo said with a cold expression.
He had sold himself and the entire Chinoike Clan for a good price.
Not to mention, they wouldn't like Pakura's attitude.
The only reason a fight hadn't broken out immediately was because Pakura had already displayed some of her strength.
The entire Chinoike Clan had just over a hundred people, with only thirty to forty having awakened the Ketsuryugan. Less than ten had strength above the Special Jonin level, and one of them had just had his arm severed by Pakura.
There were four people from the Sand Village, and the remaining three who could perform missions with Pakura surely weren't weak either. If a conflict broke out, Oyakata Yo felt the Chinoike Clan would suffer heavy losses.
This would affect their status after joining the Cloud Hidden Village in the future.
The only one with a different opinion was Oyakata En.
"Gentlemen."
Oyakata En, holding his daughter, stood up from the ground.
"I can join you with my daughter."
"En, don't be impulsive."
Oyakata Yo frowned.
"The condition is, you help me kill them."
Oyakata En turned around, his expression cold, and said each word distinctly.
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