Mist wreathed the air, fog rising everywhere.
This was the climate across most of the Land of Water.
And within that dense mist, cylindrical buildings could be seen faintly, one after another.
Only now, the entire village was filled with a terrifying, oppressive atmosphere.
This was Kirigakure, known as the Village of the Bloody Mist.
Ever since the Third Mizukage began implementing the Bloody Mist policy, in the span of several decades, the entire village had already been racing toward the abyss of madness and destruction.
Leaving aside whether other villages were free or democratic, most of them still respected strength above all else.
Families with powerful kekkei genkai were often respected and worshiped by the people, and were an important part of a village's foundation.
But the Village of the Bloody Mist was different.
Here, the lowest class were the village's kekkei genkai clans. They had always carried out the most dangerous missions and were nothing more than tools.
The Kaguya Clan was the typical example among them.
When the village was in danger, they were cannon fodder sent to the very front line. When the village was not in danger, they simply became ashes.
To graduate from Kirigakure's Ninja Academy, one of the graduation requirements was to kill one of your own classmates. It was only eased after Zabuza killed all the graduates of his year.
Under such an extreme policy of internal attrition, Kirigakure declined step by step.
The milestone of that decline was probably when Might Duy nearly wiped out the Seven Ninja Swordsmen all by himself during the Third Shinobi War.
Ninja who possessed powerful kekkei genkai would be regarded by them as the source of chaos, beings that had to be exterminated.
Almost the moment they saw a ninja with a kekkei genkai, they