"As expected of the Uchiha Clan-" Behind Akaseki, Minato praised the Uchiha Clan while casting Ranwu an "I'm sorry"
look.
But Ranwu was already used to Akaseki putting others down to make himself look good. She merely rolled her eyes at him. "There has to be some scheme behind this! Otherwise-even if the Chinoike Clan had something special about them, and they didn't want to kill them all, beating them until they couldn't get up would keep them under control just as well. Why make them suffer in Hell Valley while still allowing them some freedom?"
As she spoke, Ranwu waved a fist at Akaseki.
"Ashura's descendants really do love violence-" Akaseki muttered.
"What did you say?" Ranwu immediately demanded, staring at him.
"Ahem, Akaseki, then this Hell Valley-can you go there? It's in the Land of Lightning." Minato hurriedly interrupted.
Akaseki was not only an important Elite Jonin of Konoha, but even setting aside the relationship between Konoha and Kumogakure, he personally had a feud with Kumogakure. Although Akaseki had always denied it, Kumogakure had long since decided that he had taken part in wreaking havoc there alongside Orochimaru!
"It's not that I 'can' go. I was already 'going' to go. Previously, every Uchiha Clan member whose Sharingan reached Three-Tomoe, or who became a Jonin, would take turns standing guard in Hell Valley for at least one rotation. The war delayed that for these past five years. Now that the rotations are starting again, I was going to make a trip there anyway," Akaseki said matter-of-factly.
"Everyone has to take a turn going there? It's that important?" Ranwu looked at him in puzzlement.
"Yes. The Chinoike Clan's Ketsuryūgan is something of an inferior version of the Sharingan focused on genjutsu, but-even an inferior version has its merits. That's how