Chinoike Clan
The valley has a harsh environment, even with miasma. In the center of the valley, there are some houses and fences, forming a small village.
The Chinoike Clan is a powerful ninja clan in the Land of Lightning. Although their ancestors were defeated by the Uchiha Clan and imprisoned for nearly a hundred years, they still maintain the customs of ninjas, and there are sentry posts at the entrance of the village.
"Sarutobi Ryusei, what brings you here?"
Three elderly men with white hair stood guard at the outpost, watching Naraku straight to the village entrance, and asked them in a cold voice.
The garrison captain who imprisoned them Sarutobi Ryusei, would often send people to deliver supplies and aid to prevent the Blood Pond people from starving to death, so they knew each other.
However, Sarutobi Ryusei and his group had never come together in such a large group before. More than twenty ninjas—if they harbored malicious intentions, then the Chinoike Clan, who had forgotten the war and lost their ninja spirit, would likely face great calamity.
Sarutobi Ryusei understood the Blood Pond Clan's wariness and stepped forward, shouting:
"This is our Fourth Hokage of Konoha, Uchiha Nara! The Lord Hokage is here! Quickly tell everyone to come out and greet him!"
The Blood Pool guards at the gate only heard three unforgettable words from Sarutobi Ryusei.
"Uchiha...?"
The three guards looked at each other and shouted:
"Hi! I'll go inform our clan chief! Please wait a moment!"
Of the three guards, the one who appeared to be the oldest, with the most white hair, turned and ran towards the village.
"Less than a hundred houses, and the guards are all elderly. Has the Chinoike Clan fallen to this state...?"
When Naraku, he took a winding route, and when he reached a high point, he noticed the size of the village in the center of the valley, which had dozens of houses.
Upon reaching the village entrance, although the Chinoike Clan still retained some of the decorum expected of ninjas and had guards stationed there, the guards were far too old, a testament to the clan's decline.
"Huh?"
Naraku sensed the fluctuation of Chakra and let out a soft exclamation.
Naraku's intuition was correct; some unusual commotion had occurred in the village. Dozens of men and women rushed out, many of them forming Hand Seals as they ran.
Most members of the Chinoike Clan have eyes that emit an eerie red light. Compared to the Sharingan, where the Sharingan emits a red light from the pupil, the Chinoike Clan' eyes emit an eerie red light, including the whites of their eyes.
"Kill the Uchiha!"
A young man with bloodshot eyes shouted and jumped high into the air.
Water Style: Rain Sleet!
The young man shouted loudly, hovering in the air, with countless water droplets appearing around his body. Under his control, the water droplets blasted towards Naraku and his group, densely packed like shotgun shells.
The group of people beside Naraku rushed to Naraku's side, Naraku behind them, while simultaneously Hand Seals.
Fire Style: Great Flame Bullet!
The Jonin guarding Hell Valley, Sarutobi Ryusei, didn't have time to be surprised. He quickly unleashed Ninjutsu, spraying out a thick fireball mixed with oil, which annihilated all the water droplets.
"What are you doing? Do you want to start a riot?"
After Sarutobi Ryusei broke through the enemy's Ninjutsu, he used Chakra to amplify his voice and shout.
Sarutobi Ryusei had been on duty here for many years and had only encountered one riot. Moreover, it was easily quelled by their garrison. Now, with such a disturbance happening in front of the Hokage, Sarutobi Ryusei felt somewhat humiliated.
"Kill the Uchiha!"
Dozens of men and women ignored Sarutobi Ryusei's warnings and reprimands, grabbed sticks, and charged straight at Naraku's group.
Before Naraku a move, Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Tekka, Sarutobi Ryusei, Si Nong, and others rushed forward to meet him in battle.
The scene immediately erupted in shouts of battle. These Chinoike Clan, who had been imprisoned for nearly a hundred years, had not experienced any fighting in that time. Although their ninja training traditions remained, their combat strength was far inferior to that of the Konoha Ninja.
Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Tekka, and Si Nong Sarutobi Ryusei as if it were empty; the Blood Pond Ninja were almost no match for them.
These Blood Pool ninjas could only fight against the elite Sky Ninja who had just joined Konoha, and the two sides fought back and forth.
After several minutes of chaotic fighting, not a single ninja managed to Naraku.
Naraku shook his head at the Chinoike Clan's lackluster fighting strength, no longer paying attention to the area. He and Tsunade leaped into the village within the Blood Pond clan's territory.
Inside the village houses, many members of the Blood Pond clan who had not joined the Blood Pond's riot were curiously observing Naraku and Tsunade from their doorways.
Naraku and Tsunade looked around and soon arrived at the center of the village. In the center was a small square, where an old man and a young man sat cross-legged on a mat, their hands forming a mudra, seemingly in the middle of a meditation session.
Naraku old man and the young girl seemed to sense the arrival of Naraku and Tsunade, opening their eyes and looking at Tsunade.
"Were the spiders wiped out? What brings you to Hell Valley, guest?"
The old man looked somewhat wary, but did not make a move immediately.
"I am Konoha Uchiha Nara, the Fourth Hokage. Who is in charge here?"
From Naraku's Sharingan perspective, it's clear that the old man and the young man possess condensed and substantial Chakra, indicating they are two quite powerful ninjas.
"I, Chinoike Chu, can make the decision! Please give your orders, Hokage."
Upon hearing the name Uchiha, the old man's brow furrowed and twitched slightly, but he remained still and answered calmly.
"The Chinoike Chu? Since you can make the decision, then listen carefully."
The Chinoike Clan has been imprisoned for a century. Their sins have been atoned, and they are hereby released. From this day forward, the Chinoike Clan... is free!
Naraku didn't waste any words and went straight to stating his purpose.
The conflict between the Chinoike Clan and the Uchiha Clan predates even the confrontation between Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju.
A beautiful woman from the Chinoike Clan married the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning. She was envied by Daimyo's Daimyo of the Land of Lightning's unexpected death, this woman from the Chinoike Clan was falsely accused of being involved in the Daimyo's death, and the Chinoike Clan was exiled and imprisoned as a result.
The Chinoike Clan was quite powerful, but the ninjas hired by the Lady of the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning were from the Uchiha Clan. The Chinoike Clan's resistance was easily defeated by the Uchiha Clan, leaving the Chinoike Clan to suffer an undeserved disaster.
Internal strife within the mansion of the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning led to the imprisonment of the Chinoike Clan, who have remained in captivity for a century. The current Daimyo of the Land of Lightning still pays them commissions for their missions every year.
However, Naraku had no interest in the commission for this mission. In the era of the ninja village, the combat strength of ninjas was the most important thing, and Naraku planned to recruit the Chinoike Clan to serve him.
"Release? Freedom? Ah! Thank you Lord Hokage!"
We've lived here for generations, for over a hundred years... sobs
Upon hearing Naraku's words, the old man became so agitated that he became incoherent, and the white-haired old man even burst into tears.
"Yan, you must stop Spider and his gang!"
The old man cried as he recalled the elders gathering their clansmen to attack the Uchiha, and he urged the young man beside him to stop them.
"Hi!"
The boy named Yan stood up, but before he could set off, a silver-haired ninja Body Flicker Technique in front of Naraku.
"Lord Hokage, the attackers have been wiped out, leaving only two survivors."
Hatake Kakashi quietly reported the results of the battle.