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That cry of "traitors" sounded like venom-laced steel needles, making Nowaki and Kana stagger backward as their complexions instantly turned pale.
"You've brought new demons, and you want to come and suck our blood dry again?"
That emaciated elder shouted with every ounce of strength in his body, a fire of despair burning in his turbid eyes. His gaze swept over the Nowaki siblings, then fell with venomous malice on Naruto, Sasuke, and Suigetsu.
He parted his lips, revealing a smile uglier than weeping: "During the Warring States Era, the Uchiha clan treated us like livestock; later, those nobles treated us like farmed medicinal ingredients! We learned long ago not to trust anyone! This is our grave, get out! Get out of our grave!"
His words, like a massive boulder thrown into a stagnant pool, instantly stirred monstrous waves in the hearts of all the Chinoike Clan members. Those formerly numb and hollow gazes gathered all at once, filled with suspicion, abhorrence, and a trace of the morbid terror toward all outsiders born from years of torment.
Amidst the crowd, a middle-aged woman tightly covered her mouth to keep herself from crying out loud. She was the mother of Hui, the young girl rescued by Naruto. Looking at her safe and sound daughter, she didn't feel the slightest joy of reunion in her eyes; instead, she stared at Naruto with terrifying dread, as if looking at the Death God. It was as though he weren't the benefactor who saved her daughter, but a demon come to harvest their last bit of life value.
This gaze caused the hearts of Kana and Nowaki to sink completely to rock bottom. They couldn't understand why their clansmen would rather rot in despair than