"You're in no position to bargain with me."
Naruto Uzumaki spoke calmly.
Oyashiro En froze, then gave a bitter smile.
It was true.
He was strong and possessed a powerful Kekkei Genkai, but before Naruto Uzumaki, the strongest man in the Shinobi World, he had no standing to make demands.
In fact,
if Naruto Uzumaki hadn't decided on a whim to come out and relax, Oyashiro En wouldn't even have had the chance to meet him.
Still,
when Naruto Uzumaki saw the disappointment on Oyashiro En's face, he added, "Tell me what happened first. Once I know everything, I'll decide for myself whether to agree."
"Really?"
"My lord, thank you so much."
Oyashiro En was overjoyed.
Getting even that much of a promise from him was an unexpected blessing.
"The story starts with who I am."
Oyashiro En gathered his thoughts.
"I don't know if any of you have heard of the Chinoike Clan."
"Long ago, a woman from the Chinoike Clan was chosen to marry the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning."
"She was beautiful, so the daimyo doted on her, and the Chinoike Clan's standing rose with hers."
"But... that also earned the jealousy of the daimyo's first wife. It set the stage for the Chinoike Clan's later tragedy."
Oyashiro En sighed.
"Not long afterward, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning died suddenly."
"His first wife came forward and blamed his death entirely on that woman from the Chinoike Clan."
"Amid the public outcry, that innocent woman was executed."
"The Chinoike Clan was implicated too."
"Every relative connected to her was killed, and the rest of the clan was exiled to a place called Hell Valley."
"The ones assigned to escort them... were the Uchiha Clan."
At that, Oyashiro En glanced at the Uchiha Clan crest on