From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

If the original Sasuke had killed Danzo, he would have gone after the two advisors, but the protagonist wouldn't. Instead, he would go straight for the Scroll of Seals and kill anyone he encountered along the way.

I wouldn't waste the time I would spend searching for the Book of Seals to go looking for those two guys if I didn't encounter them.

However, he is still human, and humans have feelings. Because of the possession and the original owner's memories, he always feels that he owes something to the Uchiha. Therefore, as long as it does not violate the principle of pursuing power, the protagonist will do some things within his power.

In general, revenge and revitalizing the family are things he does incidentally in his pursuit of power; he doesn't do them intentionally, but he wouldn't mind putting in a little effort if given the opportunity.

Chapter 156 The Barrier! The Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror!

Sasuke turned his gaze to the valley entrance, and in a short while, a middle-aged man with gray hair, wearing a brocade robe, and dressed more like a merchant than a ninja, appeared at the valley entrance.

The middle-aged man was visibly taken aback upon seeing Sasuke. After a long silence, he spoke, "You're Uchiha Sasuke, right? Why are you here?"

Oh?

Sasuke's heart skipped a beat, somewhat surprised. He sized up the person in front of him by his appearance and clothing, and said calmly, "The clan's records mention this place. I stopped by while passing through."

Hell Valley is located at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Springs, while the Land of Hot Springs' neighbor is the Land of Rice Fields, the location of Orochimaru's stronghold, the Sound Village.

More than ten days ago, after Sasuke left Konoha, he planned to study the Book of Sealing for a while and then go to the Land of Rice Fields to wander around and fish for snakes.

The literature mentions that the Blood Dragon Eye of Blood Pond and the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan are closely related and intertwined. When passing through this area, Sasuke thought of the Blood Pond clan who were exiled here, so he naturally had to come and take a look.

When Sasuke arrived, he did not find any trace of the Blood Pond Clan. There was only a light red mist that permeated the valley and pools of crimson water that meandered throughout the valley. In those crimson pools were skeletons and corpses.

Although no trace of the Blood Pond Clan was found, Sasuke did not leave immediately. He planned to use this valley to train for a while and prepare how to kill the snake with the least risk!

Although the environment here is harsh, it is secluded. Sasuke stayed here for nearly half a month, but unexpectedly, someone came today.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man calmly said, "Uchiha brat, I don't know what you saw in your clan's documents, nor do I care what your purpose is in coming here, but I can tell you, there is nothing here that you are looking for. Please leave."

“You must be from the Blood Pond. Interesting.” Sasuke chuckled. “You’ve already recognized me, the Uchiha descendant who exiled your clan here, yet you show no killing intent. I thought a battle would break out as soon as we met.”

It should be noted that the Blood Pond Clan was exiled to Hell Valley by the Uchiha Clan on trumped-up charges.

It is said that the Blood Pond Clan tried to explain to the Uchiha, but the Uchiha did not give them a chance at all.

The environment of Hell Valley is like a living hell, with scalding red water everywhere and a pungent gas constantly rising from it. It is surrounded by cliffs and has almost no food sources such as animals or plants.

To survive, the Blood Pool Clan can only eat grass, subterranean lizards, and hunt birds that fly overhead.

In this desperate situation where survival was extremely difficult, within just a few decades, the once powerful clan that could rival the Uchiha clan was quickly wiped out.

Such a blood feud, involving the extermination of a clan and a century of imprisonment, would be irreconcilable for anyone.

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly, "The Uchiha clan has already paid the price, and I have no intention of doing anything for this ancient hatred."

“Indeed, what goes around comes around, and retribution is inevitable. The Uchiha, who once unjustly persecuted other clans, are now paying a heavy price.” Sasuke nodded and asked, “In that case, it saves me a lot of trouble. May I ask…?”

"You talk too much, you Uchiha brat!" The man's face suddenly turned icy cold as he said in a deep voice, "I'm giving you one last chance. Leave here, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

“That won’t do.” Sasuke smiled faintly. “I need to stay here for a while longer. There are some things I need to figure out.”

"Looks like you're determined to die!"

The man's light blue eyes suddenly turned scarlet, and his pupils became black in a straight line as he stared intently at Sasuke.

Blood Dragon Eye!

"Huh?" After the man opened the Blood Dragon Eye, Sasuke felt the blood in his body begin to pulsate rapidly, faster and faster, as if it wanted to escape from his body.

"Manipulating human blood and then detonating it—is that the Blood Dragon Eye's ability?"

Sasuke sensed the changes in his body, looked at the middle-aged man, and smiled slightly: "As expected of the man who killed his entire clan, the power of your Blood Dragon Eyes is almost comparable to the Mangekyou Sharingan."

The man was taken aback and asked instinctively, "How did you know?"

I'll answer you later.

As he spoke, Sasuke activated his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and his eyes slowly began to move.

"You have the Mangekyou Sharingan?" The man was taken aback. The next moment, a sharp pain shot through his body, his blood surged, and veins bulged all over his body, turning blue and purple.

Magical Mirror World Turns!

Break the illusion cast on yourself by the enemy and completely reflect the effect of the technique back to the enemy's Sharingan illusion!

The man's pupil power had surpassed that of a typical three-tomoe Sharingan, but it was still slightly inferior to the Mangekyou Sharingan and had not yet reached a qualitative leap.

Sasuke's eyes are now the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and his eye power is far stronger than that of ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan. In a clash of eye power, he could easily defeat him.

After being killed instantly, the man collapsed to the ground, unable to move.

"Kill me."

Sasuke shook his head and said, "I told you, I have no intention of being your enemy. I just want to ask you a few questions. Besides, you have a young daughter, right? Dying like this doesn't make you a responsible father."

The man before me is named Miyajo En. His wife was forced to her death by her own clan. To avenge his wife, he slaughtered his entire clan.

He also has a daughter named Chino, who is extremely talented. In the original timeline, Chino, who was only eleven or twelve years old, was able to fight Sasuke for several rounds after the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Although Sasuke held back, the fact that he was able to fight Sasuke, who had the Rinnegan with six tomoe, for a while proves his high level of talent.

Thinking about this, Sasuke couldn't help but feel a little strange. It seemed that the descendants of every family that was about to perish or decline all had extremely high talents.

For example, himself, Naruto of the Uzumaki clan, Nagato and Karin, as well as Kurama Yakumo, Kaguya Kimimaro, and Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon, etc.

"You even know this?" Miyajo En looked surprised, and after a moment of silence, said, "Tell me, what do you want to know from me?"

Thinking of his daughter, and the fact that the boy in front of him seemed different from the average Uchiha, Miyagi En succumbed.

"Isn't this better? Why fight and kill?" Sasuke smiled slightly, his Mangekyou Sharingan flashed and returned to its three-tomoe form, releasing the restraints placed on Miyajo En.

When did you leave here with your daughter?

“About five years ago,” Miyajo En replied.

"Um!"

Sasuke nodded. That period coincided with the Uchiha clan massacre. In the original timeline, Chino appeared six years later.

She was probably eleven or twelve years old at that time. She was just an infant when she left this place and had no memory of it, which is consistent with what Miyajo En said.

"Why didn't your clan escape from this place sooner?" Sasuke asked, somewhat puzzled. "I don't recall the Uchiha assigning anyone to guard this place, right? Although the terrain here is treacherous, with cliffs all around, it shouldn't be too difficult for you, should it?"

"You don't know?" Miyajo En was taken aback. After seeing the boy shake his head, he said, "Although the Uchiha didn't send anyone to guard this place, there is a barrier set up by your Uchiha."

Barrier?

The clan's records don't mention this. What kind of barrier could have trapped a bloodline family for nearly a hundred years?

It should be noted that the Blood Pond Clan was a clan that could barely be compared to the Uchiha during the Warring States period. How could the Uchiha be so confident that they could set up a barrier and be sure that the Blood Pond Clan members could not escape?

They didn't even send anyone to guard them?

Moreover, even the most powerful barrier can trap a family for a time, but it cannot trap them for a lifetime.

Even a barrier technique like the Four Red Yang Formation requires a constant infusion of chakra to maintain.

"What kind of barrier is it?"

Thinking of this, Sasuke became curious. The Uchiha had such a powerful barrier, so why hadn't he seen any record of it in the original work or in the Uchiha's documents?

“I don’t know the exact name of this barrier, but I know it should be a double barrier.” Miyajo En shook his head and continued, “When you came here, you should have noticed the gate at the entrance of the valley, right?”

"Ok!"

Miyajo En gave a wry smile: "That's the only exit from Hell Valley. That gate is incredibly sturdy, possessing all-encompassing properties, capable of defending against all physical attacks. No matter what type of ninjutsu we use to attack it, it will change its own attributes according to the type of ninjutsu attack, rendering it null."

Ok?

Upon hearing this, Sasuke's eyes flickered slightly, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't say anything and continued, "That is indeed the only way out of Hell Valley, but only relatively speaking. Why don't you try other methods? For example, use chakra to attach to the rock wall and walk out, or use Earth Release to sneak out?"

“We’ve tried this method too.” Miyajo En looked at the pools of crimson water and the white bones, and said, “See those? These are the price those who tried to escape using this method paid.”

"Everyone who tries to escape using this method will fall into a state of unconsciousness, as if in a drunken dream, and then after a few days, their body will collapse and turn into clumps of blood."

"However, about five years ago, these two barriers disappeared, which allowed me to escape from here with Chino."

Yata no Kagami!

Ten-fist sword!

After listening to Miyajo En's account, Sasuke quickly thought of those two divine weapons!

The Yata Mirror possesses all properties of transformation, can defend against all physical attacks, and can change its own properties according to the nature of the attack, thus nullifying it.

The Totsuka Sword can release the person it strikes into a dreamlike illusionary world, or it can seal them inside permanently. As for turning into blood, that's easy to understand.

After all, in the original timeline, when Orochimaru and Nagato were stabbed by the Totsuka Blade, they were first reduced to ashes before being sealed into the Totsuka Blade.

That's it!

Sasuke finally understood why the Uchiha weren't worried at all about the Blood Pond Clan escaping from here: they had placed two Uchiha artifacts here to suppress the Blood Pond Clan.

They also understood where Itachi Uchiha got these two divine weapons.

Shortly after the massacre, Itachi Uchiha came here and dispelled the barrier formed by the Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror, releasing the Blood Pond Clan, whom his ancestors had persecuted for a hundred years.

Indeed, naked hatred only exists among those in the same industry!

The Blood Pond Clan and the Uchiha Clan both possess the Hypnotic Illusion Eye. Although the Blood Pond Clan's reputation is not as great as the Uchiha Clan's, some people still compare the two and compare their strengths.

This naturally angered the proud Uchiha, so when the Blood Pond Clan pleaded with the Uchiha, they ignored them.

Instead, they suppressed and killed him as a warning to others, even if it meant using two divine weapons, all to establish the prestige of the first family of hypnotic illusionists!

It seems that if it weren't for the emergence of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, the Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror would still be suppressing the Blood Pond Clan.

The Uchiha clan's next target is the Hyuga clan, right?

Chapter 157 Invitation

Miyajo En quietly watched Sasuke, who was deep in thought, without making any rash moves.

He wasn't ungrateful, especially after realizing the huge gap in strength between the two of them, he became even more obedient.

Is there anything else you want to ask me?

Miyajo En spoke up.

After massacring his entire clan, Miyajo En started a business with his daughter Chino, but he never told her about his father's identity.

Although he now has a modest fortune in the ninja world, he still takes time each year to visit Hell Valley and pay respects to his deceased wife.