In Hidden Leaf Village year 25, the Ninja Academy welcomed a wave of graduates.
Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya successfully graduated and were taken as personal disciples by the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, with limitless futures.
At the same time, Sakumo Hatake, Kato Dan, Uchiha Kirito, and other highly anticipated talents became Genin with excellent results, becoming the backbone of Hidden Leaf Village's "Silver Generation."
But there were also some people whose halos weren't so bright, receiving their Genin headbands in unnoticed corners.
It is worth mentioning that Might Guy, because he could never master Ninjutsu, was held back again and is now Uchiha Nen's junior.
On this day, Uchiha Kirito, who had just passed the Genin exam but hadn't had time to join a team, was hurriedly summoned back to the Clan Territory.
The reason was that the current Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan had specifically named him to complete a mission, using the Clan Head's authority to exert pressure, with a tough attitude that allowed no refusal.
"The clansmen originally stationed in Hell Valley lost contact three months ago. As the future genius of the clan, we will entrust you to go to Hell Valley to find out what happened."
"Hell Valley!" Tong Ren widened his eyes. Hearing these three words, he subconsciously recalled a certain past event.
Many years ago, one night, he was making a fuss about not wanting to sleep, and his older sister told him a scary bedtime story to scare him into falling asleep.
That was a piece of almost forgotten history, so ancient that even the dust seemed to have settled. In the Shinobi World's deep memory, there was a past even more distant than Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara facing each other with weapons.
During the Warring States Period, hundreds of clans stood in great numbers. At that time, there was no concept of Ninja Villages. A certain family named the Blood Pond Clan stood shoulder to shoulder with the Uchiha Clan at the pinnacle of Genjutsu Eye Bloodline Limit.
They lived far away in the Land of Lightning, mastering a Bloodline Limit called the Blood Dragon Eye, which could not only control blood, but it was said that once someone was caught in their Eye Technique, they could never escape.
Once, the Blood Pond Clan Princess, as a concubine, embarked on a journey to the Daimyo family of the Land of Lightning, carrying the hopes and future expectations of the clan.
The girl was gentle and beautiful, with a pure heart, but unexpectedly, this gentleness became the shackles of her fate.
The Daimyo family's first wife originally looked down upon the masses, but the arrival of the bride silently stole the light that belonged to her.
Jealousy shrouded the first wife's heart like a haze. She secretly planned to remove this thorn in her heart.
Fate played tricks on people. Not long after the girl married into the family, the Daimyo suddenly died of illness. The first wife seized this opportunity and placed an unwarranted crime on the girl's head, claiming that her appearance was a jinx and the direct cause of the Daimyo's death.
From then on, the fate of the Blood Pond Clan was rewritten.
Under the Land of Lightning Daimyo's Residence's heavy reward, various clans attacked them. The outnumbered Blood Pond Clan was quickly defeated and exiled to a forbidden area from which there was no return... Hell Valley.
And the one with the ability to guard them was the Uchiha Clan.
The Land of Lightning Daimyo initially promised the Uchiha Clan a large sum of money to guard Hell Valley. Facing pairs of scarlet Sharingan, the Blood Pond Clan had no way to escape and could only live in isolation in the valley, struggling through hunger and cold.
Blood and tears in the valley, flowers blooming on the pond.
The clansmen's grievances could not be voiced, and no one understood. Over time, resentment accumulated, and they had transferred their monstrous anger from the Land of Lightning Daimyo's Residence to the Uchiha Clan.
Because of this, even after the Warring States Period ended and the Ninja Villages were established, even if the Land of Lightning no longer allocated funds, the Uchiha Clan refused to give up suppressing the Blood Pond Clan.
Later, when Uchiha Madara left Hidden Leaf Village, the Uchiha Clan severely lacked top-level combat power and could only rely on Hidden Leaf Village. Therefore, they could not relax their vigilance against the Blood Pond Clan. To this day, they still stubbornly guard Hell Valley, constantly monitoring the movements of the Blood Pond Clan.
"This kind of mission, you want me to do it alone?" Tong Ren was stunned.
He found Orochimaru and Nen to discuss, and the group came to the secret base to start a discussion, and finally came to the conclusion:
When a city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer.
The Uchiha Clan's newly promoted Clan Head had not been in office for long, and this was to put pressure on the clansmen to establish his authority. Tong Ren was just implicated.
"I think this matter isn't targeted at you. You should still tell Chiri-neechan about it," Uchiha Nen calmly analyzed.
"Well, remember how she was exceptionally promoted to Military Police Force Captain by the village not long ago? This might have made the new Clan Head nervous, right?" Orochimaru also offered his suggestion. "This isn't something we can influence right now."
Soon, amidst the pitiful complaints of the three little ones, Uchiha Chiri learned about the matter.
She was extremely angry. Although the Blood Pond Clan's abilities were somewhat countered by the Uchiha, their overall strength was still not to be underestimated. This kind of mission was simply not something a mere Genin could handle, and it could very well be life-threatening.
Sending her Younger Brother on such a mission of no return was clearly a provocation against her!
Years of life in the Military Police Force had forged her decisive character. She immediately took Tong Ren to reason with the current Clan Head.
"Withdraw the order? Ridiculous! Do you take my orders as child's play?"
"This kind of mission is basically sending him to his death, isn't it?"
"As a Ninja, one must be prepared to sacrifice oneself at any time. A Ninja's nature is to obey orders! And as a member of the Uchiha Clan, one must listen to the Clan Head's orders even more!"
"Damn it, by doing this, you're clearly stifling the future of the clan!"
"You dare question me?" The current Clan Head sneered, his words full of sarcasm. "Have you gotten used to wagging your tail for the village? Now, you don't even put me, the Clan Head, in your eyes."
Ever since Uchiha Kagami's death, Uchiha Fire Core had been jointly removed from his position by the village and the Uchiha Clan due to Kagami's reasons. Since then, the position of Clan Head had been vacant, and an Undertow surged within the clan, with many people coveting the position for a long time.
For a full nine years, the Uchiha Clan had been in a state of leaderlessness. Over time, the clan severely lacked cohesion. If this continued, they would soon lose their position as the Hidden Leaf Village's strongest clan.
It wasn't until Hidden Leaf Village Year 23 that the clan finally decided to elect a Clan Head with both virtue and talent after multiple meetings. However, after nine years of development and cultivation, there were many capable people. Because the competition was too fierce, the elders unanimously decided to adopt a personal deathmatch to determine the victor.
In order to avoid internal strife, the use of resources from within and outside the clan was also prohibited. The duel location was set in the canyon behind the Naka Shrine. The one who entered, and came out alive, would be the Clan Head.
Thus, a two-year-long slaughter began.
At that time, countless young talents emerged within the Uchiha Clan, appearing like carps crossing a river, and disappearing like shooting stars. They challenged the position of Clan Head again and again. After each deathmatch, a new Clan Head would emerge, which also meant that the Uchiha Clan had forever lost a talented individual.
The hardcore election method and the frequent changes of Clan Heads made the entire Clan Territory panic. Sometimes, a Clan Head's term of office was only a short two months. Some children had barely seen one Clan Head before another person was sitting in that position.
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