Chapter 67 - Land of Water? More like Land of Bloodlines... (1/2)
Chapter 67
〚Story by: ???????????????????????????????????? ︱ Edited by: ????????????????????_????????????〛
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As soon as I'm a couple dozen meters outside of the camp...
<Shunshin>
So it begins, my journey well into the Land of Water...
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While on the road, I try to organize the information I got from Danzo and combine it with my knowledge of the canon Naruto timeline. This way I can finally get a clear picture of what is the current situation on the Land of Water...
So... the Land of Water has the smallest landmass of the five great nations. Their territory is mostly water.
The county's landmass is composed of many islands, each having its own unique people and respective culture.
The weather is temperate all-year-round and the islands are usually covered by mist. The islands themselves also feature many lakes.
Little else is known about the country and it apparently leaves itself out of most political affairs. This is due to the fact that it is composed of vast islands relatively far from the continent containing the other four major countries.
It's doesn't come as a surprise for each small settlement to have adopted an isolationist policy regarding foreign conflicts...
What it is known, however, is that the country used to be overwhelmed by wars between clans during the Warring States Period...
It was during this period, that most of the Kekkei Genkai users -and their clans- earned fearful reputations as slaughterers and monsters. Sometimes fighting for their own clan, sometimes selling themselves as mercenaries...
It means that Obito didn't start a civil war out of nowhere... He just gave them a little push... After all, even if the Mizukage says something like: 'Hey let's kill anyone with a Kekkei Genkai', no one is going to just say: 'Yeah that sounds like a good idea'...
Not without a reason anyway...
Also, the ninja clans who founded Kirigakure have a higher standing than the ones who were 'integrated' after being conquered...
Currently, the Mist Village in the brink of civil war... Danzo has been trying to make it happen for some time now... But the Mist Village Council and the Leaders of the Land of Water are no fools. They have been sending out the clan ninja on consistently hard and even suicidal missions...
All of that just to keep civil war from erupting...
Though that method is just a time bomb waiting to explode...
The land of water also has a good relationship with the Land of the Sea. Kiri shinobi take a lot of missions from there.
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After some time, I have arrived in the Heart of the Land of Water. The main Island where Kirigakure and the Capital are. This is where the Daimyo lives.
Also, there are going to be a lot of opportunities there.
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I think back on the several clan compound locations on the map that Danzo prepared for me. That bastard is really useful that is probably why the 3rd Hokage kept him around.
Danzo is not afraid to get his hands dirty to get what he wants and doesn't care about his reputation...
Anyway, I change my direction towards a certain clan hideout...
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When I arrive there I see that the clan compound doesn't have any strong chakra signals...
I am not nice enough to let an opportunity like this go. Not when there is so much loot there for the taking...
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-(1 hour and 30 minutes later)-
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The Kaguya clan compound is all covered in blood. Civilians... Men, women, children, elderly... none were spared... They've all been killed in the most efficient way possible: their brains pierced with a senbon or throats slit with a kunai...