59 BSNW CH 055 Visit to the Sulfurous Valley (2/2)
”You left very quickly . Are you okay ?” Jun asked
”Is that all we are to such people? Just weapons with special abilities that can be pointed at their enemies to scare them? Look at that guy, he is proud of what he did to those people and the only regret he has is losing their abilities? ” Itachi was incensed at Yukage's attitude towards the Chinoike Clan's plight.
Jun had no answer for Itachi and could only silently ponder at what Itachi said.
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Armed with the directions the Yukage had provided , Jun and the team left on the search for the 'Valley of Hell' , also known as the 'Sulfurous Valley' before the Chinoike Clan was exiled there. It took them a few days to fined the river that bordered the extent of the seal Madara Uchiha had placed . As Jun and the team crossed the river using an old wooden bridge , they could feel an uneasiness they didn't feel before. They saw a haze that covered a range of hill like structures in the distance.
”That is the entrance to the so called Valley of Hell” Kakashi said as they trudged forward.
”They very air feels … polluted somehow” Yakumo replied while starting to sweat. In fact, all the team members had started to perspire by now as they temperature rose quickly the deeper they went.
”There is a peculiar smell of rust here as Daimyo said. But is it really blood? How much blood would have to be shed to shroud the very atmosphere of this place? Even major battlefields would not be like this. ” Yugao countered while wrinkling her nose at the smell.
”No. Everyone was wrong about this place.” Jun said while pointing at a red colored puddle at distance. The team rushed to it and Jun bent down and dipped a hand in it to check. He felt a slightly rough texture floating in the red liquid. Bringing it close to his nose , Jun finally recognized it by the smell. ”This is not blood, this is a water saturated with high concentration of minerals which make it dense like blood, chief among which is Iron. The unpleasant smell is a combination of rust and sulfur. As you obviously know , Land of Hot Springs is known for its hot springs that cure variety of diseases and is good for health due to high content of minerals. It just so happens that it is exactly what responsible for this hellish place, an over content of minerals like iron that rust when exposed to high temperature of the hot springs. There fore animals don't live in this place since they cant adapt to it, and only few types of vegetation can handle it. The question is : How did the Chinoike Clan people survive after drinking such water. I would suspect anyone would die within days with such constant consumption of such water.”
”How about I answer that for you?” a voice called out from the haze in front of them.