Chapter 193: Raikage’s Revenge, Two-tails Beast Formation!
That pair of heterochromatic double pupils containing terrifying pressure slowly swept across the entire field.
Under the cold gaze interwoven with Mangekyo Sharingan and red eyes, Miyoshi Jin slumped to the ground, and the young and strong clan members behind him were even more unbearable, having lost even the courage to raise their heads and look directly at that white mask.
The entire village was permeated with deathly silence-like fear, as if even the air had solidified.
“Go pick them up.” Menma’s voice transmitted through the mask, low and without ripples, breaking this suffocating dead silence.
This was a command to Miyashiro En, and also a declaration to the Blood Pond Clan.
Miyashiro En took a deep breath, suppressing the shock and complexity in his heart, and quickly walked toward that simple stone house.
Under Shura’s terrifying pressure enveloping the entire field, Miyoshi Jin could only watch helplessly.
His bloodshot eyes deadlocked on Miyashiro En helping his pale-faced, haggard wife out, and the little girl in his wife’s arms who was about eight years old, with dazed and dazed eyes, seemingly slow to react to external stimuli, Chiyo.
Menma’s gaze, through the white three-eyed fox mask, fell on that little girl.
Dazed, innocent, with an unnatural sluggishness.
This quietly overlapped with the image in his memory of Chiyo, who appeared in the later part of Shippuden, her body forever stuck in childhood.
It was hard to imagine what the Blood Pond Clan had done to this mother and daughter pair, to the point that Miyashiro En’s wife died, his daughter’s body forever stuck at eight years old, leaving an indelible trauma.
This led Miyashiro En to slaughter the entire clan.
Watching Miyashiro En bring his wife and daughter back to his side, Menma’s last faint trace of interest in the Blood Pond Clan completely dissipated.
A group that had been worn down of their claws and fangs by a hundred years of imprisonment, only knowing to tear at each other internally and blame their suffering on the weak, were no longer worth his extra words.
Instead, Miyashiro En, who in the original story avenged his wife and daughter by slaughtering the Blood Pond Clan, was worth his personal recruitment.
In terms of strength, Miyashiro En could slaughter a medium-sized ninja clan; in terms of intellect, he had also built a commercial company not inferior to the Kado Group, and he was a partner even Orochimaru valued.
“Let’s go.” Menma turned, his black robe lightly swaying in the breeze of the barren valley, preparing to lead everyone away from this rotten prison.
Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki looked at the Blood Pond Clan, then at Miyashiro En’s family, and silently followed.
However, just as they were about to leave, a sudden change occurred!
Rumble——！！！
The violent thunderous roar was like thousands of war drums sounding simultaneously, rolling in from the direction of the Hell Valley entrance!
Immediately after, came the rumbling of the earth shaking violently!
Several figures wrapped in blinding lightning, like blue lightning tearing through the sky, carrying overwhelming rage and killing intent, brazenly charged into the canyon!
The leader was burly like a mountain, with knotted muscles on his bare upper body, ferocious old scars on his bronze skin—it was the Fourth Raiden!
His eyes were blood-red, violent Lightning Release chakra like solid armor covering his entire body, each step cracking the ground!
Close behind on the left was the fully Tailed Beast Transformed Two-Tails Matatabi!
The massive blue cat demon body burned with ghostly blue flames, twin tails swaying, emitting deafening roars, controlled by Yugito Nii’s cold will wielding this destructive power!
On the right was the Eight-Tails Gyūki in the same fully Tailed Beast Transformation state!
The massive octopus-ox-headed monster emitted muffled roars, eight thick tentacles flailing wildly, Killer Bee’s rap completely drowned out by the Tailed Beast’s roars, leaving only pure vengeful fury!
Behind them, Darui, Troy, Nurui, and Shi—four elite jonin—each led two ninja with fierce auras wearing Cloud Village Anbu masks, like tigers bursting from their gates, closely following the Raiden and jinchūriki into the valley!
“Shura——！！！” Raiden’s furious roar was like thunder from the nine heavens, instantly exploding in the dead silent sky above Hell Valley, shaking gravel from the rock walls on both sides!
His gaze burning with hatred instantly locked onto the central figure in the valley, that black-robed white-masked silhouette, and the gathered Miyashiro En, Kakuzu, Kisame, and others beside him.
And those Blood Pond clan members cowering near the stone house, dressed in rags!
“Blood Pond scum!” Ai’s roar turned to those terrified clan members, his voice filled with betrayed rage.
“You dare collude with the Cloud Village and Land of Lightning’s mortal enemies?！！”
He gave them no chance to explain, his arm swinging down like a sword of judgment, issuing a cold and ruthless command to the Anbu elites behind him: “Kill! Leave none alive! Crush these traitors and invaders completely! Cut the grass at the root！！”
“As you command! Lord Raiden!” Darui, Troy, Nurui, and Shi responded in unison, their voices ice-cold and murderous.
Each leading two Anbu elites, a total of twelve jonin, instantly spread out like the most precise killing machines, turning into afterimages with sharp killing intent and ear-piercing sounds of air breaking, charging straight at the defenseless Blood Pond clan members or those with only crude weapons!
Blade lights flashed, kunai whistled through the air, screams instantly shattering the valley’s dead silence!
“No! Lord Raiden! Misunderstanding! We didn’t collude! They were forcing us! It was…” Miyoshi Jin was completely stunned by this sudden slaughter, scrambling to explain, his voice shrill and desperate.
However, his pleas seemed so pale and powerless before the Cloud Village ninjas’ vengeful fury and cold commands.
An Anbu ninja coldly swung his blade at a clan member trying to resist beside him, blood instantly splattering his face!
At the same time, Raiden, the fully Tailed Beast Transformed Two-Tails Matatabi, and Eight-Tails Gyūki—the Cloud Village’s three strongest combatants—were already charging with momentum to destroy everything, like three falling meteorites.
Carrying violent lightning, ghostly blue flames, and massive Tailed Beast chakra shockwaves, they crashed toward Menma and his core group—Kakuzu, Kisame, Miyashiro En and his wife and daughter!
The air was compressed to explosive booms, the earth groaning under the Tailed Beasts’ pressure!
“Hmph!” Kakuzu snorted coldly, black tentacles of Earth Grudge Fear surging out instantly from under his wide black robe, weaving in front of him.
At the same time, his hands quickly formed hand seals, Wind Release and Fire Style chakra gathering in his palms!
Kisame Hoshigaki reacted just as swiftly, drawing his ninja sword with an excited hum, gripping it firmly, deep blue chakra flowing over his body like water, preparing to meet it head-on!
Miyashiro En immediately shielded his terrified wife and dazed daughter Chiyo behind him, the eyes behind his diamond-shaped sunglasses turning red, a subtle yet powerful chakra fluctuation beginning to condense around him!
Facing this terrifying impact capable of destroying a small country, Menma under the white three-eyed fox mask remained utterly calm.
He didn’t even glance at the three roaring colossal beasts charging in.
In the instant the attack was about to land, his figure swayed like a ghost, his footwork carrying a strange rhythm, seemingly casually tapping the ground a few times, and with millimeters to spare, he drifted backward like willow fluff, effortlessly dodging Raiden’s angry Lightning Chariot Hot Blade, the Two-Tails Matatabi’s giant paw swipe, and the Eight-Tails Gyūki’s sweeping massive tentacle!
The violent energy shockwave exploded a massive deep pit where he had stood, gravel and mud flying, yet not even touching the hem of his clothes!
Using this momentary brush, Menma’s figure appeared like instant transmission beside Miyoshi Jin, who was being forced into dire straits by a Cloud Village Anbu ninja, in constant peril!
That Anbu ninja was swinging his blade at Miyoshi Jin’s neck, the blade edge sharp!
Menma made no extra movements, merely casually raising his right hand, his index finger lightly flicking the falling blade as if sketching idly!
Ding——！！！
A crisp to ear-piercing metallic clash rang out!
A terrifying force surged along the blade!
That Anbu ninja felt an irresistible colossal force, his grip splitting instantly, blood flowing, his entire arm going numb, the ninja sword flying from his hand, spinning like catapult-fired and deeply embedding into a distant rock wall!
Miyoshi Jin, still shaken, stared blankly at the black-robed masked figure who suddenly appeared before him, easily flicking away the fatal strike like a demon god.
Menma ignored the Anbu ninja retreating in horror, looking down from above at Miyoshi Jin slumped on the ground, covered in blood and despair, slowly extending his right hand gloved in black.
“You see it now, your clan is ultimately unable to escape the fate of extermination.” Menma’s voice transmitted clearly through the mask into Miyoshi Jin’s ears, carrying a temptation that seemed to pierce the soul: “Submit to me. Then I can take you and your clan out of Hell Valley, free from the Land of Lightning’s century of shackles.”
“This is your last chance.”
Miyoshi Jin’s pupils contracted violently.
He jerked his head up, his gaze sweeping over the hellish scene around him.
Clan members being mercilessly hacked, screams unending; simple stone houses collapsing and burning under ninjutsu bombardment; Cloud Village ninjas’ cold masks flickering in firelight and bloodlight, like soul-reaping demons, Raiden giving the Blood Pond Clan no chance to explain.
Then looking at the hand extended before him.
A century of imprisonment, generations of humiliation, the blood of his clansmen.
All the fear, resentment, unwillingness turned in this moment into heavy despair, and also into the final resolution.
What choice did he have left?
Did the Blood Pond Clan have any choice?
“Hah… hah…” A hoarse sound came from Miyoshi Jin’s throat, he looked at Menma’s cold mask, then at the dire straits of his surrounding clansmen, the last trace of struggle in his eyes completely extinguished, leaving only submission and thirst for revenge.
Using all his strength, he struggled up from the blood and filth, and toward Menma, heavily, carrying all humiliation and unwillingness, dropped to one knee, head bowed deeply.
“I… Blood Pond Clan Head, Miyoshi Jin… on behalf of the entire clan… submit to you! Lord Shura!” His voice was hoarse yet clear, filled with the resolution of breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats: “As long as… as long as you can take us out of here, free us from this century’s prison! The Blood Pond Clan will serve you loyally for generations!”
“Very good.” A faint hint of laughter seemed to come from under Menma’s mask.
He withdrew his extended hand, his gaze turning to those three colossal beasts that had missed due to his earlier dodge and were turning to charge roaring again, and the Cloud Village elites rampaging among the Blood Pond clansmen.
In the instant Raiden’s furious roar and the earth-shaking roars of the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails rang out again.
“More numbers, huh? Lord Raiden.” Menma’s hands formed a seal in front of his chest!
“Nine-Face Sūvarṇa!”
Buzz——！！！
A massive, heart-palpitating dark red chakra erupted from Menma’s body like a volcanic eruption!
This chakra carried the Nine-Tails’ characteristic brutality and darkness, yet was firmly bound and controlled by an even stronger will!
Immediately after, in the void behind Menma, nine massive, complex rune-constituted pale red summoning arrays materialized out of thin air!
“Azure, White, Vermilion, Black, Void, South, North, Three, Jade!” A soft chant came from under the mask.
Powerful spatial fluctuations distorted the surrounding scene, the nine arrays slowly lighting up, like nine giant eyes from the abyss, coldly overlooking the frenzied battlefield below!
“Nine-Faced Beast! Crush them!”
