So, Sunaen planned to go immediately and bring this clan back.
It just so happened that there was still a week until school started, and he couldn't let them miss the first day's ideological education class.
After all, for this clan, ideological education was quite important.
As for why Sunaen had to go personally?
After all, compared to the Uzumaki clan, which had been annihilated, the Chinoike clan was merely exiled; they still possessed their own territory, though that territory was somewhat unsatisfactory.
It was even worse than the sand in Sunagakure!
But it was still territory!
Therefore, to move the entire clan, someone of significant standing had to go.
But looking at Sunagakure now...
There was only Sunaen himself, Chiyo, Ebizo, Lord Shamon, and Bunpuku.
Chiyo was training medical ninjas and overseeing hospital construction.
Ebizo, hehe, skip... Lord Shamon was assigned a lot of research work after he woke up.
For example, automated production lines, chakra batteries, chakra cars... in short, Lord Shamon seemed even busier... As for Bunpuku...
He was looking after the drip irrigation greenhouses.
Emmm... that was the land dug up from the Land of Rain previously, which Sunaen had replicated according to his past life's knowledge.
Currently, Sunagakure also had a place where crops could be grown.
And Bunpuku also quite liked growing vegetables, so Sunaen put him in charge.
Moreover, Bunpuku was, after all, a jinchuriki, and during this sensitive period, it wasn't ideal for him to go out.
So, only Sunaen himself could go... Hell Valley.
A desolate place, the harsh environment was even worse than Sunaen had imagined.
As soon as he approached the entrance, two ninjas with crimson eyes blocked his path.
Sunaen was not surprised by this.
After all, they were a dōjutsu clan, so it was perfectly normal for their perception to be keen.
"Stop, this is the territory of the Chinoike clan, leave here!"
Sunaen didn't mind their reprimand. "Tell your clan head. The Kazekage of Sunagakure has come to visit!"
Kazekage!
The Chinoike ninjas were momentarily stunned, seemingly not having expected a Kage from one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries to come to such a place.
"Please wait!" But their ninja professionalism was still there; they quickly regained their composure, bowed, and saluted.
Soon after, someone came out and invited Sunaen inside.
As soon as he entered, a wave of stuffy heat washed over him.
It made sense; there were hot springs everywhere in the Land of Hot Water, let alone within this canyon.
The surroundings inside were barren, with no place for cultivation; of course, no plants could grow at this temperature either.
The air was mixed with a faint smell of sulfur from the volcano and the scent of human sweat, and with no ventilation inside, the overall sensation was even more intense.
He truly wondered how the Chinoike clan managed to live here.
As Sunaen was surveying his surroundings, a middle-aged man emerged from a house carved out of rock.
If he wasn't mistaken, this person was the head of the Chinoike clan – Oyashiro En.
"Kazekage-sama, do you have any instructions for coming here?"
So direct, huh? Sure enough, dōjutsu clans tend to have some personality.
Being straightforward was good too.
"No instructions, it's just that I'm kind-hearted and can't bear to see people suffer, so I plan to give the Chinoike clan a better development."
"???"
What better development?
Oyashiro En was stunned. "What do you mean, Kazekage-sama?"
"I can let the Chinoike clan move to Sunagakure. What do you think, Clan Head?"
"!!!"
"Can you make the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning lift the restrictions?"
"No!"
"..."
"I apologize, Kazekage-sama, but please leave! The Chinoike clan will not leave Hell Valley!"
Honestly, if the young man in front of him wasn't the Kazekage, Oyashiro En would have stabbed him already.
If they could leave without orders, he would have already taken his clan members away from here.
Having stayed in Hell Valley for so many years, he was well aware of how terrible the environment was.
However... if they left rashly, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning would definitely send Kumogakure to encircle and annihilate them. At that point, the Chinoike clan would face extinction.
So, even though the environment in Hell Valley was harsh, they chose to stay here, simply because here, the Chinoike clan could continue to exist.
To leave... would be death!
"Don't you want to lead your clan members out of here?"
"Think about it, fresh air! A life of being well-fed and warmly clothed! Children growing up happily! Being able to eat all kinds of desserts!"
Sunaen's words were like a devil's whisper, circling in Oyashiro En's ears.
"Think about it, all those wonderful lives!"
"As long as you speak, your clan members will have everything!"
"No need to worry about retaliation from the Land of Lightning!"
"Kumogakure is very strong, but is Sunagakure weak?"
"Just follow me! Join Sunagakure, and good days will come. What are you waiting for!"
"Follow me and earn millions! If you follow the Kazekage, what do you have to fear from the Raikage!"
Oyashiro En: "!!!"
Sunaen looked at Oyashiro En, who was in a dilemma, knowing that he had begun to waver, and then continued with a smile.
"Clan Head Oyashiro, you wouldn't want your clan members to live in this oppressive environment forever, causing their emotions to become increasingly unstable, and then all go mad, would you?"
As soon as his words fell.
Oyashiro En suddenly looked up, his eyes wide, but before he could speak, Sunaen's words continued.
"The Chinoike clan awakens their eyes through intense emotional stimulation. And in an oppressive place like Hell Valley, I don't need to say what kind of emotions they rely on, do I?"
Seeing that Oyashiro En still had no reaction, Sunaen decided to administer another strong dose.
"Presumably, many members of the Chinoike clan are already starting to have mental problems, aren't they?"
"Perhaps in the future... clan members who want to leave and those who don't will start to fight each other."
"Clan Head Oyashiro, you wouldn't want the Chinoike clan to be destroyed in your hands, would you? What would happen to you, the last clan head, when you go to the Pure Land then!"
After his words.
Oyashiro En deflated like a punctured ball, his spirit instantly drained.
He was right.
The Chinoike clan relied on emotions to activate their eyes, but the oppressive emotions within Hell Valley would only elevate the already negative emotions of the Chinoike clan.
Currently, the Chinoike clan numbered only a hundred people, but half of them had already awakened their eyes.
Among this half, some clan members had already begun to turn insane.
As the clan head, he naturally knew that if this continued, everyone would either go mad or be killed by those who had gone mad.
The Chinoike clan was bound to perish sooner or later.
It was just that Sunaen had now brought this matter, which he had always been unwilling to contemplate, into the open.
Resigned, he spoke to Sunaen.
"What does the Chinoike clan need to give in return?"