Escape From Konoha

The land of the Hyuga clan.

As a wealthy family in the past, it seems to be caught in a crisis of lack of trust between the clan family and the branch families.

This is also a matter of course. As outsiders, ninjas may not know what kind of crisis has occurred within the Hyuga clan, but as the rulers of the Hyuga clan, they undoubtedly know what kind of chaos has occurred within their own clan.

So much so that for several months after the war started, they were still hesitating whether to send ninjas to the front lines to assist in the battle.

However, the fact that the 'caged bird' was deciphered was not only provoking the rules and bottom line established by their clan for thousands of years, but also destroying the peace within their clan.

If this continues, maybe the village will remain prejudiced against the Hyuga clan.

The number of Uchiha clan going to the battlefield this time is more than that of the last ninja war. Even the ninjas who are dissatisfied with the Uchiha clan have to keep their mouths shut. .

After all, even the new clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, went to the battlefield in person and fought bloody battles with his colleagues in Konoha.

Hinata, who is also a wealthy ninja clan like Uchiha, did not dare to send ninjas to the front line because of a crisis of trust... But now, this matter seems to be settled immediately.

In the family meeting room, the current person in power has become the eldest son of the outstanding younger generation of the previous clan leader - Hinata Hizu.

He was sitting at the top of the table, with the elders of the clan on his left and the elders of the separate clan on his right. The two factions were clearly differentiated.

"Now that the family can no longer bear any losses, Hyuga Ayane assists Iwagakure as a defected ninja. This is revenge for our Hyuga clan."

An elder of the clan said.

Losing the control of the caged bird means that the other party has completely flown beyond the 'birdcage', and the rules of the Hyuga clan can no longer restrain the other party's body and mind.

"Lord Hokage hopes that we can send a certain amount of manpower."

"How is it possible to send out manpower at this time? People inside are panicking, can't they just refuse?"

"Of course it doesn't matter, Hokage-sama, but if you continue to be indifferent, there will inevitably be some rumors in the village... Don't forget, the Konoha White Fang incident just happened 'yesterday'."

When these words were spoken, both the clan elders and the branch elders became awe-inspiring and fell silent.

Maybe the Hokage is unwilling to do that, but as the leader of the Darkness of Konoha, Shimura Danzo, may not take some extreme measures.

The Hyuga clan is different from the Uchiha clan. If they leave a bad impression on those senior officials, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the village, and the reputation accumulated in the past will be burned.

After that defection incident, there were even more Anbu patrolling around the Hyuga clan.

This is a red flag that has never been seen before.

The senior officials' loyalty to the Hyuga clan... began to have doubts and suspicions.

Of course, the matter is not so serious. After all, Hinata and Uchiha are different. They have no conflict with the Senju clan and their relationship is harmonious enough. At this time, there must be no more glitches.

The number of Anbu patrols suddenly increased, probably more to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

In a sense, it is also a good thing for the Hyuga clan.

"Without the trust of Lord Hokage, the Hyuga clan will be in difficulty in the future."

"Yes, Elder Danzo is a difficult person to talk to."

"The Roots are not targeting the Uchiha clan for a day or two. If you are on the Roots' list, life will be difficult in the future."

He finally managed to gain his current position in the huge Konoha Village, and the clan's territory also occupies one of the best areas in Konoha, instead of being squeezed out of the center like the Uchiha clan.

Even if the Uchiha clan is squeezed out of the center, they still have a powerful police force and the most elite ninja force in Konoha, which cannot be ignored.

However, the Hyuga clan does not have these advantages. Once they lose the trust and support of the Hokage and other high-level officials, their right to speak in Konoha will be zero.

In addition to the loss of a lot of combat power on the night of the defection incident, an elder of the clan was killed, many powerful jounin were killed by traitors instead of defecting, and a series of subsequent effects, some branch families who did not leave seemed to have behaved differently. This thought has caused the power of the Hyuga clan to shrink sharply.

"Since we can't send ninjas from the separate families, how about sending ninjas from the clan to the battlefield?"

A branch elder suggested.

His words immediately aroused the hostility and dissatisfaction of the elders of the Zong family.

"This is too risky. What if the clan ninja has an accident on the battlefield?"

"But with the current situation of the Separation Family, there are too few Separation Ninjas who can be trusted."

The branch elder sighed helplessly.

"Even if this is the case, we cannot allow people from the Zong family to take risks there. What if there is a problem with Baiyan? It is your separate responsibility to protect the Zong family, right?"

The patriarch stared at him coldly.

"But now it's not just a problem within the family. Now the battlefield is in urgent need of Byakugan's help. The branch ninjas lack trust and the clan ninjas are unable to participate in the war... It will be too late to talk about this until rumors start to spread in the village."

"Hmph, isn't it the fault of your family members? It's okay to let the family ninjas go to the front, but the family members of the ninjas who go to the battlefield must be closely monitored 24 hours a day, and they are not allowed to leave the house. In this way Once the caged bird is released, there is no risk of them defecting.”

"you--"

The branch elder showed an angry look on his face.

"Your branch family is not worthy of trust now. This is for the continuation of the family. The family will also remember their achievements."

The clan elder sat there calmly and said this.

Faced with meaningless quarrels between the elders of the clan family and the branch families, Rizu had become accustomed to such things while sitting in the chief position.

In the past few months, we have argued about this kind of thing eighty times if not a hundred times.

However, this was the first time that Rizu had seen even the clan elders who were usually calm and calm become so irritable and panicked.

In his past impression, the clan elders were not so impatient.

It seems that the serious problems faced by the clan have begun to cause chaos.

"You come in."

Rizu spoke there, and his calm voice stopped the boring quarrel in the conference room.

The door of the conference room opened, and a young man who looked similar to Rizu walked in. He nodded slightly to the elders, and finally looked straight at Rizu in front of him.

"Day to day difference request to go to war."

Kneeling down on one knee, Hizashi spoke calmly in the center of the conference room, without any fear of war.

This is just for the sake of the future of the clan, or maybe to protect something... In short, these are things that Hizashi needs to defend even at the cost of his life.

"Hizashi, you..."

The elders of the separation family stared at Hizashi, thinking that he should not appear at this moment.

"I'm sorry, elder, I can't sit back and watch the clan have conflicts over such boring things. Since we bear this name and are members of the Konoha ninja, war is our destination."

"But……"

"It doesn't matter." Hizashi's plain voice sounded. He stood up from the main seat, looked at the elder of the branch who was hesitant to speak and said, "I will go to the battlefield with Hizashi."

"What!?"

Rizu's words not only shocked the elders of the branch family, but also the elders of the clan clan were shocked.

Only Hizashi was not surprised. Hizashi made this decision as he expected.

"Master Nizu, this is not allowed. How can you put yourself in danger?"

"But if the family is like this, will there still be enough personnel to go to the battlefield?"

Rizu asked the elders of the clan like this.

"this……"

"All the elders are so old. You can just enjoy your old age here. Leave the fighting to us young people. After all, I am also a jounin of Konoha."

Nizu said.

The elders of the clan looked away and coughed.

"Yes, yes, since Mr. Rizu said so, then we old bones should sit back and stabilize the family. We will also make arrangements for the security matters for Mr. Rizu."

fighting?

For the clan elders, that was a long time ago.

Is it twenty years or thirty years ago?

Although he is not to the point of not daring to kill, his fighting skills and mentality are already a lot unfamiliar.

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"Does the Hinata clan leader also want to go to the battlefield in person? It's really troublesome."

In the plain area on Hokage Rock, Danzo gathered six squads of root teams, a total of twenty-four people.

The roots gathered here almost mobilized about half of the combatants in the roots.

After learning that the head of the Hyuga clan, Hinata Hizashi, was also going to the battlefield, Danzo couldn't help biting his fingers, feeling that the matter was difficult.

His original intention was to have the Hyuga clan send ninjas from the separate clans they trusted enough to support the battlefield, rather than members of the clan.

As for how to make the ninjas of the separate families trust each other, in Danzo's opinion, there are many ways to do it, and there is no need to let people from the clan go to the battlefield.

After all, Hinata is different from Uchiha. He has always completed his work honestly. Even if he is the root leader, he cannot find fault in this aspect.

"Ryoma."

"Lord Danzo."

A root member stepped forward.

"Your team is responsible for contacting Hinata's people and must 'protect' the safety of Hinata and Hinata."

"yes."

A root ninja named Ryoma understands.

The so-called 'protection' is to be carried out within one's ability. If you encounter a dangerous situation that you are not sure about, then even if you destroy the Byakugan, you cannot let the enemy get it.

Ryoma disappeared from the spot with three members of his team, joined the members of the Hyuga clan, and headed to the frontline battlefield of the Grass Country.

"The rest follow me."

Danzo led the remaining twenty root members to jump off the Hokage Rock and ran quickly towards the large forest outside Konoha.

"It feels like a long-lost battlefield life..."

Danzo murmured to himself, perhaps anticipating the bloody storm that was about to unfold, and the blood in his body began to boil.

In the big forest outside Konoha.

"Lord Danzo!"

The man with thick eyebrows caught up from behind, arousing the vigilance of many root ninjas.

This ninja is Matt Dai.

A Konoha genin who performed outstandingly on the night of the defection incident.

Although he doesn't know any illusions or ninjutsu, he can still stand alone by relying on physical skills.

Because he lacks leadership skills and is useless except for taijutsu, he has not yet been able to be promoted to chuunin.

But even as a genin, no one can question his strength.

"Don't do it, it's your own."

Danzo's words had an effect, and the root ninjas stepped aside.

"Sorry, I seem to be a little late."

Dai scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"It doesn't matter, I originally planned to wait for you here for a while. Do you know about this mission to the battlefield?"

Danzo asked.

"Yes." When Dai heard this, his face immediately became serious: "It is to deal with the S-class rebel ninja Hinata Ayane. I am already prepared."

He was also very excited.

Among Konoha, the Hyuga clan's soft fist is very famous, and the hard fist he learned is exactly the opposite of the physical technique.

He had wanted to learn the Hyuga clan's soft fist for a long time, but unfortunately he never had this opportunity.

Dai and Danzo headed towards the Country of Grass together. Danzo looked ahead and said softly but forcefully: "According to the information coming back from the front, the soft fists of the rebel Hyuga Ayane surpassed people's expectations of the Hyuga clan's soft fists. Common sense judgment.”

"What's the meaning?"

"The meaning is very simple. Her soft fist surpasses our understanding of the Hyuga clan ninja. She is a Byakugan ninja that surpasses the Byakugan. If you treat Hyuga Ayane with the same eyes as the Hyuga clan in the village, the consequences will be disastrous."

Danzo looked solemn.

Dai pondered deeply. Although he didn't understand what was going on, it meant that the opponent was very strong because of this simple and easy-to-understand reason.

When Danzo said this, his heart became even more passionate.

His Byakugan surpasses Hinata's Byakugan, and he is truly a formidable enemy that one expects.

"Don't worry, Danzo-sama. After the special training arranged by Hokage-sama, I am no longer what I used to be. And..."

Having said this, Dai's face became solemn and he subconsciously glanced at his ninja bag. There was also a secret weapon provided by the village for him.

"Yeah?"

Danzo showed no emotion on his face, and he probably guessed what Dai had prepared in his ninja bag.

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Country of Grass, Hidden Rock Camp.

"one more bowl!"

Inside the single-person tent, bowls are stacked one after another, forming a breathtaking scene.

After Ayane finished her bowl of somen, she asked the chef here to add another bowl.

"...No, no more, the food in the cafeteria is gone."

The person responsible for distributing food almost cried.

This woman is so delicious.

The food that would take forty or fifty people to eat can be eaten by just one person, and this is not the limit.

If you keep eating like this, it feels like no one else needs to eat.

Many people have complained about the sudden lack of food recently.

The culprit was naturally the female ninja in front of him who had a mediocre appetite.

"Really? Don't try to lie to me, I have a blind eye."

Ayane pointed to her eyes.

"..."

Forgot to have this trick.

The trick of deceiving and crying has no effect in front of Byakugan.

At this moment, the door of the tent opened.

The tall Iwagakure Jonin Huangtu and the explosive-headed Explosive Ninja Kari walked in together.

"Lord Huangtu, Lord Shou."

"Go down."

"yes."

The person in charge walked out quickly with a sigh of relief.

"Really, don't disturb me while I'm eating. Didn't I tell you that you don't want to discuss business while eating? At this time, shouldn't you give me another bowl?"

Ayane was unhappy.

"Are you really a ninja of the Hyuga clan?"

Huang Tu glanced at the dozens of empty bowls on the table, and began to rub his forehead with a headache.

This woman really regards this place as her own home.

"Look at my extremely pure white eyes, you will know that I am from the genuine Hyuga clan."

Ayane said this.

"..."

Huang Tu looked at Ayane's white eyes and the empty bowls piled up like a hill in front of him, and for a moment didn't know where to start complaining.

"And free board and lodging, isn't it your own rule? I'm just following your rule."

"It seems that Master Tukage will add a clause of 'bring your own food' to the recruitment form next time."

The Blast Ninja Kari on the side showed a helpless smile.

"As a ninja from the Five Great Nations, are you so stingy? You have to pay for this little bit of food?"

"No matter how generous you are, it won't stand up to your stomach."

Huangtu sighed.

Ayane didn't speak, obviously upset because of the lack of food.

"So, what do you want from me?"

"A big order with a deposit of thirty million taels."

Huang Tu glanced at Qiu.

Kari understood, and put the black leather box full of cash in front of Ayane.

Inside was thirty million taels of cash.

"A deposit of 30 million taels? Is there any new movement on Konoha's side?"

Ayane was a little surprised.

Generally speaking, it is impossible to open such a large number of deposits.

If there is, it means that Iwakage is in trouble now.

And this troublesome level, the difficulty may not be low.

"According to accurate news, Konoha's roots have joined the battlefield here."

"Danzo?"

"I'm not sure whether Danzo himself came here, but the patrol team did encounter an attack by root ninjas."

Huang Tu clasped his hands on his chest with a solemn expression.

As the deeper secret agency of Konoha's Anbu, the Roots have always been a major concern for the major ninja villages.

The leader of the root is the one known as the "Dark Ninja", Shimura Danzo, the leader of the Shimura clan.

That was the former Hokage, a disciple of Senju Tobirama, the fastest man in the ninja world. He was from the same sect as the current Third Hokage, and was a powerful ninja who had experienced the First Ninja War and the Second Ninja War.

It was a powerful enemy that he had to be wary of.

"It's really strange. Genbu's operations have always been known for being secretive. If they were encountered, there should be no survivors left to report."

"The other party's target is you."

Huang Tuyan said concisely and comprehensively.

Byakugan wandered outside. It was natural for Konoha to take measures after learning the news here.

"Am I being targeted? It's really scary. You Iwagakure must protect me."

"..."

If Ayane had a scared expression, maybe there was some truth in what she said.

However, her face should not be said to be afraid, but full of expectation, letting Huang Tu know the bad character of the woman in front of her.

Thinking about her abnormal food intake... is she really from the Hyuga clan?

"Iwagakure's reinforcements will take another week to arrive."

"Does it take so long?"

"There is no way, there is also a war in the north. We must consider the pressure from Kumogakure."

"It feels like your alliance with Sunagakure is fake."

"Each one wants to do what he wants. Konoha is too powerful. It would be really hard to sleep without starting a war to weaken his power."

"You are sincere, Loess Jounin."

Ayane stood up, brushed her long black hair, and smiled.

"This guy Huang Tu is indeed an honest man. You can tell by looking at his well-developed limbs."

The explosive escape ninja Kari interrupted from the side.

Huang Tu turned around and glared at him.

"Haha." Ayane chuckled twice, and then asked: "So, what is the specific content of the task of depositing 30 million taels?"

"Come to the battlefield and take the lives of all root ninjas. Every time you kill an additional five million taels of bounty, there is no upper limit. How much bounty you can get depends on your personal performance. The thirty million taels here will be given to you. .”

"No wonder so many bounty hunters have made a lot of money and want to cooperate with you Iwagakure."

"Integrity and generosity are the capital for our Iwagakure to establish itself in the underground black market."

"Where's the time?"

"The sooner the better. If we can get Shimura Danzo's head, we can pay 100 million taels."

"Really? Then I'll go to work."

Ayane picked up the black suitcase filled with thirty million taels and walked out of the tent.

"etc."

"What else?"

"Uchiha Ruri...you know him, right?"

Huang Tu asked aloud.

"That troublesome Sharingan woman? I do know her."

"Can we contact her?"

Knowing what Loess's plan was, Ayane sighed and told him exactly:

"give up."

"give up?"

"Yes. She is different from me. Even if we find her, she won't be able to come over."

Unlike her, a poor girl, that hateful Sharingan woman was a super rich lady.

The family can inherit more than 100 billion in property, and this is only in cash, not counting the real estate with even more terrifying value, which can be said to be as rich as the country.

There are so many zeros after the numbers in your bank card that it makes you question your life.

Even if Iwagakure was willing to pay one billion, the woman probably wouldn't even turn around to look at him.

Ayane walked out of the tent with this depressed mood.

After Ayane left, Huang Tu stood there thinking and whispered to himself: "It seems that Uchiha Ruri has a very bad personality."

"I think it's just mutual repulsion between people of the same sex. And why do you think the two of them are in contact now?"

asked the explosive ninja Kari.

Ayane's identity as a rebel ninja was only announced by Konoha in the past few days, while Ruri's identity as a rebel ninja was only announced in February this year.

It was already August, and the time interval between the two being announced as rebels was half a year.

"Both of them were members of the White Fang team. According to some news, they seem to have a very good relationship. As for contact, this should be Konoha's old suspicion formation. I don't want to make the matter a big deal, so in February , concealing Hinata Ayane’s identity as a traitor. I’m afraid it’s unavoidable to announce it at this time.”

Huang Tu guessed.

"Is that so? Speaking of which, there seems to be a man who is a medical ninja. He is also an S-level rebel ninja. What is that man's name? Well, let me think about it, is it Chiba... Shiraki?"

The explosive escape ninja Kari tilted his head and tried his best to think about the name that was gradually becoming marginalized.

"No, I remember that man's name is Chiba Kuroishi. In short, he is not a great guy. As for the identity of the S-class rebel ninja, he may have mastered some important secrets of Konoha, or his medical ninjutsu is very good. sharp."

After all, being a medical ninja meant that he had no chance of becoming powerful.

And there is so little information about this person.

I only know that he was a former member of the White Fang Team, a medical ninja. I have never heard of any outstanding performance during his time in the White Fang Team.

Compared with the two powerful families of Uchiha and Hinata, it may just be incidental.

One of the few exceptions is Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, who has strong fighting ability and outstanding medical ninjutsu.

Huang Tu thought naturally in his heart.