Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 102: Intelligence is outdated and worthless
"I'm sorry, but among the people who have recently passed through the Land of Demons from the Land of Snow, none of them are the ones in the portrait."

"Thank you."

After talking with the top leaders of the Demon Kingdom, Hinata Yuuki and Hinata Miyuki walked out of the hall without receiving any news.

"It seems that we won't be able to find the princess for a while."

"It's something we expected. If they want to avoid Fenghua Nutao's pursuit, the best way is to hide in the territory of a big country. It's not surprising that they didn't go through the route of the Ghost Country."

Hinata Yushu frowned and said, "Anyway, we have already controlled Fenghua Nutao. Letting him be the official daimyo of the Snow Country will not affect our issuance of decrees."

Having said that, he couldn't help but feel regretful.

Fenghua Xiaoxue's escape will eventually leave hidden dangers for the future.

Hinata Miyuki was also lost in thought.

Since they left Konoha, they acted carefully on the way and spent more than half a month. When they arrived at the Snow Country as planned, they found that something had happened there and there was smoke everywhere.

After spending several days gathering intelligence, they had a general understanding of the situation.

Fenghana Nutao hired snow ninjas to stage a coup and planned to seize the position of Daimyo of the Snow Country.

When the Snow Country Daimyo, Fuuka Hayate, saw this, while resisting, he sent people to Konoha to seek help.

At that time, Konoha had already won the victory and had outstanding prestige in the ninja world. Fuuka Hayate's behavior could not be considered wrong, but it was obvious that he could not hold on until the arrival of Konoha's reinforcements and died at the hands of his own brother.

But his daughter did wait and was picked up by the Konoha ninja.

This series of changes disrupted their original plans.

Seeing that Fenghua Nutao was already sitting on the throne and giving orders, the people below dared not speak out because of the power of the Snow Ninja, so they directly took action to control Fenghua Nutao.

There is a hidden danger behind the scenes.

The gap between ninjas from small countries and ninjas from big countries is really huge. None of the Snow Ninjas are Jonins, so naturally they were crushed by them.

But controlling the Snow Country doesn't mean everything will be fine.

Fenghua Xiaoxue is the rightful heir.

If a major country takes on the task of restoring the country, they will face trouble.

"Fenghua Xiaoxue is only about five years old. After seeing that bloody scene, I'm afraid she won't come back for a while."

Hinata Miyuki lowered her voice and said, "For now, it is better to develop step by step and deepen cooperation with the Demon Country."

The economy of the Snow Country is not prosperous. Located in the northwest corner of the Ninja Realm, it has no other attractive features except the snow scenery that is common in all seasons.

The ninja's strength is not very good, and the only thing they can do is use the environment to perform ice escape. In other aspects, they are at the bottom among small countries.

But they chose this place, and even if it is for themselves, it is their duty to develop the Snow Country.

When it comes to countries that want to establish diplomatic relations with the Snow Country, the Demon Country is the best choice.

"I understand." Hinata Yuuki nodded, looking back at the palace where the shrine maiden lived, his eyes solemn, "The shrine maiden may have guessed our identities, so we need to be more careful next time."

When they first met the shrine maiden, they were not using their original appearance, and the Konoha forehead protector had been lost long ago. Even if the other party could see that they used the transformation technique, it would not be possible to contact the Hyuga clan.

But Hinata Yuuki always felt that there was deeper meaning in the other person's words.

Prophecy...what a troublesome ability.

Hinata Miyuki touched her eyes with her fingers, thinking of Miroku's last words, and thought to herself: "It's not a possibility, but I know for sure."

'Your eyes hold power, but you need a key. You can try puppetry.'

The power of her pupils was very active, and she had not found the problem yet. Unexpectedly, she got a clue in the Land of Ghosts.

She could feel Miroku's kindness, and the other party seemed to need her strength.

Will the Ghost Kingdom need power related to controlling puppets in the future?

But puppetry...it seems I have to go to the Kingdom of Wind. Fortunately, the Kingdom of Snow is not far from the Kingdom of Wind.

Recovering her thoughts, Hinata Miyuki asked:
"What is the mission that person gave you? What is that Chamber of Commerce?" "Nothing, just to let us develop." Hinata Yuuki said in a low voice: "The Chamber of Commerce will give us the funds to get through the initial stage, and then... the several small countries in the far west of the Ninja World are all targets!"

The goal is to annex the country, and seeing that Hinata Yuuki doesn't look surprised, I'm afraid he doesn't think it can't be done... I'm becoming more and more curious about the person behind him.

As she was thinking, Hinata Miyuki suddenly seemed to remember something, took out a bounty order, and changed the subject, "Yu's bounty is very high, higher than that of the other five Hokage except the Fourth Hokage. Could he be targeted?"

She had been to the black market before and found these brand new bounties.

"..."

Hinata Yuuki looked at Hinata Miyuki strangely.

As soon as that person was mentioned, you thought of him.

Could it be that he had already guessed it in his heart and was just playing dumb?
Hinata Miyuki saw that he didn't answer, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Don't you find it strange? Even with the Hokage assisting, the increase in Yu's bounty is very abnormal."

"Nothing, I just think you care about him a lot."

Hinata Yuuki changed the subject, "It may be because Konoha is too powerful. Of course...it may also be that someone is deliberately targeting him."

……

"Don't worry about it?"

"Yes, I made the fake accounts of the Ghost Country myself, just to test your ability."

In response to Kakuzu's question, Hinata Yu smiled and said, "Of course, I will pay you the corresponding salary."

Hearing that the money was not missing, Kakuzu no longer paid attention to the question and turned to walk out of the house.

He just needs to make his own money, and his employer's purpose and conspiracy have nothing to do with him.

Unless the employer himself has a high reward, it is not worth his attention.

But Hinata Yu...

Forget it, he didn't want to be besieged by a group of strong men.

It's not easy to be alive again, there's no need to think about things that are impossible.

Besides, the underground black market in the Land of Fire was recently attacked by unknown persons, and he had heard about it vaguely in Konoha.

From now on, there will be no underground money exchanges in the Fire Nation, and bounty missions cannot be accepted.

Since I can't leave the Fire Nation, thinking back on my past career is a torment, so it's better not to think too much about it.

Thinking of the underground money exchange, Kakuzu suddenly stopped in his tracks, "Are you cracking down on the underground black market? You're not doing this to vent your anger, are you? Because the top leaders of the big countries have increased your bounty."

Hinata Yu attacked him probably just to improve his combat power. He had never considered that the other party would crack down on the underground black market, but there are not many forces in the Land of Fire that are capable of taking action against such a place.

This was the one he felt was the most suspicious.

Hinata Yu: "How is that possible? Do you think I care about these?"

"But it seems to me that way, or rather..."

Kakuzu turned his head to look at Hinata Yu's calm expression and stopped talking.

The other person's expression told him that it was indeed not Hinata Yu who did it, and the person in front of him would not hide anything about such a thing.

Kakuzu frowned slightly, but soon calmed down, "Since you paid the money so quickly, I have to remind you that in the current situation, the underground black market will naturally think that it was you and Konoha who did it, and there are strong people there besides me. If you fight them in person, it may not be possible..."

"Like them?"

"…It seems like useless information."

Seeing the bounty in Hinata Yu's hand, Kakuzu walked out of the room without looking back, feeling regretful.

This information is outdated and cannot be exchanged for money.

(End of this chapter)