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

Chapter 43 Minato: I'm not alone this time
Several guards watched Hinata Miyuki and the others leave, and one of them suddenly asked, "The Hyuga clan generally doesn't use ninja tools, right? Why do they carry such a large storage scroll?"

His companion replied: "Maybe there is also a mission to deliver supplies to the front line. Why, do you think there will be problems with the Hyuga clan?"

"No, it's not."

The doubtful ninja shook his head. No one believed that the Hyuga clan would defect. The main family had no need, and the branch family didn't have the ability to do so.

"I just remembered the ninja tool shop opened by my friend. His daughter was born and her name seems to be Tiantian. The shop is having a sale on ninja tools now. If you go buy them, you can get a discount."

"You're even advertising yourself. That friend isn't you, is he?"

The captain patted his shoulder speechlessly, looked towards the place where the living slug appeared before, and said earnestly: "We are just guarding the door, don't let spies and dangerous rebels in and out, just don't think too deeply about some things."

After living for so many years, he knows the principle of keeping a low profile.

The Anbu had just warned them not to pay attention to the commotion in the village, and the Hyuga clan came out of the village with the transfer order of the Third Hokage. It was obvious that there was something fishy going on, so it was better not to think too much about it.

After hearing the captain's words of experience, the few people put their thoughts aside and planned to continue guarding the door, but they saw a blonde woman with a dark face walking towards them in the distance.

"Tsuna, Tsunade-sama?"

When the other party heard their voices, he looked up, his face became even gloomier, and he walked out of the village without saying a word.

The ninjas guarding the gate felt the powerful chakra on her body, swallowed their saliva, and dared not stop her.

In the distance, the figures of ANBU and Root appeared faintly. They left when they saw Tsunade leaving the village.

"What is this? I was actually escorted out of the village?!"

It was not until they were one kilometer away from Konoha that Tsunade punched the tree in annoyance, feeling filled with frustration.

The princess of the Senju clan and one of the three ninjas was actually "asked" to leave the village?
Simply ridiculous!
Earlier, she had thought of taking the initiative and moving closer to some of the ninja clans' territories after realizing that they had no support, but when the ANBU showed up, she realized that it was useless.

Most of the ninja clans have probably reached an agreement, otherwise the two consultants representing the interests of the ninja clans would not agree to lend out the Anbu.

There are different voices within the ninja clan. There are new generations who yearn for the will of fire, and there are old people who cling to the glory of the past. Whether they reach a consensus or one side completely overwhelms the other, the situation is more serious than Tsunade thought.

She didn't know who could be trusted, and she didn't have time to communicate with each ninja one by one.

Originally, Hyuga and Uchiha could have been a helping hand. The former was because the main family could represent everything and had few internal voices, while the latter was too arrogant and could not get along with most ninja clans.

But...the caged bird breaking technique was one of the triggers. Now, should I go find Hinata?

It will only be a disappointment.

The Uchiha main force is on the battlefield, and the remaining ninjas are not even enough to form a guard team, which is also not acceptable.

Although those ninjas who were inclined towards the Hokage could also serve as support, the appearance of that old man Sarutobi made her thoughts fall into the abyss.

"Princess Tsunade, in the current situation, even if you gather a lot of people, what will it do? It will only bring chaos and make the spies of other ninja villages laugh at you."

"The village's defenses are somewhat lax now. If other ninja villages knew that there was a civil strife in Konoha, they would definitely take the opportunity to attack. In this war, the damage to Kumogakure was not that serious."

"The war has been going on for a long time. The villagers and ninjas are tired of it. Don't drag Konoha into the quagmire of the battlefield because of a momentary anger. Let the ninjas who are fighting hard on the front line and want to end the Third Shinobi World War be discouraged."

Hehe, you are indeed from the older generation, you can speak freely from the moral high ground.

It was Danzo and you who started it first, but in the end you want me to give in? What's the logic behind this?
You still don't allow me to resist?!

But she also had to consider the other side's argument.

The reason why Kumogakure retreated was because the Third Raikage died suddenly, and the Fourth Raikage needed to go back to take over the position of the Raikage and stabilize the situation, otherwise the fight would have continued.

Among other ninja villages, the Iwagakure besieged the Third Raikage, and coupled with the war with Konoha, the damage was quite serious, but Ōnoki was bold enough to use tens of thousands of ninjas to besiege the Third Raikage, showing no lack of courage.

If he could have some soup with Yunyin, he wouldn't mind asking for money.

Although Sand Village was an ally, she still needed to be on guard. After some thought, she could only let the living slug go back, and walked out of the village with a frustrated mood under the watchful eyes of the Anbu and the Root.

If I stay there, I might be ambushed, and I have to face those disgusting guys every day, so I might as well get out.

Didn’t the old man ever think about what his three good friends could do?
It would have been fine if they had just gone to the front line to provide support, but they haven't left any restrictive measures behind. They're getting more and more confused as they get older.

"Tsunade-sama, I'm sorry."

The last clone left by the living slug appeared in front of Tsunade with Shizune. Shizune, who was only 13 years old, looked at the furious Tsunade, lowered her head and kept apologizing.

"It's because of me that Lady Tsunade had to..."

"do not talk."

Tsunade looked at Shizune who kept apologizing and felt the anger in her heart gradually disappear, and her expression took on a hint of peace and gentleness.

She hugged Jingyin and whispered, "I'm glad you're okay."

Another reason she left was that she was worried that Danzo would threaten her with Shizune again.

It would obviously be easier to find and capture Shizune than to deal with her.

She doesn't want to lose anymore...

Tsunade's seldom gentle gesture stunned Shizune for a moment, a gentle smile appeared on her face, and she hugged her back.

Lady Tsunade must be worried about me...

The two comforted each other, and soon Tsunade cheered up again and said to her:

"We're going to the battlefield. The old man caused this trouble, so he has to come up with a solution."

As she spoke, Tsunade subconsciously took out the dice and wanted to roll it to see whether her choice was good or bad, but she stopped when she remembered what happened before.

Using gambling to predict the future is probably not reliable. Even though you have lost everything, it is still the same as if you have died once.

Obviously, they all lost...

Tsunade's face turned strange when she thought of someone saying before a bet that whether he won or lost depended on whether he wanted to or not.

That Hinata Yu kid... wouldn't he be cheating?
……

In the front-line command room, Jiraiya and Minato had been arguing about something for a long time.

"Minato, you are the Hokage now. You can no longer take risks like before."

"Teacher, I know, but this is how I fight."

Minato looked at Jiraiya who disagreed with him going to deal with the Tailed Beast Army, and shook his head helplessly, "Don't you trust me? I can retreat anytime I want."

"This is not a question of whether you can be at ease or not. Minato, have you ever thought about your own situation?"

Jiraiya sighed, "Your deterrence on the battlefield is stronger than the Third Raikage. Ohnoki has the guts to send out more than 10,000 ninjas to besiege the Third Raikage. What do you think the Third Mizukage will do?"

Now the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure is a member of the Shadow Guard of the First Mizukage. If the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, hadn't been too strong, the position of the Second Mizukage would have been his.

How could the Third Mizukage, who had used all the strength of Kirigakure and had probably witnessed the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God, not have considered dealing with Minato?

"I'm not alone this time."

Minato glanced at Hinata Yu with trust in his eyes, and smiled at Jiraiya: "Don't worry, I have Kakashi, Yakumaru, Yu and Kushina by my side."

(End of this chapter)