Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 81 The Ninja Clan's Defection

"However, that will take several months. Let's prepare for the meeting with the Kazekage first."

Bringing his thoughts back, Minato looked at Hinata Hatake and asked, "What are you planning to do?"

It was agreed before that it would be handed over to Yu, but the situation has changed. If the Kazekage takes the initiative to visit, it would be better for him to do it.

Hyuga Yu didn't answer directly, but instead asked, "Jiraiya-senpai doesn't plan to leave the village for the time being, right?"

"That's right. He wants to wait until the Five Kage Summit before leaving, and he even wants to go to the Land of Rain with me to meet some of his senior brothers and sisters."

"Just give me a normal welcome. I'll arrange an unforgettable day trip to Konoha for the Kazekage." Hyuga Yu chuckled. "Oh, and lend me some pills too."

"pill?"

Minato's expression shifted slightly as he looked at Kushina. "It was a bit strange before, what's going on today? Wasn't Yakumaru training? Why did she suddenly come to ask me for permission?"

Kushina gave an awkward laugh. "It's like this..."

She recounted what she knew, and Hinata Yu added casually, "When the pill saw my clone, it was tricked by Tsunade-senpai and awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan."

"..."

"..."

Not to mention Minato, even Kushina, who hadn't heard Yakumaru mention this, was dumbfounded.

She murmured softly, "No wonder he seemed a little dazed when he came back to the training ground to tell me. The reason is actually this."

She could roughly imagine the scene at the time, and could only say... how tragic the pill was.

"Seriously... I don't know what to say."

Minato shook his head and said with a smile, "Okay, you can go find him then."

……

"Lord Yu, this is the sincerity of our two families."

Several days later, somewhere in Konoha, Hyuga Yu sat at the head of the table, casually flipping through the documents presented by a representative of a ninja clan.

Seeing this, the two ninja representatives sitting below became somewhat uneasy.

Among the current Konoha leadership, Fugaku, being from the Uchiha clan, has had little contact with other ninja clans in the past, while Tsunade is not involved in affairs, and the power structure behind the Jonin class leaders is already complete.

After careful consideration, the ninja clan realized that there seemed to be few suitable high-ranking individuals to contact.

Under such circumstances, Hyuga Yu, as the Hokage's assistant, also gained real power, naturally coming into their sights.

This person seems much easier to talk to than Danzo, and because of the Hokage's trust, his time in a high position is more secure than Danzo's.

However, the other party is a representative of the Hyuga clan, and the Hyuga clan can become their ally at any time. Under such circumstances, ordinary allegiance will not bring any benefit.

In order to ensure a smooth transition during the Watergate administration and avoid being retaliated against later, this contact with them was made with sincerity.

It seems the other party is not satisfied?

One of the middle-aged ninjas, unable to sit still any longer, spoke up: "Lord Yu, you..."

Upon seeing Hinata Yu glance over, he immediately turned into an ostrich, lowering his head and not daring to look at the other person.

This is the second Konoha ninja to master the Flying Thunder God Technique, a ruthless man who slaughtered hundreds of Kirigakure ninja on the battlefield. Even without those privileges, he wouldn't dare to disobey.

Hinata Yu withdrew his gaze, took out three intelligence reports, and handed them to them indifferently, saying, "There are no errors or omissions in these reports, are there?"

"..."

The two looked at each other in confusion, and after a moment they exchanged a glance and found that each other had cold sweat dripping down their foreheads.

One of the intelligence reports was rather mundane: while searching for Root members, the Anbu discovered a Root member near Amegakure. After a trap was set up to capture him, he committed suicide, his brain nerves damaged by the cursed seal. However, the Anbu found letters on him indicating that Danzo and Hanzo were colluding.

The other two documents contained communication information between the ninja clan and the high-ranking officials of the Land of Fire... as well as some of the plans of the ninja clan and Danzo.

The two seem unrelated, but the latter is too detailed; only Danzo knew all about it!

Furthermore, Hyuga's act of placing them in front of him at this moment was almost an explicit instruction.

One of them, facing Hinata Yu's gaze, said dryly:

"Lord Yu, this was all done by Root. Danzo is slandering us..."

"Genji, there's no need to explain." The other middle-aged ninja sighed. "Explaining further will only make us look pathetic."

Seeing Hyuga's calm expression, he knew that explaining was useless, and in his heart he cursed Danzo.

Why did you have to give in just when we were about to send you on your way? Your will to survive is really strong!

Genji secretly regretted it.

As expected, we acted too late. We should have let the assassins who infiltrated Root take action sooner and give Danzo another kick on the road to his doom.

Konoha's current lack of action against Danzo is ultimately unnecessary; he's simply imprisoned, and his fate rests entirely with the Fourth Hokage.

However, while he was alive, he could be used to restrict the actions of Root ninjas outside the organization; once he died, he was of no use and would cause the Root ninjas to completely lose control.

In addition, out of consideration for the three generations of ancestors, Danzo's life was spared.

However, they can increase the stakes!

If the current culpability is not enough, then add more.

Some of these actions, like betraying the village and Root ninjas trying to manipulate the daimyo to save Danzo, don't actually need to be done. As long as others believe that Root has such tendencies, and the village or the higher-ups of the Land of Fire think that Danzo deserves to die, they can feel at ease.

But it's too late now.

If they continue, they'll have to take the blame themselves, and the information about killing Danzo while avoiding exposure has already been leaked.

After they calmed down, Hyuga Yu said in a low voice, "To become nobles, to replace the current high-ranking officials of the Land of Fire, to enjoy wealth and honor for generations to come, with blessings extending to future generations—a good idea. Danzo probably gained a lot of support with this rhetoric at first, didn't he?"

The middle-aged ninja Kurama Unkai sighed and said resignedly, "Lord Yu, our Kurama clan's bloodline limit is not weak, but because no one has awakened it again for a long time, it has long since weakened, unlike your powerful ninja clans whose bloodlines are still passed down."

"We all know Danzo has ill intentions; he just wants to take control of the Land of Fire. But if we don't take a gamble, there's no way we can go any further."

Kurama Unkai said in a low voice, "Rather than becoming an insignificant part of Konoha, pursuing more in the Land of Fire is our only choice."

"Because you think it's highly feasible, right?" Hinata Yu said.

"Yes!" Kurama Unkai was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and admitted, completely letting go. "Didn't Danzo already succeed once? If the Fourth Hokage doesn't win, then it'll just be a similar drama playing out in the Land of Fire."

Once Konoha falls into Danzo's hands, the Land of Fire will have absolutely no power to resist.

"Ultimately, where did those nobles fall short of us? Ninjas learn killing techniques from a young age, and most are ready to fight on the battlefield by the age of twelve. What were the noble children doing back then?"

"I once accepted a mission to help the son of a daimyo in a small country restore his kingdom. Apart from his status, his knowledge and insight are no match for my successor... He may have the ability to govern, but our successor needs to learn from him. I don't think he will lose to me."

Kurama Unkai gave Hinata Yu a complicated look, "By gradually replacing the middle and upper echelons of the Land of Fire and becoming nobles, small families like ours can live a better life!"

(End of this chapter)