Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 89 Shikaku: They are genin, so what am I?

"Lord Yu, then I'll head to the Chunin Exams venue."

Seeing that everyone had left, Ye Cang bowed and departed.

"Yu, is it really necessary for her to participate in the Chunin Exams?"

Shikaku, who hadn't participated in the greeting, emerged from the shadows and asked, "Ultimately, wasn't it unnecessary to hold the Chunin Exams at this time?"

Hyuga Yu deliberately arranged the Chunin Exams during this period; he understood his purpose, but Konoha simply didn't have any suitable candidates.

The preliminary rounds had already ended under Hinata Yu's supervision, leaving only the open tournament with 24 participants. Now he has to take over again, which is quite troublesome.

Hyuga Yu smiled and said, "It's rare for the Fourth Kazekage to come; wouldn't it be good to show him Konoha's strength?"

"What can you learn from a regular genin match? Even the next generation of geniuses in Konoha are basically all chunin by now."

Shikaku's lips twitched. "And there are even guys like that one from earlier, who look to be in their twenties or thirties and still haven't been promoted to Chunin. Doesn't that seem to reflect our strength?"

"That's not necessarily true." Hyuga Yu chuckled. "Alright, don't worry. How did that matter go? Are there any other Jonin following behind?"

"no."

Shikaku sighed, knowing that Hyuga Yu was asking about the Jonin who wanted Minato to become Daimyo. "However, through them I found some Chunin and Genin who shared the same idea, including spies from other countries."

Well, I expected that.

It seems that the daimyo of the Land of Fire has a conflict with the Hokage, and other countries will naturally not let this opportunity pass by. They are stirring things up behind the scenes, trying to "help" the Hokage take the position of daimyo.

"Spies from Iwagakure and Kumogakure are involved, and even the smaller ninja villages have joined in. Their memories have been read and their identities confirmed by the Yamanaka clan."

Hyuga Yu said, "Give me a list of the other ninjas."

Shikaku assumed he was just worried and handed the list to him directly, saying, "These people are all native Konoha ninjas, and the surrounding neighborhoods are very familiar with them, so it's unlikely there will be any problems."

Hyuga Yu nodded noncommittally. "Which genin haven't been on any missions recently, and didn't participate in the Chunin Exams?"

Shikaku was clearly familiar with the information about these people and quickly pointed out some of them, "Most of them are genin who lack potential and have not been promoted for many years, so they did not participate in the chunin exams."

His gaze swept over the names, and Hyuga Yu slightly raised his right hand. Two ninjas instantly appeared behind him, awaiting orders.

The Hisaki clan, ninjas of the Tono clan? Not a ninja clan in the division plan... Did they join because they saw Hyuga's identity?

Shikaku frowned slightly when he saw the two of them.

Hinata Hane ordered, "Summon all these people to the training ground in the northeast."

"yes!"

After the two ninjas left, Hyuga Yu turned to Shikaku and said, "I'm going there. I'll leave the Chunin Exams to you."

Shikaku snapped out of his thoughts and looked helpless.

What's so important about the exam? They even arranged for Jiraiya to be the examiner for the final few rounds of the competition.

Could a genin possibly kill someone in front of a special jonin examiner?

When he arrived at the exam site and saw the competition on the monitor, he fell silent.

The expertly executed Body Flicker Technique ended the battle in an instant. Even the examiner, a special Jonin, couldn't react immediately and had to wait a moment before declaring victory...

This scenario has occurred more than once, with several individuals demonstrating strength that has reached the level of Jonin.

Is this a genin from Konoha?

They are genin, so what am I?

More like scary!

"Where did these ninjas come from?"

Shikaku looked at one of the ANBU members and asked in a dry voice.

"It seems that they were all talents that Lord Yu found from the Root Spies. I didn't know they were so strong," the Anbu said in a strange tone.

Root spies... are they all this powerful?

Based on his experience, the ninjas in front of him were all quite strong among Jonin, and some were even stronger than him.

Using so many Jonin as spies, is Root crazy?

How many Jonin does Konoha have in total?

Why don't you let them stay in Konoha?

That former Root leader really ruined many talented people in Konoha...

Shikaku frowned as he watched the ninja on the screen, who had won easily and looked bored, and thought about the Root organization now under Orochimaru's control.

Root has no genin; all its members are elite ninja of chunin rank or higher, from various ninja clans or commoner ninja.

However, most of the spies sent out were not related to the Konoha ninja clans; they were basically professionals trained by Danzo himself.

Their strength is usually not very high.

He had previously assumed these people were at most Chunin, completely unaware of the true strength of these former spies, but they were actually...

Shaking his head, Lu Jiu asked:

"Why didn't Orochimaru, a Jonin, take them away when they were under Yu's command?"

"It's the Hokage's order, concerning the establishment of an intelligence network."

The secret service only said this one sentence.

Lu Jiu nodded and didn't ask any more questions, but he started to think about it.

The intelligence network definitely needs to be rebuilt.

Previously, the intelligence network was established by Root, but the list of Root's core spies was not in Konoha's hands, leaving a significant gap in intelligence gathering on other ninja villages.

It's not surprising that this matter was entrusted to Hinata Yu.

After all, the Root ninjas under Orochimaru's control cannot be fully trusted, and new spies certainly cannot be chosen from among them.

The base is already strong enough, so it's not suitable to continue recruiting and expanding.

But in this way, isn't the power behind Hinata Yu expanding a bit too quickly?

While it's inevitable that he has a lot of support for that position, Shikaku is still a bit of a headache just thinking about how quickly Hinata Yu's backing has expanded in just over a month.

The Hyuga clan... a group of ninjas who gradually surrendered... a portion of the Root's remaining power.

Compared to Hyuga Yu's side, the growth of Uchiha Fugaku's power was indeed much slower.

However, this matter has little to do with Hyuga Yu himself; the main reason for the expansion of the other party's power is him and Danzo.

There's no need to elaborate on Danzo. Through his maneuvering, he granted Hyuga Yu the position of Hokage's assistant, the power to hand over power to the Daimyo, and indirectly transferred some of Root's influence to Hyuga Yu.

And he...

In his view, Hyuga Yu had clearly chosen to play it safe with him, so after their discussion that day, he sent people to push those ninja clans behind Hyuga Yu as much as possible.

It's clearly better to have Hyuga Yu follow them than to have these ninja clans who once harbored thoughts of overthrowing the daimyo join the Uchiha clan.

As for Tsunade and himself... the former had no such intentions at all, and Nara was not suitable to continue to increase his support.

But looking at it now, Hyuga Yu's power encompasses some of the Hokage's power, his role as the leader of the ninja clan has gradually surpassed that of the two advisors, and he has the power to lead an army independently because of the intelligence network...

Isn't this the same Danzo from before?

Aside from the fact that the power behind him hasn't reached Danzo's peak yet, Hyuga Yu has everything else he should have.

All the powers that Danzo had spent most of his life acquiring, Hyuga Yu gained in just over a month after taking office.

Shikaku found it somewhat amusing, but couldn't really laugh, so he kept it to himself.

Next, let me remind the Hokage.

(End of this chapter)