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Chapter 199 Third Hokage, you will regret this!

"The Hyuga clan has no intention of engaging in conflict with the village."

"If the village's higher-ups believe that the Hyuga clan's system poses a danger to the village, the Hyuga clan can undergo reform. However, the reform plan proposed by Lady Kagura is still too advanced for the Hyuga clan."

Hiashi Hyuga carefully explained his point of view.

Kagura Akihara kept trying to label them, seemingly hoping that this would change the Hyuga clan, but Hiashi Hyuga couldn't agree with his forward-thinking ideas.

"I'd better go and pay a visit to the Hokage."

Hiashi Hyuga bowed to bid farewell to Kagura Akihara, still displaying impeccable manners. The head of the Hyuga clan knew that he and Kagura Akihara were not going to have a proper conversation.

Hiashi Hyuga still believed that he could use the influence of the Third Hokage to persuade Kagura Akihara to abandon her idea of ​​reforming the Hyuga clan.

Hiashi Hyuga's thinking is like those who are desperate and clamor to see the person at the top, hoping that the person at the top can change their unfavorable situation.

"Please go ahead."

Akihara Kagura saw Hyuga Hiashi off, opened her palms, and adopted a very easy-going attitude: "I hope next time, it won't be you who wants to see me."

"..."

Hiashi Hyuga turned and left without looking back.

"Lord Kagura".

Karin watched Hiashi Hyuga's departing figure, her brows furrowing. "This clan head possesses the Byakugan, a superhuman eye that can see through all enemies within a kilometer. Why can't he see the future of this world?"

"Perhaps the beautiful future is too far away!"

Kagura Akihara sighed and clasped her hands together, resting them on her chin: "To embrace a better future, one needs to go through a trial... But don't worry, he'll understand which direction to take in a month."

"Won't the Hokage blame you?"

Karin was somewhat worried about the Third Hokage's reprimand.

"You..."

Kagura Akihara shook her head and patted Karin's little head: "Have you forgotten the purpose of Root's existence? The Third Hokage is a good person."

"A good person..."

"It is precisely because of the contrast with villains that they stand out even more."

"However, no matter what promises the Third Hokage made to him, they would all vanish like the wind turning a windmill a month later."

"alright."

Akihara Kagura thought for a moment and then said, "Just focus on your training for the next month, and don't let anything go wrong during the third exam..."

There is only one month left until the third round of the Chunin Exams.

This month-long period of time put all the candidates participating in the third round of exams under pressure, and every student had to work hard to improve their skills.

Might Guy from Class 3 continued to train with Neji Hyuga, the only student participating in the third exam, along with his companions Rock Lee and Tenten.

Kakashi Hatake of Team 7 diligently trained Sasuke Uchiha and entrusted Naruto Uzumaki to Ebisu, hoping that Ebisu could teach Naruto about chakra control.

Shino Aburame of Team 8 has his own training method, while his companion Kiba Inuzuka can only help him find bugs and such, and Hinata Hyuga has to go home to recover from her injuries.

Nara Shikamaru of Team 10 comes from the Nara clan, so naturally someone taught him how to use the family's secret technique, Shadow Imitation Technique.

These little guys are all very hardworking.

Karin was even trying hard to find the tricks to mastering Sage Mode. A group of Root ninjas were training with Karin. These surviving Uchiha believed that Karin didn't have much chance of improvement, so they might as well try human transplantation technology or something.

As for Gaara of Sunagakure and Chojuro of Kirigakure, they represent the only hope of their respective villages and know how troublesome Konoha's opponents are, so naturally they cannot give up their efforts.

the other side.

Inside the Hokage Building.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, happily enjoyed afternoon tea with Hiashi Hyuga.

Because of the sacrifices made by the Hyuga clan, the village's higher-ups promised that they would never pressure the Hyuga clan to change, and they would not even doubt the Hyuga clan's loyalty to the village, which eased Hiashi Hyuga's mood considerably.

After seeing Hiashi Hyuga leave, Hiruzen Sarutobi solemnly ordered the Anbu: "Go tell Kagura Akihara to warn him not to speak recklessly and threaten his comrades in the village, and not to cause internal conflict in the village at this critical juncture."

"Yes."

"By the way, what about Jiraiya?"

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, remembered another matter he was concerned about: "Has the message from the Anbu been delivered? When did Jiraiya say he was coming back?"

"Lord Jiraiya didn't want to come back, but we told him about Orochimaru's appearance in the Chunin Exams, and he didn't express his opinion..."

In fact.

Jiraiya has returned.

For the past few years, Jiraiya has been searching for Nagato and the Akatsuki organization, and he has discovered that he seems to have been deceived by Nagato.

The Akatsuki organization doesn't seem to be an organization dedicated to peace in the ninja world. Instead, it constantly recruits S-rank rogue ninjas and even accepts S-rank war mercenary missions.

but…

If you think about it carefully...

It seems that Nagato never lied to him.

Because when Jiraiya met Nagato, Akihara Kagura's behavior was so extreme that Jiraiya didn't even ask Nagato and the Akatsuki about their purpose, and even thought that whatever Nagato wanted to do was normal.

Looking back now...

Something is still not quite right.

However, Jiraiya could no longer find the Akatsuki organization, because the Akatsuki had been replenished with intelligence, and with the Illusion Body Technique that allowed for long-distance communication within the organization, they no longer needed to worry about Jiraiya.

and…

Nagato and the Akatsuki were also unable to deal with Jiraiya, because Jiraiya was also responsible for recommending Akihara Kagura to become the Hokage of Konoha.

Once Jiraiya is dealt with…

What if Akihara Kagura really can't become Hokage and goes completely mad by betraying the Akatsuki? After all, most of the Akatsuki members were defeated by Akihara Kagura...

As long as Akihara Kagura doesn't become Hokage, the question of how to deal with Jiraiya remains stuck here. In any case, the Akatsuki can simply avoid encountering Jiraiya.

Moreover…

Without Akihara Kagura's help, Jiraiya really couldn't find the Akatsuki organization's whereabouts and could only wander aimlessly through the ninja world, enjoying a decadent life.

Just then, Konoha sent him news of Orochimaru's appearance. Jiraiya remembered that Orochimaru had once joined the Akatsuki organization, so he decided to return to Konoha to stake out Orochimaru and see if he could get any information from him.

As a result, the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku sent him on a journey, telling Jiraiya that perhaps the chosen one of this world was not Nagato, and that new hope might be born.

This is truly disheartening…

Jiraiya felt he was about to embark on a new journey, so he decided to return to Konoha first to see if he could get information about the Akatsuki by staking out Orochimaru. Once he got information about the Akatsuki, he would go and see Nagato again to confirm whether Nagato was indeed the chosen one.

result.

Orochimaru hasn't caught up yet.

Jiraiya, on the contrary, was ambushed by another brat.

On his first day back in Konoha, Jiraiya happened to encounter Naruto Uzumaki and was lured in by Naruto's Sexy Jutsu.

While assisting Naruto Uzumaki with his training, Jiraiya discovered that Naruto had a Five Elements Seal set up by Orochimaru, and casually helped the little guy remove the Five Elements Seal.

During this period…

Jiraiya realized the precious qualities of Naruto Uzumaki. This child was stubborn and never knew how to give up. In addition, Naruto's father, Minato Namikaze, had left some things at Mount Myōboku, so he tried to teach him a summoning jutsu.

Unfortunately, Naruto's performance was not satisfactory.

This little rascal actually summoned a tadpole through spiritual power!

"Completely lacking talent."

Jiraiya looked down at the tadpoles that Naruto had summoned, and deeply felt the difference between a genius and a slacker: "The last person who practiced the Summoning Jutsu summoned the Great Toad Sage, the highest-ranking sage of Mount Myōboku..."

"Huh? Is that Kagura?"

Naruto Uzumaki remembered the name he'd seen on the summoning contract scroll, and, clutching the back of his head, wasn't surprised at all: "Kagura is definitely super strong!"

"..."

Jiraiya thought about it for a while and found that he couldn't deny that the disciple was indeed very powerful. Although he could also cause him a lot of trouble, he was someone any teacher could be proud of.

"Hurry up and continue your cultivation!"

Jiraiya, realizing this, gave Naruto a hard tap on the head: "Keep going until you summon the frog! Don't embarrass me!"

"A lecherous immortal...?"

Naruto Uzumaki frowned, looking completely bewildered.

Inside the Hokage Building.

Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki mentioned that Akihara Kagura was having a meeting.

Because Orochimaru's appearance at the Forest of Death, the second exam venue of the Chunin Exams, was of such great importance that the Konoha leadership had no choice but to take this S-rank rogue ninja seriously.

after all…

Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura were allies known throughout the ninja world.

Orochimaru's appearance in Konoha often means that another S-rank rogue ninja, Danzo Shimura, is behind him, or he might suddenly appear.

Kakashi Hatake witnessed Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation technique in the Land of Waves and also saw some of the dual bloodline ninjas created by Danzo Shimura.

Kakashi Hatake glanced at Kagura Akihara and said, "Although Kagura is strong enough, we still can't ignore the trouble caused by two S-rank rogue ninjas..."

"Orochimaru was able to resurrect the First and Second Hokage using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and Danzo Shimura also had more than fifty dual-bloodline ninjas under his command..."

"good."

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, clearly aware of the trouble these two posed: "Either of them could easily destroy a small country, and even pose a subversive threat to a major ninja village..."

To be honest.

Fortunately, Konoha has Akihara Kagura as its pillar.

Otherwise, if Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura were to lead their forces directly into Konoha, it could very likely cause a catastrophe.

"Our most pressing issue now is whether we should investigate whether these allied nations participating in the Chunin Exams are colluding with them..."

"There's nothing to worry about, right?"

"They all have signed an alliance with Konoha..."

"The alliances are nothing but empty verbal agreements..."

Kakashi Hatake didn't trust these allies because he had personally experienced the Fourth Shinobi World War: "That's how it was during the Fourth Shinobi World War. These allies could betray their alliance at any time; they weren't as loyal as you imagine..."

"Then let's deal with it as if they broke the alliance."

Kagura Akihara glanced at Kakashi Hatake and decisively said, "Immediately halt the Chunin Exams, assume everyone involved is colluding with Orochimaru, eliminate all the ninja villages in Konoha, accuse them of colluding with Orochimaru to attack Konoha, and send letters questioning their leaders about their crimes of colluding with Orochimaru..."

"..."

Everyone present fell silent.

Even Kakashi Hatake, who distrusts allies, felt this was a bit excessive, scratching his head and saying, "Isn't this method a bit too extreme?"

"yes…"

"It's impossible for all our allies to betray us, isn't it?"

"Furthermore, both Sunagakure and Kirigakure are major ninja villages. If a conflict were to break out, it could very well escalate into a ninja world war..."

"That's too extreme!"

"Nothing is settled yet. We can't just kill these allies and start a ninja world war because we suspect they might be colluding with Orochimaru, can we?"

"Lord Kagura, shouldn't we be a little gentler?"

All the Konoha ninja present chose to be doves.

Some hawks who initially thought Konoha's allies might betray them immediately turned into doves after hearing Akihara Kagura's extreme proposal.

"..."

Akihara Kagura frowned, seemingly not quite understanding: "This way, Konoha can be kept out of danger to the greatest extent possible, and we won't have to worry about whether these allies are colluding with Orochimaru..."

"..."

That's one way to put it...

But things can't be done this way!

A group of Konoha ninja couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

This way, there's no need for Orochimaru to collude with these allies to harm Konoha, because Konoha directly started the Shinobi World War and became the greatest threat to the Shinobi world!

"Kagura, you can't just think about one side of the story when you do things."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and picked up his pipe: "The Chunin Exams cannot be interrupted. It concerns Konoha's influence in the ninja world. We cannot leave the ninja world with the impression that Konoha is weak and unable to resolve Orochimaru's crisis. I believe that everyone here can resolve any crisis that may arise."

"certainly."

"Some necessary actions cannot be abandoned. I have already dispatched ANBU to investigate these allies who participated in the Chunin Exams, to find out if they are colluding with Orochimaru..."

"That's too much trouble."

Kagura Akihara frowned, still unwilling to change her suggestion: "As long as Konoha can subdue these ninja villages with overwhelming force, we won't have to worry about the ninja world thinking Konoha is a cowardly village. If we can't deal with Orochimaru, can't we at least deal with them?"

"Violence can't bring everyone to their knees..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed softly. He knew, of course, that his actions might unleash some hidden crises, but he couldn't very well start a ninja world war.

Akihara Kagura shook her head and sang a different tune: "Why bother about whether their souls submit or not, as long as their bodies stop resisting..."

"Okay, do as I say!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at everyone present, then at Kagura Akihara, who still seemed somewhat unconvinced. He continued, "Kagura, carry out the Hokage's orders. The Root members will also participate in the investigation!"

Kagura Akihara directly presented Root's investigation results: "Root's investigation shows that Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Otogakure, and Kusagakure are all colluding with Orochimaru and must be resolutely eliminated..."

"Do your job seriously!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not believe Akihara Kagura's truth.

"All right."

Kagura Akihara shook her head helplessly and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave, leaving behind only a phrase often uttered by the previous Root leader.

"Third Hokage, you will regret this."

"Kagura, I'm still the Hokage..."

First update!

A little late!

(End of this chapter)