Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

"As expected, that woman was trying to trick Jiraiya."

Qi Ye shook his head, clicking his tongue.

Unfortunately, although they were ninjas, their strength was really not that great. They were far from being able to outwit Jiraiya.

Sure enough, not long after, the woman led Jiraiya out of the tavern and into the alley where people were lying in ambush...

……

Leaf.

In the Hyuga family home, in Hyuga Hanabi's small courtyard.

It rained in Konoha today. I stayed in the pavilion, looked up, and watched the endless rain curtain drift down.

Hinata Natsu walked along the corridor, holding a telegram in her hand.

He slowly bowed.

"Miss Hanabi, the Daimyo of the Land of Waves has already met with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire."

Although the Land of Waves fell, the daimyo of the Land of Waves was not captured, but escaped.

Of course, it was intentional that he escaped.

This means Hinata Hanabi.

"What was Daimyo's reaction?"

"There is no definite news yet, but it seems that we have already made contact with Lord Godai."

"I see."

Hinata Hanabi nodded.

He didn't say anything more, seemingly lost in thought.

Looking at this little girl who was only seven years old, or soon to be eight, Hyuga Natsuya remained silent.

After a long pause, he finally spoke to ask a question.

"Miss Hanabi, there's something I don't understand."

"what?"

"Why let the daimyo of the Land of Waves flee to the Land of Fire? Isn't that leaving room for future trouble?"

"Later troubles? There are no later troubles. In the end, if he doesn't flee to the Land of Fire for help, what reason would the Land of Fire have to take action? If the Land of Fire doesn't take action, what reason do we have to deal with the Land of Fire?"

Hinata Hanabi shook her head.

As Qi Ye once said, when doing things, one should consider the greater good and the proper cause.

For example... in the name of the people?

In any case, there needs to be a legitimate reason.

The Land of Fire and the Land of Waves are allies, unlike the Land of Snow. The Land of Fire and the Land of Snow only have treaties concerning trade and commerce, and are not true allies.

Neither the Land of Waves nor the Land of Snow.

Therefore, allowing the Daimyo of the Land of Waves to escape was merely to induce him to seek help from the Land of Fire, thus giving the Land of Fire an excuse to intervene in the war.

Then, take advantage of the situation to deal with the Land of Fire.

Upon realizing this, Hyuga Natsu was somewhat alarmed.

While the Land of Snow is still striving to conquer the Land of Water, Hinata Hanabi has already begun considering matters concerning the Land of Fire.

No, it should be said that this was the plan from the very beginning.

Did she really believe in the Snow Country's fighting strength, that the Snow Country could destroy the Water Country?

It is, after all, a great nation that has stood for thousands of years.

"But, Miss Hanabi, if the Land of Fire intervenes, then Konoha will inevitably..."

"It's alright, the destination isn't the Land of Fire."

"Not the Land of Fire?"

What was the purpose of that?

Hinata Natsumi was baffled again; she simply couldn't fathom Hinata Hanabi's thoughts.

Is this still a seven-year-old girl?

genius?

No, this is beyond what can be described as genius; it should be called monster or prodigy.

Who would have thought that the war between the Land of Snow and the Land of Water is being remotely directed by a seven-year-old girl living in Konoha?

Hinata Hanabi didn't offer much explanation, but instead asked a question.

“A-Xia”.

"exist."

Where are Brother Qiye and Sister now?

"It should be in the area of ​​the Land of Fields."

"I see."

He nodded, without asking any further questions.

Hinata Natsu did not disturb her.

After a long while, they spotted Hinata Hanabi and seemed to sigh.

"Brother Qiye is trying to find some peace and quiet, while making a seven-year-old girl like me do all these troublesome things. That's really too much!"

"..."

Chapter 88: Doujinshi is a Faith

Country of Fields.

As Nanaya predicted, Jiraiya wasn't tricked at all; instead, he tricked others.

However, it was just gathering information—information about Otogakure and Orochimaru.

The fact that they came to see Orochimaru at this time was clearly because of Sasuke Uchiha.

The child was only seen from afar during the Seven Nights; there was no interaction between them.

I don't want any communication.

Jiraiya had already discovered Nanaya, and after obtaining information, he came directly to her.

Then the group left the town and headed outwards.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno were still waiting outside.

Jiraiya also had other things he wanted to ask Shichiya.

"Seven Nights, what's going on in the Land of Water?"

"what?"

"The Land of Snow and the Land of Water, how did they suddenly start fighting? Don't tell me you didn't know."

Jiraiya wanted stability in the ninja world, and even a united front to fight against the Akatsuki.

The Akatsuki organization poses a great threat. Despite his years of covert investigation, he still hasn't been able to uncover its true nature, only knowing that it wields considerable power.

Leaving aside the peripheral members, the core members are all vicious S-rank rogue ninjas, and their strength is at the level of the Five Kage. None of them are easy to get along with.

More importantly, there's the leader.

How strong must the leader be to be able to subdue these S-rank rogue ninjas?

Furthermore, they are still collecting tailed beasts. What is their purpose in collecting tailed beasts?

We don't know any of this yet.

But one thing is certain: the Akatsuki organization will bring a catastrophe to the ninja world.

Jiraiya did want to warn the other ninja villages, but they might not believe him, so he could only investigate secretly and talk to them after he had gathered enough information.

Before that, the ninja world needed stability; war would only exacerbate the conflicts between the various ninja villages.

But now, that stability has been broken.

The Land of Snow first destroyed the Land of Waves, and is now attacking the Land of Water.

This war is unlikely to end anytime soon, which means that if the Akatsuki were to launch an attack, the power of one ninja village would be tied down by the Land of Snow.

If a joint ninja army were to be formed, Kirigakure, which is mired in the war, would be unable to send any support.

But Shichiya stated that this war had nothing to do with him.

"I know, but what does it have to do with me? I didn't order it to be done. Besides, the Land of Waves and the Land of Water brought it on themselves. Who told them to burn my book?"

"You're going to start a war just for a Japanese book?"

"Doujinshi is a faith, you understand? Everyone knows how many people doujinshi has saved. If you burn someone's faith, won't they fight you to the death?"

"Tch! My novels have been ruined countless times, so why don't I go and start a war?"

"Are you kidding me? How can a third-rate novelist like you compare to my illustrations? Don't you know my family's shrine has become a sacred site? Don't you know that many people come to the shrine for pilgrimage every day?"

"..."

Jiraiya was somewhat speechless.

Although Nanaya was telling the truth—many people did indeed go to that shrine in Konoha—it wasn't about faith or anything like that...

Isn't that an exaggeration?

Tenten and Hinata Hyuga listened helplessly as these two disrespectful elders argued over doujinshi and novels.

Qiye spent all day drawing in her notebooks, and they glanced at them a few times, knowing what they were.

It's just bad reading material.