The Byakugan Princess of Konoha

Outside the Four Purple Flame Formation, two Konoha Anbu members, on whom Kakashi had placed high hopes, were providing commentary on the battle between the Third Hokage and Orochimaru.

"It's been too long!"

"A battle between ninjas couldn't possibly last an hour. What exactly happened inside?"

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Inside the Four Purple Flame Array.

The Third Hokage was extremely weak, but his gaze remained resolute as he looked at Orochimaru, panting as he said, "In this way, you won't be able to use your hands. If you can't use your hands, you won't be able to form hand seals..."

"You can no longer use ninjutsu!"

Orochimaru's arms were completely black, like those of a lifeless corpse.

With a ferocious expression, Orochimaru roared at the Third Hokage, "Old man, give me back my hand!"

The Third Hokage looked at Orochimaru with a somewhat complicated expression.

As the Grim Reaper devoured the Third Generation's soul, the Third Generation also lost his last breath, and his body slowly collapsed to the ground.

Before his death, the Third Generation had a faint smile on his face.

That was a smile that Orochimaru could never understand in his entire life.

"asshole!"

Orochimaru gritted his teeth, enduring the pain in his hands, and said with resentment, "The operation is over. We don't need the barrier anymore. Let's go back!"

The Four Purple Flame Formation slowly disappeared, and the Sound Ninja Four, supporting Orochimaru, quickly fled.

Two Konoha ANBU members leaped to intercept them, but were caught in the Sound Ninja's spider web and unable to move...

What a pathetic ANBU!

The competition venue.

Guy looked at Kakashi and asked, "Kakashi, they've made their move. Should we chase after them?"

"Wait! Kai!"

Kakashi said in a deep voice, "The most important thing right now is to repel the enemies in the village. We can settle the score with Orochimaru later!"

The Four Purple Flames Formation dissipated, and a group of Konoha ninjas leaped onto the rooftop of the high platform, surrounding the deceased Third Hokage, bowing their heads in silence...

Chapter 103 I just wanted to save my family some money.

The third generation... actually wanted to die in battle.

He was a legendary ninja, the third Hokage of Konoha. He did not want to die a mediocre old age on his sickbed, so dying on the battlefield was his only destiny.

Perhaps this is the price one must pay for bearing the name of Hokage.

To be honest, the lives of the three generations were a mixed bag.

He sacrificed a lot for Konoha, did many good deeds, but also made many mistakes.

When Orochimaru attacked, the Third Hokage may have already decided to die in battle.

A ninja's value is determined by his death.

The Third Hokage also wanted to make his death meaningful, hoping to awaken the somewhat decaying Konoha through his own demise.

By the way...to make amends for some past mistakes and retract Orochimaru's ninjutsu.

Others might not help three generations of their family, perhaps because they have various motives.

However, Jiraiya must have understood the Third Hokage, which is why he entrusted Orochimaru to him.

From the beginning to the end of the Konoha Crush plan, Jiraiya never once came to the venue.

He was afraid that if he watched, he wouldn't be able to resist saving the Third Generation, thus wasting the Third Generation's painstaking efforts.

The war ended, and Hinata communicated with Kurama, causing Kurama to reclaim its chakra.

Exhausted, Hinata returned to the Hyuga clan.

The Hyuga clan's buildings are still relatively intact, indicating that they did not encounter any particularly strong enemies.

Hinata originally planned to take a bath, then have a big meal, and finally lie in bed for a nice, restful sleep...

Hyuga Tokuma appeared in front of Hinata using a Body Flicker Technique.

"Lady Hinata, Lord Hiashi requests your presence."

Hinata sighed, a hint of helplessness on her face, and said, "Tokuma, go and tell Father that I'm very tired and want to go back to my room to rest. I'll go see him tonight."

Hyuga Tokuma looked up at Hinata and said sincerely, "Lady Hinata, please forgive my bluntness, but you don't look very tired."

Hinata: I... fine!

"Can't I be emotionally exhausted?"

"Fine! Lead the way!"

Hinata was somewhat helpless. Hyuga Tokuma was indeed loyal, but his emotional intelligence was too low. He couldn't tell who he should be loyal to.

When Hinata first traveled to the Hyuga clan, she always thought that the branch family members would be very hostile to the main family.

But the truth is...

There may be hostility and resentment, but that is only among a very small minority.

Just as Konoha used the 'Will of Fire' to brainwash its ninjas, the Hyuga clan naturally had its own set of brainwashing methods.

People who have separated from their family are brainwashed by their elders from birth.

The elders of the Hyuga clan will tell them that their lifelong responsibility is to protect the main family and the Hyuga bloodline.

Under this brainwashing policy, as long as the main family members do not bully the branch families, the branch families will not resent the main family.

Some people may feel dissatisfied or resentful, but they won't show it on their faces.

If the main and branch families of the Hyuga clan were truly hostile to each other, with the main family viewing the branch family as slaves and the branch family viewing the main family as enemies, then the Hyuga clan might have perished long ago, perhaps even worse than the Uchiha clan, and would never have achieved its current glory.

The hatred stemming from the division of the family could very well be exploited by the enemy.

The fact that the Hyuga clan has survived from the Warring States period to the present day and become the most powerful clan in the ninja world proves that this brainwashing policy is effective.

Neji in the original work is an exception; he only resented the main family because of his father's death.

If Hizashi Hyuga hadn't died, Neji might have protected Hinata for the rest of his life!

Hinata followed Hyuga Tokuma to Hyuga Hiashi's study and pushed open the door to go inside.

Hiashi Hyuga sat behind the desk, his face expressionless, but his hands moved swiftly. After brewing the tea, he poured it into a teacup, gently pushed it toward Hinata, and said indifferently, "Come and sit down!"

"Father!"

After bowing, Hinata sat down opposite Hiyori and asked, "How is everything at home?"

Hiashi Hyuga said slowly, "Because we made preparations in advance, we only suffered some financial losses."

Hinata took a sip of tea, looked up at Hiashi Hyuga, and asked curiously, "Will the village reimburse me?"

Hiashi Hyuga was speechless for a while.

My Hyuga clan is a large and wealthy family. If we lose some ninja tools and buildings, you want to ask the village for reimbursement?

Where do you expect the Hyuga clan to put their faces?

Hinata, oblivious to Hiashi Hyuga's expression, continued, "There must be someone in your family injured too! This should be considered a work-related injury, right? The village will pay for the treatment, won't they?"

Hiashi Hyuga said in a deep voice, "What exactly are you thinking?"

Hinata stared blankly at Hiashi Hyuga, and said in a daze, "To save money for the family!"

"Father, look! I'm going to inherit the Hyuga family, right? Then the Hyuga family's money is my money. What's wrong with me saving some money for myself?"

There's nothing wrong with it, right?

Hiashi Hyuga: "..."

Knowing perfectly well not to respond to Hinata's question, Hiashi asked, "I heard you captured Gaara, the One-Tailed Beast, from Sunagakure?"

Hinata exclaimed in shock, "Father, you found out so quickly! The Hyuga clan's intelligence network is truly impressive!"

Hiashi Hyuga: Isn't this what you yourself were promoting in the village?

Hiashi Hyuga, somewhat weary, asked, "Do you know what a tailed beast means to a village? You captured the One-Tailed Beast from Sunagakure, which could bring trouble to Konoha!"

Hinata asked, somewhat puzzled, "It can't be that serious! I just wanted to trade the One-Tailed Beast and Sunagakure for some money..."

"By the way! Father, you should go and talk to the village leaders about this matter!"

"There are a few other people who came with me to capture the One-Tailed Beast. We'll split the money among ourselves after we exchange it with Sunagakure!"

Hinata originally didn't want to split it up.

Judging from Hiashi Hyuga's tone, it seemed like the matter was quite serious.

Therefore, it is quite necessary to involve a few people in the blame.

Hiashi Hyuga looked at Hinata with a slightly helpless expression. Why is it that all my daughter thinks about is money, money, money...?

Hiashi Hyuga asked, "What do you need so much money for? If you're short of money, you can take it from home!"

Hinata was delighted to hear this and said, "Thank you, Father!"

Hinata paused, then sighed, "I need the money because I need to make up for my losses! I just lost hundreds of millions!"

Hiashi Hyuga exclaimed in shock, "You lost so much money! What exactly did you do?"

At this moment, all Hiashi Hyuga wanted to do was quickly check the Hyuga family's accounts to see what heinous things Hinata had done to squander hundreds of millions of yen!

"Ugh!"

Hinata sighed and said, "Father, did you know that there are bets involved in the Chunin Exams?"

"But I didn't place my bets beforehand, otherwise I could have easily made hundreds of millions!"

Hiashi Hyuga is exhausted.

"Get out of here!"