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"I will never approve of you," Neji said.

“This…” Tian Tian and the others were instantly distressed.

"..." Kitahara Kaede.

Kitahara Kaede looked into Neji's pure white pupils.

Neji is a member of the branch family, and his father is Hyuga Hizashi.

Moreover, Neji is an absolute genius for the Hyuga clan, but because of the branch family system, he cannot learn many of the Hyuga clan's techniques. In addition, due to his father's situation, he hates the Hyuga clan, but he also maintains the relationship in a morbid way.

Therefore, he couldn't stand Kitahara Kaede being a non-Hyuga member and thus had contact with the Hyuga clan.

After all, in the past, the Hyuga clan only intermarried within their own clan.

Therefore, Neji considered it a major taboo for Kitahara Kaede to have any contact with Hinata.

“Your target isn’t me.” Kitahara Kaede looked calmly at Neji’s face. “What you really want to oppose is the Hyuga clan.”

"If you don't have the courage to rebel against the Hyuga clan, then don't stop me again."

"I'm saying this to you for Hinata's sake."

"There won't be a next time."

Kitahara Kaede said this and then left.

Hyuga Neji, however, remained rooted to the spot, gripping his hands tightly.

His right fingernail had dug into his palm, and blood was seeping out.

The people in the small group were confused.

Kakashi, the know-it-all, then provided an explanation.

[Kidney Deficiency Fire Shadow]: This refers to Neji's father, Hizashi.

[Kidney Deficiency Naruto]: When the Third Shinobi World War ended, the representative of Kumogakure came to Konoha to sign a contract.

[Kidney Deficiency Hokage]: All the ninjas went to welcome them, but the goal of the Cloud Village was not the contract, but to launch a surprise attack on the Hyuga clan.

[Kidney Deficiency Naruto]: They kidnapped Hinata, the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan head, and wanted to use the Byakugan.

[Kidney Deficiency Naruto]: As a result, he was stopped by the clan leader Hyuga Hiashi and accidentally killed the opponent.

[Kidney Deficiency Naruto]: However, the Hidden Cloud Village used the Hyuga Clan's injury as a pretext to prevent peace and wanted to start a war.

[Kidney Deficiency Naruto]: The price for not waging war is to force the Hyuga clan to hand over Hyuga Hiashi, the clan head who killed someone.

[Tobirama Senju]: It's those gossips from Kumogakure again...

Tobirama died after signing a treaty with Kumogakure at the end of the First Shinobi World War, and then... the Second Raikage was rebelled against by his subordinates.

As a result, Tobirama sacrificed himself to protect his disciples during their retreat.

Therefore, he didn't have a good impression of the Hidden Cloud Village.

[Kidney Deficiency Fire Shadow]: Uh...

Kakashi was taken aback when he saw Tobirama make such a rude remark, but he continued to reply.

[Kidney Deficiency Naruto]: Then the solution at that time was - Hiashi's younger brother died in place of Hyuga Hizashi, who was part of the branch family.

[Kidney Deficiency Naruto]: Hizashi died in place of his brother. And this Neji is the son of this younger brother.

[Kidney Deficiency Hokage]: This is what Guy told me. Neji has always disliked the relationship between the main family and the branch family, and he thinks that Hiashi was greedy for life and cowardly, which led to Hizashi's death.

Kakashi paused for a moment at this point.

As you can see from the Third Hokage's words just now, he did not have the determination to go all in or fight a war; he only chose to be patient and forbearing!

And so... the victims appeared.

For example, this Hyuga Hizashi.

The clan chief's younger brother died in his place.

[Big Pillar Silly]: Eh—

Tobirama Senju: Eh—

The Thousand Hands Brothers sighed after learning what had happened.

As seniors, they could do nothing but ask the younger generation to yield.

Tobirama sighed, lamenting that Sarutobi was not the right choice.

At this moment, Tobirama really hoped that the Third Hokage would directly designate Kitahara Kaede as the next Hokage.

But judging from the current situation... Konoha really isn't that appealing.

It's not a hot potato, but a tempting offer.

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Chapter 041 Wind Shadow: Is it polite of you to keep staring at me? (Requesting data)

Kitahara Kaede accepted the Third Hokage's mission: to watch out for Orochimaru during the Chunin Exams.

And then... save him.

In other words, although the third generation is said to be normal, the subtext is... he definitely doesn't want to die.

As people get older, they become more and more afraid of death.

This is a bad trait, but it's also part of our nature.

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Kitahara Kaede walked forward, lost in thought, and soon arrived at the shopping street.

Besides shops selling everyday items, there are also shops selling ninja tools on this street.

Kitahara Kaede also saw the members of the first team Hyuga Neji's squad that she had just met - Tenten's family's Tenten Ninja Tool Shop.

Her father must have loved her quite a bit, since he even named his ninja tool shop after her.

After a slight hesitation, Kitahara Kaede prepared to walk inside.

Hinata is also participating in the Chunin Exams this time, and according to her usual practice, she should prepare ninja tools for him for the exam.

However, there are some things that you still need to prepare yourself.

Just as Kitahara Kaede was about to enter the shop, she suddenly turned to the side.

Because he saw that others had also come in.

It was a man wearing a straw hat and a thick white cloak that could withstand high temperatures and sandstorms.

Several people were following behind him.

Kitahara Kaede noticed that the man, whose face was mostly covered with gauze and only his eyes were visible, was staring at him.

"Excuse me!" However, the ninja guarding behind this man was a famous person.

From Sunagakure - Maki.

Maki is a Jonin of Sunagakure. He is a core member of the Sunagakure forces.

And the person who could use him as a bodyguard was naturally... his superior, the Kazekage of Sunagakure.

Fourth Generation Kazekage Rasa.

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“This is the Kazekage of Sunagakure!” Maki said directly, and then began clearing the area.

There were quite a few people in the store at first, but most of them left after hearing Maki's voice.

"..." The Fourth Kazekage did not react to Maki's somewhat domineering actions.

The Fourth Kazekage simply wore a straw hat and a heavy coat, and stood upright.

However, he seemed quite interested in Kitahara Kaede, who was standing still to the side.

A pair of sharp eyes, visible through the canvas covering his face, stared at Kitahara Kaede.

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[Observing Kitahara Kaede? (^_-) Small Group]

The small group chat became lively again.

They had just seen the face of the Third Hokage of Konoha, and now they were seeing the leaders of other ninja villages from the same period.

[Unmarried women over 30]: This fourth Kazekage is still as bad as ever.

"It's something that Mei Terumi, who has a very low profile, said."

The reason she spoke first was that her Hidden Mist Village was weak, and she discovered that... the Hidden Sand Village was even weaker.

If Kirigakure only has one person who can fight...

Then come Chojuro and Ao, along with one or two elders from Kirigakure.

Then the situation in Sunagakure is even worse.

First of all, the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, Rasa, was of relatively low skill level and could not withstand the power of a Kage. He was probably the weakest Kazekage in history.

The core strength consists of Granny Chiyo and Jonin Maki.

However, they also have a weapon that can intimidate the surrounding small ninja villages... that is the One-Tailed Shukaku.

In contrast, Mei Terumi's Three-Tails from Kirigakure was released into the wild and became free after the Fourth Mizukage encountered problems.

However... she was still confident that she could take down all the Sand Village people by herself.

The reason is simple... During the Third Shinobi World War, Sunagakure had an elite Jonin named Pakura, but Sunagakure sold Pakura to Kirigakure in order to secure a contract.

Therefore... a village that can betray even its own elites will lack any sense of cohesion.

So how can we gain the strength to fight?

[Minato Namikaze]: Isn't the Fourth Kazekage good enough?

Minato was the Fourth Hokage, so he was still interested in the other Hokage of his generation.

[Unmarried women of advanced age who can't get married]: Of course, firstly, their combat strength is not good, and secondly, they betrayed their Jonin to beg for peace.

[Hashirama Senju's younger brother]: Then isn't he just like the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi?

Although Izuna died before the founding of Konoha, he had been in the group for quite some time and had been watching the drama unfold, so he had also gathered some information.

So, out of curiosity, I asked.

The question now being asked is about the Third Hokage's demand for the Hyuga clan to hand over the clan leader's corpse in order to seek peace.

[Tobirama Senju]: Eh... these descendants of the Shadow... are all so lame.

[Big Pillar Silly]: Yeah, back when the tailed beasts were being distributed, even the first Kage of Sunagakure dared to seize land. I never thought that now they would have to compromise.

[Tobirama Senju]: Aniga, you can shut up now. You are clearly the strongest, but you kowtowed to the other four Kage at the Five Kage Summit and begged for peace.

[Tobirama Senju]: If I had brought Mada here, things would definitely not be like this.

[Big Pillar Silly]: Oh? So, Tobirama, you don't actually dislike Mada after all.

[Hashirama Senju's younger brother]: Tobirama, you trying to steal my older brother?

[Tobirama Senju]: All of you, shut up.

[Tobirama Senju]: I hate Madara Uchiha, that's for sure. I would never have any feelings for him.

[Senju Tobirama]: I just feel that Aniga is sometimes too soft.

Everyone already understands the feud between the Senju brothers and the Uchiha brothers.

It's a tangled mess that can't be untangled.

[Kidney Deficiency Hokage]: However, this Kazekage just stared at Kitahara-kun for several moments.

[Kidney Deficiency Fire Shadow]: I always felt that his eyes were somewhat eager.

[Unmarried women of marriageable age]: Of course, gold shines wherever it goes.

[Unmarried women of marriageable age]: But there's no use looking at them more. People who would betray their own village as ninjas don't even have the guts to steal people.

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