Escape From Konoha

"Where's your father?"

After returning from school, the girl who did not see her father felt a little uneasy.

The person she asked was her sister who was a few years younger than her.

Black hair and white pupils like his own are the hallmark of the Hinata clan.

The only difference is that in the white pupils of my sister, the expression is firm and calm, which does not give the appearance of a little girl.

Looking at such a sister, Hinata has the illusion that the other party is her sister, and she is her sister.

"He went to convene the clan elders for a meeting. It seems that Lord Hokage sent someone here. It seems that there is something important to discuss."

Glancing at her sister Hinata, the girl named Hinata Hana pointed to the meeting room of the Sect family and said to her older sister Hinata.

"It turned out to be a meeting."

When Hinata heard the news, her cowardly expression seemed to be relieved.

The thought of her father's stern and demanding look made her nervous.

"That is to say, tonight's practice..."

Soft boxing practice is something that Hinata is afraid of.

As a stunt of the Hyuga clan, soft boxing can be said to be a physical technique that every Hyuga clan has been practicing since childhood.

Not only her, but even her younger sister, Hana Huo, began to learn soft boxing, and was praised by her father several times.

This makes Hinata a little discouraged. No matter what he does, he will not be praised by his father, but his younger sister, who is a few years younger, can easily be appreciated by his father... This is all because his talent is too poor, and his sister's talent cannot be matched at all. Compare.

"That's not right, my father has instructed you to do as you please."

Fireworks open.

"Eh?"

Hinata was stunned there, a little overwhelmed.

"Brother Neji will come over soon, and my father asked me to supervise my sister's homework. As the eldest daughter of the clan, if he is compared by the people who split the family, his father will be very angry, and he will let his father in front of Uncle Rizai. Feel ashamed."

Fireworks said.

After Hinata heard this, the pressure in her heart became even heavier.

Failure... It will make her father angry, and it will make her father and the clan humiliated. These burdens are on her body, making her a little breathless.

Just because she was the eldest daughter of the clan, she had to accept the clan's test strictly.

But... Neji's cousin, who is one year older than her, is already the most outstanding genius in the ninja school. It is said that his strength is already stronger than that of many Genin who graduated from the ninja school.

How could he possibly win against such an opponent?

If it was fireworks... Hinata smiled wryly.

This is simply impossible. It wasn't long before Hua Huo came into contact with Rouquan. Even if he won, it would only make his father Rizu feel more shame.

Mingming has received the best education from the Zong family, whether it is soft boxing or the rest of the training skills, they are all selfless to her.

Those who are separated will not learn the true essence of soft boxing.

The real profound meaning of soft boxing is only open to the people of the clan.

It stands to reason that he will win, but in the face of his genius cousin, he has no certainty of victory.

"I always feel like sister, what rude thing are you thinking about?"

Hua Huo squinted his eyes, heartbroken.

"No, no."

Hinata waved his hand hastily.

"Actually, it's useless to pray to Buddha at this time. Sister, you should think about how to win over Brother Neji in the future. Or... find your real son of heaven to help you gather up the courage to fight, and come back..."

Before Hana Han finished speaking, she saw her sister Hinata's face suddenly flushed red, steam bursting out of her head, and her body collapsed to the ground.

"…"

Hua Huo was speechless.

Really can not help teasing sister, but also too easy to be shy.

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"Lord Naruto hopes to select a Joinin from our Hyuga clan to cooperate with Anbu to carry out a confidential S-level mission, what do you think?"

In the conference room of the Zong family's territory, the sun feet knelt on the front cushion, with the elders of the Zong family and the branch family on both sides.

"What is the content of the task, does Hokage-sama have an explanation?"

A clan elder from a branched family asked.

"No."

Rizu shook his head.

The order was conveyed by members of the Anbu directly under Hokage, but it did not reveal what the top-secret S-class task was.

"Remember yesterday, Sandyin's mission came to visit secretly... Could it have something to do with this?"

An elder made an analysis.

In fact, everyone knows this.

The fact that the country of ghosts declared war on the country of wind has already spread throughout the ninja world.

The attention of the countries of the ninja world can be said to be concentrated on the battlefield of the country of ghosts and the country of wind.

Every move over there involves the minds of countless people.

Especially after learning that the behind-the-scenes of the country of ghosts was already under the control of Konoha's rebellion, some public opinions could not be stopped at all, and it had spread like crazy in the village.

Although it has no effect on ordinary people, they can't think of things that are too far away.

But for ninjas, especially Konoha's ninjas, it's not a good thing.

When I think of the rebellion and forbearance that went out of my village, to stir up the wind and rain in the world, didn't I slap Konoha in the face?

Countries will more or less come to condemn it.

For example, the Kingdom of Wind, which is experiencing the exchange of fire in the Kingdom of Ghosts, has the most condemnation of Konoha.

Because the pursuit and betrayal could not bear it in time, it brought such huge pain to the Kingdom of Wind, and Konoha could not escape the blame.

Yesterday, the Shayin mission secretly visited Konoha. What it means is self-evident. Anyone with discernment can come out with something.

Combined with today's Hokage-sama, it is necessary to select a Jōnin from the Hyuga clan to cooperate with Anbu members to carry out the so-called S-level mission, and everyone believes a certain guess in their hearts even more.

Konoha was even more anxious than Sandy about the country of ghosts.

Whether it is an indirect or direct impact on Konoha, it is very bad.

But who would have thought that the three rebels who had left the village would be a blockbuster at such a time.

Regarding the worries and panic of the high-level people, the elders of the Hyuga clan and the branch clan felt that this was not something that was difficult to understand.

"No matter what, we are all part of the village. At this time, of course, we must contribute our own strength."

Clan elders speak out.

In fact, even if a meeting is held, nothing will change.

Because of the high-level orders, they cannot refuse, and there is no reason to refuse.

After all, the three behind the scenes in the Kingdom of Ghosts also have a 'credit' from their Hyuga clan.

At this time, it is even more necessary to put aside the relationship with the other party and prove the position to the village.

"Then, the personnel will be selected from the branches, and this matter will be handed over to you, Rizai."

An elder of the clan said to the daily errand sitting at the branch seat.

"Yes."

Day almost nodded in agreement.

This kind of thing does not need to be discussed at all. As a member of the branch family, he is already ready to fight for the clan at any time.

What's more, the next step is to follow Anbu to carry out the dangerous S-level mission. The people of the Zong family will not send personnel. Even if the Zong family wants to, the senior members of the village will not agree.

The meeting lasted for an hour and ended, and it was decided to send a branch family to assist the Anbu operation, which can be regarded as an explanation for the senior management.

"The village has always felt a strange atmosphere recently. Uchiha's side..."

Walking to the corridor outside, Niizai who followed Hizu said softly.

Obviously, the previous incident of Uchiha's extermination of the clan really shocked the Hinata clan for a long time.

As the only wealthy ninja clan in Konoha, the Uchiha clan has been pressing the Hinata clan.

It's just that with the annihilation of Uchiha's family, the once brilliant Uchiha Garrison also collapsed in the blink of an eye.

The senior management of the village did not have the will to rebuild the garrison, but transferred the business that belonged to the Uchiha garrison in the past to Anbu.

This undoubtedly aggravated Anbu's authority and directly expanded Hokage's influence.

The areas that were once out of reach of the high-level are now the home of the high-level.

Rizu squinted at Rizai.

"This kind of thing has nothing to do with us, just do our family's task well."

He didn't speak, but his face was still sad.

Uchiha said that it would be gone, or would perish in the hands of his own people. Now, how should the Hyuga clan behave in the village?

He remembered that he almost became a victim several years ago because of Yun Yin's framing incident.

Although Yun Yin's conspiracy failed in the end because of the actions of the root, it still left a deep impression on Rizai.

Inside the Hinata clan, someone was in contact with the leader of the root, Danzo.

According to the guesses of the clan elders, the Hinata clan who were in contact with Danzang are likely to come from the branch.

However, over the years, he has continued to investigate, and he has not been able to find any useful information from the separation.

Perhaps, Danzo assisted the Hinata clan to tide over the difficulties at the beginning, and it was only based on the maintenance of the ninja in the same village.

After all, the other party is a rare hard-liner among Konoha, so naturally the ninjas in the same village will not be bullied by the ninjas from other villages.

Walking through the corridor, at the corner, a thin figure suddenly appeared.

The other party was stunned for a moment, and immediately bowed respectfully.

"Lord Patriarch, Lord Father."

The visitor was a boy of about nine years old, with straight long black hair, a handsome face, and his pupils were the iconic white color of the members of the Hyuga clan.

Hyuga Neji was the boy's name.

He is the son of Rizai, and he is also a very outstanding genius in the division of the Hyuga clan, and is highly anticipated by the clan.

Seeing the direction that Neji was going, it didn't seem to be the training ground, but as if he was on his way back, and Rizu frowned slightly.

"Are you going back so soon?"

He remembered that he had told Neji to come over to practice with his eldest daughter Hinata. Normally, the practice would not end so quickly.

Neji replied calmly: "Yes. Because Hinata-sama seems to be a little uncomfortable, Miss Hana will take care of me when I go."

"Physical discomfort?"

Hearing Neji's words, Rizu frowned even more.

He didn't remember that Hinata's body was so fragile. Yesterday and morning, it was fine. In addition, Hinata received the good teaching of the Hinata clan, and would never eat some strange food that would cause physical problems.

Is it deliberately feigning illness? Or is it slack in practice?

Or is it really that the body is suddenly uncomfortable?

"yes."

Neji answered affirmatively again.

"That's it, since that's the case, let's cancel today's duel training."

Rizu nodded, then turned to look at Ripa.

"I'm here today, the day is short, you take Ningji back first, I'll go to Hinata's place to see."

Rizai nodded and took Neji away from the sect's territory.

Hizu stopped in the corridor for a while before leaving and walking towards the room where her daughter Hinata was.

Thinking of her eldest daughter Hinata, who always looked weak and cowardly, Hizu sighed lightly.

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"Boss, check out."

In the barbecue restaurant, the man checks out at the counter.

It can be seen that he is not a ninja, there is no trace of ninja on his body, he is just a normal Konoha villager, but from the clothes, it can be seen that he is a rich family type.

"Thanks for taking care of the business of our shop, a total of 30,000 taels."

Haruno Zhao reported the bill.

As an ordinary chunin in Konoha Hidden Village, like most chunin, he works part-time to support his family when he has no assignments.

After all, as a family man with a wife and daughter, he always has to bear some of the responsibilities that a man should have.

But here's the problem.

The kebab shop where the part-time job is located did not apply for the job by himself, but was recommended here.

He was a waiter at the store three years ago, was promoted to manager two years ago, and is now an acting manager.

The salary has also risen, and he has become a "successful person" in the eyes of many colleagues.

In the past, he aimed at Naruto to become a ninja, but now he has become the manager of a high-end barbecue restaurant in Konoha... This experience, to be honest, is always a bit too magical.

But Haruno Zhao also knew that all this was because a certain woman was behind the scenes.

Asami Masumi.

A woman whose real identity is very mysterious in his eyes.

The other party is one of the high-level administrators of Konoha Hospital, and it is said that he has already prepared for promotion to the director of Konoha Hospital.

The manipulator behind this barbecue restaurant is Masumi Asami.

This store, from the bottom-level waiter to the management at all levels, or his acting manager, is a 'spy' under the command of Masumi Asami.

The reason why he became a 'successful person' in the eyes of others and his wife and daughter so quickly was only because of his excellent intelligence work that he was specially promoted to be the acting manager of this barbecue restaurant.

Although, in terms of salary, he was very satisfied.

At one point, he had the idea of ​​giving up the ninja profession, and instead devoted himself to the food industry, with the goal of the king of barbecue.

Haruno Osa thought as he took away the thirty thousand taels from the customer in front of him.

When he is not on duty, he usually stands at the front desk at the barbecue shop and is responsible for the cashier work.

Because of this, he can observe more people and make his boss satisfied with him.

But after receiving the money, Haruno Zhao realized that something was wrong.

There was something wrong with the thickness of the three 10,000 tael banknotes.

From the outside, you can't see anything, and only by touching it in person will you feel abnormal.

Haruno Zhao looked at the customer who paid in front of him with a strange look, the other party showed a very normal smile, and left calmly.

"…"

Is this guy... his own?

Haruno Zhao was a little stunned.

But the intelligence officer who worked under Masumi Asami couldn't possibly not know them, and there was no such thing as admitting their mistakes.

In other words... they are not under the jurisdiction of the boss Masumi Asami... the intelligence officers of the rest of the team?

Haruno Zhao looked at the street scene of Konoha outside the store, and had the urge to see a ghost.

What's going on in this village?

Why can you see 'my own people' everywhere?

It's not clear on the high-level side, but the bottom-level side is about to be infiltrated into a sieve, right?

The intelligence officers I have met so far have various jobs.

Construction workers, people handing out movie leaflets on the street, cleaning workers in public toilets, orchard farmers guarding orchards, farmers working under the scorching sun... Any occupation that can be imagined is basically covered.

And now, the customers of the barbecue restaurant are also their own...

I feel that the cats and dogs that I encounter on the roadside in the future may all be my own people.

This kind of Konoha will end sooner or later.

Asking a waiter to replace his cashier work at the front desk, Haruno Zhao immediately hid in the toilet and took out a note.

Above is a string of numbers and symbols that are completely incomprehensible.

It looks like a child's random graffiti, without any rules.

After correct interpretation, Haruno Zhao found that this was a list.

Some of the names on the list were unfamiliar to him, while others were familiar to him.

"Jiraiya, Sarutobi Takashi, Sarutobi Purlin, Matt Dai, Hyuga Takeshi..."

Thirty names in all.

Half of them are among Konoha, the famous Joinin.

Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas.

The eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of the three generations of Hokage.

Although it is not a Joinin, it is said that Matt Dai Chunin, who is said to be very terrifying in taijutsu.

In addition, there are the ninjas of the Hinata clan, the ninjas of the oil girl clan, the Inuzuka clan, and the three clans of the pig deer butterfly.

What do these names mean?

Is it the roster of people to be assassinated next?

Soon, Haruno Zhao denied the answer.

He had a gut feeling that this wasn't some sort of hit list.

This list is more like what information is being conveyed.

"Forget it, let's leave it to the boss to solve it. Even if I know it, it doesn't make any sense."

He is just an ordinary Chunin, an ordinary acting manager of a barbecue restaurant, such a troublesome thing cannot be solved by a small role like himself.

No matter what this list represents, it will always be a battle game between the people above, and it has nothing to do with him.

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The land of tea, in a certain hotel.

"Oh, it's really troublesome... at this time..."

Jiraiya put down the writing pen and took the scroll that Konoha Anbu handed over to him not long ago, which recorded important information left to him by his teacher, the three generations of Hokage.

Hope he is involved in a top-secret S-class mission.

From Jiraiya's point of view, this so-called top-secret S-rank mission is nothing more than closely related to the country of ghosts that is making a lot of noise.

After all, this matter is so important, and the publicity is very wide. He is very good at intelligence, so there is no reason to miss such news.

Jiraiya, who received this scroll, only felt that this scroll was extremely hot and wanted to throw it away.

However, when he thought of the rickety old figure of his teacher Sarutobi Hizan when he passed by Konoha a year ago, Jiraiya's eyes flashed a trace of unbearableness again.

His teacher Sarutobi Hizan is already old. From his body, the heroic appearance of the "Dr. Ninjutsu" can no longer be found.

Moreover, Uchiha killed the family, Uchiha Itachi defected, and the cause of the death of another Uchiha genius Uchiha Shisui is a mystery... This made Jiraiya even more unable to help sigh.

How could a thirteen-year-old child be able to destroy the Uchiha clan?

If the Uchiha family can easily be exterminated in Konoha, then they will not be feared by ninjas from all over the world in the previous ninja wars.

Even the Sannin in its heyday, facing the entire Uchiha clan, could only avoid the edge and dare not fight head-on.

Even a sneak attack is not something a thirteen-year-old kid can do. Moreover, after the extermination of the clan, Anbu noticed that the next day, Hokage's direct subordinate Anbu's action in Konoha Village could not be so weak.

If there is no root intervention, he doesn't believe it at all.

And what kind of role his teacher Sarutobi Hizan played in it, Jirai couldn't imagine it.

The investigation into the genocide of the Uchiha clan was also immediately terminated.

He was afraid that at the end of the investigation, what he saw was the darkest part of the village, and he would no longer be able to look directly at his teacher, Sarutobi Hizan, and put him and the past merciful and loving teacher together in memory.

This is the ruthlessness of time.

When you reach that age, what will you be like?

Will you change your original aspirations?

Or…

Zilai also shook his head, it was too early to think about it now.

He is not yet fifty years old, so there is no need to be sad at such a time.

He looked at the scroll in his hand, thinking about whether to promise his teacher Sarutobi Hizan to join this top-secret S-rank mission and become one of them.

The high-level villagers who secretly planned this S-level mission are obviously in chaos, otherwise they would not have acted in such a hurry.

"Well, if Watergate was still there..."

Watergate…

Thinking of this name, Jiraiya's brain suddenly woke up, as if he had thought of something.

That happened a long time ago. At that time, Sakumo had not committed suicide, the third ninja war had not yet begun, and the three of Chiba Shiroishi were still ninjas who believed in the will of fire...

There is a prophecy of 'destruction' made by the great toad immortal from Miaomu Mountain.

The black hand who subverted the ninja world is hidden in Konoha.

All along, he has never found such a dangerous element in Konoha.

Later, when the three of Chiba Shiraishi defected, he also vaguely felt that one of these three people was the 'child of destruction' predicted by the Great Toad Immortal.

Representing absolute destruction, it will become a nightmare for the ninja world, bringing countless pain and blood, leaving the ninja world lingering in the endless flames of war.

And this person, in his opinion, Chiba Shiraishi is the most likely.

Mysterious, unknown, and good at hiding his nature, only when he defected, did he reveal his original hideous face, which made Konoha hit hard.

Compared with Uchiha Ruri and Hyuga Ayane, who had already emerged during the Konoha period, Chiba Shiraishi is really inconspicuous. The only impression people have of him is that of Uchiha's son-in-law. A medical ninja with excellent medical ninjutsu, good educational ability, one of the members of the White Fang team, and very appreciated by Tsunade, one of the three ninjutsu... Other than that, people don't know anything about him.

Ninjas who are good at hiding their own nature are synonymous with danger.

Chiba Shiraishi fits this concept very well.

Subsequent actions also proved that he was extremely dangerous.

Jiraiya rolled up the scroll and set it aside at will.

"It seems that I don't agree..."

Rather than the mission itself, he wanted to prove the answer to a question that had puzzled him for a long time.

Will the future of the ninja world still be on the right track?

If the scene predicted by Immortal Big Toad really occurs, he, who shoulders the heavy responsibility of guiding the 'son of prophecy', has the responsibility to prevent such a disaster from happening.