Chapter 401: Honest Man: Hinata Hiashi!

In the Hokage's office!

"Hokage-sama, the Cloud Ninja sneaked into our Hyuga clan and kidnapped my daughter. We must make them give us Konoha an explanation!"

The meeting had just begun when Hinata Hiashi spoke aggressively.

The more I took a step back, the more angry I became.

The Cloud Ninja delegation dared to come to Konoha and kidnap their daughter. If they were not taught a lesson, they might go even further in the future. So after a meeting last night, their clan decided to let the village teach the Cloud Ninja a lesson.

There is a reason why the main family believes that the Konoha high-level officials must stand on their side.

Because the Hyuga clan is not as high-profile as the Uchiha clan, and they also cling to the Hokage clan. In addition, the Byakugan is an indispensable bloodline limit for Konoha. No matter how you think about it, the top leaders should stand on their side, right?

However, what they didn’t know was that Konoha’s F4 had also discussed it in advance, and finally decided to “suffer” the Hyuga clan.

After all, Konoha is now facing internal and external troubles.

Not only does they have the "rebellious son" of the castle tower, but there is also the "traitor" Uchiha in the village. Coupled with the food crisis, they simply do not have much strength to go to war with the Cloud Ninja.

So, except for Danzo, the others all meant the same thing.

Find a way to appease the Hidden Cloud Village and avoid expanding the war with them.

Before, Konoha was already overwhelmed by the local war. If a full-scale war broke out, not only would Konoha not have the strength to deal with it, but even if it had the strength, the other major ninja villages would see the opportunity and attack together.

Attack Konoha whenever possible, this is almost the consensus of the remaining four of the five major ninja villages.

If it were just the Cloud Ninjas, there would be no need to worry.

No matter how serious the internal problems of Konoha are, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, and his Hidden Cloud Village is not someone he can afford to provoke.

It was precisely because of the situation in the ninja world that they made this decision.

Of course, they also wanted to take the opportunity to hit the Hyuga clan. After all, they were planning to use the Sage Mode, but they had no intention of sharing it with the Naruto clan. Aren't they a little too proud?

Inside the Hokage's office.

In response to Hyuga Hiashi's anger, Utane Koharu responded in a gentle tone.

"Hiashi, it was indeed the Cloud Ninja who was wrong this time, but you killed him right away, isn't that wrong? And there's no one to testify that it was he who kidnapped Hinata, right?"

These words are completely a mixture of attack and denial.

First of all, I admit that it was wrong for the Kumo Ninja to kidnap Hinata, but isn't it wrong for you, Hyuga Hiashi, to kill someone?

The key point is that no one can testify that someone kidnapped Hinata.

As for the Hyuga clan?

They cannot serve as "witnesses" in this matter, because everyone knows that the Hyuga clan is "birds in a cage".

No one would believe a Hyuga clan member as a witness.

As for the fact that there is a way in the ninja world to make the dead speak, it is indeed true.

But it is impossible for the Cloud Ninja to hand over the body of their own ninja leader. After all, there are too many secrets related to the Hidden Cloud Village on the body, and it is impossible to take it out and extract the memory.

There is no proof!

And because of the identity of the deceased, even the possibility of using the corpse as a witness was cut off.

One word, absolutely!

The Cloud Ninjas are really good at playing.

But there is no way, they really covet the Byakugan, a strategic bloodline limit.

On the battlefield, having White Eyes is like turning on a 'full map cheat', and those who understand will understand the benefits.

The fact that Konoha is able to defeat the strong with the weak every time is not unrelated to the Byakugan.

Coupled with the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, which can only be reached with the help of the Byakugan, how can the Cloud Ninja not take advantage of it.

I have already introduced the Cloud Ninja's style of doing things.

grab!
If you want something, just grab it.

If you can't snatch it away, threaten, steal, etc.

Now they are threatening to steal first and then commit fraud, and directly arranging a package for the Hyuga clan.

"but…"

Hyuga Hiashi might be a 'good clan leader' or a 'good father', but he is definitely not someone who is good at 'talking nonsense'. After hearing what Utane Koharu said, he was stunned.

Yeah, he had no evidence at all to prove that the Kumo Ninja kidnapped his daughter.

Even though this is a fact, there is no way to prove it.

Instead, he actually died in his own hands.

Seeing Hinata Hiashi stunned.

'You are bullying an honest person!'

Tang Ping sighed in his heart.

There is a reason why Konoha's F4 can firmly suppress all the major ninja clans.

At least there are sets of routines.

After just a few words, Hinata Hiashi, who was originally furious and ready to settle the score with the Cloud Ninja, became worried.

Whoosh!
Just at this time, an Anbu appeared in the office.

"Hokage-sama, we just received intelligence that the Raikage has led the Shadow Guard to the border of the Land of Lightning!"

The other party knelt on one knee and told him this important news.

Cloud Ninja! Or the Raikage himself, the threat is imaginable.

The other party's purpose is also very clear.

Demonstration!

This means that if Konoha does not give an explanation to the Hidden Cloud Village, then the Hidden Cloud Village will come and ask for it in person.

"You go down first!"

Mitomon En signaled the Anbu to leave.

Whoosh!
The Anbu used the instant body jutsu to disappear in the office.

"Huruzen, it looks like the Raikage is going to attack Konoha if we don't give the Kumogakure an explanation!"

Mitomon Yan's tone was somewhat worried.

Of course, this is also said to a certain "honest person".

But Tang Ping couldn't stand seeing them bullying the honest people like this, so he said directly:
"It's just a mere Cloud Ninja, just leave it to me!"

He was not afraid that the higher-ups would really agree to let him fight.

Once you let yourself go into battle, it is equivalent to letting yourself gain merit.

What is the use of merit?

Of course it is used by the higher-ranking Hokage.

If you want to become Hokage, the prerequisite is to have enough merits.

In the past, White Fang actually had no intention of becoming Hokage, but because of his great achievements, Sarutobi Hiruzen was forced to grant him the 'Hokage Half Sleeve', which was equivalent to making him the next Hokage.

The problem is that the other party is not from the Hokage lineage!
Therefore, no matter how much Sarutobi Hiruzen thinks highly of White Fang, he would never let him succeed as Hokage.

The final result was that Danzo allowed himself to plot against the other party.

Originally, I thought that I would only make him lose the qualification to become Hokage. If I help him out, I would make sure that he would not be able to become Hokage, but would also be grateful to me.

What was unexpected was that White Fang would rather break than bend, and would rather use his own life to give an explanation to everyone than bow his head.

After this lesson, how could Sarutobi Hiruzen and others give Dohei another chance to follow White Fang's path?

"No thanks," so he immediately rejected Tang Ping's offer and said, "We don't necessarily have to go to war, so there's no need to trouble you!"

That’s right, the more proactive Tang Ping is, the less likely he is to give him this opportunity.

"Hizuki, what do you think we should do?"

Utane Koharu threw the question to Hinata Hiashi.

"Elder Zhuanqin..."

Hinata Hyuga is not a decisive person, so she naturally cannot come up with an answer right away.

"Actually, it's not impossible!"

Danzo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, attracting all attention.

"Don't the Kumo-nin want an explanation?"

"Then let's give him an explanation!"

As he spoke, his eyes were directed at Hinata Hiashi, the honest man.

"Danzo, what are you doing?!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was 'very angry'.

Because the implication of Danzo's words should not be too clear.

That is to use Hyuga Hiashi's life as an explanation to the Cloud Ninjas.

The patriarch of the wealthy Hyuga clan is far more valuable than the life of a ninja leader on the other side. Using him as an explanation will definitely be able to shut everyone up.

No matter how unhappy the Raikage was, he would not use this as an excuse to invade.

The idea was a good one, but Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally wouldn't agree to it, so after he scolded Danzo, he turned to Hyuga Hiashi and said:

"Rizu, you go back first, leave this matter to me!"

He really didn't agree with Danzo's idea.

As an honest man, Hyuga Hiashi is naturally grateful to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Thank you, Hokage-sama!"

After saying that, he left the office.

"During this period of time, you will be responsible for 'entertaining' the Cloud Ninja delegation!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave another order to Dohei.

Obviously, he was planning to use Dou Ping to suppress the Cloud Ninja Delegation so that they would behave themselves.

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Tang Ping nodded slightly, and at the same time felt that something was wrong with the plot.

So it wasn't the Kumo Ninja who took the initiative to ask the Hyuga clan to hand over the 'murderer', but Konoha who proposed it?

In this case, it is no wonder why the Hyuga clan openly played Sarutobi Hiruzen in the future Chunin Exam.

All he can say is that the real ninja world is indeed quite different from the ninja world he knew before he traveled through time.

And then, it depends on how the village operates to make the Hyuga clan voluntarily hand over the "murderer".

(End of this chapter)