"Where's my father?"

When I came back from school, the girl who didn't see her father was a little apprehensive.

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

Black hair, with white pupils like his own, is the hallmark of the Hyuga clan.

The only difference is that in my sister's white pupils, her expression is firm and calm, giving people the appearance of not being 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 a meeting of the clan elders, it seems that Hokage-sama sent someone over, it seems that there is something important to discuss."

Glancing at her sister Hinata, the girl named Hinata Hanabi pointed to the location of the conference room of the Zong family and said to her sister Hinata.

"I went to a meeting."

When Hinata heard the news, he breathed a sigh of relief on his cowardly expression.

When she thought of her father's stern and demanding expression, she couldn't help but be nervous.

"In other words, tonight's sparring ......"

Soft boxing sparring is something that Hinata is afraid of.

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

Not only her, but even her younger sister Hanabi, who is a few years younger, also began to learn juquan, and was praised by her father several times.

This made Hinata a a little discouraged, no matter what she did, she would not be praised by her father, but her younger sister, who was a few years younger, could easily get her father's appreciation...... This is all because his talent is so poor, and his sister's talent cannot be compared at all.

"No, my father has instructed me to let you do it."

Fireworks.

"Huh?"

Hinata was stunned, a little overwhelmed.

"Brother Ningci will come over soon, and my father asked me to supervise my sister's homework. As the eldest daughter of the clan, if she is compared to the people who split the family, her father will be very angry, and it will also make her father feel embarrassed in front of Uncle Hisa. ”

Hanabi said.

After listening to Hinata, the pressure in her heart became even heavier.

Fail...... It will make her father angry, it will make her father and the Zong family embarrassed, and these burdens weigh on her body, making her a little breathless.

Just because she is the eldest daughter of the Zong family, she must strictly accept the test of the family.

But...... Cousin Ningji, who is one year older than her, is already the most outstanding genius in the ninja school, and it is said that his strength is already stronger than many shinobi who have graduated from the ninja school.

In the face of such an opponent, how can you win?

If it's a fireworks...... Hinata smiled bitterly.

This is simply impossible, Hanabi has only been in contact with jutsu for a long time, and even if he wins, it will only make his father feel more shameful.

Obviously received the best education from the sect family, whether it was soft boxing or the rest of the training skills, they all selflessly unfolded to her.

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

The true mystery of soft boxing will only be open to the people of the clan.

It stands to reason that he will win, but in the face of his genius cousin, he is not at all sure of victory.

"I always think that sister, you are thinking about something rude."

Hanabi squinted his eyes, and his heart was ghostly.

"No, no."

Hinata hurriedly waved her hand.

"In fact, it's useless to worship the Buddha at this time, sister, you still have to think about how to win against Brother Ning Ci in the future. Or...... Find your true genius to help you muster up the courage to fight, and come back again......"

Before Hanabi finished speaking, he saw his sister Hinata's face suddenly turn red, steam came out of her head, and her body collapsed to the ground.

“……”

Hanabi was speechless for a moment.

It's really a sister who can't help but be funny, and it's too easy to be shy.

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"Hokage-sama hopes to select a shinobi from our Hyuga clan to cooperate with the Shadows on a classified S-class mission, what do you think?"

In the conference room of the clan domain, Hinata knelt on the front cushion, flanked by the elders of the clan and the branch family.

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

A clan elder asked.

"Nope."

Hinata shook his head.

The order was conveyed by a member of the Hokage's immediate shadow department, but it was not revealed what the content of the top-secret S-class mission was.

"I remember yesterday, the mission of the Sagakure came to visit secretly...... Could it have something to do with this? ”

An elder of the clan made an analysis.

In fact, everyone knows this in their hearts.

The declaration of war by the country of ghosts against the country of the wind has long been spread throughout the ninja world.

The attention of the countries of the ninja world, so to speak, is focused on the battlefields of the country of ghosts and the country of wind.

Every move over there involves the hearts of countless people.

Especially after learning that behind the scenes of the Oni Country, it had long been controlled by Konoha's traitorous ninja, some public opinion could not be stopped at all, and it had already spread wildly in the village.

Although it has little effect on ordinary people, they can't think of things that are too far away.

But for the ninjas, especially the ninjas of Konoha, it is not a good thing.

When I thought of the traitorous ninja who went out of my village, I actually stirred up the storm so much in the world, didn't I slap Konoha in the face?

More or less, countries will come and condemn it.

For example, the country of wind, which is encountering the crossfire of the country of ghosts, has the most condemnation of Konoha.

Due to the untimely pursuit of the traitorous ninja, it brought such great pain to the country of the wind, and Konoha could not escape the blame.

Yesterday, the Sand Hidden Mission's secret visit to Konoha meant something, and it goes without saying that anyone with a discerning eye can come up with something.

Combined with today's Hokage-sama, to select a shinobi from the Hyuga clan and cooperate with the members of the dark department to carry out the so-called S-class mission, everyone is more convinced of a certain guess in their hearts.

In the matter of the country of ghosts, Konoha is more anxious than Shayin.

Whether it is indirect or direct to Konoha, it is very bad.

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

Regarding the worries and panic of the higher-ups, the elders of the Hyuga clan and the divided family felt that this was not something incomprehensible.

"No matter what, we are all part of the village, and at this time, of course, we have to contribute."

The elders of the clan spoke up.

In fact, even if this kind of thing is held in a meeting, nothing will change.

Because of the orders from the top, they could not refuse, and there was no reason to refuse.

After all, the three behind the scenes of the Oni Country also have a 'credit' to their Hyuga clan.

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

"Then, the personnel will be selected from the division, and this matter will be left to you to do it."

An elder of the clan said to Hiza, who was sitting on the seat of the family.

"Yes."

Hiza nodded in agreement.

This kind of thing doesn't need to be discussed at all, as a member of the split family, he is already ready to fight for the sect family at any time.

What's more, the next step is to follow the dark department to carry out dangerous S-class missions, and the people of the Zong family will not send personnel, even if the Zong family is willing, the village high-level will not agree.

The meeting lasted for an hour and ended, and it was decided to send a branch of the Shinobi to assist in the dark operation, which could be regarded as an explanation to the higher-ups.

"The atmosphere in the village has been strange lately. Uchiha's side......"

Walking out into the hallway, Hiza, who was following Hizoku, whispered.

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

As the only wealthy ninja clan in Konoha , the Uchiha clan has always pressed the Hyuga clan.

It's just that with the extinction of the Uchiha clan, the once glorious Uchiha garrison also collapsed overnight.

The village leaders had no desire to rebuild the garrison, but transferred the business that belonged to the Uchiha garrison in the past to the shadows.

This undoubtedly increased the authority of the Shadow Ministry, and also directly expanded the influence of the Hokage.

What was once an area that the top management could not get involved in is now home to the top management.

Hinata glanced at Hinata slanted.

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

Hisashi didn't speak, but he still felt sad on his face.

The Uchiha said that it would be gone, or it would perish in the hands of his own people, and now the Hyuga clan, how should they deal with themselves in the village?

He remembered that he almost fell victim to Yun Yin's planting incident a few years ago.

Although in the end, because of the actions of the roots, Yunyin's conspiracy failed, it still left a deep impression on Hisashi.

Within the Hyuga clan, someone is in contact with the leader of the roots, Danzo.

According to the speculation of the patriarch of the clan, the Hyuga clan members who are in contact with Tuanzang are likely to come from the split family.

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

Perhaps, when Danzo helped the Hyuga clan through the difficulties, it was only based on the maintenance of the ninjas in the same village.

After all, the other party is a rare hardliner among Konoha and naturally will not let the ninjas in the same village let the ninjas in the other village be bullied.

Walking through the hallway, around the corner, a thin figure suddenly appeared.

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

"Patriarch, father."

The visitor was a boy of about nine years of age, with long straight black hair, a delicate face, and pupils of the Hyuga clan's signature white.

Hinata Ninji is the boy's name.

It's the son of Hinata and a very outstanding genius of the Hyuga family, and he is highly anticipated by the clan.

Seeing that the direction in which Ning was going was not the training ground, but like rushing back, Rizu's brows furrowed slightly.

"Are you going back so soon?"

He remembered that he had confessed that he asked Ning Ci to come over and practice with his eldest daughter Hinata, normally, it was impossible for the training to end so quickly.

Ning Ci replied unhurriedly: "Yes." Because Hinata-sama's body seems to be a little uncomfortable, when I go, Miss Hanabi takes care of it. ”

"Not feeling well?"

Hearing Ning Ci's words, Rizu's brows furrowed even tighter.

He didn't remember that Hinata's body bones were so fragile, yesterday and in the morning, they were fine, and Hinata had received good instruction from the Hyuga clan that she would never eat some strange food that would cause problems with her body.

Is it deliberately feigning illness? Or is it slackness in cultivation?

Or is it really really feeling unwell all of a sudden?

"Yes."

Ning Ci replied in the affirmative again.

"In this case, since that's the case, let's cancel today's sparring."

Hizoku nodded, then turned to look at Hiza.

"That's all for today, Hiza, you take Ning Ci back first, I'll go to Hinata to have a look."

Hinata nodded and left the Zong family's territory with Ning Ci.

Hizoku paused in the hallway for a moment before leaving and walking towards the room where his daughter Hinata was.

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

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"Boss, check out."

In a barbecue restaurant, the man goes to the counter to pay the bill.

It can be seen that he is not a ninja, and there are no traces of ninjas on his body, just a normal Konoha villager, but it can be seen from his clothes that he is the type of family with a solid family.

"Thanks to taking care of the business of our store, a total of 30,000 taels."

Haruno Zhao reported the bill.

As an ordinary middle ninja in Konoha Hidden Village, like most middle ninjas, he works part-time to support his family during the period when he is not on a mission.

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

But herein lies the problem.

The barbecue restaurant where he works part-time is not applied for by himself, but was recommended here.

Three years ago he was a waiter at this store, two years ago he was promoted to manager, and now he is the acting store manager.

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

In the past, he aimed to be a ninja with the goal of being a Hokage, but now he is the manager of a high-end yakiniku restaurant in Konoha...... The experience, to be honest, was a little too magical.

But Haruno also knows that it was all because of a certain woman manipulating behind her back.

Asami Masumi.

A woman whose true identity is unusually mysterious in his eyes.

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

The controller behind this barbecue restaurant is Masumi Asami.

From the waiter at the lowest level to the management of all levels, or he, the acting store manager, they are all 'spies' under the command of Asami Masumi.

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, so he was specially promoted to the acting manager of this barbecue restaurant.

Although in terms of salary, he is very satisfied.

For a while, he had the idea of giving up his ninja profession and instead plunged into the world of eating, aiming to become the king of barbecue.

Accept the 30,000 taels from the customer in front of him, Haruno Zhao thought like this.

When he's not on duty, he's usually at the front desk at the barbecue restaurant, where he's in charge of cashiering.

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

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

In the three banknotes of 10,000 taels, there is a slight abnormality in the thickness.

You can't see anything from the outside, and you can only feel the abnormality if you touch it yourself.

Haruno Zhao looked at the customer paying in front of him with strange eyes, and the other party showed a very ordinary smile and left calmly.

“……”

This guy ...... Is it your own person?

Haruno Zhao was a little stunned.

But the intelligence officer who works under Asami Masumi, it is impossible for him not to know him, and there is no case of admitting mistakes.

Other words...... It's not under the jurisdiction of his boss Asami Masumi...... Intelligencers for the rest of the group?

Harunozhao looked at the street scene of Konoha outside the store, and felt the urge to see a ghost.

What the hell is going on in this village?

Why do you see 'your own people' everywhere?

I don't know at the top, but here at the bottom, it's almost infiltrated into a sieve, right?

So far, I have met with informants who work in a variety of ways.

Construction workers, movie flyers on the streets, cleaners of public toilets, fruit farmers guarding orchards, farmers farming under the scorching sun...... All the professions that can be thought of are basically covered.

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

I feel that the cats and dogs I encounter on the side of the road in the future may be 'my own people'.

Sooner or later, such Konoha will be finished.

Asking a waiter to take his place at the front desk, Haruno immediately hid in the toilet and pulled out a note.

It's a string of numbers and symbols that are completely undecipherable.

It looks like a child's graffiti, and there is no pattern.

After a correct interpretation, Haruno discovered that it was a list.

Some of the names on the list were unfamiliar to him, and some were familiar to him.

"Jiraiya, Sarutoshi Taka, Sarutobi purlin, Maite Dai, Hinata Takeshi ......"

There are more than 30 names in total.

Half of them are among Konoha and are extremely famous shinobi.

One of the three ninjas, Jiraiya.

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

Although it is not a shinobi, it is said that the physical skills are very terrible.

In addition, there are also the ninjas of the Hyuga clan, the ninjas of the oil girl clan, the Inuzuka clan, and the three families of Pig Deer Butterfly.

What do these names mean?

Is it the roster of people to be assassinated next?

Soon, Haruno denied this answer.

He had a gut feeling that this wasn't some assassination list.

This list is more like sending a message.

"Forget it, I'd better leave it to the top to solve, even if I know, it doesn't make any sense."

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

Whatever the meaning of this list represents, it will always be a game of struggle between the people above, and it has nothing to do with him.

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The land of tea, in a certain inn.

"Oh, that's a hassle...... ...... at this time"

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

Hopefully he'll be involved in a top-secret S-Class mission.

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

After all, this matter is so important, and it is widely publicized, and he is extremely good at intelligence, so naturally there is no reason for him to miss such news.

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

But when I thought of passing by Konoha a year ago, the figure of the teacher Ape Fei Ri was already rickety, and a trace of unbearable color flashed in Jiraiya's eyes.

His teacher, Ape Fei Ri Chop, is already old. From his body, he can no longer find the heroic appearance of the 'Doctor of Ninjutsu' back then.

Moreover, the Uchiha exterminated the clan, the Uchiha Itachi defected, and the cause of the death of another Uchiha genius, Uchiha Shisui, became a mystery...... This made Jilai even more unable to help sighing.

How is it possible for a thirteen-year-old child to be able to wipe out the Uchiha clan?

If the Uchiha clan can be easily wiped out in Konoha by others, then it will not be feared by ninjas from all over the world in the previous ninja wars.

Even the three ninja in their heyday, in the face of the entire Uchiha clan, they could only avoid the edge and did not dare to fight head-on.

Even if it's a sneak attack, it's not something a thirteen-year-old imp can do. And after the extermination of the clan, it was only discovered by the dark department the next day, and the action power of the dark department directly under the Hokage in Konoha Village could not be so weak.

If it weren't for the intervention of the roots, he wouldn't have believed it at all.

And what kind of role his teacher Ape Fei Ri played in it, I can't imagine it.

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

He was afraid that in the end, he would see the darkest part of the village, and he would no longer be able to look directly at his teacher, Ape Fei Ri, and keep him and the compassionate and loving teacher in the past in his memory.

This is the ruthlessness of time.

What will you become when you reach that age?

Will you change your original ambitions?

Or is it ......

Jiraiya shook his head, it was too early to think about this.

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 and pondered whether he would promise his teacher Ape Fei Sun Slash to join this top-secret S-class mission and become one of them.

The high-level village leaders who secretly planned this S-class mission were obviously in a mess, otherwise they wouldn't have acted in such a hurry.

"Alas, if Watergate were still there......"

Watergate......

Thinking of this name, Jiraiya's brain suddenly came to his senses, as if he had thought of something.

That was a long time ago, at that time, Shuo Mao had not committed suicide, the Third Ninja War had not yet begun, and the three of Chiba Shiraishi were still ninjas who believed in the Will of Fire......

There is a prophecy about the 'destruction' made by the great toad immortal of Myoki Mountain.

The black hand that subverts the ninja world is hidden in Konoha.

All this time, he had never found such a dangerous element in Konoha.

Later, the three of Chiba Baishi defected, and he also vaguely felt that one of these three people was the 'son of destruction' predicted by the great toad immortal.

It represents absolute destruction and will become a nightmare for the ninja world, bringing countless pains and blood, and making the ninja world haunt the endless flames of war.

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

Mysterious, unknown, good at hiding his true nature, only when he defected, he revealed his original hideous face, which made Konoha suffer a blow.

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

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

Chiba Shiraishi fits this concept very well.

Later actions also proved that he was extremely dangerous.

Jilai also rolled up the scroll and put it aside casually.

"It seems that if you don't agree, you won't be able to do it......"

More than the task itself, he wanted to find an answer to a question that had puzzled him for a long time.

The future of the ninja world, whether it can still go on the right path.

If the scene predicted by the Great Toad Immortal really occurs, it is the responsibility of the self-tasked to guide the 'Child of Prophecy' to prevent such a catastrophe from happening.