Konoha.

After the arrival of the new year, as the third generation of Hokage, Sarutobi Hichisaki immediately threw himself into his busy work.

There is not a moment of rest!

Although he is a little older, and his body bones are not as good as before, but ...... For the revival of Konoha, he can't relax yet.

Konoha can't live without him!

Especially Konoha during this time...... There's so much going on, and he can't rest now!

Sarutobi Hizashi looked at the investigation information in the shadows in his hand, frowned slightly, and muttered to himself, "Didn't Hyuga Patriarch say that he didn't know the white-eyed ninjas who appeared at the year-end celebration of Grass Ninja Village?" ”

That......

Where did Kusa Shinobi get his white eyes from?

This is no small matter!

After several years of confrontation with Grass Ninja Village, although he has been failing, it has also made him understand one thing.

After the partner next to me takes off the forehead guard, maybe there is a forehead guard underneath!

A forehead guard with a small grass printed on it!

Those guys are so doggy, you have to be very careful!

Especially now that there are white-eyed ninjas on the side of the Grass Ninja Village, people have to doubt in their hearts...... Some people seem to be the Hyuga clan of Konoha on the surface, but in fact, they may have taken refuge in the Grass Ninja Village behind their backs!

Merely.

The Hyuga clan, as Konoha's current wealthy family, coupled with Konoha's current situation, makes him unsure and doesn't dare to do it easily.

If this is a misunderstanding.

Didn't you pack it up and give it to those grass thieves again?

And the unity of the ninja clan shown by the grass ninja village at the year-end celebration has to be said...... This is also what he, the Hokage, asks for~!

However, the ninja clan of Konoha is too restless!

"I don't know yet! But from the interrogation, the Hyuga patriarch vaguely seems to have something to hide! The Dark Ninja shook his head and said with a serious face, "It's just that there is nothing to investigate among the ordinary people of the Hyuga clan, so the Dark Side suspects that this may be a secret of the Hyuga clan." ”

"The secret of the Hyuga clan?" Sarutobi frowned slightly, crossed his hands, pondered for a moment, and muttered to himself, "Could it be the illegitimate son of a high-ranking member of the Hyuga clan?" ”

“……”

Hearing the Hokage's words, the Shadow Ninja was slightly silent, but then nodded with a strange look in his eyes, "I doubt this possibility for the time being!" It's just that it seems that only a very small part of them have mastered the secret, and the time is too short, and nothing can be investigated yet! ”

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, and hesitated again.

"Hokage-sama, before the Hyuga patriarch left, he deliberately found the dark department and asked the dark department to say a word to the Hokage-sama."

"What?"

"Anyway...... The Hyuga clan will never betray Konoha and betray the Hokage! ”

As the words of the Shadow Ninja fell.

Ape Feiri was slightly stunned for a moment, and his closed hands trembled slightly.

I don't know how long it took.

Cai Chang sighed and nodded, "The old man still believes in the Hyuga clan!" It's just that the impact of this incident is too great! ”

After all, who doesn't know if the Hyuga clan will suddenly jump out and shout loudly next time they fight, [I'm Kusashinobi! 】。

It's scary!

He has a bad heart!

I can't afford to be like this again.

Raising his head, he looked at the dark ninja in front of him, and after a moment of entanglement, he said in a firm tone, "Tell the Hyuga clan that as long as the Hyuga clan does not betray Konoha, Konoha will never betray the Hyuga clan!" ”

Now that it's been discovered, it's better to spread it out and say it directly!

Anyway, now Konoha definitely can't mess up anymore!

And once it's a misunderstanding, what if you really give the Hyuga clan to the Grass Ninja Village?

"This is also the promise of the old man as a third-generation Hokage."

The words fell.

When he heard Hokage-sama's words, the Shadow Ninja's face also froze slightly, but he seemed to be relieved in his heart, and then lowered his head and said respectfully, "Yes!" I personally delivered the words of Hokage-sama to the Hyuga patriarch in the next meeting! ”

"I'll just trouble you to make it clear to Patriarch Hinata! If it's nothing, just go down! ”

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

After the dark ninja went down, Sarutobi sighed inwardly and shook his head.

There's no way around it.

He has no other way for the time being, even if he wants to do something against the Hyuga clan, not to mention whether it will cause major losses to the ninja village, even the evidence he has...... Not enough now.

Taking a bold move will only break the harmony between the various ninja clans in Konoha now.

Merely.

Sarutobi lowered his head and looked at the information in his hand.

[Grass Ninja Village evacuates most of the troops stationed at the border! ] The Commander-in-Chief of the Frontier - Uzumaki Nagato has also left! I don't know the purpose yet! 】

Immediately frowned slightly, and with a puzzled tone, he muttered to himself, "What does this Grass Ninja Village want to do?" ”

Why is it so quiet all of a sudden?

……

This is the sea.

The vast sea.

With wealth, fame, and power, the man "One Piece" Gore D. Roger, who has everything in the world, said before he was executed and died, "Do you want my treasure?" If you want, then go to the sea and find it, I'll leave it all there. So that people all over the world flocked to the sea.

The world has begun to usher in the [Age of the Sea Pirates]!

Also a ......

Chaotic times.

……

The year 1520 of the sea calendar.

Kingdom of Goa.

A country known as the most beautiful country in the East China Sea.

The city was spotless, free of any filth, and the kings and nobles kept the city clean and beautiful, keeping unnecessary things out of the country.

Let the whole country become polarized!

On the one hand, the birds are singing, the streets are clean, and the nobles enjoy all the wealth of the whole country, and on the other hand, they ...... Filthy and foul-smelling garbage and ordinary civilians.

Therefore, the Kingdom of Goya can also be called a successful model of a 'segregated society'.

Today.

Sunny.

The sun is shining.

It's the same as always.

The scavengers outside the city are still frantically grabbing garbage, and the city is ...... In this extravagant royal palace, there is still singing and dancing to heaven.

In order to celebrate the good life, the nobles and the king would hold a large party every once in a while to enjoy this happy life.

And today.

It was the time for the king's big gala.

When night falls, the nobles of the entire kingdom of Goa gather here, drinking expensive wine that the poor cannot imagine, and eating the luxurious food that the poor have in their hearts.

Merely.

Tonight......

But it's a little different from the banquets of the past.

Tonight's Inside the Palace...... A bunch of uninvited guests are coming!

Just when everyone was singing and dancing.

A group of strange green, tight-fitting outfits with strange forehead guards on their foreheads and a small grass swaying on them burst in and surrounded them.

】

Who the hell are these guys?

You know, this is a royal palace!

Only the noble royal family and nobles can enter, and these guys ...... They are not among the nobles of the kingdom of Goa.

All the nobles looked at them angrily and roared, "You guys...... Who is it? Cheap guy, who let you in? ”

However.

Faced with the humiliation of the nobles in front of them, this group of guys did not get angry, but gently sorted out the forehead guards on their lower foreheads.

And then.

He looked at them calmly and said expressionlessly, "The country of grass!" ”