A few weeks later.

Although Hinata Kaede has been secretly studying caged birds, there has never been much progress.

Hinata Kaede didn't have too many surprises about this, if the caged bird was really so easy to crack, it wouldn't become a shadow hanging over the heads of the family.

With his current knowledge reserves, trying to crack the caged bird is tantamount to a fool's dream.

However, he is not in a hurry, studying the caged bird is just one of his many projects, as long as the Konoha Ninja Village is not breached, he will have plenty of time to study the secrets behind the caged bird.

Before that, he still has an important task to complete, to build a good ninja tool to protect himself.

Although he prides himself on being a genius of his age other than Kakashi, after all, he has not yet become a strong man, and maybe he will encounter unexpected risks after becoming a ninja in the future.

At critical moments, instead of relying on the family's guards, it is better to prepare accordingly in advance.

Naturally, the kunai, shuriken, and detonator are not much to say, and what he wants to create is a sniper rifle with a very long range, and with a very perceptive white eye, it may be able to play a key role.

The idea of creating a sniper rifle sounds ridiculous, but according to Hinata's investigation, a prototype iron cannon of a firearm has appeared in the ninja world.

It's just that because of the existence of Chakra, the iron cannon can also deal with ordinary people, and it can't pose a threat to ninjas.

It's easy to say that the lower ninja stage has reached the stage of middle ninja and even upper ninja, and the power of the iron cannon is even inferior to the kunai and short sword as cold weapons.

The reason is also very simple, the ninja moves too fast, and there is chakra on his body as a defense.

All kinds of circumstances were superimposed, resulting in the iron cannon (musket) being eliminated in the war before it had time to update and iterate.

Ninjas can deal with iron cannons, but they can't fight firearms, at least when they are unprepared, they can play an unexpected role.

Although Hinata Kaede has gradually become accustomed to life in the ninja world, he has not forgotten the memories of his previous life.

Those memories of his previous life are his greatest reliance in the ninja world.

Time passed day by day, and Hinata Kaede used the channels of the sect to buy the drawings of the iron cannon, and at the same time transformed the samples of the iron cannon according to his memory.

In Hinata's idea, he made a sniper ninja that had to be made of chakra metal that could conduct chakra.

Otherwise, at a time when the technical conditions are not mature enough, without using the attack of Chakra's nature change, I am afraid that even the enemy's defense will not be able to break through.

However, Hinata Kaede has not yet been able to learn the nature change of chakra, and it is estimated that it will take a few years to master.

According to the clan ninja, a ninja who can master the changes in the nature of the two chakras is enough to become a shinobi in the village in terms of strength.

Learn medical ninjutsu, master the changes in the nature of wind attributes, create ninja tools, and study caged birds.

Thinking of these plans he had made, Hinata Kaede had a little headache, and he could only deal with them in order of priority.

The most important priority is to build the ninja equipment and master the nature change.

The rest can be slowed down, if the hard power does not go up, it will be all over when there is an accident on the battlefield.

On the weekend of the ninja school holiday, Hinata Kaede went out to retrieve the purchase of chakra metal, and took a big meal to relax, but as soon as he walked into the barbecue restaurant and sat down, he heard the discussion from the leader.

"You've heard? The village's Shinobu White Fang brought huge losses to the village because he gave up the task. ”

"It is said that the mission that was supposed to be carried out was abandoned in order to rescue his companions..."

"They are all companions of the same village, should they be saved...... Losses are inevitable. ”

"What do you know, the duty of a ninja is to complete the task, and the act of giving up the mission by White Fang, even the ninja who was saved by him is blaming, obviously you can avoid suffering losses and die more people less."

"In this way, White Fang is still a murderer, and if I were him, I am afraid he would not dare to show his face."

Listening to the gossip in his ear, Hinata Kaede frowned slightly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and slowly figured out what the situation was.

To put it simply, the village suffered a huge loss because of the failure of the mission because of the rescue of his companions, and because of the failure of the mission, his teammates blamed him for it.

For this matter, he is not good at commenting too much on this matter without understanding the specific reasons.

He and Kakashi can only be regarded as nodding friends, and there are even fewer contacts with Hachiki Shuomao, the other party is a powerful shinobi whose prestige is close to that of the Hokage, and he is just a student of an unknown ninja school.

Small things like a failed mission should be handled with ease.

After eating fifty servings of barbecue, Hinata Kaede wiped his mouth, paid and walked out of the barbecue restaurant, not paying too much attention to these gossips.

A few days later.

As time passed, rumors about Sakushige Hagi abandoning the mission not only did not dissipate, but also became more and more intense, becoming a hot topic among ninjas, and even causing a debate about who was more important in the companion or the mission.

At this point, no matter how sluggish Hinata Kaede was, he began to sense that something was wrong.

Public opinion has reached this point, and there is no laissez-faire of the village behind him, he will never believe it, after all, the village has a dark department and a garrison, which can physically eliminate gossip.

According to Hinata Kaede's speculation, at least one high-ranking person contributed to the trouble, and took advantage of this incident to attack Hachiki Shuo Shigeru.

The reason is also very simple, Qimu Shuomao's prestige is too high, and the relationship with the village ninja group is also very high, and he has reached the point of 'high merit and shocking the master', and he is only one step away from truly becoming a high-level person in the village.

In this case, it is also reasonable to take advantage of this incident to knock this Konoha White Fang.

When Qimu Shuomao took the initiative to soften and defile himself, these rumors naturally disappeared, which is a very common political struggle.

After thinking about this, Hinata Kaede no longer paid attention to these rumors.

Compared with the big sharks in the village, he is just a small shrimp that has not yet grown, and the Hyuga clan he is in, because of the cage bird system, is a resolute wall-riding faction in the village.

Its own forces have considerable strength, but they have never really stood in line, and they can be regarded as standing.

Soon, another piece of news appeared, making Hinata Kaede realize that his judgment was completely wrong.

Hachiki Sakushigeru is dead and is found committing suicide with a short sword at home, as if to prove himself with death.

After hearing the news, Hinata Kaede froze in place, not knowing what to say.

Konoha is famous for the upper ninja banner Mu Shuo Shigeru, the enemy he killed lost his armor, but finally ruled himself at home, which made Hinata Kaede feel very ridiculous, but he had to accept this reality.

It is to be expected that with the death of White Fang, there may be another storm in the village.