Gou in the ninja world

Chapter 374
"Captain Tokuma."

"Captain Tokuma, get off work."

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, amidst the sound of greetings, Hyuga Tokuma left his third security team located in the west of the City of Fire, and drove towards his home.

At this time, he is no longer the captain of the security reconnaissance team of Taki City. After the battle on the outskirts of Taki City, Yukimura and others successfully escaped from the security corps due to Chiba Minoru's deliberate guidance. It was not my fault, but after Takeuchi died, Shinichi Haneda, as the supreme commander at the time, was relieved of his power and sent to the small city below to provide for the elderly.

As his subordinate, Hyuga Tokuma had better luck, because he had an old man who was the right minister of the empire. Instead of being affected, he was transferred to the third security team in the capital city of fire.

Although he didn't suffer any substantial loss or punishment, Hyuga Tokuma couldn't forgive himself, and he would never forget those humiliating fights in Taki City.

Edogawa Luffy, the guy who knocked himself down easily, Hyuga Tokuma originally thought that guy would be like other mice, and would not reappear for a long time after disappearing, but who would have thought that in the next period of time, that guy The guy's information was sent back one after another.

The battle of Taki Castle, the battle of the Uchiwa Clan, the battle of Izumo Castle, and the attack on Mt. Myogi, every incident involved that guy’s participation, and as the information came in again and again, he was defeated The people above are also getting tougher and tougher, and even His Royal Highness Prince Takeuchi and Da Tan are resentful of this.

"Uchiha Yukimura!"

Hyuga Tokuma was driving the car on the constantly flowing road, glanced at the rapidly retreating buildings on both sides from the corner of his eye, and gritted his teeth again in his heart.

As the son of the right minister, Hyuga Tokuma can understand many secrets that ordinary people don't know, so he now knows the identity of that person. The other party is not the so-called Edogawa Luffy at all, but Uchiha Yukimura, a person from more than 200 years Former undead, characters from the ancient ninja era.

"You bastard, I will never let you go."

He swore fiercely in his heart, but when he thought of the other party's methods and abilities, he felt powerless for a while.

After all, that guy's record is too brilliant. The army of about a thousand people, the three shadow warriors, and His Highness Takeuchi couldn't keep the opponent, so what can he do as a small guard captain?
Hyuga Tokuma was extremely conflicted in his heart, with a ferocious twist on his face, he wanted to defeat Yukimura to wash away his shame, but he couldn't find a way to defeat Yukimura.

In this very tangled state of mind, the vehicle slowly drove to the door of the house.

The Hyuga Clan is a big family in the empire, and because they joined early, they have a high status within the empire.

The courtyard of Hyuga Tokuma's family is located in the center of Fire City, the most prosperous area of ​​the empire. Although the Hyuga clan no longer lives in groups, Hyuga Tokuma's family, the residence of the right minister, still occupies a considerable area. A large area.

The mansion covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters, the brightly lit decorations inside and the sentry posts outside illustrate the illustrious status of the occupants.

The person living here is Hinata Tokuma's father, Hinata Shoya, the right minister.

For his father, Tokuma Hinata feels complicated. On the one hand, his father really takes good care of him. If it wasn’t for his arrangement, Tokuma Hinata who made several mistakes would have been dispatched to a remote area long ago. It is impossible to have the opportunity to return to the capital city of fire.

But on the other hand, at times, he seemed so cold-blooded and ruthless, especially in the incident two years ago, he executed his son almost without hesitation, who was also a relative of Hyuga Tokuma. His younger brother Hyuga Tokugawa, even today, Hyuga Tokuma can't let go of his cruel behavior.

"Master Tokuma, you are back."

Hyuga Tokuma's car slowly drove into the right minister's residence. What surprised him was that in the parking lot, there were two luxury cars specially used by senior officials of the empire, one of which belonged to his father Hyuga Shoya. And the other one, whose is it?
"Are there any guests at home?"

He stopped the car, opened the door and walked out, and asked the butler Hinata Xiangsheng who came to greet him.

"Yes, Master Tokuma."

Nearly sixty years old, the gray-haired old butler Hinata Xiangsheng bowed his head and responded.

"Shoya-sama and Kakuzu-sama are in the reception room."

"Jiaodu?"

Hearing this name, Hinata Tokuma frowned secretly. Perhaps most people in the empire had never heard of this name, but he still knew something about it.

The leader of the shadow army, a knife in the hands of the imperial family, a cold-blooded killer, although his reputation is not outstanding, his methods are powerful.

This is a very mysterious person hidden in the mist, so mysterious that he was the leader of the Shadow Legion long before Hyuga Tokuma was born, so there are rumors that this person has an immortal body that will not age .

For so many years, he has made very few shots, but every time he makes a shot, the opponent is at least a big figure like the patriarch of a certain rebellious ninja clan, and the consequences will be that the latter's entire clan will be wiped out.

In addition, the next impression he leaves on people is that he is extremely greedy for money. Although I don't know what he wants to do with so much money, it is no secret that Jiaodu is fond of money at the top, so sometimes their big family If there are any inconvenient things to do, they will be rewarded with a lot of money, and they will be paid to do it.

Of course, Hyuga Tokuma would not do this. The reason why he learned about Kakuto was because of the incident two years ago.

During the incident that led to the death of his younger brother Hyuga Tokugawa two years ago, Hyuga Tokuma once met the other party, and the other party gave him a bad feeling, cold and cold, without any emotion.

A complete executioner, this is Hinata Tokuma's impression of Kakuto.

At this time, what is that guy here for?
Hyuga Tokuma guessed puzzledly that there should be no intersection between the Hyuga Clan and the Shadow Legion.

The search work within the empire has been very hard lately. The various garrison regiments and reconnaissance teams cooperated with the bug-playing group to sweep area after area, and the Shadow Legion should have also participated in it.

At this time, what is the purpose of the leader Jiaodu coming here?
Are there any tasks that require the participation of the Hinata clan?
With that in mind, he left the parking lot accompanied by Higashi Hinata and walked towards the mansion.

The possibility of this situation is quite high. After all, the opponent's current job is to cooperate with the insects to sweep up the ninjas and remnants of the rebel forces lurking in the empire. It is also what should be done.

But for some reason, Hinata Tokuma still vaguely felt something was wrong, not because he had discovered something, but something related to the rebels, or even that guy, he would instinctively have certain doubts.

Without him, you are familiar with it.

Having suffered big losses at the hands of the rebels twice, even the most heartless person would be wary of this.

Holding this slight doubt, Hyuga Tokuma returned to his room on the second floor, and just sat down, the servants at home quickly brought him food.

Four dishes and one soup, small in quantity, but very delicate. Looking at the brightly colored dishes in front of him, Hyuga Tokuma sighed. When his younger brother Tokugawa was around, the family would eat dinner together in the dining room. But since Tokugawa's death, this habit has been abandoned.

Mother began to stay alone in the room and did not go out, and father also changed a lot. Perhaps, not only him, but also father, could no longer face the family like before.

Hyuga Tokuma finished his dinner in silence, at this moment, he heard the sound of the reception room door opening, Hyuga Tokuma opened his eyes and glanced over there.

The outside of the reception room was protected by an enchantment, so he couldn't see it with his white eyes, but there was no outside of the reception room, so he quickly saw two people coming out of the reception room one after the other.

The first person to come out was a man in black robe. He was wearing a mask, and his whole body was covered under the black robe that could not even be seen with his eyes. It was exactly the same as the one in Hinata Tokuma's memory. Behind Kakuto, the gray-haired old man is Hyuga Tokuma's father, Hyuga Shoya, the right minister of the empire.

The two walked all the way from the reception room to the front door, talking about something while walking, Hyuga Tokuma couldn't hear their voices, but judging from the mouth shape, it seemed that they were arranging something, and this also confirmed his previous guess. The reason for the visit is probably to convey some kind of order to the Hinata clan.

He watched Kakuzu and his father say goodbye in front of the door with his own eyes, and then the former got in his special car and drove out of the Hyuga Clan's mansion, and then his father came back, giving orders to the people around him while walking.

Immediately afterwards, Hyuga Sho also walked upstairs along the corridor, and came to the door of Hyuga Tokuma.

"Lord Patriarch."

At this time, Hyuga Tokuma had already opened the door and waited here. He stood expressionlessly at the door, looking at his father with indifferent eyes, without any emotion, as if he was looking at a stranger.

"Tokuma."

Hinata Sho also looked at his eldest son. Since the second son passed away, the eldest son who had a good relationship with him has become estranged from him a lot. This is what he expected. In fact, the two have rarely seen each other in the past two years. Talked, so he sent his eldest son to another city to relax before.

Now, although they still live together, they avoid meeting each other most of the time, and even if they do meet, they just simply say hello.

But today, he had to have a conversation with the eldest son who hated him deeply.

"You should have heard what I just said?"

Hinata Shoya knew very well that Hinata Tokuma had been paying attention to the conversation between himself and Kakuzu, even if he was peeping from a distance, the real strong could still feel it.

And he felt Hyuga Tokuma's gaze from a few minutes ago.

"Ah."

Hinata Tokuma nodded and said, although he was upstairs, Hinata Masaya's voice was not low, so he could hear it.

So he knew that General Hyuga had ordered his subordinates to gather the ninjas of the Hyuga clan from all over the empire together, waiting for the next order.

"Is there a war about to start?"

Such a large movement, he asked, would be impossible without something important.

"Maybe."

Hinata Shoya said ambiguously, his tone became a little strange, he seemed a bit worried, but there was a little excitement mixed with the worry.

Hinata Tokuma noticed that Hinata Masaya's attitude had become a little bit wrong. It stands to reason that at his age, he has been in a high position for ten years, and he has already reached the state where he can't express emotions, even if he is When he personally executed his second son two years ago, he didn't show any obvious emotions.

But now, Hyuga Tokuma can be sure that he saw a look called hope in Hinata Masaya's eyes. Although he had tried his best to hide it, maybe it was because he was in his own home, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. This look still revealed something, which Hyuga Tokuma caught.

He had a premonition that his father must be expecting something.

"Now that you know, then remember, don't go to the police these days, stay at home and wait for further notice."

Hinata Masahiro looked at him deeply, and said dryly according to his usual attitude.

"It's not a request, it's an order."

He said, and then looked at his son again with elusive eyes. After the latter nodded in confirmation, he turned around slowly and went downstairs.

Only Hyuga Tokuma was left standing at his door, looking at the back of his father going away, a complex expression flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)