Konoha's Hextech Ninja

Chapter 271 A Big Scene!

Sunagakure Village.

A small oasis somewhere outside the village.

Sasori looked at the familiar surroundings, a nostalgic expression appearing on his stiff face.

"Can a puppet really show such natural emotions?" Minato Namikaze looked surprised.

"My puppets are made from my own body and skin. Of course, I can make simple expressions." Sasori's tone contained a hint of pride.

Minato Namikaze was speechless, somewhat confused about what Minato was so proud of.

However, given Minato's emotional intelligence, he wouldn't say anything that would embarrass Sasori. He changed the subject, saying, "Our mission is to take Chiyo away while leaving some clues to put Sunagakure on high alert. Do you have any good ideas?"

"There's an old man with the old woman; just leave him there," Sasori warned. "Don't say I didn't warn you; both the old woman and the old man are very strong. And the old woman is skilled in sealing techniques. Don't think you're safe just because you're an Edo Tensei."

"Thank you, I'll be careful." Minato Namikaze nodded and walked into the oasis with Sasori Akasago.

The oasis is small, just a secluded retreat for two retired elders.

But the necessary guards were all present.

The two walked into the oasis in a carefree manner without any attempt to conceal themselves, immediately alerting the guards there.

Upon seeing Sasori's face, many of the older guards showed expressions of shock.

"This is……"

"Lord Scorpion!"

If Sasori hadn't left Sunagakure, the Fourth Kazekage would never have been Rasa.

Even after many years, Sasori of the Red Sand still enjoys a high reputation in Sunagakure.

Furthermore, due to his special relationship with Chiyo, Sunagakure did not classify Sasori of the Red Sand as a rogue ninja.

So when the guards saw Sasori of the Red Sand, their first reaction was not to be wary, but to be excited and thrilled.

However, when Sasori of the Red Sand mercilessly released his puppets to attack the group of guards, everyone was stunned.

"Lord Sasori, why, why?" A ninja, stabbed multiple times and poisoned, lay on the ground, struggling to look up at Sasori of the Red Sand, wanting an explanation.

"We are here on orders to take away Chiyo, who has mastered the forbidden resurrection technique." Sasori left these words behind, manipulating his puppet to toss the Sand Village ninja aside, and walked into the tall building in the center of the oasis.

The sounds of weapons clashing and explosions continued to emanate from inside the building.

It took more than an hour for things to gradually calm down.

Sasori of the Red Sand and Minato of the Namikaze, carrying the unconscious Chiyo, boarded a helicopter-like aircraft and departed from the sky.

When Sunagakure received the news and sent people to investigate, they found only corpses scattered all over the ground, a dying Ebizo, and a few ninjas who had barely survived.

……

The Land of Earth.

Kisame Hoshigaki lifted the unconscious Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi, and looked at the devastation in the valley, ravaged by massive ninjutsu. He bared his sharp fangs and muttered to himself, "That should be enough of a commotion, right?"

"The leader said we should make a big fuss so that the Tsuchikage will be so nervous that he will start preparing for war."

"Let's have another round then..."

With that, Kisame Hoshigaki released the hilt of Samehada and quickly formed hand seals: "Water Release - Great Explosion Water Shock Wave!"

It was as if a huge lake had fallen from the sky, washing over this valley repeatedly.

After doing all this, Kisame Hoshigaki, carrying Rōshi, met up with Orochimaru, who had also completed the mission of capturing the Five-Tails Jinchūriki, and began their journey home.

……

Just as all the forces in the ninja world were in a state of tension due to the attack by an unknown enemy.

Leaf.

The third round of the Chunin Exams began as scheduled.

Apart from Kirigakure, which withdrew from the competition halfway through, all the major forces in the ninja world gathered here.

Fengying Luosha sat on the high platform in the audience, his heart filled with anxiety.

Just before the match began, he received an urgent message from the village informing him that Elders Chiyo and Ebizo had been attacked, one seriously injured and the other captured by the enemy, their fates unknown.

However, leaving Konoha at this point would leave no time to do anything and would also offend Konoha.

He could only suppress his anxiety and unease and come to watch the Chunin Exams according to the previously agreed procedure.

Sunagakure only had one team, consisting of Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, all of whom were eliminated early in the second round.

The final round of the competition had nothing to do with Sunagakure, which made Kazekage Rasa's mindset a little more peaceful.

At least we don't have to worry about the outcome of the competition anymore.

Apart from Kirigakure, who should have been able to secure at least one or two spots but chose to withdraw from the competition.

In this Chunin Exams, Sunagakure performed the worst among the five great ninja villages, firmly cementing its title as the 'weakest ninja village'.

Of course, this "weakest" refers to the five great ninja villages.

Compared to those smaller ninja villages, even if Sunagakure is in decline, it still has an overwhelming advantage.

Rasa glanced at the venue below, then turned to the Fourth Raikage, A, who was also sitting in the 'VIP seats,' and said, 'Lord Raikage, two people from your Hidden Cloud Village have entered the finals. I wonder what level their final results will be.'

These words were purely meant to annoy Raikage.

The two contestants from Kumogakure, Omoi and Karui, will face off in the first round against Shion, widely considered the strongest candidate in this year's Chunin Exams, and Karin Uzumaki, who demonstrated her bloodline limit ability 'Diamond Sealing Chains' in the second round.

If it weren't for a stroke of luck, such as their opponent suddenly falling ill and being unable to participate, they would never have made it past the first round.

Ai snorted, indicating that he didn't want to pay any attention to Luo Sha.

Rasa didn't mind, and turned his head with a smile to look at Iwagakure's team leader, Kurotsuchi, and said, "Kurotsuchi from Iwagakure is also performing very well. She might be able to achieve good results."

Huang Tu's face darkened.

Kurotsuchi's first opponent was the young lady of the Kurama clan, known as the 'strongest illusion family'.

In previous battles, the opponent would simply pick up a paintbrush, make a few strokes, and the enemy would fall down. It was impossible to understand how she made her move.

With these methods, even though Kurotsuchi possesses the Lava Release bloodline limit, she has little hope of winning.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Tsunade immediately smoothed things over, saying, "Alright, the match is about to start, let's watch the match."

……

On the other side of the stands.

Yagami Yoruichi and Yuhi Kurenai sat side by side in the front row.

On the other side of Yagami Yoruichi is a petite little girl named Hinata Hanabi.

"Yoruichi-nii, you haven't come to play with Hanabi in so long!" Hanabi looked at Yoruichi with a pitiful expression and said, "Hanabi wants to go find Yoruichi-nii, but my sister won't let me bother you!"

"I'm sorry, Hanabi, I've been too busy lately." Yagami Yoruichi's heart softened as she looked at the little girl's adorable appearance, and she quickly apologized.

Hinata Hyuga was raised under the watchful eye of Yoruichi Yagami from a young age.

Shortly after Hanabi was born, from the time she learned to speak and walk, Hinata would bring Hanabi with her every time she came to see Yoruichi Yagami.

From a young age, Hanabi had long been used to sticking to Yagami Yoruichi.

During this period, Yagami Yoruichi spent most of his time with Yuhi Kurenai and indeed forgot about Hinata Hanabi, neglecting her.

Hyuga Hanabi pouted and stretched out her arms to Yagami Yoruichi, saying, "I need a hug to calm you down! And I want to be lifted up high!"

"Alright, alright, I'll do whatever Hanabi says." Yagami Yoruichi chuckled, picked up Hanabi, and placed her on his shoulder.

At this time, Hinata Hanabi was very thin.

She is seven years old, but looks like she is three or four.

Riding on Yagami Yoruichi's back, it didn't look out of place at all.

When Hiashi Hyuga saw his daughter like this, he instinctively wanted to scold her.

But seeing how much Yagami dotes on Hanabi, he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

"It would be good to get closer. It would be even better if I could become Yoruichi's disciple," Hiashi Hyuga thought to himself.

According to the rules of the Hyuga clan, clan members who are assigned to a branch family must be caged as birds at the age of three.

Logically speaking, Hinata Hyuga's talent should make inheriting the main family absolutely no problem.

Then Hinata Hanabi would inevitably have to split up the family.

However, even at the age of seven, Hinata Hanabi had not been caged as a bird, because the conservative and rigid elders of the Hinata clan dared not offend Yagami Yoruichi.

Within the Hyuga clan, it wasn't that no one had mentioned putting Hyuga Hanabi in a caged bird trap.

With just one sentence, "Go and talk to Yoruichi yourself," Hiashi Hyuga silenced the clan elder, who never dared to mention the matter again.

"Do you have a good relationship with the Hyuga family?" Kurenai Yuhi asked, a hint of curiosity in her eyes as she watched Yoruichi Yagami and Hanabi Hyuga get along so well.

The way Yagami Yoruichi acted when she was with Hinata Hanabi clearly indicated that this wasn't the first time she had done this.

If you didn't see their appearance, you would believe they were father and daughter.

"She's not from the Hyuga clan, she's just close to Hinata and Hanabi." Yagami Yoruichi said while playing with Hanabi, "Don't you think Hanabi is adorable? Anyone would like such a cute child, right?"

"She really is very cute." Kurenai Yuhi nodded.

When Hinata Hanabi heard the two praising her, she couldn't help but show a happy expression, raised her arm, and said loudly, "It's because my sister and Yoruichi took such good care of Hanabi!"

This energetic and incredibly cute appearance immediately made Yagami Yoruichi and Yuhi Kurenai burst into laughter.

"Look, the match has started!" Hyuga Hanabi, perched on Yagami Yoruichi's shoulders, suddenly pointed to the field below and excitedly shouted, "Shion-neechan is on the field! Go Shion-neechan!"

"Shouldn't you be cheering for your Hinata-neechan?" Kurenai Yuhi asked jokingly. "Wouldn't that be considered defecting to the enemy?"

Hinata Hanabi said in a serious tone, "Let's cheer for Shion-neechan for now, and when we meet, we'll cheer for her too!"

In the short time it took to say those few words, on the arena below, Ziyuan had already casually controlled the Undead Warrior, forcing Omoi out of the arena.

Aside from her ability to summon the Netherworld Legion, Shion did not demonstrate any other abilities.

Omoi is quite strong, possessing the skill level of a special Jonin.