The leisurely life of the Hyuga main family

"Hokage-sama!" With a loud bang, accompanied by Mei Terumi's urgent voice, the office door was violently pushed open.

"Advisor Terumi Mei, please have some self-respect!" Uzuki Yugao, who was engrossed in her work, was startled and immediately stood up.

Even though she had seen Danzo slam the door to the Hokage's office many times when she was still in the Anbu, and Tsunade smash it with a single punch, and even Jiraiya often climbed through the window.

However, the nature of the situation is different; whether it is the reigning Hokage or someone who forcibly breaks into the Hokage's office, they are different.

Danzo was the Third Hokage's classmate and comrade-in-arms, fighting alongside him for many years. Tsunade and Jiraiya were the Third Hokage's beloved students.

Although Mei Terumi used to have a noble status, she is now just an ordinary advisor, and her relationship with the Hokage is not particularly close.

"My esteemed advisor, your actions just now were extremely rude."

"Ah, sorry!" Mei Terumi apologized hastily, then immediately looked around but couldn't find the Hokage in the office. "Miss Yugao, where is the Hokage? I have very important information to report to him."

"I'm sorry, Advisor, the Hokage hasn't been here recently," said Uzuki Yugao, neither humble nor arrogant. "About half a month ago, the Hokage said he had something very important to do and wouldn't be coming for a while."

"So what kind of urgent information is it?" Just then, Shikaku leaned against the door.

"We... our branch in the Land of Water has been attacked by unknown assailants!" With the Hokage absent, this lazy old man in front of her is the most likely person to resolve this emergency. Mei Terumi immediately said, "The village is currently suffering heavy casualties."

"What?!" Shikaku's expression immediately turned serious; his worst fears had come true.

The Hokage took away the elite ninjas from Sunagakure and Kirigakure. Although the two large villages looked crowded, their overall strength was significantly reduced.

It's perfectly normal for malicious individuals to launch an attack when the two villages are vulnerable.

This would not only damage Konoha's currently soaring prestige, but also sow resentment among the remaining personnel in both villages. Even if they dared not express this resentment because of the Hokage's strength.

But these resentments, buried deep inside, will inevitably explode sooner or later.

If the Hokage hadn't taken away the high-level combatants, how could their village have been attacked?!

Not everyone is like Bai Yue, possessing the terrifying fighting power to withstand an entire village.

"Is the Flying Thunder God Team here?" Shikaku immediately asked.

"Advisor..." Genma Shiranui and the other two appeared immediately, looking embarrassed.

Those three could be considered the most useless of the Hokage's guards.

Because apart from taking them out to destroy two villages, Bai Yue didn't play with them at all the other time.

He's even worse than the Fourth Hokage. At least the Fourth Hokage would inform them before going out, but the Fifth Hokage can fly however he wants whenever he feels like it.

Unfortunately, they still couldn't track down the Fifth Generation's whereabouts.

"Go to the Hyuga residence and see if the Hokage is home," Shikaku immediately said. Normally, he wouldn't have the authority to command the Flying Thunder God team, but now that the Hokage is out of contact and in a special emergency, he has no choice but to overstep his authority and command them.

"Yes!" The three immediately set off, rushing towards the Hyuga clan's territory.

"Now, please tell me the details," Shikaku said solemnly to Terumi Mei.

"According to the intelligence I've received so far, an unidentified group of ninjas launched a sneak attack on the Land of Water's branch. After our personnel discovered them, a fierce battle ensued, resulting in over a hundred casualties on our side!" Mei Terumi said with a heavy heart.

"Phew~ Thank goodness! The number of dead and injured isn't as high as I thought." Upon hearing this, Shikaku immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought the problem was serious because he saw Terumi Mei's anxious expression earlier, but it turned out to be just this?

It's not a big problem; it shouldn't be the work of those barbarians from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Pinching his chin, Shikaku's internal storm flared up once again.

It's even less likely for those small ninja villages. Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, so even if the elite ninjas of Kirigakure are brought back to Konoha.

Small-scale hunts outside the village are manageable, but if the village is attacked, the remaining 10,000 or so ninjas are definitely not something those small ninja villages can handle.

Iwagakure ninja? To be determined!

No, no need to wait and see! It should be Ohnoki's doing.

That old man's favorite thing to do was to hire idle ninja organizations, or even rogue ninjas, to hunt down enemy village ninjas.

You could say that Onoki is a VIP client of the bounty agency, or even its number one sponsor.

"Sit down and wait for the Hokage to come and make a decision," Shikaku said calmly.

Although the damage to the Water Country branch was not significant this time, it was only the first test. If it was Onoki's doing, he would definitely continue to exert his strength.

"The Hokage is elusive, it's really not easy to find him," Mei Terumi said with some dissatisfaction.

"The Hokage is very busy." Shikaku had a headache, then continued, "Your dissatisfaction, and even the discontent of all of you, is the enemy's objective. Don't be easily fooled."

"I know!" Even though Mei Terumi is the Thunder Goddess of Kirigakure, the woman who could become the Fifth Mizukage, she's not just a pretty face with no brains. She's not weak in either ability or methods. As for her strength, she's so-so among Kage-level.

She was well aware of this kind of low-level provocation, but she was still uncomfortable. Rather than keeping it inside and making herself suffer, she decided to speak out directly.

"It feels so much better to say it out loud!" After calming down, Mei Terumi continued, "But this matter has to be dealt with. I can understand the ulterior motives of some people, but the people in the village may not be so sure."

"…………" Okay, okay, what you said makes a lot of sense.

Not long after, the Flying Thunder God team returned dejectedly.

"How is it? Did you find the Hokage?" Seeing the three return, Shikaku asked with a glimmer of hope, though his expression didn't look quite right.

"I'm very sorry, the Hokage is not home," Namiashi Raido said helplessly.

"Alright." Not too disappointed at not getting a satisfactory answer, Shikaku reorganized his thoughts and then addressed the advisory group directly: "Advisors, let's have a meeting to discuss this."

"Advisor Terumi Mei just received intelligence. The Water Country branch was attacked, resulting in numerous casualties. Furthermore, I suspect that this attack is just the beginning." Shikaku immediately relayed the intelligence about the Water Country branch and his own speculation.

"Advisor Terumi Mei, in the future, it's best to discuss these things with each other first, since we're all from the same village now," Koharu Utatane said bluntly.