Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 219 The Power of Ideas

On the boulder, Onoki looked down at the allied forces below with a gloomy expression.

But the way Minato looked at Onoki was equally strange.

It wasn't strange that Onoki would actually come to the front lines to observe the barracks. Onoki was used to the battlefield and confident in his own abilities. He would do anything, not just observe the barracks, but even go to the battlefield himself.

What's strange about Minato is that there's a Flying Thunder God mark he left on that stone!

The reason is simple: this valley has a gentle slope and two rivers nearby. How could such a good place be unwanted?

In fact, this is a piece of farmland in Iwagakure Village, but it's winter now and nothing is being planted.

Although there was no farmland, two teams of ninjas were stationed here to guard against wild boars and the like, but the Guining Army drove them away when they arrived.

The Guining Army chased after them for several hundred meters, but retreated when they saw that the mountain was too difficult to climb. During the retreat, Minato left Flying Thunder God seals at places along the way where ninjas might appear.

One of the marks is at the foot of Onoki.

Given Minato's attack speed and Onoki's elderly reaction time, if Minato were to suddenly unleash the Flying Thunder God Technique now, it would be possible for him to kill Onoki.

Even if Onoki knew that Minato could use the Flying Thunder God Technique and took precautions, it was useless.

Minato lowered his head, his lips remaining still, yet his voice reached Nara Shikaku's ears: "I'm confident I can kill Onoki. Shall we make our move?"

Nara Shikaku's eyes widened suddenly, then calmed down.

He looked at Minato with a look of astonishment, then at Onoki, who was about to speak on the rock.

Although I knew Minato was powerful and fought alongside him for several years, the opponents I faced before were just ordinary Jonin.

Now a Tsuchikage has appeared, and you just say you'll kill him?

Emotional forbearance is the limit for the opposing village, not your limit?

After thinking for a moment, Nara Shikaku shook his head and whispered, "We can't kill him, but we must leave a Flying Thunder God mark on him!"

Minato nodded, then looked at Onoki, wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Which one of you is Minato Namikaze?" Onoki asked, but his eyes were fixed on Minato Namikaze.

Having been involved in intelligence gathering for years, how could he not recognize Minato Namikaze? It was just a little pre-battle tactic.

"That is me!" Minato stepped forward and replied loudly.

"Since you are juniors, why have you launched an attack on my Iwagakure without provocation?" Onoki asked angrily. "There is no war between our Iwagakure and your Konoha!"

"I have come here not to invade, but for peace!" Minato said, pulling a book from his robes. "This is our organization's guiding principle; you may take a look!"

"If your village is willing to lay down its weapons and join our Ning organization, this battle will naturally cease, and we will no longer need to stand stalemate here!"

Onoki frowned: "What is the Ning Organization?"

"It's all in the book, you'll know as soon as you look!" Minato said, tossing the book in his hand, which then spun and flew toward Onoki.

Onoki casually caught it, then looked at the cover: Ning Organization Popular Education Manual?

"I'll read it!" Onoki said, then turned and left with the book.

He did want to have a serious talk with Minato, but the premise was that you had to know what you were facing and what your opponent's demands were.

He had always thought his opponent was Hiruzen Sarutobi, but now it seems that he wasn't.

"Lord Tsuchikage?" Old Purple and Han looked completely bewildered. "Is it over already? Don't we have to fight them and test their strength?"

"No rush!" Onoki waved his hand. "Let me study this first, and then we'll talk about the so-called Ning Organization!"

"Uh," Lao Zi and Han nodded speechlessly, but then they saw that Onoki had already opened the book.

"The Ning Organization is an organization rooted in the masses and serving the people. Therefore, all members of the Ning Organization must remember the organization's first core tenet: Serving the people—Ning Yuan!"

"Tch!" Onoki glanced at the contents of Hiyoko's book, unimpressed.

I've never seen any ninja village claim to serve the people; aren't they all serving the daimyo?

That's ridiculous.

Scroll down further, and you'll find a table of contents.

The Origins of Organizations

Organizational establishment and development

Organizational Program

Organizational Structure

Organizational goals

Organizational growth.

Just looking at this table of contents made Ohnoki frown deeply.

He had already felt the pressure from the Ning organization.

After all, which ninja village doesn't treat its origins, principles, and structure as top secret?

But this organization dares to write about it in a book, telling you clearly and explicitly!

Is this confidence or arrogance?

Onoki closed the book and turned it over to look at the back.

"Published by Mingchuan People's Publishing House, suggested retail price: 66 taels."

This is actually a book that is sold to the public!

Onoki opened the book again, and the expression on his face gradually became calm.

The history of the organization, its establishment and development, is basically a story of the growth of a genius. Its protagonist is named Hyuga Neon, a member of the Hyuga branch family.

The book also describes in detail the Hyuga clan's branch family system.

Having discovered the truth about Konoha Village's suppression of geniuses, coupled with the pressure exerted by the Hyuga main family on the branch family, he decided to hide his talent and prepare to become famous as a singer.

Since he's a singer, he naturally has to perform everywhere.

During the performance, he witnessed the oppression of commoners by nobles, bandits, merchants, and even ninjas.

These people wield power, force, or wealth—things that ordinary people never possess. As a result, the lives, property, safety of their families, and even basic needs of the common people are no longer in their own hands, but have become objects of wanton plunder by these nobles, bandits, and merchants.

The fate of the Hyuga branch family was already tragic, but the suffering of the common people in the ninja world was ten thousand times greater!

Under these circumstances, Ning Yuan made a grand vow to bring peace to the world and enable all people to stand up. In order to realize this grand vow, he created the Ning Organization.

"Hiss," Onoki thought, feeling a slight toothache upon seeing this.

Is Ning Yuan a real person, or is it just a fabricated story?

But if it's a fictional character, there's no reason to put that person in the Hyuga clan.

Keep reading.

Hyuga Neon knew that one person's strength was insignificant, so he sought out Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin.

As the granddaughter of the First Hokage, Tsunade naturally inherited the First Hokage's ideal of world peace. After Ning Yuan explained his ideal to Tsunade, he gained her approval, and Tsunade joined Ning's organization.

"Tsunade?" Onoki frowned even more deeply. She was persuaded so easily? You're one of the Legendary Sannin, how could you be so easily swayed by a child? What happened to your unwavering will as a ninja?

As Ōnoki continued reading, his lips began to twitch uncontrollably. On just one page, Orochimaru had joined the fray, as had Sakumo Hatake, Kakashi Hatake, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki.

I don't know who Kushina Uzumaki is?

It's alright, it's already written in the book. This name is specifically marked as the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha Village.

Everyone in the village probably knows who the jinchūriki is, but it has to be kept secret from outsiders.

But this book tells you all about it so clearly!

That concludes the discussion of the organization's origins.

Then comes the establishment and development of the organization.

Ning Yuan, who still had to attend school, sent Tsunade to develop the organization. Tsunade believed that the strength of the Hokage faction in Konoha was too great and would not be conducive to the organization's development. Therefore, she used all the wealth of the Senju clan to buy the position of Lord of Mingchuan Castle from the Daimyo and began to develop her influence in Mingchuan Castle.

"Mingchuan Castle!" Onoki knew this name. The explosive tags that his village was currently buying seemed to be produced in Mingchuan Castle!

At this moment, Onoki felt inexplicably speechless.

So Ning's organization's products have already penetrated Iwagakure?

but

Why do you complain that the Hokage's power is too great? Aren't you the Hokage's disciple?

Thinking about how the Hokage suppressed geniuses, as mentioned earlier, Onoki seemed to be deep in thought.

Keep reading.

Orochimaru was ordered by the Hokage to research Wood Release. Because Mingchuan Town lacked talent, Orochimaru used the pretext of human experimentation to transfer a large number of people from Konoha to Mingchuan Town for Tsunade's development.

During this time, Ning Yuan discovered that Yakushi Nonou, the director of the Konoha Village Orphanage, was a talented person. So he invited Yakushi Nonou to join the organization and began to train and recruit talent. This task fell to Yakushi Nonou, who was often out collecting orphans.

In Konoha 43, the Daimyo conceived the idea of ​​forming the Twelve Guardian Ninja. The Ning organization sent people to infiltrate them and took the opportunity to control the Daimyo. They then used the Daimyo's name to issue orders to various cities and summon their lords. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Ning organization controlled all the towns in the Land of Fire within a year and a half.

"Hiss!" When Onoki saw this, his feeling was not just shock, but also awe!

Is this even possible?

That's right, all ninjas know genjutsu, so controlling a daimyo is a piece of cake.

Why didn't I think of that?

It wasn't just me; it seems like none of the other Kage from the other ninja villages could have come up with this idea either.

Yes, why didn't anyone think of that? Once we control the daimyo, why would we worry about not having enough funds? Wouldn't we be able to have as much money as we want?

But

It seems too late to discover this method now; they've already come knocking on our door.

They even told you their entire background, which clearly means that even if you know their secrets, you still can't beat them!

Keep reading.

After taking control of the Land of Fire, Ning's grand ambitions began to unfold step by step.

As a first step, they distributed all the land they controlled from the nobles to the commoners.

The second step was to take all the money from these nobles and use it to build roads, schools, and factories.

Third, they formed an army and guard composed of ordinary people to protect the city and suppress bandits.

In just six months, all the mountain bandits and river pirates in the entire Fire Kingdom were wiped out, and all trade routes within the Fire Kingdom were reopened.

Fourth, Ning contacted the Akatsuki organization within the Land of Rain, which shared similar ideologies. After some discussion, the two organizations merged into one.

The Ning organization cooperated with the Akatsuki organization to defeat Hanzo and take control of the Land of Rain. During this time, they encountered Hanzo's reinforcements, Danzo and Sarutobi Shinnosuke from Konoha.

The Ning organization obtained crucial evidence to overthrow Hiruzen Sarutobi from Danzo and Shinnosuke, and two years later, taking advantage of the Sunagakure invasion, Konoha's main forces being away and the Hokage's strength being greatly reduced, they launched a sudden attack.

First, the Uchiha clan took down Hiruzen Sarutobi, and then the Ning organization took down the Uchiha clan.

During this time, Hyuga Neon also did a small favor.

He took control of the entire Hyuga main family, sealed their chakra, and turned them into ordinary citizens. He also removed the Caged Bird Seal from the heads of the branch family members, thus liberating the Hyuga clan.

"No wonder I said that Hyuga didn't have the Caged Bird Seal on his head!" Onoki had originally thought that the Hyuga behind Minato was from the main family, but now he understood that it wasn't the main family, but a branch family that had removed the Caged Bird Seal.

After that, history ends here.

Looking at the book's printing date, it was before Ning's organization took over Sunagakure, so the history hadn't been updated to this point yet.

But based on what has already been said, it's enough for Onoki to understand this organization.

"So, my opponent is such a force!" Unbeknownst to him, Onoki's forehead was already covered in a dense layer of sweat.

He took control of the Land of Fire, moved the nobles, wiped out the mountain bandits, took control of the Land of Rain, became the Hokage, and suppressed the Uchiha clan.

Each of these events, taken individually, is a major event capable of suppressing the world, yet an organization managed to wipe them all out in just four years!

Even compared to these major events, reforming the Hyuga clan and removing the Caged Bird Seal that the Hyuga clan has inherited for hundreds of years seem like minor matters!

He did a quick calculation and realized that although he didn't know what the Land of Fire was like under Ning's rule, even just considering the fact that it controlled a daimyo, Konoha's finances were so abundant that they were the envy of many.

No, it's not just Konoha.

Now that they've joined Ning's organization, Sunagakure is no longer short of money!

Two well-off ninja villages joined forces to attack Iwagakure, a village that, while not lacking in funds, was not particularly wealthy.

Is there any chance of winning?

Moreover, the foundation of Onoki and even the Land of Fire goes far beyond this.

It's a very simple principle. Back then, the Land of Rain didn't have any daimyo, and it was a unified ninja country. Just look at the potential for war that could have broken out.

He could take on three opponents at once and persist for many years!

The reforms that the Land of Fire is currently undertaking are far more thorough than those of Hanzo back then!

Onoki breathed a sigh of relief and continued reading.

The Ning organization has one leader, seven top committee members, and thirteen departments. Each department is further divided into several levels, such as ministries, departments, bureaus, and institutes, depending on its location.

The book not only clearly states who the leader is, who the committee members are, who the department heads and deputy heads are, but also includes photos with their resumes written below them.

For example, Minato Namikaze held the position of Military Commissioner among the Seven Committee Members, and concurrently served as Minister of the Military Department.

The resume is as follows:

The organization's members graduated from the Ninja Academy five years prior and were promoted to Chunin the following year.

I joined the organization in its inaugural year and was responsible for recruiting and training new members.

Promoted to Jonin in two years

At the end of the second year, the war between Konoha and Iwagakure broke out, and they went to the front line to fight against Sunagakure.

He served as a military commissioner and head of the military department for four years, primarily responsible for operations against Sunagakure and Iwagakure villages.

"So the one who came to attack my Iwagakure this time is actually a committee member?" Onoki was somewhat surprised, after all, according to the description in this book, the position of a committee member must be quite high.

After all, a Shadow can only govern a village, while a Military Commissioner can mobilize the entire army of the Fire Kingdom, and even the Wind Kingdom and the Rain Kingdom!

He even considered that it was probably because he, the Tsuchikage, was too powerful that Minato was sent. If it were any other village, given the strength of the Ning organization, they could probably wipe it out with just anyone.

Look at Kusagakure, it was a ninja village that had existed for decades, but it was wiped out because it blocked the path of the Ning organization.

Looking further down, we see the goals of the Ning organization.

It's very simple here, just a few pages.

To summarize, the goal was to unify the ninja world, restore peace to the world, and bring tranquility to the people.

Therefore, the army under Ning's command was called the Guining Army.

Further down, the Ning organization grew.

This section is the longest; the previous sections combined only account for one-fifth of the total, while this remaining part takes up four-fifths.

Ōnoki looked down and saw that it was an introduction to the specific policies implemented by the Ning organization in various places.

For example, how was education popularized, how was the police station built, how were roads constructed, how was healthcare popularized, how was corruption combated, how were bandits eradicated, what is the organizational structure of a village or town, how were local thugs and bullies dealt with, and how was the problem of insufficient drinking water for villagers solved?

Huh?

At first, Ohnoki just read it as a storybook, but as he read on, he felt something was wrong.

This is written in far too much detail.

If it's just about praising someone's achievements, there's no need to write so much; a brief summary would suffice.

But the book is so detailed that even Onoki felt he could follow it!

"No, this book is meant to teach people how to do things!" Based on the previous content, Ning's organization has always lacked talent. Although education has been popularized, education, like farming, takes time to yield results.

That's why Ning's organization compiled this textbook. As long as a person is literate and understands some principles, and follows what is written in the book, they will most likely be able to manage a village or even a town!

After all, if you can't do it yourself, can't you at least copy it?

Many basic things, such as building bridges and roads, digging wells and rivers, and constructing schools and hospitals, follow the same principles.

Even Onoki found that he could follow the book's instructions. If he modified Iwagakure according to the book's framework, his workload would be reduced, and Iwagakure would be better in every aspect!

"That's right, this is a textbook, a textbook specifically revised for, well, for lower-level managers!!"

Before they knew it, Onoki had already reached the top of the mountain.

But I've only read half of the book in my hand.

"Lord Tsuchikage, Lord Tsuchikage?" Several calls from the side finally woke the Tsuchikage, who was still engrossed in the book.

"What is it?" Onoki looked up and realized that the person speaking was the ANBU member in charge of communications.

What bad news has arrived this time?

It was definitely bad news, because the member of the secret service looked uneasy and anxious.

"According to reports from the border outposts, Kakashi's army has moved north!"

"Let them come!" Onoki said nonchalantly, "I'm not worried about having too many lice, and I'm not itchy about having too many debts."

However, he did recall that Kakashi's father, Sakumo Hatake, was also a member of the Ning organization, some kind of disciplinary committee member.

However, his position as disciplinary inspector only covers official discipline, not military discipline, so he probably won't be coming back until the Land of Earth is settled.

"No, Tsuchikage!" the ANBU member said anxiously, "Kakashi has headed north, but not towards us, he's heading towards the Daimyo's capital!"

"Huh?" Onoki was taken aback.

"The daimyo should have received the news by now!" the ANBU said. "We should receive a letter from the daimyo requesting reinforcements soon!"

Speak of the devil, and he appears! A secret agent hurriedly climbed up the mountain from the village, carrying a letter in his hand.

"Lord Tsuchikage, a letter from the Daimyo!"

Onoki didn't answer. After all, even a fool could tell what the daimyo had said in the letter—it was nothing more than a request for help.

But how can I respect you? Minato Namikaze is right down the mountain. Do you think I would dare send someone out?

I won't go; sending people there would be suicide.

I'm gone. My Hidden Stone Village is gone.

As for sending a dust escape to the camp below?

Onoki had considered doing this, but that was before he saw the "Ning Organization Popular Education Manual".

And now?

He just wanted to keep looking ahead.

After flipping through the table of contents, Onoki asked, "Do you know how they'll deal with the daimyo?"

The two secret agents exchanged glances, then shook their heads: "We don't know!"

"They would arrest the daimyo and his family, confiscate his property, and then investigate whether he had committed any crimes or oppressed the people. If he had, he would be taken to the busiest street in the daimyo prefecture, publicly tried in front of the people, and then executed."

"If he is a good person, who has never killed anyone or bullied his people, he will be stripped of his daimyo title and become an ordinary citizen, but his property will still be confiscated!"

The two ANBU members were stunned, and they looked at their Tsuchikage with some strange expressions.

How do you know so much? You wouldn't happen to be Tong Ning, would you?

You're the Earth Shadow!

"Why are you looking at me like that? This is all written in the book!" Onoki waved the book in his hand, looking at the two people's dumbfounded expressions. To be honest, he felt quite accomplished.

"Oh, there's more. The Ning organization practices monogamy. The daimyo has so many wives, he can only choose one of them, and the others have to be divorced. If no one is willing to be with him, the daimyo might have to remain a bachelor!" Onoki imagined what the daimyo was like and his temper.

Their daimyo of the Land of Earth is only 1.5 meters tall and is a 60-year-old man. He has a bad temper and a stubborn personality. His first and second wives were driven to their deaths by him.

His third wife is only 36 years old this year, and his concubines are even younger.

If he were still a famous man, there would be no problem. But if he were demoted to a commoner, probably none of his wives would choose to stay with him.

Maybe Daming will really end up a bachelor!

Thinking of this, Onoki chuckled to himself.

"Lord Tsuchikage?" a member of the ANBU asked cautiously, "Should we surrender?"

Onoki's face darkened: "Who said we were going to surrender?"

"But you seemed quite pleased to hear that they were attacking Daming Prefecture!"

"How could I be happy? How could I be happy? Huh?" Onoki was taken aback. To be honest, he was actually quite happy when he thought about the daimyo possibly suffering.

But how could that be? Daming and I have been best friends for decades!

"It's a book!" Onoki suddenly looked down at the book in his hand. "It's this book!"

"The book has been shrouded in illusion?" the Anbu exclaimed. "Then you'd better throw it away right now, Tsuchikage-sama!"

If this person wasn't the Tsuchikage, the Anbu would probably have just grabbed him!

"There's no illusion magic!" Onoki shook his head. "But it's more terrifying than illusion magic!"

Although he hadn't finished reading the book yet, he had read a large part of it. At first, he read it with a sense of rejection and research, but as he read, he inexplicably began to identify with Ning's organization.

Watching the Ning organization grow stronger day by day, seeing them interrogate nobles, behead corrupt officials, and use various methods to wipe out bandits, his heart would unconsciously feel both excited and worried.

So much so that when Onoki heard the news that his daimyo prefecture was under attack, his first thought was not to send reinforcements, but rather, "Well done!"

After all, no one knew better than him how extravagant and decadent Daimyo's life was.

Not to mention his numerous wives and children, forcibly abducting women and oppressing the people was commonplace, and corruption was taken for granted.

After all, in the Land of Earth, corruption is not even a crime.

As for the land annexation mentioned in the book, that's not true.

Because Iwagakure Village has little land and no room for reclamation, all arable land has already been cultivated.

Therefore, the land of the Land of Earth was occupied by daimyo and nobles eight hundred years ago.

There's no new land, so where would the land for consolidation come from?

In the past, Onoki wouldn't have cared much; after all, that's how things have been going for hundreds of years!

But after reading the "Ning Organization Popular Education Manual," he immediately realized how heinous and monstrous his actions were.

This book really taught him a lot.

After reading the book, he even understood why the Iwagakure ninjas had quantity but no quality, because he had made the same mistake as the nobles and Hiruzen Sarutobi: blocking the spread of knowledge.

This book contains no illusions whatsoever, yet it is more terrifying than any illusion.

Because the book contains an idea—a new idea that everyone is equal, everyone can receive education, and everyone can have enough to eat and wear.

This idea is greater than the will of any village and stronger than any principle in the world.

Onoki even believed that the reason these two ANBU members still looked at him with such admiration was simply because they hadn't read the book.

After reading this book, they no longer looked at themselves with admiration, but with anger.

Because he himself also embezzled, practiced nepotism, and blocked knowledge, just not as disgusting as Hiruzen Sarutobi.

At least he wouldn't kill a talented person.

So, according to the rules of the Ning organization, how should I be dealt with?

Onoki recalled his crimes. He admitted that he had indeed embezzled, but not much. It was just enough to supplement his household expenses. Confiscating his family property would be sufficient.

To start a war?

I only thought about it, but didn't have time to do it, so it doesn't count as a crime.

Nepotism and the suppression of knowledge?

This is indeed a big problem, but the Ning organization has defined this behavior as historical inertia.

In other words, these are outdated and harmful customs passed down from history, a mark of an era, and cannot be blamed on any individual.

So, will I be stripped of my family property and, like my father, demoted to a commoner?

But I have mastered Dust Release, so at least I have a skill, and I won't be as miserable as the Daimyo.

I can apply for jobs at schools, and I'm sure no school will reject me!

He might even become a university professor.

Professors have high salaries and high social status!

Moreover, the job is easy, unlike being the Tsuchikage who has to worry about so many things!

Well, not only do I know Dust Release, but I've also lived long enough to be a living history book. Maybe while I'm a ninjutsu professor, I can also take on the role of a history professor!

What should I do? I'm starting to like it!

"Lord Tsuchikage, Lord Tsuchikage?" Two ANBU members stretched out their hands and waved them in front of him.

"I'm fine!" Onoki thought for a moment, then handed the book to the Anbu: "Print 100,000 copies of this book, and give one to everyone in the village!"

"what?"

"Once it's printed, you have to send it back to me. I haven't finished reading it yet!"

(End of this chapter)