My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 132 The End of Konoha Year 49

Even in winter, the Land of Rain has no snow.

As early winter arrives, freezing rain falls on this country, and the mixture of ice and water crashes to the ground, forming a thin, transparent layer of ice on the soil and trees.

The ice was pale red, and frozen inside was the blood of ninjas.

They fought each other in life, but their blood mingled together in death... Perhaps the peace of ninjas can only be achieved in the underworld of the dead.

Late at night, in the Konoha camp of the Land of Rain.

Hyuga Yuto sat by the fire to warm himself. Ninjas also need to eat and wear clothes. When they encounter cold weather, they often need to use chakra to activate their cells to generate heat.

Of course, as the vice commander, Hyuga Yuto lived a comfortable life even on the front lines, as Konoha provided him with a good set of daily necessities.

He tossed a potato into the stove, causing it to spark, and then added a lot of dough made of meat and spices. These were similar to the "pre-cooked dishes" from his previous life, requiring no further processing and simply cooked through.

The logistics team knew that this deputy commander's cooking skills were like being under the Four Symbols Seal, so they specially prepared some semi-finished meatballs and vegetable balls. When Hyuga Yuto worked late into the night, he could just put them in the stove. The taste was passable, at least much better than the food he cooked himself.

Knock, knock, knock—a knock sounded at the door.

Hyuga Yuuto didn't even lift his eyelids:

"Come in."

"Yuto, are you eating?" Minato Namikaze appeared and sat down by the fireplace.

"Minato-senpai, um... a little bit?"

"Good!" said the gentle and handsome Minato with a smile.

"Let's talk while we eat."

After waiting for a while, once the "pre-cooked food" in the stove was cooked through, the two of them didn't go to the table but ate directly around the stove.

"This is so convenient," Minato Namikaze remarked after taking a bite of his rice ball.

"I need to get the logistics team to prepare some for me too."

"I remember your cooking was delicious, and wasn't there Kushina-senpai too?"

"We don't have that much time..." Minato Namikaze shook his head:

"Let's get down to business, Yuto. The village wants you to go back."

"Me? What mission do I have?"

"The Anbu who delivered the Hokage's warrant didn't say anything; it's probably just a normal shift."

Hyuga Yuto calculated the time and sighed:

"Indeed, it's time to go back to the village."

Half a year has passed since the "Moon Goddess Siege Battle".

Winter has returned to the ninja world. Konoha's 49th year is coming to an end, and the New Year is less than a month away.

Hyuga Yuto has been in the Land of Rain for nearly nine months. Even as the vice commander, it is indeed time for him to return to the village to recuperate.

"Yuto, don't worry about the western front. When you go back, Jiraiya-sensei will take over for you."

"Has Jiraiya-sama's injury healed?"

"That's about it. The teacher is the kind of person who can't stay still. He's been hiding in the Land of Hot Springs, soaking in hot springs, saying that gathering ingredients makes him happy and helps him recover faster, hahaha..."

"That's exactly what Jiraiya-sama would say." Hyuga Yuto paused, then continued:

"Minato-senpai, I remember you still have a few [special promotion] slots available..."

"Those spots have already been allocated to your three disciples; they were submitted last week," Minato Namikaze said sincerely.

"Mochizuki Ruri, Uchiha Shisui, and Aburame Shinno are all very outstanding children."

"...Thanks."

Hyuga Yuto sighed inwardly and cut a piece of roasted potato for Namikaze Minato.

No wonder he became Hokage. He worked tirelessly year-round after the war began, stepped in to take command when Orochimaru was in trouble, and his talent was almost overflowing. He even knew how to appease people and exchange benefits...

Nowadays, the calls for "Minato Namikaze to succeed as Hokage" are growing louder and louder. Whether it is the high-ranking officials, the villagers of Konoha, or the soldiers on the front line, they all overwhelmingly support Minato Namikaze.

"But speaking of which, Yuto," Minato Namikaze said, blowing on the potato in his hand before putting it in his mouth.

What are your thoughts on the Akatsuki organization?

"A major threat; possessing the Rinnegan and Wood Release, they harbor extreme hatred towards the village."

"Yeah, the Rinnegan is scary enough, but then a Wood Release user popped up, Tachibana Yuugi... his reputation is growing lately."

"Minato-senpai, Amegakure and Akatsuki are a great threat," Hyuga Yuto said softly, offering advice like a young, powerful sage concerned for the safety of his village.

"Perhaps we should wage war against them."

"It's difficult. I recently considered using the Flying Thunder God Technique to break in, but Amegakure is too closed off now, as mysterious as those two Rinnegan." Minato Namikaze suddenly laughed:

"Recently, I heard that some of the village's higher-ups have proposed using Jinchuriki to destroy Amegakure."

He was still smiling, handsome and gentle, but the smile was cold, suppressing his anger.

Hyuga Yuto raised an eyebrow, knowing that Kushina was Minato's Achilles' heel, and these words had definitely offended him.

"When I go back to the village, I'll see who made the suggestion."

"Thank you for your hard work, Yuto."

The flames burning in the stove seemed to grow even more comforting.

—The exchange of benefits will not alienate people from each other, but will only make them closer.

The two chatted for a long time until the charcoal fire in the stove was about to go out, at which point Minato Namikaze left.

Hinata Yuto leaned against the door, watching him leave.

The Konoha camp stretched out like a dragon, and the young member of the branch family watched the patrolling ninja squads, his eyes flickering with light.

After the Moon Goddess Siege, the Land of Rain entered a long tug-of-war phase, with the Fire, Earth, and Wind kingdoms fighting each other. Although the Hidden Rain Village would occasionally interfere, the overall situation was relatively stable, with the major ninja villages simply engaging in a procedural bloodbath of exchanging kills.

Tsunade returned to Konoha four months ago, interrupting the secret game between the master and disciple. Hyuga Yuto felt a little regretful, but he quickly adjusted his mood and thought that he would take advantage of this time to continue accumulating Hyuga corpses and make more Masks of God for future use.

Unexpectedly, this step went wrong.

The cause was still the Moon Goddess Siege. The Hyuga clan had paid a lot for Hiruzen Sarutobi's plan and cooperated very well, but in the end, they not only failed to gain any benefits, but also lost a girl of marriageable age from the main family!

To appease the Hyuga clan, the Hokage not only provided them with many resources but also implemented certain preferential policies.

One of them is "to protect the Byakugan to the greatest extent possible on the battlefield, and to submit a formal report on the disappearance of any Hyuga member!"

The original intention was to give the Hyuga family an explanation and protect the village's bloodline limit, but this policy has caused suffering for Hyuga Yuto.

—If too many Hyuga go missing at the front lines, he and Minato Namikaze will be held accountable by the Hokage. Moreover, if every order is investigated in a big way, they might discover that Yuto Hyuga has betrayed the clan.

There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. There are endless strange ninjutsu and secret techniques. Putting aside everything else, if we disregard the cost and impact, using the Impure World Reincarnation technique to investigate could uncover most of the secrets of the ninja world.

Therefore, Hyuga Yuto had to be extremely careful, which slowed down the process of collecting the corpses considerably.

Even if it's slow, at least he can get some corpses; Hyuga Yuto has no shortage of patience.

But once they return to the village, they will likely have no harvest at all.

Two more clones are needed. Uzumaki might be able to use Nagato's, but with that Sharingan that's hard to identify, the amount of flesh and blood is definitely not enough to create Uchiha clones.

To get what you want, you still need to use the Mask of God and take advantage of the Moon God's identity.

After thinking for a long time, Hyuga Yuto still had no clue. The predicament of being stuck halfway through made him very uncomfortable, but due to the suddenly strengthened Byakugan protection policy, he could only proceed with caution.

(End of this chapter)