My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 141 Old School and New School

The Hokage Building office.

Hyuga Yuto sat in the corner, pen and paper in hand, listening and writing, much like the meeting minutes from his previous life.

Inside the office, the village's top leaders gathered: Hiruzen Sarutobi, elders and advisors, ninja clan leaders, and the heads of Konoha Hospital and the Barrier Team...

All things considered, including Hyuga Yuto, there are a total of seventeen people.

"Sunagakure is about to collapse," Hiruzen Sarutobi said softly.

"You've all seen the 'truce request' that Sunagakure sent a few days ago. What are your thoughts? Tell me."

Danzo Shimura immediately replied:

"Let's stop the war with Sunagakure. Puppet masters are difficult to deal with on the battlefield, and it will be difficult for our forces to invade that desert country."

"That's what I think too." This time, Fugaku Uchiha sided with Danzo Shimura.

"Because of last year's rescue operation, Kumogakure has temporarily formed an alliance with us. If we can also appease Sunagakure, Konoha's enemies will only be Kirigakure and Iwagakure. The former is leaderless, and only the latter is worth being wary of. Looking at it this way, perhaps the war can be ended this year."

The high-ranking officials expressed their opinions, and the suggestion to end the war with Sunagakure was affirmed.

This is the third year of the war, and everyone has friends and relatives who have died on the front lines. Just last week, Fugaku Uchiha held a funeral for his uncle.

Hatred turns into numbness, and numbness turns into pain and exhaustion.

The leaders of the major ninja villages are not politicians hiding behind the scenes, but ninjas who may personally go into battle and risk their lives at any time, and they understand the cruelty of war better.

"Alright." Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded.

"Then let the Land of Wind submit a letter of negotiation. Their newly elected Kazekage is called... Rasa? Not a bad young man. It takes a lot of courage for him to take the initiative to bow his head."

The Hokage nodded to Danzo Shimura and said:

"Danzo, as before, you will draft the contents of the ceasefire agreement."

"Fine." Shimura Danzo sneered coldly.

"Then let the Land of Wind provide war reparations and a certain number of puppetry scrolls..."

The discussion about the ceasefire agreement in Sunagakure was quickly concluded, with remarkably high efficiency.

—All the senior executives in the office did not want to continue fighting with the Sand Village, a poor and reckless enemy. With their opinions in agreement, no complications arose, and Hiruzen Sarutobi was happy to go with the flow.

[Agreed to the peace negotiations with Sunagakure and allowed Danzo Shimura to draft the detailed treaty].

Hinata Yuto wrote this sentence and continued listening to the next topic of discussion among the higher-ups.

This is the third day after the New Year, and it is also the first high-level meeting in Konoha's 50-year history.

In the past few days, Hiruzen Sarutobi has publicly praised Yuto Hyuga on many occasions as "an indispensable right-hand man for the next Hokage," and even gave him the privilege of attending and learning from high-level meetings.

This isn't just a hint; it's a blatant declaration.

"Minato Namikaze will become the Fourth Hokage, and Yuto Hyuga will be a member of the new generation's core power." Two days before and after the New Year, everyone in Konoha Village knew about this.

Without Orochimaru, and with neither Jiraiya nor Tsunade having any interest in the Hokage position, no one was qualified to be Minato Namikaze's rival.

"...Therefore, the action against the Moon Goddess will remain on hold for the time being." The last item on the agenda was about the Moon Goddess, and out of caution, Hiruzen Sarutobi chose not to provoke her.

"Is there anyone else who wants to say something?" the Hokage asked, as was the normal procedure before the meeting ended.

"Hokage-sama." Hyuga Yuto raised his hand, scratched his head, and said embarrassedly:

"I have some ideas of my own..."

"Yuto, it's alright, speak up!" Hiruzen Sarutobi encouraged with a smile.

"It's a good thing that you've already developed your own insights just by sitting in on high-level meetings."

"Yes, Hokage-sama." Hyuga Yuto turned his head and said softly:

"Elder Danzo, regarding the peace treaty you drafted, was the only price the Land of Wind paid simply currency and the puppet scrolls?"

"Hmm." Danzo frowned.

"The economy of Sunagakure is very underdeveloped, which is already a major headache for them, and it was the same during the First and Second Shinobi World Wars."

His tone was unpleasant. The first point Hinata Yuto raised was about something he was in charge of, and even if it was out of public interest, it felt like he was deliberately targeting him.

"The compensation is good, but I think... I'd rather have a place than money."

"where?"

"Mount Tesso." Hyuga Yuto's tone was very calm:

"Located on the edge of the Land of Wind, very close to the Land of Fire, it is rich in a special metal with extremely high ductility, which is one of the main raw materials for puppet joints."

"We'll take this mountain back to make it harder for Sunagakure to make puppets. They'll either have to go through all the trouble of finding other mines, or they'll have to pay us to buy them."

The people in the office paused slightly, pondering Hinata Yuto's suggestion.

"It won't work!" Shimura Danzo shouted.

"It's simply not going to work! If we offer to cede Mount Tessaku, Sunagakure will never agree. They'll grit their teeth and continue fighting us."

"Then let's fight them." Hyuga Yuto said expressionlessly.

"Everyone who attacked Sunagakure was wiped out. Everyone knows that with the fragile economy of the Land of Wind, they are bound to fall. The new Kazekage is a guy who knows how to sacrifice and will compromise."

"You..." Shimura Danzo's expression changed:

"You're being too extreme, Hyuga Yuto."

"This is not extremism; it's maximizing the benefits of war."

"That's just sophistry!" Danzo said grimly.

"This could have uncontrollable consequences; absolutely not!"

Hyuga Yuto nodded thoughtfully, then his attitude suddenly changed, and he sneered:

"So, this kind of suggestion might lead to uncontrollable consequences... But Elder Danzo, your suggestion last month to [release the tailed beast inside the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to destroy Amegakure] also seems to be an irresponsible and extreme one."

The atmosphere in the office froze. The senior executives looked at Shimura Danzo and then at Hyuga Yuto, only to realize that Hyuga Yuto had never wanted Tessaku Mountain at all, but was taking this opportunity to teach Danzo a lesson!

As for why the "inferior" was reprimanded and warned, everyone present understood the reason behind it.

—It must have been Minato Namikaze who heard the news at the front lines and specifically gave this instruction before leaving.

While others are fighting desperately on the battlefield, single-handedly deterring foreign enemies, you are plotting behind their backs to send their beloved girl to her death. Even a clay figure has some temper. If Minato Namikaze had a worse temper, he might have used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kill them overnight!

As for why Hyuga Yuto stood up for Namikaze Minato and warned Shimura Danzo, it was actually a perfectly normal thing in everyone's eyes.

Perhaps this year, Minato Namikaze will succeed as Hokage, and Yuto Hyuga, as his most trusted and capable confidant, will definitely try to suppress the advisors of the Third Hokage's generation.

This is his duty, and also one of the village's unspoken rules. Otherwise, if Minato Namikaze were to take over, and no one listened to him, the Hokage would become a mere mascot, which would be a huge joke.

The changing of the guard and the clash between the old and new factions are, in a way, proof of the prosperity of Konoha Village.

(End of this chapter)