My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 169 The Time of Death

As time passed and Hyuga Yuto's Sage Mode neared completion, good news from the front lines spread back to the village like snowflakes.

The three kingdoms of Fire, Earth, and Wind swore an oath of non-aggression and formed an alliance beneath the statue of the Sage of Six Paths.

There was no further fighting on the western front of Konoha.

In the ninja world, apart from the Hidden Stone Village, Hidden Mist Village, and Hidden Cloud Village still fighting in the eastern region, the rest of the land has gradually returned to peace.

Konoha dispatched some troops to defend against Kirigakure and Kumogakure, while the remaining ninja returned to the village one after another, and Minato Namikaze would also return from the front lines.

Everyone saw the happy days that were about to come... except for Hinata Yuto.

"Huff... huff..."

Behind the Senju clan's territory, Hyuga Yuto bit into a tree trunk, his strong chewing muscles and teeth crushing the tree fibers and squeezing out green sap. He used so much force that his gums began to bleed, making him look ferocious and terrifying.

Extreme pain erupted from deep within his right eye, spreading from the nerves to every part of his body, as if ants of sulfuric acid were gnawing under his skin. This pain even drove the battle-hardened Hyuga Yuto to madness, causing him to pound his head repeatedly, wishing he could gouge his right eye out right now.

Gradually, the erosion ends, and the pain subsides.

Hinata Yuto lay on the ground like a dead dog, feeling as if he had been skinned and his bones cut off.

His body was covered in wounds and blood. The Caged Bird Infestation only affected his right eye, which was an external infection. These shocking wounds were all inflicted by Hyuga Yuto himself.

"The invasion and erosion occur every sixty days, but compared to the last time, this time it is much more serious... I definitely won't be able to withstand the next one, and I will have to get my eyes replaced."

"In other words, a single Byakugan from the main branch of the family can extend my life by four months."

I have eighteen months left.

Hyuga Yuto tilted his head, bit off a blade of grass from the side, chewed it in his mouth, and drew a cruel conclusion for himself:

"I won't live to see... the end of next year."

Five shokugan from the main family could only delay things until then.

He removed his headband and stroked the caged bird on his skin. Fifteen years had passed, and the fangs of death were finally closing in on the boy.

Hyuga Yuto lay there for a long time before putting on his headband and getting up to tidy up after regaining his strength.

His blood was everywhere in the area. Hyuga Yuto patiently collected everything that had been stained with his blood, set it on fire with explosive tags, and then used Lion's Fang Bite to destroy everything around him and erase all traces.

In order to avoid being noticed by others, he activated Creation Regeneration again, and only returned to the main house in the Thousand Hands clan's territory after his body was healed.

Although creation and regeneration consume a lot of life force, and lifespan decreases with use, it is a negligible problem for Hyuga Yuto, who theoretically cannot live to be two years old.

He brewed himself a pot of hot tea and pondered the critical problem that was pressing at his doorstep—during the next eye transplant surgery, when the eyeball was removed and transplanted, he had to enter Mask Mode to suppress the caged bird, but now, he had already used up all the God Masks he had.

Using Creation Regeneration to resist the Caged Bird Seal is absolutely not going to work. The intense pain from the Cursed Seal's eruption will distort your movements. Eye transplant surgery requires delicate operation, and maintaining hand stability is crucial.

After all the twists and turns, what's still missing is the mask of God.

To maximize lifespan and obtain a fifth eye, four more masks are needed.

With the war nearing its end, the method to obtain so many corpses of their own kind will likely fall to Hiashi Hyuga.

"But the key thing is... Miko's body has been blown to pieces." Hyuga Yuto rubbed his temples and downed his tea in one gulp, as if drinking a beverage.

Just then, a member of the secret service suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

"Lord Yuto, the Hokage requests your presence."

"Okay." Hyuga Yuto nodded and left with the Anbu.

In his office in the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi was carefully repairing his pipe with tools. He had smashed it in a fit of anger a dozen days ago, but he was heartbroken and would tinker with it whenever he had time. According to Tsunade, the pipe was a token of love given to her by Biwako, his teacher's wife. It was a treasure passed down from the Warring States period and had extraordinary significance.

"Yuto, sit down. How have you been lately?"

When Hiruzen Sarutobi saw Yuto Hyuga enter, he put away his pipe and immediately started making small talk.

Hyuga Yuto perked up. He had spoken with the Third Hokage many times and knew that the old man had a habit of starting with the small and working his way up when discussing important issues. His first question would be whether you had eaten, and his last question would be to ask you to kill someone's entire family.

"Very well, Hokage-sama. What are your orders?"

"Has your clan leader been making any unusual moves lately?"

"No." Hyuga Yuto thought for a moment and added:

"I haven't acted with the clan leader since that secret meeting with Miss Miko."

"Yes, continue to monitor him. I still trust Hiashi; he's not the kind of person who would joke about the safety of his clan."

"Yes, Hokage."

After a brief silence, Hiruzen Sarutobi calmly spoke:

"Minato will return to the village tomorrow. At that time, I will gradually hand over power to him. He will officially retire a month later and become the Fourth Hokage."

"Sigh, really, it's finally that time of year again." The elderly Hokage smiled.

"The last Hokage change was... twenty-five years ago."

"You young people have probably never seen anything like it. The daimyo of the Land of Fire will come, and other ninja villages will send famous ninjas to visit. Small fry won't do; that would be deliberately causing trouble and breaking the rules."

"You've been to the Fire Festival in the Land of Wind, right? You thought it was lively? Hey, Yuto, let me tell you, compared to our Konoha's coronation ceremony, the Fire Festival is nothing! A bunch of guys who eat sand in the desert have never seen real prosperity!"

"When I handed the Divine Robe to Minato, all the big trees in the village burst into bloom. This isn't Wood Release; it's an ancient magic trick that's been passed down for hundreds of years. The world's most skilled craftsmen will spend half a year carving the new Hokage's portrait. Just the selection of these craftsmen alone would stretch from here all the way to the village gate..."

"Abalone and shark meat from the Land of the Sea, color-changing gemstones from the Land of Demons, humanoid herbs from the Land of Waves, red soil from the Land of Whirlpools, advanced machinery from the Land of the Sky..."

The old man became more and more excited as he talked, and couldn't help but gesticulate wildly, as if he had become a child showing off his toys.

Hyuga Yuto didn't interrupt him, but simply smiled and listened as the old man recounted the glory of Konoha.

Sunlight shone on the Hokage's face, revealing rough, wrinkled skin that, against the backdrop of white hair, resembled the trunk of an old tree. The wide divine robe he wore seemed somewhat loose on his body.

He really has gotten old.

Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke for a long time, but then, for some reason, he suddenly froze, silently gazing at the Hokage Rock in the distance:

"When the Second Hokage handed the village over to me, Konoha was like this. I've been in power for twenty-five years. Yuto, tell me... have I lived up to his trust?"

Hyuga Yuto did not answer; he knew that Sarutobi Hiruzen was not really asking him.

"Yuto." The elderly Hokage snapped out of his daze:

"Although our Konoha may seem glorious, the crisis has never disappeared. The mysterious person who attacked Amegakure that night in conjunction with Jiraiya, and Shinji Tsukigami, each of them is capable of overthrowing the village."

"I'm old, and I may not have many years left to live. Koharu, En, Danzo and the others are no longer young. Sakumo had that incident, Orochimaru left, Jiraiya lost his legs, and Tsunade's hemophobia has never been cured... In the end, we old guys did not leave any valuable assets to the Fourth Hokage."

"But thankfully, I still have you."

"You've followed Minato through thick and thin for two years, you trust each other implicitly, and your talent and character are exceptional. With you assisting Minato, the village will become a better place."

"Yuto... go to the Anbu."

"You will first serve as the captain of the first squad."

"Minato will assume the position in one month, and you will become the first Anbu captain in Konoha's history!"

"Originally, the assassination tactical special forces only had squad leaders, but things are different now. Minato believes that setting up a ministerial position can greatly alleviate the pressure on the Kage and can stop the Kage from making mistakes in time, which is good for the village."

"Minato really trusts you, Yuto."

Hyuga Yuto remained silent, unsure how to respond, and simply bowed.

"Don't be nervous, Yuto, you have that ability," Hiruzen Sarutobi reassured him.

"Actually, when Minato mentioned this to me in his letter, I initially disagreed."

"But then I thought, this world will eventually be handed over to you young people, and an old guy like me shouldn't get in your way. So I decided to go against everyone's objections and forcefully push this through, which can also be considered a succession gift for Minato, hahaha..."

In the warm and bright Hokage's office, an elderly ninja, laughing heartily, and a silent young genius sit and stand, a perfect harmony of generational change.

"Let Hyuga Yuto become the first Anbu leader in Konoha's history."

This was almost the most regrettable decision Hiruzen Sarutobi ever made in his life.

(End of this chapter)