My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 71 All Parties

"Arrogant!"

In the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his palm heavily on the table, causing the scroll filled with information to fall and hit Danzo Shimura's foot.

"Don't be angry, Hiruzen." Shimura Danzo picked up the scroll:

"Anger can make people lose their minds."

"I never thought I'd be lectured by you one day..." Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, suppressing his surging anger:

"Danzo, what do you think?"

"It's clearly stated in the intelligence report," Shimura Danzo replied.

"Shinji Hyuga's eyes have been taken away. In the past few days, several nursery rhymes have appeared in the Land of Hot Springs. Piecing together the information from each song, we get the information that 'under the promotion of the gold exchange, the Byakugan is used to exchange for the Corpse Bone Pulse.' Each song contains little useful information, but the meaning when put together is very coherent. The possibility of it being false information is extremely low."

The Third Hokage lit his pipe and exhaled a smoke ring with a puff:

"Does Bessura know about the disappearance of Shinji Hyuga and his assassins?"

"It hasn't leaked out yet, but it's not impossible. We've been fighting with Kumogakure and Kirigakure too frequently these past few months."

"What did Kirigakure say?"

"They seem to be verifying the authenticity of the information. Their think tank over there thinks this is a trap we set. Hey, a bunch of idiots..."

"The Land of Water certainly has reason to think that way." Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment, then continued:

"Have you found the source of these children's songs?"

"Can't find it, there are too many itinerant vendors."

"Tell me your thoughts, Danzo. I know you're an expert on this kind of thing."

"...Okay." The man with bandages wrapped around his head and half his cheek said casually.

"I think it might be an internal problem at the exchange. Exchanging eyelids for corpse bone veins is a big deal. Whoever pulls it off will be favored by the highest levels of the exchange. Maybe that lucky person was targeted by a colleague... who deliberately leaked information to sabotage the deal."

"That possibility is indeed very high."

"However, that's not the most important thing, Hiruzen." Shimura Danzo grinned.

"Give the order, Hokage-sama. What should we do?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi stubbed out his pipe, stared at the towering Hokage Rock in the distance, and said decisively:

"Send someone over there to sabotage the deal and reclaim the Byakugan. That eye belongs to the Hyuga, and the Hyuga belongs to the village!"

"That's more like it... Lord Hokage."

Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around, preparing to discuss what level of combat power would be appropriate to send, but in the instant he turned back, he suddenly saw his own reflection in the glass.

Less than five months after the war began, my hair had turned quite a bit white again...

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed inwardly.

It's time to consider candidates for the next Hokage...

……

Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon frowned as he looked at the group of people in front of him.

His appearance was strange; he had long orange hair that reached his waist, sharp teeth, and green stripes painted on his cheeks. In a way, he did resemble a watermelon, but a rotten one.

Of course, most of those who dared to make fun of him to his face as a "watermelon" were torn to pieces by him.

He was the leader of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, one of the pinnacle sword wielders, and a demon of murder.

However, even the most ruthless killer was merely frowning, restraining himself from taking any excessive action.

"Kaguya Morinosuke, you bastard, what are you doing bringing your clansmen here... I told you, I'm the boss of this battlefield."

"Don't be so heartless, buddy." Kaguya Morinosuke took off his straw hat, revealing the distinctive physical feature of the Kaguya clan—a red dot between his eyebrows, making him look somewhat frail.

But the entire ninja world knows how ferocious the Kaguya clan is when they fight. Their brutal taijutsu and strong physique are enough to make most taijutsu specialists feel ashamed.

"Our Kaguya clan has been transferred to the battlefield in the direction of Kumogakure. The Raijutsu are the perfect opponents for us." Kaguya Morinosuke took out a scroll:

"I've come to you to ask for your help. Please select some reliable people to follow me. This is the Mizukage's order."

Suigetsu Hozuki took the reel, glanced at it, and then expressionlessly tossed it behind him. Samehada gleefully ripped the reel to shreds.

"I will obey the orders of the Mizukage."

He didn't say the rest of his sentence, but Kaguya and the others already knew what he was going to say.

—Who do you think you are? You dare to order me around just because you have the Water Shadow's warrant?

"Oh dear, your temper really hasn't changed at all..." Kaguya Morinosuke shook his head:

"Tell me, how can you help us?"

boom!

The enormous sharkskin was plunged upside down into the ground, smashing countless spiderweb-like cracks into the hard rock.

The Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon grinned, revealing its ferocious, sharp teeth.

"So, we're still going to fight? Just like before, you naughty little watermelon..." Kaguya Morinosuke closed his eyes, and the next moment, his quiet and gentle demeanor vanished. More than twenty sharp, thick bone spurs erupted from his body, making him look like a ferocious demon.

"...I've been looking forward to this reunion for a long time."

……

"Aaaaaah! That wretched Minato Namikaze, he's gone to the Land of Rain?!"

The burly man with a small mustache roared and stomped down hard, shattering the cliff face:

"Damn it! We haven't decided a winner yet!"

Beside him, Killer Bee, wearing sunglasses, shook his head and said in a very irritating way:

"You bastard's boss, danger! Handsome old man... Ouch!"

"Kirabi." The burly man's eyes flashed with a fierce light.

"If you dare say another word..."

The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki shrugged, made a gesture of admitting defeat, and grinned without any seriousness.

Just then, a bird flew swiftly from a distance, circled over Killer Bee's head, cried out a few times, and dropped down a piece of intelligence.

The burly man snatched it, glanced at it a few times, and suddenly burst into laughter:

"The Kaguya clan has arrived on the battlefield..."

"Konoha has also sent many skilled fighters here."

"Gold Exchange? Rolled Eyes? Corpse Bone Pulse?"

"You coward who only dares to plot behind the scenes! I am the A-rank of Kumogakure! Killer Bee, what... what are you doing?"

"Oh?" The Jinchūriki raised the pen and paper in his hand:

"Hey bro, you were really impressive with that line! I'm an A-rank from Cloud Village... Ouch!"

……

Hinata Yuto opened his eyes and was greeted by the secret underground base, which still had the "Frankenstein's monster atmosphere".

He stretched his neck and carefully wrote a long string of words on the scroll. These were the achievements he had made during his trip out these past few days. Minato Namikaze had gone to the Land of Rain, so Orochimaru had become his reporting contact.

After writing it down, he had a slug deliver it. The boy who had separated from the family stretched and then got up.

He picked up the mask.

(End of this chapter)