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Chapter 251 Capturing the Bloodstained Ninja & Hiruzen Sarutobi's First Meeting with Itachi Uchiha

"The Hyuga main family? That's quite a rare find!"

Uzumaki Munen looked at Hyuga Hiki, who was forced to kneel before him and looked resentful, and smiled.

After all, since the beginning of the ninja village era, or since the Hyuga clan implemented the main family and branch family system, this is the first Hyuga main family member to be captured by an outsider.

Moreover, given the Byakugan's exceptional strategic capabilities and the fact that the enemy was captured in the Uzumaki clan's homeland, the significance of this capture was all the more profound.

"What are you looking at? Do you know who I am?"

Hyuga Hiki looked at the tent full of Mist Ninja. Even though he was terrified, he still threatened them with a fierce exterior, outwardly weak but inwardly ruthless, due to the elegant appearance of the Hyuga clan's main family and the slight disbelief that this was a realistic fantasy.

"Heh, don't worry, we're not bad guys. You're quite strong, young man, not bad... Judging from your appearance, you're probably still a virgin, right? Trust me, I guarantee I'll make you lose all interest."

Uzumaki Munen stood up and looked Hyuga Hiki up and down. His gaze made Hyuga Hiki shudder, and she couldn't help but tense her thighs and shrink her anus.

Uzumaki Munen paid no attention to his wary behavior and turned to signal the ninja beside him to take him away.

"Apply for local applications and issue contribution point tasks. There are no restrictions on identity or level. Any woman who can have a child with this guy will be rewarded with 3,000 contribution points. If the child has a bloodline limit, the reward will be 30,000 points!"

According to the current regulations of Kirigakure, disregarding identity restrictions, 3,000 contribution points are enough to buy a C-rank ninjutsu, and 30,000 contribution points are enough to buy a B-rank ninjutsu. Therefore, such a contribution point reward is quite substantial for ordinary people.

At first, Hyuga Hiki didn't realize what was going on and was still thankful for saving his chrysanthemum, but he quickly realized what Uzumaki Muneto was trying to do—he was going to use him as a breeding pig, as the breeding mother (male) of the Kirigakure Hyuga!

His face turned deathly pale instantly. If the blood in his white eye was really due to his own fault, he felt he might as well sell his genitals to the Uzumaki sect!

"Notify all squads that when encountering bloodstained ninjas, prioritize your own safety while attempting to capture them alive!"

Uzumaki Muneto naturally ignored Hyuga Hiki's thoughts and turned to instruct his subordinates.

"Depending on the rarity of the Bloodline Limit possessed by the captured Bloodline Ninja, the capturer will receive between 6,000 and 30,000 contribution points!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the many ninjas present instantly gleamed.

Even the lowest-level reward is basically equivalent to the reward you get from completing two C-level missions.

These people had just been envious of the mission involving Hyuga Himi, but unfortunately, only women could complete that mission, so no matter how envious they were, it was useless.

However, this mission is different. This mission does not restrict gender. The only factor affecting the reward is the rarity of the captive's Bloodline Limit, so even they can participate.

Even though the ninjas standing in this tent are at least Jonin, this is something that can be done almost effortlessly for them, and they can earn at least 6,000 contribution points. It's incredibly worthwhile.

It's important to understand that capturing prisoners is unlike any other mission. The key to this mission is to capture some bloodline limit holders with reproductive capabilities from Konoha. Therefore, even if it's a child or a newly graduated genin, the rewards are on par with those for enemy chunin and jonin.

For these Jonin, capturing just one Genin would grant them at least two C-rank ninjutsu, and capturing more would allow them to learn an additional B-rank or even A-rank ninjutsu—it was like a dream come true.

"Excellent... the morale of the troops is high!"

Looking at the excited ninjas in front of him, Uzumaki Munen felt very excited.

This order, including the decision regarding Hyuga Hiki, was something Uzumaki Muneto had just come up with.

The reason I thought of this was because I remembered the group of bloodstained ninjas that Hozuki Shingetsu sent to the Eastern Continent several years ago.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of the original Bloodstained Ninja over the past few years, working day and night, in shifts around the clock, Kirigakure now has 86 new Bloodstained Ninja.

This fully verifies the feasibility of Hozuki Shingetsu increasing the number of Bloodstained Ninjas through this production method.

Based on this, Uzumaki Munen proposed a further idea during this war: to capture enemy ninjas and force them to become breeding boars, thus creating a continuous supply of bloodstained ninjas for Kirigakure.

Actually, the idea of ​​capturing enemy ninjas and then treating them like breeding sows to steal their bloodline limits isn't new in the history of the ninja world. However, this method of using trickery to steal someone's bloodline limits can easily provoke retaliation from the enemy.

Therefore, in the ninja world, such things are basically done in secret, and no one will implement this policy openly.

For example, the most classic example is the Magnet Release Bloodline Limit of the Hidden Cloud Village. As is well known, the Magnet Release was created and developed by the Second Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village based on the One-Tailed Shukaku's ability. It is a bloodline limit unique to the Hidden Sand Village.

However, in the original work, the Magnet Release ninja Troy appeared in Kumogakure. There is a reason for this.

However, the situation is different now. The four great ninja villages have launched a joint war against Konoha. Under these circumstances, no matter how angry Konoha is, it will be of no use.

After all, given the current trend, it is still unknown whether Konoha will even exist after this battle. Against this backdrop, if those ninja clans knew about this, they might secretly rejoice that their bloodline could be preserved while maintaining their own dignity.

That's why the Uzumaki sect members would openly issue such an order at this time.

Just think about how many blood-stained ninja clans there are in Konoha!

Even if we disregard the secret technique-based ninja clans that cannot be obtained through production, there are still ninja clans with pure bloodline, such as the Hyuga, Uchiha, Kurama, and Hayate clans.

These ninja clans are invaluable allies to Kirigakure or any other power in the ninja world, and for Uzumaki Muneto, who already felt a strong sense of belonging to Kirigakure, there was naturally no reason to refuse them.

In addition to these effects, the issuance of this order can also boost the morale of the current troops.

Although the troops had just defeated the Konoha garrison of the Land of Whirlpools and entered the Land of Vegetables, they were only one step away from the Land of Fire's mainland.

However, according to intelligence, the commanders of Konoha's southeastern defense line are Hiruzen Sarutobi and Fugaku Uchiha.

These two individuals, whether they are the former Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi or the current Uchiha clan leader Fugaku Uchiha, are enough to make the Uzumaki clan members take them seriously.

Despite receiving a reply from Hozuki Shingetsu saying that he would be in charge of dealing with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others.

However, as an excellent commander, Uzumaki Munen would not place all his hopes on the yet-to-arrive reinforcements before they arrived. This forced him to do everything he could to boost morale and stop the enemy.

"yes!"

The ninjas inside the tent exchanged glances, understanding the meaning behind the order. They nodded in agreement and prepared to carry it out upon their return.

And so, under the orders of Uzumaki Muneto, the Kirigakure ninja army that broke into the Land of Vegetables front, once they discovered a bloodstained ninja on the other side in small-scale battles, if they could take him down with their own strength, they would pounce on the bloodstained ninja like mad tigers.

If they can't solve the problem themselves, they will try every means to call on their friends and form a group to capture people from Konoha.

After all, these bloodstained ninjas were not ninjas or even human beings in the eyes of these desperately poor Mist Ninjas, especially the commoner Mist Ninjas. They were simply a group of living, walking contribution points.

For these civilian Mist Ninja, war was originally an opportunity for them to make meritorious contributions and earn contribution points. Now that the Uzumaki clan had given them such a great gift, they were naturally overjoyed.

Some even went so far as to use the opportunity of going out to gather intelligence and eliminate Konoha's intelligence gathering teams to penetrate deep into Konoha's defenses to capture these bloodstained ninjas.

It's reminiscent of those heartless slave-hunting teams who, for money, disregarded everything and sold their souls deep into the African continent to capture black slaves.

The Uzumaki clan even had to issue a strict order prohibiting unauthorized entry into the heart of Konoha's defenses, which finally stopped this trend.

With the Mist Ninja as a specific target of attack, Konoha naturally received a warning.

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"Another one... How many is this now? I really don't understand what these people are trying to do..."

At the Konoha Country camp, several Konoha ninjas were carrying the corpse of a Kirigakure ninja to the medical team. On the way, the group started chatting casually around the Kirigakure corpse on the stretcher.

"Yeah... They're all acting like madmen, just to capture those Bloodstained Ninjas. I'm so glad I'm not one of them, otherwise I might have already fallen victim to their attacks."

"Ha, just looking at how panicked those bloodstained ninjas have been lately makes me want to laugh... Before, weren't they all so arrogant and looking down on everyone? Now they're acting like this, it's truly shameful!"

One of them spoke with a hint of smugness, as if he had been bullied by the Bloodstained Ninjas before.

Not far from them, two figures, one tall and one short, listened quietly to their conversation without making a sound.

"Itachi, what do you think? What do you think of this scene?"

Fugaku Uchiha, in his early twenties, strolled through the camp with his eldest son, Itachi Uchiha, looking at the corpses of the dead Kirigakure ninja and asking him how he felt.

"For them, war seems to be just a way to satisfy their own selfish desires."

Four-year-old Itachi Uchiha looked at this scene, and after a brief moment of thought, uttered these words.

He looked up, meeting his father's shocked gaze, and added, "It seems to be the same for the ninja village."

"But because of the selfish desires of this very small number of people, the majority of the ninja world has been dragged into the vortex of war, which is really wrong."

clap clap clap!

Before Fugaku Uchiha could even process the astonishment he felt at his son's display of insight far beyond his years, a burst of applause suddenly erupted around the father and son.

The two turned around and saw Hiruzen Sarutobi clapping his hands as he walked over from a distance, looking at Itachi Uchiha with admiration.

"I'm so sorry, I accidentally interrupted your heart-to-heart talk. It's just that this child's foresight and wisdom, which are far beyond what one should expect for his age, have impressed me deeply... You could even say that this child, at such a young age, already possesses the mindset of a Hokage."

Amidst Fugaku Uchiha's greetings, Hiruzen Sarutobi approached the father and son, praising Itachi Uchiha without any attempt at concealment.

Upon hearing this, Fugaku Uchiha sensed something was wrong. He glanced at the many people who were listening intently to the conversation not far away, and subtly moved in front of his son, blocking Hiruzen Sarutobi's view.

Regardless of whether his cheap master genuinely admired Itachi or had other motives, it was quite shocking that he so blatantly praised a four-year-old child, an Uchiha child, in public, and even said that the child "possessed Hokage-like thinking."

All of this must have made a father and the head of the Uchiha clan secretly wary.

Uchiha Itachi stood behind his father, peeking at the former Hokage, his mind wandering.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, seeing Fugaku Uchiha's wary gaze, remained expressionless.

Just as Fugaku Uchiha thought, the reason he praised Itachi Uchiha so excessively in front of this person and a group of people with ulterior motives was not only because he genuinely admired the child, but also because he naturally had the intention of winning him over.

To have such insight at such a young age was truly beyond Hiruzen Sarutobi's expectations. This perspective, combined with his status as the eldest son of Fugaku Uchiha, destined this child for an extraordinary future.

For Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was not yet old and frail, such an Uchiha was naturally worth recruiting.

Given that Shimura Danzo was always wary of the Uchiha clan, Hiruzen Sarutobi's actions undoubtedly sent a signal to the outside world that he had a close relationship with the Uchiha clan, which is why he went to such lengths to promote a four-year-old child.

However, he was well aware of the principle that too much of a good thing can be bad. Seeing Fugaku's wariness, he smiled slightly and invited him, saying, "News has come from the front lines that Uzumaki Muneto has led the Kirigakure army to set up camp on the border between Nagare and Uzumaki. Why don't we go and investigate?"

He had been here for two days, and after gaining initial control of the Konoha army and gathering relevant intelligence, Hiruzen Sarutobi began his own actions.

After all, he was once the Hokage. This war was a life-or-death crisis for Konoha. And the opponent was a junior from the Uzumaki clan. He had to try to seize every opportunity to defeat them, both morally and logically.

Faced with his teacher's invitation, he, as the vice commander, naturally could not refuse.

Just as he was about to send his son back first, he saw Hiruzen Sarutobi smile slightly at his son, "Itachi, how about it? Want to come with us and see for yourself?"

(End of this chapter)