Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 559 How about I give you a family?

Fugaku Uchiha naturally had no objection to the arrangement regarding Tachibana Kenkawa.

This is only the first batch of people; more Uchiha clan members who pass his review will continue to be transferred to Kirigakure.

Establishing a new family to cover one's tracks is indeed necessary.

Afterwards, the two briefly discussed matters concerning the relocation of personnel.

Just as Tachibana Kenkawa was about to end the communication, Fugaku Uchiha interrupted him again.

"By the way, Lord Jianchuan, at yesterday's Konoha Jonin meeting, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze rejected the mission that he assigned to the Hyuga clan head. I think I might be able to try and get it."

Upon hearing this, Tachibana Kanagawa paused his plan to hang up the call, somewhat puzzled, and looked at Fugaku Uchiha.

Although he didn't know what mission Minato Namikaze had assigned that warranted such a detailed report, Tachibana Kanagawa still cast an inquiring glance, signaling Fugaku Uchiha to continue.

Seeing this, Fugaku Uchiha spoke up again to explain.

"Minato Namikaze hoped that Hiashi Hyuga, the current head of the Hyuga clan, could represent Konoha in joining the peacekeeping force that was later formed by the five villages. However, he refused on the spot, citing too many trivial matters within the clan after the Nine-Tails' attack. Minato then temporarily put the matter aside."

"If Lord Kenkawa has any needs, I can propose to Minato Namikaze that I replace Hiashi Hyuga in joining this unit."

"Huh?"

After listening, Tachibana looked at Fugaku Uchiha with a strange expression, not expecting that this was what the other party was going to talk about.

"Why would Chief Fugaku think I would want you to join the peacekeeping force?"

"I heard that the formation of this unit was proposed by Lord Jianchuan at the Five Kage Summit. I'm sure you have plans for me. If I could join on behalf of Miya, it would be of some help to you. Of course, whether or not you need me to join is entirely up to you."

Upon hearing Fugaku Uchiha's explanation, Tachibana Kenkawa nodded slightly.

It's not hard to guess what's going on. It's not just him; the other executives must also have their own ulterior motives.

Moreover, having more "one of our own" in the peacekeeping force will indeed make the subsequent operations easier.

However, Tachibana Kanakawa still asked with some confusion.

"Why would Minato Namikaze think of assigning this task to Hiashi Hyuga?"

However, as soon as she asked the question, Tachibana Kenkawa realized what she had said.

It seems Konoha really doesn't have many people available right now.

It's impossible for Hokage Minato Namikaze to abandon the village and join the peacekeeping force.

After Jiraiya leaves Amegakure, he will likely go to find Tsunade, who is "traveling" elsewhere.

However, even if these two returned to Miyaba, Jiraiya's personality—he wouldn't even accept the position of Hokage—would never allow him to compete for a command position in some kind of military unit.

Tsunade's hemophobia is most likely still unresolved.

Aside from these three Kage-level powerhouses, Konoha only has the elite Jonin, such as the clan leaders, who are somewhat respectable. Minato Namikaze's choice of Hiashi Hyuga was probably a last resort.

Hmm, no, that's not quite right either.

Jianchuan Ju suddenly realized that he might have been underestimating the power of a Kage-level expert.

No one's Kage-level fighters are easy targets. Even if they all have their own plans, how could they just send Kage-level experts to explore a coalition organization like the Security Forces, whose future is still uncertain?

"But why not Hyuga Hizashi? Shouldn't those two brothers be about the same strength?"

Now, it was Uchiha Fugaku's turn to have a strange expression.

Upon hearing Tachibana's question, Fugaku Uchiha cautiously offered a reminder.

"Lord Jianchuan is referring to the Hyuga clan leader's twin brother, right? He died at the hands of the rampaging Nine-Tails on the night of the Nine-Tails' death."

"Um...is he already dead?"

Tachibana looked at Fugaku Uchiha with a hint of confusion.

In the intelligence gathered by Kirigakure, he hadn't really paid much attention to such a trivial matter.

Is there some necessary causal relationship between Hyuga Hizashi's death and the peace talks with Raiho?

After a brief internal monologue, Tachibana Kanagawa realized why, out of so many powerful clan leaders, Hiashi Hyuga was chosen.

However, even though his younger brother died indirectly due to the turmoil caused by the Zero Organization, Hiashi Hyuga still chose to forgo revenge and refuse to join the peacekeeping force.

I don't know whether to say that Hiashi Hyuga is rational or too cold-blooded...

Putting aside her complaints about Hiashi Hyuga, Tachibana Kenkawa returned to the previous topic.

"You can try joining the peacekeeping force, but there's no need to force it."

"After the previous troubles, your Uchiha clan will probably still need you as the clan leader to keep things in order, and Minato Namikaze may not be willing to let you leave the village for an extended period."

"As for the peacekeeping forces, I have other help, so there's no need to disrupt your own rhythm over this matter."

Fugaku Uchiha has just lost two of his own sons, and it was done by someone within the Uchiha clan.

Without him, the clan leader, personally overseeing things, things might get messy again.

Joining a peacekeeping force is not like a regular mission that can be completed in a few days or two.

Even if Fugaku Uchiha himself didn't care, the Konoha leadership, represented by Minato Namikaze, would definitely have to be careful and might not agree to let him go out and run around.

Of course, Fugaku Uchiha's information wasn't entirely useless.

Knowing that Konoha has "fallen" to the point of having to arrange for Hyuga Hiashi to join the maintenance force, it's likely that the replacement candidate won't be much stronger.

Whether or not Fugaku Uchiha was involved is not that important.

However, Fugaku Uchiha still bowed respectfully and said softly.

"Lord Jianchuan's needs are naturally far more important than the entire Uchiha clan."

Seeing his sincerity, Jianchuan Ju simply didn't bother with any more pleasantries, offering only a few words of encouragement before officially ending the call.

After Fugaku Uchiha's figure completely disappeared from sight, Tachibana Kenkawa shook his head helplessly.

Why does this Fugaku Uchiha seem a bit too obsequious? Could it be that he really does possess the square-shaped Sharingan that can foresee the future, as speculated in fanfiction?

Never mind, if he really can see this, this attitude is actually a good sign for me.

Gently shake your head to shake off unrealistic speculations from your mind.

Seeing Kisame Hoshigaki get beaten down by Ranzai once again, Tachibana Kenkawa lost interest in continuing to train with them here.

He waved to signal that his disciples' training was over for the day, and told them to go to the Water Shadow Building to pick up their tasks.

Tachibana Kanagawa then gently called out to Hikaru Uchiha, who was standing to the side.

"Light, how about I set up a new family for you in the Hidden Mist?"