Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Seeing the ninjas in the tavern staring at him, Yu Ming frowned and whispered to the few "sailors" beside him, "Be careful of being double-crossed."

Upon hearing Yu Ming's words, several "sailors" surrounded "Hinata and the others".

Among the guests, Yu Ming spotted a familiar face.

Samui of Kumogakure thought to himself, "The fact that this guy is here shows that the Daimyo of the Land of Water has also hired Kumogakure. He probably doesn't really trust Konoha's abilities."

Because of the previous policies of the Village of Blood Mist, a large number of rogue ninjas appeared in Kirigakure, and Kisame also assassinated the daimyo, so the daimyo does not trust Kirigakure now.

Mei Terumi has now taken over Kirigakure, but the previous assassination attempt by a Kirigakure rogue ninja on the Daimyo of the Land of Water has caused the Daimyo to distrust Kirigakure. Even now, despite Kirigakure's best efforts to regain the Daimyo's trust, they are unable to do so.

In this world, the daimyo manages affairs outside the ninja village, but cannot interfere in the affairs of the ninja village itself.

However, the ninja village needs the approval of the daimyo to have enough military funds.

Otherwise, they would have to follow the same path as Sunagakure, with the daimyo constantly cutting back on Sunagakure's military spending.

After all, a daimyo can hire ninja villages from other countries.

Just like how the daimyo of the Land of Water hires ninjas from Konoha.

This time, the daimyo of the Land of Water not only hired Konoha, but also Kumogakure, but not Kirigakure.

The last assassination attempt must have left a very deep impression on him.

Samui is a Jonin from Kumogakure, and her strength is quite formidable.

Yu Ming recognized her two ninjas, Omoi and Karui, at a glance because of their different skin tones.

At that time, they were only twelve or thirteen years old.

"I didn't expect Kumogakure to send them here. Samui is an elite Jonin. It seems they received an S-rank mission from Kumogakure."

The rating for each mission is different in each village.

Konoha's dispatch of Yu Ming was clearly insufficient to satisfy the Daimyo of the Land of Water, as Yu Ming was too young and only a Special Jonin.

Samui is a Jonin, a standard Jonin, and may even have reached the level of an elite Jonin.

After all, he was someone who could fight against Gold and Silver Brothers during the Fourth Shinobi World War, and he had a calm and collected personality. In terms of strength, he was probably already at the level of an elite Jonin.

She is a year or two younger than Kakashi, and is currently around 24 years old.

Yu Ming had always thought she was about the same age as him, but after learning more about Samui, he discovered that she was actually 24 years old.

She is about the same age as Uzuki Yugao, but she is much stronger than Uzuki Yugao.

However, the fact that the Hidden Cloud Village sent her demonstrates that they have a clear understanding of this group.

Akita is a rogue ninja from Konoha. In his forties, he has already reached the level of a Jonin, and if his combat experience is taken into account, he may be at the level of an elite Jonin.

In addition, there are 5 Chunin assisting them.

The assassination attempt on the daimyo of the Land of Water is something the daimyo should indeed be worried about.

However, Yu Ming analyzed the matter and estimated that it was orchestrated by Kirigakure itself.

They wanted to use this incident to regain the Daimyo's trust in Kirigakure.

But to everyone's surprise, the Daimyo didn't ask the Hidden Mist Village's guards for help; instead, he asked the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Leaf Village to investigate the matter.

Inside the izakaya, there were a few ninjas from Kirigakure, but they were all genin and chunin, so they probably weren't sent by Kirigakure.

After waiting for a while, the owner of the izakaya came out and said, "Old man, come with me."

Yu Ming frowned. "Why don't you just give me the money? Why do I have to go inside?"

Yu Ming displayed the distrust that an ordinary person has towards ninjas.

The izakaya owner smiled and said, "Don't worry, you'll definitely get the money. But our boss needs to confirm whether the Hyuga clan ninja we captured is from the main branch."

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Samui and his two companions, who were drinking in the izakaya, frowned.

Although Kumogakure and Konoha were enemies in the past because of the Hyuga clan, the two villages are not currently at war.

However, Samui was unwilling for Konoha's Byakugan to fall into the hands of a group of rogue ninjas.

Just as he was about to make a move, Yu Ming coughed and said, "Why don't you just take her in and have a look? Why are you making us go in?"

The izakaya owner smiled, even more convinced that Yu Ming was the boat captain.

He laughed and said, "Our boss came all the way from far away to meet you and find out what methods you used to capture them."

In fact, this group of people did intend to kill someone.

They received a bounty of 3000 million taels to assassinate the daimyo of the Land of Water.

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The reason why the price for assassinating the daimyo is so low is because the daimyo of the Land of Water is currently not protected by any ninja from Kirigakure.

They were all guards sent by a few Jonin from small ninja villages in the Land of Water.

In the Five Great Nations, there are not only five great ninja villages, but also twelve Jonin who protect the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Only Asuma is from Konoha.

Therefore, the reason why the daimyo can stand on equal footing with the ninja villages is not only because he controls the finances, but also because many ninja villages and ninja clans serve him.

After all, ninjas are human too, and as human beings, their thoughts are easily manipulated.

Before the emergence of figures like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, who could single-handedly wipe out an entire ninja village, the strength between the ninja villages and the daimyo was relatively balanced.

Currently, although the Daimyo of the Land of Water has a few Jonin protecting him, his manpower is limited. To resolve the assassination attempt, he needs to hire ninjas to eliminate these people.

Yu Ming even wondered if the Daimyo of the Land of Water had already figured out that this whole thing was orchestrated by Kirigakure.

If that's the case, then the daimyo of the Land of Water is quite impressive.

Yu Ming thought for a moment, then looked at the group and said, "Come in with me."

The izakaya owner chuckled.

He thought to himself, "This old guy thinks he can beat ninjas just because he has more people. How stupid."

This time they really wanted to kill the "captain" and swallow these ninjas.

Watching the "boat captain" and his group follow the izakaya owner into the backyard.

In the backyard, there is another courtyard. VII.

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Yu Ming and Hinata followed the boat captain all the way inside.

Samui, inside the izakaya, frowned.

Karui and Omoi looked at Samui and said, "Now that those people from Konoha have been captured, shouldn't we step in to rescue them? Among them are members of the Hyuga clan."

Kumogakure has not yet obtained the Byakugan from the Hyuga clan, but the Fourth Raikage no longer has any interest in it.

So they didn't want to take Hinata away, but rather they didn't want the Byakugan to fall into the hands of these rogue ninjas.

Samui frowned, but pressed Karui and Omoi down, saying, "Wait a minute, we need to know where their leader is."

They had previously believed that the izakaya owner was one of those people, and now it seems they were right.

Karui and Omoi were worried, "But if we wait any longer, they will really succeed."

Samui didn't speak, and the three of them waited there for three minutes until "280".

Samui nodded.

The next moment, the three disappeared into the izakaya.

At this moment, Yu Ming followed the owner of the izakaya to the backyard.

The izakaya owner opened the door and went inside, kneeling before a ninja with one eye and a sword handle.

The ninja's headband has a scratch.

This indicates that the person was a traitorous ninja.

However, it wasn't from Konoha, but from Kirigakure.

After the izakaya owner exchanged a few words with the man, the ninja looked at "Hinata".

"As expected, it's an eye roll."

"I just don't know if this guy is from the main family or a branch family."

The ninja shouted, "Go, lift that guy's bangs up so I can take a look."

The owner of the izakaya came to Hinata.

He lifted the hair from his forehead and discovered that there was no curse mark indicating separation.

The ninja who had been calm just moments before immediately stood up, quickly walked over to "Hinata," and after a careful look, discovered that she truly did not have the cursed seal of the branch family.

"Hahaha, my luck is too good today. I actually caught a ninja from the main branch of the Hyuga clan. Hahaha, if I hand this guy over to the boss, he will be very happy."

Just as the ninja was about to take Hinata and the others away.

Suddenly, several people rushed in through the window.

"Pfft~".

The izakaya owner was instantly stabbed through the heart by one of the men, and blood flowed freely.

Meanwhile, the Chunin from Kirigakure realized things were going badly and prepared to flee.

Then Samui burst in and held a dagger to his neck.

"If you dare to move, your life will be in danger."

It turned out that the ninjas who rushed in were Samui and his two companions.

The person who killed the izakaya owner was Karui.

On the other side, just as Omoi was about to slash at Yu Ming with a katana, Hinata, who had transformed into a sailor, was immediately replaced by Ino and Shino.

Shino held out his hands.

Countless black insects rushed towards Omoi.

Yu Ming remained calm.