Naruto: The spiritual leader of the Uchiha clan

Qing heard it, but did not continue to praise him. Instead, he said sincerely, "Lord Mizukage, everything I said is true. If I lied, let me..."

"Okay! Qing, I understand your intentions. As for swearing, forget it. By the way, I have a ninjutsu here called Coral Palm. I will pass it on to you today. I hope you work hard and don't let me down." After saying that, Goju Yagura took out a scroll from somewhere and threw it to Qing steadily without looking back.

Qing took the scroll with a complicated look in his eyes, "Lord Mizukage, Qing will live up to your expectations!" After saying that, he put the scroll away.

Goji Yagura nodded and said, "I believe you. Okay, go out and call the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost in."

Qingdao said, "Yes!" and then he slowly retreated. Karuju Yagura heard the door close and he exhaled, "The livelihood and future of tens of thousands of people in the village are on my shoulders alone. I haven't heard such words in a long time!"

Before he could sigh for long, the door rang again, and this time it was the tall Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost who came in! He looked at Kuju Yagura's back and was suddenly stunned.

Then, after realizing what was happening, he bowed and said, "I, the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost, greet the Mizukage-sama!"

The voice of the Xiguashan Puffer Ghost brought Goji Yagura back to his senses. He turned around slowly, and at this moment he had suppressed the emotion he had just felt.

He returned to his seat, his eyes narrowed, "Xiguashan, sit down."

The Xiguashan Pufferfish Ghost nodded, then sat in the seat where Qing had just sat.

Karujutsu Yagura didn't say anything, his right index finger tapping rhythmically on the solid wooden table.

"How's the investigation going? Is there anything wrong with Qing?" Although Karuta Yagura already had a very good impression of Qing through the previous conversation, as the head of a village, he couldn't be too sensitive, and rationality was what he should choose.

"Replying to Lord Mizukage, it has been found out that Qing has a clean background and his family has been from the Hidden Mist Village for generations. There is no possibility that he is a Konoha spy." The Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost just went out to do this.

Because his abilities and scheming are countless times stronger than those of ordinary people, he is valued by the Mizukage, Karuta Yagura.

Karuta Yagura knew that he had to be on guard against such people. He was a double-edged sword. If used well, he would help his rule, but if used poorly, he might hurt himself or even leave a handle.

But what time is it now? It's the time when Uchiha Xiao dominates a generation! When everyone else has to follow Konoha's wishes! Does character matter at this time? It doesn't matter! As long as he can bring benefits to his rule and the Hidden Mist Village, then he will be used.

After hearing Xiguashan's report, Kuju Yagura visibly smiled and nodded. "Okay, I understand. Xiguashan, I'll have to trouble you a little bit. Teach that kid how to run the intelligence department and how to gather intelligence."

The Xiguashan Puffer Ghost's eyes widened. The intelligence department, that kid, was assigned to the intelligence department. However, he suddenly thought of something. Yes, that kid was given the cold shoulder, so it was normal to let him go to the intelligence department.

After all, that kid's white eyes are good for gathering intelligence and scouting terrain, but that kid...

Although Xiguashan Puffer Ghost felt that Qing would not have any impact on his status, he was still prepared for the worst. He had to find a way to ask Mizukage what he had said to him.

Haven’t you seen the current Mizukage, Karutagi Yagura, and how happy and obvious his smile was when he heard that Ao’s family background was clean?

However, it doesn’t matter, Xiguashan Puffer Ghost thought, if that kid hides nothing from him at that time, it means that the kid has self-knowledge and knows how to deal with the times, so he naturally doesn’t mind helping him.

If that kid hesitates and uses ambiguous words to fool him and deal with him perfunctorily, let alone teaching him the skills that an intelligence department should master, and I don’t deal with him myself, I will write my name, Xiguashan Pufferfish Ghost, upside down.

But at this moment, in the Mizukage's office, in front of Karatachi Yagura, he naturally couldn't show his thoughts. He bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, Mizukage-sama, I will give that young man named Qing more "care."

The voice of the Xiguashan Puffer Ghost was calm and honest, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Gouju Yagura nodded and said, "You can go down. Also, thank you for your hard work. Go to the warehouse and get 300,000 silver taels as your bonus for this period of time." Gouju Yagura smiled and closed his eyes.

"Yes!" Xiguashan Puffer Ghost smiled. Tsk tsk, it felt really good to be reused by the Mizukage. This little thing was the job of every ninja, and yet Lord Mizukage gave him an extra reward!

After Xiguashan Pufferfish Ghost left the office, the smile on Kujiya Yagura's face quickly fell. He murmured, "Greedy? Greedy is good! I'm just afraid that you don't want anything, you're not greedy for anything. If that happens, I'll start to suspect that there's something wrong with you."

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Chapter 407: Reclaiming the White Eyes and Releasing the Caged Bird

Konoha

Uchiha Owl was handling government affairs with Nara Rokumei in the Hokage's office. Perhaps he had a change of heart or something, but he spent the entire morning dealing with this matter without any sign of negativity or slacking off.

This made Nara Luming feel a little relieved. The King of Owls finally understood the importance of government affairs, and his burden could be lighter!

However, the next moment, the office door was opened and the person who came in was Hinata Hiashi. He had a serious face and a frown on his face, obviously he had something important to report.

"Teacher, I have something important to report..." After saying this, he regretted it because he saw Nara Rokumei was also in the office, and finally swallowed his words back.

"What's the matter? Sit down and talk slowly." Uchiha Xiao waved to him and gestured Hinata Hiashi to sit down with a smile, but Hinata Hiashi had a stern face and didn't say anything. He just stood there looking at Uchiha Xiao.

Uchiha Owl frowned, and the next moment Nara Luming said, "Hokage-sama, I just told you that I have something to do today and need to go back. I will come back in the afternoon."

After saying that, he walked out. Uchiha Xiao was stunned for a moment, then said, "I'll see you off."

"No need, you go ahead and do your work." Nara Luming smiled and left.

After Nara Rokumei left, Hyuga Hiashi breathed a sigh of relief. When he saw Uchiha Owl sitting down again, he couldn't wait to speak, "Teacher, something big happened. When I was cleaning up the battlefield, I found a disciple of the Hyuga clan. He committed suicide."

"After committing suicide, only one Byakugan was destroyed, and the other one is presumed to have been stolen." Hinata Hiashi's face was filled with sadness.

The Hyuga family's protection of their bloodline and Byakugan has reached an extreme. Not only have they set up a caged bird, but they have also established a branch family and a main family.

The branch family will catch the caged bird and go out to perform tasks to earn wages to support the main family and the clan. Because of the existence of the caged bird, as long as someone from the branch family dies, his caged bird will activate and destroy their white eyes.

This bird in a cage has both advantages and disadvantages. Indeed, because of the existence of the bird in the cage, the other four major ninja villages discovered that they could not obtain the Byakugan bloodline at all. Even if they did, the Byakugan would be destroyed and worthless. Over time, no one would attack the Hyuga branch for the bloodline.

The disadvantage is that the caged bird is a spiritual mark that seals the Byakugan and blocks its evolution. This has resulted in the Hyuga family's Byakugan becoming weaker and weaker over the years.

Compared with the Hyuga Tennin of the Warring States Period, the only abilities left are true and false.

"Well, any guess? Who poached him?" Uchiha Xiao deduced the time and thought it should be the guy named Qing.

"I don't know, but I heard from local villagers that it is confirmed to be a forehead protector from the Hidden Mist Village." Hinata Hiashi frowned as he spoke.

"So, Hiashi, what do you want to do?" Uchiha Owl stared at Hinata Hiashi.

Hinata Hiashi said, "Teacher, I would like to ask you to take back the Byakugan!" He said that the Byakugan of the Hyuga family must not be revealed to others, absolutely not!

This was what Hinata Akasaka told him. It had been the ancestral precepts of the Hyuga family for thousands of years. During the Warring States Period, the main family and the branch family were not as clearly divided into different levels and classes as they are now.

At that time, the Hyuga clan wanted to prevent the Byakugan from leaking out, so the ninjas who went out to fight voluntarily took the mark.

The main family, in order to protect their bloodline, did not hit the bird in the cage.

At that time, the main family admired the members of the branch family, and the two families were like one family. However, I don’t know when it all changed.

Since the main family was not restricted by the caged bird and had the method to activate the caged bird, they began to use the caged bird to enslave and exploit the branch family. Because of the existence of the caged bird, the branch family could not resist and could only become slaves.

Uchiha Xiao knew that this was the chance to end the caged bird situation. He looked up at his disciple and said, "Okay, but I have one condition, Hiashi."

Hinata Hiashi looked up at Uchiha Owl and said, "Teacher, please feel free to ask for anything you want. Hiashi will do his best to meet your request!" As long as the Hyuga family can retract their outward glances, what does it matter if it's just a few pieces of money?

Uchiha Xiao gave him a deep look and said, "Hiashi, I can help you get your Byakugan back, but I require you to abolish the branch family system and remove the caged bird."

boom!

Hinata Hiashi suddenly felt a dilemma. Release the bird from the cage? Was he in a position to decide such a major matter? If he did so, wouldn't those old men from the main family tear him apart alive?

"Teacher, this matter is of great importance and I cannot make a decision." Hinata Hiashi sighed.

Uchiha Xiao glanced at him and knew that as his apprentice, as the clan leader, everything had to be approved by the old guys of the previous generation before it could be done.

"You just need to tell me, if I want to break the caged bird for the branch family, do you support this suggestion?" Uchiha Owl looked deeply at Hinata Hiashi.

He remembered asking this question four years ago when Hyuga Hiashi was still his apprentice. At that time, Hyuga Hiashi was not yet the clan leader. He said, "I hope that the Hyuga family will no longer have a main family and branch families. We can all live together under the name of Hyuga and live equally."

At that time, Uchiha Owl praised Hinata Hiashi in front of everyone, but what Hinata Hiashi was thinking of at that time was his younger brother Hinata Hizashi.

It was only a difference of 10 seconds, but I became the head of the family and my younger brother became the branch family. This is extremely unfair.

But now Uchiha Xiao asked again because he wanted to see whether his apprentice, four years later, had changed his original intention and whether he was still willing to fulfill his original promise after inheriting the position of clan leader.

Hinata Hiashi didn't hesitate, his expression was firm "Teacher, I support you!"

Uchiha Xiao smiled, his smile was very gratified. Sure enough, his apprentice was still the same as before. It was just those old guys from the main family. Tsk tsk, they lived for so long, but not only did they not achieve anything, they also liked to point fingers.

"I will help your Hyuga family solve this problem, but when you come back, you have to play a trick with me and say that you promised me to release the bird from the cage. If those old guys don't agree, tell them to come to me." Uchiha Owl raised the corner of his mouth.

It’s not a difficult method to make some old guys shut up without dying and becoming puppets.

Don't forget that the Sharingan has the ability to control, confuse, and perform illusions. When Uchiha Madara controlled the squinty-eyed, long-haired Third Hokage Sui, he used the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Owl now has the Eternal Six Magatama Wheel-shaped Mangekyō Sharingan, and also possesses a sage body and a golden Rinnegan. Are you telling me this is difficult?

If those old guys don't cooperate, don't blame him for resorting to some unconventional means.

Hinata Hiashi nodded. He had long disliked those old guys. Although they didn't have much strength, they loved to rely on their seniority to bully others, making demands on them about big and small things, and arguing with them about splitting up just for fun.

If he was not unfit to do it, he would have wanted to kill them too. He was not the patriarch, but he was so attached to power.

"Teacher, I promise you, but will doing this affect your reputation?" Hinata Hiashi's eyes were full of worry.

Uchiha Xiao smiled, his smile was very carefree and unrestrained. "I would rather bear the infamy for the rest of my life than not make Konoha stronger. A united Hyuga family will bring a great boost to Konoha."

Hinata Hiashi couldn't help but admire Uchiha Owl. As expected, a teacher is a teacher. No matter when he was a child or now that he has grown up and become the patriarch of the Hyuga clan, he still admires him as always!

"If that time really comes, I won't let my master carry it all alone." After saying that, Hinata Hiashi stared at Uchiha Xiao.

Uchiha Xiao smiled and patted his shoulder. "I'm leaving first. I'll tell Lu Ming later that he will have to work overtime alone tonight."

"Yes! Teacher!" Hinata Hiashi bowed, and just as he stood up, he saw a golden light appear, and Uchiha Owl's figure disappeared.

The next moment, Nara Shikaku opened the door and walked in. "Oh, Hiashi, you haven't left yet. I just finished my work and went home. Where's Hokage-sama?"

"Lord Lu Ming, Lord Hokage is out on business and needs you..." Hinata Hiashi said embarrassedly.

Nara Rokumei nodded and said, "Okay, I understand this." After that, he sat in Uchiha Owl's seat naturally.

"Is there anything else?" Nara Luming asked with a smile.

"No...no more. In that case, Lord Lu Ming, I will withdraw first." Hinata Hiashi bowed.

Nara Shikamei nodded and said, "Go, Hyuga clan leader." After that, he immediately started to handle government affairs without looking up again.

Hinata Hiashi also tactfully left the Hokage's office and walked towards the clan territory. He did not doubt his teacher's words about helping him bring back the Byakugan.

Uchiha Owl used the Flying Thunder God Technique and instantly arrived at the dock of the Hidden Mist Village. When he caused trouble in the Hidden Mist Village, he was careful and set up a Flying Thunder God mark at the dock. If he needed to fight a big battle with the Hidden Mist Village in the future, he could teleport directly there through the mark.

I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

Uchiha Xiao appeared at the dock, smelling the fishy and salty sea water and feeling the sea breeze. The nearby fishermen didn't pay much attention to Uchiha Xiao, thinking he was a new fisherman.

Uchiha Owl didn't stay long and walked towards the Hidden Mist Village. He was very familiar with the Hidden Mist Village, just like walking around his own backyard.

After a while, they arrived at the village entrance. The two guards at the entrance were very young and did not know Uchiha Xiao, but out of professionalism, they stretched out their hands to stop Uchiha Xiao.

"Stop, this is the Hidden Mist Village. Who are you? What is your purpose here?" Guard 1 stopped Uchiha Owl and asked.