Konoha: From meeting Kaguya Otsutsuki

"How is that possible? Even father has to call him sir."

"Just kidding."

"..."

At this time in the Hokage's office, Danzo Shimura was putting on eye drops in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In addition to the usual mention of the Uchiha clan as having ulterior motives, being rebellious by nature, and being difficult to control, he also mentioned the Hyuga clan who were engaged in subterfuge.

"The Hyuga clan's ambitions are revealed. They also want power."

Tsunade goes in and out of the Hyuga clan every day. Not only the Hyuga clan is very depressed, but Sarutobi Hiruzen also can't stand it anymore, so he sent someone to call Tsunade over.

"Tsunade, why don't you stay at your own home? Why do you go to other families every day?"

"You are a single girl, don't you care about your reputation at all?"

In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen just didn't want the people in the village to think that Tsunade had close contacts with the Hyuga clan.

As the only bloodline of the Senju clan, Tsunade's identity has always represented not only herself, but also a symbol of Konoha's orthodoxy.

Tsunade snorted and said disdainfully: "I go wherever I want."

"Okay, why did you come back this time? Is it related to Hinata?" Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed helplessly.

"I have a personal relationship with Hiashi's wife Wenhui. I heard that she was pregnant again, so I came back to help her take care of the baby." Tsunade said casually.

"Cough cough cough..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed and blew out smoke rings, almost choking himself.

He looked at Tsunade with a forced smile.

What nonsense was she talking about? They were not of the same generation, so how could they be friends? Even if they were, he couldn't be completely ignorant of it.

"Tsunade, if you could come back earlier, maybe Konoha could suffer less losses."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's tone suddenly became deep, and he wanted to talk about something political again.

"Heh." Tsunade laughed at herself, "I can't help at all, and I don't want to care."

Waving her hand, not wanting to continue Sarutobi Hiruzen's topic, she said, "Stop talking about these nonsense, old man. Do you know any powerful female ninjas in the Hyuga clan?"

"Aren't you friends with Mrs. Hyuga? Isn't it easy to know these things?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked with a smile.

"..." Tsunade was speechless for a moment.

After thinking for a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "It is said that during the Warring States Period, the Hyuga clan had a famous strong man who was respected as the "Heavenly Ninja". However, that person was a man. It seems that the Hyuga clan has never had a strong female."

"Oh." Tsunade nodded in response and turned to leave.

Outside the Hokage building, Jiraiya walked by coincidentally with a smile on his face.

"Tsunade, will you stay in Konoha forever?"

"No." Tsunade answered decisively without even thinking.

"Then I won't be able to do that either." Jiraiya said to himself.

Tsunade, who was about to leave, paused and turned to Jiraiya and said, "Jiraiya, I hope that everything you do is your own decision, and don't regret it in the end and keep wondering who caused you to become like this..."

Although he didn't quite understand, Jiraiya scratched his face and nodded.

The land of frost.

Hideto Ueno has been wandering around with Hinata Haruki and the other two.

Hinata Yangxi felt more and more that this so-called mission of intercepting the Cloud Ninja reinforcements was probably unnecessary and was just a cover.

Because during this period of time, Ueno Hideto never led them to actively attack the Cloud Ninja.

Instead, it was as if he was making up for what he had not done as a teacher by taking them on adventures, training, and practicing.

He even often practiced with them.

That day, Ueno Hideto said to them, "We can go back now."

"Going back to camp?"

"No, we can go back to the village directly. We don't need to worry about what's happening on the front line anymore. The fighting shouldn't be that intense anymore. The Hokage-sama will send someone to clean it up."

So, a group of four headed towards Konoha.

Chapter 45 The Cost of Using Inhuman Strength

Yunyin Village.

Kakuzu, the accountant of Akatsuki, followed the Kumo Ninjas into the village to retrieve the commission money.

Orochimaru, who was supposed to be waiting outside, also sneaked in.

He came to the cemetery in the Hidden Cloud Village and opened the coffins of the Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee.

Killer Bee's body was still relatively intact, but there were only a few pieces of almost rotten flesh in the coffin of the Fourth Raikage.

Worried that the Cloud Ninja might show up at any time, Orochimaru didn't think for long before putting everything in the two coffins into the scroll.

Raikage Building, reception room.

Kakuzu was counting the money with his saliva while keeping an eye on Yukito not far away from him out of the corner of his eye.

In fact, long before Ye Yuejian issued the commission, after Yukito ascended to the position of Raikage, Pain ordered them to test Yukito's strength.

Taking on his task was just a matter of going with the flow.

"The full amount."

With a clang, Kakuzawa closed the box containing the money and turned to leave.

The wooden man's state also relaxed a little.

At this moment, Kakuzu's head turned 180 degrees and his mouth opened wide.

"Wind Escape - Pressure."

She instantly entered partial tailed beast transformation from a wooden man, blue chakra covered her hands, her hands turned into cat claws, her nails were long and sharp, flashing with cold light.

When Kakuzu made his move, she waved her sharp claws as fast as a ghost and rushed towards Kakuzu.

A rumbling sound was heard, and the wall of the Raikage Building was blown apart and destroyed.

A figure flashed, and in the reception room, Kakuzu's head fell to the ground.

Countless black lines shot out from his neck and head at the same time, connecting the two together. Then, Kakuzu's body was put together again and returned to normal.

Yukito looked at the scene with a serious expression, and with a few "whoosh" sounds, six Anbu appeared beside her.

"Kakuzu, what do you mean?"

Kakuzu's eyes rolled.

This woman seems to be able to transform into a tailed beast at any time without any preparation time.

The information given by Ye Yuejian was that there were two tailed beasts in her body, and now she had only mobilized the chakra of the two-tail, and there was still an eight-tail.

It’s not easy to make money.

Forget it, this will do... slip away.

Speaking of the black box containing the money, Kakuzu chuckled and said, "We in the Akatsuki organization accept any mission. Lord Raikage, if you are willing to pay five million, I can tell you who the client of this assassination mission is."

"Do you think you can walk out of here alive?" You Mu Ren sneered.

Kakuzu smiled strangely, "Lord Raikage, do you think my companions will not be able to enter the Hidden Cloud Village? As a Kage, you should at least think about the other people in the village."

Yu Muren's expression turned even colder.

"As long as you pay, Akatsuki can do anything for you. We are a professional team. See you again if we are lucky, Raikage-sama."

He shot out a business card from his pocket and left in big strides.

"Follow him, but don't take any action." Yukito said to several Anbu beside him.

"Yes." The Anbu disappeared.

Then someone went to notify the construction team to repair the wall.

The wooden man returned to his house alone.

"Yumujin, it must have been someone in the General Staff who did it. They were all there when the third or fourth generation was in power. According to your human language, those people are called the old guard of the previous dynasty." Niwei Matatabi shouted inside her body.

"You're becoming coherent again."

In her mind, she already had a suspect. The person who proposed to hire the Akatsuki organization was Ye Yuejian, and the person who was responsible for contacting the Akatsuki organization was also Ye Yuejian. He was the most suspicious.

"Look at those people, is there anyone who is giving you advice wholeheartedly? A group of them must be killed. If you are unwilling to do it, then I will." Niwei Mataluri shouted.

If you don't take action, that person will...

"..." Yu Muren did not respond to this sentence, but brought up another matter.

"I found something strange. My body is still in the growth stage, and my chakra should be increasing rapidly, but my chakra amount has not increased at all. Two-tailed, do you know why?"

"Forehead……"

"Isn't this a good thing?" The Eight-Tailed Ushioki, who had been listening to their conversation, interrupted.

Yu Muren was surprised: "Good news?"

Ushigami: "Chakra is a mixture of spiritual energy and physical energy. This means that it will not be a burden on your body in the future."

"Are you two kidding me?" You Mu Ren always felt something was odd.

"Chakra is a mixture of spiritual energy and physical energy. Is this what your textbooks say? Is there any problem with this theory?" Niu Gui asked back.

"So what do you say?"

"We are not human."

“……” Yu Muren was speechless for a moment.

After a long silence, she stopped asking about the matter and began to consider how to deal with Ye Yuejian and others, whether to kill them or not.

This matter must be done after the war between Konoha and Kumogakure is completely settled.

In the sealed space inside her body, the connection with Yumu Ren was cut off, and Youlu and Niugui were chatting.

"You know what happened to her, right?" Niu Gui asked in a muffled voice towards Youlu.

"You've already guessed it, why bother asking me." Youlu shrugged.

"…It's probably because her body is still recovering. Without our chakra, she wouldn't be so relaxed."

"Perhaps this is the price of using inhuman strength." Youlu sighed.

"that person……"

Murmuring, they both sighed at the same time and fell into silence.

These days, they have also tried to use the method taught by the Six Paths Sage, which is to use chakra to communicate with other tailed beasts. Unfortunately, the chakra cannot be transmitted.

After Kakuzu and others returned, Akatsuki held another meeting. Except for Obito who was hiding behind the scenes, everyone was present and stepped on the fingers of the Outer Path Statue.

Kakuzu briefly described the scene of himself and the wooden man fighting.

"...I don't think a two-man team can handle her."

"It may affect our plans..."

"Just leave it until the end."

"As long as it's in front of the Kyuubi."

Black Zetsu listened to the discussions silently, but in his heart he was thinking about when he would go and ask his mother what her plans were.

Four days later, Nara Shikaku brought six other Konoha ninjas, a group of seven, into the Hidden Cloud Village.

He carries the seal of the Third Hokage on him, and he comes on behalf of the Hokage.

Along the way, they heard a lot of sarcastic voices.

"If I had known this, why would I do it in the first place?"

"The results are the same, so why is it necessary?"

"The fight lasted so long, wasting everyone's time and killing so many brothers."