Konoha: From meeting Kaguya Otsutsuki

These two families are actually neighbors.

His eyes gradually narrowed, "Uchiha, Hyuga, Tsunade..."

How to break the game?

The Uchiha clan alone was enough to make him feel overwhelmed.

Tsunade, oh Tsunade, it turns out that you frequently went in and out of the Hyuga clan before, and you have joined forces with them...

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was having a headache, a ninja rushed in and reported: "Hokage, the daimyo has urgently summoned you."

"What's the matter?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked.

"I don't know, but His Majesty the Daimyo has sent out several guardian ninjas. They are waiting outside."

"Are you so anxious?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said to himself as he walked out of the Hokage building.

Big countries are not like small countries.

A great country with vast territory, abundant resources and outstanding talents.

As the Daimyo of the Fire Nation, one of the five great nations, he naturally has his own armed forces.

The Guardian Ninja is one of them.

However, in terms of elite strength, the Daimyo's forces are certainly not as strong as those of Konoha, which specializes in training killer ninjas.

If Konoha's income was not enough to be self-sufficient, Sarutobi Hiruzen would not want to bother with the daimyo.

When you take other people's money, you will always unconsciously lower your score by a few points.

Thinking about the source of income for the village, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but think of the Land of Hot Springs.

Nowadays, some of Konoha's commissions come from the Land of Hot Spring and the Land of Frost.

This made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel the same doubts as Jiraiya.

What on earth were they doing occupying that country?

The ninjas were very fast on their feet. In just a few hours, Sarutobi Hiruzen, along with two of his subordinates, arrived at the daimyo's palace following the guardian ninja.

The entourages of both parties stood guard outside the door, leaving space for the two to be alone.

Sarutobi Hiruzen saluted and the daimyo returned the salute. After some pleasantries, the daimyo of the Land of Fire invited Sarutobi Hiruzen to sit down opposite him.

"Third Hokage, where is Jiraiya?" the daimyo asked.

"Your Highness the Daimyo, are you looking for Jiraiya?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked back.

"It's not just me who's looking for him, there are a lot of people looking for him."

The daimyo threw a few letters in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen with a calm expression.

As he flipped through the pages, the Daimyo continued, "Jiraiya led his men into the Land of Hot Springs a few days ago. He wanted to assassinate the Daimyo, but fortunately he was stopped, but there were still casualties."

"Now not only is the Daimyo of Yu Country hunting him down, but some Daimyo of other countries are also asking me for an explanation."

"But that's true. Not every place can produce an outstanding ninja like Jiraiya, like Konoha, and not every daimyo can have subordinates of Jiraiya's level."

"Who wouldn't be afraid, right, Third Hokage?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was reading the letter, fell silent.

He could probably guess why Jiraiya did this, but the same thing applies: why would anyone believe that the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs was impersonated by someone else?

Daimyo still had a calm expression.

"If you ask me, Jiraiya is still not decisive enough. He has already decided to assassinate the daimyo, so why can't he be more ruthless? He might as well kill everyone in the palace of Tang Kingdom. Then there will be no witnesses. I don't have to find ways to excuse him..."

"Now, there are witnesses inside the palace and outside the palace. Everyone in the capital of Tang knows that the daimyo was assassinated. He has become famous..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen pursed his lips and didn't respond.

He didn't know whether Daimyo was speaking from his heart, but he definitely didn't dare to continue talking in that direction.

If I say it, wouldn't it be equivalent to telling the Daimyo that Konoha has this idea?

"Your Highness the Daimyo is joking." Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed dryly.

Daimyo smiled inconspicuously.

"By the way, someone saw a red chakra appear that day. I asked Asuma and the others before, and they said it was a tailed beast."

"Everyone saw that thing, and it's hard for me to defend him."

"Now only a few daimyos of small countries have come out to support the Kingdom of Hot Springs. If this matter spreads, I'm afraid more countries will put pressure on the Kingdom of Fire."

"It's hard to imagine what will happen if you bring something as dangerous as a tailed beast and force your way into a palace."

"The Kingdom of Hot Springs said they were going to execute Jiraiya as a warning to others, and they even wanted the Kingdom of Fire to provide financial compensation."

"The other daimyo also said they wanted to execute Jiraiya."

"What do you think we should do, Third Hokage? After all, Jiraiya is from your Konoha." The daimyo said with a smile.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed in his heart, gritted his teeth, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, Jiraiya has been away from Konoha for more than 20 years and has not been in contact with Konoha. He is no longer a ninja of Konoha. What decision he makes has nothing to do with Konoha."

I'm sorry, Jiraiya, I have to inconvenience you for a while.

Once I have dealt with other matters and investigated the truth, I will definitely clear your name.

First take care of the Uchiha, then chase the Hyuuga. Sarutobi Hiruzen made a decision in his mind.

"Oh?" The Daimyo looked surprised, "But I clearly remember that he appeared on the battlefield between Konoha and Kumogakure a few years ago."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said sternly: "Your Highness, you should also remember that war. Kumogakure once hired ninjas from other forces to participate in the battle. Jiraiya was a ninja hired by Konoha."

With just one sentence, all of Jiraiya's achievements were wiped out.

After hearing this explanation, the daimyo was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but stare at Sarutobi Hiruzen and burst into laughter.

Finally, his expression returned to indifference, "In this case, Jiraiya will let the people of the Land of Hot Springs handle it. And as for the tailed beast, don't let it run around."

As for economic compensation? How dare a small country dream of such a thing? What a joke!

After returning to Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen kept sighing.

When the news of Jiraiya's assassination of the Daimyo of the Land of Hot Springs spread, the Land of Fire responded that Jiraiya was a ninja without a home, or in other words, a wandering ninja.

Upon receiving this news, Danzo Shimura in the Root Base laughed heartily with great joy.

"Jiraiya, Jiraiya, you have lost the qualification to succeed the Hokage forever..."

Chapter 88 Beiliuhu's Inference

Another sunny working day.

With mixed feelings, Sarutobi Hiruzen found the communication frog that Jiraiya left in Konoha and sent a letter to Jiraiya.

He wanted Naruto to return to Konoha.

In Mount Myoboku, Jiraiya received a letter from Sarutobi Hiruzen, as well as news from the outside world brought by the toads. Despite dragging his seriously ill body, he was exhausted.

He just went out for a trip, how come he doesn't even have a home?

Although he was traveling outside, his heart was always with Konoha.

Forcing himself to stay healthy, he wrote a reply to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Only I can teach Naruto how to harness the chakra of the tailed beasts."

Naruto had already woken up, but as if he was frightened, he was no longer as lively as usual and seemed very quiet.

Although he felt a little distressed, he did not offer any comfort.

Killing, or accepting the possibility of being killed, is a compulsory course for ninjas.

Gama Fukasaku jumped in front of the master and disciple who were recuperating, "The great toad sage has awakened."

Jiraiya staggered with Naruto towards the temple deep in Mount Myoboku.

The sealed scroll was opened, and Jiraiya took out the body of White Zetsu from it.

Gamamaru recalled for a while, then he spoke quietly: "He was once a human, but he became like this after being devoured by the sacred tree planted by Kaguya. The tailed beasts are part of the sacred tree, so I said that Naruto is the last hope."

Naruto was still distracted.

Jiraiya sighed and said, "Great Toad Sage, we met four people related to Kaguya, and other than that, we gained nothing."

Gamamaru seemed to sigh softly as well, and said, "Little Jiraiya, you can't fight alone, you have to unite more people."

"Even Kaguya Otsutsuki knows to choose different people, let alone us?"

Jiraiya rubbed his face, feeling a little helpless.

Even in Konoha, not everyone will listen to him. Who else can he unite with?

...

Mount Sumeru.

Yang Xi stepped into Beiluohu's laboratory.

Seeing his arrival, the busy Beiliu couldn't help but look sideways and said in a strange tone: "You didn't show up, Tsunade didn't show up either, I thought you were all dead."

Yang Xi handed him the container containing Kimimaro's cells, "The bloodline of the Kaguya clan."

“Why can’t it be given all at once?”

"Almost there." Yang Xi shrugged, then asked, "Any progress on the experiment?"

Hearing this, Beiliu felt a little more eager to share. A look of pride appeared on his face, and he took Yang Xi to another place.

This was also the place where Hidan was imprisoned.

Inside the stone prison, Feiduan's limbs were tied with chains. He lay on the ground bored, staring blankly at the sky.

In this place, there was no one to chat with him. Every day he either ate and slept, or was pricked with acupuncture by Beiliuhu. He felt like he was going crazy.

Yang Xi looked in his direction, a little surprised, "Why did Hidan's hair turn red?"

"Red is a symbol of vitality." Beiluo said with a little pride, "He has successfully fused with the Thousand Hands cells."

"So fast?" Yang Xi was surprised at first, then said curiously: "There is something wrong with your conclusion, there is no red-haired person in the Senju clan, only the Uzumaki clan has red hair."

"No, you are wrong." Beiluhu shook his head, "The Senju clan has all kinds of hair colors, or you confused the cells of the Senju and Uzumaki."

"That's impossible." Yang Xi denied immediately.

But then he thought that the Senju and Uzumaki had the same ancestor, and perhaps they had some overlapping genes, so he simply stopped worrying about Hidan's hair color.

In order to prove that Feiduan successfully fused with Senju cells, Hiruko opened the cell, walked in, took out a small knife, and cut Feiduan.

A shallow wound as long as a finger appeared, and then the wound healed within seconds. Feiduan's skin returned to normal without even a trace of scar.

This recovery speed is far beyond that of ordinary people.

Feidan was furious and spat at Beiluhu.

Bei Liuhu wiped his clothes calmly, then looked at Yang Xi and said complacently: "So, you believe it now?"

Yang Xi gave a thumbs up to show his praise.

I only heard Biruhu continue: "During the time when you were not here, I read various books and found the blood connection between different families. The ancestors of the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki families are very closely connected. Similarly, the ancestors of the Hyuga and Kaguya families are very closely connected."

"In the earliest times, the relationships between ethnic groups were not that far apart. Before the Warring States Period, when the chaos had not yet begun, different families were connected by blood. The deeper the blood relationship, the closer the relationship."

"So I reasonably suspect that the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki are of the same lineage, and that the Hyuga and Kaguya clans are also of the same lineage."

"To fuse these five bloodlines together, we should first fuse the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki bloodlines into A bloodline, fuse the Hyuga clan and Kaguya clan into B bloodline, and then fuse A and B perfectly."

Yang Xi nodded repeatedly.

The scientists' imagination is really amazing and they are close to the truth.

"Let's do it this way."

"What I mean is that I need more experimental subjects." Beiluhu raised his eyebrows and said lightly.

Yang Xi was silent. There was only one Hidan, and he would eventually have to sacrifice White Zetsu.

After communicating with Hiruko, Yang Xi was wrapped in the body of White Zetsu and returned to the Hidden Mist Village again through the Mayfly Technique.

Mei Terumi was away, and the servants who stayed at home were not very powerful, so no one noticed that he had ever gone out. They just thought he had been staying in the room.

"What happened recently?"