The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

I always have an expression like I am Uchiha Long Aotian.

But after being beaten up a few times by Minato and Souji, he has become a well-behaved boy.

Later, after graduation, they formed a team of four. His strength was at the bottom and he couldn't even beat Uzumaki Kushina, so he became completely autistic.

Even being cool needs a partner!

In front of people who are weaker than him, he is really cool. In front of people who are stronger than him, he is pretending to be cool, which will get him beaten.

So, now Uchiha Yan’s style in the team has completely changed, at least.

I am no longer able to act cool and can only be responsible for livening up the team atmosphere occasionally.

But to be honest, Uchiha Yan’s strength is not that bad.

If we really divide it into details, Minato Namikaze is now at the level of Kage.

Souji is an elite jonin level one.

If Uzumaki Kushina does not use the power of the Nine-Tails, she is equivalent to a special jonin of the first level. Using the power of the Nine-Tails, she can briefly burst out with the strength of a Kage.

Uchiha En is comparable to Uzumaki Kushina who does not use the power of the Nine-Tails, both of whom have the strength equivalent to that of a special jonin.

But you have to know that they are all only 14 years old. It can be said that less than one percent of the people in the entire village can reach this strength at this age.

They can be quite proud of themselves.

Being at the bottom is only relative to the entire team. If you go out, it will definitely be a dimensionality reduction attack.

Who says their team is known as the genius team? The top four students in the grade are all in it, which makes it impossible for their classmates to have fun.

Looking at the little friends who were joking and quarreling with each other, Minato Namikaze smiled as if he was their parent.

Then they all went to the Hokage's office.

It was still the familiar place, the familiar people, and the familiar layout, except that the Third Hokage, who was over 45 years old, had some more gray hair on his head.

"Minato, Kushina, Souji, and En, you have completed your mission very well. Thank you for your hard work." The Third Hokage stood up from behind his desk and said to the four of them.

"We have fulfilled our mission. These are what we should do, Hokage." At this time, of course, it was Minato Namikaze, the captain, who stepped forward to answer.

"Haha, there's no need to be modest. The contribution you made to Konoha is indelible because your mopping-up missions within the Land of Fire provided us with a stable rear. This contribution is no less than going directly to the battlefield to kill the enemy." The Third Hokage said this very seriously.

Since the Third Hokage had said so, of course no one would stand up to refute it.

"Also, the Daimyo has a very good impression of you. You have rescued the captured nobles and civilians of the Land of Fire many times. The Daimyo hopes that you can come to visit together when you have time." The Third Hokage continued to recount the contributions of several people to Konoha and the Land of Fire.

"Daimyo? Hokage-sama, we have never had contact with the daimyo, this is not appropriate." Cang Si asked this question in confusion.

The others also turned their gazes to the Third Hokage, hoping that he could answer their questions.

After thinking about it, the Third Hokage decided to tell them the reason.

Anyway, when Souji and the others return after completing their mission, I plan to promote them to special jonin, so they are qualified to know about this matter.

"Well, it's because of the war. The Daimyo controls the economic lifeline of our entire Land of Fire. A considerable portion of Konoha's military expenditures are also provided by the Daimyo." Having said this, the Third Hokage paused to take a puff of his cigarette, thinking about what to say next.

Cang Si and the other three did not interrupt, but just continued to listen quietly.

"For his own safety, the Daimyo wants to form a team of 'Twelve Guardian Ninjas' and hopes that our Konoha will send a ninja team to help. Now the Daimyo is pointing out you." The Third Hokage continued to speak in one breath.

Cang Si and the other three couldn't help but look at each other.

The daimyo wants to form his own direct troops?

Cang Si and the other three really wanted to ask the Third Hokage in front of them, do you agree with this?

These people are not newbies and they are familiar with the political structure of Konoha.

Although the daimyo is the leader of a country, this leadership is actually all empty, and the daimyo cannot command the village's ninjas to fight for him.

The daimyo is just a symbol of a country.

The village ninja exists as a "shadow".

At least as far as Cangsi knows, the Fire Nation and Konoha Village are actually more like an alliance.

The daimyo is responsible for providing funds and assigning tasks to Konoha, while Konoha is responsible for protecting the daimyo's personal and property safety.

The daimyo actually cannot command the ninjas of Konoha.

Anyway, among the five major countries now, the ninjas of each ninja village don't care about the daimyo. They will only listen to the daimyo when the village kage gives orders.

Even for the Sand Village, which has not yet lost the Second World War, the Daimyo of the Wind Country does not have that much influence on it.

As a symbol, it provides financial assistance and assigns tasks to the village every year.

Then each ninja village will be responsible for protecting the daimyo's safety.

This is the current state of relations between the Daimyo of the Ninja World and the Ninja Village.

As for the threat of cutting off funding?

Haha, maybe in a few days the entire ninja world will hear the rumor that a daimyo from a certain country suddenly died of a serious illness.

Since you are not obedient, why not change to a more obedient name.

After all, the arm cannot twist the thigh. The daimyo is the arm, and the ninja village is the thigh.

The daimyo is responsible for a country's economy, and the ninja village is responsible for a country's military. They have a clear division of labor and do not interfere with each other.

At the same time, both sides jointly promote the development of the entire country.

However, Cang Si and the other three did not expect that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was so bold that he actually dared to offend the Third Hokage.

Could it be that the current Daimyo of the Fire Nation wants to learn from his ancestors?

But that also requires the cooperation of the Hokage!

Given the character of the first Hokage at that time, he would never argue with the daimyo, so he went along with the daimyo in everything. As a result, the daimyo at that time was indeed very free and easy.

But when the second Hokage came to power, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire continued to interfere in Konoha's affairs, but he died suddenly not long after.

Since then, the new daimyo has been very well behaved, fearing that he would be the next victim of sudden death.

Now there is another daimyo who dares to pull out the tiger's whiskers. Cang Si really wants to give this daimyo a bravery award.

Are you dissatisfied that the Third Hokage is too old and can't draw his sword anymore?

I guess they wanted to test Konoha's bottom line because they saw the Ninja World War was about to break out.

Wars are fought not only with people, but also with money.

If the daimyo suddenly cut off Konoha's financial support at this time, it would definitely cause unimaginable serious consequences.

"Please teach us what to do, Hokage." In the end, it was Minato Namikaze who asked the Third Hokage.

Although Minato himself did not like this kind of political intrigue.

But since becoming Hokage is your goal, you will have to come into contact with these things sooner or later, it’s just a matter of one step earlier or later.

The Third Hokage nodded in satisfaction at Minato Namikaze's attitude.

Minato's strength and talent are obvious to all.

Even though the Third Hokage doesn't know that Minato has reached the Kage level, it doesn't prevent him from knowing that the other party is now very strong.

But he still had to test what kind of person Minato was.

After all, strictly speaking, Minato is his apprentice and is naturally on the side of their Hokage!

The Third Hokage's current plan is to have Orochimaru succeed him as the Fourth Hokage.

Then observe Minato Namikaze, and if possible, let him take over the position of the Fifth Hokage in the future.

However, the changes that will happen in the future are something that the Third Hokage could never have predicted.

It can only be said that things are unpredictable.

Just as the Third Hokage was about to speak, an Anbu member knocked on the door and walked straight in.

Chapter 57: Hinata Kumokawa is critically ill

Looking at the ANBU members coming in, the Third Hokage knew that they probably had something to report about the war on the front lines.

Sure enough, after the Anbu member came in, he immediately knelt on one knee and said to the Third Hokage: "Hokage, the report from the front battlefield has arrived."

Then, the Anbu glanced at Cang Si and the other three covertly.

"It's okay, just say it directly, they are all trustworthy children." The Third Hokage knew the meaning of the Anbu's look, but he had no intention of driving Cang Si and the other three away.

There is no need to hide the war intelligence on the front line, because all the ninja clans will know it soon anyway.

It would be better to be more generous and let the Anbu tell the information directly to everyone in front of them.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

After organizing his words, the Anbu member began to speak.

"In the Rain Country battlefield, Orochimaru, Jiraiya and Tsunade were defeated by Hanzo, but Hanzo did not kill them and gave them the title of Sannin."

"What! Even Orochimaru and the other three together are no match for Hanzo?" When the Third Hokage heard the news, he was so shocked that his pipe almost fell to the ground.

Not to mention the Third Hokage, even Cang Si and the other three were stunned at what they heard!

According to the original work, Cang Si knew that Hanzo had a record of defeating the Three Ninjas.

However, in this life, he had personally experienced Jiraiya's power.

What’s more, three such powerful people combined could not defeat one Salamander Hanzo!

From this, we can see how powerful Hanzo is.

And the future Nagato will be able to kill Hanzo in seconds, so how powerful must he be.

It is estimated that the future Nagato will be close to the level of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha during their lifetime.

Cang Si couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency again.

"Teacher Jiraiya lost, and so did Orochimaru and Lady Tsunade..." Minato's tone was complicated.

In fact, he didn't expect to hear such a bombshell as soon as he returned to Konoha!

"Fortunately, Teacher Jiraiya is okay." Uzumaki Kushina also came to her senses. It was a comfort to herself and also to Souji and the others.

"Even the three adults joined forces and lost." Uchiha Yan muttered to himself, not knowing what he was thinking.

"How are the other ninjas?" the Third Hokage asked immediately.

"Nearly half of the 2000-strong ninja army were lost, and the rest were let go by Hanzo. However, the situation in the Sand Village is the same as our Konoha." After answering the Third Hokage's words, the Anbu member added another sentence.

The entire Hokage's office suddenly fell into silence, with only the sound of the Third Hokage picking up his pipe again and taking a puff.

"Hey, we have lost nearly 4000 ninjas in the Rain Country this time?" sighed the Third Hokage.

"Yes, Lord Hokage, the losses of Sunagakure are no less than ours in Konoha." The ANBU member said cautiously.

Hearing this number, everyone felt heavy in their hearts. These losses could be said to be devastating.

"Afterwards, send more compensation to the families of those ninjas who died in the battle. Do you have any other information?" The Third Hokage's tone was solemn.

"in addition......"

Halfway through his words, the Anbu ninja turned around and glanced at Cang Si.

Cang Si's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Sure enough, the next words of the Anbu member directly confirmed his guess.

"Lord Hatake Sakumo, who was originally guarding the River Country, went north to support Orochimaru and others who retreated from the Rain Country, leaving the rear defense empty. He was ambushed by the puppeteer troops of the Sand Village and lost some ninjas."

The Third Hokage didn't say anything, which meant for the Anbu to continue speaking.

"During the raid of Sunagakure, the third elder of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Kumokawa, was poisoned while trying to cover the evacuation of the main force. Although Lord Sakumo rushed back in time to save Elder Kumokawa's life and Lady Tsunade prepared an antidote for him, I'm afraid his health is not optimistic."

Perhaps because Cang Si was here, this Anbu spoke in a rather cryptic way.

Dark.

But everyone present understood what the other party meant when he said that the health was not optimistic.

What it means is, just wait for death, there is no hope, go home and prepare for your funeral.

"Where is my grandpa? Where is he now?" Hearing this, Cang Si couldn't help it anymore, and asked anxiously with red eyes.

"Souji-kun, Elder Hyuga Kumokawa has returned with the injured troops. It is estimated that he will arrive in no more than 3 days. Don't worry, there will be medical ninjas accompanying him all the way."