The Hyuga clan that started in Konoha

"If it's him, then our battle is indeed not suitable to be carried out in Daimyo Castle." After suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Hatake Sakumo nodded and said.

Although he had not fought with Orochimaru for a long time, Hatake Sakumo did not dare to underestimate him at all.

Even now, he is no longer absolutely sure of defeating Orochimaru.

If Orochimaru's companions were equally strong, it is very likely that he would even be at a disadvantage.

For a moment, Hatake Sakumo considered many possibilities.

"Sakumo-senpai, you don't have to worry. I believe you understand that man's character. He is unlikely to really want to assassinate the daimyo.

So, all you have to do is hold the other party back.

Maybe by the time the enemy retreats and you return to Daimyo Castle, Kakashi and I will have already settled everything!"

Cang Si said this very confidently!

"Okay, I understand. Then, the daimyo's safety is in your hands!" Hatake Sakumo had no doubts about what Soji said.

After all, Cang Si had already revealed his strength a long time ago.

What the ninja world knows now is that Souji's strength is almost the same as Uchiha En, and both have taken a big step towards the Kage level.

With such strength, it is more than enough to protect the daimyo.

After saying this, Hatake Sakumo also left home and went to the daimyo's mansion. He was about to take action.

The last one left, Souji, was monitoring the Daimyo's situation through the Reincarnation Mirror as usual.

Everything has been arranged, we are just waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes to reveal his true colors.

In fact, some people may wonder why they are so sure that the mastermind is among the daimyo's two sons and his younger brother?

The answer is simple, because the first coincidental incident that happened to the daimyo was the poisoning of mixed food!

Think about it, who could tamper with the affairs of the daimyo?

Who else could do this except those close to him?

This item alone excludes many people.

Souji asked Hatake Sakumo whether the daimyo had any conflicts with others recently, but he was just asking casually.

Even if there was, it was impossible for the other party to reach into the daimyo's mansion and even tamper with the food.

After all, whether it is Hatake Sakumo, the Twelve Guardian Ninjas, or even the servants in the daimyo's mansion, these guards are not just for show.

If an outsider could bypass so many guards and directly tamper with the daimyo's affairs, the other party could kill the daimyo head-on, and there would be no need for these tricks.

What a whistle thing?

In addition, there is the nightmare zombie mud footprints incident, and the daimyo's bedroom has already been laid out. This further confirms that only the people closest to the daimyo have such supernatural powers!

The defenses of the daimyo's mansion are indeed impregnable, but if problems arise internally, these defenses will be useless.

Therefore, the judgment of Cang Si and the other two could not be wrong.

Regarding the mastermind behind the scenes, the classic three-choice mode begins!

Chapter 633: Shisui, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo's confrontation

"We're about one kilometer away from entering the Fire Country Daimyo Castle. Shisui-kun, do you want to discuss how to attack the Daimyo?" Orochimaru, who was originally walking side by side with Shisui, suddenly stopped and spoke.

After several days of traveling, the two finally arrived from the Rain Country to the vicinity of Daimyo Castle in the Fire Country.

In fact, both of them realized that each other was deliberately stalling for time. Although they didn't know why, they were sure that the other party had a conspiracy!

However, no matter whether it was to delay time or there was a conspiracy, Shisui and Orochimaru tacitly did not point it out directly.

This may be mainly because they themselves have something to hide!

Isn't that right?

Shisui wants to find an opportunity to kill Orochimaru, and Orochimaru wants to take the opportunity to seize Shisui's body. The two of them fight each other with wits and courage here.

As for the real purpose, to assassinate the daimyo?

What is that?

Even if Orochimaru asked now, it was just an excuse. He just wanted to test Shisui.

After hearing Orochimaru's question, Shisui stopped and turned around to look.

Shisui's eyes were calm, revealing no emotion at all, which formed a sharp contrast with the undisguised greed in Orochimaru's eyes.

One is introverted, the other is extroverted, and both seem to be competing with each other.

"Orochimaru, with everything you've done in the Land of Fire, you should know more about the situation in Daimyo Castle than I do, right?" Shisui asked back with a frown.

It can be seen that after Orochimaru stopped, Shisui's nerves had quietly tensed up, and he was ready to guard against possible sneak attacks at any time.

"Well, what Shisui-kun said is true. However, I left Konoha many years earlier than you. I may not know as much as you do about the changes in the Fire Country afterwards." Orochimaru said this without revealing any expression.

What Orochimaru said was not a lie. Although he still had some connections in the Land of Fire, he did not want to expose them so easily.

He didn't come here to assassinate the daimyo, and Orochimaru didn't want to use those remaining precious connections easily.

After all, things are different now. He has been away from Konoha for so many years, and many of the manpower and secret agents have been almost cleared out.

There is also a group of people who took the initiative to cut off contact with him because of his defection.

So, Orochimaru does have connections and spies in the Land of Fire, but they are really not many!

Seeing Orochimaru kick the ball back again, Shisui could only secretly curse at the cunningness of his opponent.

“My followers were only those members of the Uchiha clan who followed me back then, but unfortunately, they were all dead that night.

As for Daimyo Castle, no one from the Uchiha clan intervened."

Orochimaru refused to reveal his connections, so how could Shisui reveal information to Orochimaru?

So, the two of them really have their own ulterior motives now!

After hearing what Shisui said, Orochimaru just nodded with a half-smile. It was hard to tell from his look whether he believed it or not.

In fact, with Orochimaru's sensitivity, he always felt that Shisui joined the Akatsuki organization for ulterior motives.

Orochimaru could feel this from the time the two of them had been together over the past few days.

Of course, he is much the same, both sides are the same.

So, Orochimaru is now very curious about what was the hidden story behind the coup d'état launched by Shisui and Danzo that night?

"It seems that I have to find a time to ask someone to help investigate what happened that night." Orochimaru thought after licking his lips with his tongue.

And the person he wanted to find to help was none other than his cheap disciple, Hinata Souji!

Orochimaru believed that given the Hyuga clan's status in Konoha, it should be relatively easy to find out some hidden content that ordinary people didn't know.

At worst, it would be a good idea to let Cang Si find out the strength of the Uchiha clan.

Shisui is now Orochimaru's first target, but he is also prepared for the possibility of failure.

He planned to find a way to attack the Uchiha clan.

In this case, it is necessary to let his cheap disciples find out the news about the Uchiha clan in advance.

As for whether Cang Si could do it, Orochimaru had no doubt at all!

He knew that this cheap disciple of his had many unknown secrets, and even he had only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg.

This can be seen from the amazing strength displayed by the opponent.

To be honest, Orochimaru had never imagined that Souji was so powerful.

This cheap disciple gave him too many surprises!

Moreover, the opponent was hiding very deeply. Before fighting with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer Bee, it can be said that no one thought that Souji had such strong strength.

In addition to his strength, this cheap disciple is also the second-in-command of the Hyuga clan and the Minister of Konoha's Education Department.

With the dual protection of strength and identity, Orochimaru doesn't believe that the other party is completely ignorant of what happened in Konoha!

Therefore, at this moment, Orochimaru was already prepared to wait for this matter to be over, and find some time to have a good "heart-to-heart talk" with this cheap disciple!

As for the present, since Shisui and Orochimaru were not prepared to reveal too much information, they could only continue to walk towards the Fire Country Daimyo Castle in silence.

Judging from the looks of it, if nothing unexpected happens, the two of them are preparing for a strong attack!

However, just as they took a step forward, a dark shadow suddenly rushed over from the distance.

"shhhhh"

Two sounds of breaking through the air came.

Shisui and Orochimaru were both startled and took back the steps they were about to take.

When they looked forward, they saw that less than half a meter in front of them, there was a kunai each, nailed to the ground.

"Swish"

There was another sound, and the dark shadow had arrived in the open forest.

"huhu"

"sough"

A breeze blew, and the leaves in the surrounding woods made a crisp sound.

The newly appeared black shadow was standing about ten meters in front of Shisui and Orochimaru, and the two sides just stared at each other quietly.

There is no need to look, the newly appeared black shadow is Hatake Sakumo who has been waiting here for a long time.

"Orochimaru, it's you. I didn't expect that after so many years, we would meet in such a capacity and on such an occasion. Sigh, life is so unpredictable!" In the end, it was Hatake Sakumo, with a complicated expression on his face, who spoke first to greet Orochimaru.

However, one could tell there was a sigh in Hatake Sakumo's voice.

Although he had already guessed from Cangsi's mouth that the person who would directly attack the Daimyo of the Land of Fire should be Orochimaru.

However, when he saw with his own eyes that his former friend had become what he was now, he could not calm down for a long time.

"Yes, Senior Sakumo, I didn't expect that we would meet again as enemies. If possible, I really don't want to learn your swordsmanship." Hatake Sakumo's words seemed to evoke some good memories of Orochimaru in the past, and even his tone of voice became much more relaxed.

To be honest, Orochimaru still respects Hatake Sakumo very much because he taught him a lot of things before he grew up.

In the entire Konoha, Hatake Sakumo is one of the few people who can be recognized by Orochimaru.

"In that case, Orochimaru, please step back. I can pretend that I didn't see what happened today, and I don't want my knife to be stained with your blood." Facing this former friend and junior, Hatake Sakumo softened his heart.

For Hatake Sakumo, who cherishes every one of his companions, even though Orochimaru has already defected from Konoha, he still can't bear to be cruel to Orochimaru.

Besides, his main task now is to protect the safety of the daimyo, and hunting down the rebel ninjas in Konoha is not within his scope of duties.

If Orochimaru was willing to retreat on his own initiative, given their past relationship, Hatake Sakumo was prepared to turn a blind eye.

"Senior Sakumo, I can only say that I am very sorry about this. As a mercenary organization, we have already received the money.

It is impossible to retreat directly.

So, although I don't want to be your enemy, there is no other way."

Orochimaru's expression turned serious again and he said with a look of regret.

"Hey"

After hearing what Orochimaru said, Hatake Sakumo sighed and could only pull out the White Fang dagger from his back.

Although he knew that it was unlikely that Orochimaru would choose to retreat, he still wanted to give it a try.

From the current perspective, the communication between the two parties has undoubtedly failed, and the only way to see the truth is through action.

At this time, after pulling out the White Fang dagger, Hatake Sakumo also looked at the other person who had been silent beside Orochimaru.

However, it would have been better if he hadn't looked at it. As soon as he saw it, Hatake Sakumo was shocked!

He hadn't seen Orochimaru for a long time and felt a little emotional, so he didn't pay attention to Shisui next to him, so he didn't recognize him at first.

Now after seeing Shisui's appearance clearly, Hatake Sakumo was shocked.

Because, this is a fierce man who is no weaker than Orochimaru!

"Are you Uchiha Shisui, who collaborated with Danzo and attempted to launch a coup half a year ago?" Hatake Sakumo asked with a serious expression.

But even though he was asking, his tone was quite certain!

Although Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Shisui met for the first time today, after Shisui was listed as an S-rank rebel by the Third Hokage, the photo must have been sent all over the Land of Fire.