Infighting within the Yamanaka Clan!
No, it shouldn't be called infighting, but rather a "Struggle for Power and Profit."
After all, Yamanaka Inoichi was dead, leaving behind only a widow and orphaned daughter.
No one would make a move against them in the shadows, but that didn't mean the rest of the Yamanaka Clan had no thoughts about the clan head's position.
Just like Uchiha Mei back then, her situation had been as bad as it could get. Fortunately, the Main Branch Lineage had protected her, or she would have died long ago.
After all, she was qualified to inherit the clan head's position, and her talent was quite good as well, which only added to her appeal.
Sometimes, it wasn't enough to simply say you weren't competing and expect others to believe you.
What you said wasn't important. What mattered was whether you had the strength and qualifications.
Ino was exactly the type who had both qualifications and ability.
As the clan head's daughter, with considerable talent, and also the disciple of Asuma, the "Dragon of Konoha"—
Even though she was young, plenty of people supported her. Naturally, being suppressed and excluded by her clansmen was normal.
Yet outsiders had no way to interfere in this kind of internal clan matter.
Not interfering in ninja clan affairs was an ironclad rule of the Shinobi World, except in Blazing Sun Country.
After suffering such a huge grievance, wouldn't it be perfectly reasonable for Ino to defect to Blazing Sun Country?
It could be said that this reason was indeed suitable.
Of course, there was another extremely important reason why Ino had been chosen as the spy instead of someone else.
Her looks!
No one doubted that Ino was beautiful.
If they sent an ordinary spy to Blazing Sun Country, who