Cloud Ninja Envoy

Hyuga Hiashi became wary of Danzo's words and began to consider who in the branch family might betray him. But as he thought about it, Hyuga Hiashi realized that it seemed like anyone could be a potential traitor, including his own younger brother.

As for who had the opportunity to contact Orochimaru, although the number was relatively small, it still included most of the branch family members.

However, since the branch families have the Caged Bird, they are not afraid of losing their Byakugan, so many branch family members often carry out missions outside the village just like normal ninjas.

Just as Hyuga Hiashi was still struggling with his decision, Danzo spoke up again, "The most urgent thing now is to find out why Orochimaru covets the Byakugan, and the possibility of Orochimaru breaking the Caged Bird."

"Hiashi, I request access to all of the Hyuga Clan's secret documents, including the Caged Bird."

Hyuga Hiashi Danzo was startled. So Danzo was waiting for him here. Could it be that what he said about Orochimaru was a lie, and Danzo himself was the one truly plotting against the Caged Bird Seal?

Hyuga Hiashi an unyielding tone, "The Caged Bird is the foundation for ensuring the Byakugan bloodline doesn't leak out. Even if Advisor Danzō truly had the Fifth Hokage's order, I wouldn't give it to him."

Danzo feigned anger, then forced himself to suppress it, saying, "Hiashi Chief Hiashi should investigate the matter of the Caged Bird himself. Surely he won't make excuses to shirk responsibility Hiashi the other documents."

Hyuga Hiashi frowned slightly. It seemed Danzo had come specifically for this information.

However, he couldn't refuse again at this point, otherwise he would completely offend Danzo.

Hyuga Hiashi Konoha High-ranking officials was aware that the Konoha leadership had been targeting the Uchiha Clan. He didn't want to draw Danzo and the others' attention to his side.

After thinking for a moment, Hyuga Hiashi reluctantly nodded.

Then Hyuga Hiashi sent someone to invite Hizashi Hyuga, who then took Hizashi Hyuga to the Hyuga Clan's archives.

Before long, the two men arrived at the reception room carrying a large stack of documents that looked quite old.

Danzo glanced at it and knew that there were many items left over from the Warring States Period, so he nodded in satisfaction.

The secret documents collected by the Hyuga Main Family are actually not very useful. These things were considered secret during the Warring States Period, but times have changed, and decades have passed since the ninja village was established. These things are no longer of much use.

Of course, if these things truly contained secrets that the Hyuga Clan was unwilling to reveal, then Hyuga Hiashi wouldn't have easily compromised after being provoked by Danzo's words.

However, Danzo's inspection this time was purposeful, so he did discover some things that were not quite right.

A scroll dating back to the Warring States Period contains the following passage: Distant Relative's Visit... unique Ninjutsu...

This immediately made Danzo's eyes light up, and he pointed to the contents and asked Hyuga Hiashi.

Hyuga Hiashi frowned slightly and said, "My father was suddenly killed on the front lines of the battle against the Mist ninja, and he never mentioned any distant relatives to me."

Danzo frowned as well. He was not satisfied with Hyuga Hiashi's answer, but it was the truth, and he had nothing to say about it.

However, Danzo this trip: the Byakugan, which Orochimaru valued highly, must have special abilities. Orochimaru might have even encountered some distant relative of the Hyuga Clan.

After a moment's thought, Danzo said, "Hiashi Chief Hiashi, since the Hyuga Clan is unwilling to join Root, then I need a pair of Byakugan to be transplanted into my subordinates."

Hyuga Hiashi furious. The Hyuga Main Family only had one person per generation, and the succession was from father to son, and from son to grandson.

In this Main Family, only Hyuga Hiashi main family; even his younger brother has been imprisoned Caged Bird.

His father was the Main Family, and his father's eyes were gouged out by the Mist ninja.

Going further back, the eyes of each generation of the Hyuga Main Family have been preserved, but these eyes belong to Hyuga Hiashi's ancestors, so how could he possibly hand Danzo?

If Hyuga Hiashi possesses the Byakugan of someone else, giving Danzo a pair wouldn't be a bad idea. After all, Danzo is Konoha ninja, and he wouldn't use such a powerful weapon as the Byakugan to aid the enemy.

Faced with Danzo, Hyuga Hiashi could only suppress his anger and say, "Advisor Danzō, please leave. I've shown you all the secret information about my clan; don't expect anything else."

"Hmph!" Danzo coldly. He wasn't the Hokage, so he couldn't use the greater good to pressure Hyuga Hiashi. He could only play it safe and use the Hokage's name to test the waters.

Now that Hyuga Hiashi is acting as if even the Hokage couldn't do anything about it, there's nothing he can do.

Danzo wasn't particularly angry despite the unpleasant Danzo with Hyuga Hiashi. He had already anticipated Hyuga Hiashi's reaction; he had indeed just been testing the waters.

Next, Danzo had to consider how to respond to Orochimaru. Danzo definitely wouldn't give Orochimaru the Byakugan that Orochimaru needed. Not only did he not have it, but even if he did, he would keep it for himself and wouldn't generously hand it over to Orochimaru.

Since Danzo couldn't offer the Byakugan, he'd have to trade something else for it. But judging from Orochimaru's attitude, he'd probably have to pay a hefty price this time.

Meanwhile, after Danzo, only the Hyuga brothers Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga, remained in the Hyuga Main Family's reception room.

Hizashi Hyuga asked Hyuga Hiashi somewhat uncertainly, "Brother, the distant relatives mentioned in the secret documents, could they be the distant relatives on the moon that Father told us about when we were little?"

Hyuga Hiashi frowned as well. He hadn't looked at these documents in detail either; at the beginning of his reign, he had only glanced at them briefly.

When the two brothers were young, Hiashi Hyuga did tell them stories about their relatives living on the moon.

However, the two brothers, who were just children at the time, regarded this as a legend or myth.

After a moment's thought, Hyuga Hiashi said, "I also thought it was just a legend before, but judging from Danzo's purpose, we might actually have some distant relatives. As for whether they are really on the moon, it's hard to say."

Hizashi Hyuga hesitated for a moment before saying, "Big brother, it seems that Danzo wasn't most concerned about our distant relatives just now; he seemed more interested in our Byakugan abilities."

Hyuga Hiashi recalled that Danzo's eyes lit up and he showed an "I knew it" expression when he saw the words "unique Ninjutsu".

He glanced at his younger brother, who looked hesitant, Hyuga Hiashi snorted, saying, "Stop thinking nonsense. Don't you know what the Byakugan's abilities are?"

"You know how many secret techniques there are in Gentle Fist. What other unique Ninjutsu do we have?"

Even after hearing his brother's words, Hizashi Hyuga was still unwilling to accept it. What if the Byakugan really had other abilities? What if this ability had been lost over the long years?

Hizashi Hyuga didn't know was that Hyuga Hiashi was thinking just as much as he was. In fact, as the clan leader, Hyuga Hiashi wanted the Byakugan and other abilities more than anyone else.

Family records clearly state that Madara Uchiha's Sharingan surpassed even the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Those mysterious eyes could even summon a demon god comparable in size to Tailed Beast to aid in battle.

The Byakugan, which is on par with the Sharingan, only possesses combat abilities when used in conjunction with Gentle Fist. The pressure on him, Hyuga the Hyuga clan, must be immense.

After Hizashi Hyuga left, Hyuga Hiashi let out a long sigh.

That night, the two brothers rolled their Byakugan at each other in their respective homes and gazed at the moon all night.

While Danzo was still pondering what conditions to offer Orochimaru, and while the Hyuga brothers were admiring the moon, Orochimaru had already begun his operation.

Orochimaru had long anticipated that Danzo would not agree to his demands, so he had already sought a way out in other directions.

A few days later, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning suddenly announced in a grand manner that he would sign a peace treaty with the Land of Fire. The Kumogakure also stated that it would send a delegation to Konoha to discuss the specifics of the peace treaty with the Konoha High-ranking officials.

The news came suddenly, leaving ninjas and civilians throughout the entire Ninja World bewildered.

If the Ninja World is at peace, then it is; there's no need to sign any formal peace treaty.

There has never been a peace treaty in the Ninja World; there are only war reparations treaties between the victorious and defeated Ninja World.

What's more, the initiator of this peace treaty was none other than the Fourth Raikage.

How could a hot-tempered Raikage, who seems to be constantly looking for Tenten, actually take the initiative to request the signing of a peace treaty?

Has the Raikage taken the wrong medicine?

What's even more puzzling is that before Konoha has even responded, the delegation sent by Kumogakure has already left the Land of Lightning.

When Yichen first heard the news, he sensed something was wrong. In the original story, the Cloud ninja had done something similar, exchanging the life of one of their high-ranking members for the body of Hizashi Hyuga. However, the timeline of Hinata's capture in the original story should be a little later.

That's alright. The timeline of the Naruto World has already been completely messed up by Yichen. In this life, even the Fourth Great Ninja War has ended. If the final First Shinobi War in the original story were to occur in this life, it would be at least the Fifth Shinobi World War.

But just after Yichen told Orochimaru about the Byakugan, not long after, the Cloud ninja were about to attack the Hyuga Clan. What a coincidence!

The situation might develop differently than Yichen had in the original story, which made Yichen really want to go to Konoha in person. However, unfortunately, Yichen is currently unable to leave due to other commitments.

Two major events have recently occurred in Iwagakure, and both are good things.

The first thing Yichen had almost forgotten was that Kitsuchi had suddenly become a Quasi-Kage. Yichen didn't know Kitsuchi's mental journey when he became a Quasi-Kage; he only knew that during the Fourth Shinobi War, Kitsuchi did indeed possess Kage Level combat power.

Yichen didn't know when Kitsuchi became a Quasi-Shadow in the original story, nor did he know whether it was earlier or later in this life.

However, Yichen is certain of one thing: Kitsuchi's path to becoming a leading actress is different from that in the original novel.

In the original work, Kitsuchi has only one attribute: Earth Release.

However, in this life, when Kitsuchi became a Quasi-Kage, he completed Nature Transformation, which was now a new attribute.

Kitsuchi acquired a second attribute: fire.

Yichen didn't believe that Kitsuchi could develop a bloodline combining fire and earth, but having more combat methods would be a good thing for Kitsuchi.