The culprit was Gen'yo from Kagero Village.
"Kakashi!"
After calling Kakashi over from the courtyard, Hankuang prepared to report the matter.
Of course, he was reporting it to Minato Namikaze.
"Go find Teacher Minato right away and tell him I've made an important discovery."
"An important discovery?" Kakashi froze for a moment, then noticed the Explosive Tags embedded in the mottled wall.
"I'll go right away."
With a flash, Kakashi used the Body Flicker Technique and left.
"Huh? Hankuang, what important discovery is this?" Obito poked his head in, looking curious.
Rustle~~
A handful of tooth-leaf grass smacked directly into Obito's face, making it sting.
"Hankuang, I'm cutting ties with you!" Obito said angrily.
"You've said that eight hundred times."
Hankuang replied calmly.
It didn't take long.
Minato Namikaze arrived.
"So this is the important discovery you mentioned?"
Looking at the Explosive Tags inside the wall, Minato Namikaze wore a puzzled expression.
The Explosive Tags were obviously an old version. They had most likely been hidden in the wall by the previous owner of the house. How could this count as a major discovery?
Hankuang smiled but said nothing.
Minato Namikaze then tried to remove the Explosive Tag. The next moment, his expression suddenly froze.
"A thin wire?"
"What did you think of, Teacher?" Hankuang asked.
"Connecting the Explosive Tag with a thin wire means there are very likely other Explosive Tags as well." Minato Namikaze looked solemn.
There was no denying that Minato Namikaze was clever.
He had guessed the truth from the thin wire alone.
"You figured it out too, didn't you?" Minato Namikaze shook his head as he looked at Hankuang.
He knew Hankuang couldn't have failed to figure it out. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had Kakashi call him over.
After that.
Things became much easier.
Minato Namikaze first summoned Hyuga Hiashi, who used the Byakugan to discover an enormous crisis.
The matter was then reported to the Third Hokage.
8:14 p.m.
Barbecue restaurant.
The entire Team 9 was there, and even Minato and Kushina had taken their seats.
"You've done it again."
As soon as he arrived, Minato Namikaze praised him.
"It doesn't have much to do with me. I just happened to discover that Explosive Tag." Hankuang was very modest.
He was currently in his low-profile phase. Whenever possible, he avoided attracting attention.
That was also why, after discovering the Explosive Tag, he had asked Kakashi to notify their teacher immediately instead of the Third Hokage.
"Do you know what rank the Third Hokage raised this mission to?" Minato said with a smile.
"Raised it again?"
Hankuang was speechless.
Obito and Rin, however, were very excited and hurriedly asked about it.
"Teacher, don't tell me it was raised to S-rank?" Obito's eyes shone.
"I think it should be B-rank." Rin guessed.
"It's A-rank!" Minato announced the answer.
Of course, although the mission rank had been raised, the reward hadn't changed.
In other words, Team 9's records would now contain one additional A-rank mission.
Hearing the words "A-rank," Obito grinned from ear to ear.
Hankuang looked down on him even more.
When they had accepted the mission earlier, Obito had been the loudest one criticizing him.
"This time, it's not just you children. Even Minato got to share in the glory." Kushina said this with a laugh, her gaze fixed on Hankuang.
She knew very well that Hankuang deserved the greatest credit for this mission.
But the boy seemed to be deliberately shirking responsibility, giving all the credit to Minato.
She really wished she had a student like that.
"By the way, Teacher, our village has the Hyuga Clan. With their Byakugan, shouldn't they have discovered this long ago?"
Hankuang asked a question he couldn't understand.
He found it hard to believe that with the Hyuga Clan present, these Explosive Tags could still have been planted throughout the entire village.
Were the Hyuga Clan all blind?
"About that..."
Minato Namikaze sighed, seemingly quite emotional.
"The Third Hokage mentioned it this afternoon. It's complicated."
"It has to be traced back to when the village was first established."
Minato Namikaze explained the whole story.
"When the village was first founded, the Hyuga Clan's leader, Hyuga Tenin, used his Byakugan to spy on the secrets of many clans. He even uncovered quite a few secrets of the Uchiha Clan."
"After Madara Uchiha discovered this, he went to the First Hokage and imposed targeted restrictions on the Hyuga Clan."
After hearing this story, Hankuang understood.
Those so-called targeted restrictions most likely referred to buildings.
As long as the Hyuga Clan didn't deliberately use their Byakugan to observe buildings, they wouldn't discover the secrets of the various clans.
After all, the great clans were hidden behind layer upon layer of buildings.
After the meal, Team 9 dispersed once again.
Hankuang, however, was worried.
He had been fleeced once again and had suffered a major financial loss by treating everyone.
"Hankuang, when will your bathhouse open? I want to get a membership card." As they were about to leave the barbecue restaurant, Kushina asked.
"Open? How can I open it without money?" Hankuang wore a bitter expression.
"Oh, I see." Kushina suddenly understood.
Then she said, "How about you leave it to me to manage? You can pay me my wages after it turns a profit?"
Hankuang was overjoyed.
This was exactly what had been troubling him.
"Of course, my wages will be very expensive." Kushina added this reminder.
"No problem. Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Kushina."
Hankuang didn't mind. As long as it turned a profit, that was enough.
Watching the two of them reach an agreement after just a few words, Minato Namikaze smiled helplessly from the side.
That was the largest bathhouse in the village. How could they make such a casual verbal agreement?
Hokage's Office.
After finishing a day's work, Hiruzen Sarutobi twisted his stiff neck.
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