Konoha's Compromise

He subdued the chakra of Hatake Kakashi, a regular Jonin, and the Water Style user, then released the special Chunin who used Earth Style.

He said to him in a deep voice, "I'll let you go back to inform the Konoha higher-ups. I'll be ambushing lone Konoha ninja on the outskirts of Konoha. Unless you release Haku unharmed! Otherwise, I can't guarantee the absolute safety of the ninja I've already captured."

After Neji finished speaking, he gestured for the other party to leave. Then, he applied his self-created Eight Trigrams Sealing Style to the three captured individuals, completely sealing their chakra. He then took the three and flew to his temporary base.

Not long after, Neji returned to his temporary base and brought the three to the holding area.

The meeting between the six was extremely awkward! They were all pathetic brothers, captured by someone so much younger than them. It was truly embarrassing.

Especially the Chunin captain who was imprisoned first. He recognized Hatake Kakashi, known as the genius ninja. This made it even more awkward. The gap between this genius and himself was quite large!

Kakashi's mind was filled with countless "grass mud horses" running by. First, he was defeated by his own unique ninjutsu, then by his teacher's unique ninjutsu. Now, he was imprisoned with so many brats. Didn't he have any pride?

Neji didn't care about their thoughts. He was very conflicted. Kakashi's Sharingan was extremely precious. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was the most valuable ability among all the Mangekyo Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan!

Kamui, especially the double Kamui, was too overpowered. The ability to phase and ignore all attacks, and the ability to shatter all objects. Who wouldn't be impressed!

But no matter how powerful it was, it was useless if Neji himself couldn't use it. Especially since Kakashi was an important part of the subsequent plot. What if Sasuke and Naruto went astray if he dug out his eyes?

It seemed Sasuke had already been led astray by himself, learning all of Kakashi's signature abilities ahead of time!

Finally, Neji smacked his head. Why think so much? He had already become an enemy of Konoha. Why would he leave a huge combat power for Konoha?

Neji directly turned around, grabbed Kakashi with one hand, and condensed a chakra surgical knife with the other. With a stab and a lift, he expertly scooped out Kakashi's Sharingan, stored it in a nutrient canister he carried with him, and sealed it in a scroll.

This entire operation terrified the other five. Even Kakashi, the person involved, hadn't recovered from the shock until his eyes were sealed.

What was going on? Why had his eyes become the target of the other party? You have the Byakugan, what do you need the Sharingan for? Damn it! Overwhelmed by anger, Kakashi spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted!

Neji gave Kakashi's eyes a simple treatment and then, under the terrified gazes of the others, left the cave. He planned to capture a few more people to increase his bargaining chips.

As for how to use Obito's eyes, he would deal with that later!

Riding the Black-Winged Thunder Roc, he soared into the sky again, searching for his next target!

This day was extremely terrible for the Konoha higher-ups.

First, they set out with great fanfare to encircle and suppress Hyuga Neji, but before they could even see him, the opponent had already flown away on a large roc.

This left nearly a thousand Konoha soldiers standing there, unsure whether to pursue or not. In the end, they ordered the main force to return to the village and dispatched several elite squads for patrol.

They thought this would be the end of it, but before they could even settle in, news came one after another that the outgoing squads had been attacked and some ninja had been captured.

This made the aging Third Hokage extremely annoyed. With fewer people, they couldn't defeat Hyuga Neji. With more people, the opponent would flee as soon as they sensed danger.

The slightly better news was that Neji hadn't gone too far. He had only captured them and hadn't actually killed the hostages, and he had proposed an exchange for Haku.

This presented another difficult problem for him. If they agreed to the exchange, it would undermine Konoha's authority, bowing to a rogue ninja. But if they didn't, four squads and twelve ninja had already been captured. Watching so many people be killed would have an even greater impact.

Moreover, even his Anbu captain, Kakashi, was on the list of captured individuals. This was simply unbelievable!

Neji went even further by releasing one person from each squad, making it impossible to keep the matter quiet. Within a day, the news had already spread like wildfire.

After a meeting and discussion, they couldn't come up with any good solutions and chose to compromise, asking Jiraiya, the current powerhouse of Konoha, to lead a team to exchange hostages with Neji.

Jiraiya was initially unwilling, but he couldn't resist the persuasion of so many people, and he was also very curious about this kid Neji, so he agreed to the mission.

Since he accepted the mission, Jiraiya immediately requested Haku back from Root.

The look on Danzo's face at the time was extremely unpleasant. He, the shadow of Konoha, had been defeated by this Hyuga kid again and again. It was undoubtedly the greatest humiliation of his life, and he vowed to find an opportunity for revenge!

Setting aside Danzo's thoughts, Haku remained calm, quietly following behind Jiraiya without a word.

Jiraiya led Haku and a squad of Anbu ninja out of the village, heading straight for the location where the most recent ninja squad had disappeared.

After capturing Kakashi's squad, Neji captured two more regular squads and then stopped going out, quietly awaiting Konoha's response.

The situation developed as expected. The Konoha higher-ups couldn't ignore the lives of over a dozen ninja and stubbornly refuse to hand over Haku, who was not that important in the first place.

As expected, after waiting for only half a day, Neji discovered Jiraiya's squad. Upon seeing Haku's figure, Neji knew Konoha had compromised.

Without rashly confronting Jiraiya in person, he sent out a Shadow Clone, bringing three captives with him, to find Jiraiya.

Neji didn't want to waste words. A mature ninja like Jiraiya, who had traveled the Ninja World for many years, couldn't be swayed by a few words. He didn't have Naruto's ultimate Talk no Jutsu.

Neji said directly, "Senior Jiraiya, this is my Shadow Clone. Don't have any other ideas. You give Haku to me, and I'll release all the captives and leave Konoha. From now on, we'll mind our own business, alright?"

Jiraiya had initially prepared a long speech, even willing to guarantee with his own reputation for Neji to return to Konoha. But after truly meeting Neji, Jiraiya abandoned his unrealistic thoughts. He could only sigh, expressing his helplessness, and muttered to himself, "What a good young man. What has the Third Hokage been doing all these years!"

After listening to Neji's words, Jiraiya was also straightforward. He directly released Haku and said to Neji, "I don't want to dwell on past grievances. This time, I'm on your side. Take Haku, and you and Konoha will be even. If you ever do anything to harm Konoha or the Land of Fire again, I, Jiraiya, will hunt you to the ends of the earth, even if it means gambling my ninja name!"

Neji's Shadow Clone treated Jiraiya's harsh words as if he had just farted, showing no reaction. Seeing Jiraiya release Haku directly, he said nothing more. He threw out the three hostages, informed them of the whereabouts of the remaining ninja, and then, with Haku, leaped onto the Little Golden-Winged Thunder Roc that was waiting nearby.

This was one of the Black-Winged Thunder Roc's two young offspring. Due to absorbing natural abilities, it had undergone some mutations, one of which was its feathers changing from black to gold.

Neji didn't pay much attention to this. The golden color was actually more majestic and imposing than black.

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