Betrayal!

Hyuga Shin had intended to leave quietly, but some people would not let him.

Danzo came to pay him a visit.

Toward this senior from the Warring States Period, he showed a fair amount of respect, but as far as Hyuga Shin was concerned, the moment Danzo stuck his ass out, he knew exactly what shit he was about to take.

Danzo first expressed his gratitude for Hyuga Shin's past contributions to Konohagakure, then voiced his deep admiration that Hyuga Shin, at such an age, could still contribute to Konohagakure.

At the same time, he said that in view of the Hyuga Main Family's strong request, he still hoped Hyuga Shin could return to Konohagakure as soon as possible to enjoy his remaining years in peace.

And he would personally arrange for people to escort him! As a gesture of sincerity, he hoped Hyuga Shin would not refuse.

At first, Danzo had thought Hyuga Shin had come to the battlefield seeking a glorious end. He had not expected him to come here to make trouble for him!

From the message Hyuga Shin had sent him, Danzo could guess that Hyuga Shin was perfectly clear about their plans.

As an old fossil from the Warring States Period, Hyuga Shin was far too shrewd. He had eaten more salt than Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi had walked roads.

Hyuga Shin understood at once: the Main Family and Danzo had joined hands.

The Main Family wanted to get rid of him because they feared he would influence the branch family and destroy the system they had spent generations building. Danzo wanted to kill him because he feared Hyuga Shin would expose his and Hiruzen Sarutobi's plan.

Moreover, this matter benefited Danzo as well. He could use the enemy's hand to remove an unstable factor and give Hyuga Shin a glorious end, while also gaining the friendship of the Hyuga Clan.

"Thank you for going to the trouble. This old man will leave in the next few days. There is no need for an escort," Hyuga Shin calmly replied to Danzo.

Although Hyuga Shin said he would leave, he did not clearly state that he would return to Konohagakure.

"It is still necessary. You are advanced in years, senior, and ought to return to Konohagakure early. This is also the Hyuga Clan Head's wish!" Danzo naturally heard the implication in his words and emphasized it again, his tone revealing that there was no room for negotiation.

Hyuga Shin suddenly felt that perhaps he really had hidden for too long and played the part too convincingly!

So much so that many people truly believed he did not have long to live, old and weak and easy to bully.

The Main Family line really remembered the food but not the beating. They were born with cheap bones. Back when he had declared that he had lost his power, they had once rushed in a panic to try to carve the Caged Bird onto him!

And what had happened?

The first-generation clan head after the village was founded had not died in the Warring States Period, nor on the battlefield of the First War. He had died in his own home.

All because he had wanted, together with those vested-interest elders, to force Hyuga Shin to take the initiative and apply to have the Caged Bird carved onto him.

Their reason was that he had lost his power, and as the former strongest, his Byakugan purity was extremely high! They needed to restrict it to prevent it from leaking outside, and by the way use him as an example for the clansmen to establish the Main Family's authority.

But Hyuga Shin at that time was no longer the little child he had been when he had first reincarnated here. How could he possibly let them have their way?

As a result, the very next day, that man suddenly died. Every Main Family elder who had participated was poisoned, nearly cutting off the roots of the Hyuga Main Family line that had only been established for a little over ten years!

At the time, it caused a huge stir in Konohagakure!

Tobirama Senju had also paid special attention to it. It was at that time that he felt he could not see through Hyuga Shin as a person.

After all, he had personally examined Hyuga Shin and confirmed that he had indeed lost the source of his Chakra. He could no longer cultivate Chakra!

After the Main Family elders were detoxified, they were gripped by lingering fear!

They remembered what Hyuga Shin had said at the time: "You lack the most basic understanding of and respect for a strong person!"

Everyone knew Hyuga Shin had done it, but no one had any evidence.

They were also thankful that Hyuga Shin had not intended to kill them and had only given them a warning. Otherwise, they would not have survived that day either!

Later, Hyuga Sōki became clan head, and Hyuga Shin's existence was like a fishbone stuck in his throat. He had also tested him many times and arranged assassinations, but none had succeeded.

Fortunately, he did not have the same idea as the previous clan head. Otherwise, the grass on his grave would have been three zhang tall by now.

Now Hyuga Hiko and his son actually had designs on him again, and had even colluded with Danzo, truly treating him, Hyuga Shin, as a rotten old man already halfway into the coffin.

Even when a tiger died, its might remained! Besides, Hyuga Shin was a true dragon!

"How kind of the Main Family to still keep this old man in mind. Then I will trouble you, Danzo!" Hyuga Shin glanced at Danzo, his tone flat, his face expressionless. A trace of coldness seeped from his eyes!

"Perhaps not making a move for too long has given them the wrong idea! It is time to let these juniors know what it meant to be called the strongest of a clan during the Warring States Period!"

"Since you want to give me a glorious end, then don't blame me for returning to you an ultimate sublimation!"

Originally, according to the plan, Hyuga Shin's identity was supposed to spend the days ahead mainly preaching and sowing seeds, but since some people were unwilling to let him spread the word, he did not mind showing his fists a little!

"Then Elder Shin, it is decided. This junior still has matters to handle, so I will take my leave first." Seeing that Hyuga Shin had agreed, Danzo immediately rose and excused himself.

"No need to see you off!" Hyuga Shin spat out two icy words.

Danzo left, but the two ninja he had brought stayed at the entrance to Hyuga Shin's tent to monitor him.

Ever since Hyuga Shin had arrived, Danzo had arranged people to watch him, but never so openly. At most, they had observed from afar.

Hyuga Shin had never cared either.

But now, they were doing it with great fanfare.

The next day, Hyuga Shin stepped out of his tent and walked toward the outside of the camp.

The two monitoring ninja behind him exchanged a glance. One of them quickly headed toward the command post, while the other followed closely behind Hyuga Shin.

Not long after he left the camp gate, over a dozen figures rushed over at extreme speed.

"By Lord Danzo's orders, we are to escort Elder Shin back to Konohagakure!" one of the leading ninja stepped forward and reported.

Sensing the aura fluctuations on his body, his strength was at the Jonin level, no weaker than Ooki.

Looks like Danzo had designs on the Byakugan too.

"Mm! What a bother!" Hyuga Shin's tone was calm, his face expressionless.

The group moved slowly, and by the time dusk fell, they had only covered a few dozen kilometers.

Hyuga Shin also noticed that someone had been leaving tracking marks the whole time and secretly leaking their coordinates.

"There's a dense forest up ahead. It's just right for a rest. Traveling at night is rather inconvenient. What do you think, senior?" the escort team leader asked.

"Fine!" Hyuga Shin was sparing with his words.

Afterward, everyone entered the forest, tidied up a relatively open spot, and made it their temporary camp.

"So they were already lying in ambush? Twenty, thirty, forty! Ten standard combat squads, huh! The Sand Village really is drooling over the Byakugan!" Hyuga Shin sensed the enemies approaching from nearby and was not surprised.

The dozen or so escort members also exchanged glances at that moment. Naturally, there were sensory ninja among them, and they had also discovered the enemies' arrival.

However, not only did they not step forward to protect Hyuga Shin, they instead retreated far away, looking as if they were watching a show.

Hyuga Shin paid it no mind. It was exactly as expected.

When it came to selling out teammates, few in Konohagakure had more authority than Danzo.

"Captain, are we really not going to help the senior?" a Chunin from the escort team stepped forward and asked, unable to bear it.

"Lord Danzo's mission for us is to recover the Byakugan. Anything else has nothing to do with us! Besides, the Hyuga Clan has tacitly approved this matter as well," the team leader said coldly, not treating Hyuga Shin as one of their own in the slightest.

They were here!

Swish, swish, swish! Forty figures leaped out from every direction, surrounding Hyuga Shin.

"He really is from the main family of the Hyuga Clan. There's no Caged Bird mark on his forehead!" The moment one of the Sand Village leaders saw Hyuga Shin, he already knew what was going on.

"Only four Jonin? Just how much do you Sand Village look down on this old man!" Hyuga Shin's aged voice rang out from within the encirclement.

Attack!

Without any further words, the Sand Village ninjas all rushed at Hyuga Shin in an instant!

"It's time for you ants to feel the terror of the Warring States Period!"

"Ants should know their place as ants!"

"I bloom amid slaughter, like a flower at dawn!"

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