Yamanaka Chujiu said with a smile, "It's not that my guesses are accurate. It's that you think too highly of Hiruzen Sarutobi."
"Kumogakure Ninja are the least trustworthy village in the ninja world. They have no shame and bully the weak without restraint."
"If they hear that some ninja clan possesses a secret technique, or that some ninja village has a decent ninjutsu, even the mighty Raikage will swallow his pride and go steal it, even if it means killing for it."
"The only thing that can truly make them submit is unquestionable strength."
"Orochimaru-sensei and I defeated Kumogakure's army, but we couldn't suppress the AB Duo by ourselves the way the Fourth Hokage did. Kumogakure Ninja, from top to bottom, refuse to accept defeat."
"Back then, the AB Duo had been utterly subdued by the Fourth Hokage. They agreed to end the war on the spot and immediately led Kumogakure's army away."
"From the fact that they stayed entrenched on Sakura Plains and sent ninja to negotiate peace, I knew they were planning something."
"And it wasn't hard to guess what."
"Back when Lady Uzumaki Mito was frail with age, Konoha selected Uzumaki Kushina from the ninja world. She had only just been brought back to the village and settled in when hidden Kumogakure Ninja spies kidnapped her."
"That shows just how closely Kumogakure watches Konoha's Kekkei Genkai, and how precise their intelligence is."
"So the only target capable of throwing Konoha into chaos and tearing it apart to the greatest extent would be the Hyuga Clan."
The more Hyuga Hiashi listened, the more sense it made. "So that's how it is. It really is. Of course it is!"
Yamanaka Chujiu continued, "Based on the Third Hokage's usual way of thinking, and his almost pathological desire for peace, once