Then Lingyin raised a crucial question. "Then why not leave this matter to the village?"
Xingzhuo thought, Obviously, because the village has a saintly leader. If we left this matter to the village, those loose-lipped Twelve Guardian Ninja probably wouldn't even need to be interrogated by the Yamanaka Clan before the saintly Senju Hashirama came rushing over and let them go. Then the whole thing would be swept under the rug.
So they had to go through Yuto's older brother, Yuto. That way, the matter would be handled in a way that made sense both legally and morally.
He'd heard that Yuto's brother was sixteen this year and was all lovey-dovey with the Daimyo's princess. He probably wouldn't be too hard to persuade.
And if he were difficult, he probably wouldn't have met an early end, leaving Tsunade and Nawaki to rely on each other and Uzumaki Mito.
But he couldn't say any of that out loud, either.
So he explained, "Isn't Yuto's older brother in the Land of Fire? He's the ninja stationed at the Daimyo Palace on Konoha's behalf, so he can handle this. We can't let this drag on; the sooner it's settled, the better. I'll send a Shadow Clone to find Yuto's brother and get this taken care of."
"Ah, you mean big brother Yuto?" Yuto looked as if the penny had just dropped.
Xingzhuo nodded.
He'd known his little friends for over two years, of course, so he knew his brother's name and some of his accomplishments.
This Senju Yuto had changed his name to Yuto after Konoha was founded, dropping the Senju surname to set an example for the Senju clan and show them how to integrate into Konoha.
They said he was quite talented and powerful, and that despite his young age, he