Come to Kumogakure

"What... what the hell is this monster?"

Cold sweat streamed down Aoba Raimei's forehead. This was terrifying. He stiffly turned his head and looked at the teammate who had been sent flying. His face had been reduced to a mess of pulp, and he had stopped breathing!

The might of a single punch.

Terrifying beyond belief!

"You're... a shinobi of the Hyuga Clan?!"

He roared, "We're shinobi of Kumogakure, and we've just signed a friendly Alliance Treaty with Konoha. If we die here today, war will break out between Konoha and Kumogakure! The consequences will be more than Konoha can bear!"

"Apologize to me right now, and maybe I'll spare your life for the sake of our alliance!"

The man before him was terrifying.

He couldn't gauge the man's true strength.

Especially that terrifying Taijutsu—it was definitely at the elite jonin level!

"Heh. You think you're worthy?"

Hyuga Kagami looked down at the two of them as if they were trash, his expression furious. "You didn't come to Konoha to form an alliance at all! You came to suppress Konoha and get your hands on the Byakugan!"

He said coldly, "You're not leaving the Death Forest today!"

As if.

If he let them leave the Death Forest, how would Uchiha Itachi see Sarutobi Hiruzen for what he really was?

How would Uchiha Itachi learn about Konoha's filth and corruption?

If he wanted Uchiha Itachi's help, he first had to earn his trust.

Meanwhile.

Uchiha Itachi was stunned. Unable to help himself, he murmured, "What... exactly is going on? Konoha and Kumogakure have formed an alliance, so relations between the two villages should improve, and Konoha should enjoy a long period of peace."

"Why is Kagami-kun so angry?"

He didn't understand.

But he knew there had to be some secret behind all this!

Cold sweat streamed down Aoba Raimei's forehead. This was giving him a terrible headache.

Damn it!

Why did Konoha have such a volatile shinobi? Konoha and Kumogakure had already formed an alliance, yet this shinobi still refused to let them go!

"Aren't you afraid the Hokage will punish you?"

He shouted, "If war breaks out between Kumogakure and Konoha, you'll be the one responsible!"

At that moment,

Aoba Raimei tried to make Hyuga Kagami back down by threatening him.

"If you leave now, I won't tell anyone about this. Kumogakure and Konoha can still be the best of allies!"

A glint of cold light flashed in his eyes, quickly concealed.

Heh.

Hyuga Kagami sneered, looking at him as if he were an idiot.

"Do you take me for a three-year-old? Kumogakure is full of hotheaded warmongers. If you get a chance to attack Konoha, would you really pass it up?"

Kumogakure was full of reckless fools.

And warmongers, to boot!

In the Naruto movie, the shinobi of the entire Shinobi World believed Naruto could defeat Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon, but the Fourth Raikage wanted to blow up the moon—and kill Uzumaki Naruto at the same time!

"Damn you!"

Seeing the coldness in Hyuga Kagami's eyes, Aoba Raimei felt another wave of dread and frustration.

This guy was impossible to deal with!

"Captain, why are you wasting your breath on him? Do you really think the two of us can't take him down?"

The Kumogakure shinobi beside him gritted his teeth, drew his Kunai, and glared at Hyuga Kagami with open hostility!

"Shut up!"

Aoba Raimei roared, "The two of us... might not be able to beat him!"

What a useless teammate!

The man's strength was already on par with an elite jonin!

As someone with only jonin-level strength, he was no match for him!

He spoke calmly. "What do you want? If it's something we can do, we'll give it to you! Fighting isn't necessarily the best way to settle this, right?"

Aoba Raimei offered a friendly smile.

But deep down, he was uneasy.

Damn you!

Once I get back to Kumogakure, I'll tell Lord Raikage everything and make sure you die without a trace!

And for the sake of peace between Kumogakure and Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen would abandon this man just as he had abandoned Hizashi Hyuga!

"Hand over Hizashi Hyuga's body!"

Hyuga Kagami said coldly. "And tell me how you got it!"

Damn it.

He rolled his eyes. Were they going to drag this out forever? So much pointless chatter.

If he weren't trying to get them to reveal Sarutobi Hiruzen's filth and corruption themselves, he would have attacked already!

These two idiots were so stupid it was giving him a headache!

"Impossible!"

Aoba Raimei's face changed. "Hizashi Hyuga's body absolutely cannot be handed over to you. It's evidence that must be presented to Lord Raikage!"

"What evidence?"

Hyuga Kagami sneered, his eyes burning with anger. "You stole the Byakugan of the Hyuga Clan, then blamed the Hyuga Clan after your shinobi was killed!"

"Hand over the body, or die!"

His gaze turned cold!

He started walking toward Aoba Raimei, step by step!

"Gasp!"

Aoba Raimei's face changed. This guy was too domineering, threatening to kill them over the slightest disagreement.

He was about to cry. He hastily tried to stop him. "I'll give it to you! I'll give it to you!"

With a wave of his hand, he immediately unsealed the Sealing Scroll.

The body of a man who looked eight-tenths like Hyuga Hiashi appeared on the ground!

It was Hizashi Hyuga!

"Brother, this is Hizashi Hyuga's body."

Aoba Raimei's eyes shifted as he spoke. "Actually, this isn't what we wanted. Your Third gave us the body so he could reach an alliance with Kumogakure."

"This has nothing to do with us."

He paused, then continued, "But... I have to say, your Hokage is a coward. He actually made the Hyuga Clan hand over Hizashi Hyuga's body!"

"If it were our Raikage, he'd never betray a fellow shinobi!"

"Even if it meant war, our Raikage wouldn't back down. So... your Hokage is a piece of trash, brother."

"From now on, don't ever believe anything your Hokage says!"

Aoba Raimei wore an expression that said he was only trying to help.

He blurted out the whole story. Of course, he was exaggerating, but he didn't care.

If he could drive a wedge between this shinobi and the Hokage, all the better!

Hyuga Kagami's expression was odd.

Damn... this guy was actually pretty cooperative?

"Brother, Konoha has way too many rules, and it's a dark place, too!"

Aoba Raimei looked Hyuga Kagami up and down, pretending not to know about the Main Family and Branch Family system of the Hyuga Clan, then continued, "Kumogakure is different. The people there all help one another!"

"A powerful shinobi like you is exactly what Kumogakure needs!"

"If you can't stay in Konoha, come to Kumogakure. Just give them my name, Aoba Raimei!"