Why did he have the right to refuse?
The village needed the puppets he made, so he should obediently contribute them and hand over the puppets' secrets to the village as well.
"Enough, Koharu."
The Third Hokage, who could no longer stand listening to her, interrupted her.
"Being angry is meaningless. If Jingyi's puppets are truly as Orochimaru described, then we must get these puppets under our control."
"How do we control them?"
Utatane Koharu said angrily, "Tsunade definitely won't support us, and that brat Jingyi Hyuga has already refused to hand over the puppets."
Having the puppets was only useful if you could grasp their core secrets; otherwise, it was all empty talk. At most, you could merely borrow the puppets for a while.
Compared with simply using the puppets, the Third Hokage and the others naturally wanted to personally master the puppets' secrets.
Only then could the village continuously produce puppets on its own instead of relying on Jingyi.
As for anything else, F4 had never considered it. Since Jingyi Hyuga could make such puppets, he must possess their core secrets. As long as they obtained those secrets, they could make identical puppets as well.
"I'll find a way."
He let out a heavy breath, and thick smoke filled the Hokage Office.
Tsunade was certainly not an option. They had directly demanded that Jingyi contribute the puppets and their core secrets, only to be refused. They could only take another route.
For instance, the Hyuga Clan...
That very night, the Third Hokage once again went to the Hyuga clan grounds because of Jingyi.
The last time he had come was to sound a warning to the Hyuga Clan.
This time, he intended to use the Hyuga Clan's hand to obtain the puppets and their core secrets.
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