"Um, did I exert too much force?"
The reality is cruel to Neji Hyuga. Neji Hyuga, who was called a child prodigy under the guidance of his father, faced Sasuke Uchiha, who was one year younger than him. Even on Taijutsu, which he was most proud of, he had no power to fight back and was easily defeated by his opponent.
Sasuke is very gentle, and he obviously holds back every time he strikes. The reason why Neji Hyuga fell to the ground and couldn't get up is simply because he fell into self-doubt.
Maybe I am not the genius Hyuga Clan that my father expected, and it is completely impossible for me to beat Main Family under the constraints of Caged Bird Seal.
"Although Itachi didn't teach Sasuke Taijutsu much, Sasuke always watched from the sidelines when we practiced daily, Neji ZYou are definitely Hyuga Clan a rare genius, but Sasuke's talent is no worse than yours, plus he has a better teacher, so it's reasonable that you can't beat him."
Hayato Hyuga saw Neji Hyuga's confusion and helplessness. He stretched out his hand in time to pull Neji Hyuga up and gave him his own encouragement.
"Itachi, you've been watching for long enough. Don't worry. I don't dare to let anything happen to Sasuke. Besides, Neji cannot defeat Sasuke at his current level."
After Sasuke and Neji started competing, Madara Uchiha, who was practicing alone, came to the vicinity of their battle scene at some unknown time. Neji and Sasuke didn't notice it, but Hayato did. After the battle between the two little guys ended, Hayato looked at Madara.
Although Neji was almost defeated by Sasuke, Neji Taijutsu's talent was actually displayed in a simple confrontation. Hayato is very much looking forward to Madara's evaluation of Neji.
"Better than you."
After giving his own evaluation, Madara Uchiha left without looking back. It was enough for Hayato Hyuga to take care of children, and his words also meant that Neji Hyuga had a ticket to enter Training Ground.
The peaceful practice lasted for just three days when Team One, where Madara Uchiha and Hayato Hyuga were located, was called together by Kazuhiko Sarutobi. The foursome Team One were about to embark on their first A-Rank mission.
"A-Rank Task? Teacher Kazuhiko, can you tell me the specific content of the task first and what are the risks during the execution of the task."
Different from the excitement and anticipation when he first received a C-level mission and wanted to make a name for himself, he no longer cared about fame. He changed his goal to liberating all Hyuga Branch Family's children and supporting Madara Uchiha to become Hokage. Hayato Hyuga's attitude towards difficult tasks that he had never taken on was much more cautious.
"Mission content, protect Nobles Shinhiko Kōzuki of Land of Fire returning home from Capital of Land of Fire, Shinhiko Kōzuki is Land of Fire Nobles The head of Kōzuki, he is one of the core leaders of Land of Fire Hardliners. His governing ideology has always advocated going to war with the territorial country and occupying the territory of the territorial country. We Land of Fire and Land of Earth are in Third Shinobi World War The first half of the disputes were caused by this person. After Third Shinobi World War, he was more inclined to go to war with other countries than to rest and recuperate. Because of his radical political views, he was expelled from Daimyo by Capital. It was also because of his radical political views that Nations wanted to kill him. E Nobles and Ninja are too numerous to count. In order to ensure that he can return to his own fiefdom safely, Shinhiko Kōzuki launched a mission to Konoha to protect him, and we are the team responsible for this mission."
Kazuhiko Sarutobi introduced the background of the mission to Madara Uchiha and the others in detail while giving Hayato Hyuga a distressed look.
Hizashi Hyuga's Konoha's Jōnin has naturally heard about it. Although it is a good thing for Ninja to become calm, Hayato Hyuga has grown up because of this incident. It shows how much suffering he has endured in the past few days to achieve his current transformation.
"Since he is the core leader of Hardliners, why did he only hire a team of us? Speaking of which, our Konoha should focus on peace. From a political point of view, this adult is completely opposite to our Konoha. Does he actually trust the people of Konoha to protect his safety?"
Seeing Kazuhiko explain the detailed background of the mission, Hayato Hyuga continued to ask questions about the doubts. Madara Uchiha looked at Hayato Hyuga who finally learned to think and silently praised it in his heart.
"Master Shinhiko Kōzuki has his own fiefdom and private armed force. He trusts his Samurai more than Ninja. As for why he asked Konoha to protect his safety, perhaps his purpose of doing so is to prevent Konoha from sending people to assassinate him."
After hearing what Kazuhiko Sarutobi said, Hayato Hyuga stopped asking. Nations wanted to kill Shinhiko Kōzuki, but Nobles and Ninja did not include Land of Fire and Konoha.
The real purpose of Shinhiko Kōzuki in hiring Konoha Ninja to protect himself is to use Konoha's Ninja to contain the assassins of Konoha. After all, Ninja from other countries E must not be able to send many people to kill political figures in other countries across borders, but Konoha Ninja, who knows Land of Fire thoroughly, can easily do so without anyone noticing within the territory of Land of Fire.
"If there is no problem, you go back and prepare first. We will set off in the afternoon. The limited time of the mission is that we must reach the adult within three days."
After conveying the mission content to Madara Uchiha and them in Konoha, Kazuhiko Sarutobi first asked his subordinates to disband. After all, the journey to escort Shinhiko Kōzuki was long, and it would take half a month if everything goes well. If you are traveling far away, you still need to prepare in advance.
Konoha, deep underground is where Root Base is. It is far away from the sun and external interference. It seems like a forgotten dark world, like a huge maze hidden underground with intricate passages., connecting various functional areas. In the center of these areas, Shimura Danzō is sitting on his throne like a king. Under his seat, Sōsuke Aburame is kneeling in front of him very respectfully.
"Master Danzo, what are your instructions?"
When team Kazuhiko Sarutobi was identified by Third Hokage as Guard Unit of Shinhiko Kōzuki, Danzo reported to Sōsuke Aburame issued the summons order, and Sōsuke Aburame came to Danzo immediately after Kazuhiko Sarutobi disbanded the team.
"Your latest mission target Shinhiko Kōzuki, your Teammate Uchiha Itachi, if you have a chance, kill these two people."
Danzo's voice was not loud, but in this dark and empty underground, his small voice also had a strange magic power under the blessing of the environment, as if it could capture people's hearts. After listening to Danzo's command, Sōsuke Aburame lowered his head for a moment, and before his brain could react, his mouth gave a habitual answer.
"Yes."