allendalepharm Chapter 224 This Is The Village We Once Guarded Together! (Seeking Subscription)
Chapter 224 This Is The Village We Once Guarded Together! (Seeking Subscription)
Chapter 224 This is the village we once guarded together! (seeking subscription)
In the country of rain, the large tent used as a temporary meeting place was dead silent, and even the extremely subtle breathing of everyone was clear and distinct.
Outside, the ninja troops stationed by various forces are also very quiet,
Just now, a group of them watched a young official nod respectfully to Hyuga Iroha, and invited him in again.
What does it mean? Representatives of the major forces are meeting, why are people from Hyuga's family called in?
Except for Hyuga's people, everyone including Konoha looked puzzled.
And inside the tent,
Everyone first looked at Hyuga Iroha who was standing next to Kusakako with strange expressions, and then turned their eyes to Utatane Koharu who was sitting at the conference table.
"Hyuga Iroha, what do you mean?"
Frowning tightly, Utatane Koharu couldn't sit still. She stood up and stared at the pale face not far away with an ugly face, "Can you take responsibility for what you said today?"
She was very angry, but more panicked.
"I cannot take responsibility for my words."
Standing not far from her, Hyuga Iroha shook his head calmly, "But this is the meaning of the Patriarch, and the Patriarch's order represents Hyuga, and this is the decision of all Hyuga senior management."
With that said, he issued a letter and handed it to Utatane Koharu.
When Iroha received this letter, Iroha was also a little surprised, and the first thing he suspected was that the letter was fake.
Of course, he, as a high-ranking officer, understands the long-standing arrangements in the clan,
Giving up Konoha's accumulation of so many years and switching to this barren country is really hard for Iroha to believe.
But in fact, the letter is of course genuine,
The ninja beast responsible for communication was cultivated by the intelligence agency of the clan, and only recognizes the blood of Hyuga.
The letter also has the patriarch's unique pattern and seal. These two materials are enough to prove that the letter is authentic.
It should be that there has been a change in the family, but it is inconvenient to explain the specific situation through letters.
Looking at Utatane Koharu who snatched the letter, Iroha probably had an idea in his mind.
"...I think this meeting needs to be suspended for a while, and I need to confirm the authenticity of this news."
The face was extremely ugly, but this time Utatane Koharu did not show the previous irritability, but calmly looked at other people around, "Give me three days to confirm the authenticity of this news."
That was just pretending. In front of outsiders, she was relatively calm.
Regardless of whether this news is true or not, it is definitely more important than the application of the Kingdom of Rain to join the alliance.
Hyuga is no different from ordinary ninja families. As Konoha's top family, it is also a well-known family in the history of the ninja world for thousands of years. Their influence is extremely terrifying.
Now they want to leave Konoha and Fire Nation and settle in Rain Nation. This matter has a profound impact on all parties.
"Indeed, I also need to report the situation to the daimyo again."
The representative of the country of fire, Tokugawa Ya's face is also ugly.
In this regard, representatives of other forces also nodded. They also need to negotiate with the forces behind them about the follow-up of Hyuga leaving Konoha and entering the Land of Rain.
Regardless of Hyuga's intentions in this,
Now that the Land of Rain has Hyuga, it is no longer a soft persimmon. The specific conditions for their application to enter the Allied Nations really need to be reconsidered.
With a sullen face, after the representatives of other forces nodded in agreement, Utatane Koharu ignored the weird gazes of others, and came directly to Iroha, "I need to talk to you alone!"
And Tokugawa Valley also came to Iroha's side, "I think I should also participate!"
"It's useless for you to talk to me about this matter."
But Hyuga Iroha shook his head, very disrespectful, "You should send a message back to Konoha, let Konoha's people talk to our Patriarch."
"I just acted according to the order, and I don't know about other things."
In fact, as a high-level executive of Hyuga, of course he is not completely ignorant.
After accepting that the news was true, Hyuga Iroha probably guessed that the clan might have made new progress on the affairs of the Otherworld, which is why they need to become independent so eagerly.
But because of his status, he is unwilling to explain to Utatane Koharu and the others, and there is no need to explain.
Saying nothing is the clearest way.
"..."
As for his lack of face, Utatane Koharu's wrinkled face was a little stiff, and she was suppressing the anger in her heart.
Turning her head, she glanced at the other theatergoers in the tent, "Please leave here first, we have something to understand in the Kingdom of Fire!"
Her tone was very cold, and she no longer maintained the posture of an old man.
Although he has not personally experienced life and death battles for many years after taking power, Utatane Koharu has not lost his minions because of this,
On the contrary, because of his many years of power, his aura is somewhat arrogant.
Pretending to be the Penultimate sense of the former No. 1 force in the ninja world, she forcefully called people from other forces in the tent away.
Although the representatives of other forces were angry in their hearts, they dared not speak out. After all, Konoha was the largest force in the alliance.
If Sunagakure was present, maybe they would still have the opportunity to hide behind Sunagakure to refute, but unfortunately now that Sunagakure and the Kingdom of the Wind have left the Kingdom of Rain because of the tail beast being taken away, they have no chance to speak.
Others left one after another, and Hyuga Iroha planned to follow suit,
But Utatane Koharu stood in front of him very directly, "I now suspect that you secretly communicated with the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Rain to pass false news."
She looked at Iroha and Kusakako blankly,
And beside Utatane Koharu, Tokugawa Valley also stayed.
This is not only a matter of Konoha, but also a matter of their Fire Nation.
At this moment in the tent, there were only four of them, standing opposite each other.
"The letter bears the coat of arms of the Patriarch."
Although Hyuga Iroha was stopped, his voice was still very flat, "You can pass on the authenticity of this information to Konoha, and let the people in Konoha confirm it."
He has always refused to communicate directly with Utatane Koharu and others.
"Your purpose is to confuse this meeting, you are from Sunagakure."
But Utatane Koharu shook his head, with a cold old face, "Because the conditions in the Land of Rain are not good for them, Sunagakure and the Land of Wind have opposed it for a long time."
"But because the Tailed Beast was captured by the Akatsuki organization, they had to leave. Before leaving, they either offered you or you Hyuga a generous offer. You pretended to pass it on to the Kingdom of Rain, but in fact it was To stall for time."
"I don't know if you betrayed your Hyuga, or you Hyuga together accepted the reward from the Kingdom of Wind, but this meeting is not allowed to be disrupted! Damn you!"
A few words directly freeze the atmosphere in the tent.
The murderous aura gushed out of her body, even Kuo Shanjie and Tokugawa Tani, who were ordinary people, could feel it, and stepped back a few steps unconsciously.
Is this going to do it directly?
They didn't have a chance to think about the meaning of those words at all, they just prepared to open the tent and run outside as soon as the two people in front of them made a move.
But after a while, the two people who were less than two meters apart did not move at all.
"It's really a low-level method."
In the end, it was Iroha who broke the stalemate, "Are you going to use poison to paralyze me, and then kill me quietly?"
"Consultant Utatane Koharu, although you have not participated in the frontal battlefield for many years, our clan has a lot of information about you. While you are an excellent medical ninja, you are also a Grandmaster poison ninja. Do you think I will Are you unguarded?"
With that said, he casually moved a chair and sat down.
Since he stopped him from leaving, he was not in a hurry to leave.
Iroha seemed very calm. After losing the suppression of his status and prestige,
Utatane Koharu, the old Hokage consultant, is actually nothing special to him. He also has a lot of experience brought by his age, and he is definitely superior to him in terms of combat ability.
Poison?
Kusanagi and Tokugawa Tani's expressions froze, and they unconsciously held their breath.
"Don't worry, her poisoning method is very clever, and it's aimed at me alone."
Hyuga Iroha seemed to have noticed something was wrong between the two of them, and explained softly: "If I hadn't prepared in advance, I might have been tricked."
While speaking, he had already opened his white eyes, and locked firmly on the silent Utatane Koharu in front of him.
Although he had always been on guard, he really didn't expect the other party to attack directly, so he didn't roll his eyes at first and entered a state of alert.
"Perhaps you plan to get rid of me first, and then push my death to the Kingdom of Rain?"
Seeing that Utatane Koharu was silent, Iroha asked tentatively, "Even...you don't plan to spare the other clansmen I brought, you want to keep all the Hyuga here, only the other forces of the Allied Kingdom Spread the word."
"You have given up on the Land of Rain, what you want to do is to sabotage our Hyuga's entry into the Land of Rain."
"Actually, you know very well in your heart that the contents of that letter are true, and it was an order personally issued by Patriarch Hyuga Hiashi."
After a pause, he shook his head again, "But in fact, no matter what you plan to do, since Hyuga's separation from Konoha has already started, it will inevitably happen."
"Even if the target is not the Land of Rain, many forces will open the door to Hyuga. It doesn't make any sense for you to do so, but it will affect the friendship between Hyuga and Konoha."
"You can't erase all the traces of what happened. Hyuga will definitely find out the truth."
Although Utatane Koharu poisoned first and wanted to kill him,
But Hyuga Iroha didn't intend to fight back, he didn't want to fight at all.
Even though they Hyuga intends to break away from Konoha, at this moment, in this situation, killing Utatane Koharu on impulse is not a good thing for the family.
Not far away, Utatane Koharu is always silent.
After a long time, she turned around and left directly,
Neither answered Hyuga Iroha's speculation nor refuted his empty words.
In fact, after being quick-witted and poisoned, she also realized that what she did was wrong, but Hyuga is...very important to Konoha now!
Since this matter cannot be resolved on her side, Utatane Koharu can only pass the news back to Konoha as soon as possible, so that Fifth Hokage and Mitokado Homura who are far away in Konoha can negotiate with Hyuga.
"Hiashi, I still remember that when we went to the battlefield together, you were still an immature kid, and you were timid when facing the enemy. I didn't expect that you are now the head of the clan."
In the center of the Hyuga clan land, in the ancestral house where the main family lives,
Jiraiya comes alone and visits Hyuga's house as a friend.
In the meeting room at this time,
Sitting across from Jiraiya is only Hyuga Hiashi, Ryosuke and Hinata are not there, they have their own things to do.
"Master Jiraiya back then, wasn't he just a half-child?"
And Hyuga Hiashi also had a look of nostalgia on his face that had been stern all the time.
Jiraiya was one round older than him, so when he just graduated and went to the battlefield, Jiraiya was already his senior and had seen many embarrassing things about him.
There are some embarrassing things that may be offensive if brought up,
But there are some things that I may have felt very embarrassed back then, but now that I am old, I miss that youthful feeling.
"That's right. Back then, I was just starting out in Teacher Sarutobi's team, and I began to have the ability to perform tasks alone."
Jiraiya laughed at first, but then sighed again, "We who fought together to protect Konoha, the old guys who are still alive now are not many anymore."
"You don't know that today's younger generation has never really experienced the cruelty of the battlefield. They are all clamoring for war, vying to go to the battlefield, defending their families and the country, and making a name for themselves."
"They don't know how much we paid to protect the village."
"Really……"
The nostalgia on Hyuga Hiashi's face never faded, "That's fine, their innocence, on the contrary, shows that the era of peace has arrived."
"Yes, the age of peace has arrived."
Jiraiya nodded with a complicated expression, "Then... Hyuga doesn't intend to enjoy this hard-won peace with us, and abandon this village that we once guarded together, and leave the Land of Fire?"
The look of nostalgia on his face gradually subsided, Hyuga Hiashi looked at Jiraiya in front of him calmly, "...Master Hokage has good news."
The gentle face remained unchanged, Jiraiya didn't explain much, "Haven't you already started to take action and plan to enter the Land of Rain? For this reason, you also participated in the alliance of the Land of Rain and supported them."
Before leaving, he gave Utatane Koharu a small toad so that she could pass on important matters through the toad.
So it is not a time-consuming task to send the news from the country of rain back to Konoha, at least it does not need to take nearly a month's journey.
But for this matter, his heart is a little heavy.
Hyuga has a complicated relationship with Konoha now,
Konoha needs Hyuga's power, but fears Hyuga's power.
"Hiashi, just call me Jiraiya, I'm here to meet you as a friend this time."
He went on to say, "Is this matter really irreversible? After so many years of dedication, so many fetters have been left in this village. Are you really willing to leave everything behind and go away?"
"People go to high places, so does Hyuga."
Hyuga Hiashi regrets Kaidō: "The development of Hyuga needs a bigger stage. The stage of the Land of Fire belongs to Konoha, and we don't intend to make enemies with Konoha, so we can only find another place."
"However, we Hyuga will never forget the solid partners in this village and the friendship we once had. As long as Konoha does not forget Hyuga, then Hyuga will always be Konoha's friend."
(end of this chapter)