Uchiha's Blade

Neji's expression was ugly, but Mana's expression was even worse.

No matter who did this, it was like slapping her in the face in front of everyone.

Ever since Zhenna was a child, no one has ever been so disrespectful to her.

But she was not carried away by anger. After thinking for a moment, she gestured to the ANBU who was following her: "Send someone to Hinata's house to inform Hinata of this incident."

She was so angry that she didn't even call him 'Hyuuga clan leader', but just called him by his first name.

In fact, given her seniority, it would not be said to be disrespectful to call Hinata Hizu by his first name, but she always saves face for others. Regardless of whether Hizu is her ally or not, as Hokage, she will give some respect to the leader of the Konoha Great Ninja Clan. .

But this time it was completely different.

Zhenna knew that it was definitely not done by Hinata and Hinata's people.

Hyuga Neji can come to her, and has been peacefully and undisturbed by people from the Hyuga clan these days. This shows that her protection of Ningci is something Hyuga Hizatsu acquiesces to.

In this case, there is no need for Hinata and Hinata to attack Ningci again. If he wants to use Ningci to do something, there are many ways, and there is really no need to use such a low-end method.

So it's Danzo?

This candidate only appeared in Mana's mind for a moment before she eliminated it.

It's not that she looks down on Danzo, but the caged bird is the foundation of the Hyuga clan and the guarantee of the clan's transcendent status. Even if Hyuga and Hizu die, they will never let others know about the control method of the caged bird, let alone tell the gang. Tibetan.

Mana slowly exhaled and tried to calm down her mood. However, the movements of her hands did not stop, which quickly eased Ningji's pain. Under the healing of the soft green medical ninjutsu chakra, Ningji, who had just suffered great pain, Slowly fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing the expression on the child's face soften, Mana sighed softly.

"No matter who did this, I will make him pay the price."

If the person who secretly attacked was an adult, then even if he did do something in front of Zhenna, Zhenna wouldn't be so angry.

Attacking a child definitely broke the bottom line of Mana's tolerance.

It was about a caged bird, and Hinata Hizu rushed over as fast as he could as soon as he heard the news.

The relationship between the Hyuga clan and the Hokage has indeed been tense recently, but Hyuga Hizashi doesn't think Mana would joke with him about this matter.

When he saw Neji lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, Hinata and Hinata didn't even bother to say hello to Mana first, and immediately opened his Byakugan to observe Neji's condition.

Then his expression became visibly worse.

Hinata Hiashi's voice was tight: "This is indeed the damage caused by the caged bird, Hokage-sama, what is going on?"

Mana raised his hand: "This is not the place to talk. Neji needs to rest. Let's talk next door."

Hinata Hinashi said nothing and followed her with heavy steps.

When Mana and Hinata pushed out the door, they happened to run into Tsunade who was rushing over.

That's right, Tsunade is now in charge of the Konoha Hospital. The Hokage hurriedly came with a seriously injured person, and the ANBU also looked very nervous. Tsunade should come and take a look, both emotionally and rationally.

When she saw Hinata Hizu again, Tsunade's expression became a little ugly.

The relationship between the Hokage clan and the Hyuga clan has been tense recently, and Tsunade is well aware of it. She is also a die-hard supporter of Mana Uchiha in the eyes of others.

Mana nodded to Tsunade: "I took care of it in advance. The child has fallen asleep for the time being, but the damage caused by the caged bird is not that simple. You can go and take a look."

Tsunade raised her eyebrows and sternly questioned Hinata Hinashi: "A caged bird?!"

It is said that the person sent here is a child!

How crazy would Hinata be to use a caged bird on a child?

Hinata Hizashi said quickly: "It's not me, and I don't know what's going on... Tsunade-sama, you need to worry more about Neji's child."

Tsunade looked at him, then at Mana, and then nodded with a cold face: "I understand."

After saying that, without saying much, he went directly into the ward to see Neji.

Mana walked around a corner with Hinata and Hinata, opened the door and entered a small tea room: "This is it."

The ANBU who were following him in secret dispersed consciously and put a tight seal on the surrounding area.

Hinata Hizashi calmed down a little at this time. When Mana sat down without saying anything, he also sat down opposite Mana: "Lord Hokage, what happened to Neji was definitely not the fault of the Hyuga clan."

Mana said: "Recently, the relationship between the Hyuga clan and the village has been somewhat tense. We don't have to hide this. The core secret of the caged bird has only been mastered by the clan for generations, but it's just the activation method, but you are not the only one who knows it, right?"

Hinata Hizu said: "Yes, there are several elders in the family who also know it, but it is absolutely impossible for them to do this."

Mana said: "So the caged bird of the Hyuga clan has been leaked?"

"This is impossible!" Hinata Hizu retorted loudly without even thinking: "This is absolutely impossible!"

Mana glanced at him: "Calm down, Hyuga Clan Leader. At least I didn't say that you directed and acted all this. You don't have to be so nervous."

Hinata Hinata paused for a moment, with a slightly embarrassed expression on his face, but his tone did soften: "Lord Hokage, the caged bird is related to the survival of the Hyuga clan, so the protection of the caged bird has always been foolproof and has never been leaked in the past. ."

Mana said: "There are only two possibilities now, one is done by people from outside, and the other is done by people within the Hyuga clan... There is no need to look so nervous, I believe that whether this matter is done by someone within the Hyuga clan or not, At least it was not done by you. What I am not sure about now is whether this matter was a private action by the Hyuga clan members who were dissatisfied with me."

After saying this, Hinata Hizu also began to think deeply.

In fact, if you ask this question, Hyuga Hizatsu himself is not sure whether there is such a radical person in the clan.

In fact, Danzo has always been more radical than him in his attitude towards Mana. Although Hinata and Hinata are more restrained, it cannot be ruled out that someone in the family agrees with Danzo's ideas.

Because the fact is that there are indeed such people in the Hyuga clan.

But of course you can't say this in front of Mana.

Hinata Hizu just said with a cold face: "I will investigate this matter later."

Mana glanced at him with obvious sarcasm in her eyes: "What do you think, Head of the Hyuga clan? Is this a vicious attack that happened on the street, or is it a plan that was clearly launched against the Hokage in front of me, and you still want to solve it within the clan? "

If this happened within the Hyuga clan, maybe they would have to give the Hyuga clan some face and let them investigate on their own first.

Until now, the Hyuga clan would not use the caged bird in front of outsiders, they would only use it behind closed doors.

But this time it happened on the street.

Hinata Hizu said: "Does the Hokage want to interfere in the internal affairs of the Hyuga clan?"

This is a very serious question.

Because it involves a caged bird, if Mana intervenes in the investigation, he will definitely not be able to avoid the information related to the caged bird, and this is the reverse scale that the Hyuga clan will never allow others to touch.

Mana smiled lightly: "If you think about it, it may not necessarily be a ninja from the Hyuga clan. After all, you, the clan leader, are very popular among the clan."

However, Hinata Hizu's face became even more ugly after hearing this.

He would rather it was someone from Hinata who did it.

If it's not Hinata's person, it can only mean that the caged bird is really controlled by outsiders, right?

Mana didn't care about him. Seeing that Hinata Hinata had been stimulated too much, she took a step back and said gently: "I naturally trust the Hyuga clan leader. Let's do this. I will give the Hyuga clan three days. Within three days, the village will be destroyed." It will not involve an investigation within the Hyuga clan, and I hope that the Hyuga clan can give a satisfactory answer in three days."

Hinata and Hinata's chest rose and fell violently. Mana had no doubt that if Hinata and Hinata were an Uchiha, he would have shown his Sharingan and wanted to fight her, but he was a Hinata after all. Even if he was so angry, he would just bite her in the end. Chu Ya said: "The Hokage really wants to force the Hyuga clan to come here?"

Mana's tone became gentler: "What are you talking about? Are you still planning to defect to Konoha with the Hyuga clan? Or are you planning a coup to kill me, the Hokage?"

If she didn't plan to do this, what could Hinata and Hizu do to her?

Hinata and Hinashi were finally so angry that she walked away.

Mana looked at his back with heavy steps and couldn't help but clicked her tongue: "As expected of the Hyuga clan leader, this cultivation is really good."

If she hadn't been well-trained, she would have hit her in the face with a soft fist.

Hyuga and Hizu's good cultivation prevented him from yelling at Mana on the spot, but it did not mean that he was in a good mood. After returning to the clan, Hyuga and Hizu immediately launched an investigation, and the entire Hyuga clan immediately felt a sense of depression about to come. with tension.

Mana did not put all her hopes on Hinata Hizu, because no matter what the investigation result was, it would be a slap in Hinata Hizu's face.

Either it means that as the leader of the clan, he is so incompetent that he cannot even control the clan members, or the secret technique of the caged bird was leaked under his nose, whichever one will be a huge blow to Hinata and Hizu.

Because of this incident, Mana was destined not to have a good rest tonight. Even Uchiha Itachi, who had already returned home from get off work, hurried back again.

At this time, Mana had returned to the Hokage's office, and Uchiha Itachi came in a hurry, holding a thick stack of documents in his hand.

"Lord Mana, this is the list and registration information of all people who have recently entered and exited Konoha."

Zhenna raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "Do you think this incident was done by an outsider?"

Uchiha Itachi shook his head: "I don't know who did it, but... the best case scenario is that it was done by Hinata's people."

That means there is still room for change, and what happened this time is indeed of a bad nature. If the investigation is clear, Master Hinata will have to make concessions to Mana.

This can indeed be said to be some benefits.

Mana took part of the list and said: "It seems that our worries are the same."

The scariest thing about this incident is that if it wasn't Hinata's people who did it, then it proves that the caged bird was indeed leaked.

This means that, except for a few clans, the life and death of all Hyuga branches are in the hands of another person.

Being able to sneak into Konoha and do something in front of the Hokage, where else in the world and who else can protect the Hinata branch?

If this person continues to threaten the members of the branch family and cause riots, Konoha will really be unstable.

So that night, Mana and Uchiha Itachi didn't sleep. They stayed up late to sort out the list of all the people entering and leaving Konoha in the past month. In order to improve efficiency, they even separated themselves to work together.

When the effects were lifted early the next morning, the accumulated fatigue returned, and both of them looked unhappy.

Mana rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Let's rest for a while. The ANBU's preliminary investigation results should be sent over soon."

She pointed to the sofa next to her and said to Uchiha Itachi: "You take a nap."

Uchiha Itachi shook his head: "You can rest."

Zhenna smiled and said: "No need, I'm not at the point where I can't bear it."

Her physique has been developed by the slate, and her fatigue will be cured by just sitting for a while.

Mainly because what happened this time was really bad and she was tired mentally, not physically tired.

Mana didn't even consider the situation that the real culprit was a member of the Hyuga clan. As Itachi Uchiha said, that was almost the best situation. He just needed to put some thought into getting involved with Hyuga.

But she and Uchiha Itachi combed through the list of contacts from beginning to end. Although they also crossed out a few names, they were only slightly suspicious. Mana suspected that they were spies from other villages or something else. In short, this time The possibility of the real culprit was very low. She gave the list to the Anbu, but she actually didn't have any hope in her heart.

Uchiha Itachi obviously had the same idea. He looked at Mana hesitantly: "The village has tightened the supervision of entry and exit since last night. Will it be tightened more today?"

Zhenna shook his head: "No, don't be too nervous, just loosen it on the outside and tighten it on the inside."

After a night of not finding anything, Zhenna didn't think that the other party would show any more flaws in entering and exiting the village.

What's more...

"Although Hinata Hiashi didn't tell me the key to the Caged Bird, he at least had someone send me a letter, revealing that the activation of the Caged Bird Curse Seal has a distance limit. In other words, at that time, the person who activated Neji's Caged Bird was not far away from me. .”

This is also the reason why Mana is in a worse mood: "But I didn't even notice it at that time!"

She punched the table hard, and Uchiha Itachi watched as the desk made an overwhelmed sound.

Mana said: "Although I have never considered myself a powerful perceptive ninja, my perception is by no means bad. How could I, how could I, at such a close distance!"

How could she be so incompetent!

Uchiha Itachi comforted her: "This is not your fault."

Mana gritted his teeth: "Itachi, I am Hokage."

And Neji is a member of Konoha.

Uchiha Itachi sighed.

Uchiha Mana's excessive sense of responsibility as the Hokage really made him love and hate him. He was moved by Mana's affection for the village and felt that she was better than all the Hokages. But on the other hand, as now, The situation really made him don't know how to comfort him.

He finally just said: "I'll go to the police and ask."

Although the hope is slim, it can only be so.

After Uchiha Itachi left, Mana sat alone behind the desk.

The image of Neji falling replayed in her mind again and again.

She really didn't notice anything unusual at that time. Her confident strength now seems so ridiculous, as if the person who secretly did it was just a ball of non-existent air - wait a minute!does not exist? !

Zhenna's eyes suddenly widened and she stood up suddenly: "It's him!!!"

Yes, she had felt this way before.

When she first returned to Konoha from another world, when she first met Uchiha Obito.

At that time, that weird-looking companion of Uchiha Obito gave her this feeling.

A feeling that is completely absent from perception unless you see it with your own eyes.

Mana couldn't help but grit his teeth and squeezed out a name almost word for word: "Uchiha Obito!"

She hadn't even taken the initiative to cause trouble for Uchiha Obito, but he still had the time to come to Konoha to cause trouble?

Although I don’t know how the other party obtained the secret technique of the caged bird, there are not too many special and imperceptible existences in the world. Mana has only seen that one so far, the one that Uchiha Obito calls "Zetsu" 'The presence.

Of course Zetsu was also included in the information Uchiha Madara gave her, which was why Mana didn't immediately think of Zetsu.

Because Uchiha Madara said that it was definitely the product of his will, and Mana knew very well that Uchiha Madara did not know the secret technique of the caged bird. He was quite dismissive of this trick, and did not look down upon relying on the caged bird to control the tribe. Such low-end means.

"If it's really Jue..."

So as a product of Uchiha Madara's will, how did he know things that even Uchiha Madara didn't know?

In Mana's view, even if it was possible that Obito Uchiha was instigating this matter, the person who obtained the secret technique of the caged bird was definitely not Obito Uchiha.

...That stupid kid doesn't have that kind of intelligence at all.

There must be other secrets in Jue's body.

Mana thought.

It seems that we can't just focus on Uchiha Obito, but Zetsu must also pay attention.

Uchiha Obito is a stupid kid, definitely not.

When it comes to knowing Zetsu, apart from Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito, among the people Mana knows, Nagato is definitely one of the best, so Mana flew to Thunder God to go to Nagato without hesitation.

Nagato was a little surprised when he saw that she had just parted ways the day before, and that the Flying Thunder God suddenly appeared today.

Facing the surprised Nagato, Mana did not explain too much patience at this time, but directly asked: "How much do you know about Zetsu?"

"Absolutely?"

Nagato asked strangely: "Zue has always been in charge of intelligence work in the organization before. He has a secret technique that can integrate with the surrounding environment. I suddenly asked about this, what happened to him?"

Mana said: "There was an attack in Konoha. I suspect it was him. Tell me everything you know."

Nagato nodded, not hiding anything, and immediately started talking in detail.

Nagato knew absolutely nothing about Zetsu, but when he talked about it in detail to Mana, he couldn't help but frown slightly, because he found that he definitely didn't know much.

Or, all he knew was the information he 'should know' as the leader of the Akatsuki organization, and nothing more.

I didn't find anything wrong before, but now that I think about it, the more Nagato thinks about it, the more suspicious he becomes.

Finally he stopped, thought for a while and then said: "...You are right, Zetsu does have problems, and I'm afraid Uchiha Obito doesn't know all the truth about Zetsu."

Mana: "Oh?"

Nagato paused for a while, seeming to think carefully about his words: "I don't know how to describe it, but I think Uchiha Obito may know more information than me, but probably like me, all he knows is just What he needs to know is that I also talked about Zetsu with him. At that time, we were just discussing information. Now that I think about it, Uchiha Obito’s understanding of Zetsu seems to be only superficial, but whether he realizes this or not, in fact, Xanadu doesn’t care much about this, and even I have had a lot of curiosity about Absolute, but Uchiha Obito doesn’t have such feelings.”

Zhenna nodded: "That's it."

If Nagato's guess was correct, then Mana had to come to a rather shocking conclusion.

Maybe it's not Uchiha Madara's conscious creation at all.

Nagato didn't know, but Mana knew that Uchiha Obito didn't have much curiosity about Zetsu. He thought Zetsu was just a tool and a supervisor left to him by Uchiha Madara. Nagato's understanding of Zetsu came from Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Obito's understanding of Zetsu came from Uchiha Madara. At present, it seems that Uchiha Madara's cognition obviously has problems. So...who did Uchiha Madara's understanding of Zetsu come from?

"interesting."

Mana smiled coldly: "It's really interesting."

Nagato asked, "What do you want to do?"

Zhenna said: "Although I'm not sure yet that this matter was done by Doudou, it is obvious that he is the most suspicious, and what is certain is that he does have other secrets on his body. No matter what anyone does, it will not be without purpose. Yes, I don’t think Uchiha Obito would provoke me like this at this time. Even if this matter was done by Zetsu, it would not be from Uchiha Obito’s instruction, so what is Zetsu’s purpose?”

She'd have to figure that out next.

Nagato nodded: "Do you need my cooperation?"

Mana shook his head: "No need, you are still acting according to the original plan. How about Zabuza?"

Mentioning Zabuza, Nagato showed a smile: "He is very good. He is worthy of being one of the seven ninja swordsmen of this generation in Kirigakure Village."

Mana said: "Where is the original Akatsuki organization?"

Nagato said: "Uchiha Obito has gathered his manpower again, but Konan has already gone to persuade Deidara. I am more confident about him, but it is hard to say with Kakuzu and Hidan. In addition... you Are you really not going to persuade the Red Sand Scorpion?"

Mana said: "It's okay if I let you recruit Deidara. Kakuzu is just the money he owes me. If I don't care about him, I should be grateful. But the Red Sand Scorpion? He is the rebellious ninja of Sand Ninja Village. , it’s not like you don’t know about his family affairs, as the Hokage of Konoha, I don’t think I can get along with him.”

Nagato lowered his eyes slightly: "I understand, then if Deidara agrees to join, the first one we have to deal with is the Red Sand Scorpion."

As Deidara's companion, the Red Sand Scorpion knew Deidara too well, and it would be troublesome if he told Uchiha Obito any key information.

...Although it is possible that Zetsu has more information than Deidara himself, this has not been confirmed after all. It is just a guess. Nagato naturally prepares according to normal circumstances.

Zhenna nodded: "This is all arranged by you, I believe you can do it well."

Nagato didn’t say much more.

He is also very confident in himself.

So he asked: "Absolutely...what can you do?"

Although Jue didn't show any strong combat power, his silent latent ability was enough to cause a headache.

Mana said: "Since we can't find him by sensing chakra, let's use another method. I don't only have ninja abilities to use. As long as something exists, it must leave traces somewhere. He can come to me again." Try it in front of you!”

Nagato said: "It seems that you are very confident. If there is anything you need me to do, just ask."

Mana said: "Just help me keep an eye on Uchiha Obito and Water Country. By the way, Orochimaru didn't come to see you?"

"He went to find Uchiha Obito."

"That's good."

Zhenna said: "I'm not afraid that he will take action. I'm just afraid that he will keep hiding and not take action."

After discussing the details of the next action with Nagato, Mana flew back to Raijin.

Returning to Konoha this time, I have to say that she felt a little more relaxed.

She was at least [-]% sure that the person who attacked Neji was Zetsu.

She doesn't know enough about Absolute yet, but it doesn't matter. A known opponent is always easier to deal with than a completely unknown opponent.

Three days passed quickly, and of course nothing was found from Hinata and Hizu's investigation.

Not to mention the truth, he couldn't find even a clue.

It was a matter of a caged bird, but the dignified head of the Hyuga clan was incompetent. This made Hinata Hizashi feel a bit depressed when he came to see Mana again three days later.

At this point, he can no longer prevent Mana from interfering in the internal affairs of the Hyuga clan.

Of course, Mana would not be polite to him. When Hyuga Hizu went back, he brought with him an ANBU team sent to him by Mana, which made Hyuga Hizu look extremely ugly.

Mana, on the other hand, used the power of the king to cover the entire Konoha and designated the entire Konoha as her 'sacred domain'.

Late at night two days later, a smile appeared on Mana's face.

"We've been waiting for a long time."