A knife that kills leaves

In the Hokage Building shrouded in moonlight, the Third Hokage hurried to his office in a hurry.

Pushing the door open, Danzo and two advisors were already waiting for him.

"What happened to the Hyuga clan? Why is there such a big commotion at night?"

When Sandai saw his old friend, he immediately asked his doubts.

Because of his old age and the complicated affairs recently, he went to bed early after the evening banquet, but was awakened by the noisy shouting outside.

In panic, the third generation only learned from the ANBU that something unexpected happened to the Hyuga clan, and hurried to the Hokage Tower.

"Something big happened indeed." Danzo exchanged glances with the two advisors and said in a deep voice, "Hinata, Hinata, Hinata's daughter, was kidnapped just now."

"what?!"

After hearing the news, Sandai cried out.

Don't blame him for being so rude, it's really because this matter is too urgent.

As one of the wealthy families in Konoha, the Hyuga clan possesses the "Byakugan", one of the three supreme pupil techniques.

Although the increase in the owner's personal strength is not as good as the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, in war, the Byakugan, which can see and perceive, obviously has a role far beyond that of the Sharingan.

Therefore, since the First Ninja War, both Konoha and the Hyuga clan have attached great importance to the protection of the Byakugan.

The corpses of every Hyuga clan member on the battlefield will be recovered, and the Hyuga clan will carve a spell called "Caged Bird" on clan members other than the clan to destroy the Byakugan after their death.

Over the years, only Kirigakure has received a Byakugan in the Third Ninja War.

But at that time, Konoha still managed to recover the body of the Hyuga tribesman who died in the battle despite a large number of casualties.

As a result, Kirigakure could only select one ninja to transplant and use the Byakugan, but could not replicate more Byakugan through various human body technologies.

But this time Hinata Hinata was kidnapped was different.

She is the daughter of the Hyuga clan leader, with the purest Hyuga bloodline, and because she belongs to the clan, the Caged Bird Curse Seal was not engraved on her forehead.

This also means that if Hinata Hinata is really taken out of Konoha, then other ninja villages can use her as a test subject to create their own 'Byakugan Clan'!

For Konoha, this is obviously an unacceptable and huge loss.

That's why Sandai was so surprised after hearing the news.

But after all, he was a battle-hardened Hokage, so he quickly calmed down: "Who kidnapped Hinata? Didn't Hizu fail to stop him?"

"It is said that the man was extremely good at escaping, so he successfully escaped from the Hyuga clan."

Danzo revealed the information known so far, his expression a little gloomy.

"Has such a troublesome guy actually appeared..." Sandai held his chin and frowned, "If that's the case, let's send ANBU over to assist them."

"You don't need to tell me this," Danzo replied calmly, "I have already given the order for the ANBU to attack."

"So best."

Hearing this, the third generation couldn't help but look at Danzo deeply.

For any superior, what Danzo did was a bit out of line.

If it were anyone else, they might be wary of him.

It's just that after all, the third generation and Danzo have been classmates for many years, so they don't care too much.

After all, every move Danzo takes has won the hearts of three generations, and he is happy to have such an old friend to share the heavy official duties for him.

However, the third generation did not know that Danzo had figured out his character of nostalgic feelings, so he interfered in the village's government affairs so unabashedly.

Under each other's tacit understanding, the third generation didn't say much, just nodded slightly and said: "So is there any news now?"

"Not yet." This time it was Mito Kadoyan who spoke. He stood in front of the window and looked at the brightly lit village, looking a little worried. "I was afraid that that person had some secret skills that could evade Byakugan's inspection, so I deliberately I sent someone to ask the Inuzuka clan for help, but I don’t know what happened.”

After all, the bloodline of the Hyuga clan is too important. Now that almost half an hour has passed, there is still no news, which is really disturbing.

Seeing this, the third generation stood up with a smile and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, the ninjas of Konoha won't let gangsters succeed so easily!"

As he said that, he looked at Danzo and Koharu: "How about we move our old bodies?"

"Hmph," Danzo sneered, "As the Hokage, Hiruzen, you can't take action easily. You should wait for news from the ANBU."

"I'm not old enough yet..."

Sandai was unconvinced and wanted to refute, but at this moment, a series of rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

Then an ANBU opened the door and came in: "Hokage-sama! News came from the intelligence team, saying that the thief who kidnapped Hinata Hinata has been found!"

Hearing this, Sandai showed joy on his face: "Really?"

Danzo couldn't help but frowned at this: "Who was it and where did they catch that guy?"

The ANBU nodded quickly: "This is absolutely true! According to the intelligence, it was a group of roots who captured the guy on Luzha Street in the southwest of the village!"

"Rukashi Street?" Mito Kadoyan couldn't help but squint his eyes when he heard the place name, "Isn't that close to the Uchiha tribe?"

Regarding his companion's speculation, Danzo also nodded firmly: "Yes, Luzhao Street and the Konoha Gate are completely in two directions. After kidnapping Hinata Hinata, the gangster did not quickly escape to the gate and leave Konoha, but instead went to Uchiha. The direction of the tribe is approaching, could it be that you lost your head while running?"

Listening to his words, Sandai couldn't help but raise his brows.

The gangster was able to bypass the Hyuga clan's defense and was on the run for so long under the joint pursuit of the ANBU roots. He was obviously well prepared.

So since he didn't escape towards the gate of Konoha, but headed southwest, someone must have been there to help him.

And Danzo specifically emphasized the Uchiha clan, so his meaning was naturally very obvious.

The Uchiha clan...

Thinking of this troublesome existence, Sandai couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Since the Nine-Tails Rebellion, Danzo has been like a hungry wolf that smelled something fishy, ​​staring at the Uchiha clan. Now he wants to connect Hinata Hinata's abduction to the Uchiha clan. It's really... Make it difficult.

It's just that the gangster's actions are indeed very strange, but it makes people have to think a little more.

"Forget it," Sandai shook his head, "Catch that guy and send him to prison. The interrogation team will definitely make him talk. Let's go see how Hinata is doing."

Seeing that Sandai didn't want to take any more care, Danzo didn't say anything more. He just sneered and then stood up: "Okay, then..."

boom!

Before he finished speaking, a huge explosion shook Konoha suddenly.

Even the Hokage Tower, which had a solid foundation, trembled a few times.

"what happened?!"

The expressions of the third generation and several advisors changed, and they all got up and came to the window.

I saw flames rising to the southwest of the village, lighting up the entire night sky!

At the same time, a wanton and violent force passed by like a cold wave, making people shudder.

"not good!"

"Go and see!"

"Come on!"

Looking at each other, several old men who had been in charge of Konoha for many years flashed around. Without having time to go downstairs, they broke the window and rushed towards the place where the flames were rising.