Gradually.
Time ticked by.
This time.
To check the memories, Aoba did not use Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu(Multiple Shadow Clone Technique).
Instead, he went to read it personally!
It had been a long time since he had personally gone to investigate!
Even though using the shadow clone to do things was still his own will, and it would make the same choice whenever it encountered something, there was still a time difference!
He had to wait until these shadow clones returned to his body before he could know what information they had obtained!
Because of this.
This time, Aoba personally came to check it. He also wanted to know what task Kumogakure had assigned this time.
After a while.
Aoba opened his eyes. He had already finished flipping through the recent memories of these people.
Just now, he used the shortest amount of time to check out the recent memories of these Kumogakure Ninjas, the memories of this mission, as well as their life experiences, and so on. Aoba had yet to dig deep into them!
"These people have been treated like chess pieces and don't even know about it!"
Aoba couldn't help but silently sigh.
The contents of these Kumogakure invaders' missions were all similar.
It was that they were doing a very important thing for the village.
They wanted to go deep into Konohagakure and capture a girl of the Hyuga clan so that Kumogakure could have Byakugan!
If this matter could succeed!
They would all become people who would change Kumogakure!
With this belief in their hearts, they made up their minds that they could be sacrificed at any time and sneaked into Konohagakure's forest in the dead of night.
The overall layout of this mission was just as Aoba had expected.
If their mission failed, then they must create a commotion and say that the Hyuga clan had killed some people of Kumogakure's envoy group.
As a result.
Hari, who was negotiating in the Hokage Office, could have something to say.
It was just the arrangement of this multiple-choice, they were not aware of it, and they were not the means to cause Kumogakure to put pressure on Konohagakure.
Not to mention that this task has the next step!
Among the twelve people.
Only the Ninja who took the lead knew!
This was also when Aoba was carefully reading the leader's memories and found that he had received a secret order from Hari.
"Interesting."
The corners of Aoba's mouth curled up slightly. He increasingly felt that the function of the Mind Reading System was too powerful.
If he hasn't had the Mind Reading System.
Even if he had the same strength and situation as he was now.
Even if he killed all the people of Kumogakure's intruder team, he would never have guessed that this mission was not a one-off. There was actually a backup!
That was, there was still an elite ninja team outside the barrier to the east of Konohagakure.
This ninja team was made up of one jonin team and three chunin. (TL note: a jonin team is composed of 1 jonin and 3 genins like in the anime.)
At this moment.
They were waiting for the chunin ninja leading the team to send a signal.
If Kumogakure's invaders successfully took away a girl from the Hyuga clan and did not suffer any injuries or casualties, they would protect these ninjas back to Kumogakure.
At that time, their goal had already been achieved.
All they needed to do was to let Konohagakure make some more blood loss compensation.
There was no need to fight anymore!
The ultimate goal of fighting had already been achieved!
However.
If the mission of these Kumogakure intruders failed!
These people did not successfully kidnap the girls of the Hyuga clan!
Then the chunin ninja leading the team would order his team to fight with the Hyuga clan and use a bomb to completely detonate the matter. This would also inform the elite ninja team waiting outside through this bomb as the signal.
After the elite ninja team received the signal, they would immediately enter Konohagakure through the barrier gap opened in the east. They would enter through the forest and sneak into the Hyuga clan.
At that time, both Hyuga and Konohagakure would be in chaos.
No one would have thought that there would be an even stronger intruder team after this intruder team.
The experts of the Hyuga clan were bound to be attracted by the noise in front of them, which would definitely cause the rear to be empty.
This elite ninja team could take advantage of this opportunity to take away a girl from the Hyuga Clan.
After all of this was done.
Not only could Kumogakure obtain a girl from the Hyuga Clan, but they could also use the Hyuga Clan killing a member of the envoy group to attack Konohagakure!
"Good!"
"Seconds!"
"This Hari really surprises me!"
"As expected of someone who can control Kumogakure Anbu!"
"Anbu's leader is really not a piece of cake!"
Aoba couldn't help but sigh. If he hadn't read the memory of the intruder, he wouldn't have been able to find out!
But there was one more point that Aoba didn't know.
If the elite ninja team found that the intruder team didn't send the signal and didn't return for a long time, what would they do?
These contents were not in their memory.
However.
Aoba believed.
Hari would definitely have his own arrangements.
He was the only one who knew what kind of mission the elite ninja team was carrying.
"So annoying!"
"You Kumogakure ninjas are jumping over our Konohagakure's head!"
"Anyway, I have nothing to do now!"
"Then let's do the good thing to the end!"
When Aoba thought of this, he directly got up from the iron bed in Anbu's dormitory. He put on Anbu's ninja clothes again and the cat face mask. He opened the door of his room and walked out along the dark corridor.
If this was an internal matter of Konohagakure.
For example, it was a direct battle between the remnants of the old era and Danzo or the conspiracy between Danzo and Uchiha.
Then he wouldn't care.
If he were to participate in such matters, there would be more and more troubles.
This was a very simple standpoint problem.
For example, inside Konohagakure Intelligence Division.
His position was only for himself, and he would not care what kind of conflict the other Konohagakure Intelligence Division Ninjas had.
But if it rises among various divisions, then his position was in the Konohagakure Intelligence Division side.
He could not let others point at Konohagakure Intelligence Division.
Even if it causes conflict with other divisions.
Now that it involved matters between villages, his position was on Konohagakure.
Kumogakure ninjas invade Konohagakure.
From a certain point of view.
They were in the safe zone of Aoba!
Of course.
Aoba did not feel any pressure at all when dealing with the people from the outside village.
No matter how much Hari suspected, no matter how certain the other party was in his heart, he could only confirm that it was Konohagakure's people who did it.
As for who it was exactly.
That was impossible to guess.
When that time came.
The tall one would take the blame.
Kumogakure Ninja would put the blame on Danzo.
In short.
Then there was no need for Aoba.
...
Aoba directly walked out of Anbu's dormitory. He did not directly walk towards the place where the elite ninja team in the east of Konohagakure was arranged. Instead, he returned to the area where he had arranged the shadow clone.
Right now, he only had one-thousandth of his chakra.
This was too dangerous.
Aoba was a very cautious person. Even when he was playing games, as long as he was not in the best condition, he had to first recover to the best condition before he could fight.
If low HP players took the initiative to rush in.
Wasn't that giving away their heads?
If the game was like this, let alone this bloody Ninja World. If there was a slight situation of underestimating the enemy, it was very likely that it would be completely irreversible.
Aoba did not want to fail miserably in such an incident after staying in Konohagakure Intelligence Division for more than a year.
Ten minutes later.
Aoba arrived at the area where Kami no Shisha no Jutsu(Paper Person of God Technique) was. He stretched out his right hand and made a grabbing motion, instantly canceling all the clones.
"Release."
Aoba indifferently spat out a single word.
Instantly, the sound of explosions rang out in the surroundings, and all the clones chakra that had just been released returned to his body.
All of a sudden.
Aoba's condition had recovered to around seventy to eighty percent.
After Aoba withdrew all of his shadow clones into his body, the pores all over his body seemed to be breathing. The energy in the forest continuously drilled into his body.
Now, Aoba was recovering the chakra in his body at a terrifying speed.
"Next is the time for the game!"
The corner of Aoba's mouth behind the cat-faced mask slightly curved into a crafty arc. His figure jumped up, and his whole body was light as a feather, rushing towards the east direction.
Swish Swish...
As Aoba's body shuttled through the forest, there was the sound of pieces of paper flying in the air, and then his entire body disappeared.
...
Konohagakure.
Outside the eastern barrier.
Seven dark-skinned Kumogakure Ninjas stood under the tree.
One of the ninjas had a muscular body. From his exposed arms, one could see his thick muscles, which were even thicker than the thighs of an ordinary person.
"Why haven't they moved yet?"
The tall and sturdy ninja said with a frown. His arms were crossed in front of his chest, and his entire body gave off an extremely serious feeling.
"Gasshi-sama, let's not rush for now. Let's wait and see; maybe the signal will be sent soon!" An old man among these people said.
"Could it be that the entire army was wiped out without even sending the signal?" The tall and sturdy ninja called Gasshi sneered and shook his head.
"No, no, maybe they can still complete the task!" The old man said with a smile.
"Only you believe this!" Gasshi shook his head. He stared in Konohagakure's direction and said, "These people are obviously cannon fodder. If they can silently bring out a girl from the Hyuga clan, then those people from before would have died in vain."
"Gasshi-sama!"
Just as the burly ninja finished speaking, a chunin ninja beside him raised his hand and pointed in Konohagakure's direction.
"They're back!"
As soon as this was said.
Everyone's attention instantly was drawn over.
"What?!"
Gasshi immediately widened his eyes, his eyes flashing with disbelief. He had just said that those people were cannon fodder, and now they had successfully completed the mission?
The face slap comes so fast!
Do I still have a face?
Gasshi was a little depressed and followed everyone's gaze to look inside Konohagakure's barrier.
Under everyone's gaze.
Twelve figures quickly jumped between the trees and rushed over.
The person in the lead was a Kumogakure chunin ninja.
This chunin ninja had a little girl crying loudly in his right arm.
From the looks of it, their mission had succeeded!
"Gasshi-sama, what did I say? They really completed the mission, hehehe!" The old man from before immediately showed off to Gasshi.
"Alright, stop talking nonsense. Hurry up and open the barrier. Don't let them touch the barrier when they come out and attract the attention of Konohagakure!" Said Gasshi.
"Okay, okay, okay, I will open the barrier now."
The old man smiled and nodded. He was in a very good mood as if he had won a very important bet, and immediately stepped forward.
Then.
There were two more ninjas following the old man.
The three of them stood outside Konohagakure's barrier and raised their hands. Their palms were facing the almost invisible barrier to the naked eye.
"Open!"
The old man suddenly shouted, and a thick chakra appeared in his palm.
This chakra immediately surged towards the barrier.
At the same time.
The other two ninjas also raised their hands and simultaneously released chakra from their palms.
The chakra of three people simultaneously worked together.
A hole was opened in the barrier of Konohagakure in front of him, allowing people to enter and exit at will without being perceived by the Konohagakure barrier team.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The twelve Kumogakure ninjas quickly passed through Konohagakure's barrier, then stopped in front of these ninjas.
Among the teams.
The chunin ninja in the lead carried the crying girl and walked toward Gasshi.
"Gasshi-sama, we were fortunate to have completed the mission and snatched a girl from the Hyuga clan!"
This chunin ninja suddenly grabbed the girl by her waist with both hands and handed her to Gasshi in front of him.
"Good job!"
When Gasshi saw this girl, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
In fact, they were a team for the mission.
After this team successfully completed the mission, they would meet up with them.
As long as they successfully brought this girl back to Kumogakure.
Then they would complete the mission together!
Everyone here would receive the Third Raikage reward!
One must know...
This was a big thing that could change Kumogakure's future!
"I knew you would succeed!"
"Just now, the old man suspected that you wouldn't be able to return alive!"
"I said that I had confidence in you!"
"Look..."
"Isn't this a safe return?"
Gasshi said with a smile and said what he had just said earlier in the opposite.
When the old man who was supporting the barrier heard this, he almost fainted. However, he supported the hole they created in the barrier, so he could not argue with Gasshi now.
After Gasshi finished this sentence.
He raised his hands and grabbed the girl handed over to him.
With both hands supporting the girl's armpit, he carried her in front of him.
"Is this girl really a member of the Hyuga clan?"
Gasshi leaned forward, and he carefully looked at the girl's eyes.
The girl's eyes were hollow.
It appears to be an ash grey color.
It did not look like the white Byakugan that he had expected.
"This girl is still young, and her Byakugan has not yet been open. We need to wait for a while." The chunin ninja explained.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Gasshi was very satisfied and repeatedly said the word "good".
At this point.
He felt that this mission had succeeded.
It could be concluded.
After the girl was in his hands, nothing unexpected would happen. Even if Konohagakure's ninja chased after her, it would be useless.
"Let's return to Kumogakure!"
Gasshi immediately issued an order. As he spoke, the girl moved her legs back and forth in his hands. From its looks, she was trying to break free from his control.
"Hahaha!"
"Little toy!"
"Your waist isn't even as thick as my arm!"
"You still want to break free in my hands!"
"From now on, you will be from our Kumogakure!"
Gasshi said with a smile as if he had robbed a wife and returned to the mountain village.
Kumogakure had been trying their best to kidnap the girls of the Hyuga Clan, and their goal was to bring them back as a tool for childbirth.
This went on for a long time.
Kumogakure had a Hyuga Clan of theirs.
This way, they could solve the problem of this bloodline from the root.
It was far more suitable than just stealing a pair of eyes!
After all.
A pair of eyes can only change one person.
But a girl can change a clan!
"Hahahahaha..."
Along with Gasshi's words, the surrounding Kumogakure Ninjas all burst into laughter. The laughter sounded very strange, as if everyone was happy about this matter.
They didn't know if he was stimulated by the laughter.
At this time.
The shaking of the girl's body became even stronger.
The raised foot seemed to be about to kick Gasshi's neck.
"Little toy."
"You still want to kick me?"
"The point is, what's the use of you kicking me?
"Just this bit of strength of yours."
"It doesn't even feel like tickling me!"
The smile on Gasshi's face became even more brilliant. His eyes flashed with confidence. As Kumogakure's jonin ninja, as long as he used the lightning ninjutsu, the hardness of his muscles, even a kunai could only scratch the surface of his skin.
"Wuu..."
After hearing what Gasshi said.
The girl in his hand suddenly cried loudly, her legs shaking even more intensely as if she wanted to kick his neck.
"Okay, okay, okay, I'll let you kick me. This should be okay!"
Gasshi carried the little girl in front of him, and the distance between the two became much closer, just enough for the little girl to kick his chest.
Such a scene.
It also attracted the Kumogakure ninja's attention.
Especially the three Genin who were beside Gasshi, their faces all revealed a faint smile.
In their eyes.
Gasshi was just playing with a child.
However.
In the next scene.
This caused everyone to widen their eyes, unable to believe what they saw.
The little girl that Gasshi was holding with both hands, under the intense struggle, kicked toward Gasshi's chest.
This kick was a bit off.
It was clearly aimed at his chest, but it landed on Gasshi's neck.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound suddenly sounded.
Gasshi's head was sent flying like a soccer ball, while his body remained in the same spot.
"Pfft!"
It was only an instant later.
Blood spurted out from Gasshi's neck, who was still standing.