Konoha.
Danzo walked slowly through the streets, with light steps and a happy mood.
As early as the day before the members of Anbu's sixth team entered the Root, Danzo had secretly transferred all the materials and researchers of the 'Gozu Tenno' to a secret base outside the village.
The research facilities in that base are complete and the materials are sufficient. The most important thing is that the place is extremely secretive. Apart from the researchers who have entered, only Danzo knows the exact location!
As for the funds, Danzo also uses the black market to transfer it.
The operation process is to first go to the black market and publish a high bounty mission that can only be completed by the Root's members on the research base, and then pay the commission. When the Root's members on the research base completes the mission, the commission will be obtained. Although a part of the handling fee will be deducted by the black market, it will be the safest and fastest way to do it!
Even if Minato finds out how he transfers the funds, it doesn't matter, because Land of Fire has many black markets, and also because the research base's Root's members will complete the mission in different regions of the black market every time, so even if Minato will follow along the black market, he couldn't track it to Danzo's secret research base!
What's more, Minato obviously hasn't found his way of transfering funds yet.
So, no matter how Kakashi, Tenzo, Kanpū and the others are jumping around, Danzo will just watch the flowers bloom and fall, and the clouds roll and clouds calm, and let them turn their headquarters upside down.
It's just that what happened a while ago shocked him!
Minato unexpectedly teamed up with the Hyuga Clan, and used Byakugan's perspective to thoroughly investigate Konoha!
If it wasn't for the root being in a 'shutdown' state during this period, this information should have reached him on the same day!
It's a pity that Danzo only knows about it now. If the information is delivered in time, he will definitely release the rumors that Hyuga Clan's Shinobi violates the villagers' privacy. At that time, no matter how many people believe, it will give a little trouble to the Hyuga Clan and Minato, who is behind it.
Unfortunately, many days have passed before Danzo received the information, and there is no more chance for spreading the rumors.
Of course, this is not important, as the important thing is that Minato and Hyuga Clan have collaborated!
Konoha's two great noble clan, Hyuga Clan and Uchiha Clan, Danzo managed to pull the Uchiha Clan on his pirate ship, but Minato turned around and hooked up with Hyuga Clan. If the two sides really collide in the future, the Hyuga Clan will definitely be his biggest obstacle!
So Danzo must prevent this from happening!
Although he can't make Minato and Hyuga Clan turn against each other, he has a way to make Hyuga Clan 'overwhelmed'!
That's why Danzo created today's chance encounter, and deliberately released the 'explosive' information: An outsider colluded with Branch House's members in an attempt to crack the Caged Bird!
Although Danzo himself has no evidence to prove that this information is true, he dared to 'confirm' that it must be Orochimaru who used the Caged Bird as a bait to collude with the Branch House's members. And then instigate the Branch House's members to infiltrate Root's Headquarters to not only stole Hashirama's cells, but also burned Root's data room in revenge!
Although this matter was suppressed by Danzo, because of Kabuto's betrayal, Danzo knew that Minato must have learned about it.
Today, Danzo planted the seeds of suspicion in Hiashi's heart. When Hiashi starts an investigation, Minato, as Yondaime Hokage and Hyuga Clan's collaborator, will definitely not hide this. When the time comes, Hiashi will find that Branch House's member have infiltrated Root's Headquarters without him knowing!
Of course, this is not a betrayal to the Main House, but with the information released by Danzo as a reference, coupled with the unbearable history of various conflicts caused in the Hyuga Clan because of the Caged Bird… Can Hiashi sit still?
As the member of the Main House, Hiashi must protect the interests of the Main House, and the premise is to ensure the absolute safety of the Caged Bird!
If there are outsiders colluding with Branch House's members to try to remove the Caged Bird, Hiashi will never tolerate it!
By then, the contradiction between Main House and Branch House will become fierce again!
At that time, how can Hyuga Clan still have the energy to cooperate with Minato?
Thinking of his amazing plan, Danzo couldn't help but laughed heartily, but felt his whole body's bones lighten a lot, feeling so comfortable!
...
After Danzo left, Hiashi frowned deeply, and his mood was extremely bad!
'If the Branch House's members really worked with outsiders in an attempt to remove the caged bird, how should I, a Main House's member, deal with it?'
"Uncle Hiashi, do you believe what Advisor Danzo said?" Kanpū really doesn't remember this plot in the original work, so he can only think that Danzo was playing tricks using profound words.
'He has done a lot of this kind of thing, so it can be said that he has experience!'
Hiashi said with a serious expression: "I'm not sure, but… Root's Headquarters infiltration incident!"
Kanpū's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a forced smile, "Does Uncle Hiashi think that this matter is related to the Caged Bird?"
Hiashi nodded lightly, and said thoughtfully: "The only Branch House's members who have the strength to infiltrate the Root's Headquarters have no reason to do so, unless it is related to the Caged Bird!"
'Hehehe.'
Kanpū really wants to tell him that he is thinking too much, but he can't say that.
Because it was not Hyuga Clan's Shinobi that infiltrated Root Headquarters, but Kanpū's shadow clone!
So this blame can only be pinned on Branch House's head.
And in this way, Danzo's 'conspiracy' will have a market!
Looking at Hiashi's appearance, Kanpū estimated that he will secretly investigate Branch House when he returns, but he is the only Main House's member in Hyuga Clan, so how can he investigate?
He can only give this matter to someone he trusted from the Branch House, such as his younger brother, Hizashi.
But Hizashi can't check it alone, so he must find other trusted Branch House's members to check it together. If this happens then, how can the news be kept secret?
Main House and Branch House had already have a lot of conflicts because of the Caged Bird, and now that Hiashi is trying to cause trouble without evidence, Branch House's members will definitely not let it go!
Kanpū's brain hurts. After all, the cause of this incident is him. He can't just leave it alone, so after thinking about it, he asked: "Uncle Hiashi, can the Caged Bird be removed?"
Hiashi glanced at him and said with a serious expression: "Caged Bird is a Curse Mark that penetrates into the soul, and it is impossible for anyone to remove it!"
"In this case, Uncle Hiashi might as well relax, and just let it take its course." Kanpū carefully suggested.
"Eh?"
Hiashi frowned, and looked at Kanpū unhappily, "Are you asking me to ignore Branch House's betrayal?"
"This… It can't be considered a betrayal."
Kanpū forced a smile and said, "I heard that the Caged Bird is terrifying. Once carved, the Main House's member can kill the ones carved with it. The Branch House's members want to crack the Caged Bird must also be for the sake of their own safety."
Hiashi slowly shook his head and said: "For Branch House personally, maybe it will be much better if there's no Caged Bird, but for the whole clan, it's a disaster!"
Byakugan is different from other Kekkei Genkai. As long as they are trained, every Shinobi can use Byakugan, and Byakugan's reconnaissance ability is the best in the Shinobi World, and its role in war is particularly important. How many Shinobi Village is having thought about it!
Relatively speaking, Uchiha Clan's Sharingan has to awakened and evolve, and even if it rose to 3-Tomoe, its reconnaissance ability is far inferior to Byakugan, so from a war or a country perspective, Sharingan's worth is inferior to Byakugan.
So, once Hyuga Clan loses the protection of the Caged Bird, the enemy Shinobi Village will inevitably regard them as hunting targets!
After hearing Hiashi's words, Kanpū also feels that the Caged Bird is indeed necessary, but…
"The caged bird can't be removed, can't it?"
Kanpū quickly organized his words, "Since it cannot be deciphered, even if the members of the Branch House collude with outsiders, it must be in vain in the end. Why should you find them out with great fanfare and hurt the relationship between the Main House and Branch House?"
"I will find it secretly." Hiashi said.
"But you are the only one in the Main House, how can you investigate it alone? In the end, don't you need to ask the members of the Branch House to help you investigate it?" Kanpū asked back.
Hiashi stopped talking, because Kanpū is right, and what annoyed Hiashi the most was that even his younger brother, Hizashi, was a huge suspect!
Although Hizashi has never complained, Hiashi can feel his dislike for the Caged Bird.
If someone works with Hizashi to crack the Caged Bird on the premise that they will not harm the Main House, Hiashi believes Hizashi will not refuse.
So, if even his younger brother is untrustworthy, which Branch House can Hiashi trust?
Looked at Hyuga Hiashi who was silent, Kanpū continued: "Uncle Hiashi, the more you suppress many things, the more people below will resist. It's better to let nature take its course. When they give up, won't nothing happen?"
Hiashi frowned again, because he found that what Kanpū said make sense.
'Since the Caged Bird cannot be removed, they can toss around as much as they like, and the result will not change anyway.'
'But… this is still betrayal!'
Especially that 'outsider' who colluded with Branch House dared to covet the Byakugan, how could Hiashi let it go?
But once he tries to take action, countless nasty things will happen between the Main House and Branch House.
Hiashi became more and more irritable.
Seeing him like this, Kanpū didn't dare to beep again, lest he go too far.
There was silence all the way, and when they got home, the two said goodbye.
When Hiashi entered his house, Kanpū also opened his own big iron gate, and then he was taken aback for a moment.
'Just now, I was too busy persuading Hiashi, and I forgot to think what Danzo's purpose for doing this was.'
'Looking back carefully, Danzo obviously waited there on purpose just now to tell Hiashi of this 'fake information'. Did he do this to provoke the conflict between Hyuga Main House and Branch House.'
'But what good does this do for Danzo?'
Kanpū's thoughts spun, and one thing soon came to mind: 'Hyuga Clan helped Minato search for the Root's underground research base in Konoha.'
'Danzo probably thinks that Hyuga Clan has taken refuge under Minato, so he couldn't wait to jump out and try to cause civil strife inside Hyuga Clan!'
'When Hyuga Clan is in chaos, they won't be able to help Minato.'
'So, Danzo is trying to slash Minato's arms?'
Kanpū smiled when he thought of this.