manynovel Chapter 42 The Discovery of the White Eye
Chapter 42 The Discovery of the White Eye
The Hokage's office.
Just as Chiyo was setting up the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Jiraiya was reporting on Uchiha Chiyo's trip to school during the day.
"Uchiha Chiyo and Naruto had no contact whatsoever."
"I suspect he came to test our attitude."
Jiraiya plopped down on his desk. After Naruto returned home, Jiraiya first sent the Anbu to report.
Then he went to a hot spring, drank some wine and women, and only then did he come to report to the Third Hokage.
The Third Hokage frowned as he saw Jiraiya reeking of alcohol and with lipstick stains on his face.
"What time is it? Why are you still out having fun?"
Jiraiya dismissed it, saying, "Old man, do you really think I went there for fun? I went to scout out the area near the Uchiha clan's territory."
"Inside the Uchiha clan's territory, apart from the combat personnel sparring, everyone else just goes about their business."
"You're acting like a frightened bird. The Uchiha will think we're afraid of them."
Jiraiya, skilled at gathering intelligence, was truly difficult for ordinary Uchiha clan members to detect.
However, Jiraiya did not dare to investigate too much.
If discovered, it could easily lead to conflict.
The Third Hokage took a puff of his pipe and placed it on the table: "It's always better to be careful."
"We are not fully staffed right now, so we cannot afford the slightest mistake."
He handed some documents to Jiraiya: "Take a look, these are some documents from the black market."
After Jiraiya took it, his nonchalant expression began to turn serious.
The information was relayed by people from Konoha stationed in the black markets of each major country, as well as spies sent to various villages.
I won't go into which famous bounty hunters were interested in Danzo's head.
There were also people from the other four great ninja villages, who also sent people to the Land of Fire.
They meant more than just Danzo's death.
Instead, they were preparing to test Konoha; there might even be others coming to make contact with the Uchiha.
After all, the Uchiha were a very important fighting force for Konoha, and now they are openly breaking with Konoha.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Among them, the most powerful Land of Lightning is the most proactive.
Although the Konoha spies in Kumogakure couldn't find out the details, the people of Kumogakure were very excited.
The most warlike and aggressive village, during this period, has no need to elaborate on its reasons for excitement.
The equally powerful Iwagakure village also had personnel movements, but the scouts couldn't find out who was coming.
The spies in Kirigakure and Sunagakure did not gather any information.
But even that alone is enough to give Konoha a run for its money.
"This is a bit troublesome," Jiraiya said with a serious expression.
"If we show weakness, they will pounce on us and tear Konoha to pieces."
In the original timeline, the reason why no other villages attacked Konoha after the Uchiha were wiped out was because...
The main reason is that no one took the lead.
No one knows how the Uchiha clan was wiped out; the official report only mentions Itachi.
Well... let me tell you about a 13-year-old elite who wiped out an entire tribe of over a thousand people.
It was completed in just a few hours overnight.
Do you believe it?
Nobody believes it.
After all, Konoha still had the Nine-Tails, so in the end, nothing came of it.
But the situation is different now.
The entire ninja world knows that the Mangekyou Sharingan can control tailed beasts.
Whether Konoha's Nine-Tails can be used is still uncertain.
The others in Konoha will also be held back by the Uchiha.
Therefore, Konoha cannot afford to show weakness and must also fight well in its first battle.
Ideally, it should have a deterrent effect on the outside world.
"Old man, we still need to prevent outside spies from getting in," Jiraiya reminded him.
The Third Hokage took a drag of his cigarette.
"I've already discussed it with Hiashi, and we've arranged for the entire clan to take turns using the Byakugan to monitor the entire Hidden Leaf Village."
Jiraiya's tone was cryptic: "Inspecting the entire Hidden Leaf Village could easily provoke resentment from other clans."
The Third Hokage slowly exhaled a puff of smoke: "There's nothing we can do about it. Konoha has reached its most dangerous moment."
This is the first time in decades that Konoha has allowed the Hyuga clan to oversee the entire village.
It's very simple. When the Hyuga clan uses their Byakugan, everyone looks like they're naked.
Although the distance can be adjusted freely.
But you're not from the Hyuga clan, so how do you know if someone is looking at your meridians or something else under your skin?
(In the world of Limited Tsukuyomi, the reversed Neji is a voyeur who uses his Byakugan to spy on girls.)
Besides, which ninja clan doesn't have secrets, and which ninja doesn't have privacy?
Once that eye roll was activated, everything was exposed.
and so.
Unless needed to fight an enemy, the Hyuga clan generally doesn't use their Byakugan to look around in Konoha.
The reason this problem didn't exist before was because Konoha hadn't yet been subjected to large-scale infiltration and invasion.
"If I had the Byakugan, it would be much more convenient," Jiraiya said seriously.
But everyone knows Jiraiya's lecherous nature.
It goes without saying what he wanted to achieve by rolling his eyes.
The Third Hokage looked at Jiraiya and shook his head, thinking he was still just as unreliable.
……
Although the bounty hunters had previously infiltrated the area thanks to information from Itachi.
Now that the barrier frequency and patrol route time have been changed, it's not so easy for ordinary bounty hunters to get in.
However, this time there are too many people eyeing Konoha.
The Third Hokage dared not delay and issued orders to Hiashi.
As the head of the main family, Hiashi naturally wouldn't do these things personally.
After discussing it with the Grand Elder.
They then summoned the branch elder, Fourth Elder Guangxin.
The task was assigned to Guangxin, who was to lead the branch family members to carry it out.
This kind of task is physically demanding, and opening the Byakugan requires chakra.
Prolonged use will cause great discomfort to the eyes.
Moreover, this is a job that will offend people, and the main family would never do it.
that's it.
Hyuga Mitsunobu, the fourth elder of the Hyuga branch family, led a large number of Hyuga branch family members to begin monitoring Konoha.
This operation covers a large area, not only the new districts but also the old districts, to prevent people from hiding there.
The same applies.
However, this was the first time Konoha had conducted such a large-scale inspection, and the inspection immediately revealed a problem.
"Lord Guangxin, please take a look at this."
Although Guangxin was the fourth elder, people in the family still habitually called him "Master".
After all, the title of Fourth Elder was bestowed upon him by the main family.
We call him "Sir" because Guangxin deserves this title.
As Guangxin divided his team and began monitoring, the Hyuga clan members quickly arrived in the old town area.
And his expression was very strange, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
This member of the family handed Guangxin a particularly old-fashioned detonation tag.
"Elder Guangxin, what are the designs of these explosive tags...?"
Guangxin picked up the detonator and saw that it was a model from twenty-five years ago.
“We have found that there are a lot of them in the old neighborhood, and we have sent our clansmen to check on other important occasions.”
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