Kumo-nin’s Malicious Scheme

"Sir, I discovered some intelligence within Konoha that I think you might find interesting. Would you like to take a look?"

Hyuga Mirai was designing an Orbital Weapon space station, primarily for external defense. Once it detected an invading extraterrestrial lifeform, the Orbital Weapon would immediately kill it.

However, Hyuga Mirai wanted to preserve the Otsutsuki Clan’s corpses, so he was troubled over how to shrink the Orbital Weapon’s Laser Cannon aperture to one centimeter while maximizing its power.

Only then could he ensure the Otsutsuki Clan’s corpses remained as intact as possible, perhaps even preserving their Rinnegan and Byakugan.

"What intelligence?"

After hearing Android 18’s words, Hyuga Mirai grew somewhat curious. He temporarily set aside his work and pulled up the display screen.

Then, an image immediately appeared on the other side of the screen.

"These are Kumo-nin?"

"Yes. They are envoys sent by the Kumo-nin. They are currently in Konoha, preparing to sign a Peace Accord."

"So it’s this incident." Upon hearing that, Hyuga Mirai suddenly recalled it. It seemed to be the time Hizashi had been driven to his death.

He had clearly done nothing wrong, yet he was saddled with the enormous charge of possibly destroying the hard-won peace. Thus, the unfortunate Hizashi Hyuga was informed after waking from a night’s sleep that he would be made the scapegoat.

White Fang had died the same way back then. However, White Fang had been alone, and Kakashi could not offer his father any help. Though Hizashi Hyuga had the backing of the Hyūga Clan, he was only from the Branch Family. He was not worth the Main Family opposing the Hokage or peace for.

Hyuga Mirai asked, "I’m not interested in that, Android 18. But was the Kumo-nin’s plan decided on the spot, or did it receive the Raikage’s authorization?"

"There is an eighty percent chance it was discussed and decided in the Raikage’s office, sir. However, no computers were installed in the Raikage’s office, so some intelligence could not be backed up."

Hyuga Mirai asked curiously, "Is the Raikage not interested in computers?"

"That is not the case, sir. The Raikage has a violent temper. Whenever he gets angry, he smashes his desk and nearby objects. After the Kumo-nin Mabui saw the Raikage destroy two computers, she gave up on continuing to equip the Raikage with computers."

"No wonder." Hyuga Mirai nodded. A computer was not cheap. With Raikage A’s temper, he would swing his fists at the slightest inconvenience. Smashing several computers would be enough to give the Raikage’s secretary a terrible headache.

After watching for a while, Hyuga Mirai realized that the Kumo-nin planned to target both the Hyūga Clan and the Fourth Hokage’s son that night. Before coming here, they had already gathered some intelligence. Although Konoha had done everything it could to conceal information about the Fourth Hokage’s son, the Kumo-nin had still determined his approximate location.

The Kumo-nin’s move against the Hyūga Clan was also somewhat related to Hyuga Mirai. During the Third Shinobi World War, Hyuga Mirai and Orochimaru had thwarted the Kumo-nin’s attempt to attack Konoha. That, coupled with the temptation of the Byakugan, had made the Kumo-nin extremely greedy for it.

They desperately wanted to abduct several Hyūga Clan girls and bring them back to the Kumo-nin, allowing the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai to take root there.

"What a filthy, idiotic idea."

After watching for a while longer, Hyuga Mirai shut off the display and stopped watching. He had no idea what was wrong with the Kumo-nin’s brains. With so few people, they actually planned to abduct three Hyuga clansmen from the Hyūga Clan. He had no interest in watching fools hold a meeting. In any case, the Kumo-nin’s plan could never succeed.

"Send me Sara’s recent itinerary later. She hasn’t encountered any danger, has she, Android 18?"

"She is safe and sound, sir."

After midnight, the Kumo-nin quickly began moving.

They had dispatched four people in total, all quite skilled at infiltration. Following the intelligence they had gathered beforehand, they quickly headed toward their targets.

Since they had spent considerable time figuring out the Anbu monitoring them, they took advantage of a gap to leave the inn where they were being hosted.

At Kushina’s home, Naruto had been growing up day by day. After playing outside during the day, he would eat dinner at home and sleep deeply. After Naruto fell asleep, Kushina began practicing Sage Art.

Watching Naruto grow up, Kushina became increasingly unwilling to die. She did not merely want to see Naruto attend school. She also wanted to see him punished by standing outside, graduate, complete his first mission, find the girl he loved, and so on.

Thus, Kushina practiced Sage Art whenever she had time. The quiet depths of night were the best time for her to practice it.

Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Art training was extremely dangerous and difficult. If she practiced outside, Kushina had to summon a Katsuyu and have it wrap around her entire body. With Katsuyu’s help, she converted the Natural Energy outside into Natural Energy with the characteristics of Shikkotsu Forest, allowing her to cultivate Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode.

Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Art was indeed difficult to cultivate. Kushina had trained for a long time but had yet to even get started. However, because the Sage Chakra Hyuga Mirai had left within her body healed her, she did not die after failing to cultivate Shikkotsu Forest Sage Art. Every time Natural Energy corroded her internal organs, Sage Chakra would save her.

"Lady Kushina, someone seems to be approaching."

Katsuyu spoke softly. While practicing Sage Art, their senses were extremely sharp. They clearly detected the Kumo-nin outside, and Kushina noticed them as well.

"What are those Anbu doing…"

Kushina said in great dissatisfaction. Normally, they watched Naruto so closely, yet at night they had become so lax that a stranger had managed to sneak nearby.

Kushina had just been considering whether to summon the Anbu when she sensed the Kumo-nin approaching Naruto’s room.

Crack!

Kushina clenched her fists tightly. Naruto was now her only attachment in life. This infiltrator had actually set his sights on Naruto, and the rage in Kushina’s heart instantly erupted beyond restraint.

"Die, you bastard!"

Kushina instantly arrived in Naruto’s room. Four Adamantine Sealing Chains shot out from behind her, tightly binding the Kumo-nin who was about to climb in through the window. She then yanked him before her and smashed her fist viciously into his head.

Even without Monstrous Strength, Kushina’s own physical strength was not to be underestimated.

Moreover, the Adamantine Sealing Chains tightly restrained the Kumo-nin’s limbs, leaving him unable to fight back. After venting her anger, Kushina saw Naruto’s frightened expression and viciously hurled the Kumo-nin outside before hurriedly going to comfort Naruto.

Such a huge disturbance naturally alerted the nearby Anbu. There were two of them in total. One entered Kushina’s home to check the situation, while the other went to investigate the enemy who had just been thrown outside.

"Lady Kushina, n-no, may I ask if Naruto is still here?"

The Anbu member nearly misspoke, but under Kushina’s cold gaze, he hurriedly corrected himself and asked about Naruto’s condition.

Kushina replied coldly, "If we had relied on you, Naruto would have already met with disaster. Investigate this immediately, then report it to the Third Hokage."

"Yes, I understand."

After confirming that Naruto was unharmed, the Anbu discussed matters with the other member. They left one Anbu behind while the other hurried to the Hokage Tower to report the incident to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

They had already checked the man’s identity. He was one of the Kumo envoys who had arrived during the day. The Anbu had not expected the Kumo-nin to harbor such malicious intentions and target the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

At the same time, the Hyuga compound experienced the same incident, though they killed the three criminals who had infiltrated it.

Hyuga Hiashi personally killed one of them. The other two died respectively under the siege of Branch Family Guards and at the hands of Hyuga Kiyomi.

Late at night, Hyuga Kiyomi had not gone to sleep. Instead, she had been considering her training plans. It was because of this that she discovered the infiltrating Kumo-nin, notified the nearby Guards, and killed the invading enemies.

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