Uchiha's Blade

Neji's expression was ugly, but Mana's expression was even uglier.

No matter who did this, it would be like slapping her in the face in front of everyone.

Since she was a child, Mana has never been so disrespectful to her.

But she was not overwhelmed by anger. After thinking for a while, she made a gesture to Anbu who followed: "Send someone to Hyuga's house and inform Hyuga Hyuzu about this matter."

She was so angry that she didn't even call 'Hyuga Patriarch' anymore, and called him by his name directly.

In fact, based on her seniority, it is not disrespectful to call Hinata Hyuzu directly by her name, but she always saves face. Regardless of whether Hyuga is her ally or not, as Hokage, she will give some respect to the patriarch of the Konoha Ninja Clan. .

But this time it was completely different.

Mana knew that the matter must not have been done by people who were in Hinata Hinata.

Hyuga Neji was able to come to her, and these days has been peaceful and stable without being disturbed by the Hyuga clan, which shows that it is Hinata Hyuzu's default thing to protect Neji.

That being the case, there is no need for Hinata Hyuzu to do anything to Neji. If he wants to use Neji to do something, there are many ways, and there is really no need to use such a low-end method.

So it's Danzo?

This candidate only appeared in Mana's mind for a moment before she was ruled out.

It's not that she looks down on Danzo, but that the bird in the cage is the foundation of the Hyuga clan, and it is the guarantee of the clan's transcendent status. Tibetan.

Mana exhaled slowly, trying to calm down her mood, but her hands kept moving, which quickly eased Neji's pain. Under the healing of the soft green medical ninjutsu Chakra, Ningji, who had just suffered great pain, Time slowly fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing the expression on the child's face soften, Mana sighed softly.

"No matter who did it, I will make him pay the price."

If the target of the undercover attack is an adult, then even if he does do things in front of Mana, Mana will not be so angry.

To attack a child, this definitely broke the bottom line of Mana's tolerance.

As soon as Hyuga Hyuzu heard the news about the bird in the cage, he rushed over as quickly as possible.

The relationship between the Hyuga clan and Hokage has indeed been tense recently, but Hyuga Hyuzu doesn't think that Mana will joke about this matter with him.

When he saw Neji lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, Hinata Hizuru didn't bother to say hello to Mana first, and immediately opened his eyes to observe Neji's situation.

Then his expression became visibly worse.

Hyuga Hinata's voice tightened: "This is indeed the damage caused by the bird in the cage, Hokage-sama, what is going on here?"

Mana raised her hand: "This is not a place to talk, Neji needs to rest, let's talk next door."

Hyuga Hyuzu didn't say a word, and followed her with heavy steps.

When Mana and Hinata Hinata pushed the door to go out, they just ran into Tsunade who hurried over head-on.

That's right, Tsunade is now in charge of the Konoha Hospital, Hokage hastily came with a seriously wounded person, and the Anbu people also showed a very nervous look, Tsunade should come and take a look at it.

When he saw Hinata Hidetsu again, Tsunade's expression became a little ugly.

Recently, the relationship between the Hokage family and the Hyuga family has been tense, and Tsunade is well aware of it. She is currently also a hardcore Uchiha Mana supporter in the eyes of others.

Mana nodded to Tsunade: "I have dealt with it in advance, the child has fallen asleep for the time being, but the damage of the bird in the cage is not so simple, you can go and have a look."

Tsunade frowned, and questioned Hinata Hyuzu sharply: "A bird in a cage?!"

It is said that the one sent over was a child!

How insane is Hinata Hinata to use a bird in a cage on a child!

Hyuga Hyuzu hurriedly said: "It's not me, I don't know what's going on... Master Tsunade, that child Neji needs you to worry too much."

Tsunade looked at him, then at Mana, then nodded coldly: "I see."

After saying that, without saying much, he went directly into the ward to see Ning Ci.

Mana walked around a corner with Hinata Hizuru, opened the door and entered a small tea room: "This is it."

Anbu, who followed secretly, dispersed consciously and put martial law around them.

Hinata Hizuru calmed down a little at this time, seeing that Mana sat down without saying a word, he also took a seat opposite to Mana: "Master Hokage, what happened to Neji was definitely not done by the Hinata Sect."

Mana said: "Recently, the relationship between the Hyuga clan and the village has been a little tense. We don't have to shy away from this point. The core secret of the caged bird has only been mastered by the clan in the past, but you are not the only one who knows the method of activation, right?"

Hyuga Hinata said: "Yes, there are several elders in the family who also know, but it is absolutely impossible for them to do this."

Mana said: "So the caged bird of the Hyuga clan leaked?"

"It's impossible!" Hinata Hyuzu retorted loudly without even thinking about it: "This is absolutely impossible!"

Mana glanced at him: "Calm down, Patriarch Hyuga, at least I didn't say that you directed and performed all of this yourself, so you don't have to be so nervous."

Hyuga Hizuki paused, the expression on his face was a bit embarrassed, but his tone did soften a bit: "Master Hokage, the bird in the cage is related to the survival of the Hyuga clan, so the protection of the bird in the cage has always been foolproof, and it has never been leaked in the past. .”

Mana said: "There are two possibilities now, one is done by outsiders, and the other is done by people in the Hyuga clan... Don't be so nervous, I believe that no matter whether this thing is done by the Hyuga clan or not People did it, at least you didn't order it, what I can't be sure now is whether this matter is a private action of the Hyuga tribe who are dissatisfied with me."

Hinata Hyuzu also thought deeply about what he said.

In fact, if you want to ask this question, Hyuga Nichizu himself is not sure if there are such radical people in the clan.

In fact, Danzo has always been more radical than him in his attitude towards Mana. Although Hyuga Hyuzu has restrained himself, it cannot be ruled out that someone in the family agrees with Danzo.

Because the fact is that such people do exist in the Hyuga clan.

But of course he couldn't say that in front of Mana.

Hinata Hizuru just said with a cold face: "I will investigate this matter later."

Mana glanced at him, with obvious sarcasm in her eyes: "What is Hinata patriarch thinking, is this a vicious attack in the street, or is it an obvious plan against Hokage in front of me, do you still want to solve it within the clan? "

If this happened in the territory of the Hyuga Clan, maybe they would have to give the Hyuga Clan some face, and let them investigate first.

For a long time, the Hyuga clan would not use the caged bird in front of outsiders, they would just close the door and rub it secretly.

But this time it happened on the street.

Hinata Hinata said: "Could it be that Hokage is going to meddle in the internal affairs of the Hinata clan!"

This is a very serious question.

Because it involves the caged bird, if Mana intervenes in the investigation, she will definitely not be able to avoid the information related to the caged bird, and this is the inverse scale that the Hyuga clan will never allow others to touch.

Mana smiled lightly: "If you want to open it up, it may not be the ninja in the Hyuga clan who did it. After all, you, the patriarch, are still very popular with the clan."

However, Hinata Hinata's face became even uglier when he heard this.

He would rather it was someone from Hinata.

If it's not Hinata's people, it can only mean that the bird in the cage is really controlled by an outsider, okay?

Mana didn't care about him. Seeing that Hyuga Hyuzu had been stimulated too much, she took a step back and said softly: "I naturally trust the Hyuga patriarch, how about this, I will give the Hyuga clan three days. Within three days, the village It will not involve the investigation within the Hyuga Clan, and I hope the Hyuga Clan can give a satisfactory answer after three days."

Hyuga Hyuzu's chest heaved violently, and Mana had no doubt that if Hyuga Hyuzu had been a Uchiha, he would have shown his Sharingan to fight with her long ago, but he was Hinata after all, even if he was so angry, he would just bite Gritting his teeth, he said, "Hokage really wants to force the Hinata clan to this point?"

Mana's tone became more gentle: "What are you talking about, are you still planning to defect to Konoha with the Hyuga clan? Or plan to kill me, Hokage, in a coup d'état?"

If he doesn't intend to do this, what can Hinata Hinata do with her?

Hyuga Hyuzu was finally swept away by her angrily.

Looking at his back with heavy steps, Mana couldn't help but clicked her tongue: "As expected of the patriarch Hyuga, this self-cultivation is really good."

If he hadn't cultivated well, he should have punched her in the face with a soft fist.

Hyuga Hyuzu's good self-cultivation prevented him from yelling at Mana on the spot, but it did not mean that he was in a good mood. After returning to the clan, Hyuga Hyuzu immediately launched an investigation, and the entire Hyuga clan immediately felt a kind of depression that was about to come. with tension.

Mana didn't put all her hopes on Hinata Hizuru, because no matter what the investigation result was, it was slapping Hyuga Hizuru in the face.

Either it means that he is really incompetent as the patriarch and can't even control the people of the clan, or he leaked the secret technique of the caged bird under his nose, no matter which one is a big blow to Hyuga Hyuzu.

Because of this matter, Mana is destined not to have a good rest tonight, even Uchiha Itachi who has already returned home from get off work hastily rushed back again.

At this time, Mana had returned to Hokage's office, and Itachi Uchiha came in a hurry, but he was holding a thick stack of documents in his hand.

"Master Mana, this is the list and registration information of all people who have entered and exited Konoha recently."

Mana raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "Do you think this time an outsider did it?"

Itachi Uchiha shook his head: "I don't know who did it, but...the best case scenario is that Hinata's people did it."

That means there is still room for change, and what happened this time is indeed bad in nature. If the investigation is clear, Hinata Hinata will have to make some concessions to Mana.

This can indeed be said to be some advantages.

Mana took part of the list and said: "It seems that our worries are the same."

The most frightening thing about this matter is that if Hinata's people did not do it, it would prove that the caged bird had indeed leaked.

This means that, except for a few main families, the life and death of all Hyuga branch families are in the hands of another person.

To be able to sneak into Konoha and fight in front of Hokage, where else in this world, who else can protect the Hinata branch?

If this person continues to threaten the branch members and cause disturbances, Konoha will really be unstable.

So that night, Mana and Uchiha Itachi didn't sleep, and they stayed up all night to sort out the list of all the people who had entered and exited Konoha in the past month. In order to improve efficiency, they even split up and came out to work together.

When the film was released early the next morning, the accumulated fatigue returned, and the faces of both of them were not very good-looking.

Mana rubbed the center of her brows: "Let's take a break, Anbu's preliminary investigation results should be delivered soon."

She pointed to the sofa next to it and said to Uchiha Itachi: "You sleep for a while."

Uchiha Itachi shook his head: "You rest."

Mana smiled and said, "No need, I can't bear this."

In any case, her physique has been developed by the slate, and this kind of fatigue will be relieved by sitting for a while.

The main reason is that this time the incident was really bad, she was tired, and her physical fatigue was second.

Mana doesn't consider the fact that the real culprit is the Hyuga tribe, as Uchiha Itachi said, that's almost the best situation, just need to spend some time with Hyuga Hinata.

But she and Uchiha Itachi combed through the list of contacts from beginning to end. Although they also drew out a few names, they were only slightly suspicious. Mana suspected that they were spies from other villages or something else. Anyway, this time The possibility of the real culprit is very small. She gave the list to Anbu, but she didn't really have any hope in her heart.

Uchiha Itachi obviously thought the same thing, he looked at Mana hesitantly: "The village has strengthened the supervision of entry and exit since last night, should it be tightened up today?"

Mana shook her head: "No need, don't be too nervous, just loosen the outside and tighten the inside."

After not finding out all night, Mana didn't think that the other party would show any flaws in the matter of entering and leaving the village.

What's more...

"Although Hyuga Hizuru didn't say the key to the caged bird, at least he sent someone to send me a letter, revealing that there is a distance limit for the activation of the caged bird spell, that is to say, at that time, the person who activated Neji's caged bird was not far away from me. .”

This is also the reason why Mana's mood is even worse: "But at that time, I didn't notice it at all!"

She thumped the table hard, Uchiha Itachi watched the desk make the sound of being overwhelmed.

Mana said: "Although I have never thought that I can be regarded as a powerful perception ninja, my perception is by no means bad. In such a short distance, how can I, how can I!"

How could she be so incompetent!

Uchiha Itachi comforted her: "This is not your fault."

Mana gritted her teeth: "Itachi, I'm Hokage."

And Neji is a member of Konoha.

Uchiha Itachi sighed.

Uchiha Mana's excessive sense of responsibility as Hokage really made him love and hate. He was moved by Mana's heart for the village, and felt that she was better than all Hokage, but on the other hand, as it is now However, he really didn't know how to comfort him.

He eventually just said, "I'll go to the Guard and ask."

Although the hope is slim, it can only be so.

After Uchiha Itachi left, Mana sat alone behind the desk.

The scene of Ning Ci falling down played back in her mind again and again.

At that time, she really didn't notice any abnormalities. Her self-confident strength now seems so ridiculous, as if the person who was behind the black hands was simply a piece of air that didn't exist—wait!does not exist? !

Mana suddenly widened her eyes and stood up abruptly: "It's him!!!"

Yes, she had felt that way before.

When she just returned to Konoha from another world, when she met Uchiha Obito for the first time.

At that time, the strange-looking Uchiha Obito's companion gave her such a feeling.

That feeling that doesn't exist in perception unless you see it with your own eyes.

Mana couldn't help gritting her teeth, and squeezed out a name almost word by word: "Obito Uchiha!"

She hasn't taken the initiative to find trouble with Obito Uchiha, yet he still has the leisure to come to Konoha to do things?

Although I don't know how the other party got the secret technique of the caged bird, but there are not too many special unperceivable existences in this world. Mana has only seen that one so far, and that one is called "absolutely" by Uchiha Obito. 'The presence.

Of course, Uchiha Madara also had Jue in the information that Uchiha Madara gave her at the beginning, which is why Mana didn't immediately think of Jue.

Because Uchiha Madara said that it is definitely a product of his will, and Mana knows very well that Uchiha Madara does not know the secret technique of caged birds. He is quite dismissive of this kind of tricks, and does not look down on relying on caged birds to control the tribe This kind of low-end means.

"If it's really absolute..."

So, as a product of Uchiha Madara's will, how did he know things that even Uchiha Madara didn't know?

In Mana's view, even though it is possible that Uchiha Obito instigated this matter, the person who got the caged bird secret technique is definitely not Uchiha Obito.

... That silly kid doesn't have such an IQ at all.

Jue must have other secrets.

Mana thought.

It seems that you can't just focus on Obito Uchiha, but also pay attention to it.

Obito Uchiha is a silly kid, definitely not.

Speaking of absolute understanding, apart from Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito, among the people Mana knows, Nagato can definitely be ranked first, so Mana flew Thunder God to Nagato without hesitation.

Nagato was a little surprised when he saw that she had just parted with her the day before, and that Flying Thunder God suddenly appeared today.

Facing the surprised Nagato, Mana didn't explain too much patience at this time, but asked directly: "How much do you know about Jue?"

"Absolutely?"

Nagato said strangely: "Previously, Jue was in charge of intelligence work in the organization. He has a secret technique that can blend in with the surrounding environment. When I suddenly asked about this, what happened to him?"

Mana said: "There was an attack on Konoha, I suspect he did it, tell me everything you know."

Nagato nodded without hiding anything, and immediately began to speak in detail.

Nagato knew absolutely nothing about Absolute, but when he told Mana in detail, he couldn't help frowning slightly, because he realized that he definitely didn't know much.

Or, all he knew was the information he 'should know' as the leader of the Akatsuki organization, nothing more.

I didn't find anything wrong before, but when I think about it now, Nagato thinks more and more doubts.

Finally he stopped, and after thinking for a while, he said: "...you are right, there is indeed a problem with Ze, and I am afraid Uchiha Obito does not know all the truth about Ze."

Mana: "Oh?"

Nagato paused for a while, as if he was considering his words: "I don't know how to describe it, but I think Obito Uchiha may know more information than me, but probably like me, all he knows is What he needs to know, I also mentioned Jue to him. At that time, it was just discussing information. Now that I think about it, Uchiha Obito’s understanding of Jue seems to be superficial, but whether he realizes it or not, in fact I don’t really care much about this, even I have a lot of curiosity about Absolute, but Uchiha Obito doesn’t have such a feeling.”

Mana nodded, "I see."

If Nagato's guess is not wrong, then Mana has to come to a rather shocking conclusion.

Maybe it's definitely not Uchiha Madara's conscious creation.

Nagato didn't know, but Mana knew that Uchiha Obito didn't have much curiosity about Absolute. He thought Absolute was just a tool left to him by Uchiha Madara and a supervisor. Nagato's understanding of Absolute came from Obito Uchiha, Obito Uchiha’s understanding of Absolute comes from Uchiha Madara. At present, it seems that there is obviously a problem with Uchiha Madara’s cognition, so... Who does Uchiha Madara’s understanding of Absolute come from?

"interesting."

Mana smiled coldly: "It's really interesting."

Nagato asked, "What do you want to do?"

Mana said: "Although I'm still not sure that this matter is absolute, but it is obvious that he is the most suspected, and what is certain is that he does have other secrets, no matter what anyone does, it will not be aimless Yes, I don't think Uchiha Obito will provoke me like this at this time, even if this matter is absolutely dry, it will not be inspired by Uchiha Obito, so what is the purpose of Uchiha?"

She's going to figure that out next.

Nagato nodded: "Do you need my cooperation here?"

Mana shook her head: "No need, you are still acting according to the original plan here, how about not beheading?"

Nagato showed a smile when he mentioned Zabuzhan: "He is very good, he is indeed one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of this generation in Wuyin Village."

Mana said, "Where is the original Akatsuki organization?"

Nagato said: "Obito Uchiha has gathered his staff again, but Xiaonan has already gone to persuade Didara, I have greater confidence in him, but it's not easy to talk about Kakuzu and Hidan, besides...you Are you really not going to persuade the Red Sand Scorpion?"

Mana said: "It's okay for me to ask you to recruit Didara. Kakuzu is only the money he owes me. If I don't care about him, I should be grateful, but the red sand scorpion? He is the rebellious ninja of sand ninja village. , It’s not like you don’t know about his family, as Konoha’s Hokage, I don’t think I can get along with him.”

Nagato lowered his eyes slightly: "I see, then if Didala agrees to join, the first thing we have to deal with is the Red Sand Scorpion."

As Didara's companion, the Red Sand Scorpion knows Didara too well, and it will be troublesome if he tells Uchiha Obito some key information.

... Although it is possible that Jue has more information than Didara himself, but after all, this has not been confirmed, it is just a guess, and Nagato is naturally preparing according to the normal situation.

Mana nodded: "This is all arranged by you, I believe you can do well."

Nagato didn't say much.

He is also very confident in himself.

So he asked, "Absolutely... what can you do?"

Although Jue didn't show any strong combat power, his silent lurking ability was enough to cause headaches.

Mana said: "Since you can't find him with the way of sensing Chakra, then use another method. I don't only have the ability of ninjas to use. As long as there are things that exist, they must leave traces somewhere. He can come to me again. Try it in front of you!"

Nagato said: "It seems that you are very confident, if there is anything I need to do, just ask."

Mana said: "Just help me keep an eye on the movements of Uchiha Obito and Water Country. By the way, Orochimaru didn't come to you?"

"He went to find Uchiha Obito."

"That's good."

Chennai said: "I'm not afraid that he will act, but I'm afraid that he has been hiding and not acting."

After discussing the details of the next action with Nagato, Mana flew Thor back.

Back to Konoha this time, I have to say that she felt a little more relaxed.

She is at least [-]% sure that the person who will take action against Ning Ci is absolutely certain.

She doesn't know enough about Absolute Right now, but it doesn't matter, a known opponent is always easier to deal with than a completely unknown opponent.

Three days passed quickly, and of course nothing was found in Hinata Rizu's place.

Not to mention the truth, he couldn't even find a clue.

It was about the bird in the cage, but the majestic Hinata patriarch was unable to do so, which made Hinata Hinata come back to see Mana three days later, with a bit of dejection in his whole body.

Now, he can no longer prevent Mana from meddling in the internal affairs of the Hyuga Clan.

Of course, Mana would not be polite to him, when Hyuga Hyuzu returned, he brought an Anbu team sent by Mana with him, which made Hyuga Hyuzu's expression very ugly.

Mana, on the other hand, covered the entire Konoha with the power of the king, and designated the entire Konoha as her 'sanctuary'.

In the middle of the night two days later, a smile appeared on Mana's face.

"I've been waiting for a long time.""