Chapter 78: Chapter – 76 Bounty!
Looking at the fanatical and crazy faces of the people around him; Shisui felt terrified for a second. If such craziness were to spread within every one of the clansmen, then no doubt only destruction is waiting for the Uchiha clan!
Making up his mind, Shisui stood up and said, "Fugaku-Sama, I believe force is not the only solution to every problem, moreover the Uchiha Clan isn't strong enough to face the entire Village on its own. If the Uchiha Clan really fought against the village; then only destruction awaits us."
"Shisui, what are you talking about?"
"Are you being afraid?"
"Everyone knows that Uchiha is the most powerful, as long as we get rid of Sandaime, the position of Hokage will belong to the Uchiha Clan and the whole village will have to recognize us!"
The room was getting noisier by the second.
"Cough!"
Uchiha Fugaku finally couldn't sit silently and 'Coughed' lightly to stop the mess the Uchiha were making.
Shisui decided to not give in this time, "Blind actions will only lead Uchiha Clan to destruction!"
Uchiha Fugaku took a deep look at Shisui, then waved his hand, "Okay that'll be it for today, disperse!"
With Uchiha Fugaku's order, everyone suppressed their urge to continue and one-by-one got up and left.
Walking alone towards his home, Shisui covered his eyes with his hand and thought silently, "Maybe I awakened the Mangekyou to be able to save the Clan, but can Koto Amatsukami really change the fate of the Uchiha?"
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Hyuga Clan, Kuroto's home.
Looking at the scroll of Four-Symbols Seal in his hands, Kuroto was thoughtful.
The difficulty of learning The Four-Symbols seal is much higher than his expectations, it not only involves Shape Transformation of Chakra but this technique highly revolves around nature transformation of chakra.
In fact, it isn't strange either, considering that many powerful forbidden techniques were actually developed using Four-Symbols Seal as the basis.
While Kuroto was pondering Yue walked inside carrying the fragrant dishes.
Smelling the rich fragrance, Kuroto was brought out of his thoughts and said to her with a smile, "Heh… it smells good, what's so special today?"
However, Kuroto didn't get the answer he expected.
After putting the dish on the table, Yue sat beside him silently with her head down,
A long silence... she didn't speak anything... he didn't speak anything either. Finally, Kuroto couldn't take it anymore, so after a sigh, he brought her closer for a hug.
In his embrace, Yue finally couldn't hold it, and tears started to come out.
"There was no news from you Kuroto-Kun, even Hizashi-Sama also said he has no information about you, I thought you had an accident, I-…"
Kuroto didn't speak anything, just let her vent, to ease her; he rubbed the back of her head softly.
After a few minutes, Yue finally calmed down, and then Kuroto whispered, "Didn't I tell you already, don't worry too much, or you'll get Grandma wrinkles, and if that happens…"
Listening to Kuroto making fun of her, Yue hmphed, as she started to get up and take the dish back.
Now Kuroto was in a panic, "Okay-okay, sorry. I was just trying to ease you a bit."
"One more time, and I won't forgive you!"
"Alright-alright… no more teasing. But Yue, haven't I told you already, to not worry, in fact, this mission wasn't that dangerous, we just needed to… a… hide… yeah that's right… just hide… and do some work… plus I get to be the hero of the village, although most of the villagers will never know of this, that's beside the point, but anyway, shouldn't you… you know… be prouder or something?"
Yue looked at Kuroto-Kun trying to reassure her and said with a pout, "You always do this… always lie to me about the dangerous things and talk as if they were nothing!"
"Well, what can I say… I am just that strong… dangerous things are just some time pass for me." Kuroto said with a fake arrogant snort.
That brought a chuckle out of Yue "Hehehe… alright fine… but you have to promise to be careful Kuroto-Kun!"
"Of course, I will!" Kuroto said with a smile.
"Anyway, what is the situation of Clan because of all this fiasco?" Kuroto asked quickly changing the subject.
Yue sighed in a depressed mood at Kuroto-Kun's question, "Including Aina-chan's father, more than a dozen members died in the conflict this time."
Hyuga Aina is Yue's neighbour only a few years younger than her. Aina's father Hyuga Takashi was one of the elites among the Hyuga Clan.
With Hyuga Takashi's death, the number of elites can already be counted with 10 fingers.
That is to say, the Hyuga Clan lost many ninjas in the Third Shinobi War, as well as now.
When Kuroto thinks of all the orphans left within the clan, he feels really sad about them.
Unfortunately, Kuroto is unable to do anything for them, which makes him more depressed.
"Kuroto-Kun, Hiashi-Sama said that when you are free, go to see him. Patriarch wants to have a talk with you." Yue's words again brought Kuroto out of his thoughts.
Kuroto nodded. Now he can activate and deactivate his Tenseigan freely, there is no need to hide away from the clansmen.
After having the meal with Yue, Kuroto walked towards the center of the Hyuga Clan.
Although the Hyuga didn't isolate themselves like the Uchiha, most of the Clansmen still lived around the Patriarch's house, so the Hyuga Clan land is also like a smaller village within Konoha.
When Kuroto arrived at Patriarch's house, he didn't even have to knock, a servant opened the door.
The servant greeted Kuroto politely, "Kuroto-sama, Patriarch is waiting for you inside!"
Kuroto was in a trance upon hearing the servant.
This is the first time he was referred to by 'Lord', and the servant who called as such was a chunin, such a thing was impossible in the past.
Coming out of his dazed state, Kuroto calmly walked into Patriarch's house, and after walking in through a corridor, Kuroto finally saw the Head of the Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Hiashi.
"Patriarch!" Kuroto greeted Hiashi-Sama with a polite bow.
Hyuga Hiashi who was seated calmly on a Zabuton nodded calmly, "Sit down."
As he got seated on a Zabuton opposite Hyuga Hiashi, Kuroto asked, "Hiashi-Sama wanted to see me?"
After a moment of silence, he asked, "Uchiha Shisui is your teammate in the Anbu department, right?"
"Yes, Hiashi-Sama."
"And I am sure you are aware of the Uchiha's situation in the village, right Kuroto-Kun?"
Kuroto frowned slightly at Hiashi's question, "What, do you mean Hiashi-Sama?"
Seeing the confused face of Kuroto, Hiashi decided to be a little blunt, "The conflict between Konoha and Cloud exposed Hokage faction's complete distrust and suspicion on the Uchiha. Therefore, I am a little concerned over what the Elder Council might be planning against the Uchiha."
As the patriarch of one of the major clans of the Konoha village, Hyuga Hiashi fully understands the importance of balance. Whether the village eradicates the Uchiha Clan or the Uchiha Clan takes control of the Village, both the situations are unacceptable for the Hyuga Clan.
When the Uchiha and the Hokage Faction are in balance, only then the Hyuga Clan will not become the target of either side and will be able to preserve itself.
But this balance that has been maintained for many decades has now collapsed and the weight is turning against the Uchiha Clan, in the eyes of discerning people, a fierce conflict is brewing, and this conflict is something that most would not want to see or be part of.
Hiashi continued, "With the near disappearance of the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan, the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga clan are the only few of the Major Noble Shinobi Clans left. If the destruction of the Uchiha is allowed, the prestige of the Hyuga Clan will also fall. Whereas if the Uchiha take control of the Konoha village through unacceptable means, we will inevitably be susceptible and weakened more than we already have become. Therefore, I hope that you can do somethings to prevent either of this situation from happening using your identity as an Anbu."
How Shisui is the only Anbu within the Uchiha Clan, Kuroto is also a similar case. So, the Hyuga Clan now greatly values Kuroto. Therefore, asking Kuroto for doing such a thing is a natural course of action.
Kuroto also didn't deny and immediately agreed, "I understand Hiashi-Sama."
When it comes to the matter of dealing with the Uchiha, Kuroto's opinion aligns with that of the intentions of the Clan, that is, the Uchiha cannot be allowed to disappear.
Why is the reputation of the Hyuga so high?
Isn't it because the Hyuga is valued as an equal to the Uchiha Clan?
But if the Uchiha Clan were to disappear, the Hyuga Clan will become the next target.
After all, the Dojutsu Kekkei Genkai surpasses all other types of Kekkei Genkai and this is the very reason why they have a lot of enemies.
After discussing a little more about the situation about the Uchiha, Hiashi then took out a Bingo Book and handed them to Kuroto while saying, "You better be careful from now on!"
Kuroto was a little confused why would Hiashi-Sama say something like this?
But when he took the papers from Hiashi-Sama's hands, there was a single page that caught his attention. On that page, he saw a picture of his along with some description about him, and a bounty underneath with too many zeros. Upon counting the number of zeros, he finally exclaimed, "Twenty Million Ryo!?"
However, without waiting for Kuroto to be out of shock, Hiashi leisurely handed another paper to him while saying, "Here, this is a second one."
Kuroto quickly took the second reward list, and this reward list also had his picture with the same number of zeros, but the amount exceeded the previous one.
"Tw-twenty-five million Ryo? Wh-why such a high reward?"
Hiashi-Sama didn't care too much about his outburst or shock and said leisurely, "I am afraid you have offended some big shots. Such high rewards are too rare and will most likely attract some bounty ninjas. So, be careful and not leave the village casually!"
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Chapter 79: Chapter – 77 Shimura Danzo
After some detailed inquiry, Kuroto was surprised to find that all the four members of Team-11 had a bounty of twenty million Ryo on their heads.
'These bounties should be Cloud Village's handiwork, right?' – this was Kuroto's thought.
If the Team-11 of Anbu Black Ops has hatred against anyone, then no doubt it is the Cloud Village and the Rock Village.
Compared to Rock Village, Kuroto feels that Cloud Village is more likely to have issued these bounties.
'But there is one thing I don't understand, how come Cloud Village has the specific information on the four of us? I get that Yugito Nii saw our faces when we used the Shadow Clone Jutsu, but just from knowing our faces Cloud Village shouldn't have such specific information about Team-11. Could it be that their spies have infiltrated into the Anbu?"
This sudden thought made Kuroto a little panicked.
The Anbu directly under Hokage-Sama are personally selected by Hokage, and the members could be anyone from the common civilian ninja to the son of the Patriarch of the most prominent Clan.
If there are spies that have infiltrated the village for a long time, then it could only mean that they have not shown any flaw to reveal their identity as of yet and somehow been selected within the Anbu!
'I have to be more careful now if what I think is really true!'
Immediately afterward, Kuroto thought of the second bounty.
The second bounty is five million Ryo higher than the first bounty, reaching a terrifying amount of twenty-five-million Ryo. Such bounties are only offered to the most elite ninjas of a Shinobi Village.
But the strange thing is that only Kuroto has this second bounty, that is to say, other than him no one of the Team-11 has been issued this bounty.
This undoubtedly implies that the person who issued this bounty has personal vengeance against him, and it has nothing to do with the rest of the Team-11.
'It can only be him, right?' thought Kuroto.
"Kuroto-Kun?"
Seeing Kuroto's look, Hiashi thought that Kuroto was a little worried about the bounties, so he explained, "Don't worry too much Kuroto-Kun. For a shinobi the bounty in the black market is also a manifestation of his/her merit, after all, only powerful shinobi are awarded bounties."
Kuroto nodded at Patriarch's explanation.
It's not that he was scared, but just a little concerned is all about the person who offered a bounty for his head.
Taking a light sip of tea, Hiashi continues, "Do you know what is the bounty on my head in the black market?"
"How much?"
Hiashi said lightly, "One hundred million Ryo!"
Kuroto smiled nervously at such an amount: "Hahaha, the patriarch deserves it."
In fact, Kuroto also understands that the 'One hundred million Ryo' isn't a bounty on the patriarch just as an individual, but a reward for the treasure of the Hyuga Clan: 'The Byakugan!'.
The Byakugan can only be stolen from the main family of the Hyuga Clan, and the number of people in the main family is very less.
So, as long as Hyuga Hiashi is killed, it is possible to not only obtain the Byakugan but also cause damage to the Hyuga Clan!
So, this reward of 'One Hundred Million Ryo' is quite right.
After some more casual discussions with the Patriarch, Kuroto bid goodbye and left.
Walking slowly towards his house, as Kuroto walked by a narrow alley, a figure suddenly walked out of the shadow blocking his way.
Kuroto was a little stunned, and immediately took out the Kusanagi Sword at his waist as well activated the Byakugan, along with taking a defensive stance.
A frail-looking old man walked out of the shadow with the support of a cane. He had a cold face, black, shaggy hair, with the right eye bandaged and an x-shaped scar on his chin. The man wore a white shirt, with a blackish robe over the top of it covering from his feet, to just over his shoulder.
Looking at the defensive stance of Kuroto, the old man spoke coldly, "Special Jonin Hyuga Kuroto, you should be aware of just who I am, right?"
Kuroto immediately deactivated the Byakugan and nodded, "Yes, Danzo-Sama."
It was none other than Shimura Danzo who blocked Kuroto's path.
Shimura Danzo, the 'Shadow of Hokage', founder and leader of the 'Root', notorious as the 'The Darkness of the Shinobi', at the same time one of the Four advisor of the Konoha Council.
Taking a deep look at Hyuga Kuroto, Shimura Danzo stated, "Hyuga Kuroto, you have talent. There is no future for you in the Anbu under Hokage. Join 'Root', there you will have everything needed for you to grow into a loyal Konoha Shinobi."
Danzo's tone was cold, it didn't seem like he was trying to entice Kuroto at all, there was great confidence in his approach, which implied that the conditions he offered were something that Hyuga Kuroto could not refuse.
However, Kuroto replied without even a second of hesitation, "I am sorry Danzo-Sama. As a member of Anbu directly under Hokage-Sama, all transfer must follow his arrangements."
Danzo's eye narrowed at Kuroto's answer and he spoke with a cold tone, "If the old man remembers correctly, this is the second time you have refused to join the Root!?"
Back when Kuroto was briefly detained after Orochimaru's defection, at that time also Kuroto refused solicitation from the Root.
But back then he was merely a wartime Chunin, a disposable cannon fodder level character, so Shimura Danzo didn't care at all, after all, Hyuga Kuroto would have eventually died in the cleansing anyway. So, why bother?
Unfortunately, not only did he not die, but seem to have changed completely, and within a few months, his strength not only reached high enough to become a Special Jonin but also defeated three Uchiha with Jonin Class combat power. And not long ago he was recruited by the Hokage in the Anbu and completed the secret mission under Hokage's orders.
A young man who is in full swing.
Obviously, Danzo will personally come to recruit such an individual into his 'Root'.
However, Kuroto's refusal without a moment of hesitation left Danzo Dissatisfied.
Facing Shimura Danzo's double meaning question, Kuroto completely turned a deaf ear to it, "Please forgive me Danzo-Sama, I am not interested in joining the Root."
"Young man, every decision must be made carefully, otherwise, you may regret it in the future." Leaving this sentence Danzo walked away in the darkness.
Looking at Danzo's figure walking away with complete confidence upon himself, as if everything was under his control, Kuroto only had a condescending smirk.
Danzo didn't realize this, but Kuroto had discovered the bastard hidden in the shadows the moment he turned towards this alley.
All that panic and drawing out his Kusanagi sword was just an act to cover up activating the Byakugan and check Danzo's current state.
Obviously, his performance wasn't in vain and he was able to discover that the current Danzo had already transplanted Hashirama Cells and Sharingan in his entire arm that was hidden inside the dark robe.
"It makes sense that he has almost stopped making any public appearance for some time."
Although he can only sigh, Kuroto has to also think of some countermeasures against Danzo.
He has naturally not forgotten the fact that the village had planned to dispose of him in the Cleansing, after several investigations and based on the information provided by Orochimaru, Shimura Danzo is the person who took charge of that task, in fact, it was Shimura Danzo who emphasized on the cleansing.
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Shimura Danzo tries to recruit him or not, Kuroto will not let off the old bastard so easily.
However, the information he obtained this time did surprise him slightly. 'Obviously, Orochimaru and Danzo's relationship should have fallen apart, but Danzo was still able to obtain Uchiha Shin's hand?
Or, did he transplant that hand from some other source?
No, that can't be!
Or, did he again started cooperating with Orochimaru?
Otherwise, him being able to get Hashirama Cells with Sharingan transplanted, shouldn't be that easy!'
Now, it's not that Danzo doesn't have a study and research of Hashirama Cells, in fact, in this field he might even surpass Orochimaru, although the last part sounds ridiculous, but you never know.
But, recreating an entire hand is not a joke!
Anyway, the fact that he already has that hand shows that he has been collecting the Sharingan of deceased Uchiha for a long time, otherwise, he couldn't have obtained so many Sharingan before Uchiha's extermination by Itachi.
Because there is no Curse Seal in the Uchiha Clan like that of 'Cage Bird', so obtaining Sharingan is relatively easy, at least for Danzo who has the entire 'Root' as his personal force.
'I am afraid that even if the Uchiha Clan didn't have any intention of a Coup d'état, Danzo wouldn't have allowed them to live peacefully, after all, if he did? How would he have obtained so many Sharingan?' - Kuroto thought while walking towards his house quietly.
"Huh… it's really troublesome. Danzo's obsession with the Sharingan is even deeper than Orochimaru's!"
Being a disciple of Senju Tobirama, a friend and rival of Sandaime-Sama, and a long-term advisor of the Konoha Council, even without that hand, Danzo's strength should be close to Kage-Class, otherwise, how could he be so obsessed with the position of Hokage?
And now that he has transplanted Hashirama Cells along with many Sharingan, his strength may have even surpassed Sandaime-Sama to a certain extent…
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