Chapter 57: A Familiar Conspiracy
What will happen if the mental defense barrier is forcibly broken?
The answer is dementia at the mildest and death at the worst.
If the Sharingan is used to break the mental barrier technique, the success rate will reach more than 70%.
Therefore, Ogashi had no doubt that if the Uchiha in front of him did this, his end would be very miserable.
He forced a stiff smile and said:
"Impossible, you won't do that. If you do that to the Cloud Ninja's envoy, you will definitely be held accountable by the Hokage, and the relationship between the two countries will drop to freezing point because of you!"
"So do you think that we Uchiha are afraid of you or that Konoha is afraid of you? Come on if you want to try. Oh, by the way, your Kumogakure seems to have lost a tailed beast recently? With such an important fighting force lost, how many of you Kumogakure can still pick out to fight?"
Ogashi broke out in a cold sweat.
The situation of the Hidden Cloud Village is actually very similar to that of the Hidden Iwagakure Village. Both have scarce high-end combat forces, and even their mid- and low-end combat forces are not as good as those of the Hidden Iwagakure.
Not to mention that the Uchiha clan of Konoha has not been wiped out yet, so they still have the strength to fight against the Cloud Ninja.
"Humph, Lord Raikage alone is enough to crush your Hokage!"
"Wow, that's awesome. Then why hasn't he unified the five major ninja villages yet?"
Ogashi: "..."
"It seems like you really don't intend to tell it." Deidara put down his feet, stood up and walked towards Ogashi.
The latter suddenly panicked and struggled violently while sitting on the regret chair, causing the iron chair to clang.
"What are you doing? Don't come over here! Don't come near me—"
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Hokage Building, the office of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Swish.
Several Anbu ninjas instantly appeared in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk, half-kneeling in unison.
The captain of the dark wing team was Hatake Kakashi. He lowered his head slightly, and his eyes were one red and one black, both of which contained an inextricable darkness.
"Hokage-sama, Uchiha Huoshu of the Uchiha clan has captured the Kumo Ninja envoy. Witnesses claim that the Kumo Ninja envoy was beaten and is currently being detained in the Security Department by Uchiha Huoshu."
Kakashi was like a machine, reporting the information passed on by his subordinates indifferently, without any emotion in his tone.
Sarutobi Hiruzen froze with the cigarette in his hand and stared at Kakashi blankly.
One was to feel sorry for Kakashi's fall, and the other was to be surprised at the information he dictated.
He wondered if he had heard it wrongly because of his old age. Was the Uchiha clan so brave now? It was fine if they had offended civilians, but now they even dared to beat up foreign envoys and put them in jail!
This is even braver than him, the Hokage!
"How long has the person been captured?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked as he put on the Hokage robe.
Kakashi replied, "It's been about 10 minutes."
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself that this was not good. It had been a full 10 minutes. If the interrogation had already begun, it would be troublesome as it would involve the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
If not handled properly, it would make the situation worse at a time when the relationship between the village and the Uchiha is deteriorating.
"Let's go, Kakashi."
"Hi!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen put on the Hokage's hat and rushed to the Security Department with Kakashi and other Anbu ninjas.
……
It was five minutes later when Sarutobi Hiruzen and others arrived at the Security Department.
At this moment, the interrogation room of the Security Department was surrounded by members of the Uchiha clan. They were all listening to the screams inside, feeling horrified and curious about what was happening inside.
Someone shouted, "Hokage-sama is here."
The crowd immediately made way for him, and Sarutobi Hiruzen walked into the security department with a calm expression. Although the Uchiha members on both sides showed no emotion on their faces, the hostility in their eyes could not be hidden from Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had fought on the battlefield before.
Apparently his reputation among the Uchiha wasn't very good.
There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, Uchiha's Sharingan is too dangerous, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought.
He walked straight towards the door of the interrogation room without looking around, and just as he was about to push it open, he heard a howl from inside:
"No! Stop it! Not there!"
"Yeah!!"
"A fall! A fall! ~"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand, which was about to grasp the door handle, suddenly trembled, and he took several steps back, looking at the door of the interrogation room with horror.
"this!?"
He swallowed several times, feeling that the voice was so shrill that it sounded like the heroine in Five Black and One White.
Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitating, Uchiha Yushun quickly stepped forward and took the initiative to help Sarutobi Hiruzen open the door of the interrogation room.
"Village Chief... No, don't be afraid, Hokage-sama. He is interrogating the prisoners in there, not having a party. Just go in without any worries!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face twitched a few times, and he stammered, "Is... is that so? Young people these days really like some weird interrogation methods."
After hearing this, Uchiha Yushun smiled awkwardly and led Sarutobi Hiruzen in.
As soon as he entered the room, Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the Cloud Ninja Messenger Ogashi hanging upside down.
This guy looks miserable now. Deidara propped his eyelids open with his hands and forced him to look into the Sharingan. His eyes are already in a dazed state, and saliva is dripping from his mouth, leaving a silver thread.
"Uchiha Huojiu, what are you doing!?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen shouted and slapped away Deidara's hand that was trying to pry open Ogashi's eyelids.
Unfortunately, they arrived a little too late. Ogashi was already in a state of Ahegao and there was no possibility of saving him.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, then turned around and wanted to question Deidara, "Uchiha Huoshu! Are you crazy? Do you know that your actions will bring hostility and even revenge from the Cloud Ninjas?!"
Deidara looked like he was in a hurry, took out a scroll and threw it to him, saying, "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry. This scroll contains the memory of this Cloud Ninja. You can tell me whether I am right or wrong after you read it."
Sarutobi Hiruzen reached out and caught the scroll that was thrown to him, then opened it and began to examine it. The more he looked, the darker his face became.
In Ogashi's memory, before he came to Konoha Village, he accepted a mission from the Raikage, and the formula of this mission was so familiar that Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to curse.
That is to let Ogashi come to Konoha under the pretext of discussing trade cooperation, but in fact he will secretly kidnap the second son of the Uchiha family.
If successful, it would be equivalent to getting a breeding tool for free.
If the kidnapping fails, he will commit suicide on the spot, and then accuse Konoha of killing the Cloud Ninja envoy. Then he will force Konoha to hand over an Uchiha to pay for his life, otherwise he will be killed.
When looking at this memory, Sarutobi Hiruzen's teeth were almost broken.
Damn it, isn’t this what the Cloud Ninja did to the Hinata a few years ago?
At that time, Konoha was not strong enough and could only swallow its anger and hand over the body of Hyuga Hizashi.
I didn't expect that a few years later, the Cloud Ninja of Guqin would do the same thing to Uchiha. This is a naked provocation to Konoha!
I guess the Raikage Ai has already been convinced in his heart that Konoha dare not provoke a war, so he dares to ignore them.
"You old thief Raikage! I, Sarutobi Hiruzen, will avenge you!"
Such a humiliating plan, as the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen had to draw his sword even for the sake of the overall situation, otherwise the Hidden Cloud Village would be riding on his neck and urinating on him!
After scolding the Raikage, Sarutobi Hiruzen glared at Deidara again.
It's really hard to deal with this guy now. If you say he was wrong, he did rashly use lynching to kill a Cloud Ninja.
But he happened to get information from this Cloud Ninja that was unfavorable to Konoha, so his merits and demerits offset each other.
In short, there was no way to deal with Deidara openly, which made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel a little uncomfortable. In the end, he could only snort helplessly and leave.
After going out, we were almost back to the Hokage building.
Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped and said, "Kakashi, go deal with Uchiha Huoshu."
Kakashi was stunned. He didn't expect that the Third Hokage would let him kill Uchiha Huoshu.
He asked in confusion: "Hokage-sama, why is this?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up at the sky and murmured, "This guy is not a quiet person. He doesn't even want to call me Hokage."
Kakashi: “…Yes.”
He hadn't expected the Hokage's reasons to be so self-serving, but as a ruthless killer with his mission first, he would execute perfectly.
Watching Kakashi disappear in an instant, Sarutobi Hiruzen took out his cigarette and took a few puffs.
In fact, he was not going to kill him because Uchiha Huoshu did not call him Hokage, but because the information reported by the ninjas who were observing him in the Anbu in the past two days showed that:
There is a serious problem with Uchiha Huoshu's thinking. This guy has very strong reactionary ideas, even more radical than Uchiha Setsuna back then.
Such a radical Uchiha must not be allowed to stay.