Pipa Shizang acted as if nothing had happened to Lantern Full Moon's horrifying speech, as if this was how it should be, but he was surprised by Yumi Hinata's shocked expression. "Isn't this normal? If you kill the burden, you'll still have a chance to escape, but if you're caught together, you'd be better off dead. "
It actually sounded reasonable.
But this reasonable feeling made Yumi Hinata want to vomit again, and this time she felt disgusted. Yumi Hinata once again deeply realized that she would never be a qualified ninja. She was incompatible with this world, and she only hoped that she would be incompatible forever.
As Pipa Shizang said, Mount Watermelon Fugu didn't report to his superiors that he failed to kill Pipa Shizang and failed to fight. In the following month, Lantern Full Moon recuperated, Yumi Hinata alternately used Byakugan to investigate with her Shadow Clone, and she took the time to recover Chakra. During this time, they met several Kirino inspectors, but they avoided Byakugan from afar.
A month later, the three of them once again hid in a cargo ship and left the Country of Water.
After gathering in the Land of Rain, Pipa Shizang and Sasori, who didn't have partners, were arranged to work together. They were responsible for the missions around the Country of Earth, while Yumi Hinata and Lantern Full Moon, who received a uniform, ring, and nail polish, were responsible for the missions from the Country of Iron to the Country of Hot Water.
This was also good, as these small countries happened to be north of the Fire Nation. Many missions were either entrusted to the Country of Thunder in the north or the Fire Nation in the south. There was a chance to meet Yasuji, who was on a mission with his teammates, or simply entrust a few difficult missions with an alias. However, the Fire Nation required the mission client to personally go to Konoha for review, which was a problem.
In fact, as long as she could sneak into Konoha, Yumi Hinata didn't even have to take the risk to entrust missions to Hokage. She left countless Thor marks in the Hyuga family, but Yasuji's family was in the center of Konoha, and her Thor mark only had an effective range of about one kilometer.
"As long as I can enter Konoha," Yumi Hinata thought, "the whole Hyuga family is a suitable test subject. If one person doesn't agree, I'll knock them out and ask another one. There are hundreds of people, and I can ask them one by one."
However, the entire Konoha was covered by the enchantment. A wanted criminal like her must have been blacklisted by the enchantment team long ago. As soon as she entered, she would be discovered, and then she would have to face the entire village's ninjas.
It's not that she couldn't escape, but what's the point of going in and running away? She was looking for someone.
And these actions had to be done under the nose of Lantern Full Moon.
Yumi Hinata thought about it and felt that it was impossible, so she simply went in front of Payne and asked him directly, "Can I do something of my own when I don't have a mission?"
Payne looked at her, "What do you want to do?"
"You know, I'm Yasuji's branch family." Yumi Hinata pointed to her forehead, "I'm going to catch a few Hyuga family members from Konoha to do an experiment and see if I can get rid of this."
Payne was actually very considerate, "Sure, as long as it doesn't delay business." He added, "If you can't get into Konoha, you can entrust this task to someone else in the organization."
"No, thank you." I don't want the Hyuga family to be turned into a bloodbath. Yumi Hinata said, "I like to do this kind of thing myself."
Payne's reply made Yumi Hinata's heart go cold. Uchiha Zetsu made it clear that he wanted to use the "Caged Bird" to control her, but now he was letting her do whatever she wanted, which showed that he was very confident that the "Caged Bird" couldn't be undone.
But she had to try anyway. The mystery of ninjutsu was endless. Yumi Hinata was often surprised by the strange effects of ninjutsu. Even something like the Edo Tensei could summon souls, so how could it not be possible to undo a curse that controlled the nervous system?
This method must exist in the world, but no one has discovered it yet.
After staying in the Akatsuki's headquarters for a few days, Yumi Hinata received her first official mission: to assassinate a minister of the Kusanagi Country. She didn't like this kind of thing, but she had done this kind of mission in Konoha before, and it was still above her bottom line.
The difference was that Konoha's assassination missions were either for a legitimate reason, such as revenge for a personal grudge, or commissioned by the country, and unless it was wartime, they wouldn't accept missions such as assassinating ministers that could easily cause instability between the country and the ninja village. But the purpose of the Akatsuki was to monopolize war commissions, and they didn't refuse assassination missions.
"Do you want to do it, or should I?" Yumi Hinata asked Lantern Full Moon. Both of their abilities were suitable for assassination and infiltration. "This kind of thing doesn't need both of us to do it."
In the previous month or so, Lantern Full Moon had been very silent. He had no objection to Pipa Shizang and Yumi Hinata's arrangements, whether it was taking turns to keep watch or explore, he did whatever they asked. This time, he maintained his usual style and said concisely, "Anything is fine."
"Then you do it." Yumi Hinata pushed him directly, "I still have something to do."
"Didn't Payne ask us to act together?"
"Then you follow me," Yumi Hinata said, "Do you have any other places you want to go?"
Lantern Full Moon put on his usual expressionless face and shook his head, "No, I'll listen to your arrangements."
In the exchange office at the border between the Grass Country and the Land of Rain, Yumi Hinata bought information about the minister of the Grass Country and asked, "Do you have any information about the Hyuga family?"
The information dealer with bandages all over his face said gloomily, "Yes, do you want information about the Hyuga family in Konoha or Yumi Hinata?"
Yumi Hinata's bamboo hat covered her face tightly. She smiled, "Tell me about Yumi Hinata first?"
The information dealer stretched out his hand, "Shenghui, one hundred thousand taels."
Hey, hey, how could an S-class ninja like her be so cheap? A B-class mission sometimes cost more than one hundred thousand taels, okay?
After Yumi Hinata paid the money, she received the scroll that recorded her information. She opened it and saw that it contained information about her background, age, appearance, and other things that everyone knew. The only valuable information was the analysis of her defection: She was able to kill Hinata Hinata and Shunsuke Hinata before the "Caged Bird" was activated, which meant that she either had kage level strength that could completely crush them, or she had a secret ninjutsu that could increase her speed. It was speculated that it was the Hachimon Tonkou.
The only valuable part of the scroll was the last paragraph, so one hundred thousand taels wasn't a low price. After all, their imagination hadn't expanded to Thor yet.
Yumi Hinata pointed at the information dealer's table, "It's too perfunctory. Other than things that everyone knows, it's speculations. The information about the Hyuga family had better be worth the money."
The information peddler cackled strangely. "Yumi-sama, of course these are things that everyone knows about you. However, there are still many people who don't know about your reputation and need to learn about it through us."
Yumi Hinata fell silent. During the war, all she did was kill, kill, and kill. After the war, the missions she did after the war were mostly simple and crude. She really didn't have any dealings with people from the Underground, so she had no idea when she had been exposed.
"Please rest assured," the information dealer said, "Cape Town has ordered that this is the extent of your information." He handed over another scroll, "This is a summary of information about the Konoha Hyuga family for the past three months. Shenghui, three hundred and fifty thousand taels."
Yumi Hinata suddenly understood. If this person was a subordinate of Cape Town, then he was probably also an outer member of the Akatsuki.
However, she bought the information to save herself the trouble because she could be reimbursed for the cost of the mission. According to the normal procedure of her previous missions, she should have investigated the whereabouts of the ministers of the Grass Country and the defense forces of her family.
But if the subordinate of Cape Town charged her for the information, then she would ask for reimbursement from Cape Town. Interesting. Payne, no, Uchiha Zetsu, did he know that he was earning money from both sides? Or did he not care?
After all, when the Infinite Tsukuyomi was realized, money would be meaningless. Whether it was the billionaires or the poor, they could have whatever they wanted in their dreams. The only thing that limited them was their imagination.
According to the information records of the exchange office, since the night Yumi Hinata defected, the Hyuga family had a wonderful few months.
The main family only had two little girls and one Madam Yingko left, but they had left behind hundreds of years of accumulated wealth. Not only were there money, but also ninjutsu, genealogy, and so on. The members of the branch family, who were usually respectful, seemed to have suddenly discovered the unfairness of the world and demanded equal power. How could this equality be reflected? The most basic thing was to divide the main family's wealth equally.
Among them, the elder of the branch family, Yasuji Yukawa, said it well: The wealth came from the branch family. The main family had not produced anything for thousands of years and was just a parasite sucking the flesh and blood of the branch family. Now, it was time to put everything back on track.
Objectively speaking, this was unfair. Whether it was during the Warring States Period or after joining Konoha, the main family had always contributed to the Hyuga family in their own way by relying on their superior strength, such as protecting their clansmen, killing enemies, and so on.
However, unlike other families, their superior strength was determined by limiting the strength of the branch family. Unlike the Uchiha and Sarutobi, being close to the head of the clan only meant that the chances of becoming the head were higher than others, and it did not mean that they were absolutely noble.
Unfortunately, the branch family members who wanted to divide the land among the rich were like dragons without a head. There were at least seven or eight people who wanted to make a statement, but no one could win everyone's support.
Those who loved peace directly moved out of the Hyuga family's territory. It seemed that they did not intend to treat themselves as part of the Hyuga family and did not care about the Hyuga family's matters anymore.
Those who were more radical wanted to let the main family have a taste of the "Caged Bird"'s pain. Yumi Hinata destroyed all records of the "Caged Bird", and they wanted to directly make a move on the mother and daughters of the main family. Their methods were bloody and ugly, and not only did the other Hyuga family members not tolerate it, even the upper echelons of Konoha had no choice but to intervene. Currently, they were in the stage of being repelled.
Those who wanted to protect the mother and daughters of the Zong family were divided into several factions. There were those who had thoroughly brainwashed the Zong family, and those who hated the Zong family but felt that the two young misses of the Zong family were only children. Among them, there was Hinata Yasuji, who was closest to the main family by blood. Although he was only seven or eight years old, his father had died for the sake of the main family, and he was a famous expert when he was alive. He had a lot of prestige in the branch family, and he did not even bother to hide his hatred. Who would have thought that he would not allow others to make a move on Yasuji Hinata and Yasuji Fireworks?
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