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Before setting off,
Uchiha Zetsu first let her meet the other members of the Akatsuki headquarters, including Payne, the actual controller of the Rain Village, and Cape Town, the financial director, etc., but her attention was focused on the strange man named "Zetsu" who didn't look like a human.
"I can clearly see you,
But I can't sense your existence at all … "Yumi Hinata said as the veins in her eyes bulged.
But even with the bonus of Byakugan,
In her broad perception, she could even distinguish the existence of all the people and animals inside and outside the headquarters, but the place where Zetsu stood was still blank.
"It seems that the person who manipulated the curse is you."
If it was aloe vera (or Nepenthes?) on both sides of this head, This strange guy, then it didn't seem so inconceivable to get the operation method of the "Caged Bird" from the Hinata Zongjia's strict defense.
Yumi Hinata was born in a side branch of the family,
The concentration of Byakugan was completely incomparable to the main family, who had always married close relatives.
But just like the gentle fist and Chakra control she learned, with the enhancement of Chakra and the growth of her strength, the range of her Byakugan and the bonus of her perception were constantly improving. In the history of the Hyuga family, there had never been such a precedent.
Although it was also one of the three great dojutsu,
It was different from the Sharingan that could constantly evolve,
The ability of Byakugan was greatly affected by the innate,
The purer the bloodline, the stronger the general ability,
As long as Byakugan awakened — most people awakened innately — then the ability of Byakugan would always be maintained at a stable level. The Yasuji increased their strength as they grew older, mainly relying on the continuous practice of gentle fist combined with Byakugan.
By the way,
Most of the Byakugan's range of effect was about one kilometer,
Hyuga Yumi was able to perceive even the slightest movement within two kilometers.
It was worthy of being called a monster-level.
Even she couldn't detect Zetsu,
In the entire Hyuga family, it must be like entering a no-man's land.
After that, she pretended to be intimidating,
After Yumi Hinata performed the civilized version of "Breaking a Boulder with Bare Hands" and released her huge Chakra aura,
Akatsuki's unruly S-class rebellious ninjas finally reluctantly acknowledged her strength as a new member, and then received her first mission which could be called "proof of allegiance".
"Lord Orochimaru."
Yumi Hinata put on a standard Akatsuki robe over the traditional Hyuga family's sleeveless combat uniform. She crossed her legs and let the four Shadow Clones paint her hands and feet with black nail polish. Speaking of which, when she was a child, she always wanted to complain about the open-toed boots in the ninja uniform. Weren't they afraid of being stepped on in a fight? But after a few years in the ninja school, she realized how important the flexibility of the toes was when it came to fighting. No wonder it became an unspoken rule in all major countries.
She asked Zetsu, "It's been a few years. Should I go alone? Didn't you say that the others have partners? "
"Well, Orochimaru's partner before he defected was Sasori, but I have another target for your partner."
In front of other members of the Akatsuki, except for Payne and Xiaonan, Uchiha Zetsu was the optimistic and cheerful trainee member Hoodlum who had schizophrenia. But when it came to assigning tasks to her, he personally went out and returned to his deep and hoarse voice. But Yumi Hinata said that no matter what, no matter what, he didn't sound like himself.
"How about it? Do you want to recruit the new partner that I've chosen for you?"
Yumi Hinata refused without hesitation, "Forget it, I'm fine by myself. Let me go and meet Orochimaru first. Do you have any clues about him?"
"Someone found traces of him in the Land of Rice, but you'll have to search for the specifics yourself. I think it won't be difficult for you."
"Indeed, it won't be difficult." Yumi Hinata blew on the nail polish on her hand and frowned as she looked at it. Originally, the pure black nail polish was very beautiful, but because of the body refining technique, she had to wrap the bandage from her upper arm to her second knuckle for many years. The black nail with the bandage looked more like poison than fashion.
"So ugly." Yumi Hinata waved her hand. It didn't matter. Since the plan to kill Hinata Zongjia and gain freedom had failed, now was the time to look for Orochimaru. It was time for her to carry out her own plan.
B got it.
As soon as she arrived in the Land of Rice, Yumi Hinata took off her bamboo hat and Akatsuki uniform. Her clothes were actually very beautiful, with the Byakugan covering her eyes, the bamboo hat didn't block her sight, but it didn't meet her low-key requirements. As a ninja who had just defected, she didn't want to confront the Nōnin who intended to exchange her head for rewards so soon, or the possible Konoha pursuers.
After discovering that the killing and arson in the past few days were all for free, and she was forced to join an anti-social armed organization, Yumi Hinata was now in an extremely irritable mood. In the desolate wilderness, she fiercely bit her finger and summoned her contract ninja beast – a pangolin as big as an elephant.
"Long time no see, Ah Tai." Yumi Hinata greeted it, "Help me smell, is there anyone else nearby?"
She was now a frightened bird, feeling that someone was watching her at any time, and this was probably not an illusion, but a fact.
Ah Tai's long nose twitched, "There's no smell of humans. There's a super large termite nest 50 meters away. It smells so good. When you're free later, can I eat it?"
"Of course." Yumi Hinata hugged the pangolin's head and rubbed it. The dry and smooth scales felt like jade, "Ah Tai, I killed Hinata Hinata and Shunsuke Hinata, and then defected."
"… You finally did it." The pangolin said, "But you don't look too happy?"
Yumi Hinata pressed her forehead against the pangolin's head, and the cool scales pressed against her "Caged Bird" mark. The faint pain that had been faintly felt since the day she was awakened by Yue seemed to have eased a lot.
"Ah, and then a defected ninja organization immediately popped up and invited me to join. As a greeting gift, they even chanted a spell."
Poor thing, the pangolin thought. It might be the only creature that knew what Yumi Hinata was thinking before she really did it.
This young human was so strong. After it signed the contract with Yumi Hinata, it had followed her to the battlefield, completed missions, and met countless strong people inside and outside Konoha Village. She was stronger than most humans, and as she grew older, she might become the strongest one.
But she was so pitiful.
Ever since she signed a contract with Ah Tai at the age of ten, Ah Tai had always been able to tell that she was in extreme anxiety at all times.
Although she was a ninja, she never considered herself a ninja. She had no loyalty to the village and family she grew up in, and all her loyalty was only to herself.
At the same time, her early maturity made her understand that her thoughts were contrary to the prevailing laws and morals of this world, and it was absolutely impossible for anyone to understand. Whether it was her parents or her childhood friends, she couldn't tell her true thoughts to anyone, and she couldn't have a real, unobstructed communication with anyone.
But Ah Tai liked her.
Ninja beasts are an extension of the ninja's hands and feet. They are a kind of ninja tool like shurikens and kunais. They obey the orders of humans, fight for humans, and receive Chakra from humans as a reward. This is the universal law since ancient times.
But most of the time, Yumi Hinata summoned it just to say, "Ah Tai, I want to chat with you. I can't say these words to others." She didn't regard it as a tool, and she didn't regard anyone as a tool.
But such a person, with the "Caged Bird" engraved on her forehead, it was destined that she would live under the control of others for the rest of her life. If it wasn't this person, it would be that person.
Although she only made her move now, Ah Tai understood that Yumi Hinata's resistance and struggle had begun long ago. It was a hopeless and intense struggle.
Ah Tai patted Yumi Hinata's back with his long, sharp claws. "So, what are you going to do now?"
Yumi Hinata shook her head. "I'll take it one step at a time …" She wrote "someone is watching me" on Ah Tai's forehead. "My life is in their hands anyway. I'll do whatever they say. Besides, I think what he said makes sense."
"I'm going to find Orochimaru. If I have to deal with him and the Snake Dowager, I'm afraid I can't. So, we'll try our best to sneak up on him. I'll try my best to interrupt his channeling. But if the Snake Dowager really comes …" Yumi Hinata clicked her tongue and didn't continue. She just told Ah Tai, "After I use the Byakugan to determine Orochimaru's location, help me dig a hole in the ground and launch an attack from there."
Ah Tai agreed and gestured to her to look at the Konoha forehead protector tied to his claw. It was too small for his size. "If you take off your forehead protector, do I still need to wear mine?"
Yumi Hinata rubbed the Konoha forehead protector tied to Ah Tai's right front claw. She had put it on for Ah Tai a long time ago. Her original forehead protector had been thrown away when she confronted Guy and Genma. Now, the one covering her forehead was a spare bandage in her ninja backpack.
"Give it to me." Yumi Hinata took off the forehead protector, deeply scratched the Konoha symbol with a kunai, and tied it on top of the bandage. "A rebellious ninja should look like one."
But this kind of reasonable feeling made Yumi Hinata want to vomit again. And this time, she felt disgusted. Once again, Yumi Hinata deeply realized that she could never be a qualified ninja. She was incompatible with this world, and she only hoped that she would stay out of it forever.
As Pipa Shizang said, Mount Watermelon Fugu did not report his failure to kill Pipa Shizang and his failure to fight. In the following month, Lantern Full Moon recuperated, Yumi Hinata alternately used Byakugan to investigate, and she took the opportunity to recover her Chakra. During this time, they met several Kirino inspectors, but they avoided Byakugan from afar.
A month later, the three hid in a cargo ship again and left the Land of Water.
After gathering in the Land of Rain, Pipa Shizang and Sasori, who did not have partners, were arranged to work together. They were responsible for the missions around the Land of Earth, while Yumi Hinata and Lantern Full Moon, who received the uniform, ring, and nail polish, were responsible for the missions of the small countries around the Land of Iron to the Land of Hot Water.
This was good. These small countries happened to be north of the Fire Nation. Many of the missions were either entrusted to the Land 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 did not even have to take the risk of entrusting missions to Hokage. She had left countless Thor marks in the Hyuga family, but Yasuji's Thor was located in the center of Konoha, and the effective range of her Thor mark was only about one kilometer.
"As long as I can enter Konoha," Yumi Hinata thought. "The whole Hyuga family is a suitable test subject. If one doesn't agree, I'll knock them out and ask another one. There are hundreds of people, so I can ask them one by one."
However, the whole of Konoha was covered by a barrier, and a wanted criminal like her would have been blacklisted by the barrier team. As soon as she entered, she would be discovered and then have to face the whole village of ninjas.
It was not that she could not escape, but what was the point of going in and running away? She was looking for someone.
And she had to do all this under the nose of Lantern Full Moon.
Yumi Hinata thought about it and felt that it was impossible. She decided to go 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 a branch of the Yasuji 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 mark."
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 mission 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 had made it clear that he wanted to use the Caged Bird to control her, but now he was letting her do whatever she wanted. This showed that he was very confident that the Caged Bird could not be undone.
But no matter what, she had to try. The mystery of ninjutsu was endless. Yumi Hinata was often surprised by the strange effects of ninjutsu. It could even summon souls like the Edo Tensei, 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 had discovered it yet.
After staying in the Akatsuki's headquarters for a few days, Yumi Hinata received her first official mission: 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 would not accept missions such as assassinating a minister that would easily cause instability between the country and the ninja village. But the Akatsuki's purpose 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 quiet. 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 it to him. "I have something to do."
"Didn't Payne ask the two of us to act together?"
"Then you can follow me," Yumi Hinata said. "Is there anywhere else 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 on 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 of Konoha, or about 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-ranked Hyuga like her be so cheap? Sometimes, a B-ranked mission would cost more than one hundred thousand taels.
After Yumi Hinata paid the money, she received the scroll that recorded her information. She opened it and looked at it. 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. This meant that she either had the strength of a Kage, 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 were mostly simple and crude. She really didn't have any dealings with people from the Underground World. 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 the information about you." He handed over another scroll. "This is a summary of the 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 all the expenses in the mission could be reimbursed. 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 information, 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 could limit them was their imagination.
According to the information records of the exchange office, the Hyuga family had lived a wonderful few months after Yumi Hinata's defection.
The main family only had two girls and Madam Yingko left, but they had left behind hundreds of years of accumulated wealth. Not only 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.
The branch family's elder, Yasuji Yukawa, said it well: "This wealth came from the branch family. The main family had not produced anything for thousands of years. They were nothing more than parasites sucking the flesh and blood of the branch family. Now, it was time to get 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.
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