"He's the bodyguard I hired." Yumi Hinata insisted. "He's Kirin's traitorous ninja. Even a traitorous ninja has to do missions to earn money. As for the purpose, it's that simple. I want to unlock the 'Caged Bird'. Nothing else matters. If Konoha stands in front of me, I will become Konoha's enemy. If Jiraiya -sama stands in front of me, then I will become your enemy. "
So he's not cooperating with the Water Country? Jiraiya pondered. Indeed, the boy didn't wear a forehead protector, and he heard that the situation in the Water Country is very complicated, and the number of traitorous ninjas is increasing.
But with Yumi Hinata's strength, whether it's what he heard before or what Hyuga Suigetsu mentioned in the letter, it's unreasonable for her to hire a bodyguard, even if there's someone who can control the 'Caged Bird'.
For a ninja, there's nothing more dangerous than another ninja, and there's nothing more trustworthy than their own strength. What makes her trust a traitorous ninja, a traitorous ninja from the 'Land of the Blood Mist'?
But let's not think about this matter. As Yumi Hinata said, Konoha's enemy is Konoha's loss. The combination of Byakugan and Thor is enough to make her one of the most difficult people to kill in the world. Jiraiya certainly doesn't think that her strength is above his, but he also admits that if this little girl wants to run away, there's nothing he can do.
As Bo Fung Gate's sensei, he's probably the one who knows Thor the best. The power of this ninjutsu is as unreasonable as its difficulty. Since the invention of the Ninjutsu by Sandaime, Yumi Hinata is the third person to learn it, but she's not the third person who tried to learn it, not even the thirtieth or the three-hundredth person.
Most of the ninjutsu invented by Sandaime Tobirama Sentete are written in the Scroll of Seals. They're called forbidden, but in fact, it's dangerous to learn them before reaching the level of a Jonin. After reaching the level of a Jonin, most of the harmless ninjutsu will be open to them, and they can apply to learn it according to what they're good at.
Thor has always been the most popular ninjutsu, and many people spend a lot of time on it, but until Jiraiya left the village last time, he hasn't heard of a second person who learned it. so
Yumi Hinata's talent can be seen from this.
During the Third Shinobi War, Jiraiya also heard of this "Powerful Coward", a name that coexists both strong and weak, and doesn't sound like a cold and ruthless person. Previously, Hyuga Suigetsu said that although Yumi Hinata has mastered the "Caged Bird", she has no intention of controlling the Hyuga family. When the Third Hokage wrote to him, he only said that the Root chased after her and found out that she has mastered Thor, and failed to kill her. He didn't say that all the people who participated in the pursuit died in the line of duty. In addition, Jiraiya didn't know about "Orochimaru's death", so he didn't have any bad feelings towards Yumi Hinata, at most, he just felt that she wasn't loyal to the village.
But Jiraiya himself is not a person who works hard for the village, otherwise, he wouldn't have been wandering outside for so many years. And he always felt that the existence of the "Caged Bird" in the Hyuga family was very unreasonable, but he was powerless and didn't have the right to change it.
Now, a ninja who was supposed to be the future pillar of Konoha has become a rebellious ninja. What a pity. If possible, Jiraiya really wants to help his Sensei get her back.
"Suigetsu already told me about the" Caged Bird "." Suigetsu even said that she needed as young a child as possible to do the experiment, but she refused. Jiraiya asked. "What are you going to do next?"
Yumi Hinata's plan was to either kill Zetsu and Zetsu first and then slowly find a way to unlock the "Caged Bird", or find a way to unlock the "Caged Bird" first and then immediately kill Zetsu and Zetsu.
What these two paths have in common is that she needs someone to help her.
Either she needs someone to help her pin down Zetsu so that he can't activate the "Caged Bird", or she needs someone to help her research how to unlock the "Caged Bird" while she's half-heartedly doing missions.
But in fact, she doesn't dare to let someone else research the "Caged Bird". She doesn't want another mountain to be added to her head.
So, the best path is actually to cooperate with Konoha. She can provide information or be the bait, and Konoha will clean up the traitor ninja Uchiha Zetsu and his accomplices.
But it won't be easy to hide this from Lantern Full Moon and Zetsu, so she has to think of a safe way.
"I'm going to …" Yumi Hinata said slowly. She was beginning to feel that although Hyuga Suigetsu's snitch was unexpected, it might be of great help to her. "Continue to research how to unlock the" Caged Bird ". Experiments like this should be done a few more times. Once all the wrong directions are tested, the right one will appear."
Jiraiya was a little surprised. "You've changed your mind?"
"Suigetsu really tells you everything." Yumi Hinata muttered in a low voice. Then she said seriously, "No, children are indeed more useful than adults. But it's the same to find a few more adults and do a few more experiments. It's just a little more troublesome." For example, something that can be solved in two months with a child would take half a year with an adult, and three or four people would have to take turns.
Yumi Hinata said maliciously, "Jiraiya -sama, if you didn't come today, I would've lured Yasuji out of Konoha."
Jiraiya wasn't moved by her malice. He keenly noticed what she didn't say. "Suigetsu can't continue to cooperate with you? Is he injured? "
Yumi Hinata choked and leaned back lazily in the chair. "It's not really an injury, but he really can't bear any more … He has to rest for at least a few months."
Previously, in addition to using Chakra to explore Suigetsu's brain, she also tried to use Chakra to penetrate the black "Caged Bird" root. This kind of behavior brought him more pain than the manipulation of the curse.
Although Suigetsu was undoubtedly a strong-willed ninja who was good at patience, he was also a human. After more than ten days of the experiment, he had begun to show symptoms of PTSD. He was anxious for no reason, had insomnia, and was overly vigilant of anyone who approached him, even if the person was his trusted teammate.
Yumi Hinata speculated that this was not only because he had engraved the "Caged Bird" for a long time and the curse had penetrated most of his brain, but also because he was a very good perceptual ninja.
Even within the Hyuga family, there was a group of people who had better perceptual abilities than others. Even if they had the same perceptual distance, the world would be clearer in their eyes, so they would be more sensitive to the pleasure and pain of their own body. Yumi Hinata was like this, and so was Hyuga Suigetsu.
Therefore, Yumi Hinata, who discovered this, didn't hesitate to send Hyuga Suigetsu back. She just wanted to find a test subject, not torture him into a madman. In the future, it would be better to try to find someone with weaker perceptual abilities. However, Suigetsu, who was highly cooperative, sturdy, and sensitive enough to accurately feedback the experimental results every time, was also indispensable. After he rested, she could ask him to be recycled.
"Is that so, he didn't mention this matter." Jiraiya thought that since Suigetsu didn't mention his injury, it should be a psychological problem that he didn't notice himself. Although ninjas didn't know the term "PTSD", they had seen this phenomenon many times, and experienced people knew what was going on.
But according to Yumi Hinata's words, she would seduce the Hyuga family to become a defector ninja in less than two years, right?
After hearing Hyuga Suigetsu's confession, Jiraiya knew very well how tempting it was for Yasuji to break away from the "Caged Bird" control. After Yumi Hinata's defection, the atmosphere in the Hyuga family was also very strange, but only a few people who were loyal to the main family hated her for betraying them. Although most people were dissatisfied with her cruel actions, they were mostly grateful, agreed, and even admired her.
Ninja's pursuit of power was instinctive. Yumi Hinata killed five people in one night without giving them a chance to activate the "Caged Bird", which fully proved her strength. Some Hyuga family even thought that this was the most perfect performance she had ever performed her duties as the head of the branch family.
And this was also one of the reasons why Konoha didn't send people to hunt down Yumi Hinata after issuing a bounty on her head.
Konoha currently had hundreds of Jonin in service. Except for special forces such as the Enchantment Squad, the Signal Squad, and the Intelligence Department, there were only about a hundred Jonin in the normal front-line ninja force. However, there were dozens of retired Jonin from the Hyuga family who worked in various departments of Konoha. These people were not only important in combat, but also irreplaceable in terms of investigation. They were indispensable forces in Konoha.
Yumi Hinata's revelation that someone outside of Konoha could control the "Caged Bird" was too important. It was related to the loyalty of hundreds of Hyuga family ninjas who had already planted the "Caged Bird" and their lives.
Since there was a foreign enemy, he couldn't stop Yumi Hinata from researching how to unlock the "Caged Bird". However, he couldn't let all the Hyuga family members who cooperated with her become traitors. Otherwise, by the time she was done with her experiment, the traitors she pulled out would be enough for her to start a new life outside of Konoha. No, if she used the "Caged Bird" as bait, there might not be many Byakugan left in Konoha.
Jiraiya made this judgment and quickly raised his glass to finish his wine. "The Land of Hot Water is a good place to rest and recuperate. Will you be staying for a while?"
Yumi Hinata responded. "If there's nothing else."
"Then wait for my news." Jiraiya stood up and said, "I once fought side by side with Diurnal Difference on the battlefield. Since you want to unlock the shackles of the Hyuga family for hundreds of years, let me help you. I will try to persuade Hokage to send someone to cooperate with you instead of forcing them to choose the path of traitors."
Yumi Hinata was silent for a moment. This was much better than the best result she could think of. It was so good that she began to have other ideas.
"Okay, I'll wait here for Jiraiya -sama's good news." Yumi Hinata smiled. "I hope it's good news and not a trap to catch a wanted criminal like me."
Jiraiya laughed and turned to leave.
After he left, Yumi Hinata was in a good mood. She ordered a bunch of new dishes and asked Lantern Full Moon to eat with her.
Lantern Full Moon's background made him extremely sensitive to danger. When Jiraiya was here, he judged that this man was an enemy and not a friend, and his whole body was tense. He was ready to attack at any time. On the contrary, as a traitor of Konoha, Yumi Hinata was very relaxed — at least in his perception.
"Konoha's Sannin is really strong." Lantern Full Moon asked himself and felt that he was no match for them. He asked Yumi Hinata, who was already eating, "I heard that you killed the traitor of the Akatsuki, Orochimaru? How does he compare to this Jiraiya? "
Yumi Hinata bit her chopsticks and thought for a moment. "This is not a comparison. That time, I attacked him sneakily. Orochimaru didn't have a chance to show his true strength. He didn't even use Spirit Link. And he was in a very special state at that time. "
She remembered Orochimaru's terrifying chest. This was why she didn't want to take drastic measures to deal with the "Caged Bird". No matter what kind of ninja that woman was, she was definitely not as strong as Orochimaru. Her physical strength, speed, and Chakra would seriously drag him down. At that time, even before she used Thor, Orochimaru's bones were already broken. If it was his own body, it would not be so bad. However, he seemed to have some kind of secret technique that allowed him to continue fighting without being affected by injuries.
But Jiraiya was different. He was the kind of ninja who had been through hundreds of battles. Although he looked old and frivolous, in fact, when he stood next to her, it was like a reflex to her fighting spirit. Even if he was better at ninjutsu, his taijutsu and body must have been tempered thousands of times. It would not be his weakness.
"How do I say this?" Yumi Hinata muttered. "If we're talking about strength, whether it's strength, Chakra, or ninjutsu, I'm afraid I'm not as good as Jiraiya -sama, but …"
But in this world, there was no ninjutsu more suitable for killing people than Thor. If she wanted to kill someone, she didn't need to surpass him in every aspect.
There was also the next important skill she planned to learn, Spirit Transformation. Most people wouldn't even know how to defend against it. However, Spirit Transformation had a fatal weakness, which was that once a living being left her body, her body would be in a completely defenseless state. She needed to have a strong and trustworthy companion to protect her, and this was something she would never have again as a traitor.
If Kai was by her side …
Lantern Full Moon's voice interrupted her thoughts. "Since you're not forced by the situation, are you going to cooperate with Konoha?"
'Here it comes,' Yumi Hinata thought. 'Is this a question from the watcher?'
She turned her head and smiled at Lantern Full Moon. "Yes. I was wondering, does Payne need me to infiltrate Konoha as a renegade ninja to get information? "
"No need."
Payne's shadow under the Genjutsu was only a shadow, but his cold tone was well conveyed. "The organization has other sources of information. Your task is to deal with the war commissions of the surrounding small countries. At other times, you're free to study your 'Caged Bird', but if you get too involved with Konoha and leak the organization's information, you know what's waiting for you. "
What else could it be, 'Caged Bird'?
Yumi Hinata took a deep breath and gritted her teeth. "Payne, you know about the Infinite Tsukuyomi, right? I can't wait to make it happen. I really hope you can see what you'll become in my dream."
Payne's strange lavender eyes were unmoved by her defiance. He was extremely indifferent and said disdainfully, "Then work hard."
Yumi Hinata broke free from the Genjutsu, pulled off the ring and slammed it on the table. The whole ring sank into the table. She thought angrily that Payne deserved to die, but at the same time, she was hesitant and happy. 'Does this mean I got away with it? Payne meant that as long as I don't leak information about the Akatsuki, I can cooperate with Konoha to a limited extent, right? '
Since that day, Jiraiya didn't appear in Yumi Hinata's sensing range, and she stayed in the rented hotel to practice Spiritualization. From time to time, she would fight with Lantern Full Moon to maintain her body's sensitivity.
Of course, for "companions" like them who were wary of each other and had no choice but to cooperate, these fights were of course reserved. She didn't use Thor, and Lantern Full Moon only used Needle, which had the smallest range of damage.
Half a month later, she didn't know that Konoha's leaders were deep in discussion. Anyway, there was still no news from Jiraiya, and Payne didn't assign any new tasks.
After Yumi Hinata kicked half of Lantern Full Moon's body into water again, she stood in the courtyard and looked at the sunset. She listened to the faint noise outside and couldn't help but open her eyes. She found that the streets were unusually lively.
"Hey, there seems to be a ceremony today." She turned back and asked Lantern Full Moon, who had returned to his human form, "Do you want to go out for a walk? It's too boring to cultivate all day. "
Lantern Full Moon frowned slightly. He didn't look very interested, but in the end, he reluctantly nodded.
Sigh, the two of them in a team, monitoring each other, and not being separated from each other was too annoying. Yumi Hinata thought to herself, I also want to change into a bathrobe and walk around the ceremony happily. I'm not afraid of being squeezed by people, I'm not afraid of eating from the street to the end of the street, and I've even tricked the boss until he went bankrupt. Who wants to go shopping with a guy who's full of murderous intent like you?
No matter how much they disliked each other, since they decided to go out for a walk, they didn't have to eat in the hotel. Yumi Hinata took a shower and changed into more casual clothes. She put on her contact lenses again and looked at herself in the mirror. She felt that after covering her eyes, her beauty had increased by at least two notches. Unfortunately, in the world of ninjas, strength was true beauty. Everyone was busy killing each other all day long, and very few people paid attention to other people's faces.
In the face of a street full of people, Lantern Full Moon stood there with his arms crossed, his whole body saying "I refuse". Yumi Hinata ignored him and squeezed into the crowd like a slippery fish, like a drop of water blending into the sea.
Lantern Full Moon stood there for a while. Seeing that Yumi Hinata was almost out of his range of perception, he had no choice but to squeeze into the crowd.
Tempura, fried chicken, meatballs, omelettes, sushi, fried noodles, when Hozuki Mangetsu caught up, Hyuga Yuumi had already eaten half of the street, and she was carrying several bags in her hands, all of which were a mess of small things bought from the stalls.
She looked at Lantern Full Moon and reluctantly asked, "Have you eaten dinner?"
"… I ate soldier food pills before coming out," Lantern Full Moon said.
"Huh?" Yumi Hinata asked him incredulously, "Why did you eat soldier food pills when you're going to visit the festival? Even if you don't like to eat outside, can't you ask the lady boss to make some for you when you go back? "
Lantern Full Moon was suspiciously silent. After a while, he said, "I don't know … there's a place to eat at the festival." In fact, he didn't know what visiting the festival was all about. He subconsciously followed the instructions before the mission, put in his ninja sword summoning scroll, and ate soldier food pills. He didn't think too much about it.
Yumi Hinata was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say, although she didn't know what she was embarrassed about. Lantern Full Moon didn't seem to think that there was anything to be embarrassed about.
"Uh … Well." Hyuga Yumi casually bought a two-color ice cream from a nearby stall, broke it open in the middle and handed it to him. "Since you've already eaten, have some dessert. There are quite a lot of snacks here."
Lantern Full Moon looked at the ice cream in his hand with an indescribable expression. Then, he looked at Yumi Hinata, who continued to walk forward with the ice cream in her mouth. After a long time, he put the ice cream in his mouth and took a bite.
"Hiss …" He felt that his mouth was about to freeze. Then, he tasted the rich sweetness and milk. The taste was a little strange to him, but after a few more bites, he felt that it was quite good.
'Yumi Hinata is really a strange person.' Thinking of this, Mangetsu Gengetsu silently followed him again.
After going out for a night of fun, eating, and playing, Yumi Hinata was very satisfied and went back to the hotel to study Spirit Transformation Jutsu.
Although her inherent skill was that she could learn any Ninjutsu, it didn't mean that she could use it at a glance. It was just that she had never encountered an obstacle like others. As long as she practiced step by step, she could gradually master the Ninjutsu she wanted to learn.
But proficiency, skill, and speed were another matter.
Yumi Hinata was the same as Sandaime Hokage, who was known as the "Professor of Ninjutsu". She had mastered the seven Chakra natures of water, wind, lightning, fire, Yin, and Yang. Generally, Jonin could master two or three natures, but they often needed several years of practice to do so. So, if it wasn't to learn a specific Ninjutsu or to diversify their tactics, Jonin wouldn't spend a lot of time on it.
Take Yumi Hinata's best Wind Attribute as an example. Her natural advantage was actually Water, and Wind Attribute was the second Ninjutsu she practiced. It took her a day to master it from the beginning. At that time, she was still in the ninja academy and didn't want to graduate. She skipped a day of classes and started practicing while others were in class. By the time she went to bed at night, she was already able to use Wind Attribute Chakra to cut a palm's length of leaves.
But it got harder and harder. Earth Attribute was the last Ninjutsu she practiced, and it took her half a month to master it. And whether it was strength or speed, it couldn't be compared to other attributes, especially her Wind Attribute.
She once thought of using Earth Attribute Chakra to strengthen her skin, just like how she used Wind Attribute Chakra on her hands to increase her lethality. Of course, this also involved the transformation of the form. But later, she found that with her speed of transforming Earth Attribute Chakra, she needed at least a minute to be ready to cover her whole body with Earth Attribute Chakra.
But as for Wind, let's put it this way. She could use Thor to teleport more than forty times in a row within ten seconds. She could also teleport to a new place at the same time. First, she would use Wind Attribute Chakra on her hands to stab someone. Then, she would cancel the teleportation and teleport to the next place.
Of course, this kind of strength was a big move for her. The cooldown was slightly long, so she didn't need to use it so quickly to kill a little kid.
Therefore, although Yumi Hinata mastered seven Ninjutsu, she couldn't fuse any two of them into a new Kekkei Genkai. Right now, she had learned the Spirit Transformation Technique, but compared to her seniors, who could instantly make living beings leave their bodies, and Orochimaru, who could use the Spirit Transformation Technique to carry an entire soul and reincarnate without being a corpse, her living being was still like the flame of a candle. She was constantly swaying, and her body was barely connected to it.
Moreover, she had to be careful of Lantern Full Moon.
Yumi Hinata shook her head. She had just left her body when Lantern Full Moon suddenly knocked on the door. She had no choice but to force herself back into her body. She still felt uncomfortable. "What's wrong?"
"Just now, you …" Lantern Full Moon was a little confused. "I didn't hear any breathing or heartbeat outside your door."
Her body wasn't breathing? That meant she hadn't mastered it yet. Damn it, it wasn't reliable when no one was watching. Yumi Hinata's expression didn't change. "Is that so? I'm training my heart and lungs."
Lantern Full Moon seemed to accept this explanation and said, "The people in the hotel said that someone was looking for you."
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