"And there's more?"
Hyūga Hiashi, with his Byakugan activated, sensed another person rapidly fleeing outside the wall. He immediately leaped high, spun in the air, and unleashed an Eight Trigrams Empty Palm.
This palm strike directly severed one of White Zetsu's arms as he fled.
But White Zetsu still escaped.
Hyūga Hiashi did not pursue. After landing, he began to examine the "corpses" on the ground.
"Are these guys really human?"
When Hyūga Hiashi activated his Byakugan earlier, he felt that White Zetsu's body was very strange. After examining it now, it was indeed the case.
They had no internal organs, just like plants.
"Father, what should we do? They seemed to have no ill will at first..."
Hanabi was a little scared.
She felt like she had harmed these innocent people.
"It's fine. Whether these guys are human or someone's ninjutsu, they are wearing Amegakure headbands. People from a small ninja village wouldn't dare to..."
"Clan Head, Anbu are here for you. They say it's Hokage-sama's order."
Hinata Natsu, the maid responsible for looking after Hanabi, ran over in small steps.
"Hmm?"
Hyūga Hiashi heard this news but did not connect the two incidents.
It had been less than ten minutes since he dealt with these Amegakure ninja.
And how dare they?
A small ninja village coveting the Byakugan bloodline of the Hyūga Clan, Konoha's strongest clan.
Could they possibly try to turn the tables like the powerful Kumogakure?
He had clearly seen that they were wearing Amegakure headbands before he decisively took action.
With past precedents, how could he not be careful?
"Clan Head Hiashi, please bring Miss Hanabi. Also, I will collect the invaders' remains."
An Anbu wearing a mask appeared in the courtyard, took out a scroll from behind him, and began to place White Zetsu's remains into it one by one.
"What?"
Hyūga Hiashi had just confidently stated that the two incidents were unrelated, but he was wrong?
Hyūga Hiashi, filled with confusion, arrived at the Hokage's office.
As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw a familiar person.
"It's you!"
Half of the confusion in Hyūga Hiashi's mind was instantly resolved.
It was replaced by anger.
Isn't this the person who stared at Hanabi yesterday and said something like, "Why is no one around?" with ill intentions?
So this person was from Amegakure, then it was not strange.
The people who attacked Hanabi today must have been sent by him again!
"Hiashi, this gentleman from Amegakure says that ninja from his village were cruelly murdered by your Hyūga Clan. I specifically called you here so you can confront each other.
However, before that, I would like to ask a question to the esteemed guest from Amegakure."
Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe and spoke.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's thoughts were the same as Hyūga Hiashi's.
What capabilities could a small ninja village like Amegakure have?
Just relying on the unconfirmed intelligence about "Jashin's Ritual: Blood Manipulation" that Kakashi brought back?
Hiruzen Sarutobi's idea was to have Hyūga Hiashi come over, watch him handle this matter fairly, and make the Hyūga Clan grateful.
So before Hyūga Hiashi arrived, Hiruzen Sarutobi had not mentioned anything to Bai Mo.
"Please speak."
Bai Mo naturally spread his hands.
"The list of Amegakure visitors only records you and the Amegakure's Village Head. So, if other Amegakure ninja appear in Konoha, can I consider it an invasion?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up a scroll that had been prepared on the table, opened it, and displayed the list.
Hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi speak like this, Hyūga Hiashi immediately breathed a sigh of relief and patted his daughter Hanabi's shoulder, who he had brought along, signaling that she was fine.
"Who said there were only two of us?"
Bai Mo raised his hand and pointed to the one-armed White Zetsu standing by: "White."
Then he pointed to himself: "Mo."
Finally, he pointed to Konan sitting beside him: "Amegakure Head."
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "..."
Hyūga Hiashi: "..."
"Please don't joke, sir..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth twitched.
"Why don't you use surnames? Are you treating us like idiots?"
Hyūga Hiashi questioned.
Swish.
Bai Mo suddenly appeared, sat on Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage desk, took the list, tossed it aside, and pointed casually at the open list:
"Besides you people who are always thinking about clan honor, isn't it normal for others to write their names without surnames?"
"Those Genin from Sunagakure, Temari, Kankurō, Gaara, do they use surnames?"
"Uh..."
What he said seemed very reasonable; I was speechless.
Hyūga Hiashi was momentarily speechless.
"Is his name really White?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi recovered from the shock of Bai Mo's "Body Flicker" and looked at White Zetsu.
"What, is he not white enough, not worthy of being called 'White'?"
Bai Mo retorted.
"Uh, that's also—wait, his name is White, then what about the others who attacked the Hyūga Clan? Are their names also White?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly noticed another blind spot and slammed his palm on the table.
Hyūga Hiashi's eyes instantly lit up when he heard this. He looked at Bai Mo, waiting for his embarrassed and regretful expression.
"Yes."
Bai Mo nodded calmly.
"I..."
"What, the Raikage of Kumogakure is named A, the Jinchūriki is named B, and these identical twins in our village are pitiful war orphans, so what's wrong with all of them being named White?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was about to say something but was interrupted by Bai Mo.
After Bai Mo finished speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't know how to refute him for a moment.
It really seemed like there was no problem... "Wait, Lord Third!
Please have that Anbu display the bodies of those Rain ninja—the body structures of those Rain ninja are very strange. I suspect they are not human at all, but a ninjutsu used by one of them!"
Hyūga Hiashi was extremely anxious.
Why did it feel like a favorable situation was about to be overturned?
Bang!!
Bai Mo slammed his palm on the Hokage's desk, startling Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was about to speak.
"That's too much, Clan Head Hyūga!"
"You've misunderstood something. I can understand killing them, but to say they aren't human, isn't that a bit too much?"
"They are all my dearest friends, my brothers..."
Bai Mo took a deep breath, turned to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi, "If because of different body structures, they are suspected of not being human, then our village also has some with five hearts, some with only a heart, and some with gills... Can't they just be practicing some secret technique?"
"That makes sense."
Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the Professor of Ninjutsu, agreed with Bai Mo's statement.
"They should be human."
Little Hanabi suddenly spoke softly.
The backstabbing from his little darling made Hyūga Hiashi's eyes widen: "Hanabi, you..."
"I'm sorry, Father, but they really are human. The things they said before they died, those emotions..."
Hanabi shrunk her head and defended herself softly.
"See, children don't lie, and even if they did, would she need to lie for us?"
Bai Mo's slow remark almost made Hyūga Hiashi die of anger.
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