Konoha Hokage Office.
"Why did you call me over?"
Yamanaka Kei casually sat on the sofa, making himself tea.
After just visiting Orochimaru, he originally wanted to sneak off to Mist Village to meet with Uchiha Hikaru and discuss the upcoming plot developments.
Who knew Tsunade would send people all over the village looking for him.
"When I came back today, I issued an announcement targeting the Hyuga clan and also sent them a rectification order. This should be the last issue in the village's reform, right?"
Tsunade crossed her legs, leaning back in her reclining leather office chair, and tossed two scrolls to Yamanaka Kei.
Because of the village's reforms, she now had much less work to do herself.
With Nara Shikaku helping to sort things out and share the burden.
She even felt that coming to work for two hours a day was enough, and there was no need to stay in the office all the time!
"Hyuga? Caged Bird?"
Yamanaka Kei circulated Fire Release nature transformation in his left palm.
While heating water, he opened the scroll in his right hand.
The announcement to the entire village was carefully worded and full of high-sounding words.
In summary, it was about human rights and equality, preventing the abuse of private punishment, and prohibiting anyone from using Sealing Techniques that control the behavior of others or threaten their lives.
Anyone with eyes could see that it was aimed at the Hyuga clan.
As for the other rectification order issued separately to the Hyuga clan, the wording was obviously much more direct and blunt.
It was completely notifying them that they must remove the Caged Bird curse seal from everyone within a limited time.
"Yeah."
Tsunade responded lazily.
"Do they have any objections? Did Hyuga Hiashi say anything?"
Yamanaka Kei poured the hot water into the teacup, smelled the fine tea, and nodded in satisfaction.
This tea smells much better than that Old Man Danzo's collection!
"The Hyuga clan's main family members are still arguing in the shrine, and they're probably about to burst. Hyuga Hiashi is smart, though. From morning until now, he's been hiding in the reconnaissance unit integrating new recruits, and hasn't even gone home."
"Doesn't want to wade into muddy waters? Or wants the other elders to test the waters?"
"Don't know, too lazy to guess."
Tsunade waved her hand, got up from her seat, took out a stack of scratch cards from the drawer, and started scratching away.
"...So you called me here to be your thug? That's too much! We agreed that I'm your superior, right?"
Yamanaka Kei rolled his eyes speechlessly.
Seeing that the tea was still hot, Yamanaka Kei got up and walked to Tsunade's desk, casually grabbing a scratch card from the stack she was holding down.
"Hey, hey! I didn't go to the Fighting Arena; I bought these with my advance salary!"
"Stingy, seeing how poor you are, I'll give you some pocket money. Want it?"
"Tch~ Isn't all your money with Kushina?"
"Here, I'll reward you."
Yamanaka Kei used the Fate Astrolabe to look at Tsunade's 'Luck' line, which was so dark it was horrifying, not knowing how much she was in debt, and tossed the scratch card with the top prize of one million taels into her arms.
"If I don't win, then I don't..."
Tsunade looked at the numbers on the scratch card, repeatedly checking them several times, her beautiful eyes widening more and more!
"Next time, remember to say, 'Thank you for the reward, Master.'"
Yamanaka Kei chuckled, half-sitting on the desk, turning his head to look at the door of the Hokage's office.
Knock~ Knock~ Knock~
A knock came from the door.
Tsunade came back to her senses, stuffed the scratch card into her chest, and said, "Please come in."
Wearing a blue and white kimono, with the Hyuga clan emblem on his shoulders, Hyuga Tenkai, the Hyuga elder who was nearly seventy years old, walked into the Hokage's office with the demeanor of a noble clan, accompanied by two Hyuga main family members with exposed foreheads, and nodded slightly to Tsunade and Yamanaka Kei.
"Elder Tenkai, please have a seat."
Tsunade raised her eyebrows and pointed to the sofa next to her, signaling for them to sit down and talk.
"Thank you, Lord Hokage."
Hyuga Tenkai bowed again, slowly walked to the sofa and sat down, glanced at the freshly brewed tea on the table, and a wise light flashed in his eyes.
Before Tsunade could ask, he picked up the teacup and spoke again.
"Lord Hokage, we have come here today to inform you that after discussions among our clan elders, everyone unanimously believes that the order you issued earlier is not suitable for the actual situation of the Hyuga clan."
Slurp~
After taking a sip of the fragrant tea, Hyuga Tenkai's old face wore a confident smile, as if everything was under his control.
"...Why are you looking at me? I didn't drink it."
Tsunade suppressed the crazily upturned corners of her mouth, she was really afraid that she would accidentally laugh out loud!
Gagaga~
The Old Man is showing off in front of Yamanaka Kei!
And he drank the tea that this guy had just patiently brewed!
Come on!
Let the storm come more violently!
She loved to watch!
"Elder Hyuga Tenkai, I wonder what's been happening in Konoha lately?"
Yamanaka Kei's expression was as strange as could be.
The recent uproar over the Third Hokage's retirement, and the news of the First and Second Hokage, as well as Madara Uchiha's appearance, while not exactly common knowledge, should be clear to those in Konoha with some status.
What gave this Hyuga Tenkai the courage to come?
"Apologies, I was impolite."
Hyuga Tenkai frowned as he looked at the teacup in his hand, realizing it wasn't brewed for him, and felt a wave of annoyance.
He put down the teacup and continued as if nothing had happened.
"Minister Kei, I've heard a little about recent events. However, when the Hyuga clan joined Konoha, we had an agreement with the First Hokage that the village would not interfere with our clan's affairs. The First Hokage is said to be in Konoha, so if Minister Kei has any questions, why not invite the First Hokage to inquire?"
"Tsk~ I see, he's relying on Hashirama Senju."
Yamanaka Kei glanced at Tsunade, finally understanding why this Elder Sister insisted on him coming.
Tsunade really couldn't directly intervene in this kind of matter.
"I hope Lord Hokage and Minister Kei can understand my difficulties. It's not that the Hyuga clan disobeys the village's orders, but our clan's eye technique is famous throughout the Ninja World, and our bloodline is often coveted by others. The Caged Bird is also for the sake of the clan's inheritance and continuation."
Hyuga Tenkai nodded and bowed again, his attitude seemingly sincere and humble, but with an arrogance in his bones that he had Tsunade and Yamanaka Kei figured out.
"That makes sense, the Caged Bird is a good thing."
Yamanaka Kei stood up and walked to Hyuga Tenkai.
The two Hyuga Main Family members following Hyuga Tenkai stepped forward, looking at Yamanaka Kei with nervous expressions.
"The ancestral law is naturally a good thing. The First Hokage understood this, which is why he granted our Hyuga clan the right to handle things on a case-by-case basis."
Hyuga Tenkai waved his hand at the two Main Family members, still with that calm and confident look.
"Elder Tenkai, you're missing one thing."
"Please enlighten me, Minister Kei."
"Hashirama Senju can't beat me, and he doesn't have the final say in Konoha now."
Yamanaka Kei said with a smile, raising his hand and slapping Hyuga Tenkai's head!
Old Man, using Hashirama Senju to pressure people, are you worthy?!
Bang~
Like a watermelon bursting open.
One side of the Hokage's office wall was instantly covered in red and white.
"You!"
The two Hyuga Main Family members were terrified.
They hadn't reacted at all to that slap, and it had already landed on the Great Elder's head!
"Choose one of two options: have the Caged Bird curse seal engraved, or let me slap two watermelons."
"Yamanaka Kei! You..."
Pa!
Another explosive sound echoed.
The Hyuga Main Family member who had just opened his mouth also turned into a headless corpse.
"Caged! Caged! Caged Bird!"
Another Main Family member, already scared out of his wits, instantly wet his pants!
Killing a member of his Hyuga clan's Main Family right in front of Lord Hokage, without the slightest hesitation or scruple.
This guy is a madman!
A complete and utter madman!
"Can you carve it yourselves?"
Yamanaka Kei's faint smile didn't change at all after just killing two people.
Just a bunch of parasites who are used to being in charge and think they are superior.
So what if they all die!
When the Branch Family finds out, they might even applaud!
"N-need, need someone else to perform the technique... one, one person can't carve it..."
"Heh~ Take them with you. Doesn't your Hyuga clan always like to carve this in the shrine? Might as well call out all your Main Family members."
Yamanaka Kei turned his head and took the lead towards the Hyuga clan's compound.
The Main Family member named Hyuga Hizu trembled as he picked up the corpses of his clansman and the Great Elder, staggering to catch up.
"Someone, someone! Hurry up and clean it! Don't let it stink in a couple of days! I still have to sleep here!"
Tsunade watched the two leave, looking at the wall on the side of the office with a face full of disgust.
After plopping back into her office chair.
She took out the scratch card she had stuffed into her chest, a silly smile appearing on her pretty face.
One million taels! One million taels!
Hahaha~
I'm rich, I'm rich!
She kissed the scratch card a few times.
Tsunade handed it to another Anbu with a happy face, asking him to go to the scratch card shop to redeem the prize.
Seeing the Anbu quickly clean the wall and spray it with a special potion to eliminate the odor.
Tsunade lay back in her office chair.
Counting her fingers, she began to calculate her recent work, wondering if she could squeeze out a day to go to the Fighting Arena and have some fun.
She didn't have much time to be happy.
A sudden, earth-shattering roar came from the village behind her.
She turned her head sharply.
She saw four enormous Wood Release Wood Golems, each several hundred meters tall, crushing countless houses and buildings as they landed in the Hyuga clan grounds.
The four terrifying Wood Golems stood facing each other, their bodies slightly bent.
They extended their index fingers, as if poking at ants, and with each swing of their arms, they brought a terrifying wind pressure, repeatedly stabbing down into the Hyuga clan grounds!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Only after more than a dozen times did the four Wood Golems stop their movements.
The piercing alarm echoed through Konoha, and countless ninjas leaped from the streets and alleys onto the rooftops.
"This is too intense... Cancel the alarm, tell them to do what they're supposed to do."
Tsunade saw the Anbu rushing back to her with the money box and finally decided not to be angry with that reckless bastard.
Anyway, it wasn't her who did it, and the Hyuga clan wouldn't come to her for compensation.
Maybe they'll be more obedient in the future.
Let that bastard make a fuss!
In front of the Hyuga clan's ancestral hall, now reduced to ruins.
Yamanaka Kei pulled up a chair, sat in front of more than a dozen deep pits filled with minced meat and blood, and began to inscribe the Caged Bird seal on each of the remaining fourteen members of the Hyuga main family!
Amidst the shrill screams, the main family members, unable to bear the pain of the bloodline seal, rolled on the ground, clutching their heads.
But Yamanaka Kei's eyes showed no sympathy or pity.
Didn't they say it didn't conform to the actual situation of the Hyuga clan?
Didn't they say they wanted to protect the family's bloodline?
Fine!
Then let's be fair, everyone gets the damn seal!
And the control method of the Caged Bird will also be announced to all Hyuga branch family members.
With the way these guys used to treat the branch family like dirt, let's see how many living people are left in the main family in a few days!
"Lowlifes."
Yamanaka Kei glanced at the Hyuga main family members, their faces pale as paper, silent as cicadas in winter.
He turned to look at Hyuga Hiashi, who had rushed back in a hurry.
"As the head of the Hyuga clan, I have failed to manage the clan properly and caused trouble for Konoha. I voluntarily inscribe the Caged Bird curse seal and hand over the curse seal control method to Lord Hokage."
Hyuga Hiashi instantly appeared in front of the open space, loudly taking responsibility and immediately adopting a dogeza posture.
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