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"Climb on."
Sasame turned, crouching to Hinata's eye level.
"Eh?"
The Hyūga heiress blinked in confusion.
"Your clan's guards are everywhere. Easier if I carry you."
He grinned. "Unless you'd prefer being held?"
"N-No need!"
Hinata's face combusted as she tentatively looped arms around his neck. Sasame hoisted her up—
(Using Mangekyō-enhanced perception to slip through patrol blindspots.)
Pressed against his back, Hinata oscillated between terror (getting caught) and euphoria (his warmth).
Orphanage - Yakushi Nono's Clinic
The ex-spy's eyebrows vanished into her hairline at the sight of Sasame sneaking in the Hyūga princess.
(No guards? Either Sasame had supernatural seduction skills... or this was an arranged courtship.)
"Training injuries?" Nono's diagnostic glow revealed microfractures. "Hiashi's pushing too hard."
(*She shot Sasame an approving nod. *Bagging the Hyūga heiress? My boy's grown up!**)
Hokage Office - Ticking Time Bomb
The air crackled with tension as Konoha's elite convened:
Danzo (one arm short, seething)
Orochimaru (playing aloof)
Jiraiya (guilt-ridden over the prophecy fiasco)
Hiruzen (headache incarnate)
Fugaku Uchiha (this close to ordering a coup)
Jiraiya's recounting painted Danzo/Orochimaru as instigators—until an ANBU interrupted:
"Uchiha Sasuke found unharmed near Naka River."
(Cue record scratch.)
"This is a setup!" Fugaku's Sharingan flared.
(Danzo's "false flag" theory suddenly held weight.)
Hiruzen massaged his temples.
(Solution? Blame everything on the masked man—conveniently absent—while lightly reprimanding Danzo/Orochimaru.)
"Root will be restructured. Both of you are suspended pending Shisui's recovery."
Danzo's eye bulged. "You can't—"
"I AM HOKAGE!"
(The rare outburst silenced even the warhawk.)
Fugaku swallowed the unsatisfactory verdict—for now.
Post-Meeting - Hiruzen's Gambit
"Bring me Itachi Uchiha."
(With Shisui gone, the boy was now the sole bridge between Konoha and the Uchiha.)
"Don't fail me..." Hiruzen exhaled smoke, already drafting Danzo's sacrificial lamb ceremony.
[Danzo's Fate Shifted! +77 FP]
[Fugaku's Fate Shifted! +33 FP]
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