They really couldn't figure out what that inexplicable Uchiha person was doing with such an inexplicable act.
Suddenly coming out to attack them, and then suddenly leaving when he clearly had an absolute advantage!
"Toneri, let's go back quickly."
After failing to understand, Shinichi quickly pulled Toneri onto the aircraft and hurriedly left Earth.
The ninja world was too complicated, the road was difficult and slippery, so it was better to go home early.
Swoosh!
The aircraft took off with the Ōtsutsuki father and son, and soon disappeared.
Kouki then used the Kamui technique to return to Konoha, but he was called to the Hokage's office as soon as he got back.
There was no doubt that it was because of the killing of the Kumogakure envoy.
"Third Hokage, this matter is simply nonsense, extremely absurd! How could Kuroki kidnap the Hyuga family's child? May I ask if he has a reason to do so?"
"To put it bluntly, although the Hyuga clan's Byakugan is very powerful, my Kumogakure may not value it!"
"My Kumogakure delegation came with utmost sincerity to discuss a ceasefire with your village, but was inexplicably poisoned by your village, resulting in the death of Kuroki-kun. You must give us an explanation for this matter!"
"Otherwise, even if our Kumogakure goes to war with Konoha again, we will never condone it. We are not so easy to bully!"
Inside the Hokage's office, Rinkawa stood in front of everyone with a domineering attitude, loudly denouncing the injustice they had encountered to Hiruzen and others.
Clearly, they were the ones with ulterior motives, but they were righteously indignant as if they were the victims.
"Rinkawa-kun, please don't be anxious. I deeply apologize for Kuroki-kun's experience!"
Hiruzen was sprayed in the face with saliva by an ordinary Jonin, but he still kept his posture very low.
"Rest assured, your delegation has encountered this misfortune in our Konoha. I guarantee to you in the name of the Hokage that I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."
"But before that, please allow us to clarify the matter first."
Hiruzen comforted Rinkawa and others.
"Hmph! You'd better do so! Whether our Kumogakure and Konoha will fight or make peace depends entirely on your attitude, Third Hokage!" Rinkawa crossed his arms and snorted arrogantly.
"Uchiha Kouki, please report the situation at that time in detail," Hiruzen said to Kouki.
"According to the Konoha Guard Force's duty roster, I patrolled the route near the Hyuga clan's territory, and saw Kuroki abducting Hyuga Hinata and quickly transferring her out."
"After seeing me, Kuroki didn't say any nonsense, took out a kunai and attacked me, and then I killed him in self-defense."
Kouki reported the situation at that time truthfully, without any subjective speculation.
"Nonsense, why would Kuroki-kun abduct Hinata? You are clearly colluding with Hiashi to slander us! Third Hokage, you must uphold justice for us!"
Before Kouki could finish speaking, Rinkawa immediately shouted angrily on the side.
Kouki didn't seem to hear it at all, ignoring it.
Hiruzen comforted him again and then asked Hiashi to tell the story of what happened at that time.
Hiashi's words were completely consistent with Kouki's.
However, Rinkawa insisted that Kouki and Hiashi were colluding to slander them.
He also clamored plausibly, saying that if Konoha could not give them an explanation, they would defend Kumogakure's dignity even at the cost of war.
"I already know the matter, Rinkawa-kun. Please go back first. I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer for this matter," Hiruzen finally said.
After temporarily dismissing Rinkawa and other members of the Kumogakure delegation, Hiruzen left Hiashi and Kouki behind.
"Lord Hokage, I can swear that everything I said before was true..." Hiashi explained to Hiruzen.
However, Hiruzen waved his hand, interrupting Hiashi: "Hiashi, it doesn't matter what the course of this matter was. The art of politics never pays attention to right or wrong, do you understand?"
Hiashi was stunned and then stopped talking.
As the head of one of Konoha's top clans, how could he not understand Hiruzen's meaning?
If there were more conclusive evidence that could nail Kuroki's crimes into an "iron case", there would naturally be no problem.
But the key now was that there were no other direct witnesses besides Hiashi Hyuga and Uchiha Kouki.
Rinkawa accused Hiashi and Uchiha Kouki of colluding against them, and Hiashi and Kouki were also stating their facts. The two sides were arguing, and they would never be able to argue right or wrong.
In this case, a game was indeed needed.
What was a game?
It was looking at the chips of both sides and the demands of both players.
"Lord Hokage, you mean..."
"Go back, Hiashi, you were not the one who killed Kuroki, so forget everything that happened today!" Hiruzen waved his hand to Hiashi.
Hiashi immediately understood Hiruzen's meaning. It seemed that Lord Hokage was planning to sacrifice that Uchiha Kouki to quell Kumogakure's anger.
Hiashi turned his head and glanced at Kouki on the side; a trace of intolerance flashed in his eyes.
After all, the other party had saved his daughter's life and could be said to be a benefactor to their Hyuga clan.
But in the game between the two villages, the life and death of individuals were originally insignificant. Apart from regret, Hiashi couldn't do more.
And Kouki couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.
Was Hiruzen, this old coin, planning to treat him like he treated Hiashi in the original work?
Was he going to use his life to quell the anger of the Kumogakure delegation?
But thinking about it, it was also true. Hiashi was the head of the Hyuga clan, and Hiruzen didn't care about him at all.
If Hizashi hadn't actively died in place of his brother, he would have been forced to death in the end.
Even the head of the second-largest clan, second only to the Uchiha clan, was treated like this, let alone himself, a small member of the Konoha Guard Force?
"Uchiha Kouki, the Third Shinobi World War has been fought for so many years, and both Konoha and various countries have suffered from the war."
"Especially Konoha, which has been fighting against other countries with the power of one country for so many years. Countless ninjas have been killed on the battlefield, and the villagers have also suffered from the harm of war..."
Hiruzen began to carry his hands on his back, and began to talk to Kouki.
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