"Yakushi-senpai, no need to be so nervous. I'm not like Danzo. I won't use the orphanage children to threaten you, nor will I cut off funding to the orphanage. You don't need to worry about that."
"Yes, Lord En."
"Yakushi-senpai, you must have something to tell me, right?" Uchiha En asked, changing the subject.
"Yes, the Cloud Village Envoy came to my orphanage earlier. They knew my identity in Root, so they must have had some connection with Danzo.
They want me to help them hide someone. They didn't say who, only that someone would contact me later."
Uchiha En's lips curved slightly at her words: "So that's it. I wondered why those Cloud Ninja were so bold. It turns out they had a backup plan in the Village!"
"Lord En, I didn't agree to them. I immediately..."
"No, no, no, Yakushi-senpai, how could you refuse such a thing! You should have agreed."
"Agreed?"
"That's right. Just do as they say, and leave the rest to me."
Yakushi Nono was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
In fact, Uchiha En had thought a lot about how to deal with the Cloud Ninja.
Ultimately, Uchiha En felt that instead of letting them run rampant and ending up passive, not knowing where to start, it was better to take the initiative, draw them into a trap, and catch them like turtles in a jar.
Since they were insatiably greedy and obsessed with getting a Byakugan, they might as well start planning from there.
Returning to the Cloud Ninja Envoy, after their stroll, these three groups were now gathered in a restaurant, seemingly exchanging information.
Kakashi and his two companions had also rendezvoused.
"How's the situation?" Kakashi asked.
"From my observation, the Ninja I was tracking almost intentionally or unintentionally probed for information about the Hyuga Clan.
As he walked, he would approach the vicinity of the Hyuga Clan, using the pretense of passing by to secretly gather information about the Hyuga Clan, observing the locations of their guard posts and the layout of their buildings.
However, these Cloud Ninja were very cautious and didn't dare to linger. After passing by, they didn't look back, and their probing actions were disguised very naturally.
If it weren't for... well, in short, they probably have some intentions towards the Hyuga Clan," Shisui said first.
Shisui's hesitation made Kakashi frown, but he didn't dwell on the issue and instead spoke of his own findings: "The group of Cloud Ninja I observed was probing for information near the Uchiha Clan, but they were discovered by Police Force Ninja. After a warning, they left directly."
"The group of Cloud Ninja I followed, after transforming, was probing for recent intelligence about the Village, including information about the Hyuga and Uchiha Clans, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and so on. However, the villagers were highly vigilant and didn't speak carelessly," Uchiha Oto also briefly reported.
Kakashi nodded slightly and then said: "From what we've seen so far, the purpose of these Cloud Ninja should be to gather information about the Village, especially concerning the Hyuga and Uchiha Clans. We still need to be more vigilant."
Meanwhile, back at the Uchiha Clan, Asana flew back to Uchiha En's house.
"How's the situation?" Uchiha En asked with a smile.
"Those guys really seem to want to make a move on the Hyuga Clan," Asana said with a cold face.
"Since it's confirmed, let's start acting! I just got some new intelligence," Uchiha En told Asana about Yakushi Nono.
Asana was surprised to hear this. She hadn't expected Yakushi Nono, the only Medical Ninja in the hospital whose Medical Ninjutsu could rival hers, to have once been a member of Root.
"Danzo really was ubiquitous in the Village back then!" Asana exclaimed.
"That's why I killed him so decisively. That guy was always a menace.
Alright, let's not waste words on a dead man. Asana, do you remember what I told you before?
Instead of letting them wander around and perhaps do who knows what, it's better for us to intentionally reveal a weakness. I've already arranged for the Police Force to handle it.
While the Cloud Ninja were gathering intelligence, I had the Police Force members use Transformation Jutsu to pretend to be villagers and inadvertently leak information to them, telling them that the Hyuga Clan had an internal conflict a year ago, and the Main Family was expelled from the Hyuga Clan.
Now, the Hyuga Clan only has Branch Family members. The Main Family lives in the northeast corner of the Village, where few people pay attention, and the defenses are lax.
After hearing this intelligence, those Cloud Ninja immediately gathered at the restaurant, and they'll probably act soon."
After listening to Uchiha En, Asana thought for a moment and said: "I'll go to the Main Family's side and discuss with Hyuga Hiashi and the others to have them arrange for clan members to reveal weaknesses to lure the Cloud Ninja into the trap.
And I'll watch them from above. When they come to the door, and after they hide the person with Yakushi Nono, I'll make my move and catch them red-handed, giving the Kumogakure no chance to argue."
"Yes, let's do that. I'll arrange for people to continue monitoring the Cloud Ninja afterwards, so we can adjust our plan in time if anything unexpected happens."
Asana nodded in agreement.
Afterward, Asana flew directly to the Hyuga Main Family's residence.
Uchiha En was not at all worried about whether Asana could persuade Hyuga Hiashi.
Hyuga Hiashi was a smart man; he should know that the Main Family's continued survival was all thanks to Asana.
Without Asana, the Main Family would probably have been torn apart by the Branch Family members by now.
So, they actually had no right to refuse Asana's request.
As for the Cloud Ninja, after learning of the major changes in the Hyuga Clan, their plan gradually became clear.
Since the Hyuga Clan's compound now only contained members of the Hyuga Branch Family, there was no need to waste time there.
It was well known that the Byakugan of the Hyuga Branch Family had the Caged Bird Seal, so there was no point in capturing a Branch Family member.
Furthermore, with the Main Family now driven to a corner of the Village, it was imaginable that their defenses would not be as strong as those in the center of the Village.
The Hyuga Main Family members didn't have the Caged Bird Seal, so they could be used immediately if captured. Why bother focusing on the Hyuga Branch Family?
They could just focus their target on the Main Family.
The Cloud Ninja felt that there was only one question they needed to consider now: which Main Family member to kidnap.
As for how to get the person out, that was even simpler. They had an insider, the director of the Konoha Orphanage. With her help, getting a child out would be simple, wouldn't it?
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