Hyuga Chiwa's attitude toward her changed drastically, and she would often hit her over trivial matters.
While Asana obeyed on the surface, the hatred surging in her eyes made even Hyuga Hiashi feel a chill.
At this moment, Hyuga Hiashi suddenly remembered that this was not a dream; he had truly seen the young Asana, because Asana's elder brother was his guard.
At the same time, he understood why Asana was always so expressionless.
"So, from the moment the Caged Bird Seal was carved onto her forehead, the Main Family's fate today was already sealed." Thinking of this, Hyuga Hiashi smiled self-deprecatingly and fell into a deep sleep.
Unknowingly, three days passed.
During these three days, Uchiha En went to the conference room every day, listening to the Konoha side and the Cloud Ninjas bickering constantly; the negotiations between the two sides had long since reached a stalemate.
Ceasing hostilities was indeed the common desire of both sides.
But the Cloud Ninja side firmly held onto two conditions and refused to loosen them, demanding that Konoha must choose one of the two conditions to sign the peace treaty.
The first option was to have Konoha and the Cloud Ninjas form a united front to exert pressure on Iwagakure together.
The second option was that Konoha must make reparations for this war between the two sides, including a large number of mission quotas, huge sums of compensation, supplies, commercial privileges, etc.
Both, regardless of which one, were extremely difficult conditions for Konoha to accept, but the Cloud Ninjas maintained continuous high pressure, with a strong momentum that if you didn't agree, I would simply ignite a full-scale war again.
At the same time, bad intelligence frequently came from outside Konoha.
On one hand, the Cloud Ninjas, taking advantage of the restraint shown by both sides during the peace talks, sent Nii Yugito and a large number of elites to move freely around the Land of Hot Springs, with the appearance of potentially entering the Land of Fire at any time, exerting pressure on Konoha during the negotiations.
On the other hand, Iwagakure also suddenly mobilized troops against Konoha, and both sides had even broken out into several small-scale conflicts.
Obviously, this was a warning intentionally given to Konoha by Iwagakure after they learned of the peace talks between the Cloud Ninjas and Konoha.
If Konoha really dared to form an alliance with the Cloud Ninjas, the Iwagakure Ninjas would definitely strike immediately and launch an attack on Konoha.
The only good news was probably that Iwagakure's plan to win over the Sand Ninjas to jointly oppose Konoha and the Cloud Ninjas had failed.
The Sand Ninjas rejected the Iwagakure Ninjas' suggestion without even thinking.
Compared to the Cloud Ninjas and Iwagakure Ninjas, the Sand Ninjas, as Konoha's allies, knew Konoha's current situation better.
Is Konoha weak?
Of course it is weak, but this is limited to the mid-to-low-tier combat power.
Konoha had fought four enemies alone in the Third Great Ninja War and hadn't yet recovered when it experienced the Nine-Tailed incident; the Village's mid-to-low-tier combat power suffered heavy casualties, and there weren't even enough hands to perform missions.
Recently, the Sand Ninjas had received many missions that Konoha had diverted over.
But battles between Ninjas were never decided by mid-to-low-tier combat power.
Konoha's mid-to-low-tier combat power being weak, what does that have to do with Konoha's high-tier combat power?
Rasa remembered very clearly how Uchiha En easily crushed the Ichibi.
Setting Uchiha En aside, the Uchiha Clan also had Body Flicker Shisui, and Kakashi Hatake, who inherited the White Fang's swordsmanship, was also very formidable.
Not to mention there was also Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage.
To tell the truth, it wasn't impossible for Konoha's high-tier combat power to fight four enemies alone again.
At a time like this, the Sand Ninjas would have to be insane to follow the Iwagakure Ninjas to deal with Konoha.
Compared to the Sand Ninjas, the Iwagakure Ninjas and Cloud Ninjas clearly didn't understand Konoha's current situation.
Seeing signs of concession from Konoha during the negotiations, the Cloud Ninjas felt that Konoha was backing down.
The Cloud Village Envoy became increasingly arrogant, putting on a harsh face and making increasingly excessive demands.
They didn't know that at this moment, Minato Namikaze had reached his limit of patience; the Cloud Ninjas' attitude made even the good-natured Minato Namikaze want to start a war directly.
And the Cloud Ninjas were still courting death; Konoha's concession finally made them resolve to act tonight to steal a pair of Byakugan.
Thus, the people in the Cloud Village Envoy began their flashy operations.
The cannon fodder leader in the envoy volunteered, expressing his willingness to go to the Hyuga Main Family compound to steal Hyuga Hinata.
After a series of flashy operations, the leading Cloud Village Envoy member, under the cover of his teammates, hid in a residence near the Hyuga Main Family compound.
His teammates cooperated by using Shadow Clone and Transformation Jutsu to take his place, covering his movements.
Unfortunately, they didn't know that these operations of theirs had long been seen clearly by the people of the Police Force.
Night arrived, a dark and windy night, the time for murder and arson.
A figure dressed in black climbed over the wall and entered the Hyuga Main Family compound.
He came to Hyuga Hiashi's courtyard with familiarity and climbed in directly once again.
Then he took out the anesthetic he had prepared long ago and blew it into Hyuga Hiashi's home.
After waiting at the door for 5 minutes, he swaggered in by pushing the door open.
Obviously, he was very confident in his anesthetic.
This guy fumbled around, found the person he wanted, and left Hyuga Hiashi's home while carrying Hinata directly.
After he left, the dozen or so Anbu members lying in ambush in Hyuga Hiashi's courtyard appeared, and the dozen or so Police Force members hiding on the roof also jumped down.
Hyuga Hiashi also walked out of the room, holding the sleeping Hinata in his arms.
The Cloud Ninjas seemed easier to deal with than they had imagined!
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