In front of Duke, a biting cold suddenly surged up, water vapor visibly condensed into ice, and a huge, ferocious dragon head opened its mouth.

"Ice Escape!?"

The masked man was terrified, and suddenly remembered that in the ninja manual he carried with him, there was an ice escape bloodline ninja on the list of S-level ninjas in the ninja world, and that person was in Konoha.

Konoha's Jonin Duke Mitarai is proficient in ice and water jutsu. If you encounter him during a mission, you can interrupt the mission without being punished depending on the situation.

Remember, this person is extremely dangerous!!

The masked man vaguely remembered what his boss told him before he left, that if you encounter Konoha's ice-style ninja, don't think about anything, don't ask anything, just run.

Unfortunately, the dragon's upper and lower jaws had already bitten down, and it was too late to run. In the frozen dragon's eyes, an icy blue light flashed and disappeared, followed by an infinite cold air that pressed down from the sky.

Of the three parties involved, Hiashi looked ashamed, Duke looked indifferent, and Minato looked... his expression could not be seen because of the mask he was wearing.

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To put it bluntly, the grievances between the wealthy families and the villages are just political games. Hiashi knows that he is trapped in a whirlpool and can't escape tomorrow even if he can avoid it today. He holds Hinata in his arms with a frown on his face.

Duke, Minato and Hiashi, the three of them gathered around the corpse, Minato handed the rescued Hinata to Hiashi. In Duke's opinion, Minato did the right thing, after all, if a father-in-law always hugs his daughter-in-law, it would be bad for Naruto to hold his head up in the future.

It is also possible that the Uchiha clan’s pearl was in front, and the entire clan, except for Erzhuzi, even the gatekeeper Wangcai was not spared. It is quite scary.

After Danzo finished speaking, Sarutobi Hiruzen followed up with a supplement. The two of them, one with a red face and the other with a black face, fooled Hiashi into crying gratitude... No way.

Sarutobi Hiruzen tapped his pipe with a headache and sighed, "Hiruzen, you are too impulsive."

In other words, no matter what the secret behind the leader's death is, Konoha must give an explanation to the ninja world, and using Duke's life to repay a life seems to be a good choice.

He was supposed to be the elder brother-in-law, but he fell to his knees before he even started bullying the people. How unwelcome is he! Ningci: I will write the word "miserable" on Kishimoto's leg!

Hiashi saw it clearly in his heart, and immediately prostrated himself on the ground and cried, "Please, Lord Hokage, make a decision for the Hyuga clan!"

A bloodline that wants the Byakugan shouldn't be so blatant! They really think Konoha is stupid! There was a moment of silence in the Hokage's office. Hyuga Hiashi was dumbfounded. He had never seen such a shameless person. Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo were also shocked by the appetite of the Hidden Cloud Village. Although they wanted to give the Hyuga clan a warning for the stability of the village, if they really followed the Hidden Cloud Village's way of playing, it would not be a warning, but forcing the Hyuga clan to rebel.

We are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are you playing Liao Zhai with me! Isn't it just that my Hyuga clan is in the limelight recently, and you want to put on a show for me?

"Konoha is the largest ninja village in the ninja world. I won't do anything that is servile to me." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded. The Hidden Cloud Village clearly regarded him as an idiot. If he really agreed, he would be stabbed in the back. Not to mention how the major families in the village would react, other villages would definitely follow the Hidden Cloud Village and ride on Konoha's head and shit and piss.

At this time, an Anbu knocked on the door and came in, delivering the reply from the Cloud Village envoy team. They demanded that the murderer who killed the envoy leader be handed over. If Konoha agreed, they could forgive the past and continue to sign the peace treaty tomorrow. Otherwise, the war would continue.

Before dying, the masked man's frozen brain only had time to utter a question: MMP, wasn't it agreed that the gender was male?

Hinata Hiashi lowered his head in shame and said, "Hokage-sama, I was upset because my daughter was kidnapped, so I made a big mistake. But my daughter is the only child of the main family, the future leader of the Hyuga clan. The actions of the Hidden Cloud Village are really too much."

The moonlight was cool, the ice melted away, and only a frozen corpse remained.

As expected of the head of the clan, Hiashi's words were very responsible, fully demonstrating the demeanor of a wealthy family. However, he himself may not realize that because the Hyuga clan has been a little arrogant recently, and was recorded in the small notebook by Sarutobi Hiruzen, if the Hyuga clan really had to take on the responsibility alone, it is very likely that they would be played around and lose their dignity.

It was impossible to hand over Hyuga Hiashi, but fighting another war for the sake of a Kumogakure leader was not worth the loss. The four high-ranking officials discussed a compromise solution.

Duke's heart skipped a beat when he saw this. The next plot is that Hizashi, a branch family, died for the family. If we were to say who was hit the hardest by Hizashi's death, it must be Neji. He lost his father at a young age and thought that the main family had forced his father to death. He has always hated the main Hyuga family.

"The Hidden Cloud Village has been plotting to get rid of the Byakugan for a while, but isn't it a bit too much to be so blatant? Do they really think Konoha is a soft persimmon?" Duke said in a playful tone, not caring at all that he had caused a big disaster.

Needless to say, his strength is second only to Team 7 among the Twelve Ninjas, and he is also the first to become a Jonin.

One step back, one step back at a time. If we hand over the Hyuga clan leader today, will we have to hand over the Uchiha clan leader tomorrow? This is possible!

"It is true that the Hidden Cloud Village was at fault first, but..." Sarutobi Hiruzen paused. Shimura Danzo, the scapegoat for thousands of years and Konoha's No. 1 black-body, took over the conversation: "But the person who died was an envoy who came to negotiate peace on behalf of the Hidden Cloud Village. His death will definitely be recorded in the Hidden Cloud Village. The village will not pay for Hyuga. You must be prepared to be made difficult."

"But don't worry, Hiashi. If the Hidden Cloud Village intends to make things difficult, the village will not ignore it."

The two of them never mentioned Duke, as if this matter had nothing to do with them. Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to take this opportunity to criticize the Hyuga clan, and he didn't even look at him.

Duke was watching from the side and his liver ached...his kidneys also ached. In short, he felt uncomfortable all over. This bunch of old bastards pretended to be ignorant even though they knew the truth, without even getting red in the face or breathing hard.

Minato and Hiashi immediately thought of this. Hiashi's face changed drastically, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This matter started with my Hyuga clan, and it should end with my Hyuga clan. I am deeply sorry for involving you two. But don't worry, the Hyuga clan will take full responsibility for this matter and will definitely not push it onto you two."

Konoha Village, Hokage's office! Konoha's top brass gathered together. The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen said nothing after listening to Hiashi's report. He puffed on his pipe and felt extremely depressed. They finally survived the war with the Hidden Cloud Village and were about to sign a peace treaty, but this happened.

Including the two elders, the four top leaders all rejected the request of the Hidden Cloud Village. They were all shrewd people and since this was a matter concerning the prestige of the village, they would not allow any compromise.

The envoy of the Hidden Cloud Village was killed in the Hidden Leaf Village. In a small sense, it is a conspiracy between Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village. In a big sense, it is a diplomatic conflict between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning. If not handled properly, the dispute may escalate into a war.

"Sarutobi, this is absolutely impossible. Konoha will never be controlled by the Hidden Cloud Village." Danzo Shimura was the first to speak, fearing that Sarutobi Hiruzen would suffer from Alzheimer's disease and be led by the nose by the Hidden Cloud Village.

Then... he knelt! What a tragic father and son! It's really a pity to talk about Neji. When he first appeared, he was called a genius together with Nijiru and was quite popular. Later, he became a supporting actor and finally died in the Ninja World War. It's okay to die. The Fourth Ninja World War was so intense that it would be too unfair to Madara if some people didn't die. But the key point is that Neji's death was really meaningless.

He died without any foreshadowing. After he died, everyone fought as they were supposed to...

It was difficult to dig out useful information from a frozen corpse, but Hiashi wanted to see who dared to focus on his precious daughter. He wanted to let the forces behind the other party know that the Hyuga clan was not easy to mess with. With Duke's help, the black mask was roughly removed, and the masked man revealed his true face.

By the way, the designated murderer of Kumogakure Village is Hyuga Hiashi. It's really enough. The leader's body is like frozen pork, but the Kumogakure gang insists that he died from the soft fist...

Duke vaguely remembered that in the original novel, the Hyuga clan sacrificed Hizashi, Hiashi's younger brother, to resolve the dispute. Since then, the Hyuga clan has been honest, usually not showing off, low-key like a small family, without the grandeur of Konoha's largest clan.

Because of Hizashi's death, Neji had always maintained a pessimistic fatalism and insisted on fate. It was only after he was defeated by Naruto and learned the truth that he re-examined himself and became much gentler.

"It's him?" Hiashi was horrified. The masked man was none other than the ninja leader from the Hidden Cloud Village who came to Konoha to negotiate peace.

Duke has a good impression of Neci. He has a very calm and silent personality, a clear mind and is good at rationally analyzing situations. Although he seems to have no emotions, he actually cares very much about his companions and has good leadership skills.

Having said so much, the most important point is that Neji is the son of Hizashi, who was the captain of Duke's team and took care of Duke a lot. When Neji was born, Duke came to give him a red envelope. If Hizashi died, who would pay the red envelope?

For the sake of the red envelope money, I can't die!

"Third generation lord, elders, can you listen to me?" Duke said.

Duke's sudden words instantly made the Hokage's office quiet. Including Sarutobi Hiruzen, four old guys, a total of seven eyes, suddenly looked over, wanting to hear what Duke had to say.

(End of this chapter)