boyutpedia Chapter 218 Kindness is often taken advantage of.
Chapter 218 Kindness is often taken advantage of.
Chapter 218 Kindness is often taken advantage of.
"?" The members of the clan were stunned, not expecting to pass the test so easily.
In the past, during Hiruzen Sarutobi's time, they would often be dragged out and beaten even when there was nothing wrong. But if something this serious happened, they wouldn't be able to escape without being skinned alive.
But nowadays————
Could it be—
The group exchanged glances and instantly understood each other, reaching a tacit agreement without a word.
Immediately, one of them cautiously spoke up, "Lord Jiraiya, in order to help rebuild the village, our Hyuga clan is willing to donate 300 million ryo to the village. Please accept this offer, Lord Jiraiya."
"Oh, this is wonderful!" Jiraiya was overjoyed, his brows relaxing considerably. "The village is in dire need of rebuilding right now, and we desperately need money. Your willingness to donate so much money to the village is a tremendous help."
"Yes, it's all for the village; this is what we should do!"
The smiles on the faces of the clan members became even more obsequious, but their bent backs straightened considerably.
Their initial bottom line was to donate 3 billion ryo, but they found that Jiraiya, the Hokage, seemed surprisingly "easy to talk to," so they simply cut the price down to 300 million ryo.
They were initially on tenterhooks, their eyes fixed on Jiraiya's expression. If Jiraiya frowned even slightly, someone would immediately jump out and play the good cop, increasing the amount of money involved.
Poor Jiraiya, a political novice, had no idea that this money was "life-saving money" used by the Hyuga main family to evade responsibility. He actually thought that these main family members were contributing to the village!
He completely squandered the golden opportunity presented by the murder of the Third Hokage. Instead of taking the chance to extort a hefty sum from the Hyuga main family, he was secretly pleased, thinking that the village had strong cohesion and that the Hyuga clan was willing to make sacrifices. He praised the Hyuga main family members quite a bit.
At this point, the Hyuga main family members understood everything. They immediately felt relieved, straightened their backs, regained their main family demeanor, and began to speak politely and formally to Jiraiya.
Jiraiya was most annoyed by these things. After saying a few words to them, he turned around and went to deal with his affairs, ignoring them completely.
By this time, the battlefield had been mostly cleaned up. The rebel faction was almost entirely wiped out, and the few remaining were all heavily wounded. There was nothing more to do with them; just collect their bodies.
A quick check revealed that Hyuga Neji had also disappeared sometime during the day, most likely rescued by Uchiha An.
At this point, the life or death of a branch family ninja is no longer that important.
Even if he was the ringleader of the rebellion, there's no need to pay too much attention to him.
"Let's issue a warrant later and list him as an S-rank rogue ninja!" Jiraiya sighed, frowning.
In his heart, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Neji's choice, but his position was what it was; he was now the next Hokage, and that was all he could do.
Meanwhile, An had reunited with Jue and the others.
"Is this person even useful anymore? Why are you saving him again?"
Zetsu handed Neji, whom he was carrying, to An and asked with a smile.
An activated his eye power to heal Neji's severe injuries, then handed the healing item back to Zetsu, pointing at White Zetsu and instructing, "Get Neji a White Zetsu arm."
"I remember you had Hinata Hanabi too. Send her over later, I need her."
"What mischief are you up to now?" Jue asked curiously.
An ignored him and just walked forward with a smile.
Zetsu followed closely behind, pressing him for an answer: "I thought you were going to kill Itachi, so why didn't you in the end?"
"Hehe—" This time, An didn't keep him in suspense and answered directly with a smile, "I've said it before, death would be too easy for him."
"Close your eyes, kick your legs, and don't care about anything anymore, that would be so blissful."
"I am still living in this hell, how can I bear to let him go to the underworld to enjoy bliss?"
"Itachi is just experiencing a breakdown of his obsession, and he's completely despondent, but he's not desperate yet!"
"Don't underestimate Itachi. He'll get out of that state sooner or later, and then I'll arrange a new storyline for him."
"Hmm, I see. But what if he can't get out of this?"
"Hehe—" Hearing Jue's question, An chuckled strangely, "Then I'll arrange for someone to help him out!"
"Look how kind and helpful I am!"
"Tsk tsk, your twisted sense of humor is getting worse!" Zetsu chuckled, then asked, "What about Jiraiya? You've got a new storyline for him too, huh?"
"Of course!" An said with great enthusiasm, "As the saying goes, liars die from honesty, and loyal people die from betrayal."
"Jiraiya was an idealist, so he should have been killed by his own ideals!"
"I hope he'll like the little gift I carefully prepared for him!"
"hey-hey----"
Amidst Ann's eerie laughter, the group walked further and further away, gradually disappearing into the sunset.
In Konoha Village, after a period of chaos, the mess left by the Hyuga rebellion was finally roughly cleaned up.
However, Jiraiya soon encountered his first problem.
What does it mean that someone cannot be buried in the family cemetery?
"It means exactly what it says!" The main branch family member, who was speaking to Jiraiya, said matter-of-factly, "These branch families are traitors, how can they be buried in the family cemetery?"
"We didn't mutilate their corpses and display them to the public, which is already out of consideration for our shared race."
"Lord Jiraiya, this is an internal matter of the Hyuga clan. Perhaps you should leave it alone?"
"But—" Jiraiya looked behind the main family, where many branch families were filled with grief, and many were standing in front of some corpses, silently shedding tears. It was clear that they could not sever their feelings for these rebellious branch families.
Although their ideologies differed, the surviving members of the branch family knew that their rebellion was a fight for the future of the branch family. However, their methods were too extreme, and they were instigated by bad people, which led to the tragic outcome.
If you were to ask these branch families for their opinions, even if they had fought each other with these dead before, they would probably be willing for them to be able to enter the family cemetery for eternal rest.
When a person dies, their debts are wiped out!
"Hmph!" Seemingly sensing Jiraiya's sympathy for the rebellious branch families, the main family member said coldly and displeasedly, "Lord Jiraiya, if you have any objections to this, why don't you send these people to the village's communal cemetery?"
"Alright, then—" Jiraiya sighed, and was about to agree when Nara Shikasuke behind him hurriedly stopped him.
"Wait a minute, Lord Jiraiya."
"I understand your pity for these former comrades in the village, but they have been identified as rogue ninja and are not allowed to enter the village's public cemetery."
"You should at least consider the feelings of the families of the other ninjas who died in battle, and the opinions of their clans regarding this matter!"
"This—" Jiraiya wasn't completely ignorant of worldly affairs, but sometimes he was a bit one-dimensional in his thinking, following his heart without considering so many things. Now, after being reminded by Nara Shikasuke, he immediately understood.
He stammered for a long time, then finally had no choice but to compromise, sighing, "Then... then let's just treat them as rogue ninja!"