It's okay for strange things to happen once or twice. Once they happen more often, you'll eventually find a pattern.

Another boatload of people was escorted away.

Uehara and Hinata walked back on the water, "Stop." Uehara stopped Hinata, "Just now, Hinata, you went back to Ghost Lantern City alone, and nothing happened, right?"

"Now, you stay here and let me do it."

Collecting intelligence is inherently boring, and the secrets may be hidden in inconspicuous places.

Uehara, who has the perspective of a time traveler, knows the secrets of Ghost Lantern Castle much better than Hinata.

Moving his feet step by step, Uehara deliberately walked towards the center of Ghost Light City, silently estimating the distance. Sure enough, after a certain distance, it seemed that he had reached a certain limited range, and the sea level suddenly surged with waves again.

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Like the previous times, this abnormality quickly disappeared.

"It seems that it's my fault." Uehara was close to the truth, but he didn't feel relaxed at all, and instead became even more depressed.

Uehara told Hinata what he had discovered.

"Is there such a thing?" Hinata looked at Uehara from head to toe with a puzzled look on his face, "Is there anything special about you Uehara?"

"It's more special than you think." Naturally, Hinata Zhen didn't believe it.

This is a fact. A soul from another world is probably the most peculiar existence in the ninja world.

(I have to sneak in and take a look.) Uehara thought carefully. He secretly looked at Hinata, hesitated, and finally gave up his plan to involve Hinata.

"Hey, we have to speed up the progress."

Ghost Lantern City is not safe, and the source of the danger is still unknown, which aggravates Uehara's uneasiness.

The number of door movements suddenly became more frequent, almost driving Wuji and the elders crazy.

For several days, the guards of Ghost Lantern City had many important things to report to Wuji, but without exception, none of them could find anyone who was not Wuji.

In Wuji's secret laboratory, behind a wall is the door itself.

There was another strange movement. This time, all the elders saw the evil ghost mask on the door almost coming to life.

The key to realizing the long-cherished wish of countless generations of Kusanagi seems to be right in front of them, and the elders, like Wuji, cannot calm down.

"There must be something happening in Ghost Lantern City or Menmen that we don't know about."

"No matter what it is, Wuji, find him."

—

The evacuation of civilians was proceeding in an orderly manner, and Uehara was quietly preparing to find out the details of Ghost Lantern City. He never left Ghost Lantern City again.

The door did not move at all.

Tomori Wuki, who had disappeared for a few days, appeared with dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't had a good rest in the past few days.

Pretending, Wuji came to the strait and commanded the guards of Ghost Lantern City, looking like he was helping.

"Tomori-sama." Hyuga Minato approached Wuji accompanied by Konoha ANBU.

"My companions and I seem to have encountered something strange," Hinata Zhen said in a calm tone like chatting, as if telling some interesting anecdote, "When we leave Ghost Lantern City for a while and then come back, there will always be inexplicable waves on the sea surface.

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"At the same time, there will be inexplicable vibrations inside Ghost Lantern City." Finding that Wuji's expression was a bit unnatural, Hinata secretly thought that there was indeed something wrong. He pointed at his eyes calmly, "Is it some kind of strange ninjutsu? Even me

It’s really interesting that these white eyes that can see through everything can’t detect any abnormalities.”

(White eyes?) Wuji's eyes intersected with Hinata's for a moment, and he noticed Hinata's eyes with white pupils. (Could this strange bloody successor be related to the abnormal movement of the door...) The more he thought about it, the more Wuji felt.

It's possible that he was feeling violently inside, but he didn't show it at all on his expression.

"Every ninja village has secrets," Hinata said with a hint of threat in his tone, "The grass ninja village doesn't seem to be enough to threaten Konoha."

"Furthermore, Konoha Ninja Village and Grass Ninja Village have a long-term cooperative relationship. If..."

"Sorry. Excuse me." It was very rude. Before Hinata could finish speaking, Wuji hurriedly said hello and left.

Hinata, who was stunned on the spot, looked at Wuji who was walking away, "Asshole." Hinata cursed secretly.

No matter what secret plan the Kusanagi had, Hyuga Nana's purpose of beating the Kuai Ninja in the name of Konoha failed. He has the qualifications, and after "marrying into the family" of a great master, Hyuga Nana is now nominally on the same level as the Hokage.

Naruto is also nominally a subordinate of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

"White eyes!!"

Opening his Byakugan, his field of vision expanded rapidly. Hinata wanted to see where Uehara had gone.

—

In the past few days, Wuji has had more interactions with the elders than in all the previous days combined.

"...My experiments were wrong from the very beginning. All experiments were based on ordinary people, and there were very few ordinary ninjas. The bodies of blood-successor ninjas hide secrets. It is almost confirmed that the Hyuga clan's white eyes caused the door.

Reason for abnormal movement."

"Good opportunity, isn't it?"

"Capturing Hinata will definitely lead to revenge from the Konoha Ninja Village."

"If the Hyuga clan's bloodline is successfully opened, the Konoha Ninja Village's revenge will not be a worry."

"But what if it fails?"

The secret room was silent for a moment.

"The Grass Ninja Village completely surrenders to the Sand Ninja." A hoarse voice under a mask said.

Wuji and the elders have always had many differences. This time, in a very short period of time, they reached a consensus.

A conspiracy is brewing.

Hinata's Byakugan hadn't found Uehara yet, but he noticed something unusual.

"alert!"

Hinata reminded his subordinates, "Some strange people are coming towards us."

The battle-hardened ANBU immediately formed a cross formation and surrounded Hinata.

(Are these guys grass ninjas?) Hinata looked serious. The other party did not wear a forehead protector or a ninja uniform, so it was difficult to confirm his identity.

Ninjas wearing ape, horse-headed chicken and crane masks and wearing black and red robes jumped down from the tower and rushed straight towards Hinata and the others.

The opponent is very fast and getting closer, and will soon reach the attack range.

"Sir!" The ANBU ninja holding a shuriken in his hand could not help but remind him as he had not received the order to attack.

Hinata's face was gloomy, and he was really cunning. The opponent came clearly with hostility, but he deliberately rushed over without even throwing one of the shurikens used for testing by ninjas in battle.

"Attack!!" He no longer cares about diplomatic disputes or anything like that.

Hinata Zhen took the lead in issuing the attack order.

The ANBU ninja who had been waiting for a long time immediately released the shuriken in his hand.

"Fire Release - Firefly Technique!!!"

The ANBU of the Shiranui clan on the side immediately activated their ninjutsu, burning the shurikens thrown by their companions into the green fireflies. With the blessing of fire escape, the ordinary shuriken attacks immediately became extremely intimidating.

"Jiejie, Konoha ninjas are attacking us, kill them all!"

The opponent had come with a plan. Now, the Konoha ninjas took the lead in attacking. There was no need to cover up anymore, and the killing broke out in an instant.

The entire Oni Lantern City guards and Kusanagi ninjas immediately rushed out from all parts of the city to surround Hinata.

"Bagua—mountain-breaking attack!!"

"Soft Boxing Technique - Spiral Strike!!"

The Soft Fist technique is a ninjutsu for close combat and cannot reach far. Hinata received the technique of Rasengan from Uehara. Combined with the Soft Fist technique, a small steel ball is enough to expand the attack range of the Soft Fist several times.

The penetrating soft fist chakra wrapped around the steel balls and flew at a speed exceeding the speed of sound. The torn floor tiles flew, together with the screams of the friction between the marbles and the air and the tearing of the bodies of the densely packed guards.
Chapter completed!