Due to Tsunade's own request, and the fact that the mission itself was not difficult or dangerous, it was... just a little complicated and shady, to the point where no paper records would be left behind, so the members of the Hanyu Action Team became himself, Tsunade, Sakumo, and Sanna of the Uzumaki clan.
Sanna is a perception ninja, and it is not wrong to bring a perception ninja with you on any action, so Hanyu also adopted such a "conventional configuration"... However, it is very likely that Sanna does not know the real purpose of her trip from beginning to end, and even Sakumo does not know.
Before the mission began, Hanyu gathered the three people together and said, "Everyone, please pay attention. The ostensible purpose of this mission is to monitor the envoys from Kumogakure leaving the Land of Fire. However, on the way back, we need to pass through Daimyo Castle. Another hidden mission needs to be carried out there."
Whenever this happens, it is time for Hanyu's routine "mission briefing". His arrangements are always very good, whether in terms of material or psychological construction, each time it is very detailed, cautious, meticulous and operational.
However, up to now, no matter due to subjective or objective reasons, his plan has never been perfectly executed. This is a very regrettable thing, so Hanyu decided that at least this time he would follow the plan.
You must act according to the plan.
Next, Hanyu of course would not mention the Daimyo at all, so he continued, "Daimyo... Konoha once arranged a spy next to the Daimyo, and just before, the Daimyo arranged for the spy to come to the village as an envoy to attend the wedding of the Third Hokage, but unfortunately, due to the turmoil that night, she died. But I got to her just before she died, so she gave it to me."
As he spoke, Hanyu took out the blood-stained amulet, which was just a small square silk brocade bag about the length of a finger, with two lines of auspicious words embroidered in gold thread on one side of the bag.
Then, Hanyu opened the bag and pulled out the note hidden inside .
The note was stained with blood, but the words on it were still visible - it was an address somewhere in Capital City.
"A relative of the spy lives here. She was a meritorious person who once passed important information to Konoha. Although she has passed away now, we should at least bring her relatives back to Konoha. As for right and wrong, merits and demerits, being a ninja also requires morality." Hanyu said.
Although this was not his real purpose for going to Daimyo Castle, this statement was also true. In a sense, spies in the ninja world, whether they were enemies or friends, were the ones who had no choice.
At first, Hanyu felt that the maid had betrayed Konoha, but in fact it was just that her control had changed from Konoha to the daimyo, and her position was never determined by herself.
She should have protected herself well. At least the daimyo didn't know she was a spy of Konoha until the end. Otherwise, she wouldn't have survived, let alone been sent to Konoha as an envoy by the daimyo with the important mission of marriage. However, the daimyo either didn't have absolute trust in her, or just wanted to hold her sister as a safety net. But no matter what, the maid was controlled by others.
As for why she did not choose to ask Konoha for help on this matter, it might be that her relatives would at least be better off in the hands of the daimyo than in the hands of Konoha's spy department.
Judging from the note she carried with her, perhaps she had a premonition and awareness of death a long time ago. Once she died, her sister's position would immediately change - if she was gone, the bargaining chip to control her would also lose its meaning.
At this time, based on her past contributions, she could ask Konoha for help.
Even until her death, she could not guarantee whether the cold-blooded ninja village would show a trace of warmth in this matter, but this was her only glimmer of hope for her sister's freedom.
Although this series of thoughts were only guesses, the thoughts of a spy would be extremely complicated after all. The calculations that ordinary people could make were very limited, and she would only calculate them all - in fact, in the end, perhaps because she did not want to lose the only glimmer of hope in her imagination, she still thought too highly of the ninja village.
If it wasn't for Hanyu, her note might have meant nothing.
Whether it is the education he received or the experiences in his past life, Hanyu is accustomed to treating a person as a human being rather than as a bargaining chip or a tool.
Even though Tsunade was the "victim", she probably wouldn't care . The maid was just a pawn, not the instigator, so there was nothing wrong with what Hanyu said.
He explained everything clearly, then stuffed the note back into the amulet and put the thing into Hatake Sakumo's hands.
"Let's go and meet our 'escort'."
After saying that, Hanyu stood up first and led the team to meet up with the people from Kumogakure.
…
"We came to Konoha as envoys of Kumogakure to attend the wedding of the Third Hokage. We represent the face of a village and a country, but we were detained by you for no reason. It is simply unreasonable... The turmoil you encountered is your problem and has nothing to do with us. But now it has caused us to be delayed. How are we going to explain to the Raikage?"
After seeing Hanyu and others, the envoy from Kumogakure immediately began to accuse them. If this was not Konoha, they would even take direct action.
"Yes, yes, you are right, the envoy of Kumogakure. The Third Hokage will definitely explain this matter to the Raikage."
Konoha was wrong in the first place, and people should be reasonable, so Hanyu just smiled along.
"Considering Konoha's previous slander against our Kumogakure, it's great that we are willing to maintain the alliance and come to the wedding, but what about you?!"
In fact, considering the current relationship between Kumogakure and Konoha, the four-member team of envoys it sent to Konoha is composed of only one ordinary jonin and three ordinary chuunins. The jonin was promoted from chuunin because of those who had been on the battlefield for many years and were lucky enough not to die.
Therefore, these four people have no status in Kumo, otherwise such "dirty and tiring work" would not only fall on them.
The other party's attitude was so bad. On the one hand, the Hidden Cloud Ninja had always been like this. On the other hand, their identity as envoys allowed them to make reasonable noises. On the other hand... as an ordinary ninja, there were not many opportunities to speak loudly. Perhaps this leading Jonin was immersed in the delusion that he was a big shot.
"slander?"
This word caught Hanyu's attention.
"You said we besieged a ninja team in Konoha, and we suffered heavy losses, etc. Isn't this slander?"
Hanyu's expression suddenly became strange. Damn it, are you guys going to make such a shameful thing known to everyone? Do you really think that what happened never happened? Are you deceiving yourself to such an extent?
"Excuse me, envoy...what is your name?"
"Kumogakure Jounin Im, what's the matter? Is there a problem?"
Hanyu said cautiously, as if he had suffered some grievance, "Lord Yimu, I don't know if you have heard of my name. Maybe you have heard of it, maybe you haven't. This is all normal, but... this is like this, my name is Hanyu, have you heard of it?"
"…"
The Cloud Hidden Village envoy raised his eyebrows and was about to scold Hanyu, "Who the hell do you think you are? Do you need to know your name?" However, after Hanyu finished speaking, his words and the expression he had been preparing for came to an abrupt halt.
He opened his mouth hard, wanting to curse, but he couldn't utter a word at this moment, because Hanyu's clear eyes seemed to be staring at his neck without blinking.
At this time, Hanyu understood, Oh, this person has heard of my name.
So how should we communicate next?
Nice to meet you?
Have you heard of it for a long time?
It's a bit funny in a serious diplomatic occasion.
But no one cared about this. Tsunade behind Hanyu couldn't help but burst out laughing.
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