Reborn Into Naruto World With Tenseigan
Treason Troubles
The next day, during morning practice, Kuroto heard whispers about the attack on the Patriarch, who also confirmed that the blood and tissue samples Orochimaru sent yesterday were indeed obtained from Hyuga Hiashi.
Although Kuroto has speculations about this, but the thought that Orochimaru can casually injure the strongest ninja of the Hyuga clan, even if through stealthy attacks, still makes Kuroto quite disappointed with Hyuga.
Based on this information alone Kuroto was able to deduce that it was not easy for a member of the Hyuga Clan to reach the level of strength of a Sanin even through rigorous training and countless efforts. Although it was not impossible but the difficulty of the goal was too high unless of course, his talent was too high.
Moreover, in terms of talent, Kuroto knew that she belonged to the category of mediocrity, which could be easily understood based on the number of groups of gene sequences activated in her DNA.
In the case of most of the Hyuga clan, about 20 of the 33 specialized gene sequences are generally active. And for strong individuals like current Patriarch Hyuga Hiashi; as many as 28 groups of 33 groups have achieved active status, while there were also individuals like him with less than 20 groups in active status. Therefore, it was not too difficult to understand that his talents belonged to the below average category among the clans.
If he were to attend a general training program then no matter how much effort he put in, no matter how much training he went through, no matter how experienced he was with performing the task, it would be, at most he could reach the rank of special Jonin.
After that, his strength growth would stop, and he could not let that happen if he wanted to survive in this war-torn world.
Regarding the specific details about the attack on the Hyuga clan Patriarch not releasing such information publicly, they might decide to keep it a secret.
Kuroto could also understand the purpose of doing so. Most likely patriarch Hyuga Hiashi realized that his attacker was Orochimaru, and Orochimaru's identity was not easy to resist. Aside from being the most talented disciple of the 3rd generation Hokage, he was also a Sanin with Kage level strength and great influence; truly a troublesome opponent to fight against, it was not someone the Hyuga Clan wanted to deal with if given another choice. Therefore, the clan elder council must have concluded voting quietly on the matter.
‘Orochimaru dared to take the initiative to attack not just any ninja but the Patriarch of one of the main clans of Konoha Village showed that he was not afraid to reveal his identity. This definitely means that he has most likely completed all the necessary preparations to leave Konoha; so his defection plan could be launched at any time.’ This conclusion led Kuroto to believe that Orochimaru would defect.
Orochimaru's defection has its pros and cons for Kuroto at the moment, though, the advantage is naturally that he will not be under such heavy pressure as working under some like Orochimaru but also causing a loss namely that he has now lost the strong support provided he's the protection he's gonna lose. Moreover, once Orochimaru leaves the village, Kuroto will also be under close supervision as one of Sannin's disciples.
‘People who knew about my involvement in the Human Experiment were only Orochimaru, at least those who were still alive after the 3rd Ninja War. So as long as he does not reveal my involvement, no one should come to target me for it and knowing Orochimaru, I doubt he will reveal it. Therefore, as long as there are no major accidents, the village should have no direct evidence of my involvement, aside from some possible doubt or speculation
Among the many researchers on Orochimaru's team, not many survived the 3rd war, and because of the special nature of the Byakugan his research field is completely separate, he said, he therefore did not interact much with other researchers because he generally secluded himself in an independent laboratory. So, other than him and Orochimaru, no one was aware of the experimental project he was working on.
After many times analyzing all the possible scenarios in his mind, Kuroto continued her morning practice each day quietly as if the impending storm that Orochimaru's defection was about to bring had nothing to do with her.
Over the next few days, there was no major change in the village; Konoha was as calm as it should be; he said; until finally on the night of the third day a fox-masked Anbu suddenly appears at Kuroto's house and takes her to Anbu headquarters temporarily.
The base is located in the northwest corner of the village, with a large area and very tight security, there are about seven to eight elite Anbu teams that are always on high alert, and this was the only one Kuroto could find.
After being taken to Anbu headquarters, he was escorted to a small room without furniture, the room had a sturdy iron fence installed outside with an Anbu guard standing.
This arrangement is more than just a temporary base or a temporary prison. Undoubtedly if the Anbu under the 4th Hokage were very wary, it could only mean that Orochimaru had officially defected either today or maybe tonight.
With his Byakugan eyes Kuroto observed everything in the temporary prison.
He can conclude that he did not belong to the first group of shinobi brought here or among the last group because there were already people here before his arrival and they were still brought here one after another, therefore his identity was not too much of a concern or not. a bit of attention; which was a perfect fit for him at the moment.
Ninja imprisoned all Orochimaru's subordinates without exception. There are hundreds of people already here and more and more ninjas are coming continuously. Among these hundreds of famous people, there were some famous village elites; many Jonin and Special Jonin. And there's nothing wrong with this; after all, Orochimaru is the Commander of two great ninja Wars; he has thousands of ninjas following his orders.
It was no wonder that there were hundreds of loyal subordinates over the years. After all, the village under the war mobilization had tens of thousands of ninjas. If there were not even hundreds of loyal subordinates then how could Orochimaru compete with Namikaze Minato for the position of the fourth Hokage.
Not everyone like Kuroto knew or could guess the reason for being brought here. Kuroto could bet that even among Orochimaru's loyal followers many were unaware of Orochimaru's defection; therefore they expressed great dissatisfaction at being detained even with reasonable explanations for doing so.
It was not until the third generation personally appeared, the noise died down.
Although the fourth generation Hokage Namikaze Minato had come to power, the third generation was still responsible for the management of many big and small affairs in the village, and even in the eyes of many third-generation senior shinobi still hold the same or perhaps higher power than the fourth generation.
In the presence of the third generation, the screening work immediately began.
The first to be filtered and cleaned was undoubtedly the elite shinobi with high strength, the chunin promoted during the war period like Kuroto was not a top priority because it was ignored for a while.
Although Kuroto is more than aware that a shinobi like him, under special promotion to Chunin in wartime does not have the true power of a senior chunin; but he was still depressed due to the fact that he was ignored for a long time.
Three days passed in an instant.
After being held for three whole days; still, no one brought him to the attention of bringing great dissatisfaction to Kuroto.
Undoubtedly, the screening work did not go smoothly. Many of the detained shinobi did not believe that Orochimaru, one of the three legendary Sanins would defect; therefore they did not cooperate with the investigation and review.
As for the idea of using torture on prisoners, the opinion of the village elders was contradictory.
After all; it was such a simple interrogation that it was difficult to investigate who participated in the experiment with Orochimaru; and who was the spy Orochimaru left behind in the village. It should also be known that the shinobi received rigorous counter-interrogation training and had just gone through the baptism of bloody war; no one here is a novice beginner who will start spitting information under petty torment. So the idea of using torture might not be any use.
And still, if torture is used, the implications are too great. Here not one, two, or three but hundreds of people were detained, and executing several hundred ninja who played many heroic roles for the village after the defection of Orochimaru was not a wise choice.
On the fifth day of detention, Village Elder Shimura Danzo finally appears in a temporary prison.
Danzo personally visited many prisoners one by one, no one knew what kind of conversation he had with the prisoners, but he took most of the prisoners with him.
‘It is not difficult to guess that they will now join Root!’ No need to think about it, Kuroto could easily deduce this result based on the information he had about Shimura Danzo from his last life.
If all the shinobi here can't be properly investigated, in that case letting Danzo recruit most of them was a much safer option for the village than letting such a huge instability factor roam around freely.
The ninjas held here had also understood their current situation in the village. Being loyal to Orochimany for a very long time they would not be accepted by the fourth generation Hokage in the elite unit. Adding to the fact that Minato-sama is very young means that he will remain in power for about 2 to 3 decades. Therefore he would build his loyal subordinate team. So, root remains the only best option available to most people here now.
In the next few days, Kuroto received many opportunities and invitations to join Root but he politely declined this opportunity. According to him, defecting is a better option than joining the roots, specializing in dirty work and dangerous actions under the wishes of Shimura Danzo.
Fortunately, the Akar people were also not too keen on recruiting Hyuga Kuroto; and left happily after being rejected.
The village allowed Shimura Danzo to ask for some ninja under his watch did not mean he could extend his hand to everyone. Therefore, Kuroto dared to reject the offer as it would not bring much trouble at the moment.
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