MTLNOVEL Chapter 201: Hmph╭(╯^╰)╮
The story begins yesterday.
After seeing off the Mizukage and his party, Sasuke and Itachi went home together, chatting and laughing.
On the way, they suddenly encountered a group of children playing ninja games, chasing and naoing, one of whom accidentally bumped into Sasuke.
"Ouch!" The little rascal fell on his butt.
"Are you okay?" Although his chat with his brother was interrupted, Sasuke didn't want to bother with the child. He squatted down to help him up, but was pushed away.
"I don't need your help!" The little rascal made a face and ran away, the other children, afraid of being scolded, also ran away in a swarm.
"You're disliked, Sasuke." Itachi teased Sasuke with a smile.
"Hmph╭(╯^╰)╮" Sasuke turned his face to the side, even if you're my brother, I'm not going to pay attention to you, at least ten... at least three minutes I don't want to talk to you.
The two brothers thought it was just an ordinary thing and didn't notice anything unusual.
However, at night, Itachi, who had gone to bed, suddenly opened his eyes. He heard footsteps coming from Sasuke's room.
Itachi originally thought his younger brother wanted to secretly practice at night, thinking that there weren't many missions recently, he could go and accompany him.
But Itachi quickly noticed something was wrong. Sasuke's direction was not towards the Training Ground at home at all, but towards leaving the clan grounds, and his walking posture was also a bit off.
After following him for a while, Itachi discovered that Sasuke was sleepwalking, trying to leave Konoha.
This was terrible. Leaving Konoha privately at night was no different from defecting, so Itachi stepped forward to stop him and tried to wake Sasuke up.
But Sasuke actually started fighting him without saying a word!
The method of dispelling Genjutsu was completely useless, so Itachi had to rely on his fancy Shuriken Technique, using Steel Wire to tie Sasuke up, and then woke him up.
Sasuke looked dazed, looked at the Steel Wire on his body, and asked, "Brother? Why am I here? Why am I tied up?"
Itachi helped Sasuke untie the restraints: "As expected, you don't remember anything that happened?"
Watching the Technique Formula on Sasuke's forehead gradually disappear, Itachi checked it but had no clue, so he had to wait until the next day to take Sasuke to one of the people in the village who was best at this.
Minato checked Sasuke over and over again, but still couldn't find the problem. According to Itachi, this seemed to be a Cursed Seal Technique that only appeared when activated, which was very tricky.
So, Minato summoned Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kushina, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura, preparing to give Sasuke an expert consultation. Putting aside the relationship between the two families, using this method to abduct a Konoha ninja, and one with a Kekkei Genkai, was also a very serious matter.
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This is why Minato personally came to pick up Naruto and Sakura, as this was more efficient.
Although it couldn't compare to Naruto's passenger transport service when transferring large numbers of people, Minato-sensei had no problem driving a private car or giving a scrub.
So Sasuke lay on the bed, surrounded by a group of people, the scene roughly as follows:
Naruto-Sakura-Itachi
Minato-Bed-Fugaku
Kushina-Bed-Mikoto
Tsunade-Jiraiya-Kakashi
Sasuke felt uncomfortable being stared at by everyone, especially the worried gaze from his mother, which he couldn't stand.
The situation is now understood by everyone. Someone must have disguised themself as a child and placed a Cursed Seal on Sasuke while he was helping them. Moreover, neither Itachi nor Sasuke noticed anything. Either this Cursed Seal is very complete and pure, or the person's strength is too high.
After all, Konoha just experienced the Sky Ninja invasion, so it's possible that someone sneaked in during the chaos.
Mikoto Uchiha frowned and said, "Is there no way to remove it?"
"No abnormalities were found in the body or mentally." Tsunade had already completed the examination. Such a strange Technique Formula is too rare.
The others were equally at a loss. Minato said, "I can't find any trace of the Cursed Seal at all, and even Sage Mode's perception can't detect any abnormalities."
Fugaku pondered, "As long as it's a Ninjutsu, it should require Chakra, but the Sharingan can't see any traces of other people's Chakra at all. This is unreasonable."
"Why don't we let the Byakugan try? They're professionals at looking at Chakra and meridian points." Naruto suggested, definitely not for personal gain.
Sasuke's family was understanding and didn't think Naruto's words were looking down on the Sharingan or deliberately provoking trouble.
Although they were both large clans in Konoha, they originally had some secret competition to be the number one clan.
But so many years have passed, Fugaku had long seen through it. The false name of being number one was meaningless, as long as the clan members were doing well. Of course, it would be best if there were fewer oddballs like Gan, Wen, and Cui.
So, without the desire to compete, both sides were families with some etiquette traditions. They saw each other often, and their relationship was actually pretty good. In recent years, the Military Police Force has also been recruiting members of the Hyuga Clan.
Therefore, when Naruto suggested asking the Hyuga Clan for help, Fugaku agreed without much thought: "Okay, I'll personally visit Hiashi."
Minato stopped him, "Before finding the mastermind, it's best not to make a big fuss. Let Naruto go. After explaining the situation, take us directly to the Hyuga Clan's interior."
Everyone nodded in agreement. No one asked for Naruto's opinion, because Naruto was used to running errands for his elders, so he didn't say anything, ruffled Sasuke's hedgehog head, and ran off.
Sasuke, who was originally lying down, suddenly jumped up and glared at the place where Naruto disappeared.
The two young men's banter slightly diluted Mikoto's worries: "You two are still on such good terms."
Sasuke crossed his arms and leaned back, if not because he couldn't beat Naruto: "Hmph ╭(╯^╰)╮."
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Naruto knocked on the door, and Hyuga Natsu, Hinata and Hanabi's maid, opened it.
"Natsu-neechan, is Hinata here?" Dad said not to make a big fuss, so it's reasonable for me to come over under the 'excuse' of looking for Hinata, right?
Hyuga Natsu replied, "The clan leader and Hizashi-sensei are instructing the young ladies in their training."
The whole family is here, that's perfect. Naruto said, "I have some things to discuss, can you take me there?"
"Yes." Hyuga Natsu responded and led the way.
The Hyuga Clan was actually quite satisfied with this future son-in-law. Naruto could almost swipe his face and freeload in the Hyuga Clan.
When they arrived at the Training Ground, Neji was sparring with Hanabi, and Hiashi was taking advantage of the absence of the main family elders to explain the Gentle Fist Technique's key points and his own experience to Hanabi.
It's hard to say whether Hanabi understood, but Neji and Hinata nodded in agreement.
Naruto had reason to suspect that Neji had learned those secret Techniques Formula that only the main family could learn in this way. It was estimated that Neji's sparring was fake, and training was real. Hiashi, as an uncle, was really racking his brains for his nephew.
Naruto quietly waited for Hiashi to finish a short section before going up to greet him.
Hiashi didn't care what Naruto heard, anyway, he couldn't learn it without the Byakugan. Besides, there was no need for him to steal the Technique Formula. In a few years, he would have everything. Damn it, Hiashi was so angry and wanted to hit someone.
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