Naruto: Start With Tenseigan C126 (Patreon)

Chapter 126: I Tried So Hard, Why Are You Still Alive? (Third update, seeking subscriptions)

The Fourth Raikage was indeed still alive, but right now he truly wished he were simply dead!

Not long after waking up, he found himself actually lying in a Konoha hospital receiving treatment.

This instantly made him wish he could pull out his own oxygen tube!

Looking across the entire Ninja World, there had never been a Kage who was captured; without exception, they all died in battle.

His current situation was simply a disgrace to the Ninja World!

What filled him with even more grief and indignation was that, aside from being unable to do anything, the brat who had beaten him into this state actually appeared right before him.

At this moment, he was about to grind his back teeth to pieces!

"Makoto, stop provoking him..."

Seeing this scene, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was full of helplessness.

"He is the Fourth Raikage, after all. Show some respect!"

"Oh."

Hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, Hyuga Makoto could only nod.

"Oh, I know. I'll pay attention. After all, as a defeated opponent, I'll give him the bare minimum of respect."

"Hey, that's enough of you..."

Tsunade was starting to lose her composure. It wasn't that she cared about the Fourth Raikage, but rather that the equipment showed the Fourth Raikage's heart rate was accelerating.

"If you keep going, wouldn't all my efforts to save him be in vain? He's about to be angered to death by you guys!"

"Indeed, Makoto, you should say a little less."

Kakashi, standing in the corner, was also finding it hard to keep a straight face. He didn't dare speak to Hiruzen Sarutobi, so he could only address Hyuga Makoto.

"Otherwise, if he really gets angered to death, the trouble will be huge."

"Tch, is this his only capacity?"

Hyuga Makoto curled his lip, looked around, and then asked in confusion,

"Sigh, where is the Pervy Sage? How come I don't see him?"

"Hmph, he went to Mount Myoboku, claiming there are some matters that need verification."

Hiruzen Sarutobi let out a soft huff, clearly somewhat dissatisfied with his Disciple's desertion in the face of battle.

However, he quickly turned serious.

"Makoto, I had you come this time to discuss matters concerning him. After all, he is your captive."

Before Hyuga Makoto could speak, the Fourth Raikage's remaining hand had already clenched into a fist!

His eyes stared with lethal intent at this group of Konoha Ninja before him, and the Killing Intent in his gaze could no longer be suppressed.

Yet, apart from Hyuga Makoto glancing at him, everyone else present was completely indifferent.

This made Hyuga Makoto feel that perhaps this old man Sandaime was doing this on purpose?

After all, this old man really held grudges...

"Uh, what do the other Elders and Advisors think?"

Hyuga Makoto glanced at the Fourth Raikage, who looked ready to eat someone, and blinked as he asked curiously.

"Can we make the decision right now?"

"Rest assured, I've already communicated with them."

Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand and spoke with a smile.

"Besides, they have already headed to the border of the Land of Hot Springs, waiting for Hidden Cloud Village's delegation."

"Is that so..."

Hyuga Makoto rubbed his chin and suddenly spoke in a low voice,

"How about we wipe them all out in one sweep?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi froze, and even the movements of Tsunade and Kakashi slightly stiffened.

The Fourth Raikage's eyes widened even further. What the hell, even when he did things like this, he always discussed them behind people's backs.

Did you Konoha people completely lose your shame?!

"Don't look at me like that. We won't be the ones making a move."

Hyuga Makoto shook his head and said with an innocent expression,

"They've ambushed and plundered countless small Villages, ruined countless families, and stolen numerous secret techniques."

"Now that he is so weak, if we directly leak the news of his return to those small Villages and Ninja Clans that he plundered—"

"They certainly won't let it rest. They'll disguise their identities and pour out in full force to beat these bastards to death!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other two fell into a moment of silence, and the Fourth Raikage felt a chill run through his body, but Hyuga Makoto grew excited.

"And we should also spread this news to the black market. The Fourth Raikage's head is worth a lot; those bounty hunters will act like sharks smelling blood!"

"Besides that, their relationship with Hidden Stone Village is extremely terrible. They might even impersonate bounty hunters to assassinate him!"

"And Hidden Sand Village—back when their Third Kazekage died, Hidden Cloud Village was the first to instigate trouble. They'd definitely be happy to do something as well."

"Furthermore, as a defeated and captured Raikage, whether Hidden Cloud Village's internal faction is even willing to rescue him is up in the air, so..."

"Hokage-sama, please give the order! Let the entire Ninja World join forces to kill this bastard together!"

As Hyuga Makoto's voice fell, the ward fell into a dead silence.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, and Kakashi exchanged glances, but their eyes flickered.

It seemed they were genuinely considering the feasibility of this matter!

Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage's whole body turned cold, and his gaze looked as though it wanted to devour someone.

Was this ghost town of Konoha so adept at cultivating such inhuman freaks?

He thought about it carefully; it seemed there really was a very high probability of such a thing happening!

They had plundered far too much; those blood feuds were probably impossible to wash away.

If he were in his normal state, he wouldn't care at all!

But his current state was truly bad, and because of his defeat and capture, it was hard to say what the situation inside Hidden Cloud Village was like.

If these Konoha bastards really did this, then he would truly be in danger!

He wasn't afraid of death, but he wanted to die a glorious death, not such a stifling and humiliating one.

Thinking of this, he involuntarily began to struggle violently, and the machinery started beeping.

"You guy—"

This situation threw Tsunade into a flurry of panic once more, and she spoke with a displeased expression.

"Be quiet. Even if you know you were wrong, there's no need to go this far."

"He doesn't know he was wrong—"

Hyuga Makoto shook his head and let out a soft sigh.

"He knows he's going to die."

"Stop talking, Makoto."

Kakashi pressed down on Hyuga Makoto with a depressed look.

"If you keep going, he might actually die right here!"

"Indeed, we can't let him die here."

Hiruzen Sarutobi also sobered up at this moment, looking at the Fourth Raikage with a completely helpless face.

"Also, you can rest assured, Konoha won't do such a thing. After all, we aren't you guys."

"Tch..."

Hyuga Makoto curled his lip, but Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't mind and continued speaking.

"The compensation you guys must pay cannot be a single coin less. At the same time, Hyuga Hizashi's remains must be sent back."

"This is the most basic condition. I hope you understand that if even this cannot be done, then there's nothing to discuss."

"Old man I am unwilling to spark a war, but you'd better think carefully: is it Konoha that cannot bear a war, or is it Hidden Cloud Village!"

Speaking to this point, Hiruzen Sarutobi paused and turned around, preparing to leave.

"Think it over carefully. Finally, I'll give you one piece of advice: don't die in Konoha!"

Having said this, he walked out of the ward without looking back.

Hyuga Makoto and Kakashi exchanged glances, and finally followed Tsunade as they walked outside.

Leaving behind the Fourth Raikage, who slowly quieted down, his fist clenched so hard it creaked!

"Hokage-sama, are you really not going to consider it?"

Outside the ward, Hyuga Makoto couldn't help asking curiously as he looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"If we do that, he's a goner for sure!"

"Alright, Makoto."

Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi remain silent, Kakashi could only pat Hyuga Makoto on the shoulder.

"Trust the Hokage-sama; he has his own judgment."

"Sigh..."

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed at this moment, turned around, and looked at Hyuga Makoto with a faint gaze.

"Makoto, I have failed you."

"?"

This sentence left both Hyuga Makoto and Kakashi dumbfounded, and even Tsunade found it inexplicable, but Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke on his own.

"I shouldn't have let you become Jiraiya's Disciple. What kind of things has he been teaching you?!"

"Conspiring out loud? Only that idiot could pull something like that off!"

"Next time you say things like that, can you avoid doing it in front of people?"

"Avoiding it so he doesn't know, making it so he can't inform others nor prepare—that's when the success rate of such things is high..."

"Jiraiya, you are ruining Konoha's future!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was there lamenting to himself, but Kakashi's deadpan eyes came out, and Tsunade covered her face in complete silence.

Hyuga Makoto's mouth couldn't help twitching. At this moment, he was completely clear on one thing.

This old man really was the Second Hokage's Disciple...

Land of Hot Springs, inside the underground laboratory.

Shisui was gloomily cleaning up the equipment that had once again been smashed all over the floor. Right now, his mood was somewhat difficult to keep in check.

"How long has it been, why did it get smashed to pieces again..."

He genuinely felt that this Land of Hot Springs wasn't a good place.

Major battles broke out every other day, and every single time they were exceptionally close to their laboratory.

Especially...

"This time you're the one who did it again, Makoto."

He turned head and helplessly looked at Hyuga Makoto's clone.

Although he had been cooped up recently cleaning up this equipment and quietly finding people to come fix it,

he still clearly knew what had happened outside.

Hyuga Makoto and Jiraiya's squad had come over, encountered members of the Akatsuki Organization, and were ultimately ambushed by the Fourth Raikage!

To be honest, he was somewhat surprised when he heard this news.

But what surprised him wasn't anything else; rather, he felt that the Fourth Raikage was far too bold.

"Can someone really be that unafraid of death?"

And the final outcome was pretty much as he had thought.

The Fourth Raikage was in critical condition, the subordinates he led were completely wiped out, and his actions had spread throughout the entire Ninja World!

What Shisui worried about most right now were the attitudes of Konoha and Hidden Cloud Village; he truly worried these two Villages would start fighting.

"Sigh, hopefully everything will be fine..."

Shisui sighed, but right at that moment, Hyuga Makoto's voice came from behind him.

"Rest assured, nothing will happen."

"Huh?"

Shisui's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned around to look, only to see Hyuga Makoto stretching his body.

"You're here? Hard work, you must have been very busy this period, right?"

"Yeah, indeed very busy."

Hyuga Makoto nodded and stood up swayingly.

"But it's not because of the Fourth Raikage's issue; it's just that I've been developing my new technique."

These past few days, he had been busy developing his Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack. As for the Fourth Raikage, at most he was just going through the motions.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looking for him to see the Fourth Raikage was actually to ask if he had any demands, while also telling him about exchanging for Hyuga Hizashi's remains.

Regarding this point, Hyuga Makoto was already very satisfied and didn't bring up too many demands in other aspects.

He just gave a Fourth Raikage elimination plan...

Except that he said it sort of as a joke, but Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to take it somewhat seriously!

"Had I known you'd be like this, I wouldn't have said it right to his face."

Hyuga Makoto scratched his head, but this wasn't a big deal anyway; after all, in his view, the Fourth Raikage's fate was already sealed!

"A new technique?"

Shisui scratched his head and asked in confusion.

"Then Konoha and Hidden Cloud Village won't have any problems, right?"

"Relax, not for the time being."

Hyuga Makoto shrugged, and then smiled faintly.

"Even if there are, we can soon make them disappear."

"Hm?"

Shisui's gaze flickered, and suddenly he sucked in a cold breath!

"Hey, no way. You aren't planning to ambush and kill him halfway, are you?"

"Sigh, you really understand me well..."

Hyuga Makoto looked at Shisui with some amusement, but this made Shisui somewhat distressed.

"Makoto, don't mess around. This could trigger a Ninja World War!"

"?"

Hyuga Makoto looked at Shisui inexplicably, and Shisui immediately began to explain.

"If he dies, Hidden Cloud Village will definitely retaliate, and the biggest trouble will fall on Konoha, like this..."

"I finally understand why an idiot like you chose to commit suicide back then."

Before Shisui could finish speaking, Hyuga Makoto interrupted him, sounding somewhat exhausted.

"You're truly only suited to be a Ninja; in other aspects, you're somewhat brainless."

"Uh..."

Shisui was somewhat at a loss for words, and Hyuga Makoto could only rub his brow and explain.

"The Fourth Raikage won't die in the Land of Fire, nor will he die at the hands of Konoha Ninja. Moreover, his death might actually make the situation better."

"What do you mean..."

"I severely injured the Fourth Raikage and captured him, forcing Hidden Cloud Village to pay money and send back Hyuga Hizashi's remains. How do you think they'll feel?"

"This..."

"That guy will probably grow more and more furious the more he thinks about it once he goes back, and Hidden Cloud Village will definitely be full of internal conflicts due to his capture. The best way to divert conflict is to create a new one."

"You mean, he might start a war?"

"I don't know, I'm just guessing. Although the probability isn't high, it's not impossible either."

Watching Shisui seem to have a sudden realization, Hyuga Makoto nodded gently.

"Although Konoha isn't afraid, I want to resolve the trouble once and for all."

"However..."

"After all, with his death, Hidden Cloud Village won't necessarily be peaceful as they fight over a new Kage, and they won't have the time to bother Konoha."

"Besides, we'll go under the banner of the Akatsuki Organization. Those bastards caused me to lose so much equipment, it's time for them to make restitution!"

"And this time is the same, plus he ambushed me. No matter what, this guy has to pay up!"

Shisui looked at the murderous Hyuga Makoto and knew he couldn't be persuaded anymore.

However, he also pondered Hyuga Makoto's words, and upon careful thought, he found it actually made a lot of sense!

Inside Hidden Cloud Village, as they competed for the Fifth Generation Raikage, who knew what kind of ghost town it would turn into.

Even if they could unite against a common enemy and quickly pacify all this, their target for revenge would be the Akatsuki Organization, not Konoha.

Although Hyuga Makoto's move was still lacking in morals, it seemed quite effective!

"Then when do you plan to act?"

Thinking of this, Shisui made a decision immediately.

"I'll prepare the Akatsuki Organization's attire in advance and make prior plans."

"There's no need to go through all that trouble. I have all the intelligence; you only need to do one thing."

However, Hyuga Makoto shook his head and then slowly said,

"Hide your identity and go to the black market to help me investigate how much the Fourth Raikage's head is worth."

"You..."

Shisui's eyes widened. Not only were you going to kill someone, but you were also going to collect the bounty?

"Isn't this... a bit too excessive?"

"Excessive?"

Hyuga Makoto raised an eyebrow and immediately slammed the table and stood up!

"What the hell, he ambushed me and even wanted to snatch my eyes—who is being excessive?"

"And the equipment I just fixed was destroyed by this bastard again; shouldn't he pay compensation?!"

"Now that he's dead, can't he even squeeze out his final value?"

"Besides..."

Speaking to this point, Hyuga Makoto paused, because this matter was really not easy to explain to Shisui.

After all, this was a personal quest belonging to him!

【New side quest acquired】

【1. Screw it, I'm defecting to Hidden Cloud Village; ensure the Fourth Raikage returns safely to the Village】

【2. I Tried So Hard, Why Are You Still Alive?】