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Under normal circumstances, this Hyuga ninja would not have believed such a rumor.
However, the content of this rumor was too detailed.
Detailed enough to feel very real.
"Back then, a main family ninja indeed died on the battlefield fighting the Mist Village."
"Because of this, our Hyuga clan even admitted our mistake to the village and asked for the village's forgiveness. It was all our Hyuga clan's error that caused the Byakugan to be lost, bringing trouble to the village."
"At that time, the village even blamed the Hyuga clan."
"And now, Konoha suddenly formed an alliance with the Mist Village."
"From the beginning, I found this alliance strange."
This Hyuga ninja frowned tightly.
"The Mist Village's situation is clearly so terrible. Allying with the Mist Village doesn't bring much benefit to Konoha; the Mist Village gets more benefits. But if the Konoha higher-ups had allied with the Mist Village long ago, then it makes sense."
A dozen or so Hyuga clan ninja gathered together.
"Do you guys think this possibility is high?"
A young Hyuga said, "I think the possibility isn't small."
"Otherwise, why would Konoha suddenly ally with the Mist Village out of the blue?"
Another middle-aged Hyuga spoke up.
"The death of that main family member was actually very suspicious."
"Originally, our Hyuga clan's main family members don't participate in missions or go to the battlefield. But that time, they insisted on sending our main family member."
"As if without that main family member, we would lose."
"The result was that the main family member was ambushed by the Mist Village on their first time on the battlefield. It was as if the Mist Village knew the main family ninja's movement location in advance and set up an ambush beforehand."
An old man said with slightly red eyes.
"That time, not only did that one main family ninja die, but after learning about the situation of that main family ninja, all the nearby Hyuga branch family ninja rushed over."
"Then, they all died at the hands of the Mist ninja."
"For so many years, that was the Hyuga clan's largest casualty event."
The Hyuga clan's situation was special.
First of all, in terms of positioning on the battlefield, the Hyuga clan leaned towards intelligence ninja.
It wasn't that the Hyuga lacked strength, but that the Hyuga's ability in intelligence was too outstanding.
No matter what fancy moves the opponent used, as long as a Hyuga clan ninja activated the Byakugan, all deployments instantly had nowhere to hide and could be seen at a glance.
Plus, due to the uniqueness of the Byakugan, losing one really meant one less.
The impact on the Konoha army was far more serious than losing any other ninja.
In this situation, the casualty rate of the Hyuga clan was much lower compared to other ninja clans.
But that one time was the sole exception.
These Hyuga clan ninja gathered together, filled with righteous indignation.
However, compared to the Uchiha clan, there were more compromisers within the Hyuga clan.
"But this is just a rumor, not necessarily true. Maybe someone is deliberately spreading rumors."
"After all, our Konoha and the Mist Village have just formed an alliance."
"Whether it's the Hidden Rock Village or the Sand Village, they definitely don't want to see this."
"And the Hidden Rock Village is very good at rumors; the small cards before were an example."
The Hyuga ninja opposite snorted coldly.
"Spreading rumors? Who could spread rumors with details so realistic? I don't believe it. Besides, the alliance between Konoha and the Mist Village came too suddenly. I don't believe there's nothing going on in between."
A middle-aged Hyuga suddenly raised a point.
"Didn't the rumor say that this was also one of the reasons for the Kaguya clan's rebellion? True or not, we can verify it with the Kaguya clan, can't we?"
"The Kaguya clan and my Hyuga clan have been on good terms for generations."
Everyone exchanged glances and felt it made sense.
"However, given the current situation, contacting the Kaguya clan isn't an easy task. Under the Mist Village's pursuit, who knows where they went."
"This isn't something we should worry about; the Clan Head should have a way."
But no matter what, due to the appearance of the rumor, fluctuations appeared in the hearts of the vast majority of Hyuga ninja.
And this, more or less, caused a certain impact on the battlefield.
Especially the Hyuga ninja dispatched by Konoha to the Mist army to provide support.
Yagura frowned.
"What's with these Hyuga clan ninja?"
"Every one of them breathing with their noses in the air, doing things perfunctorily."
"Looking down on my Mist Village?"
"Aren't you worried I'll report this to the Konoha higher-ups? Not afraid of my Mist Village, could it be you aren't afraid of Konoha either?"
"If not for the alliance with Konoha, and Ao being taken back to the village by Elder Genji and unsuitable to appear on the front lines now, why would I need to borrow your Hyuga power? My Mist Village has its own Byakugan."
Yagura was very dissatisfied with those few Hyuga ninja.
Just at this moment.
An intelligence ninja approached quickly.
"Lord Commander."
"What is it?"
The intelligence ninja recounted the rumor about the Hyuga clan as quickly as possible.
Yagura's face turned pale.
Yagura finally realized why those Hyuga ninja had such an attitude.
"Nonsense!"
This rumor actually didn't hurt the Mist Village much.
However, Yagura knew that once the people of the Hyuga clan believed this rumor, problems would inevitably arise in the alliance between Konoha and the Mist Village, and not small problems either.
Either the Hyuga clan would rebel just like the Uchiha clan.
No matter which outcome, it wasn't a good thing for the current Mist Village.
"That Hyuga main family ninja was clearly ambushed and killed by our Mist Village people relying on their own skills. How did it become the credit of the Konoha higher-ups?"
The intelligence ninja below couldn't help but ask.
"Lord Commander, what should we do?"
Yagura snapped out of it and glanced at the intelligence ninja.
"Deny it resolutely."
"Yes, Lord Commander."
But Yagura knew that in this matter, what the Mist Village could do was actually very little.
To put it bluntly, this matter was between the Hyuga clan and Konoha.
The key lay with the Konoha higher-ups, with how Hiruzen Sarutobi would handle it.
"It even involved the Kaguya clan, saying the Kaguya clan launched a rebellion for the sake of the Hyuga clan. Is the relationship between the Kaguya clan and the Hyuga clan really that good?"
"If it's really that good, were the Hyuga ninja who died when the Mist Village fought Konoha before fake?"
Yagura looked towards the direction of Konoha from afar.
At this time, Hiruzen Sarutobi also received information about the rumor.
Immediately, his face darkened.
"Who is spouting nonsense this time?"
"When have I ever sold out the Hyuga clan?"
"What does the death of that Hyuga main family ninja have to do with me?"