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There was a knock on the door.
Mirai smiled and ruffled Naruto's hair.
"The food is in the kitchen. Heat it up yourself. Uncle has to go out for some things."
"Um."
Naruto nodded obediently.
Opening the door, a masked Anbu jumped from the tree and stood in front of Mirai.
His voice contained no emotion.
"Namikaze Mirai, Hokage-sama has asked you to come to the Hokage Building, immediately."
"Lead the way."
Mirai looked calm, as if he had expected it.
He followed the Anbu to the Hokage Building and then the Anbu opened the door to the conference room on the third floor.
It was silent inside.
Both ends of the broad long conference table were filled with ninjas, almost all of whom were high-ranking officials in the village or heads of the big and small ninja clans.
Everyone's eyes focused on him for a moment.
There were a lot of emotions in those eyes.
There was scrutiny, disgust, surprise...
Seeing this, there was no change in Mirai's expression. It seemed that Hiruzen had made preparations and specially invited many senior officials in the village to come over and prepared to use their combined power to judge him.
"Mirai, you've arrived just in time, find a seat and sit down."
He said to find a seat, but in fact there was only one empty seat left.
Mirai didn't care and sat directly on it. His sitting posture was quite calm and he leaned casually on the back of the chair.
This natural performance made Hiruzen, who was at the top of the conference table, slightly moved.
He looked at him deeply.
Then, he groaned and calmed down his nerves.
"Three days ago, the envoy sent by Kumogakure to Konoha was brutally murdered at night."
"I think everyone has heard about this matter, right?"
The moment his voice fell, the entire conference room boiled.
"So this really happened?"
"Who did such a thing? Did they killed the envoy of Kumogakure to force Konoha to go to war?"
The expressions of some ninjas who heard this for the first time changed instantly.
Killing the messengers from a Great Ninja Village or the ninjas who came to sign a peace agreement have completely different meaning than normally killing other ninja village's ninjas.
This was a major diplomatic incident.
However, more of the ninjas had calm faces. This incident had happened a couple days ago, and most of them were already aware of it.
After glancing at the people in the conference room and seeing that his words had the desired effect, Hiruzen's gaze stopped at Mirai.
"Mirai, do you have anything to say about this matter?"
There seemed to be a coldness in his eyes.
"After all, you are the one who was directly involved in it."
There was an uproar in the conference room again.
"Namikaze Mirai? Isn't he Lord Fourth's younger brother? Why would he do such a thing?"
"Isn't he clear about the consequences of killing the envoy of Kumogakure?"
Many angry and puzzled eyes were all focused on Mirai.
A sneer appeared in Hiruzen's gray-brown eyes.
Mirai had a special status, he was the younger brother of the Fourth Hokage.
With the blessing of this identity, coupled with the other party's unruly temperament.
Normally, Hiruzen would not dare to criticize him harshly.
But in this situation, many high-level officials of Konoha, as well as the heads of the major ninja clans, were at the conference table.
Taking advantage of this huge momentum, would he be still afraid of backlash coming from Mirai?
This slight change in expression naturally fell into the eyes of Mirai.
"It was indeed me."
He admitted it directly and openly.
Another uproar arose.
"Why! Mirai-sama! Why would you do such a thing?"
"If the Raikage attacks, wouldn't the village have to continue to fight?"
Meanwhile Danzo, who was sitting next to Hiruzen, when heard Mirai's generous admission, his expression froze for a moment.
'Has this guy figured out the situation?'
'He admitted it that easily?'
"The Raikage was very angry when he found out about this. If he can't calm down his anger, the war may break out again at any time."
Hiruzen looked straight at Mirai.
The atmosphere in the conference room reached its freezing point.
Many Konoha senior-officials looked at Mirai with anger in their eyes.
They had just forgotten the pain caused by the Third Great Ninja War, and finally ushered in peace, but because of this kind of thing, war might break out again.
And the culprit who caused all this is actually sitting here so calmly?
"Mirai! You wantonly killed the envoys of Kumogakure. Do you still have the village in your eyes?"
Danzo, who finally seized the opportunity, angrily accused Mirai.
"Danzo, why did those Kumogakure envoys appeared at that place where I killed them? Why did I killed them? Why don't you explain that to everyone?"
Leaning back on the chair, Mirai looked at Danzo calmly.
It was as if the question he just asked was just for formality.
"Mirai, you don't need to change the subject. The issue we are discussing now is how to calm the Raikage's anger."
Hiruzen frowned slightly, wanting to change the topic again.
"It's because of my daughter."
Hiashi, who had been silent all this time, spoke up.
Hearing this, the senior officials around the conference table looked at each other.
How is it related to Hyuga?
All they knew was that Mirai killed the Kumogakure's envoy ninjas, but the specific process was not clear.
This was also the result of Hiruzen's deliberate guidance.
"Okay, Hiashi, isn't Hyuga's matter over? We are now talking about Mirai."
Hiruzen's expression was slightly filled with dissatisfaction.
'Why did Hiashi spoke up at this time?'
Hiashi took a deep breath.
"Please allow me to finish."
"That night, the envoy from Kumogakure took advantage of my daughter's birthday party situation. The clan's defense was negligent due to the celebration and Kumogakure successfully abducted my daughter Hinata. It was in order to save her that Mirai had no choice but to kill the group of Kumo ninjas."
Listening to his narration, the angry expressions of the ninjas around the conference table gradually softened.
"So that's how it is. Why didn't it was put this way from the beginning? Namikaze Mirai had to take action in order to save Hyuga Hinata."
"But why did the envoys of Kumogakure to kidnapped Hyuga Hinata? What is their purpose?"
Danzo winked wildly at Hiashi.
What is this bastard Hiashi doing?
How could they put pressure on Mirai if they told the cause and effect so simply?
Isn't the matter about Hyuga over?
But Hiashi's next words made his face stiffen.
"Regardless their real purpose, the Hyuga are well aware of the negative consequences of this incident, in order to calm the Raikage's anger, my twin-brother Hizashi has no choice but to sacrifice his own life in exchange for the other party's satisfaction."
Hiashi's voice had a hint of sadness, and his white eyes also carried a sadness that was different from usual calmness.
All the ninjas at the conference table who heard this immediately started an uproar.
Just because they killed the messengers of Kumogakure, Hyuga, one of the two major families in Konoha, had to use the life of the clan leader's twin-brother to calm down his anger.
Kumogakure was getting too arrogant.
Moreover, this matter was ultimately their own fault, right?
Danzo couldn't hold it in any longer.
"That's enough! Hiashi!"
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