"I have already conveyed the order. The specific contents are in the scroll. You can check it yourself later. Then I will not disturb you if I have anything else to do." After Honglei arrived at the Raikage Building, a receiving ninja said

After waiting here, he handed the mission scroll into Honglei's hands and left directly like this.

The Raikage Building is the headquarters of the Raikage family. As a descendant of the Golden Horn, Todoroki Todoroki is naturally not welcomed here.

However, the mission

Honglei opened the scroll and looked at it. There was a lot of official text in it, but in summary, Kumogakure was finally going to formally sign a peace treaty with Konoha. From now on, neither side could take any measures against the other, including assassinations, espionage, etc.

Any hostilities including infiltration, the place where the treaty was signed was Konoha, and the village summoned him to go to Konoha as a member of the mission.

Everything looks very normal, but the only question is, why choose him?

But before he could start to think about the reason, a ninja belonging to Sobayashi's faction found him in the Raikage Building.

"Lord Lion Star, Lord Zonglin is waiting for you in the mansion. Lord Zonglin will explain the inside story of this mission to you face to face."

Is there really an inside story? Honglei followed the other party to Zong Lin's home again. This place has become the headquarters of the Golden Horn faction, with people coming in and out at the door all the time.

"Lion Xing, you're back." When Honglei was at the door, he happened to see Kara coming out. She came over with a smile and punched Honglei on the shoulder, "It would be better if you came back a day earlier.

We can still get together, but unfortunately I have to leave now due to a mission. Please say hello in advance when you come back next time."

After Kara finished speaking, she punched Honglei on the shoulder again, and then waved her hand behind her, "Yueno, let's go."

When Yukino passed by Todoroki, she nodded to him expressionlessly, and then followed Kara silently.

Tsukino was a girl who almost rebelled against the village with them three years ago. Her parents died on the battlefield, but she was saved by Kara. Since then, she has been following Kara.

Tsukino doesn't like to talk, but she has a calm personality and is very reliable in her work. Now she has become Kara's right-hand man.

After Kara left in a hurry, Honglei walked into the mansion and saw Zong Lin who had been waiting for him.

"You're here." Zong Lin was leaning on the desk and didn't know what he was dealing with. After officially walking from behind the scenes to the front desk, his work became busy. Even He, who had been staying by his side before, also

Often missing.

"I heard there is something behind this mission." Hong Lei walked to Zong Lin and sat down, then threw the scroll on the table in front of him.

"There are indeed some." Zong Lin finished writing the last word on the document, then put down the pen and raised his head to look at Todoroki, "The purpose of this mission to Konoha is two-fold, and the conclusion of a peace treaty with them is on the surface.

The purpose behind it is to plunder the blood of the Hyuga clan."

Honglei's heart moved and he rolled his eyes.

"Yeah." Zong Lin nodded, "Since Kirigakure got the Byakugan, most of our actions against Kirigakure were destroyed by that ninja. The strategic value of a Byakugan is naturally immeasurable, so the village

I want to take this opportunity to get this Byakugan from Konoha."

Todoroki frowned. Was this the incident in which Kumogakure kidnapped Hinata and eventually killed Hinata Hizashi, who was separated from the family, causing his son Hyuga Neji to start hating the clan?

"It seems that Hinata's Byakugan will destroy itself after the death of the master." The Hyuga family is divided into the main family and the branch family. There is only one person in the main family, and only he has the complete Byakugan. The Byakugan of the branch family has been set.

The cursed seal will self-destruct immediately after the owner dies or the eyes are taken out.

"That's true, but Kirigakure got a Byakugan that can be transplanted at will from the previous head of the Hyuga family, so the senior officials in the village speculated that perhaps only important figures in the Hyuga clan have this kind of Byakugan that can be transplanted.

."

They really guessed it correctly. Honglei continued to ask, "Then the goal is"

"That is Hinata Hinata, the three-year-old only daughter of the head of the family, Hinata Hinata. Our target is her."

Honglei narrowed his eyes, "Then this task must fall on my head."

Zong Lin sighed helplessly, "Originally, we had already selected a candidate who was a Jonin from the ANBU. But at this moment, the elders got the news of your return and raised it at the meeting.

The reason for asking you to carry out this mission is that you are strong enough to complete this mission. Although I raised objections, Dodai from the Raikage family also participated, and then the matter was decided.

Come down."

Were you killed and left with no trace of your body?

Zong Lin was a little embarrassed when Hong Lei looked at him. Among Yunyin's three forces, his side was the weakest. Once the two sides joined forces, he would have almost no room for resistance.

"Ahem." Zonglin coughed twice, and then continued, "There were only two people going to Konoha this time, but after you joined in, things became a little complicated. You were killed during the operation.

It is naturally the best for them. On the contrary, no matter whether this mission succeeds or fails, they can blame you for breaking the peace treaty. Of course, this is a mission issued by the village, and you will not suffer anything.

It's a substantial punishment, but they will further damage your reputation among the people, and they can also draw the hatred of Konoha to you, and offend Iwagakure and Konoha at the same time. Your life in the future will definitely not be easy.

So my suggestion to you is, refuse this mission and don’t go to Konoha. Although this will lower your evaluation, it is better than falling into their plan."

Honglei was noncommittal about this. He held his chin and thought for a long time, then raised his head and said to Zong Lin, "No, I will accept this task."

Zong Lin looked at Hong Lei, and then said solemnly, "You have to weigh the pros and cons. The pursuit from Iwagakure has limited your scope of activities outside. If you add Konoha and the others,"

"Don't worry, I have my reasons for doing this."

Next, Hong Lei chatted with Zong Lin about the recent situation, and then joined the mission the next day and set off towards Konoha.

There are a total of twenty-six people in the mission, of which there are only six diplomats, and the remaining twenty are all guards. His identity is the captain of one of the ten-man guards, and these ten people learned about Honglei

After making the decision, Zong Lin finally found a way to squeeze it in so that he could completely obey his orders.

The relationship between him and Zong Lin is very strange. Zong Lin used his identity as a Golden Horn clone to gather all those who were related to him, and then wanted to take revenge on the Third Raikage. Hong Lei was thinking about these ninjas from the five major countries.

, wanting to take them away from Kumogakure and join their own shinobi village. It can be said that both parties are using each other, but they really have no ill intentions towards each other.

The mission did not move very fast. They spent about a month on the road before they finally arrived at the center of the ninja world, the gate of Konoha Village.

.
Chapter completed!