Chapter 454: Strengthening the Protection of the Jinchuriki

"Lord Hokage, aren't you going to explain to us?"

In the Hokage Office, the envoys sent by various nations state their purpose outright.

The rumor that Uchiha Clan's Members are secretly capturing the jinchuriki of various villages has already spread.

It is well known that Uchiha Clan's Members are all in Konoha Village, and this is absolutely linked to the Hokage!

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang, facing everyone's questioning, shows no emotion on his face.

"Do you have any substantive evidence?"

The envoys, hearing this, exchange uneasy glances; indeed, they have no evidence.

"Just because the Longyin Village Envoy said it offhand, you take it as truth?"

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang looks at the leading Longyin Village Envoy, his gaze turning hostile.

"Empty words are no proof; do you have substantive evidence?"

The Longyin Envoy instinctively lowers his head, unwilling to meet the Hokage's gaze.

The night the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was seized, he was not present.

Facing Zhi Cun Tuan Cang's interrogation, he is momentarily unable to refute.

Indeed, relying solely on the Longyin Envoy's single statement cannot prove that Uchiha Clan's Members are responsible.

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang, seeing the Longyin Envoy unable to answer, then looks at the remaining envoys present.

"What evidence do you have to prove it?"

The envoys from various nations lower their heads, unsure what to do.

The village's jinchuriki vanished silently; they never saw the perpetrator.

As for whether it was Uchiha Clan's Members, who can say?

"Lord Hokage, I think our leader wouldn't speak carelessly..." the Longyin Envoy gritted his teeth.

Although he dares not offend Konoha, he fears offending his own leader even more.

Moreover, he believes his leader would not fabricate nonsense.

Since they say it's Uchiha Clan's Members, then it must be Uchiha Clan's Members!

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang says nothing, merely watching him silently.

The atmosphere in the office drops to a freezing point; all the envoys dare not even breathe, fearing that any misstep might offend the Hokage and incur Konoha's furious retaliation.

The person under the greatest pressure in the room is the Longyin Envoy.

Just as he is about to be terrified to the point of wetting himself, the office door is knocked.

The suppressed atmosphere in the room vanishes instantly.

"Please come in."

Uchiha Tanaka enters the office with a darkened face, coldly scanning the few envoys.

These damned guys actually spread rumors about the Uchiha.

Simply unforgivable!

The Uchiha have always stayed honestly in the village, yet people from other villages spread rumors that they stole and captured Tail Beasts.

Isn't this bullying the honest people?

If this weren't Konoha Village, he would have already let a few know the price of slandering the Uchiha.

"Lord Hokage, I'm here."

"The Uchiha clan chief has arrived; any doubts you have, you may ask him."

Zhi Cun Tuan Cang says to the few envoys.

The envoys, hearing this, only then dare look at the sullen-faced Uchiha Tanaka.

"You say Uchiha Clan's Members seized your village's jinchuriki?"

This matter is pure nonsense!

What are the idle Uchiha doing running to other villages to capture Tail Beasts?!

Idle to the point of panic?

"Exactly, our leader saw it with his own eyes; that person has a pair of Sharingan!"

The Longyin Envoy says seriously.

Uchiha Tanaka: "......"

If that person truly has Sharingan, then he is definitely a member of the Uchiha Clan.

But he can guarantee that the person is not from within the family.

After all, to silently snatch a jinchuriki, one without great power simply cannot accomplish it.

And within the clan, only Uchiha Jing could achieve this.

But he dares to guarantee that Uchiha Jing would not do such a thing!

Since it's not Uchiha Jing, yet the person possesses great strength and a pair of Sharingan.

Tsk tsk, who could it be?

So hard to guess!

Uchiha Tanaka subconsciously looks at Zhi Cun Tuan Cang.

It should be that the Hokage wanted to secretly capture Tail Beasts, and Lian Ye inadvertently exposed it.

Now the Hokage plans to stubbornly deny it.

Then he uses the Uchiha members as a shield, right?

The more he thinks, the more plausible it seems.

"Where is the evidence?"

Uchiha Tanaka looked at the Taki Village Envoy with displeasure, his tone unfriendly.

"Besides what your leader said, is there any other substantive evidence?"

The Taki Village Envoy was momentarily at a loss for how to explain.

He has no evidence at all!

"We Uchiha have no clan members capable of silently snatching a jinchuriki!"

Uchiha Tanaka said angrily.

"A jinchuriki is powerful; how could anyone take one away silently?"

If Uchiha Clan's Members were that strong, someone from their clan would have become Hokage long ago.

His words left the few listeners speechless.

Those who could silently snatch a jinchuriki are few in the entire Ninja World.

And the only person likely to possess the Sharingan is that individual!

Madara Uchiha.

No, perhaps there is another.

Yuzhi Bo Lianye is also a strong suspect...

They should have thought of that long ago.

At that time, on the Battlefield, they killed the Four-tailed jinchuriki and the Eight-tailed jinchuriki.

If he were to target the remaining jinchuriki, the chance of success would be extremely high.

The area lock has already marked two individuals.

"Lord Hokage, may we see Yuzhi Bo Lianye?" several envoys whispered among themselves, planning to confront Lian Ye in person.

As long as they see Lian Ye, they can tell from the conversation whether he is lying.

Every guy who can serve as an envoy has something.

Otherwise, the Kage of each village wouldn't have sent them to Konoha for negotiations.

"What do you want from me?"

Lian Ye pushed open the office door, swaggered in, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

From start to finish, he never opened his eyes to glance at the few people.

Just a bunch of minnows.

Even if they truly knew it was his doing, what could they do?

Anyway, in a while he'll tell Ban Daye the truth; he's already too lazy to act now.

He isn't even afraid of Ban Daye; would he fear a few tiny envoys?

The several envoys, upon seeing Lian Ye, instinctively kept their distance.

His name and the tree's shadow, the moniker "Poison Master of Konoha" has long thundered in everyone's ears.

In the war, he single-handedly killed three Kage and two jinchuriki.

Such a terrifying figure is not someone they can provoke.

To put it bluntly, even their Kage must be extremely cautious when facing Lian Ye.

"Poison Master, have you... have you ever seen our village's jinchuriki?"

The Taki Village Envoy said tremblingly.

Had I known it would be like this, I shouldn't have come to Konoha.

"Never seen them," Lian Ye said calmly, "Do you have anything else?"

"Nothing, nothing else," the Taki Village Envoy lowered his head and silently slipped behind the others.

The envoys from the other villages, seeing this, were unsure whether to speak.

For a moment, the office fell deathly silent.

"If you have nothing else, you may go back."

Lian Ye waved his hand impatiently at the few.

"Alright, okay..."

The few turned around without hesitation, fearing they'd be killed if they lingered, but just as they were about to leave, they were called back.

"Hold on, the Kirigakure Envoy must tell the Mizukage to strengthen protection of the jinchuriki, and not let anyone snatch them again."

If the difficulty isn't increased, Ban Daye will claim he's slacking off again.

"Alright, okay..."

ps: My vacation is over; starting tomorrow I'll try for three watches, Ying ying ying...