After listening to Kawasaki's words, Itachi nodded thoughtfully.
"I heard that the Hyuga are doing a good job, with very few complaints. What do you think, senior?"
Itachi thought for a moment, looking towards the street.
Hearing Itachi address him as "senior," Kawasaki felt much more comfortable.
The title of Vice Clan Head that Fugaku had bestowed upon him out of the blue always made Kawasaki feel awkward.
Kawasaki followed his gaze.
There, two Hyuga security personnel were busy mediating a dispute.
A moment later.
"Few complaints?"
A smirk played on his lips: "Security duty isn't easy."
Sure enough, the dispute escalated.
The two people being mediated, both raised their voices: "Who do you think you are, meddling in my business? My wife is from the Yamanaka Clan."
"So what if she's from the Yamanaka Clan? My name is Shikamaru, understand? I am a descendant of the advisor elder, Shikamaru Danzou..."
The two Hyuga members were caught in the middle, not knowing whether to intervene or not, to arrest or not.
"Sir, it was clearly your fault, the other person was only defending himself."
Hyuga Kagawa patiently explained.
After all, Hiashi had instructed them to avoid using force unless the situation was serious.
"You're just a Hyuga branch member, a mere watchdog, how dare you interfere with me?"
The man, drunk, kicked and punched Hyuga Kagawa who was holding him back, his words were incredibly harsh.
Hyuga Kagawa's face darkened, this was a touchy subject, the biggest taboo for branch members.
He then flicked out two fingers, aiming them directly at the drunk man's body.
The drunk man was struck at his pressure points, instantly falling to the ground, his face slammed onto the ground, nosebleeding, he cried out: "You used excessive force, I'm going to report you!"
Hyuga Kagawa's face was pale, he saw villagers around pointing fingers at him.
He quickly pulled his teammate and took the drunk man away.
Uchiha Itachi watched this scene from the side, feeling a sense of déjà vu.
He often saw Shisui encountering similar situations, and Shisui would always choose to apologize and settle things peacefully.
This caused some people in the clan to criticize Shisui.
The merchants here were mostly related to the major clans.
Every time a conflict arose, they would use their connections to threaten others.
Therefore, the Uchiha were often caught in the middle, in a difficult position.
They could only try to smooth things over, but many Uchiha were easily emotional.
Smoothing things over wouldn't work, they couldn't get along, so they would directly resort to violence.
Now, these matters were thrown to the Hyuga, it seems that the Hyuga haven't done much better than our Uchiha.
Itachi admired Kawasaki even more.
Seeing Itachi's expression, Kawasaki smiled slightly.
Many Uchiha had encountered such things, but the Uchiha never tolerated these people.
The Uchiha's pride, disdaining hypocritical dealings, always upheld justice and fairness, arresting those who should be arrested and imprisoning those who should be imprisoned.
Over the years, the Uchiha had become accustomed to this way of doing things.
And this was exactly what Tobirama the Second intended, if you want to uphold justice and fairness, you will inevitably offend the ninja clans.
Offending the ninja clans, naturally, you won't get any votes of trust in the Hokage election.
Therefore, the Uchiha couldn't become Hokage.
Otherwise, based on Fugaku's contributions in the Third Great Ninja War.
Not even the Hokage, but he wouldn't even be able to get an advisor elder position.
...
Although the security patrol area had changed hands.
But the Hyuga, in dealing with these matters, were clearly far inferior to the Uchiha.
At least the Uchiha, no matter who your background was, would arrest you if you needed to be arrested and imprison you if you needed to be imprisoned.
The Hyuga branch was too heavily constrained by the main branch, their actions were limited, and they were overwhelmed.
At this moment.
Kawasaki had quietly selected some civilians with business acumen from within the Uchiha Clan and sent them out.
Leaving Konoha was easy, entering was difficult, ordinary citizens usually weren't checked when leaving the village.
There were still a considerable number of civilians within the Uchiha who didn't have ninja talent, many of them couldn't awaken their Sharingan throughout their lives.
Except for their Uchiha surname, they were essentially no different from ordinary people.
Kawasaki had been in the catering industry in his previous life, and he had been busy writing recipes and planning these past few days.
These delicacies should be unprecedented in this world.
......
Outside Konoha's barrier.
Ao, leading seven elite Mist ninjas, was rapidly approaching Konoha.
"Byakugan!"
The veins on Ao's right eye bulged, his reconnaissance showed that the Konoha security team was the Hyuga Clan.
Not the Uchiha Clan.
"It seems the Uchiha and Konoha have developed a rift, this is our chance! Let's go!"
Ao was overjoyed, the Hyuga were also a dojutsu clan, but their threat was far less than the Uchiha.
The Byakugan's vision range is related to the purity, training, and strength of the eyes.
After obtaining the Byakugan, Ao practiced tirelessly day and night, coupled with the high purity of the main branch Byakugan, his vision range was extremely far.
And Ao had discovered through long-term use, if he observed 360 degrees, his vision range would be shortened.
If he focused on one direction, his vision range would be extremely far.
People's attention is usually concentrated in front of 180 degrees.
The habit of using the Byakugan is also to extend the vision range in front.
Although his one Byakugan has a smaller range.
But his vision range is farther than those who trained with it.
As long as the patrolling Hyuga members don't use the Byakugan to check behind them before he gets close.
They will have their chance.
"Follow my pace closely, there are Hyuga patrolling ahead."
"Yes! Ao-sama."
Byakugan!
Unable to use ninjutsu, Ao led the Mist team in a roundabout advance.
Hyuga Morisuke, while patrolling, led his team, activating the Byakugan every other interval.
Everything was normal in the distance, no abnormalities.
But he didn't know that a team was circling behind him.
When he turned around, the Mist ninjas also turned with him.
Although Ao didn't know why this Hyuga didn't directly use the Byakugan to look behind.
But seeing Morisuke turn around, he knew his attention was focused in front.
As the distance closed, the Mist ninjas quickly charged forward.
Their goal was to enter attack range before the Byakugan could detect them from the sides and rear.
Hyuga Morisuke's expression tightened!
"Watch out!"
From behind Hyuga Morisuke, a flash of blade light.
The target was Kobayashi Yuuzuke...
"Hiss..."
Morisuke was half a beat too slow, just as he was about to unleash the Gentle Fist, Kobayashi Yuuzuke had already fallen to the ground, clutching his neck.
"Damn it!"
A ninja wearing bandages, wielding a large sword, suddenly appeared from the mist.
"It's Zabuza!"
"Silent Killing Technique!"
Hyuga Morisuke immediately activated his Byakugan to conduct a full-scale vision reconnaissance.
In the mist around, several chakra reactions surged, fiercely attacking his team!
The remaining two Chunin hadn't even had time to launch a signal flare before they fell dead in a pool of blood.
Several other figures emerged, all dressed in the Mist assassination unit's garb, led by Ao, the right eye covered by an eyepatch!
"It's you! Dare to come to Konoha and run wild!"
Hyuga Morisuke assumed the stance of the Gentle Fist, but his heart sank.
Ao had stolen a Byakugan in the Third Great Ninja War, this man was considered a sworn enemy of the Hyuga.
His name was prominently listed on Konoha's golden wanted list.
He was no easy opponent.
Ao stepped on a branch, "It's a pity it's just a Hyuga branch member, otherwise I could have had another Byakugan."
Hyuga Morisuke was speechless, how could the main branch be patrolling on the outskirts of Konoha.
Looking around at the eight Mist ninjas surrounding him, their chakra levels showed that they were all Jonin level.
The one with the lowest chakra level was Zabuza, it seemed that he couldn't escape today.