With a questioning eyebrow, I accepted it and unfolded it and began to read.
"Brat, you owe me," the rather short note was written in painfully familiar handwriting, "help Hizashi-kun and we'll be even, and as a reward you'll get all my records. Hishi."
I caught the blue screen as I reached the end, and then it clicked in my head, making me jump up and stare at Hyuga, who was waiting calmly.
- The old prick didn't just die now, did he?! - I blurted out, a little startled by the revelation. - I didn't get the invitation to the funeral because the Hyuga clan had sent out notices to all of the deceased's colleagues and friends, did I?
The words of the shinobi sitting in front of me at the cemetery take on a whole different meaning! I can see why the Hyuga lost a first-degree iryonin just in time for us.
- Hishi-sama chose the most convenient moment of his passing to put the plan into action," Hizashi said, "and the invitations were a convenient excuse to meet without attracting attention, as was the visit to the shop, which even the most careful observer would not find strange, since all the clan's fighters, from both the side branch and the main branch, frequented.
- Not to mention the fact that Nara's alliance with Hiruzen Sarutobi culminated after the chunin exam, and that the strongest clan in Konoha is the main obstacle to his removal," I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes, "what a timely coincidence to ensure that Nara would agree to meddle in other people's affairs.
No, but the old asshole thought of everything, huh? He found an interested executor, picked the time, selected motivations for the participants, and even used his own death as a catalyst for a chain of events that could lead to a coup in his own clan.
- Exactly," he nodded without embarrassment, "except that becoming a jonin pushed things along a bit, providing a distraction for the head and elders.
- If it were up to me, I'd be working on the Fuin development by now," I said, simply because it was the kind of reward you couldn't refuse, 'but I have no right to make decisions of such importance on my own, and before I can answer, I need to discuss the matter with the clan leader,' I said with my hands, barely keeping my emotions under control.
Because the journals and research of a first-degree iryonin, who lived to be over ninety years old, are an invaluable source of knowledge, and the mere hint that Hizashi is going to give them away will be enough to declare him a traitor to the clan with all the consequences.
- It's expected, and I'm ready to wait, - sighed Hizashi, - also, to minimize the risks from your side, it's enough to pass on the method of creating blocking fuin, and I'll do the production myself, - suggested quite reasonably, - before the transfer to the side branch, I was fujutsu, so it will be an additional insurance in case of failure.
- I think that will be a big plus when the head of the branch decides," he agreed with the dojutsu wielder.
- I also realize that involving Nara in my plan is asking a lot," Hyuga continued, "so I'm willing to promise a full-fledged alliance and the transfer of one or two kunoichi with a biakugan and a method of activating the dojutsu to your clan.
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