Chapter 8 The Shadow of Power
Back then, the First Hokage put down the troubled times of the Warring States Period, and combined the power of the Uchiha and Senju clans to establish the Hidden Leaf Village. From then on, the organizational model of ninjas began to shift from ninja clan to ninja village.
It was at that time that Cao Qianliu Feng, the leader of the Cao Qian clan, chose to move his entire family to the Kingdom of Grass and join Cao Yin Village. Kusagakure Village was founded under the leadership of the Ura clan, a powerful ninja clan native to the Country of Grass. Ura Itachi, who was the head of the Ura clan at the time, welcomed the Kusachi clan who came from afar to join them. Subsequently, with the cooperation of the two major clans, the large and small ninja clans in Kusanagi also joined Kusagakure Village.
But where there are people, there will be strife. The Ura clan was originally the largest wealthy clan in the Kingdom of Grass. After the arrival of the Kusanagi clan, their status began to be threatened. The rest of the local ninja clan are mostly led by the Ura clan. As a foreign ninja clan, the Kusanagi clan has been marginalized and suppressed everywhere, both covertly and covertly. Fortunately, the leader of the Ura Clan, Ura Banji, is more open-minded, and the Kusasen Clan itself also has considerable strength. As a foreign ninja clan, the Kusasen Clan did not have much trouble in the early days.
However, as the Ninja Village organization matures, various rights are clearly differentiated. Especially with the death of the then head of the Kusachi clan, Kusanaru Feng, and the head of the Ura clan, Ura Banji, the power struggle between the various ninja clans became more obvious. However, as a foreign ninja clan, the Kusanagi clan was obviously squeezed and suppressed by the alliance of other ninja clans, and the Kusanagi clan gradually moved away from the center of power in Kusakure Village. The Caoqian clan now only maintains its seat in the joint meeting between the major families.
Originally, he chose to leave the Country of Fire and come to the Country of Grass in order to escape the generational hatred with the Hyuga clan. Unexpectedly, after escaping from the old disputes, only new ones ushered in. The originally feuding Hyuga clan has seen an easing of relations between the two clans despite having no conflicts of interest for a long time. This has to be said to be quite an ironic joke.
If that were the case, it would be okay, as the two sides were generally maintaining peace. However, after the Kusachi clan's Kusana Hana was discovered to have awakened the Bamboo Release Blood Successor, this balance began to be broken. Although the legend of Cao Qianlanyi, the first-generation Bamboo Release user, has long been covered up by the dust of history, the senior officials of Cao Yin Village who are in power at the moment will not allow such an unstable factor to exist in the future.
After graduating from the ninja school, Chihana Kusana has been continuously sent to perform various dangerous missions. Sometimes you can clearly feel the stumbling blocks of your teammates, and the jounin leading the team and his teammates will escape from the battlefield in various ways. For them, it was the best choice to let Kusanagi die during the mission, or it would be good to let the mission fail and then blame Kusanagi for the failure. However, with the power of Bamboo Dungeon and the secret cooperation of the family, Cao Qianyuna was able to complete many impossible tasks.
All this allowed the senior management of Caoyin Village to see the power of Zhu Dun, but it also made the senior management make a decision. This kind of power must not be allowed to be possessed by the Caoqian clan. The power of the Cao Qian clan is not in the interests of the top brass.
As an adult, Kusachihana is known as the most powerful ninja in the history of the Kusachi family. The entire Kusachi family is proud of Kusachihana. During that time, the Cao Qian clan tried to return to the center of power again.
But Cao Qianhana and her husband Cao Qianyu are not ambitious people. They just want to make their people live a better life. Similarly, they also have a special affection for the village where they live and do not want the village to suffer losses because of their relationship. They want to show their goodwill to the top management, but the top management of Caoyin Village cannot believe in this power that does not belong to them. The conflict between the two sides is inevitable.
During Kusachihana's pregnancy, she was assassinated many times because of her reduced mobility and reduced strength. However, the Caoqian clan has many members, is strong, and is good at perception. Under the protection of the family, there is no danger.
During the time when Kusachi Hana was giving birth, the entire Kusachi clan took various precautions. For the sake of safety, Chihana Kusana was even allowed to enter the ancestral space connected by the black stone wall of the family ancestral hall.
But the strongest castles are often breached from within. When the patrols of the Kusachi clan discovered the body of a female clansman who was supposed to help Kusachi Hana give birth, it was already too late.
After Cao Qianyu hurriedly rushed into the space sealed by the black stone wall, what he found were the bodies of two female tribesmen who had fallen to the ground, and Cao Qianyu Nai who used her last strength to speak to the baby-like Cao Qianyu.
One of the corpses that fell to the ground was exactly the same as the corpse of a female tribesman found outside. It was obvious that the corpse found outside was the real member of the Cao Qian clan. Cao Qianyu could roughly guess that she must have used some irreversible secret technique to transform into that clansman, and then entered the ancestral temple space instead of the original Cao Qian clan member.
No one knows what Cao Qianyu said to Cao Qianyu when she was dying. All I know is that after he came out, he gave instructions with a gloomy face, saying that the patriarch's wife, Kusana Hana, had died due to dystocia. Although quite a few people know that this is not the truth and can make a rough guess. But the Cao Qian clan could only pretend not to know anything and suppress their hatred.
It was the middle of the Second Ninja War. The higher-ups were unwilling to break out into a full-scale conflict with Cao Qian, which would damage the village's strength. The higher-ups even came to express their condolences in a pretentious manner amidst the glares of the Cao Qian clan.
Also after the Kusachi Hana incident, the relationship between the Kusachi clan and senior officials has reached its lowest level ever. The relationship between the Kusachi clan and quite a few ninja clans has also deteriorated sharply. In the end, after negotiations, the senior management selected the ninjas of the Sosen clan individually from the ninja group and organized them into a 'special guard force'. This is what the top management has always wanted to accomplish, because this can better squeeze the Caoqian clan out of the center of power. This is also the best way out for the Caoqian clan at present. All this seems to be the same as the Uchiha clan in Konoha. The Uchiha clan in Konoha is bound to the framework of the Konoha Guard Force and cannot further touch the center of power. The Kusanagi clan of Kusanagi is bound to the special guard force. , were also squeezed out of the center of power.
"I thought they would be able to stay calm, but I didn't expect they would take action so quickly. If this matter is not handled well, it will probably turn into a civil war in Caoyin Village, and the Caoqian clan may also be destroyed." Caoqian Yu thought worriedly.
Originally, Caoyin Village strictly maintained neutrality during the war. The Caoqian clan used the idea that the senior officials of Caoyin Village were unwilling to cause civil strife, causing others to take advantage of the situation and maintain a short and fragile peace with the senior officials. But wars always end. The end of the Second Ninja War made Cao Qianyu uneasy and fearful of the civil strife in Caoyin Village that would follow.
When I first heard that the Third Kazekage was missing and that the Third Ninja War would break out soon, Cao Qianyu was still a little excited. But this time, Urajiumi said that he would participate in the war to seek the best interests of Caoyin Village depending on the situation, which gave Cao Qianyu a hint of conspiracy.
Obviously he is not interested in power, but in this position he has to pursue power. Originally, I just wanted to let the clan live a good life, but the destiny of the clan will be cut off at some point. Originally, she wanted Liuyu to have a happy childhood, but because of the future of her family, she had to undergo various high-intensity training at a young age.
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