"How dare he be so brazen!"
"What does he think Konoha is? Somewhere he can come and go as he pleases?"
Inside the Hokage Office Building, Tsunade looked at Hinata, who stood with her head lowered, clutching the hem of her clothes, then at Naruto, who was watching her curiously, and the calm-faced Uchiha Chisen and Sarutobi Hiruzen. She felt utterly drained.
Today was supposed to be her big day. Why did that shameless little thief have to pick today of all days to stir up trouble in Konoha?
And this was no small matter-the Tenseigan had been stolen!
Although Hyuga Hiashi had died at Uchiha Chisen's hands, Tsunade and Sarutobi Hiruzen estimated that the Tenseigan was worth almost as much as a tailed beast.
In other words, on the very day Tsunade took over as Hokage, Konoha had effectively lost a tailed beast!
"Lady Tsunade, please make sure Konoha recovers the Tenseigan-"
Hyuga Neji bowed deeply to Tsunade. He was now the Hyuga Clan's leader. Although only a handful of members remained, all of them still attending the Ninja Academy, Konoha clearly could not abandon the Hyuga Clan.
Just imagine going on a mission with a teammate who had a cheat that revealed the entire map-and having a whole bunch of teammates like that-
That made it virtually impossible for Konoha to abandon the Hyuga Clan. Even if their numbers were dwindling, they could still have children, couldn't they?
In truth, Hyuga Neji was rather frustrated too. He had only gone to Tsunade's inauguration ceremony in his capacity as the Hyuga Clan's leader, assuming Hinata would surely be safe inside the village.
Yet that very complacency had allowed some unknown enemy to steal the Tenseigan.
"From your descriptions, the man who stole the Hyuga Clan's Tenseigan may well