Night of the Hyuga Clan Annihilation

September 13, Konoha Year 57

Using the convenience of his position, Hyuga Kei secretly leaked news of Danzo ambushing Uchiha Shisui to seize his Sharingan, continuously intensifying the conflict between the two sides.

Uchiha Itachi sought out Hyuga Kei to ask about the relationship between the village and the clan. He believed that Hyuga Kei was also a clan ninja and would surely understand his pain.

What he did not know was that Hyuga Kei and the clan were utterly irreconcilable. If Konoha moved against the Hyuga, he would definitely lead the way for them.

To make Uchiha Itachi act sooner, Hyuga Kei explained the relationship between the clan and the village, subtly implying that as long as even one clan member remained alive, there would still be hope for revival.

There was only death waiting for the Uchiha if they opposed the village.

October 12, Konoha Year 57

After doing work for the Hyuga, he earned an opportunity to see Neji.

Their conversation was closely monitored, and there was much Hyuga Kei could not say.

During their conversation, he discovered that Neji's understanding had been misled. They wanted to raise him into a dog of the Hyuga clan.

His words were filled with an intense desire to protect Hyuga Hinata and Hyuga Hanabi.

Hyuga Kei sighed. There was nothing he could do about it. Neji was currently at the stage where his values were being formed, and brainwashing him would be easy. He had to act quickly.

November 12, Konoha Year 57

Konoha had already begun moving. Hyuga Kei received orders for the Anbu to tightly encircle the Uchiha District.

The night before, Itachi had also told Hyuga Kei that if he left Konoha, he hoped Hyuga Kei could help take care of Uchiha Sasuke.

November 13, Konoha Year 57

Through Hyuga Kei's efforts, the Night of the Uchiha Clan Annihilation had finally been brought forward by several months.

Today was the Night of the Uchiha Clan Annihilation. On this day, those old men had recalled every ninja currently away on missions in preparation for unexpected developments.

Hyuga Kei and the other Anbu had all been deployed near the Uchiha District. The moment they discovered an Uchiha leaving, they were to kill them immediately.

In secret, Hyuga Kei also noticed many furtive figures. Root had come as well.

This meant the Night of the Uchiha Clan Annihilation would take place tonight.

And tonight would also be the Night of the Hyuga Clan Annihilation. Hyuga Kei quietly left the patrol post and returned to the Hyuga compound, arriving at the Branch House Head Residence. No one had lived here for a long time, and it was covered in dust.

Hyuga Kei entered the room of Uncle Hizashi and Auntie, picked up the photograph by the bed, and wiped away the dust with his hand. The four people in the picture were happily gathered together. It had been taken shortly after Neji was born.

Uncle Hizashi and Auntie stood on either side, while the five-year-old Hyuga Kei held the newborn Neji.

Back then, when he had come to the Hyuga clan, he had suffered constant bullying. Every day, he endured beatings from children and discrimination from adults, his mind pushed to the brink of collapse.

It was Auntie's family that had taken him in, but now...

Hizashi and his wife had both been killed by the Main Branch, while Neji had become someone else's tool.

What Hyuga Kei intended to do today was end all of this. He took down the photograph and tucked it into his clothes.

He took out the sake he had prepared long ago and poured it onto the ground.

"Watch me. I'll save Neji and slaughter the Hyuga."

Their greatest bargaining chip had always been Neji. Yet tonight, under Hyuga Kei's secret genjutsu manipulation, Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi had all left the Hyuga compound.

(I'll fill in this plot hole later. The protagonist wants revenge for Neji being brainwashed. Killing Hinata would be too simple; better to have her go from pain to falling in love with her enemy, unable to free herself in the end. For details, refer to Nalan Yanran falling in love with Xiao Yan's masked false identity. A unified response: Hyuga Hanabi is included too.)

Hyuga Kei's long-term obedience had made them lower their guard. In addition, he secretly used Sharingan genjutsu to control Hinata and Hanabi, making them beg Hiashi to let their Brother Neji serve as their guardian and take them to the night market.

Walking out the door, Hyuga Kei looked up at the sky. It was already dusk, and a full moon hung high overhead.

He quietly left the courtyard and knocked on the neighboring door.

Before long, a Hyuga clan member opened the door. When he saw Hyuga Kei standing outside, his expression gradually turned cold. Why was this trash here? "What are you doing here?"

"I came to say goodbye." Hyuga Kei still wore that kind smile.

"Going on a mission? Then I hope you die soon." The Hyuga clan member actually cursed Hyuga Kei directly.

"Mm, thank you for your blessing." Hyuga Kei's smile did not change as he stepped past the Hyuga clan member and forced his way inside.

"Why are you entering my house? Get out."

The Hyuga clan member immediately activated his Byakugan and was about to attack Hyuga Kei.

But Hyuga Kei's attack arrived first. Just as the Hyuga clan member moved, surging Black Flesh rose from beneath his feet.

The Black Flesh wrapped around the Hyuga clan member's body at incredible speed. When the black mass rippled and vanished, the Hyuga clan member had disappeared.

This Hyuga clan member did not manage to utter a single word before he died.

Hyuga Kei felt the long-lost throbbing of the Byakugan and the additional chakra. His entire body trembled with excitement.

"Hehehe... Hahahahaha, ngh..." Hyuga Kei made a strange sound, wanting to laugh but forcing it back. It was truly uncomfortable.

Noticing that her husband had been gone for some time, the clan member's wife walked out of the room and saw Hyuga Kei in a near-mad state.

"What did you bastard do?! Where is my husband?"

Hyuga Kei ignored her screams and activated the Ghost Blood Seizing Technique again. Amid the churning flesh, the noisy woman also vanished from this world.

"Ah!!!!" A child screamed. A child poked his head out from the window and saw the scene.

Hyuga Kei entered the house and saw the child sprawled on the floor, constantly crawling away.

Without the slightest softheartedness, Hyuga Kei sent the child down to reunite with his family. Thinking about it carefully, he had been brought back to the Hyuga at about this age too.

"The Branch House bloodline is truly inferior. The Caged Bird was planted too early, blocking the development of their bloodline."

Hyuga Kei was not satisfied with such a small amount of bloodline. Shaking his head, he knocked on another family's door.

"Is anyone home?"

On the other side of Konoha, the same clan annihilation massacre continued in the Uchiha District.

Uchiha Itachi opened a closet door, grabbed a child by the leg, and dragged him out from where he had been hidden among the clothes.

"No! Sob, sob!" A woman appeared at some point and threw herself at Uchiha Itachi, trying to stop him.

With one slash, both the woman and child died. Perhaps this was Uchiha Itachi's final kindness.

Unlike Uchiha Itachi's slaughter, Hyuga Kei felt that he was so benevolent, allowing everyone to die without pain.

In the darkness, he slaughtered nearly every member of the Hyuga clan. Only the Main Branch direct line remained.

Hyuga Kei entered the Third Elder's courtyard and quietly "ate" every attendant and guard outside.

Finally, he arrived outside the Second Elder's room, carrying his son in his hand.

Opening the door, the Third Elder immediately woke up. Before his eyes, Hyuga Kei threw his son, Naoto Hyuga, in front of him.

"What do you want, Hyuga Kei? Don't forget your status."

"Hehehe, of course I won't forget... What you gave me. Naturally, I have a better way to deal with you."

Hyuga Kei struck with the Sealing Lightning Palm, making the father and son less noisy.

Hyuga Kei placed his hands on their heads and activated the Ghost Soul-Seizing Technique. Their souls were continuously pulled out into Hyuga Kei's hands. The two wanted to howl, but could not make a sound.

In the end, Hyuga Kei stuffed the two extracted souls into his mouth and crushed them with chakra, turning them into the purest spiritual energy.

"Tobirama Senju truly was a genius."

He no longer wanted to let them report to the Pure Land. That would be letting them off too easily. He wanted them to disappear forever.

Hyuga Kei repeated the process, devouring the souls and flesh of the Second Elder, Great Elder, and the other members of the Main Branch direct line.

At last, he headed toward the Main House clan head residence. Naturally, the main course was to be enjoyed last.

"Hyuga Kei, what are you doing here?"

"This is not a place you can come to. Get out!"

Hyuga Kei acted as if he had not heard them and continued approaching.

"I think you're courting death!"

Everyone in the Hyuga, whether Branch House or Main House, wanted this disgrace to the clan dead.

The guards showed no mercy, raising their palms and firing an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

Hyuga Kei waved a hand, and an immense amount of chakra surged from his palm, directly dispersing the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.

Before they could attack again, Hyuga Kei flashed to their side and placed both hands on their shoulders. Black Flesh rolled over them, and the two Hyuga guards vanished from the world, leaving no trace behind.

However, the shouting just now had drawn out the two people living inside.

Wearing a kimono, Hyuga Hiashi pushed open the door. He saw Hyuga Kei standing at the entrance, then noticed that the two guards had vanished without a trace.

"Where did Hyuga Tian and Hyuga Jing go?" Hyuga Hiashi stared intently at Hyuga Kei.

Hyuga Kei smiled as he replied, walking toward the stern Hyuga clan head. "They asked me to watch over things for a while. Something came up."

At that moment, he emerged from the darkness, appearing incomparably eerie beneath the lamplight and moonlight.

Hyuga Hiashi immediately sensed that something was wrong. These two guards had been carefully selected from the Branch House and had never made mistakes. Why would they allow someone else to replace them tonight?

"Stop! Don't come any closer!" Hyuga Hiashi shouted. A ninja's instincts had made him call out to Hyuga Kei.

Hyuga Kei continued forward.

"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!" Seeing Hyuga Kei continue to advance, Hyuga Hiashi attacked without hesitation.

Hyuga Kei struck out with one palm and dispersed the Vacuum Palm. "How uncreative. Don't you know anything else?"

Hyuga Kei's black eyes gradually turned white, though faint blue specks remained at their center. Veins bulged around them. Facing this Elite Jonin Hyuga clan head, he had to use some tricks.

"You awakened the Byakugan?!" Hyuga Hiashi was stunned. The disgrace of the Hyuga clan had actually awakened the Byakugan.

"When? Why have I never seen you use it?"

Hyuga Kei rubbed his chin. He rather enjoyed this cat-and-mouse game, enjoyed Hiashi's surprise. "A long time ago, perhaps? And why should I have told you? So you could plant the Caged Bird on me?"

"As long as you have awakened the Byakugan, you have truly become a member of the Hyuga clan." Hyuga Hiashi still considered becoming a Hyuga clan member a gift.

He believed that the person before him had merely acted on an impulse in attacking the clan head, wanting to prove himself.

"Tomorrow, I'll convene a clan meeting. You will join the Hyuga clan. With the talent and strength you displayed before, you will become a key target for the clan's training. With some outside support, you may even contend for the position of Hokage."

Hyuga Kei put on an overwhelmed expression. "Really? Clan Head!"

Seeing that Hyuga Kei had been placated, Hyuga Hiashi was extremely excited, though inwardly he was thinking about how to deal with this fellow tomorrow. "Of course! I can overlook your offense of forcing your way into the clan head residence. You can go back and rest now. Tomorrow, I'll send someone to find you."

"And don't forget that Neji is still in my hands. Your younger brother's life is not in my hands, but yours."

"Fine, but I have another method. Clan Head, listen to this method."

"What method?"

"As long as I wipe out the entire Hyuga clan, wouldn't I become the Hyuga clan head?"

"What did you say?!" Hyuga Hiashi could hardly believe Hyuga Kei had said such words.

Electricity flickered in Hyuga Kei's hand as he stepped forward and attacked Hyuga Hiashi.

"Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven!"

Hyuga Hiashi swiftly spun in place, and a translucent hemispherical barrier rose around him. Worthy of being the Hyuga clan head, he instantly cast the technique to block Hyuga Kei's Sealing Lightning Palm.

Hyuga Kei struck the chakra of the Revolving Heaven with his right palm, releasing lightning from his hand in an attempt to penetrate inside.

Seeing that he could not break Hyuga Hiashi's defense, Hyuga Kei spread his right hand in the air. A faint blue glow flashed within his Byakugan.

"Repel!" Hyuga Kei shouted, and Hiashi's spinning body was forcibly brought to a halt.

Hyuga Kei's Sealing Lightning Palm struck Hyuga Hiashi directly. Lightning instantly seeped into his body, and under the guidance of the Byakugan, every one of his chakra points was sealed. He could not move at all.

Seeing Hiashi instantly defeated, the clan head's wife, who had been hidden in the shadows, could no longer sit still. She swiftly acted, trying to save her husband.

"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Wall!"

"Don't come out!" Hearing his wife's voice, Hiashi shouted loudly.

Hearing that pleasant cry, Hyuga Kei could not help curling his lips. The exhilaration of revenge filled his entire body.

With a casual strike, Hyuga Kei knocked the beautiful woman unconscious. Black Flesh instantly wrapped around her entire body, leaving only her head exposed. Hyuga Kei was in no hurry to kill her.

He was waiting for Hiashi to beg. This moment was so much like that time, except their positions had been reversed.