Facing this sudden turn of events, Hyuga Kei abruptly raised a hand and caught the blow with one hand.
Just as Temari was about to move, Hyuga Kei struck her chest with his palm. In an instant, a powerful current electrocuted her into unconsciousness.
"So you're all going to betray me."
Hyuga Kei forcefully shook his hand, his face covered in a frosty expression, cold and savage. "Makes sense. We were enemies who could never coexist under the same sky. In this absurd, mistaken world, only endless hatred and blazing fury can endure."
"You came to kill me, didn't you? Just like how I mercilessly killed your loved ones back then? Hasn't the anger in your hearts been burning all this time?"
"The Hyuga clan cruelly killed my family, and I repaid blood with blood, slaughtering the entire Hyuga clan. I left you remnants alive solely so this cycle of hatred could continue."
Hyuga Kei frantically transformed his face into Chiba Kishu's. His eyes were bloodshot as he roared himself hoarse, "Try killing me now! Continue this endless cycle! Nothing is over yet! This mistaken world, this mistaken story, is still continuing! It will never stop!"
Hyuga Kei's voice was nearly hysterical, as though he had lost his mind and fallen into a bottomless abyss of hatred.
Hyuga Hinata looked at the crazed Hyuga Kei, her eyes reddening. Her voice trembled slightly, yet remained incomparably firm. "Kei, we aren't enemies. We're family. The hatred of the past has already made too many people bleed and torn apart too many families.
"But we don't want to let hatred blind us anymore. We don't want to keep reincarnating through this endless pain. We're willing to let go of our hatred, and we hope you can let go too."
Hanabi stepped forward as