As the operations at the front drew to a close, the battle report from the Land of Water was delivered back to the village at the fastest possible speed.
In this battle, the shinobi force led by Sakumo had not gained much of an advantage.
War was like that—there were victories and losses, nothing too extraordinary. But along with the report came news that Himeji had lost her Byakugan.
And then, the Hyuga Clan descended into complete chaos.
The Hyuga Clan possessed an exceptionally strict main-family and branch-family system, one that had been passed down for several centuries.
To uphold this system, even a close relative of every clan head had to be branded with the Caged Bird Seal and sent to the Branch Family to serve as its head.
What a cruel system, all to ensure that the Byakugan would never fall into outside hands.
But now, what had happened to Himeji meant that the Byakugan had been lost.
This was something that had never happened before.
One only had to look at the Hyuga Clan's attitude toward its own clansmen to understand how much they treasured the Byakugan—their secrecy, even their cruelty. If the Byakugan had fallen into enemy hands, it meant the enemy might learn how to use it and gain insight into the Hyuga Clan's Kekkei Genkai...
To the proud Hyuga Clan, this was not only a humiliation, but a thorn threatening the entire clan.
What was more... the one who had lost her eyes was the Hyuga clan head's daughter.
How could Hyuga Tenko possibly swallow this insult?!
If he had not been seriously injured during the Second Great Ninja War, he would already have appeared at the Land of Water front.
At this moment, a small three-person meeting was being held in the Hokage