Chaos

Hashiryu's infiltration was very successful. Not only are there no Byakugan watching his position now, but even if there are, as long as those Byakugan don't get too close, they won't be able to detect Hashiryu, who is isolated by the Sealing Jutsu.

In truth, Hashiryu's attire could fool the Byakugan's spying, but it couldn't escape the naked eye's detection. If the few Night Watch ninjas of the Hyuga Clan were to come out and take a look, they would be able to spot Hashiryu without even activating Byakugan Hashiryu, as soon as they came face to face with him.

The Hyuga Clan never imagined that there Sealing Jutsu in the Ninja World that could block the Byakugan. They never relied on the naked eye for reconnaissance; if they could use the Byakugan's X-ray vision, why would they use the naked eye?

Therefore, Hashiryu entered the Hyuga Clan patriarch's house without any problems.

At that Hyuga Hiashi wife were sleeping, and Hinata, the young lady, was in a room not far from them.

Hashiryu stopped and carefully sensed the location of everyone in the courtyard. Then, he cautiously headed towards Hinata Hyuga's room.

Hashiryu gently pulled open Hinata Hyuga's bedroom door, holding his breath. If Hyuga Hiashi activated his Byakugan at that moment and discovered that his daughter's door had been opened, he would definitely be exposed.

Once exposed, all that's left for him is the backup plan: to die at the hands of Hyuga Hiashi.

Although he had long been prepared to sacrifice himself for the village, Hashiryu still wanted to fight for the chance to live. Moreover, if he took Hinata Hyuga with him, everything would be under the control of the Cloud ninja, and there would be no unexpected events.

If the backup plan is activated and Konoha does not choose to compromise, then the Cloud ninja will not receive Byakugan.

Therefore, both for public and private reasons, Hashiryu hopes that the first plan will succeed.

After waiting for two seconds, there was no movement from the room where Hyuga Hiashi was not far away. So Hashiryu carefully Earth Flow Hinata Hyuga's room, took out a black cloth with the same runes that blocked Byakugan detection, and gently wrapped the sleeping Hinata with the black cloth.

Hashiryu did all these movements very slowly, and only after he finished did he realize that he was covered in sweat.

Without delay, Hashiryu picked up Hinata and slowly left the room.

Everything went smoothly until Hashiryu completely left the Hyuga clan chief's courtyard. Only then did the uneasy Hyuga Hiashi realize that something was wrong.

Unlike the original story, this time, Hyuga Hiashi had activated his Byakugan, only saw Hinata disappear, but did not find the location of Hashiryu and Hinata.

Upon realizing his daughter was missing Hyuga Hiashi rushed out of the house while simultaneously sending a signal to the sky that an enemy had invaded.

Hyuga Hiashi is not yet disappointed in Hinata, and Hanabi Hyuga has not yet been included in his plans. Hinata is currently his only daughter and the heir to the Main Family.

Soon, the members of the Hyuga Branch Family were awakened one after another. Their first reaction was not to come out and check the situation, but to activate their Byakugan to scout their surroundings.

As a result, even though Hashiryu clearly saw the signal sent by Hyuga Hiashi, he didn't see a single Hyuga member come out to stop him. He actually managed to break out of the Hyuga Clan's territory unharmed.

Only a few branch families who lived relatively close by seemed to see something flash through their Byakugan.

Most of the branch family members didn't pay attention, but one person Earth Flow the street. As a result, he happened to see Hashiryu's departing figure.

The man was taken aback, then shouted loudly, attracting the attention of the other tribesmen, and he chased after them without hesitation.

This person isn't stupid; the naked eye can't see it, but the Byakugan's X-ray vision effect didn't detect it—that's terrifying. If this method becomes widespread, it will be a disaster for the Hyuga Clan.

"The enemy is over here. They can block the Byakugan's X-ray vision. Be careful."

These words caused a sense of unease to rise in the hearts of all Hyuga members, including Hyuga Hiashi. While rushing towards the direction of the Hashiryu, Hyuga Hiashi instructed a few branch family members to stay behind, and then directly called on the other ninjas to give chase.

Hashiryu exerted all his strength, running desperately towards the direction of the delegation. He wasn't Taijutsu- type ninja, so his speed wasn't fast. Logically speaking, he wouldn't be able to escape.

But Hashiryu wasn't worried because he had companions.

Even before he set off, Tawara Ayumi had already prepared all the Cloud ninja for battle.

The Cloud ninja are well-prepared. Once Hashiryu dies, Tawara Ayumi and the others will receive the news immediately. Then they will cause trouble for the Hyuga Clan.

If Hashiryu succeeds, they must go to meet him.

So Hyuga Hiashi gave the signal, before the members of the Hyuga Branch Family could move, Tawara Ayumi and the others made their move first.

With perfect coordination, the thirteen Cloud ninja charged directly towards the direction of the Hyuga Clan in battle formation.

The Anbu responsible for monitoring them were about to stop them, but were immediately repelled by the prepared Cloud ninja. Fortunately, the Cloud ninja did not kill them, only saying that their leader had been kidnapped.

Soon, Tawara Ayumi and the others broke through the obstacles to reunite with Hashiryu.

However, in a corner unnoticed by everyone, Yichen emerged and secretly sneaked into the Cloud ninja's residence when no one was around.

Yichen quickly checked several rooms and easily found his target.

"Hehe, just as I thought." Yichen smiled slightly.

In front of Yichen was a small mound-like object. It wasn't big, about the size of a stool. Yichen had seen a larger version of this object in the original work; it was the base for the Cloud ninja's Space-Time Ninjutsu, the Heavenly Transfer Technique.

Without saying a word, Yichen picked up the miniature Heavenly Transfer Technique base and left.

Yichen had already suspected something: why did the Cloud ninja believe that they would have a chance to bring Hyuga Hiashi's body back to Kumogakure alive after obtaining it?

Yichen's initial guess was that it was Space-Time Ninjutsu.

As long as the Byakugan is placed in a special box, it can be directly teleported back to Kumogakure using the Heavenly Transfer Technique. At that point, it won't matter whether Hyuga Hiashi's corpse or these delegation members can safely return to Kumogakure.

Yichen tried to put the base of the Heavenly Transfer Technique into his Ninja Tool Bag, but failed; the object repelled him. Yichen had no choice but to carry it away from the Cloud Ninja Tool Bag Cloud Ninja envoy's residence.

Now that Konoha has been alerted, ninjas are constantly emerging from the shadows. Even if Yichen Mind's Eye to sense things, he can't get very far carrying such a thing.

So, after turning a corner, Yichen went into the home of an ordinary person.

Yichen placed the base he was carrying in the family's storeroom and then left.

The show isn't over yet, Yichen doesn't want to miss out on what's to come.

When Yichen changed into the uniform of the Konoha Anbu and cautiously returned to the vicinity of the Cloud Ninja envoy's residence, the situation had completely changed.

Tawara Ayumi and her men met up with Hashiryu, but they were also surrounded by the Hyuga Clan ninjas.

Originally, Tawara Ayumi thought that the Hyuga Clan Cloud Ninja envoy delegation if they made a move. As long as the Hyuga Clan didn't kill them, they were confident that they could successfully deliver the Byakugan to their residence.

However, things didn't go as Tawara Ayumi had predicted. The Hyuga Clan acted decisively this time, launching a deadly attack right from the start, and their target wasn't just Hashiryu, but the entire Cloud Ninja envoy.

Because in the eyes of the Hyuga Clan ninja, these Cloud ninja might cut off the entire Hyuga Clan's path to survival. They were not only fighting for the Main Family, but also for their own future.

The Hyuga Clan's immense power and privileges in Konoha are not due to anything else, but rather to the unparalleled role of the Byakugan in war.

But now some people have found a way to control it.

If the Byakugan no longer serves a reconnaissance purpose, what can the Hyuga Clan do besides be cannon fodder? Not all Hyuga Clan are geniuses; most of them have only average talent. Many of them consume far more resources than others, yet their life's achievement is only that of Chunin.

Even though they are weak, they are still highly sought after by all combat teams. Why? Isn't it because of the Byakugan's almost unbeatable reconnaissance ability?

These people relied entirely on Byakugan's ability to see through things remotely to survive in the village. Now they are terrified, feeling as if the sky is about to fall.

It was already quite an achievement that Tawara Ayumi and her group were able to hold out until Yichen, the spectator, arrived, despite being surrounded by Hyuga ninjas.

This is mainly because the Hyuga Clan is not good at ranged combat; they are almost all melee ninjas. Although hundreds of people surround the opponent, only a small number of them attack at a time.

However, the situation was still very unfavorable for the Cloud ninja. Yichen, hiding in the shadows, counted them using Mind's Eye. "Hmm, including Hashiryu and Tawara Ayumi, there are only eleven left. Three are dead, and most of the rest are not in good condition."

Just as Yichen was assessing the situation, another Cloud ninja was taken away by a complete set of Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.

Instead of carefully observing the two sides engaged in battle, Yichen began to scout the surroundings.

Where exactly is Orochimaru hiding? Given Orochimaru's personality, he shouldn't have remained a mere spectator from beginning to end.

But Yichen searched all around but couldn't find any trace of him.

Suddenly, the sounds of battle could be heard two kilometers away.

"That direction? The Hyuga Clan's territory? Could it be... Orochimaru?" Yichen was taken aback. Both Main Family of the Hyuga Clan were here; what was Orochimaru doing?

"Besides the Byakugan of the two main Hyuga Main Family, is there anyone else in the Hyuga Clan who could catch Orochimaru's eye? Could it be that he has also taken a liking to Neji Hyuga?"

"But while Neji Hyuga has a tiny bit of fame within the Hyuga Clan, outsiders know very little about him. And Orochimaru would even consider a branch family member with the Caged Bird Orochimaru?"

"Hmm? Caged Bird! Orochimaru went to find information on the Caged Bird. Right, information on the Caged Bird, how come I didn't think of that?"

"Although I can't break the Caged Bird, this kind of Cursed Seal Caged Bird on the soul will definitely be of great help in the study of Yin Release."

Yichen was somewhat annoyed.

"Sigh, forget it, it's too late to go now. I'll find another opportunity to trade with Orochimaru later."

While Yichen was distracted, the situation on the field changed again. Seeing that there were still enemies in the clan's territory, Hyuga Hiashi sent his younger brother Hizashi Hyuga with most of the clan members back to the clan's territory to provide support.

Although they had lost more than half of their enemies, the situation of the Cloud ninja had not improved, because the Hyuga ninjas attacking them at the same time had not decreased.

Moreover, seeing that the Cloud ninja had allies, these people became even more frenzied in their attacks. Several Hyuga Clan ninjas even disregarded their own safety and charged directly into the Cloud ninja formation to unleash the Rotation.

These Hyuga ninjas were naturally targeted by the Cloud ninja and suffered some injuries, but the Cloud ninja's formation was also completely disrupted. In a short moment, three Cloud ninja were killed by the Hyuga Clan on the outer perimeter.