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Faced with the Main Branch elder's questioning, Mizuki, trapped in the genjutsu, did not hesitate in the slightest. He swiftly confessed everything: how Orochimaru had chosen him and how he had made a deal with Orochimaru.

As they listened to Mizuki's testimony, the faces of all the senior officials present darkened.

They had thought this was merely an internal power struggle within the Hyuga Clan. They had not expected events to develop so far beyond their expectations, actually involving the fugitive Orochimaru.

Although Orochimaru in this timeline had yet to carry out the "Konoha Destruction Plan," he still bore the crimes of defecting, joining Akatsuki, and abducting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the eldest daughter of the Hyuga Main Branch, among others.

Therefore, having ties to Orochimaru was unquestionably a grave crime!

The Main Branch elder beside them unconsciously opened his mouth, his face filled with disbelief.

Watching Mizuki calmly confess to all the treasonous acts that could cost him his life, the Main Branch elder felt a profound sense of terror and absurdity.

The Main Branch elder had thought he was orchestrating the entire affair, using Mizuki's ambition and the village's rules. Yet he had never imagined that he was the one being used—and by Mizuki, whom he had considered incomparably foolish and lowly.

Amid his shame and embarrassment, cold sweat streamed down the Main Branch elder's face.

From this moment on, the nature of the matter had changed, and it had gone beyond his control—even beyond the Hyuga Clan's control.

The charge of falsely accusing a superior alone was enough to sentence Mizuki to capital punishment. Adding the charge of conspiring with Orochimaru meant Mizuki was unquestionably doomed to die.

And the Main Branch elder, who had conspired with Mizuki and personally brought this about, naturally could not escape