Kakashi, Reporting In!

As the Four Violet Flames Formation separating the arena from the stands gradually faded, cheers immediately erupted, like peals of rolling thunder exploding above the venue!

The most excited of all were undoubtedly the Hyuga Clan.

The instant Shisui conceded in the arena, nearly every Hyuga clansman in the stands rose to their feet, cheering, shouting, and venting the joy in their hearts!

Although Hyuga Kagami had only won one match and had not yet been elected Fifth Hokage, it was enough to send the entire Hyuga Clan into celebration.

Under the gaze of the masses, Hyuga Kagami had eliminated the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyo Sharingan wielder and Konoha's publicly acknowledged strongest ninja, restoring the Hyuga Clan's honor after they had been pressured so severely by the Uchiha Clan lately that they could barely catch their breath!

Watching the celebration of the clansmen around him, the Main Branch elder's expression darkened incomparably. At that moment, he suddenly found those cheers unbearably grating!

It was foreseeable that after this battle, even if Hyuga Kagami ultimately failed to become the Fifth Hokage, his standing within the Hyuga Clan would inevitably rise dramatically.

The Main Branch had already found itself somewhat constrained when dealing with Hyuga Kagami before. It would undoubtedly become even more difficult to deal with him afterward.

Damn it, I let this threat grow to such an extent without realizing it!

The Main Branch elder's gaze toward Hyuga Kagami in the arena was filled with wariness and malice. He had not noticed that his mindset had already changed.

If his feelings toward Hyuga Kagami had previously been more hatred than fear, then now, his fear outweighed his hatred.

This instinctive fear was precisely what drove him to hate Hyuga Kagami more and more. Yet even now, he had not realized it—or