Looking at the four Shadow Guard members, whose faces were filled with surprise, confusion, and even bewilderment, Hyuga Kagami curled his lip. "What's so strange about that? They're Uchiha!"
"Because they're Uchiha?"
Kurenai froze for a moment. For some reason, she realized she could not find a single reason to argue back.
It was as if the three words "Uchiha Clan" were enough to explain everything. Once she thought about it carefully, she realized that no matter what outrageous thing the Uchiha Clan did, she probably would not find it all that surprising.
Glancing at the four Shadow Guard members again, Hyuga Kagami said sternly, "What happened tonight is of great importance. Without my permission, none of you are to reveal it to anyone—not even the Advisory Elder Council or your families. Understood?!"
Rin's sudden arrival that night had indeed caught Hyuga Kagami off guard, causing Shisui and the others who had come to report to run straight into the Shadow Guard assigned to protect Rin. Fortunately, Hyuga Kagami was now the Hokage, so issuing a gag order to his own Shadow Guard was easy enough.
"Yes!"
The four Shadow Guard members promptly dropped to one knee and answered in unison.
They had respected Hyuga Kagami before, but deep down, they had believed that the Fifth Hokage was merely a small boat caught amid raging waves. Faced with the Uchiha Clan's steadily approaching storm, he was not only overwhelmed but powerless to respond.
But after witnessing what had just happened, they finally understood that everything had been under Hyuga Kagami's control. The rebellion that seemed like a catastrophe to them was nothing more than a minor disturbance that Hyuga Kagami, as Hokage, could suppress with a wave of his hand. He had even used the Uchiha rebellion to set in