"On the way here, I kept wondering who had been colluding with the Uchiha Clan to plot against me. I suspected many people, but I never imagined it would be you, Hyuga Kagami!"
As he spoke the final words, "Hyuga Kagami," Hyuga Aoki's tone instantly turned cold and sinister.
Hyuga Kagami observed Hyuga Aoki as he replied evenly, "You incited the Uchiha Clan to rebel. As the Hokage, it is only right for me to arrest you."
Through his observations, he found that the weariness on Hyuga Aoki's face was not an act.
This meant that Itachi's Tsukuyomi had indeed inflicted severe damage on Hyuga Aoki's spiritual body. However, judging from Hyuga Aoki's current condition, his spiritual body was clearly not yet weak enough to require an immediate return to his true body for recuperation.
When Hyuga Kagami mentioned the Hokage, Hyuga Aoki's gaze fell upon the Hokage's haori draped over Hyuga Kagami.
"Hmph, I've always been an excellent judge of people, yet I never expected to misjudge a watchdog like you!" After a cold snort, Hyuga Aoki continued, "You hid yourself well. Not only did you exploit the conflict between the village and the Uchiha Clan to rise to power and become the Fifth Hokage, you even secretly colluded with that young Uchiha Clan heir who possesses a hidden Mangekyō Sharingan."
As he spoke, Hyuga Aoki's expression gradually twisted.
Breaking the shackles of the Branch Family's fate and becoming the village's Hokage had always been the greatest desire buried deep within his heart. After obtaining the Giant Tenseigan, he had believed firmly that he would eventually achieve it all.
Yet he had never expected Hyuga Kagami, also a member of the Branch Family, to ascend to the position of Hokage before him through a strange twist of fate. This