By the time the Root personnel disappeared from sight, Hyuga Yu still did not know the name of the Root youth behind the bird-beak mask.
He did not know these Root comrades, nor could he empathize with the lives hidden behind those masks.
But Hyuga Yu could not simply do nothing.
What was more, he could not guarantee that what happened next would unfold as it had in the original history.
Ever since he had intervened in the incident involving the Main House Byakugan being stolen, this world had gradually embarked on a path completely different from the original story.
Ao of Kirigakure had not obtained the Byakugan, and he himself had now drawn the attention of many forces lurking in the shadows. So would the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist still encounter Team 10? Would Ao still encounter Body Flicker Shisui? And what would he run into next?
None of it could be predicted.
But there were two things Hyuga Yu needed to do now. First, he had to prevent the incident of Might Duy opening the Eighth Gate from happening again.
Second, he had to correct history as much as possible and bring this incident to an ending close to the original one.
He could not stand by and watch those he cared about—Master Duy, Teacher Furobuki, Hyuga Tetsu, who was currently in the frontline forces, and Doctor Xie Fang, who had taught him so much useful knowledge—be sacrificed as pawns by the higher-ups.
However, Hyuga Yu's arrangement had not been a rash decision. First, because of Root, the enemy would definitely know he was with Team 10. Second, the enemy did not know that the Explosive Tag convoy was fake.
That made what Hyuga Yu needed to do very simple.
Nothing happened that night. The next