Why Wear It Around the Neck

Just like that, everyone donned Tailed Beast cloaks and tensely prepared for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's arrival.

Kushina and Naruto stood at the very front, while Hinata stood at the front of the group behind them.

As long as one of those three took the attack, there would be no danger to their lives.

But that was only the best-case scenario.

After all, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was a madman. His actions could not be judged by normal logic.

The others still had to stand behind them, prepared to be injured or even killed.

If possible, it would naturally be better to attack Obito in the sky.

But unfortunately, according to what Neji had seen with his Byakugan, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was approaching from the ground and seemed completely unaware of Obito above.

That was also Obito's goal: to force them into fighting first.

Neji was in the forward group with Kushina and Naruto. He had not stayed with the Hyuga Clan.

Hinata was responsible for leading the rear squad. If they had been facing a normal enemy, that would basically have been the safest position.

But as she had said, Isshiki was a madman and could not be judged by common sense.

Hanabi had her Byakugan activated as well, monitoring Isshiki's approach.

The Tenseigan was powerful, but it lost the Byakugan's basic abilities.

It was like how, under normal circumstances, when the Sharingan "evolved" into the Rinnegan, it also lost the Sharingan's abilities—aside from Susanoo, which could be activated even without eyes.

However, since it was an evolution, the Tenseigan possessed insight surpassing the Byakugan, making up for that loss.

Just as Genjutsu cast by the Rinnegan surpassed that of the Sharingan.

In other words, Hinata could actually rely on sheer "stats" to forcibly observe and sense Isshiki's location.

She did not do so