Hiashi instinctively wanted to shake his head. After all, if these nearly immortal monsters were the Akatsuki Organization's test for Neji, then Neji had come to take this test only to die.
Even he, an elite Jonin, had been thrown into disarray when he first faced these monsters.
Neji was only a little over eight years old and still attending the Ninja Academy. There was no way he could handle these monsters.
But then he remembered that the Akatsuki Organization had designed this test.
Because of Shinji, that "butterfly," the Akatsuki Organization had become famous throughout the Shinobi World. Especially after attacking the Fourth Raikage and successfully abducting the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, the Akatsuki Organization had earned a reputation almost equal to that of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
Thinking of the organization behind the test, Hiashi wasn't so sure anymore.
At that moment, several Hyuga clan members gathered around Hiashi and reported, "Sir, we've checked. There's no one else nearby!"
Hiashi gave a slight nod, relieved.
In this rugged terrain, riddled with ravines and rocky outcroppings, the Byakugan was far more efficient for scouting than Ninja Dogs or Kikaichū.
One of the Hyuga clan members asked, "Sir, what should we do now?"
Hiashi was wondering the same thing.
The sudden attack had forced him to consider whether the Akatsuki Organization had already discovered them. But even after the battle had been over for quite some time, no Akatsuki members had appeared, and no one was watching them from the shadows. That left him unsure what to do.
For the sake of safety, they should call Neji back and retreat.
But if the attack was merely a prearranged, triggered trap by the Akatsuki Organization, with no members nearby monitoring them, then retreating now would mean losing their chance to