When he returned to the main camp, Kawadera Uchiha saw more than a dozen Hyuga Clan shinobi standing at the camp entrance.
Their expressions were tense, their Byakugan all activated, the bulging veins around their temples making their panic even more apparent.
Every Hyuga shinobi from the Front Line had come.
The head of the main family had been killed, and his Byakugan stolen. How were they any different from the Uchiha Clan they had secretly mocked before?
Now, they were all hoping that an Uchiha shinobi would bring back the main family's Byakugan.
Standing to the side of the Hyuga shinobi were Nara Zhiqiu and the others.
Nara Zhiqiu, Mimata Shimura, and Mitarashi Wa, who had returned earlier, had not brought back the main family's Byakugan.
Nara Zhiqiu said that Kawadera Uchiha had taken the main family's Byakugan to cover their retreat.
Wasn't that absurd? Who covered a retreat like that?
All the Hyuga shinobi looked toward Hane Hyuga.
Hane Hyuga looked utterly exhausted, with no emotion visible on his face.
Once Kawadera drew near, Hane Hyuga said, "Captain Kawadera brought back Lord Clan Head's Byakugan. Lord Clan Head was killed, and there was no opportunity to bring back his body."
Upon hearing this, the Hyuga shinobi's last hope turned to despair, though there was still a trace of comfort within that despair.
Lord Clan Head was dead... They looked at Kawadera Uchiha. Fortunately, this Uchiha had brought back the main family's Byakugan.
With someone taking the lead, the Hyuga shinobi all bowed to Kawadera Uchiha.
Kawadera Uchiha helped the first Hyuga shinobi up. "Come on. Let's go to headquarters together. I'll take out the main family's Byakugan there."
As they walked toward the command tent, Nara Zhiqiu could no longer hold back. "Jonin Kawadera, your tactics were the