Suddenly, someone vaulted over the wall formed by the Rock Pillar Spears and entered the enclosure, taking in the situation around him.
It was Hatake Sakumo, who had come to assess the situation.
As early as when Hyuga Shinichi had been checking Uchiha Zuho's condition, Konoha had already devised a plan to deal with the fifty Sunagakure puppet masters.
Seeing that their surprise attack would yield no further gains, Sunagakure wisely cut their losses and swiftly withdrew from the battlefield.
Hatake Sakumo had noticed the commotion caused by Nawaki's Rock Pillar Spears earlier. Now that Sunagakure had retreated, he immediately came over to investigate.
Seeing Hyuga Shinichi and the others, whom there had been no news of for days, along with two members of the Uchiha Clan, he was somewhat unable to make sense of the situation.
He asked Inuzuka Gai, his brother-in-law who stood closest to him.
"Gai, what's going on here?"
Inuzuka Gai walked over to Hatake Sakumo's side. Too shy to call him brother-in-law, he simply replied in an ordinary tone.
"Shinichi had a bit of a conflict with that Uchiha. That Uchiha got angry after Shinichi said a few things to him, then attacked Shinichi—but he couldn't beat him."
Seeing Hyuga Shinichi carrying an Uchiha on his back, Hatake Sakumo realized that things were not as simple as Inuzuka Gai had made them sound. Just as he was about to question the approaching Hyuga Shinichi—
At that moment, a crazed glint appeared in the eyes of Uchiha Fun, who was kneeling on the ground. He pulled several shuriken from the ninja tool pouch at his waist and hurled them at Hyuga Shinichi's back.
Hyuga Shinichi, whose Byakugan had not yet been deactivated, spoke coldly.
"Don't you know the Byakugan has a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree field of vision without