The Twin Demons' Roar and the Hokage's Cold Indifference

Hokage's Office.

Silence.

The refined fragrance of high-quality incense lingered in the air, mingling with the night wind from the courtyard outside, cleansed by bloodshed. It formed an eerie tranquility that belonged to the pinnacle of power.

Baishi sat upright upon the Hokage's seat, his fingertips gently stroking a warm jade teacup.

Before him was not a mountain of documents, but a smooth, mirror-like curtain of water formed through Water Release.

Upon the water curtain, the gruesome scene amid the ruins of Yoshikawa Shin's estate was reflected in real time.

This was a live battlefield view shared through the Byakugan of a Hyuga Branch Family elite kneeling before him.

On-screen, that cold, evil Chakra brimming with brutality and destruction erupted like a black volcano, staining the ruins of the entire courtyard with an ominous dark violet hue.

"Crack... crack..."

The scalp-numbing sounds of bones shifting and flesh proliferating came from Sakon and Ukon's mangled bodies.

Their skin was completely covered by black Cursed Seals. Their muscle fibers twisted and swelled madly at a visible rate. Ash-gray bone spurs tore through their skin, growing savagely from their backs, elbows, and knees, while vicious horns sprouted from their heads.

Their human forms completely vanished.

In their place stood two demons over two meters tall, with ashen skin, knotted muscles, and the stench of sulfur and rotting flesh...

"Roar—!!!"

It was impossible to tell who had roared. It was no longer a human voice, but the cry of a beast filled solely with the desire to kill and destroy.

The two demons rose abruptly from the ruins, one on the left and one on the right.

One of them was Sakon. His crimson eye stared fixedly at the grim-faced Hyuga clansmen around him, who had assumed defensive stances. A cruel, crazed smile hung