After doing all this, the Root ninja suddenly fell silent, showing no intention of greeting Hanabi.
He seized Hanabi and headed straight toward the deeper part of the courtyard.
Hanabi wanted to struggle. Though she said nothing, she silently resisted.
But the effect was truly negligible.
She had no idea what he intended to do next, nor did she understand how someone from Root could enter the Hyuga Clan grounds at a time like this.
If Root ninjas had truly entered the Hyuga Clan through such a method, the consequences would be catastrophic.
Very soon, she learned the reason.
Beneath a rock garden deep within the courtyard was actually a secret passage. It was not wide, and once inside, it could only accommodate one person moving forward at a time.
Still, the ninja could barely make his way through with the relatively slender Hanabi.
Seeing this, Hanabi grew even more confused.
Although her father had specifically told her what had happened during this time,
she did not know much about Root either.
However, based on scattered rumors, she knew that Advisor Danzo, who controlled Root, intended to make a move against the Hyuga Clan.
But what was this supposed to mean? With a secret passage and an insider, instead of using that passage, they had gone to such lengths to capture her.
Did they intend to use her to threaten her father, leaving him with even less time to attend to anything else?
But after who knew how long they had walked, when light entered her vision once more, Hanabi knew they had reached the exit.
She did not know who had dug this secret passage, nor when it had been dug.
But she thought that if she could escape, she would definitely report everything truthfully to her father.
Though