Xuanhui escorted the elders outside the Konoha Gate.
"You're no longer residents of Konoha. Get lost."
The Hyuga Clan elders exchanged glances. Finally, the Elder spoke, his hair disheveled and his spirit broken.
"To think we worked for Konoha all these years, only to end up like this..."
"Stop giving yourselves credit. It was the young people who fought on the battlefield, and the few genuinely capable people who commanded them.
You never did a thing. You just used your ancestors' Main Family status as an excuse to oppress the Branch Family however you pleased.
I've seen plenty of useless old fossils like you, who only know how to exploit the young and protect your own positions."
Xuanhui unlocked their handcuffs and turned his back on them, leaving them seething.
"I gave you parasites a chance. Unfortunately, a tumor is still a tumor.
You'll always be like this, wanting everything and doing nothing but making people sick."
Xuanhui left, heading to the guard post to chat with the ninja guarding the gate.
"Let's go..."
The Hyuga Clan elders turned and left.
"Big Brother, where do we go?"
"Kumogakure..."
Perhaps in Kumogakure, Konoha wouldn't try to find a way to dispose of them.
"Let's hurry. Don't let them catch up."
"You're already too late for that."
They turned to look at a nearby tree!
Uchiha Itachi crouched atop it like a demon, his cold Sharingan fixed on them!
"He's Xuanhui's student! Run!"
Their faces drained of color, and they turned and fled!
They hadn't expected the reckoning to come so soon!
They had only just left the gate and barely gotten anywhere before it came!
Watching them scatter, Uchiha Itachi formed hand seals and released shadow clones.
"Aaaah!"
Their screams startled the birds into a flurry of cries!
Then came another!