Hyuga Hiashi watched but said nothing. He turned to look at the others, who all chose to remain silent.
It wasn't that everyone thought the matter had nothing to do with them. They simply trusted His Majesty's judgment.
His Majesty's judgment had never failed so far. That was where everyone's confidence came from.
The reason Fugaku Uchiha was so anxious was that this matter concerned the future of the Uchiha.
The future of the Uchiha rested on Uchiha Kyu, so he was more anxious than anyone else and hoped more than anyone that this mission would succeed.
"Go!!!"
Uchiha Kyugaku unleashed the Mangekyō Sharingan he had kept hidden for many years, holding off Shimura Rizo and the Root Organization ninjas by himself.
"Let's go." Uchiha Shisui exchanged a glance with Minato Namikaze, then turned and sprinted toward the Dragon Vein.
After a bloody battle, the two had expended a tremendous amount of chakra. They had never expected Konoha to have so many troops.
"What an interesting world. He looks exactly like Uchiha Kyugaku."
"I never expected Uchiha Kyugaku to have a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, too. It seems I'll have to keep a close eye on him in the future."
Shimura Rizo thought that the Uchiha Clan from that world had come to provide reinforcements—and they even had the Mangekyō Sharingan. Greed immediately welled up inside him.
That was also why Uchiha Kyugaku hadn't worn a mask to conceal his identity. Doing so would have been the same as telling Rizo that their identities couldn't see the light of day.
Trying to hide something only made it more obvious.
And now, Uchiha Kyugaku had appeared openly before Shimura Rizo precisely to gamble on Rizo's mistaken assumptions.
Hearing Shimura Rizo say that, Uchiha Kyugaku was not surprised but delighted. The