"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Dense figures flashed into view, surrounding Tenka and the others from all sides!
This group was uniformly dressed as Anbu, brimming with killing intent. There were well over a hundred of them.
"Root!"
"Does Danzō think the Hyuga Clan has no one left?"
Hiashi shielded Hinata and Hanabi behind him as he looked at the people opposite them, his voice icy!
"Kill!"
Without another word, the Root shinobi drew the ninja blades from their backs and charged at Tenka and the others!
Tenka's expression did not change in the slightest. He pulled Neji behind him.
"Byakugan: Pressure!"
Tenka activated his Byakugan and unleashed its Pressure ability.
In an instant, chakra currents shook violently, and invisible pressure slammed everyone to the ground, leaving them unable to rise!
Tenka glared furiously and abruptly increased the pressure of his Byakugan.
In the blink of an eye, the people sprawled on the ground suddenly exploded, turning into scattered chunks of flesh!
He had instantly killed over a hundred people. Such strength left Hiashi utterly dumbfounded!
And Tenka had not even moved from where he stood. He had merely activated his Byakugan!
Pressure? What kind of ability was that? Did the Byakugan even possess such an ability?
"Ah..."
Hinata and Hanabi trembled in terror at the sight. Only then did Hiashi react, hurriedly blocking their view!
Standing behind Tenka, Neji's face had gone somewhat pale. This... was his brother?
Yet a flame gradually ignited in his eyes—a flame that yearned for strength!
Among them, only Hizashi looked at Tenka with worry written all over his face.
He had originally thought that following Lady Tsunade outside the village all these years would weaken the child's desire to kill.
But now it seemed Tenka had merely buried his killing intent completely. Now that it had erupted, it was impossible to say how much stronger it had become than before!
Hizashi was deeply worried, worried that this child would become addicted to Slaughter in the future and turn into an emotionless killing machine!
Tenka looked at the chunks of flesh strewn across the ground, his face utterly unmoved, as though he had not killed living people at all!
His gaze was cold as he suddenly glanced at Hiashi!
Under Hizashi's worried gaze, he said coldly:
"The clan has become filthy. It is time to cleanse it!"
With that, he headed toward the center of the clan grounds without looking back!
Hiashi and Hizashi both knew something huge was about to happen. Tenka was truly enraged this time, and they could not stop him!
"Brother, what do we do?"
"It's fine. Tenka is right. It truly is time for a thorough cleansing!"
"Let him go. We can't stop him anyway, can we?"
This was the Hyuga Clan's territory, a clan famous throughout the Shinobi World for reconnaissance.
Yet so many people had managed to appear here unnoticed to commit murder?
Hiashi was no fool. He only hoped that not too many people in the clan had colluded with them!
"Brother, I'm not talking about the clan. I mean that side."
"With Tenka's temperament, he will not let this end here!"
"He is going after that man. The Hokage will not stand by and watch. I'm worried..."
"It's nothing!"
"Let's go!"
"We'll make preparations and go demand an explanation from the Hokage!"
"Don't worry about Tenka. He did not fear the Hokage years ago, much less now!"
"What we need to do is claim the moral high ground and keep the other clans from getting involved!"
"Otherwise, I fear that if Tenka truly flies into a rage, all of Konoha will suffer!"
Light flickered in Hiashi's eyes. Clever as he was, he had already thought of a response!
Hiashi had known years ago that Tenka was the hope of the Hyuga Clan.
He could lead the Hyuga Clan to unprecedented glory, so Hiashi had done his utmost over the years to repair the relationship between the two branches!
Through his frequent visits, he had finally untied the knot in Hizashi's heart as well.
Just as they were preparing to head back, a figure suddenly rushed out, blade in hand, and charged straight at Neji!
"Neji!"
"Watch out!"
Hizashi panicked instantly. He had not expected there to be one more enemy, much less one targeting Neji!
"Heavenly Rotation!"
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"
Neji remained calm. The attacker was extremely fast, and he instinctively used Heavenly Rotation.
At the same time, Hiashi launched a long-range attack at the enemy!
He did not dare imagine what Tenka would do if Neji were truly harmed!
"Pfft!"
"Bang!"
The sound of a blade piercing flesh and Hiashi's attack striking the enemy rang out!
"Neji!"
Hizashi rushed toward Neji at top speed in a panic!
The gap in strength between Neji and the enemy was simply too great. Even after using Heavenly Rotation, he had still failed to block the attack!
Fortunately, Heavenly Rotation had slightly altered the direction of the enemy's strike. Judging by the wound's location, it should not have hit anything vital!
"Neji, how are you?"
"Cough... Father, I'm fine!"
Hiashi hurried over as well. The moment he saw Neji's wound, his expression changed drastically.
"Don't speak. The blade was poisoned!"
"Come, take Neji to Tenka!"
Hiashi grabbed the enemy he had knocked to the ground and spoke to Hizashi.
"Hinata, bring Hanabi and follow us!"
The group hurried all the way there. Fortunately, they were not far away, and they soon found Tenka within the clan grounds!
Hiashi and Hizashi had no mood to pay attention to the corpses lining the way!
They had anticipated this outcome long ago. They simply had not expected Tenka to move so quickly!
Tenka held a sword in one hand, blood still dripping from its blade!
Step by step, he walked toward the edge of the clan grounds, the aura around him growing colder still!
"Tenka!"
"Come look at Neji!"
Hizashi carried Neji and rushed before Tenka, placing Neji in front of him as he spoke anxiously.
Tenka crouched down and quickly examined him. It was not serious, and the poison had not spread far!
He took out a pill from his robes and fed it to Neji, then performed the Mystical Palm Technique with one hand!
Before long, most of Neji's injuries had healed. With two or three days of rest, he would be completely fine!
"What happened?"
"Bang!"
"It was him. After you left, we were preparing to return when he suddenly rushed out and attacked Neji directly!"
"Root!"
"I've cleaned up the clan's trash!"
"Arrange for someone to clean up. I'm going out!"
With that, Tenka left with his sword in hand.
"Hizashi, take care of Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi. I need to go out!"
Hiashi instructed Hizashi. He had to go make arrangements.
"Brother, I'll go with you!"
"No. Watch over them. They may be trying to retaliate against Tenka by specifically targeting Neji!"
"I'm leaving!"
After saying that, Hiashi turned and quickly departed!
Once outside the Hyuga Clan grounds, he headed directly for the Hokage's Office. He had to act before Tenka made his move.
He needed to stabilize the major clans and prevent them from getting involved. Otherwise, after tonight, whether Konoha would still exist was uncertain.
On Tenka's side, the moment he left the Hyuga Clan grounds, he no longer suppressed the killing intent around him and released it all!
Bone-chilling killing intent swept outward, and in an instant, the winds and clouds changed color!
As he walked, more and more Anbu noticed something unusual about him.
But beneath the bone-chilling killing intent he gave off, none of them dared take even a single step closer!
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