But the flow and presence of this chakra clearly did not belong to anyone from Konoha, and the direction they were watching was unmistakably the Hyuga Clan's compound.
More precisely, they were watching this very room. That realization made it impossible for Uchiha Yin to ignore them.
He immediately withdrew his Mind's Eye of the Kagura and said to Hyuga Hiashi, "I have something to attend to outside. I'll leave her in your care for now!"
As he spoke, he pointed at Samui behind him, his expression grave.
One look was enough for Hyuga Hiashi to know that something had happened, especially since the outskirts of the Hyuga Clan's compound had been anything but peaceful these past few days.
His first thought was that something had happened at Konoha's border again!
Alarm immediately rose within him. "Lord Hokage, has something happened in the Hyuga Clan's territory again? Please allow me to accompany you!"
Uchiha Yin naturally understood what Hyuga Hiashi was thinking. With a serious expression, he said, "There's no need. I'm only going to investigate. You wouldn't be able to keep up!"
With that, he used Space-Time Ninjutsu and vanished on the spot, heading toward the location he had just detected with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
Hyuga Hiashi stared at the spot where Uchiha Yin had disappeared, feeling deeply frustrated.
He knew perfectly well that Lord Uchiha Yin had spoken the truth. With his speed, he would only hold him back.
As the head of a clan, however, he had enough magnanimity to accept it. He quickly let it go and murmured to himself, "It seems all I can do is wait patiently!"
Then he looked up at Samui and said expressionlessly, "Miss Samui, please make yourself comfortable!"
Samui nodded without standing on ceremony and sat down