Konoha High Command Meeting

Whether he was confident or not, Obito Uchiha made sure to throw out a threat first.

Even if he lost the fight, he couldn't lose face! He had to put up a tough front.

After watching Obito Uchiha leave, Neji didn't let his guard down completely. This time, he had no intention of absorbing the Three-Tails' remaining tail on the spot. Instead, he flew away with Isobu's tail, which was dozens of meters long.

Once bitten, twice shy. Neji wasn't about to give Obito Uchiha another opening.

Just as Neji left Kirigakure with one of Isobu's tails, Konoha finally received Kirigakure's official notice of condemnation.

It took quite some time to send word from Kirigakure in the Land of Water to Konohagakure in the Land of Fire, since a vast sea separated them. Although the shinobi world had plenty of incredibly advanced technology, its communications technology remained comparatively backward.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the notice from Kirigakure. After just one glance, his aged face darkened, and his chakra surged involuntarily, making the staff member delivering the report feel as though a mountain were pressing down on them.

News of the Kaguya Clan's coup had only just reached Konoha.

"You may go." Hiruzen Sarutobi waved a hand.

After the staff member left, Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped his desk three times.

At the sound of those taps, an Anbu wearing an animal mask appeared in the Hokage Office.

"Notify the advisers immediately. Tell them to come to the meeting room at once," Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered.

"The Hyuga Clan took part in the Kaguya Clan's coup in Kirigakure?" After the Anbu left, Hiruzen Sarutobi narrowed his eyes and pondered the notice in his hand.

After so many years as Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew the Hyuga Clan's character all too well. That family lacked the