"Strange noises?" Danzo's brow furrowed deeper as he listened to his subordinate's report.
"Yes, Lord Danzo. This is the latest intelligence from the Hyuga Clan..."
Danzo pondered for a moment, then walked to the window and glanced at the sky outside.
Could Hyuga Feng have discovered the operation?
An uneasy feeling kept nagging at him.
No, sitting here stewing over it won't do any good.
Then he turned and ordered the figure before him, "Pass the word. Move the operation forward."
Elsewhere.
Yui was searching for something amid the collapsed ruins!
"Yui, have you found it yet?" Shobue stood some distance away, keeping watch for Yui.
When she spotted two figures approaching in the distance, she began urging her to hurry.
"Almost. Give me a few more seconds," Yui replied anxiously.
"Then hurry. They're almost here." Shobue's voice sounded a little urgent too.
By now, the wound on Yui's shoulder had completely healed.
Through her torn clothes, one could see that the healed wound had left almost no scar.
"Ugh..." Sweating from exertion, Yui moved a massive rock aside.
Then Hyuga Feng's corpse lay exposed before her.
Yui frowned at the sight of him.
There was almost no flesh left on Hyuga Feng's corpse, apart from the two eyes in his sockets.
He looked like a dried-out corpse.
"A little creepy..." Yui remarked before reaching out to retrieve the two eyes.
"I've taken your eyes back," Yui murmured under her breath.
Then, with a few leaps, she left the deep crater and joined Shobue above.
"Shobue, let's go!" Yui said.
"Yes, let's hurry..."
The two exchanged a glance, then nodded.
They sprang into motion and hurried away, leaving only two retreating silhouettes behind.
A second after they left, two figures appeared amid the ruins.
"Elder Taku..." The young Hyuga Ninja