"An intruder!!"
A low shout shattered the silence of the night!
The crisis erupted in an instant!
Caught on the spot, Orochimaru showed no panic and made no attempt to flee. Instead, he slowly straightened, flicked his long, slender tongue, and stared greedily into the room, his voice filled with utter obsession and longing.
"The Hyuga Clan's high-quality Byakugan... truly perfect..."
"Eyes that can give rise to the Tenseigan. I want them so badly."
That brazen, undisguised covetousness instantly ignited Hiashi's fury!
Hiashi had been overseeing the compound through the night and happened to be guarding his two daughters that day. Seeing the lecherous look on Orochimaru's face as he targeted his younger daughter, killing intent surged in his eyes, and he shouted furiously.
"Orochimaru! You've gone too far!!"
He could still tolerate outsiders coveting the Main Family's bloodline or the Byakugan, but Orochimaru had come right up to his younger daughter's room, intending to harm young Hanabi. That crossed a line he would never tolerate!
His two daughters were Hiashi's inviolable boundary.
Before his words had even faded, Hiashi lunged forward, unleashing his Gentle Fist chakra at full strength. His palms cut fiercely through the air as he charged straight at Orochimaru!
Every Hyuga guard on duty nearby flew into a rage. They swarmed in to kill him, sealing off his escape routes layer by layer as countless Gentle Fist attacks rained down, instantly surrounding Orochimaru.
The Konoha Anbu stationed outside the compound immediately detected the violent chakra fluctuations within. Realizing the Hyuga Clan Compound was under attack, they rushed to reinforce it while sending out an emergency signal for aid.
In an instant, lights blazed throughout the Hyuga Main Family's grounds. Alarm gripped everyone, and battle cries rang out from all sides.
Under a combined assault from dozens