A deathly silence hung over the scene. A pin drop would have been audible, and the oppressive atmosphere had reached its breaking point.
Everyone finally understood.
This man had not truly come for Sakura.
His target was the hope of the Uchiha Clan's next generation. He was trying to assassinate the Uchiha's future!
He would not, and could not, assassinate Sasuke.
So he had chosen the weakest, least conspicuous, most vulnerable opening-
Killing Sakura Haruno while she was still young and utterly defenseless!
As long as Sakura died here and now!
Then the Uchiha bloodline might well come to an end!
Even if it did not, without Sakura Haruno as the mother, that child of Sasuke's would certainly not have such a smooth path ahead.
He was gambling on severing the Uchiha's last line of succession!
Silence. Utter silence.
A chill ran down everyone's spine, and bone-deep dread instantly rose in their hearts.
Who could have imagined that the future revealed by the Sky Screen would give rise to such an extreme, insane assassination attempt?
Even an ordinary child had become someone's relentless target, reduced to a sacrifice in a power struggle!
Only now did Kizashi Haruno truly feel the terror of what had nearly happened, his whole body trembling slightly.
He had thought the glory awaiting his daughter was an incredible blessing.
Only now did he understand that behind that glory lay endless murderous intent and scheming!
He had lived an ordinary life, never getting involved in any conflict, yet his daughter's future had dragged him into the village's power struggles overnight.
Such an inexplicable, utterly absurd motive for murder made Kizashi Haruno's scalp prickle. All that remained in his heart was endless fear at the thought of what had almost happened.
He had come so close to losing