Hatake Ziyan had finished dealing with things on his end, but Minato was still anxiously awaiting news.
Although Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi had killed the intruders, one of the enemies had sent out a signal before dying, allowing those waiting to assist them to escape! As a result, they had failed to obtain evidence that these men belonged to the Hidden Cloud Village.
Hiashi could only take the two corpses to the Hokage Building.
"Lord Fourth Hokage, these two men sneaked into our Hyuga Clan Compound in the middle of the night and went straight to my daughter's room. They tried to enter, so I killed them! Please uphold justice for me!" After entering the Hokage Office, Hiashi dropped straight to his knees, laid the bodies before Minato, and pleaded tearfully.
Although the Hyuga Clan was one of Konoha's prominent clans, it had few powerful fighters, and not a single Kage-level expert. That left Hiashi doing his best to handle matters with extreme caution in present-day Konoha.
"Clan Leader Hiashi, what are you doing? Didn't we already agree on this? If the Hidden Cloud Village dared attack you this time, you didn't need to worry about them. Just kill them. There was nothing to hold back for. You don't need to do this!" Minato Namikaze hurriedly helped Hiashi up.
Hiashi rose with his help and said to the Fourth Hokage, "Lord Hokage, I'm ashamed. I failed to obtain evidence that they were Hidden Cloud Village shinobi. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to worry about them making excuses to deny it, and we could have gained an advantage in the negotiations! But because of my mistake, one of them sent out a signal before dying, allowing the shinobi waiting to assist them to escape!"
Minato frowned slightly. He hadn't expected a slipup