Hearing that voice, Uchiha Ryunen's expression shifted.
Those bastards... how dare they?!
Just as the Uchiha shinobi behind him prepared to make a direct move, Uchiha Kazama raised a hand to stop them.
"Hyuga Ikai."
"While I knew the Hyuga Clan intended to stir up trouble, I never expected you would choose such a foolish way to do it."
The smile at the corner of Uchiha Kazama's mouth rose once again.
As he spoke those words, not a shred of emotional fluctuation showed in his tone.
Yet it struck like a heavy hammer against the chests of the dozens of Hyuga Clan shinobi standing opposite him.
"Uchiha Kazama, I know you are strong!"
"However, this time I came here behind the back of that coward Hyuga Hiashi, bringing the clan's strongest shinobi along with me."
"We have a total of seventeen Elite Jōnin, forty-five Jōnin, and sixty-eight Special Jōnin!"
"Even if your Uchiha take action, it's impossible for you to kill all of us here!"
"Besides, this is the Daimyo Palace. If you attack shinobi from the same village, you will also be judged as incapable of effectively managing the village."
"The things you hope to obtain will also never be yours!"
Hyuga Ikai spoke with a mocking expression.
He had already calculated every single one of these contingencies.
Even Uchiha Nagasawa coming here and getting detained happened because he had offered a strategy to the Daimyo.
As long as they found the leverage to hold Uchiha Kazama back, he would no longer need to worry about what came next...
Uchiha Kazama was simply too young.
Moreover, Uchiha Kazama had previously spent all his time frantically executing missions.
When it came to administrative matters like this, he certainly knew nothing at all.
Let alone being able to play any significant role within this kind of political maneuvering.
In fact, the Hyuga Faction even felt somewhat fortunate that Uchiha Kazama had cleared out the Konoha High Command in the most brutal manner possible.
That way, the management of the entire Konoha should fall to them, the Hyuga Clan-the village's premier clan.
They maintained that reputation through many years of careful cultivation.
Now, the moment Uchiha Kazama took power, not only did he fail to lean on them, but he began suppressing them instead...
He even went so far as to slaughter members of their clan.
Such actions were completely unacceptable to the stubborn old diehards of the Hyuga Clan.
Since the Uchiha had already acted this way, it was only right to let the Uchiha truly experience what political plotting and scheming were all about.
"Did you just say that I am incapable of executing every single one of you?!"
"Do you really think that someone who can cut down the Daimyo's guards without the slightest hesitation has anything left to fear!?"
"Tenshō!"
As soon as Uchiha Kazama finished speaking, the surrounding environment shifted in an instant.
A blood-red moon appeared in the sky.
Upon its surface bore the shape of Uchiha Kazama's Mangekyō Sharingan.
The Dōjutsu of this Hyuga Clan was, after all, extremely useful.
It allowed them to clearly see Uchiha Kazama's eyes.
Therefore, naturally, this Dōjutsu could also be received in its entirety.
All over a hundred members of the Hyuga Clan were pinned to withered trees.
"Uchiha Kazama, do you even have any idea what you are doing!?"
"Everything you are doing right now is simply pushing the Uchiha toward the abyss!"
"You'd better hurry up and..."
The Hyuga Faction member could not continue his words.
That was because he had already vanished from within this Genjutsu Space.
Terror gripped the hearts of the surrounding Hyuga Clan members!
Even Uchiha Kazama should have been incapable of pulling all of them into a Genjutsu Space and controlling them at the very same time.
As long as they could break free from Uchiha Kazama's Genjutsu, then possessing the Byakugan-a Kekkei Genkai of the eyes-meant they could fight the Uchiha on equal footing.
With that thought, everyone quickly attempted to break through Uchiha Kazama's Genjutsu Space-Tenshō!
Very soon, one Hyuga Clan member after another began to vanish.
In just a few minutes, all of these people had completely vanished within the Genjutsu Space.
The smile at the corners of Uchiha Kazama's mouth faded.
He then closed his own eyes.
Tenshō released.
Inside the Daimyo's reception room.
The ground was littered with corpses.
They were all Hyuga Clan shinobi who had just been shouting arrogantly and even daydreaming about the future.
The method of death for each person was identical, and also very simple...
That was, a single slash to the throat.
That's right, the reason they had just vanished from Uchiha Kazama's Genjutsu Space was not because they possessed some means to break through Uchiha Kazama's Dōjutsu.
One had to know that Uchiha Kazama's current Pupillary Power had already surpassed any shinobi who had unlocked the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Pupillary Power capable of directly reflecting and controlling even Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi-how could it possibly be something these Hyuga Clan members could break through?
The reason they left the Genjutsu Space was because they were already dead.
Witnessing this scene, the Daimyo's fingers could not help trembling slightly.
What had just... happened somewhat refreshed his understanding of Konoha.
Weren't this bunch of fellows always so concerned with the relationships between the shinobi clans within the village, wanting to have the shinobi clans thoroughly integrate into one whole?
Why would this Fifth Hokage so unhesitatingly slaughter the Hyuga Clan, a shinobi clan of the same village, in their entirety!?
The way those Uchiha had moved just now showed not the slightest hesitation, looking just like actions born of long habit.
"Alright, now the troublemakers are gone."
"Daimyo, can you release our clansmen first?!"
After taking a deep breath, Uchiha Kazama turned to look at the Daimyo not far away.
His tone was gentle, yet the chill within it went straight to one's skull.
"Uchiha Kazama, don't think that means like this can make us submit!"
"The Uchiha shinobi who came here before was also immensely arrogant, completely failing to recognize his own status!"
"After being captured, he still wanted to strike at us."
"Such sinful prisoners should rot in a dark prison forever!"
A fat-eared minister stood up.
His face was filled with anger.
When people... are in extreme fear, they often choose to use other emotions to mask that fear.
And... anger was one of the emotions commonly used by everyone...
"Daimyo, is this also your view?!"
"Actually, I don't have a good temper... You had better... think it through before you answer me."
"This is also my final time asking."
After speaking, Uchiha Kazama slowly drew the Short Sword that was still stained with blood.
The people behind Uchiha Kazama also tightened their grips on their Short Swords.
An aura of stern killing intent suddenly erupted within this not-so-large space.
Some timid ministers had even begun to tremble.
When had they ever so directly faced such tangible, solid killing intent?
The minister who had just spoken was like a duck whose neck had been choked, opening his mouth yet unable to utter a single word!