The Hyuga Clan soon split into two groups. One stood its ground, while the other retreated.
"He wants to destroy the Hyuga Clan!! How can you back down?!" the resolute Hyuga Clan members demanded angrily.
But the others merely shook their heads slightly. "The Main Family doesn't represent the Hyuga Clan."
"We still have children. We can't die."
"What you call protection is nothing but pointless sacrifice."
The Hyuga Clan had always been divided into two factions. Under the Main Family's suppression, they had kept themselves hidden, but that no longer mattered now.
At the very least, they didn't want to die with the Main Family.
More of them feared death. Most of these people were ordinary civilians, and they simply wanted to live. There was nothing wrong with that in itself.
This infuriated the Hyuga Clan members who had stayed where they were. They hated these traitors even more than they hated Hyuga Akira.
"Then I'll kill you first!!" a Hyuga Clan member roared, moving to attack them.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Sharp steel needles suddenly pierced his body. His head and hands drooped, blood streaming down the needles, but his body didn't fall.
Beside Hyuga Akira, threads wound around Machi's hands as she watched them expressionlessly.
"I told you to make your choice, not stop others from making theirs," Hyuga Akira said with a cold laugh. "You don't want to live, but other people do."
He turned to those who wanted to leave. "Go notify everyone. Tell anyone who doesn't want to die for the Main Family to stay quietly in their rooms. I'll wait here for one hour."
With that, he sat cross-legged on the ground.
He simply watched those still standing there with cold eyes.
Figures appeared all around them, wearing Anbu combat uniforms and masks. Only