Meanwhile.
At the Hyuga Clan Compound.
Hyuga Hiashi had returned to the Hyuga Clan Compound at some point and now stood outside a room.
He took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and entered.
Inside, a white-haired old man sat at a tea table, slowly sipping tea. He was Hiashi's father, Hyūga Tennin, the previous Hyūga clan leader.
"Father."
Hiashi knelt and sat down.
"You're here?"
Hyūga Tennin set down his teacup and turned his clouded Byakugan toward his son:
"I heard everything happening outside the Clan Territory. The Uchiha... have finally come to this."
"Yes."
Hiashi lowered his head and replied, "Konoha is destined to run with blood tonight."
Hyūga Tennin fell silent for a moment, then suddenly asked:
"When do you intend to act?"
Hiashi shuddered and raised his head:
"You... knew?"
"I'm your father."
Hyūga Tennin smiled, bitterness in his smile. "This past month, you've secretly collected Byakugan, purged Main Family members, and repeatedly visited the old Clan Territory... did you really think I'd gone senile?"
He paused, then said softly:
"You activated the Tenseigan, didn't you?"
Hiashi did not deny it:
"Yes."
"Good..."
Hyūga Tennin let out a long sigh. "The secret the Hyuga Clan has guarded for over a hundred years will finally... reemerge in your hands."
He looked at his son, a complicated look flashing through his eyes:
"What do you plan to do? Kill the entire Main Family?"
"...Yes."
Hiashi's voice was quiet but firm. "Including you."
The room fell silent.
After a long while, Hyūga Tennin suddenly smiled:
"Good."
That word, "good," stunned Hiashi.
"Father, you..."
Hyūga Tennin stood, walked to the window, and gazed at the night sky outside:
"I thought this day might come long ago."
"Hiashi, did you know? When I took over as clan leader, I too