Just then-
Bang!
The meeting room door was flung open, and a member of the Hyuga Clan rushed in, his face deathly pale.
"Lord Hizashi! Something terrible has happened!"
Everyone's eyes instantly turned to him.
Hizashi Hyuga frowned and asked in confusion, "What has you so panicked?"
The clansman panted, his voice trembling. "M-Miss Hanabi... she's missing!"
"What?!"
Hizashi shot to his feet. "When did this happen?"
"Just now! A maid went to deliver her meal and found Miss Hanabi wasn't in her room. We've searched the entire clan territory and haven't found her! And-and there are traces of an unfamiliar presence in her room!"
Hizashi's face darkened instantly, and he vanished from the spot.
Silence filled the meeting room.
Tsunade took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. "Continue the meeting. We'll discuss the Hyuga Clan's affairs when Hizashi returns."
But less than five minutes later-
Another ANBU flickered into the meeting room and dropped to one knee. "Lady Tsunade! Someone has infiltrated the underground ANBU base!"
Tsunade's pupils constricted. "Explain!"
"During the Nine-Tails' rampage, someone infiltrated the base, broke through three sealing barriers, and stole... ten pairs of Sharingan, along with some classified scrolls."
Now even Hiruzen Sarutobi and Torifu Akimichi could no longer sit still.
"Ten pairs of Sharingan?!"
Torifu Akimichi's face was ashen. "Those are vital strategic resources for Konoha! Where were the ANBU guards? Were they all dead?!"
The ANBU lowered his head. "All six guards are unconscious. They were caught in some powerful hypnotic genjutsu. The intruder was highly professional and left no traces."
Tsunade felt as though her head would split.
The Nine-Tails had been taken, the village destroyed, and now the disappearance of Sixth Hokage Hyuga Hiashi's daughter and the theft of the Sharingan had followed one after another...
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