In the darkness, everything seemed silent, save for those few shadows constantly on the move.
As those shadows moved, the Anbu's hidden sentries were eliminated one after another. Strangely, the Hyuga Clan members responsible for keeping watch gave no response at all!
"Which group was that?" the leader asked coldly as another Anbu ninja's corpse vanished from the spot.
"The fifth. The security shouldn't be at this level," one of the shadows said outright. Clearly, they were somewhat puzzled by the level of security.
"Whatever the case, we only have one objective today: release the Nine-Tails. Someone will clean up the rest for us," the leading shadow said outright, seemingly treating that arrangement as a given.
"I know. Let's keep going. Still, the Hyuga Clan's sensory abilities are very strong. If we didn't know about that one-percent blind spot in their field of vision, it really would be hard to break through."
"That's how their Hyuga Clan's branch family system works. Keep going."
As the shadows advanced, Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi finally noticed something different.
Although every roll call had remained unchanged, there was always something slightly off.
"Hiashi!" Uchiha Fugaku glanced at Hyuga Hiashi.
"Understood." Hyuga Hiashi understood exactly what Uchiha Fugaku meant. The veins around his eyes began to throb as his Byakugan activated!
With Hyuga Hiashi's action, the view ahead opened up completely, and chakra signatures appeared in his mind one after another.
"The chakra signatures of all twenty groups are fine, but..." Hyuga Hiashi's eyes suddenly narrowed.
"But what?" Uchiha Fugaku understood that Hyuga Hiashi must have discovered something.
"Some of their responses are strange. I suspect they've been killed and substitutes left behind." Hyuga Hiashi had, after all, been in this line of work for many years and knew a great deal