The Road to the Throne of White Eyes

Chapter 107 The Troubles Resurface

Seven days have passed since the night of restoration of order, and the operation of the Hyuga family has been put on the right track and is running smoothly.

After repeated attacks from Hyuga Feng, most of the Hyuga branch family members have been convinced by him.

Only a few fools remained, obsessed with the glory of the main family and the caged bird. There were only about 40 of these fools in total, many of whom were branch family managers who had previously abused the main family's reputation to bully others.

Those who were still ignorant of the superstition of the clan and the caged bird curse were imprisoned in the dungeon and their property was confiscated.

The houses of the other main clan elders were cleaned out, and the financial items, ninjutsu scrolls, etc. inside were stored in the Hyuga clan's warehouse, awaiting a new round of distribution.

Those elders of the main family who treated the branch family members as cattle and horses were warmly received by the branch family members in the dungeon. Everyone took turns to try out the effects of various torture instruments on them.

In order to compete for the opportunity to interrogate the clan elders, the branch family members who were queuing impatiently were almost ready to set up a ring to decide the winner with fighting skills, and use the battle ranking to determine the queuing order.

The temptation to use torture instruments on the clan elders was so great that the clan members tortured them in rounds, asking them whether they would confess.

On the fifth day, when the fourth elder, Hyuga Munebe, howled and asked for what he wanted to confess, everyone realized that they had not yet started to torture him for specific details, but were only focusing on the use of torture.

After this misunderstanding, the members of the branch family could only look at each other and laugh awkwardly, then turn around and torture the elder of the main family with even more ferocious force.

Of course, this time they did not forget to ask the elders to confess their past sins and provide the solution to the caged bird curse.

With the houses vacated by those diehards and clan elders, the backbone of the Wings of Light also had a new place to live. Fortunately, they had the storage scroll, otherwise it would have taken them a long time just to move.

But by this time, Konoha F4 had already noticed something was wrong.

The barrier set up by Hinata Feng could not continue to operate and had become ineffective.

The Anbu's video surveillance of the Hyuga clan was non-stop 24 hours a day, and they eventually discovered some discordant areas.

What's more, Sarutobi Hiruzen and his men had convened meetings to discuss village development these days, but no one from the Hyuga main family was in attendance.

Although Hinata Hiashi was relatively low-key in the past, he would still attend the village's Jonin meetings and would appear in the village from time to time to show his presence. But now he hasn't been seen for six or seven days.

After experiencing the recent series of events, Konoha F4 was very sensitive. After receiving the report, they immediately gathered together for a meeting to discuss the matter.

Bang, bang, bang! Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed his fingers on the desk.

Everything was clearly under my control before, why have I encountered so many problems in recent years? Who is causing trouble?

Suppressing his inner irritation, Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned and asked, "What happened to the Hyuga family?"

Mitomon En's face was serious. "From the surveillance footage, nothing major has happened. But Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga have both taken a long vacation and won't be going to the ninja school.

In addition, the Anbu discovered that many people in the Hyuga branch seemed to be moving."

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned even more tightly as he listened. This was not a good sign. Wasn't the Hyuga family, which had always been low-key, also unstable?

“Not only that,” Danzo Shimura added coldly, “The Hyuga clan’s ninjas haven’t even accepted ordinary missions recently.

In fact, according to the investigation of the Root, not a single member of the main family has appeared in the village or near the entrance and exit of the Hyuga family's territory recently.

This is so abnormal!"

Danzo's words made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel even more ominous. Could it be that the Hyuga clan was stimulated by the changes in the Uchiha clan, and felt that many of Konoha's troops were still on the border, so they had some inappropriate thoughts?

The Hyuga clan is different from the Uchiha clan, which is internally divided and fragmented. The main family has the powerful weapon of the Caged Bird Seal, which gives them absolute power of life and death over the branch families. Once the main family makes a decision, the branch families will only obey.

Also because of the existence of the caged bird curse seal, the village has very little control over the Hyuga clan. Previously, the main focus was on the Uchiha clan, and they did not find many Hyuga clan members who were loyal to the village.

In this situation, if the Hyuga clan launched a rebellion, they could still control the damage caused, but the impact of the large families being destroyed one after another would be too bad.

No, we can't let the situation get worse!

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a surge of anger in his heart. Why don’t you just listen to my arrangements!

“We can’t delay any longer, let’s go straight to their door and see what the Hyuga clan is up to.

I don't believe that the fate of the Uchiha clan won't serve as a warning to them!"

Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu frowned at the radical words and looked at Danzo Shimura to dissuade him, but they found that Danzo himself was also looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen with surprise.

The two men then realized that it seemed to be Hiruzen who had spoken just now, so they turned their attention to Sarutobi Hiruzen and looked at him carefully.

Did you switch places with Danzo today?

Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally understood the doubts of his old companions, but after the light screen broadcast some slanderous information last time, he had become more open-minded about some things.

In addition to some changes and operations on the night of the Uchiha clan's annihilation, the strength of the Anbu increased greatly, and Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a pleasure of challenging taboos that was different from his previous operations.

Although it would be safer to influence more people from the Hyuga family, find out more about the Hyuga family, and even learn how to operate against the Uchiha family, the reality no longer allows it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had experienced critical moments before, so he knew the priorities of things.

"Hiruzen, you've finally been decisive again!"

Under the doubtful gazes of Mito Kado En and the others, Danzo Shimura directly spoke up to agree with Hiruzen's approach.

"Let's bring our men over together. With the support of the Anbu and the Root, I want to see what those white-eyed people of the Hyuga clan can do and what they dare to do!"

Compared to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo is more unscrupulous.

The Root's manpower has more than doubled compared to before. Now that the Uchiha clan is no longer holding them back, Danzo feels that he is too brave to do anything. If the small Hyuga clan dares to show up, he will give it a good beating.

"Isn't this approach too drastic? After all, the Hyuga clan has already had issues with us due to the Hyuga Hiashi incident. Going directly to their door might irritate them."

Utane Koharu slowly expressed her doubts. In her opinion, the village cannot afford any more changes at the moment and a safe approach must be used to handle the situation.

"We can't delay any longer. It's more effective to completely dispel their inappropriate thoughts right at the beginning of the incident rather than dealing with it later when it gets out of hand!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen straightened his back, and exuded the aura of a ninja hero, "The Root and Anbu will select a few elite teams to go with us to the Hyuga clan.

Other members, get ready to go! I want to see what Rizu is going to do this time!"