Chapter 307 The Hyuga Clan Extermination Plan Begins!
"In that case, let us kill them all too!"
Hyūga Hiashi looked over at Utatane Koharu. Even though she had been the one to wake him up by bluntly telling him that the Branch House of the Hyūga clan was essentially nothing more than slaves to the Main House, since she had already learned of their plan, she naturally could not be allowed to remain alive.
"Destroy her brain while you are at it. Everyone, time is tight and our task is heavy. If we delay any longer, Uchiha Ikeizumi might arrive!"
Hiashi displayed a decisiveness completely uncharacteristic of his usual self. Or rather, from the moment that thought arose within him, he no longer had any path of retreat!
What Uchiha Itachi had failed to do, he, the leader of the Hyūga clan, would accomplish!
After all, the Hyūga clan was already rotten to the core. If the new Main House of the Hyūga clan had shown any signs of actual change, perhaps Hiashi would not have conceived such an idea. But unfortunately, in Hiashi's eyes, the new Main House was even worse than his own generation.
Since the Hyūga clan was already decayed, they would chop down this rotten tree entirely and leave only the fresh sprouts!
"No! Hiashi, how dare you!"
On the other side, Utatane Koharu had absolutely no idea what was truly happening. She only knew that these Main House members of the Hyūga clan seemed to be plotting something in secret, but she was completely in the dark about the finer details!
Yet now, simply to prevent their plan from leaking out, Hiashi was prepared to kill her, a counselor to the Hokage, alongside the others?
"I am already prepared to face death, and yet you ask me if I dare—"
Hiashi looked at Utatane Koharu, a mocking smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. He had already entrusted everything that needed to be entrusted. As a decayed clan head who didn't even plan on living through this, who cared who the hell she was!
Never mind a counselor to the Hokage; for the sake of successfully implementing the plan, Hiashi felt that he would even dare to kill the Hokage right now!
Amid Koharu's terrified screams, the Main House elders one by one revealed smiles. They had actually wanted to kill Utatane Koharu for a very long time. After all, although she was not quite as disgusting as Shimura Danzō, she was truly in league with him!
At this moment, Koharu genuinely felt a surge of regret. If she had known that the crowd in the Konoha Prison was this insane, she would never have voluntarily returned to the prison even if it killed her!
Amid Koharu's regretful gaze, she completely lost her life.
Although these old relics of the Hyūga Main House did not fight frequently, several of them surrounding and killing an Utatane Koharu—who likewise rarely fought—naturally proceeded without any unexpected incidents.
With Koharu's brain completely destroyed, a few traits of murderous intent materialized out of thin air upon Hiashi and the Main House elders.
"Remember, our slaughtering blade this time will not be swung at those who are still students in the Ninja Academy."
Hiashi's gaze swept over the Main House elders beside him as he gave a somewhat uneasy, cautionary instruction. Although these old guys had been moved by his words to sacrifice themselves, no one could say for certain whether they would get carried away by the thrill of the slaughter.
After all, the Hyūga Branch House truly possessed not even a shred of resistance before the Main House!
"Understood!"
One of the Main House elders smiled. They were indeed a bit crazed, but at least they had not gone mad to the extent of Uchiha Itachi.
As figures began to rush toward the direction of the Hyūga ancestral estate one after another, the presence of the Anbu ninja and the Uchiha Military Police Force also began to steadily grow around the Konoha Prison.
"The Hyūga clan, including Hyūga Hiashi, have completely vanished—"
"The Hokage counselor, Utatane Koharu, has been killed, and even her head has been thoroughly destroyed!"
An Anbu ninja looked at the empty Konoha Prison, his expression turning solemn. Although these Anbu were no longer as loyal to Sarutobi Hiruzen as they once were, those who were still willing to remain in the Anbu undoubtedly loved Konoha.
Now that such a massive incident had occurred in Konoha, they naturally realized the severity of the situation.
"The body of a Hyūga clansman has also been discovered over here; his eyes have been gouged out!"
"This Hyūga clansman was a member of the current Main House of the Hyūga clan."
Another Anbu wearing a fox mask reported his findings. If it were only the death of Utatane Koharu and the disappearance of Hiashi and his group, it could basically be concluded that those few Hyūga Main House members had done something.
But now, the deceased included not only a Hokage counselor but also a new Main House member of the Hyūga clan, whose eyes had even been gouged out. This inevitably misled the Anbu, making them think that another village had taken action!
"Go report to the Third first, and send another Anbu to convey the information we obtained here to the Uchiha Military Police Force side."
After pondering for a moment, the leading Anbu squad leader decided to inform Uchiha Ikeizumi at the same time he notified the Third. It wasn't for any other reason; he was simply worried that the Third was already old and decrepit, and might no longer be able to fight.
The situation Konoha was currently facing was unknown, so they needed to find someone who could fight first.
Coincidentally, Uchiha Ikeizumi was very capable of fighting—extremely capable of fighting!
Furthermore, the news of Uchiha Ikeizumi's alliance with Lady Tsunade was not some closely guarded secret in Konoha. These Anbu had worked as Anbu for most of their lives; if Tsunade were to take office, they would likely have to continue working.
For the sake of his own future prospects, the Anbu squad leader felt it was necessary to have the Uchiha Military Police Force side notify Lady Tsunade along the way.
As these Anbu dispersed and the Uchiha Military Police Force mobilized, a brutal, inhumane massacre was taking place at the Hyūga ancestral estate on the other side!
No one could have ever imagined that Hiashi and the other Main House elders, who were originally locked up in prison, would suddenly appear.
And after Hiashi and the others appeared, they did not give them even a single chance to beg for mercy. They directly began to activate the Caged Bird mark, causing them to completely lose their ability to resist. After they lost their ability to resist, the Caged Bird on their foreheads was very quickly removed.
By the time the Caged Bird mark was canceled, they could only feel their vision go dark, followed by a sharp pain in their eyes, and then the sensation of their own lives rapidly fading away.
Whether it was Hiashi or the other Main House elders, their actions were extremely swift, almost as if they had already practiced this an unknown number of times over countless years in the past.
In fact, they really had practiced it countless times. The Branch House of the Hyūga clan all knew that there was a tradition where the Main House would kill Branch House members for no rhyme or reason, but no one knew that those Branch House members who died in the past had the Caged Bird mark unraveled right before their deaths!
"The ancestors accumulated Byakugan for several hundred years, continuously harvesting Byakugan through the Caged Bird mark to bring forth a giant Tenseigan."
"Yet that giant Tenseigan has consistently radiated only a faint blue light. After all, each time we contributed to it, it was only one or two pairs of Byakugan."
"This time, perhaps our Hyūga clan's Tenseigan will truly succeed—"
Hiashi's gaze turned toward the direction of the Hyūga clan's ancestral shrine.