Her gaze penetrated the walls, sweeping across the courtyard and the palace's outer perimeter.
However, the sight that met Hinata's Byakugan made her heart sink to the bottom!
"Teacher Kurenai..."
Hinata's voice trembled with a hint of despair, "Outside... outside, it's full of people!"
"Roofs, corridors, courtyard corners, even underground... guards are everywhere!"
"The Chakra reactions... are very strong! And... they seem to have special jutsu formulas on them."
"My penetrating vision is greatly interfered with; I can't accurately determine their number and location..."
Dense Chakra points, like cold stars, surrounded their area, making it impenetrable!
This was no mere surveillance.
It was clearly an inescapable iron trap!
Kurenai Yuhi's last shred of hope was shattered.
The palace's defenses were suffocatingly tight.
She slumped back against the bed, utterly exhausted by the immense frustration and fear for the future.
"First... let's rest, Hinata," Kurenai Yuhi's voice was filled with weariness, "Conserve your strength. We'll... find another opportunity."
This comfort seemed so pale and powerless.
Hinata also nodded silently.
They lay down in their clothes, trying to find some sleep amidst the cold and fear.
However, just as they closed their eyes...
And their consciousness was about to blur...
A faint, intermittent sound...
Like invisible threads, it penetrated the barrier of the wall...
And clearly reached their ears!
First, it was Uchiha Mikoto's gentle speaking voice.
Next, it was the icy-faced girl named Uchiha Izumi.
Finally, it even included Uchiha Hikari's clear, tender, yet excited and adoring childish voice:
"Brother... Hikari really likes brother..."
Various sounds intertwined, sometimes high, sometimes low.
Like a joyful serenade...
Hinata, lying on the bed, blinked her big eyes in confusion.
She leaned her ear to listen, her pure Byakugan filled with bewilderment, and quietly asked Kurenai Yuhi beside her:
"Teacher Kurenai... what are they doing next door?"
"Aren't they resting this late? What are they saying?"
"That Hikari sounds very happy again..."
Kurenai Yuhi felt a rush of blood instantly surge to her head.
If it were her former self, she might have been as naive as Hinata.
But now... how could she not understand what was happening in the grand hall next door?
But how could she explain this to Hinata?
Uchiha Hikari?
She looked so young... Di Yan, he... he even with Hikari...
Kurenai Yuhi felt an indescribable rage rush to her throat.
She gripped the bedding beneath her tightly.
Her nails almost dug into her palms.
Her teeth gnashed loudly.
Her evaluation of Di Yan was reduced to a single word... beast!
A thorough, inhuman beast!
"No... nothing!"
Kurenai Yuhi's voice, due to extreme anger, became unusually hoarse and hurried.
She almost roughly interrupted Hinata's innocent inquiry:
"Children shouldn't ask so many questions! Go to sleep quickly!"
She turned over, her back to Hinata.
She covered her head with the quilt.
Trying to block out all sounds.
But the sounds were like a curse, pervasive.
Repeatedly lashing at Kurenai Yuhi's nerves.
Making her feel extremely ashamed, yet inexplicably hot all over...
She forced herself to calm down.
Repeatedly muttering that she had to survive, had to get the information out.
This was the most important thing now.
Don't worry about anything else, don't let it distract her.
Under this immense mental torment...
After an unknown amount of time...
Kurenai Yuhi, in extreme exhaustion and mental anguish...
Vaguely fell into a very shallow state of sleep, as if floating on water.
Her consciousness drifted on the edge of darkness.
In a trance, Kurenai Yuhi felt a cool touch on her ankle.
Like something gently stroking it.
She instinctively retracted her foot and mumbled vaguely:
"Hinata... stop messing around..."
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In her daze, Kurenai Yuhi only thought that Hinata, sleeping beside her, had unconsciously rolled over and touched her.
The touch seemed to pause for a moment,
But not long after...
Kurenai Yuhi felt another chill.
It seemed... a corner of the thin silk quilt covering her had been lifted?
Following that, was the feeling of her clothes being gently tugged.
Under repeated blows and immense mental pressure...
Even the elite Jonin's instinctive vigilance had long been exhausted to its limit.
She merely curled up unconsciously.
Falling deeper into a drowsiness sleep.
However, a familiar sensation, deeply ingrained and making her soul tremble...
Suddenly struck, like a cold viper!
"Ugh..."
Kurenai Yuhi abruptly woke from her deep sleep.
Her red eyes, like the evening glow, snapped open in the darkness.
Filled with horror and disbelief!
The noisy sounds from next door had stopped at some unknown point.
The cool Gekko streamed through the exquisite window lattice.
Barely outlining the contours of the sleeping chambers.
And right by her bed, above her head...
A tall, sinister figure was clearly visible... It was Di Yan!
He had silently snuck into the room at some unknown time.
He was now leaning over her.
His chest was bare, even his hair was perfectly neat.
Forming a stark contrast to Kurenai Yuhi's disheveled state at the moment.
His hand, with an irresistible force, was...
"You..."
Kurenai Yuhi instantly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
Immense shame and fear almost froze the blood in her veins.
She almost instinctively, violently, turned her head to look at the other side of the room.
Hinata was curled up beside her.
Her breathing was even, her tender face appearing exceptionally serene in the Gekko.
She was clearly still asleep.
Seeing that Hinata had not been startled awake...
Kurenai Yuhi's taut nerves relaxed slightly.
But the next second, a deeper chill swept through her entire body!
How dare he?