Of course, Hozuki Mangetsu only spoke to his younger brother like that because he wanted to spur him on.
It was just like how Itachi treated Sasuke in the original story. Every time they met, he would first use Tsukuyomi to make Sasuke relive the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall.
His goal was to help Sasuke awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and take control of his own fate.
Unfortunately, it did not have much effect on Sasuke.
Although Hozuki Mangetsu was using a different method now, he harbored the same purpose.
Sure enough, after being mocked by Hozuki Mangetsu, Hozuki Suigetsu's face immediately reddened with anger.
"You bastard! You're the one who has tarnished the Hozuki Clan's honor! I won't let you off!"
As he spoke, Hozuki Suigetsu glared viciously at Hozuki Mangetsu.
Yet deep in Hozuki Suigetsu's heart, even he did not know whether what angered him more was Hozuki Mangetsu supposedly tarnishing the Hozuki Clan's honor, or his brother breaking their promise back then.
Perhaps the latter carried more weight in Hozuki Suigetsu's heart?
"Heh. If the honor of the Hozuki Clan you speak of amounted to producing someone as weak as you, then that honor is better off discarded."
As he spoke, Hozuki Mangetsu spread his hands with a look of disdain.
That scornful expression cut even deeper into Hozuki Suigetsu's heart.
Hozuki Suigetsu regarded the Hozuki Clan's honor as something incomparably important!
When he had just been born, the Hozuki Clan had still been at the height of its power throughout Kirigakure.
At that time, Soji's alter ego, Mizuki Ember, had just led the Yuki Clan and the Kaguya Clan in defecting from Kirigakure, leaving only the Hozuki Clan among Kirigakure's original three great ninja clans.
Back then, the Hozuki Clan still commanded great prestige throughout