In the end, Hozuki Suigetsu did not know how long he stood in the torrential rain before finally returning to his room.
That day, Hozuki Suigetsu turned all the love he had once held for his brother into hatred.
From then on, Hozuki Suigetsu resolved to kill his brother, Hozuki Mangetsu, and restore the Hozuki Clan's honor in Kirigakure.
After all, although the method Soji had provided Hozuki Mangetsu allowed the Hozuki Clan to sacrifice one of their own for the greater good and preserve the clan—
Hozuki Mangetsu, as the Clan Head, had still defected from the village. The Hozuki Clan would inevitably be pointed at and criticized by many people in the village from now on.
That could not be avoided.
And the Hozuki brothers, Hozuki Mangetsu and Hozuki Suigetsu, would have many more entanglements in the future.
Besides the Hozuki Clan and Obito, this turmoil had also drawn the attention of the Genji Faction.
"Genji-sama, now that even the Hozuki Clan's Clan Head could no longer endure Mizukage-sama's oppression and chose to defect, are we still going to wait?" Upon receiving news of Hozuki Mangetsu's defection, Ao immediately came to report it to Genji.
Naturally, Ao's arrival also made Mei Terumi, who had been training, stop what she was doing.
Mei Terumi was currently at the final stage of fusing Water and Fire Chakra to acquire Boil Release.
But faced with the major news of the Hozuki Clan's Clan Head defecting, she could not calm herself enough to continue training.
That was not quite right, though.
In truth, ever since Mizuki Ember had returned to Kirigakure, Mei Terumi had already been somewhat distracted during training.
More than once, she had wanted to give up cultivating and secretly go see the figure she held in her heart.
Yet