Hope

Hyuga Clan Compound.

Led by Ao, Hyuga Mitsunobu and Sota Hyuga slowly walked in.

From their resurrection that afternoon until nightfall, the two had been listening to Ao recount the changes of the past few years.

Though both were fairly sharp-minded, it still took them some time to take in all that information.

Looking at every blade of grass and tree in the clan, both felt a mixture of familiarity and estrangement.

After all, they had both been dead for several years.

Not just within the clan—out on the streets, too, they felt as if they had entered an entirely unfamiliar world.

Before Mitsunobu and Sota died, neither had believed Sarutobi Hiruzen could defeat Uchiha Senyo.

Yet Uchiha Senyo had actually driven all their clans out of Konoha, something they had never expected.

And afterward, he had even allowed them to be wiped out. Both Mitsunobu and Sota found it immensely satisfying.

They just had not expected Senyo, Orochimaru, and Tsunade to develop the ability to bring back the dead.

Once they entered the compound, a large number of branch family members voluntarily came over.

"Lord Mitsunobu..."

"Lord Sota..."

Everyone bowed to these two pioneers.

"...Ushio, Hideaki, Hitomi..."

"Tsukihiko... Hao..."

"Good... Good..."

More and more familiar faces gathered around them, and Mitsunobu could not stop saying how good it was.

There were also many women in the clan, each with one or two children of a few years old behind them.

The entire Hyuga Clan Compound brimmed with vibrant life.

It was no longer the lifeless, deathly compound it had been when the Hyuga Main Family ruled the Hyuga Clan.

Sota saw things differently. Though many familiar faces had appeared and many new faces had joined the Hyuga Clan,

more than half of those who had followed him in carrying