Hiashi Hyuga stroked the forehead protector on his head, his expression grave.
"Lord Hiashi! Did you hear what we said?"
"Clan Head! Hurry and take Neji down!"
The people below were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, but Hiashi Hyuga remained completely motionless, as if he had gone deaf.
Neji smiled, then walked over to Hiashi Hyuga.
Hiashi Hyuga's expression changed. After a moment of hesitation, he still stood up.
He was giving the position of clan head to Neji!
Several people pursed their lips, but in the end, they could only stare blankly as Neji sat down in Hiashi Hyuga's place.
Hiashi Hyuga, meanwhile, stood meekly at his side.
The people below erupted into an uproar. They could not accept such a change of power within the Hyuga Clan.
Even less could they accept that their dignified clan head—the clan head they trusted and respected—had actually given his seat to a branch-family member!
"Clan Head?"
Someone spoke, but the next moment, a voice shook him into silence.
"Quiet!"
Neji's voice was not loud, yet it instantly silenced the entire scene. His eyes radiated authority.
The commotion inside the room came to an abrupt halt.
He respected his teachers, loved the young, and honored his elders. That was true.
But the prerequisite was that they had to be his elders—elders worthy of his respect!
He was the Hyuga Clan's strongest genius. He had his own pride and arrogance, and the Hyuga Clan was the source of all his pride and arrogance!
When someone stood upon the pride of the Hyuga Clan—the clan he valued and cared about most—he would never allow them to trample it, no matter who they were!
The Hyuga Clan here had been consumed by vicious infighting, and Hiashi Hyuga, his uncle, was the greatest