Could there be more to this?
Even the guards on duty atop the walls couldn't talk about it? Seeing the troubled look on Sato Hide's face as he stopped, Chiba frowned more deeply and slowly came to a halt as well.
Clearly, Sato Hide found it inconvenient to answer his question.
The Hyuga Clan had always rarely participated in Konoha's regular system. Other than involvement in the Anbu and certain special missions, those stationed permanently were generally in the Anbu, most of them directly under the Hokage's command.
After all, the Hyuga Clan was divided into the Main Family and branch family, with the branch family controlled by the Main Family and primarily responsible for protecting them. Although Hyuga shinobi attended the Academy like Konoha's other shinobi in their youth and took on missions before becoming Chunin, they rarely continued along the ordinary shinobi career path after reaching Chunin.
Although, in Naruto's era, Neji Hyuga and Hyuga Hinata both continued taking village missions after becoming Chunin, and Neji even became a regular Jonin, the Hyuga Clan of this period was clearly different from the one ruled by Hyuga Hiashi.
Chiba lived in this era and had access to Konoha High Command. His teammate was the Young Miss of the Hyuga Clan, and he had visited the Hyuga residence many times, interacting with the Clan's direct bloodline. He had a fairly solid understanding of the Hyuga Clan.
Compared to the era of Hyuga Hiashi, the current Hyuga Clan was clearly far more "closed off," and the Main Family's control over the branch family was comparatively stricter. That was why the Hyuga Clan rarely participated in Konoha's regular system now.
Here, it had to be said that Chiba had vaguely come to realize something. Although Hyuga Hiashi in the original story appeared