"...Is there still too little in this letter?"
After carefully reading the letter again, Chiba could not help but sigh, rubbing the bridge of his nose with a headache.
After another look, aside from feeling that Hyuga Shinsuke was truly deeply calculating, Chiba had gained little else.
However, the Third Hokage allowing him to train in the Eight Gates, along with all the care he had shown him, had indeed gone as Hyuga Shinsuke had expected. And from Hyuga Shinsuke's perspective, he truly could not have paid Chiba too much attention.
In fact, he really could not interfere or care for him.
After all, Chiba was also the Traitor's Son, while Hyuga Shinsuke was the younger brother of the Hyuga Clan head, of noble status, and had only just escaped becoming subject to the Caged Bird Seal. If, at that time, he had taken in Chiba, the Traitor's Son—when the traitor's name had only just spread and had not yet faded with time—it would have damaged the Hyuga Clan's reputation. He had originally avoided the Caged Bird Seal only because he had brought glory to the Hyuga Clan and the clan head had strongly protected him. If he adopted the Traitor's Son, it would undoubtedly smear the Hyuga Clan's name. What consequences that might bring was impossible to know.
Moreover, even if Hyuga Shinsuke had insisted on adopting him in a fit of passionate conviction, if he had ultimately been branded with the Caged Bird Seal because of it, would not the sacrifices of his two close friends have been in vain? Both emotionally and rationally, Hyuga Shinsuke could only leave him alone.
If he left him alone, the Third Hokage would take care of him. If he did care for him, his close friends' sacrifices might be wasted. This