The Hyuga Clan's Choice! Hyuga Shin Meets Uchiha Miya Again

After killing Hyuga Hiashi.

Hyuga Shin stood amidst the Hyuga Family, where corpses lay strewn across the ground.

He exhaled a puff of white mist; though blood flowed past, it could not stain those pure white eyes:

"The Hyuga Family has been wiped out by my hand."

"From this day forward..."

"The Hyuga Main Family no longer exists."

"All of the Hyuga Secret Jutsu have been burned by me."

"Including the Caged Bird..."

"As for the Gentle Fist Style, and the so-called Doctrine of the Mean—previously, when combined with the Caged Bird, this was indeed a way to survive..."

"But!"

"Now, the Caged Bird is gone!"

"You were slaves before, but the danger you faced came from the Main Family!"

Hyuga Shin shouted at all the Branch Family ninjas surrounding him.

His expression was nothing short of ferocious.

It was as if he were roaring out years of pent-up resentment!

"Now, you are no longer slaves... You will be just like the Uchiha Clan, facing the same greed from other enemies for your Kekkei Genkai."

"But this is also a much brighter path!"

"Fight... Fight!"

"As long as you activate the Byakugan, you possess a one-kilometer reconnaissance range. What kind of ninjutsu wouldn't be highly effective when paired with that?!"

"Cover your eyes with a black cloth; who would know that you or I possess the Byakugan!"

"The Hyuga Clan should have had a much broader future!"

"This kind of future... I have chosen it for you. Whether you accept it or not, you will have to accept it!!"

After Hyuga Shin finished roaring.

The surroundings fell into a dead silence...

"When it comes down to it... if not for this group of Hyuga Main Family members binding themselves, learning that so-called Gentle Fist Style and following the Doctrine of the Mean, they wouldn't have been wiped out by an Elite Jonin like me, would they?"

Hyuga Shin finished speaking.

Covered in blood, yet without a single wound, he wove through the crowd before leaping high into the air and departing the Hyuga Family estate.

A long while later.

Hizashi Hyuga walked over, dropped to his knees with a thud, and slammed his head against the ground twice in a fierce kowtow toward his deceased brother and the burning Main Family buildings!

Then, he stood up.

"You all heard Hyuga Shin's words... didn't you?" Hizashi Hyuga said. "From this day forward, we are the new Hyuga Clan! A Hyuga Clan... without the distinction between Main Family and Branch Family!"

"Wuu wuu wuu..." More members of the Hyuga Clan began to weep.

Shortly after, several Hyuga clansmen stood up.

Their gazes turned resolute.

"I choose... to carry this burden alongside Hyuga Shin."

"Lord New Clan Head! We hope you will protect the rest of us!"

"Those willing to follow Lord Hyuga Shin, come with me!! Hyuga Shin has ended the era of the Main Family; he has freed us from being slaves!"

"Hyuga Shin should not have to carry all of this alone!"

Several Hyuga ninja, especially those who had seen the battlefield, turned around at this moment, launched themselves into the air, and gave chase to follow Hyuga Shin!

In the forest.

Uchiha Miya ran, panting for breath.

Behind him, Uchiha Fugaku and many other Uchiha Clan ninja followed.

The Hyuga Clan had been wiped out.

The entire Main Family was dead.

And the culprit was actually Hyuga Shin... that Branch Family ninja who had always seemed so incredibly gentle in his memory, the man who had achieved such illustrious military exploits on the battlefield...

The Konoha High Command and a large number of ninja clans were already aware of this incident.

Uchiha Miya had rushed out the moment he heard, and Uchiha Fugaku had followed.

Uchiha Miya and Hyuga Shin had been close.

Uchiha Fugaku was actually unsure of what to do.

Whether he should support Uchiha Miya, or restrain him.

Unable to make a decision, he had no choice but to follow Miya out.

Soon.

Uchiha Miya arrived at that small grove.

He looked left and right, but did not see Hyuga Shin.

"Shin!"

A moment later.

A figure covered in wounds walked out.

It was none other than Hyuga Shin.

"Shin!" Uchiha Miya rushed over.

Hyuga Shin, however, wore a calm expression. With a hand missing a pinky finger, he tossed a stack of documents forward.

The Evil God... was no longer inside his body.

After being taken to Root, Hyuga Shin had lost his memories and was controlled by the Evil God, knowing nothing at all.

In the end, he had only obtained a large amount of memories related to Root.

Furthermore, he still could not say anything.

The sensation this time was different from before.

Previously, the very thought of "revealing secrets" would not even arise.

Now it was different; once the thought of revealing a secret surfaced, a tingling sensation would emerge from the back of his neck, paralyzing his tongue and making it impossible for him to speak.

He did not know what kind of ninjutsu it was...

While waiting for Uchiha Miya, he had sifted through his memories and determined that this should be called the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.

Hyuga Shin looked up, gazing at the bright night sky.

He sighed with emotion.

"It's so beautiful... This is probably the last time I'll ever see it."

"Shin! Hurry up and treat your wounds... You bastard! You've been distancing yourself from me these past few days just to sever ties with me, haven't you!"

Uchiha Miya was also incredibly agitated, the Three Tomoe in his eyes spinning wildly!

"Uchiha Fugaku-san... that is information obtained from Root. I broke into Root, and the leader of Root... Shimura Danzo, has seized many Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan..."

"What!"

Uchiha Fugaku was stunned. He hurriedly picked up the documents to examine them, his expression growing gloomier the more he read.

In the end, he looked at Hyuga Shin, his gaze much gentler.

"Why? Why help our clan?"

"I am helping Uchiha Miya."

Hyuga Shin smiled gently.

At this moment, Uchiha Miya felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

"You... Shin... who gave you permission to act on your own! You never considered me a comrade at all! If you wanted to destroy the Main Family, I would have gone with you!" Uchiha Miya roared.

"Sorry... forgive me, Miya. This is the last time." Hyuga Shin gave a helpless, bitter smile.

Uchiha Miya couldn't stand the sight of that smile.

Always proud, his lips trembled.

"Shin... go get treated."

"Those ninjas from the Main Family deserved it, they deserved to die!"

"Konoha might accept you... you might not have to die!"

Hyuga Shin slowly shook his head.

He was already severely injured, and he had a premonition regarding the Evil God; the Evil God would never let him live.

Therefore, "death" was his only possible ending.

It was just that Hyuga Shin hoped, in the very end, to choose the way he would die...

Being controlled is clearly a bad thing. But because of the Evil God's control, I have fulfilled the lifelong wish I always wanted to achieve... Could this actually be a good thing...

Because of the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, Hyuga Shin could not speak of it, but he could think about it in his heart.

"Danzo is still alive, Uchiha Young Clan Leader... I leave him to you."

"I cannot kill him."

"After all, sending me to the battlefield to die at the hands of the Third Raikage A was the Third Hokage's decision... and he was the only one who opposed it."

"However, I don't regret it. After all, the Uchiha Clan is more important to me than the few kind words he once said..."

Uchiha Fugaku let out a long sigh.

He could already see that Hyuga Shin was determined to die.