Leaving the Main Branch Estate, Hizashi asked Hyuga Kagami beside him, "I heard the Uchiha Clan made a great contribution in this war?"
"Yes."
Hyuga Kagami nodded.
Uchiha Shisui and Sasuke had left the village to intercept the leader of the Akatsuki, while Uchiha Shinichi had battled Killer B of the Preta Path at Konoha Hospital. These were all visible achievements. It could be said that the Uchiha Clan's three Mangekyō Sharingan had all made quite a splash in this battle.
Hizashi's face darkened. "I also heard that when the Akatsuki leader fought Otsutsuki Toneri, the Kage present hesitated to act, yet Sasuke, despite his young age, struck decisively and became the only shinobi there who dared attack the Akatsuki leader?"
Hyuga Kagami smiled. "That did happen."
"In my memory, he was still a boy from the same generation as Neji, but now he has grown into a powerful shinobi who dared to attack the Akatsuki leader." After a pause, Hizashi let out a long sigh. "Kagami, the three Mangekyō Sharingan on the Uchiha side are too imposing. They have us struggling to breathe. This time, the clan head even had his Byakugan taken from him. It is an utter humiliation. Who knows how many people in the village are laughing at us? Our Hyuga Clan truly has nowhere left to retreat."
Hyuga Kagami merely smiled and shook his head.
Hiashi and Hizashi bore too much of the burden of a great clan and cared too deeply about their reputation. The village was already in such chaos that, aside from the Uchiha Clan perhaps having the leisure to mock them, what other shinobi clans had the time to laugh at the Hyuga Clan?
Besides, the one who had taken Hiashi's Byakugan was Otsutsuki Toneri from the moon. Other than Hyuga