Crying and apologizing.
Bowing and kneeling.
Begging forgiveness, all in one smooth motion.
After going through this entire process,
the Branch Family Members present immediately lost much of their resentment.
After all, seeing a Main Family Member become a Branch Family Member was undeniably satisfying.
Thus, the original crisis of the clan's annihilation was temporarily defused by Hizashi Hyuga's balanced handling of the situation.
Every Branch Family Member left feeling completely satisfied.
At least...
for a short time,
they would not cause any trouble.
"A true man must be ruthless."
Before leaving, Hyuga Sho glanced at the Main Family's dojo.
Hizashi Hyuga truly lived up to his position as the leader of the Hyuga Clan.
After all,
he was a man capable of placing the Caged Bird Seal on his own younger brother, Hizashi Hyuga.
Hyuga Sho's father was merely a more distant relative.
Of course, he could treat the latter as a pawn to be discarded and abandon him without hesitation.
Afterward,
Hyuga Sho turned his gaze toward the other Branch Family Members.
Every Branch Family Member was quietly discussing the matter of "Main Family Members becoming Branch Family Members."
Although they deliberately kept stern expressions, the looks they occasionally failed to suppress still revealed their excitement.
"..."
Hyuga Sho frowned.
Back then, Hyuga Mami's blunt words during the Early Graduation Exam had come true.
When we can't solve a problem, we solve the person who raised it.
Hyuga Sho's father had become a Branch Family Member.
But that could not change the fact that the method for applying the Caged Bird Seal had fallen into his own hands.
But to the other Branch Family Members,
as long as they killed the person who had raised the issue, the issue would naturally cease to exist.
Or perhaps,
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