Konoha Deep in the town, there is a residential area with a rather traditional style. The buildings here are all low and wide wooden structures. Everything shows that the people living here have a status that is beyond ordinary civilians. However, the decaying smell occasionally emitted by the old wooden building materials indicates something else.
This is the place where Hyuga Clan lives. Although they and Uchiha Clan belong to the same ancient and important ninja clan that forms the backbone of Konoha, the gap in habitable locations is enough to show the huge difference in the situations of the two major ninja clans at this time.
The central main residential area where Hyuga Clan lives is home to the core figures of this clan, namely the family of Hyuga Hiashi, the clan leader and Main Family.
The morning after an important event, in an ordinary living room of the main house, Hyuga Hiashi and his younger brother Hizashi Hyuga were sitting opposite each other, and because both of them had Hyuga Clan's iconic paralyzed faces, the atmosphere seemed very serious.
After a moment of silence, Hyuga Hiashi finally spoke:
"It can be seen from this event that after the war, the combat readiness level of the jounin in the village has been maintained quite well, and the average strength has basically not declined. Not only has it not declined, it has even...
In short, for the Ichigo clan, failure is not something unacceptable. After all, training is just a training exercise, which is different from actual combat. In fact, most of the ninjas participating did not show 100% of their strength, and their fighting attitude was also lax.
But if we have to discuss the impact of this kind of 'round trip', it will definitely be a negative benefit to the Hyuga Clan's reputation."
The meaning of Hyuga Hiashi is quite obvious. It's not that you can't lose, but you shouldn't lose so fast. Even if everyone is playing games, you can't play too badly. Many times, people can't tell whether a person is a real person or a fake person, and they will only call these two situations a person.
Hizashi Hyuga also knows that his performance is a bit poor. As far as he is concerned, his skills are not as good as others and he will naturally be inferior. However, if the sect master accuses him of causing a negative impact on the Hyuga Clan, he cannot deny it.
"Being born with Byakugan will help us win at the starting line, but this does not mean that we will definitely go further than other ninjas. In fact, there are always some ninjas who are different from others. The three in front, and in the later Fourth Hokage, and now... In short, compared with these ninjas, Hyuga Clan can only be classified into the category of 'other people'." Hizashi Hyuga This is not a defense, but more like a sigh.
"We should neither belittle ourselves nor think too highly of ourselves... An arrogant ninja must be a ninja who has achieved nothing."
Hyuga Hiashi stared at his younger brother with his eyes tightly, and his head shook involuntarily. He actually did not deny Hizashi's statement in his heart. He could not be arrogant enough to think that Hinata's strength could surpass that of a ninja like Fourth Hokage. However, despite his rational understanding, he still subconsciously denied his brother's statement.
"Kakashi Hatake is the disciple of Fourth Hokage and the son of Konoha White Fang, no matter what kind of strength he brings out, it is expected; Yuhara is a special Kekkei Genkai Ninja made many achievements at the end of Nine-Tails Incident and the war. At present, his true strength seems to be still hidden in the fog; more importantly, both of them are very young, and ninjas of this age are often in a period of explosive growth in strength.
But Shibi Aburame, in terms of age, he is already a very mature ninja. Although he is very powerful, this power should be limited, and it is difficult to make rapid progress. This is completely inconsistent with his performance in battle..."
As the leader of a clan, Hyuga Hiashi has to consider these issues.
"These three people are all ninjas subordinate to Lord Kushina Uzumaki. Brother, what do you mean..."
Aside from the fact that the elder brother Hyuga Hiashi often despises the younger brother Hizashi Hyuga in terms of personality, relies on the clan distinction to absolutely dominate the younger brother in terms of status, and most of the time even has to restrain the younger brother emotionally, whether Hyuga Hiashi can trust his younger brother, in theory, it is possible.
Otherwise, there is no need to discuss this matter with Hiashi with his younger brother. Instead, he should discuss it with the elders of the clan.
However, this is not a fair thing in the first place. Hyuga Hiashi can be the patriarch or the elder brother, but for Hizashi Hyuga, Hyuga Hiashi can only be the patriarch. Once you forget this, it is an unforgivable transgression.
"Master Kushina Uzumaki has established a new department in the village. Third Hokage supports Master Kushina to a certain extent. Perhaps this department has begun to play a role." Hyuga Hiashi said.
In fact, Third Hokage does not support Kushina Uzumaki, but rather indulges and acquiesces. But from his position, if he does not object, he supports it.
Regardless of the purpose of the new organization established by Kushina, what is visible to the naked eye is that the strength of the members of this organization seems to have increased to varying degrees. This increase is even universal. This universality makes it difficult for patriarchs like Hyuga Hiashi to turn a blind eye.
"Crimson Crown" has already conducted several medium- and large-scale "experiments" in Konoha, and Hyuga Hiashi is not completely unheard of. As the leader of a clan, a long-term and forward-looking vision is essential. Although the changes caused by the organization are not big enough, who can confirm what kind of waves it will eventually cause... It may be huge waves, or it may be no waves at all, but in any case, necessary preparations are needed.
"But wasn't the clan's previous attitude towards that organization to keep a distance as much as possible?" Hizashi Hyuga asked in return.
For ancient ninjas like Hinata, maintaining tradition is the permanent style, and seeking changes will only be a whim. It can only be said that the current Hyuga Hiashi is not old enough, otherwise he will be a die-hard die-hard.
"But now it seems that maintaining appropriate contact is by no means a bad thing." Hyuga Hiashi said.
On the one hand, it is the benefit brought by the improvement of strength, on the other hand, it is more realistic. For a traditional famous family like Hyuga Clan, keeping up with Lord Hokage is not all they have. In addition, they must keep up with the next Lord Hokage.
So where is the next Hokage? This is of course uncertain, but at the moment there is one person who seems to stand out... the guy who just won the title of "Number One Jonin".
There is no harm in building a good relationship with some special people. After all, the world is not about fighting and killing, but about fighting with each other.
"Appropriate contact... appropriate?"
Hyuga Hiashi pointed at Hizashi Hyuga, then nodded, "Yeah, appropriate."
Hizashi Hyuga understood something instantly, and then nodded.
Unlike his brother who is Main Family, who always has many considerations, Hizashi Hyuga is Branch Family who is in a dominated position. The dominated or oppressed will never refuse change.
There are good and bad changes, but for Hizashi, the changes that are about to happen will be good changes, otherwise, everything is doomed.
Main Family will always be Main Family, Branch Family will always be Branch Family, Hizashi Hyuga himself has already fallen into darkness, and now, his son is three years old and is about to usher in an important turning point in his life.
I hope that "change" can come faster than "turn".