"If Hyuga Tenin hadn't defeated the Senju Clan Head and the Uchiha Clan Head, the Allied Shinobi Forces would have wiped out the Hyuga clan."
"But Tenin died, and the Hyuga clan members weren't sad at all. They were actually overjoyed?"
"I can hardly believe my own ears."
"At midnight, the three elders and the Hyuga clan head carried Tenin's coffin south. A few days later, they stopped at a small island in the southern waters of the Land of Fire, shaped much like a worm. It was the Hyuga clan's shrine, as well as its cemetery, where all the deceased members of the Hyuga clan were buried."
"Before the three elders returned to the Land of Water, the Hyuga clan head asked one of them to deliver me a letter. It contained secrets I didn't know."
"It held the answers to why Hyuga Tenin had refused to act back then, why the Hyuga clan had been cursed, and why Hyuga Tenin had died suddenly."
"After reading it, I was left with mixed feelings."
"The War Weapon controlled by the Hyuga clan was called the Giant Tenseigan. It was formed by combining the Byakugan of countless Hyuga clan members, and each time it was activated, many clan members would die after their chakra was drained. Hyuga Tenin couldn't bear to see his people sacrificed, so he refused to help me."
"Even when it wasn't being used, the Giant Tenseigan drained the chakra of Hyuga clan members to keep itself running. As a result, members of the clan would suddenly die every so often, leading to rumors that the Hyuga clan had fallen victim to some mysterious curse."
"Hyuga Tenin hadn't died suddenly. He developed the Caged Bird Seal to prevent the Giant Tenseigan from draining the Byakugan's chakra, then sealed