The Hyuga clan head said coolly, "Our Hyuga clan is no weaker than the Senju Clan. If the Senju Clan really does support the Sarutobi Clan, then we'll simply fight another battle."
Hyuga Tatsu shook his head. "Father, you'll regret this."
"That's enough."
The Hyuga clan head snapped, "Guards, take Tatsu to the ancestral shrine. He needs to reflect on his actions."
"Yes, sir."
The Hyuga clan head looked at Hyuga Tatsuya, who stood beside him, seeming to want to say something but holding back. He spoke earnestly. "Tatsuya, you'll be the clan head one day. Take your brother as a lesson. Tatsu is too cautious by nature—so cautious that he's become timid and has no ambition at all. That's why I don't trust him to lead the clan."
By the time the Hyuga clan head let Hyuga Tatsu out of the ancestral shrine, the Hyuga clan had already occupied the Sarutobi Clan Compound and was attacking the Kurama Clan.
The outcome was all but decided. Hyuga Tatsu was powerless to change it.
For the sake of the clan, he had no choice but to head to the battlefield.
The brothers Hyuga Tatsu and Hyuga Tatsuya were both powerful. They tore through the battlefield, without equal.
But just as the Hyuga clan was about to overrun the Kurama Clan's territory, the Kurama clan head spent a fortune to hire the Uchiha to intervene.
To make matters worse, the Sarutobi survivors who had escaped the clan's destruction brought in the Senju Clan.
And so, the two top clans of the Shinobi World, bitter enemies for generations, joined forces against a common foe for the first time in history.
The Hyuga were slightly weaker than the Senju and the Uchiha.
They had no way to withstand a combined assault from the two